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That model is a pile of junk.

Brian - Thanks buddy! Friends, family and close colleagues are all aware and supportive. Plus of course Dakka

I'll see what Ican do to keep the terrain coming - I think that's more likely to progress over some of the oher stuff at the moment, bu we'll see what occurs.


Dr H - Cheers! It's really down to which one feels more complete come the deadline, adding and painting the little bits of junk is going slowly.

Random is as random does..... (No, I don't know what I mean either )

Ah, I'm prepared for it to take a while, and to come in fits and starts.....


Theo - Thank you kind sir. For me it's definitely the modelling over the colouring, and I'll agree the boys have been a bit lacking in recent pages. Sure they'll appear at some point.....


Skalk - Glad to hear it


All those who PM'd me with support and advice - Thanks a lot guys. Much appreciated, and shows what a community we have going here



Not a great deal to report, junk piles are moving slowly so figured I show a few bits from some recent supply drops, just to keep things ticking over:




From Curious Constructs. I was going to call it a mule, but can't recall if that is it's name or if I'm just thinking of the dreamforge one..... A shot of it stuck together with no clean-up and one of the 'sprue'. Several of these waiting to go to various parts of the workshop

And also from Curious Constructs:



Gun carriage....




With gatling gun in place.....




And all the parts for the various options.




Shipping container from RustForge - hastily blu-tac'd together, with optional refrigeration type end-piece lying beside it. Have a few of these, so expect various states of rustiness to appear at some point....




The lovely Judge Minty charity figure, very nice. Scales well with the mongoose figures.




35mm Dredd from Dark World Creations - nice to have the choice of Mk I or Mk II Lawgiver




And a certain blue-skinned GI from the same company.


Ok, I'll try and have some proper updates next time round....

Be seeing you....

Wow some excellent haul there , I really like that tracked carrier, I've got to look into those. MULE was something mark from dreamforge called his walker, but not sure if that's been around for a while, or a term used for that sort of getup.

Nice. Liking the Dreddy and the GI, look very nice.

and cool selection of guns for the carriage.

Nice where is the judge and trooper from and where did you get the charity one from

Great. Now I'm going to look like a copycat. I've been building 5 of something incredibly similar for my Iron Hammers to 'count as' Chaos Spawn but it's going to be a mech assault vehicle instead of running some gibbering mass of flesh.

Great work on it so far though. It'll be interesting to see how your end result turns out.

Hmmmmm....... interesting.

I feel the Iron Warrior in me stirring......stop it I can see those things turning into graia tarantulas or rapiers.

I just saw the price on those, too bad I missed the kickstarter on them, I guess Ill just have to scratchbuild them.

Theopony - Several hauls, I may not have been building but I was still buying and/or receiving KS goodies Yeah, MULE is a generic term, was used by Curious Constructs for these, but whe I posted I couldn't remember if that was real or not


Dr H - Yeah, they look like nce sculpts, I was hoping they might have scaled better with the mongoose stuff, but they'll be fun to paint - and I can still use that Mk I lawgiver on a mongoose judge The guns were what got me into that KS, but had to grab a couple of the mules when they were shown.


dog - Both from Dark World Creations (as it said in the post ). The Judge Minty was last year's charity mini organised by Frothers to raise money for cancer research - this year they're doing Tank Girl, along with Booga and Camp Koala, and also the tank! - Although the tank sold out in days. Sculpts by some talented dudes from within the business, donating their own time.
See here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/549844.page#6011318


Skalk - I'm sure yours will be unique to your Hammers Nice idea to use as a spawn too. I have a few, so results should be varied


Gits - Glad to have piqued your interest


Theo - Think most of my hobby budget has headed KS way over the last year or so - it's nice that I've forgotten I've blown a wodge of cash by the time things start dropping through the door

Kickstarter and it's equivalent are definitely an interesting way of doing preorders equally I can't talk my Christmas present this year has been brought through Kickstarter.

The Dark World Creations Judge Dread minis look much better than the ones by Warlord Games.

Oooh, yes, those 35mm Dredd and Rogue figures look great - may have to see if I can get me some of those at Salute next April. Judge Minty also looks excellent. That was the Frothers charity figure last year right? Wonder if they still have any available - they're doing Tank Girl this year I believe...

Llama - It's the ones that offer a big bunch o stuff at knock-down prices that get me. " Well, I haven't got the time or space for all that stuff, but just look at the amount of shinies....."


