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I'm making slow, but steady progress on my Thunderhammer. I think I'm coming down with something though, so that's not making things go much faster. I'd say that I'm about 80% finished though. The rear legs, the gun, and the bottoms of the feet and toes still need more work.

Huh, that's pretty sweet, I like the bold colors. No missing your approaching doom with that badboy.

Colors look good.

Reminds me of a Xabungle mecha with those big bright colors. Or maybe Dougram.

Probably Xabungle.

It reminds me more of a shmup boss. Like something I should be fighting in Raiden. It needs to look more like a converted construction machine to be a proper Xabungle mech.

Looking at this pic, I'm kind of thinking maybe I should change the toe color. It seems like the toes would receive a lot of eear and tear, so maybe I'll paint them silver to look like bare metal?

The Thunderhammer is now complete! It took a little longer than I thought it would, but I'm really happy with it.

I actually really love how the color scheme looks on it, too. The EFF scheme I used on the ferret was the basis for the colors here, and I like that, despite being kind of bright, they look like they'd work really well in an arid environment. My one and only complaint is that this thing is supposed to essentially be a walking artillery piece. Its gun is so small. I really wish it were bigger. If I'd purchased this directly from DP9, I could've got a bunch of extra turret options included, like an anti-aircraft battery and a missile launcher, but that also would've cost me significantly more.



Here it is with my Ferret, my only other Northern Gear as well as the usual Mech Hunter guys.



And, for those interested, here's how it compares to a 28mm figure.



It's too small to believably fit a pilot, but I think it could work in a 28mm game as a large remote or drone.

That orange and yellow color scheme works better than I would have ever imagined. Very nice work.

Yeah it looks really cool . Definitely work as a large drone.

I'm actually really jazzed about the Thunderhammer. I think it might be my favorite piece that I've done in a long time. I hope I'll be as happy with the Fire Dragon.

Next order of business though is not Heavy Gear. Next up, I'll be working on a couple Pathfinder minis, and after them... RAICHO!!!!

Ooooooooh. Excited for raicho. I can technically purchase one now since I have a Morat faction (or well at least the Sogarat MM had on sale a week or two ago...) But I think I stl favor the sphynx.

Looking forward to it!

I'll start work on the Raicho next week at the earliest. I've got other stuff in line ahead of it to go through first.

I got my Pathfinder Android Priestess painted up. She'll be acting as a Tech Priestess character for my Mechanicus.



I'm not entirely sold on this look. I'm somewhat tempted to paint proper skin on her, but I do also kind of like the idea that her skin's been replaced with metal. The camera also made her eyes look really weird. I actually painted normal eyes, not those creepy white dots that the picture makes them look like. It's a little hard to see, but she's got circuitry patterns all over her arms and the side of her face. She'd actually make a pretty good Electropriest character.

The way I'm seeing the picture is glowey red terminator eyes, I approve I'm not sure about the skin. It works how it is, but it could be different. Maybe something really pale or not quite human if you do go back with a flesh tone? Just a little outside the normal range like Data or something. Anyway, cool mini, keep them coming

Well well, look who showed up in the mail.

Can I assume that figure is house- sitting bribery in action?

You would assume correctly.

Sweet. Jelly. Eager to see your results.

So, Tamburlaine and I had a gentlemanly challenge this weekend. We were each to purchase a Warmachine Warjack, brand new and unassembled and see who could complete theirs first. Well, Tamburlaine had a bit of a head start, but it looks like I've won as I'm the first to actually post his completed model.



Victory is mine!

I suppose since I got utterly trounced in battle against him Saturday evening, this is an acceptable revenge.

The moral revenge, the high ground! Sure he can just flex his muscles and beat you up (figuratively on the battlefield at least) but you can paint faster...muahahahaha!

....dammit.



That's what I get for being all gentlemanly when I should have been all sneaky and underhanded and started Sunday night!

I would have gotten away with it to, if it weren't for you meddling kids!

Well, I was on a roll tonight. I based and primed a bunch of 15mm figures and finished two 28mm figures I'd been working on.

