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Scarps dude.

I missed the update.

I feel real bad for him

He is looking well done though. Is he going to be getting a bottle of vodka in his right hand?

That's a really decent conversion, one of your best that I have seen. Always excellent work!

Sorry for not having been around for a bit, was buried in a project and limited hobby time. I'm hoping to be around a bit more frequently if things remain 'normal' at work.

really digging that conversion! very realistic pose which is rare in these games!

But where is the dam head from I know I know it but just cant place it

Aw poor Riff...

Coop looks grand tho!

Didn't she drown or something? It was pretty tragic when I first happened I seem to recall, especially as it occurred like a week after he finished the model.

Apologies for the extended absence, all! 12h shifts at work, no free time, yadda yadda yadda. No excuses, I know
But I'm switching post in a month (thank God), and I'll have some more forgiving hours. Hopefully some better modelling then!

Some long overdue replies:

@Remi - Thanks for the kind words! I'm really glad the body language came across on Coop - I was messing with the posing for ages. The garbage bags are really easy to do - it's literally a small 1"x1" square of an actual garbage bag stuffed with PVA glue and plastic shavings / off cuts. Give it a go!

@LDD - Nah, next up is Tesco, or maybe Lidl Thank you so so much for the kind words, they are very much appreciated. The head is one of the character set from Victoria Miniatures, with a little GS work. Really characterful models bits!

@Baiyuan - High praise indeed, thank you so much!

@Peyma - I'd be honoured, mate - Can't wait to see your rendition of the QA. Bound to be more badass than mine It's be ace for when we finally get that necro game in too! Cheers for the tip on the bunny ears too - I might see what I can do there.

@Stormwell - Cheers, man, that's great to hear! Make sure you post here when you put something up - I'd love to see it.

@RW - Thanks mate! The stuffed toy has a little sentimental value, and the hat itself was made by Riff, so he's got a little on him and I didn't want to go too overboard. Great idea though!

@TGG - Thanks a bunch!

@PDH - Thank you, Peter, glad you like him! Would you believe I considered some alcohol? I thought it might shift the stance from 'dejected' to 'drunk' though, so I held off

@Skalk - Not at all mate, I'm barely here myself at the moment Thank you for the compliment!

@Sageheart - Thank you!

@MauS - Cheers man!

@Ghosty - She did indeed - writing a fluff story on the circumstances at the mo. It was also literally the first game after I had finished painting her

Thanks so much to everyone - I really appreciate the kind words.
Bit of a brief shift in direction - next up is a mini from the 'Future sports' line sculpted by a gent named Scurv over on Lead Adventure. They're fantastic minis with some obvious inspiration from Salute of the Jugger and Brink. (If you haven't seen Salute of the Jugger, I'd recommend it - 80s B movie gold starring Rutger Hauer [the B movie kind himself!] in a dystopian future). This is my first painted one, but I'm planning on doing a full team with the grey-blue as the uniting colour. I'm also really hoping that it's the first painted one to surface on the internet, as they just came out!

They really are ace - so much detail. Hopefully someone can get a better paintjob up at some point to properly show them off





Hope you like em! 'Scurvball' slots nicely into Caitiff as a game occasionally played between rival settlements. Fairly violent but no weapons allowed, it'll serve as a source of gambling profit, and entertainment in some pretty tough times.
Please let me know what you think - I've been working really hard to improve my skin tones, and I'd love some tips!


p.s. I've also been working on some terrain, but nothing good enough to show individually. Will get a group shot up when there's more done!

p.p.s. Also been speed painting and converting more walkers for zombicide -

Glad to see you back mate don't let work take over your hobby time though

The new guy is interesting have to check them out

The new zombies look great but then they always do, keep it coming mate

P.S. on the skin tone I have no idea lol but yours looks pretty good

Skins Tones - A thin thin thin wash of Badab Black before the final highlight (or there abouts) tones it all down quite nicely.

Really like the mountaineering zombie and the lady in the windswept skirt.

Glad to see a new Scarper post - did you see this scenario before?

http://www.yakromunda.com/index.php?page=library&vfid=38

It's basically a slightly adapted version of Blood Bowl for Necromunda, I've not tried it and there is no reason you couldn't just straight up play Blood Bowl with sci-fi figures but it could be good. Looks like your guy would fit right in.