GiraffeX - Is that these ones:



The DWC ones are more realistic, these have a more comic book feel with the uniform. Not sure if these are the Warlord ones mind, picked them up on e-bay when I was getting into the Dredd KS.


Ruglud - Yeah, they are nice, there's a third Dredd figure in their range, think it's Andeson off the top of y head, may have to pick that up if I ever get round to painting these....
Minty is a lovely figure, apparently Jon still has a few left, I grabbed another one after I'd gone for the tank girl ones. Missed the tank though Check the link in my previous post...



Onwards and upwards...

Let's start with a bit of junk...




Cut up the housing from the minidisc to cerate the sign. And used the dried out paint from a GW paint pot to make a container from.....so there is a use for their horrible pots, but not as useful as being usable paint

And finished up the other piece:



Aha..all ready for the competition I hear you cry....

Alas this was finished about 2 hours too late for entry.......




The other one was on time though Just.

I'll post pics of the entry later.


In other terrain news...



Quick n easy does it....Couple of bits from platformer/hex terrain stuck to a bit of plasticard, bit of sand and random crap. Dark blue, heavy, heavy drybrush of boltgun, some washes of macharius orange, greys and bleached bone drybrush to the base....and Bob's your platform.


And that'll do for today methinks.....

Very nice junk pile. I'm sure it'll do well.

Those are some great terrain pieces their monkey one reminds me of my granddads old workbench covered in gubbins

Glad to see the good old days returning, also the shelf turned out master class

Nice junk MT.
And I like the platform.

These are the Warlord Games ones, as an example the Justice Department box



They aren't as good as your ebay find in my opinion I think DWC all the way they just need to make a lot more models....

Gits - Thanks bud, but there's some top-notch competitors I'm up against. Not being paying too much attention to what they've all been doing, but I'm expecting good things from them...


dog - Cheers, old workbench was definitely the theme for that one.

Still a long way from the good ol' days yet...slow and steady does it....


Dr H - Thank you.


Giraffe - Ahh, right, I think of those as mongoose rather than warlord games. I have a shed load of those from the KS, with more still to come. I find they're a mixed bag, some sculpts I'm keen on, some not so much. The biggest drawback for me is that nearly all the judges carry Mk II lawgivers - I'd stopped picking up 2000AD by the time they were introduced, in my mind the original is the only version



So figured I'd put up pics of the junk pile which I did enter - didn't quite get it to where I wanted, but it'll do. Hopefully the pics are subtly different from the ones Skalk posts in the comp thread:



And complete list of parts for any interested:

Pile#1
Base - Epic (titan?) base
Wall - Matchsticks
Support Beam - Plastic spoon
Oil Drum - Pen, paper, wire
Storage Boxes - Plug cover
Wheel - Scalextric car
Motor - Scalextric car
Large Gear - Scalextric car
Shelf - 20mm GW base
Brackets - Paper
Rivets - Beads from water filter
Pipes - Q-tips
Rag - Tissue paper
Pipe under Motor - Inside of pen
Sign - Minidisc surround
Rusty Container - Dried paint from GW paint pot
Electric Bit - Sprue and wire
Ground Cover - Scraped from bottom of box that cutting/filing etc is done over
Assorted Bits - Broken watches and cameras


Pile #2
Base - Minidisc
Oil Drums - Pen, paper, insulated wire
Bench - Push-out 'sprue' from MDF terrain
Chain - Tea strainer ball
Piece on Bench - Camera part and assorted wires
Large Piece on Ground - Camera part with wire, press stud, cut up brush protectors, sprue
Container - Plug cover
Pipes - Q-tips, ballpoint pen, wire insulation, rod from camera part
Storage Box - USB cover, staples, wire, offcuts of plasticard
'Chain' on ground - Keyring
Electrical Gubbins - Camera part
Large Screw - Plastic screw, possibly from a camera...
Ground Cover - Scraped from bottom of box that cutting/filing etc is done over
Plus assorted offcuts of plasticard, brush protectors, mesh, matchsticks for ground detailing


And some more messing around with the AK Interactive chipping fluid:




This was how we left the door previously, covered in rust powders and sealed.




Couple of layers of chipping fluid, then rough coat of knarloc green, then a few touches of a slightly lighter green for tonal differences.

Once dried take a wet stiff bristled brush to it and give it a bit of a scrub:



After seeing the pic I think that could do with a bit more scrubbing...I may take a toothpick to it, but I think the fact I used a rough surface didn't help in this case...further experiments will have to be carried out. I'm wondering now how this might work with crackle paint.....