A while back I showed the Last Saga miniatures I'd received so far from the Kickstarter. Well, I'd started painting both of them... and promptly moved onto something newer and shinier before I'd finished either figure. Well, I went back and finally finished up the Tactical Officer.



I was sort of going for a District 9, MNU scheme for him. I think it suits him and makes him look a bit less like a Panoceania knock-off.

Speaking of, the dude is pretty big. Here's how he stacks up against older and newer PanO figures.



I'd say he'd fit in better with the newer stuff. Now, the Dragon/TAG, that I haven't gotten back to yet. I'll get back it eventually though. Whenever I get some inspiration.

The other figure I worked on, Tamburlaine should recognize. This guy is Kulgara, a recent Reaper Pathfinder figure from one of the game's recent supplements.



I guess the supplement is supposed to take place in Numeria or something. Some world that's full on sci-fi with full on fantasy tropes running around in it. All I know about it is that its got robots, skeleton spacement, and cyborg barbarians with beam sabers. This figure was actually given to me by Highlord Tamburlaine. He had purchased him from the FLGS on a whim because, let's face it, for an ork, he looks cool. Anyway, it turned out he was missing some... thing that goes on his back. After he contacted Reaper about it, they wound up sending him a whole new figure. So, he gave me the spare. All I needed to do was fill in the hole on his back and he's perfectly usable. The job I did on that hole kind of sucks, but it's fine for now. My plan is to eventually give him a backpack, but I don't have any backpack bits laying around. So, until I find out, he'll have to count as being done.

My plan for him is to use him as a Marauder hero. Despite the fact that he's standing up straight, he doesn't look that bad alongside my Mantic Marauders.



Of course, that means I'll have to actually paint up some more Marauders than just these two to go with him. Someday.

For now, my goal for the rest of the week is to work on my 15mm troops and to assemble and paint my Raicho. Raicho assembly is planned for tomorrow.

The ork is a great mini! Nice work on him. I think the back looks fine.

The other guy looks a bit big for infinity imo. Though it won't be as noticeable on the tabletop.

Looking forward to the Raicho! TAGs are best.

Well, I said I was going to work on the Raicho and if possible, multi-task and work on 15mm stuff. I just so happened to actually pull that off tonight!

I've begun the basecoating on the Raicho. He's got some very hard to reach spaces on him.



I really have to point out a few issues I've got with the Raicho. First, he's right handed. Why is he right handed? The Morats are almost all lefties. He's even got his shield on his right arm, which would generally mean that that is the side he'd be pointing towards the enemy while he holds the gun in his left hands. I don't get why they did that. Second issue, he's way too small. Yeah, he's too small. Those operator arms are smaller than any Morat kit that's ever been released. There's no way a Morat, or any figure in the entire line, really could fit in that suit. It needs to be bigger. Lastly, I don't know what the hell is going on with its rear skirt armor. The way they designed it, you'd think it had been a 3D model because parts of the rear plate look like they're clipping into the thigh armor. You could argue that maybe the armor is going underneath the thigh plates, but no. The thigh plates are literally going THROUGH parts of the rear plate. That makes no sense.

As I mentioned though, I did multitask. I primed, based, and even started paiting 24 15mm figures. I only actually finished 3 of them though.



Zombies are Rebel Minis and the guy on the right is a Peter Pig Militiaman. I like that the Rebel Minis zombies have a bit of variety to them. You've got businessmen, doctors, cops, firefighters, cheerleaders, regular people, all sorts among the living dead. Nice touch. My plan is tomorrow to finish up the other 7 militia guys. Thankfully, they actually paint up very quickly. On the downside though, I will probably have to buy more them next time I go to Brookhurst. They are distinctly lacking heavy weapons and command options.

Zombies look cool.

Shame about the Raicho. I remember you telling me you thought it would be real big (like ACTUAL big, not just Infinity "big") due to being a Morat TAG and all. Design still looks pretty cool.

Is that the actual base it came with or you just didn't feel like adding the base extender to their tiny dinky ones?

For an Infinity kit, the Raicho is pretty big. Chunky too. It just needa to be bigger. If I were to yank the sub arms off, the issue would pretty much be dealt with. Besides, with how the hips are designed, you couldn't actually fit a person that low in its body.

