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Yay, report teaser!
@ Everyone w/ progress on their MW: All the entries are looking great so far! I'm going to have to step up my game!

One more bit o' eye candy. One of da boyz in the tournament had an exceptionally well painted Tau army. Really beautiful and striking. Things I don't usually say about Tau.



I went through my pics. I won't be able to give my typical blow-by-blow battle reports... but I think I have enough from the first two games at least to walk you through it. I'll work on it later today.

gotta agree...that blue is awesome... very dashing...

Happy You enjoyed It first and got good results second

That Tau army is really well done

Nice one, Gits, looks like you had loads of fun!

Not bad on that Tau.

Also - holy crap, so many people so much further ahead!

The last week went very quickly (I'm sure there's some sort of fever dreams and sleep-deprivation-induced hallucinations along the way...), so today I finally got to sit down again and make some progress!

Applying the bulking material in the form of sculpted toilet roll, PVA and water!

My sacrificial mreen is done too.
More later today when it's dry and I can do more!

Congrats, Gits. Looms like it was fun.

Thank you gents, it was indeed a very enjoyable way to spend a Saturday. And yes, that Tau army is quite beautiful.

Nice progress on that mantis demon Ovion. The only thing I can do with toilet paper is well... the obvious.


I finished a major re-paint on a Ghazghkull Thraka figure I picked up off e-bay years ago. Turned out pretty nicely. Much more Bad Moon like now. Also figured out a new bronze formula that I really like using some of the new GW paints. Link to the figure pic is here if you're interested.

Brilliant... 40 more amazing pages to read.

I'm not sure I like you Mr. Gitsplitta.

You don't have to like me Casey, just keep posting so my ego gets massaged. I'm needy that way.

My orks are a very different kettle of fish than my marines. A mish-mosh of tabletop and better figs. Some I've painted, some I've purchased painted off the net, and some I've commissioned Ifalna to paint for me. Kind of a random, mismatched assortment that seems to work together on the tabletop... very orky I guess. I have begun doting on them lately though... see the checkered kan, grot tanks and big guns for examples. Ghazzy will probably qualify too once I address the latest set of comments. I plan on several special ork projects this summer so it should be a fun year for the greenskins.

Aw I can't stay mad at you!

I was aware of your other ventures but hadn't got round to them yet, based on the Ghaz I'm really looking forward to it. I'll go through it was soon as I get the chance.

Sorry to flood the thread with my Manti again! just trying to figure out if I've done the linky pic thing right this time?

Perfect, I'll redo the link on the OP.

OK everyone! Nerdy has finially caught up to the 21st Century. You can vote and comment on his pics now!

Oh HA-HA Gits...... 21st Century........ Mutter Grumble......



... and thanks :-)

LOL.

Man here I was expecting some tourney play and all i get to see is these amazing miniatures. Damn you guys.

My Entry - At the end of the hundred year crusade The Mantis Warriors sought out the their once former allies the Astral Claws. Taking their revenge in their new form. A Red Corsair Hellbrute.







SL

SL... that is a bad entry, very well done and voted of course

That's excellent stuff! Great job.

Holy Assault Mantis Batman!
Good job SL. Probably not the colour scheme I would have chosen for the chaos beastie but each to his own.

Amazing concept SL! Wow. OK... challenge OP updated.

Just 12 days left in the Mantis Maker Challenge boys! Time to get things into gear.

Awesome entry there SL! I'm off to vote on them all so far!

Nice work SL.


I really should stop slacking off and get mine finished. I only have a little bit more to do.

My stuff still hasn't arrived.

Could be a quick dash to the finish at this rate!

Added concept to my original post.

 Dr H wrote:
Holy Assault Mantis Batman!
Good job SL. Probably not the colour scheme I would have chosen for the chaos beastie but each to his own.

I wanted to do a RC looking Hellbrute.. I also wanted the non-armor to look very fleshy. Hopefully it come out as such.

 Commander Cain wrote:
My stuff still hasn't arrived.

Could be a quick dash to the finish at this rate!

And my stuff iis taking longer than I thought / I have less time than I thought for it, so youand me both!

That's fantastic, SL! Nice work.

Did you guys notice that there are now 2 different minis from the Mantis Maker Challenge on the front page of the gallery??

Well done guys!

 Solar_lion wrote:
Added concept to my original post.

 Dr H wrote:
Holy Assault Mantis Batman!
Good job SL. Probably not the colour scheme I would have chosen for the chaos beastie but each to his own.

I wanted to do a RC looking Hellbrute.. I also wanted the non-armor to look very fleshy. Hopefully it come out as such.

Oh yeah. I'm not knocking it. It's nicely done. The fleshy bits do indeed look fleshy.
and I do like the blood where it's being stabbed.

The mantis warrior part is finished. Hopefully I should have the base and red corsair finished in the next few days