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Love your quirky cogs!

Very cool and very orky, or should that be grotty

Clever use of random bits there my friend.

Nice use of materials. Now, the second C of C&C... the green wheels, the ones with the split, don't look like they would revolve very well, so perhaps cover over the split half to give the illusion that they are whole. Perhaps like this

or something akin to steam locomotive driving wheels, where the drive shaft covers part of the wheel.

Almost a month has gone by, and hardly much got done...

For lack of proper progress - time's been overly scant lately - I got a couple supplies in: two or three paint pots and my first natural hair brush - nor that I've tried either yet, but they're there already, waiting for me to sit down at the workbench -, a new, reinforced steel revolving hole punch (previous one finally succumbed to serial rivet-making) and some half-round beads for more riveting chores.

I've said so to myself before, but this weekend will see some hobby progress...

Coming back later with some actual update.

Cheers!

Good to see you about.

Is it later yet, where's this update?

Dr H: Indeed it is, and work got done!

Second batch of Grot tanks build finished:







Comments and critiques are most welcome!

Thanks for stopping by.

Those are great!

Those are not made of wood. :(

If you build enough, you'll need to find a way to game with all of them at the same time. Tankling Wars or something.

That one green drive wheel still needs something, IMHO. Perhaps partially cover it with an armor plate?

Natural hair refers to squirrel, camel, or sable -- preferably red sable? Bear in mind the care of these type of bristles is different than that for the synthetics. No harsh soap for example. And no metallics. if you can get it, The Masters Brush Cleaner & Preservative is the best for natural bristles. Works well with synthetics too.

And brought together by the magic of grey primer:

Group shot:



Kustom Mega Blasta (of sorts) N° 1



Rokkit Launcha (dooh!):



Kustom Mega Blasta (is it?) N° 2



Hopefully, soon to be reunited with their long-gone brethen:
C&C are welcome!

@Gits: Glad you, above everybody else, , approve!

@Red H: Those are not staying around, but I like your thinking . Maybe some day I'll build one or a squad to keep, and, who knows, maybe even paint! (If the horse could learn to sing... One can always hope)

Did patch up the back wheel a bit, though it will still make fr a bumpy ride... Hope it is acceptable enough.

As for the brush, it's red (of course!) sable, or allegedly so ! Not very common hereabouts, it seems, had to have it brought in on order. It's very fine (maybe too much, actually), will give it a try sooner or later... Thanks for the advice

That is going to be one fantastic looking squad. I'll get them all painted up in one big batch so they look cohesive.

Those primed photos look like a select-your-vehicle menu from a computer game.

Good job.

Thanks Dr! (Not that I'd know, my last computer game was Civ II - or was it III?-, over a decade ago, but I guess it's a good thing!)

Just started (unsuccessfully) to bring some order to the workshop and cut out some foam for custom carry boxes, very un-fancy stuff, and nothing pic worthy.

Did get to go to a concert yesterday (Local Pink Floyd cover band, playingThe Wall along a symphonic orchestra and a children's choir, very good!) so not a wasted Sunday after all, even with no painted minis!

We'll have to see what next week brings around.

Cheers!

Good choice of band though.

Some more time went by, and line-painting makes for very boring updates.

But paint has happened, pics will follow in a few days, when there's something close to finished to show.

And over and above: Supply drop! Totally unexpected for real surprise. My parents were travelling abroad on vacations, happened to walk by a hobby store somewhere, and, blam!:



Hand picked by my ol' man, just 'cause he thought I might like to paint something like THAT! Look at all those sprues! And basing material to boot. And some styrene, that I forgot to get into the frame.

Still thinking what to do with it - magnets have been ordered and are en route already - and how, but sure it'll be fun.

For starters, I managed to prime the Tomb King himself:



(One has to start somewhere!)

On another topic, Friend and patron JMMelo is putting a beautifully painted WM&H army (or two) up for sale, so he came over for a photo session:



And dropped by the next commission:



The tough girls are in the house! Escher gang in progress, Part I.

And since I was rattling the can, a couple more Deadzoners got in the queue as well:



I've been also tinkering with the idea of making (or to try to!) a better paint rack and/or storage system (the better part not being much of an actual challenge, since paints are nowadays kept in some piled up boxes), will have to see how that goes too...

And that's about it for now.

Cheers!

Fantastic stuff. Sorry that goodies got lost in the warp

Looking good! I really want to see the little "commissar" head when it makes its way to the WM body

Nice supply drop. Very cool of you 'rents to surprise you like that

Also, more grot tanks! Awesome!

@Graven: happens. Couldn´t be sadder myself.

@JJMelo: Will get to it, hopefully, sooner than later

@ckig: It was great indeed, thanks.

At least, paint related: Putting together something resembling a paint rack:



Will come back later with a proper update.

Cheers.

That's a very interesting set up, what are they?

Also is that your paint collection? You produce all this fantastic work from that limited selection?

Too kind, Cam !

Those are wire trays, ABS or PVC plastic, if I'm not mistaken, cut to a "manageable" length (they come in varied measures, in two meter strips). 40x60mm (the later is the base/width) for the bigger pots, 30x40 for the smaller ones (Those are not stacked yet).

Vertical studs are threaded rod (5/32", cut to length; always leave a nut on before cutting!), with nuts and washers holding the shelves.

The tray lid was cut in 1cm wide strips for sidings and spacers.

As for the "collection", yes that's it,



Mostly artists and crafts acrylics, as available hereabouts (Advantege is, pots are relatively speaking, huge, never finished one yet!). 3 or 4 are still unopened, got them last week specifically for either the Girls or the Tomb King.

Vallejo wash set (top right, three pots missing in that shelf, pending assembling of the last rack, ran out of rod , I got brought in last year. Scale 75 flesh paint set, thinner shelf, also un-stacked, bottom right, is fresh in: arrived last Thursday (my in-laws too, but that's secondary), haven't tried them yet, though I have read some very good reviews and comments.

The two lines on the bottom left are some self-made pre-thinned hardware store paints and other concoctions (home made washes, diluted medium for thinning and so on).

WIP Deadzone Teraton for scale !

Cheers!

Very nice setup Lt. Far more organized than mine.

@Gits: There's always hope. A week ago, those were either spilled over the workbench or randomly piled up inside a couple random boxes...

Did get some painting done during the weekend too:



And some more:



OK, it was a three day weekend:



Close to done, a whole new speed record for me!

Base is just temporal; I have some clear acrylic ones on order, think they'll do well with the DZ crews.

(Missed more than one mold line there, caught those up too late. Might still try to turn the one on the upper hand into a scar, maybe?)

Final pics to come after some touching up.

C&C are, as always, very much welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Good paint storage solution.

Like what you did with the blue scales.

While the blue skin looks awesome, It looks weird to me I guess I always thought of the terratons as turtles

Blue skin works well! Brings out the detail nicely

¡Que príncipe azul!

Nice blue skin!

@Dr H: Thanks! Order is a way to push entropy back...

@JMMelo: Could it not be a blue space turtle, then?

@Slinky: Hi, welcome, and thank you!

@Red H: That really broke a laugh. Never thought of it? him? whatever, as a prince... Blue, yes, but definitively not charming...

@Cleatus: Thank you too!

Just the bare minimum advance, but it is paint, isn't it?

Tomb King base:



And that's about it, because...

When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. (A. France)

 Big H wrote:
I have such aspirations to paint the stuff I've already made, so I made some more.

...I got infected:



Thanks for stopping by.

ah, he got the zombie pack! very nice, looking forwards to see your take on them.