Those zombies are some of the better sculpted ones I have. The pile I have is actually two sets. One has the blobby looking obes that are fairly generic looking. The other set has better proportions and a wider variety of zombie types.

I'm loving that Pathfinder Orc. I might have to pick that one up. Is that a Reaper Pathfinder figure? I wonder if Reaper does Black Friday.... Guy with a red beret and HMG looks great also, as does that orange and white mech - a real anime feel to it due to the palette choice.

Thats some great stuff lately RAICHO RAICHO..

Azazelx wrote:I'm loving that Pathfinder Orc. I might have to pick that one up. Is that a Reaper Pathfinder figure? I wonder if Reaper does Black Friday.... Guy with a red beret and HMG looks great also, as does that orange and white mech - a real anime feel to it due to the palette choice.

Yep, that guy's a Reaper Pathfinder figure. Not sure if they do a Black Friday sale. But, Reaper is generally pretty affordable anyway.

I've always liked Heavy Gear's designs. Probably because they're so heavily inspired by anime designs. The Thunderhammer though reminds me a bit more of something out of a video game rather than an anime. It looks like it should be a boss in a shmup or something out of Front Mission.

GrimDork wrote:Thats some great stuff lately RAICHO RAICHO..

Thanks Grimdork. You'll be pleased to know I've been doing more work on the Raicho tonight. He should be done pretty soon, actually.



You'll note I yanked out the operator sub arms. They were just too small. I figure that like this, it's at least plausible that a pilot is in the upper torso. It'd just be more mecha than powered armor now. Just a bit more paintwork to do. I also filled in some mistakes caused by my overzealous use of glue on those ribbons on its waist. I also filled in a small gap sculpted into the abdominal plate. With the arms gone, that gape made it look very weird, so I just filled it in. I think it'll look a bit better now with that gap filled in. Oh, and that base he's on did come with him. So, that means this is a more recent release of the Raicho.

Though I'm sure most people aren't that interested, I did some more 15mm work. Finished up my militia for starters.



I'm really going to need to get some more militia. They really need a command element.

I also got half of my South African troops finished. The other half will be finished tomorrow.



Along with these, I got a whole bunch of stuff dipped today, including a Bulldog variant of the Buffel to go with my South Africans. It's kind of funny. My dad doesn't like 15mm AT ALL because it's such a small scale, but he's really into these South African figures. He keeps saying that next time we go to Brookhurst, he's going to pick up a tank for them.

15mm stuff is cool too, share it ALL

Firstly I have been following this thread for a while and most of the time what I thought someone has always posted before me, so without wanting to repeat someone else I never had the need to post before now.

However after seein your rather splendid 15mm troops I had to say something, especially after thinking they would be of no interest to anyone.

Love the colour scheme and you have managed to pick out all the available detail nicely, however by chance can I ask a favour I don't suppose you have any 1/64 scale dicast cars you could stand one next to ?

I am trying to work out if they would work (15mm) for hangers and milita on my vehicles or would they look to small ?

Hey, even if you're just repeating what others have said, I don't mind at all. It's encouraging, if nothing else.

What scale is 1/64th? Would those be Hot Wheels/Matchbox size? Unfortunately, I don't have any die-cast cars at all. I've got Transformers though, if that'd help? If you can give me an approximation of how big those are, I can check if I've got any Transformers that clock in around the same size.

As for my comment about people not caring about 15mm, the only stuff I ever see people doing in that scale is Flames of War, and even then, it's usually just the commission guys who post them. It seems like most people tend to just want to paint or comment on 40k. That's actually why I try to branch out into different lines and scales. It gets some variety up on Dakka.


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Oh, and I finished painting my Raicho. I see I need to touch up the decal on its right pectoral a bit more though. That aside, he's ready for dipping.



I actually just dipped a bunch of stuff over the weekend. So, my goal is to finish that stuff up before Thanksgiving.

Yanking out those teeny tiny arms was the right thing to do. Stupid phone keeps cutting off my message and I keep losing the signal on the Shinkansen right now....