Looking nice, Scarp!

Regarding skin tones, my process l aways starts the same- base black and build up flesh tone from there. Helps create more distinct facial features. A quicker process is paint flesh, wash w/ Sepia of Dev Mud, and done.

These look a lot better from 3 ft away, but it'll give you an idea of what I mean:

Jugger looks pretty cool Scarp

And nice work on the zeds...really should look at mine again soon....

catching up with your blog after being away for a while. I love your new Coop model, it is so naturally posed and the work on the head is particularly impressive, inspiring stuff!

@LDD - Thanks for the kind words, man! They really are a fun line - the gent who sells them does so from here. Tell him Scarper sent you! (Though he doesn't actually know who I am, so it might just get you a weird look )

@PDH - Thanks for the tip, that actually helped a lot on what I'm working on next! The big puffer jacket on the mountaineer was a lot of fun to sculpt.

@Bruticus - I hadn't seen that one actually, thanks for the heads up! Will have to give it a try at some point. Thank you for the kind words too!

@Skalk - They actually hold up very well to macro photography! Thank you very much for the advice - I'll have to give that a try soon.

@Monkey - Cheers man, much appreciated! Would love to see some more zombs from your end - your wash paint jobs were what got me off my arse to start painting mine in the first place

@Nathanie1 - High praise indeed, as I've been following and loving your own thread! Thank you kindly, I'm glad you like.

Not too much in the way of updates today.
I've been trying my hand at scratch building some necro terrain on the cheap for some games with a friend of mine here in Edinburgh (who has an awesome blog full of zombie hunters and scratch built Battlefleet Gothic ships that you should totally check out, incidentally). These are obviously early WiPs, but you can see what I'm trying to do. Expect a lot more hazard stripes!



I've not done much of this terrain building malarkey before, but these have been a lot of fun to do. I'm also bursting with terrain ideas at the mo, which is nice as I've got a little more free time on my new shift pattern! Expect some tin cans, platforms and lots of walkways in the near future

I've also given a quick lick of paint to another of the future sportsmen from Lead Adventure, this one the team 'bruiser' with some shoddy wound suturing on his scalp


Hope you enjoy, and I'd love to hear what you think!

Dude! Thanks for the garbage bag tips! I'll be sure to add some to my scenery, as that is really freakin' simple to do!

Like the new models and the scenery is more kickass than mine... "trying your hand in" and I'm on my 3rd piece and mine still suck... I think you're onto something good, so keep those pieces coming.

Those future sportsman figs really remind me of Bandits from Fallout. I like them simply for the reference - they for your Necro work, or a completely different game?

-Remi

Really great necro-terrain scarp!

Nice work trying to steal Dave's crown are we

Hey scarpser , The terrain and the juggers are a nice post apoc addition mate , thanks for the heads up on that movie , that one is new to me ;-)

Loving that Necromunda scratch build! I'm just getting back into Necromunda since I FINALLY talked a friend of mine into playing. I enjoy making Necromunda terrain more than any other terrain project because it doesn't have to match anything else, it can be made from junk you find on the side of the road or scrap from someone's junk pile, and there's no such thing as 'too much'.

Also, I checked out your buddy's thread and I'm subbed. Thanks for the recommendation!

Your new terrain is awesome Scarps and good inspiration, I'm going to have a go at some after I finish my gang. Hope Edinburgh is treating you well, I miss living there .,,,,

Off topic, but is your name from the book montmorency by any chance?

Scarps the terrain is wicked. Really looking forward to seeing it finished. It looks like it will be great to play over.

More finished pictures and some battle reports!

@Remi - Not at all man, I'm sure I've seen them done somewhere else before, so it's not that original anyway. I grabbed an orange bin bag for biohazard waste off a roll at work to make some interesting ones to dot among the others too
Cheers for the kind words, but I think you're too harsh on your own stuff - i really like your chem plant!
I see where you're coming from with the Fallout flashbacks from the LA figs - it's not intentional, but it might just be the colours I've chosen. They're officially for a blood bowl-esque game that Scurv is working on the rules for at the moment, but I really just ended up getting them because I wanted to paint them. I think they'll fit in pretty well on Caitiff, anyway

@RW - Thanks, man, really appreciate that!

@LDD - Cheers, but I think I could make terrain for a decade and still not come close to that crown Maybe I can entice him back onto Dakka though - it's been a while.

@Neil - Long time no see, man! How are you? The Jugger film is some real 80s cheese, but it's fun to watch, and some good inspiration for necro / post-apoc stuff. Cheers for the kind words.

@Skalk - It's criminal how little attention that blog gets, especially with all the scratchbuilds. Cheers for the kind words on the terrain - A lot of my inspiration for actually getting off my arse and doing some terrain is down to yourself, incidentally, so thanks for posting all the stuff you have! That mechanic shop in particular was a work of art
I'm looking forward to having the multilevel standard pieces down so I can build something with a bit more character.

@Nathanie - Thank you! When did you live in Edinburgh?! Shame - we could have got a game in

@Myrthan - I'm afraid not, actually - I'd never heard of that series until you mentioned it. Sounds like a lot of fun from the wikipedia article though!

@PDH - Thanks a lot, Peter! Peyma and I got a game in on Sunday (some homebrew zombie rules rather than necro though), and it turned out to be a lot of fun. We fudged some rules on the fly, which made for a lot of narrative fun, including a death defying leap from the third stories into a dumpster
Here's a quick shot of the set-up: Almost all of this is WiP, and I didn't have time to make any proper walkways, but I'm hoping it won't be too long 'til I can fill a 4'x4' table!

Huh. I thought I was posting this here but commented on your pic instead somehow. So... copy / paste:

Wow Scarp! That's coming along really well. Where did you get all those shipping containers??? I want some *so* much and I've never found any. And you have... at least 7! Send me one! No, two!

Those are the plaster shipping containers from this guy http://modbuildings.blogspot.co.uk/ (also on ebay) aren't they? I just got a bunch myself. Fantastic items although not sure how to paint them.

I like the look of your risers too, what have you used for those? They are the secret to a fun table I'd say.

Oh and the scenery you have made looks great. I wish I'd thought of using cork for platforms.

I ordered a Zuzzy mat the other day, the look like the ideal solution to the Dining Room Table Zone problem. Think they take ages to ship though.

@ Skalk - The last image comment l received (around 2 months ago) just said "you need to improve your painting", so a new one is much appreciated, even if it's accidental Thanks for the kind words! The shipping containers were from here. Very reasonable prices in the UK - £3 each and £1 shipping. Might be a bit more to get across the pond though, and they're plaster, so may not turn up in the nicest condition. Mine were a little bashed around when they arrived, but easy enough to jigsaw back together. Worth a look though!

@Bruticus - That's very kind, especially from yourself! Your table is hugely inspiring. I borrowed the cork idea from Andy_T's blog, though I wish I could claim credit for it. The risers are 10mm flooring insulation foam topped off with some cork - I'll plaster the sides when I've got enough basic terrain together and can get onto painting! I've not heard of Zuzzy mats actually - will have to look them up. Thanks for the tip!

Can't sleep, so I figured I'd do some work on some more terrain I'm building. This is very WiP, but it's the start of a sump bridge for the toll bridge scenario. It swivels on a pivot that I'm still building, and will come replete with a sump to cross!
Thought I'd have some fun and set up a mini diorama with the work I've done so far.







I really like the idea that the sentry on the sniper's nest was busy cooking his dinner, and his friend downstairs building the barricades was caught off guard. I was really going for a "Oh shiii-" kind of moment

Just a bit of fun, but I hope you like it, anyway. Please let me know what you think!

That is just great. Don't fix it to the pivot, maybe use a magnet to attach it. That way you can use it to randomly place between buildings in other games. Flexibility is a good feature for terrain.

Where did you find those great bridge sides? Hmm I am not sure I want to know, trying hard not to make more Necromunda scenery, it's hard to resist!

EXCELLENT JOB looks like scene from the walking dead I love your zombies the posing is spot on they have that half dead dragging look and the bridge is a cool piece of terrain as well

Awesome job Scarps! Can I ask what parts you are making your zombies from, I am about to face the problem of a good zombie for my Scavvys