And tested it on a couple of oil drums too...



Couple of rusty painted drums.




Coat of chipping medium, then knarloc and a knarloc/bone mix roughly applied.



Once dried quickly run under some warm water then attacked with a toothpick and a stiff bristled brush.

The darker rust looks very good, lighter not so much, but that's down to the colouring. I'll maybe hit them up with a few washes for staining and perhaps a quick touch of powder before sealing, but pleased with the way that went.


Tried some retail therapy over the last few days - spent far too much on interesting looking toys, hopefully some will arrive before christmas. Hoping a steady supply of new shinies might help keep my motivation up....

Personally I find doing a bit on a reasonable number of projects keeps me going 4 thingies at different stages oh if I stay up a bit do another two colours today this'll be done and that'll drag the lot along.

Love your junk pile... just slightly organized... just perfect.

Well, if you count individual pieces, technically I've got hundreds of projects on the go

Skalk has the various competition entires up on the blog now (barring a couple which are still incoming) :

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/210/563097.page#6345581


Check it out, there's some great stuff there, especially if you're a fan of rusty stuff. And public voting is open for your favourite piece. Not the best piece, but your favourite, go on, go have a peek and vote for something - PM Skalk with your vote. Go on, batman will love you!

Although to be fair, I suspect most peeps who follow my blog are already aware and checking it out

Edit: Thanks Gits! I was going for a pile that belongs to some mek, so he knows what's there, but just drops it in any old convenient place Or, based it on my workshop in other words

Nice work. 'tis a good piece.

Paint experiments show much promise. Like the barrels.

Lovely detailed breakdown of your rust method!

Feh... what a pile of junk.

Dr H - Cheers!

I like to experiment with the stuff - saves having to learn how to use it with real skill


graven - Well, I'm just trying these out as I go....


Skalk - Excellent


So the holidays are upoun us, and for a change I have some time off over the period. I'll be hanging with friends mostly, trying to keep myself bouyed up - that and hopefully getting some sleep in, meds are really messing with my sleep.
But hopefully I'll spend a bit of time playing with toy soldier type stuff too. As mentioned above, I've been a bad boy and grabbed a bunch of shiny things that I really shouldn't have, and although the motivation is still somewhat lacking, there's a few ideas starting to swirl around.... Some orky related, some not so much so....

So, basically it's more supply drop pics in place of an update

First up a couple of bits from Antenociti's workshop:

Warthog Scout:



The hastily tacked together version is missing the mud-flaps, the gun 'turret' and the brass sheeting, but you get the idea. Was grabbing this stuff more because I liked the look of it rather than for anything specific - I've had a few vehicles before from Antenociti's so was expecting it to be big resin blocks that aren't ideal for chopping up and turning into something completey different.
I'm thinking I may just throw together a small force of 'future warriors' - completely un-related to 40k or other system, purely as a modelling/paintinf exercise. I had thoughts about using the Dreamforge troopers I have laying around doing nothing, or possibly some of the Statuesque Miniatures resistance gals (more shinies that I received today, no pics yet), or something else entirely...we'll see what occurs I guess


Harbadin AFV:



With the two turret options. The hull is a bit longer and about the same width as the Chimera main hull (without the tracks). Was thinking of similar uses to the above, but now I'm contemplating trying some Chimmy tracks attached to the side and using it as a variant...I'll go dig for spare track bits later..


Bear 4x4:



Was actually suprised to find this one had an interior, and optional tops, not paying enough attention to the blurb and just looking at the pretties when I got it I guess The hastily blu-tac'd version is a bit wonky due to the haste and the tacking, not the model. thought this was a lovely chunky model since I first saw it, and now I know it has an interior and options I'll have to ponder for a while over what it'll eventually become....

All lovely kits well worth checking out, and Antenociti has some lovely stuff coming out at the moment if these sort of vehicles tickle your fancy. And yes, I have purchased more, again we'll look at those later


And grabbed a couple of interesting looking items from Hi-Tech Minis too...

Xyster jetbike:



Grabbed this with Lootin' in mind as I liked the look of the big intake front end, unfortunately, like the Dystopian Legions steam bike it has the legs moulded in place. Not sure I want to go to the bother of hacking those away, so I suspect it may get corrupted by the forces of chaos instead.


Eclipse land Copter:



Meant to pick up a couple of their figures, but went for this instead. Again, the moulded in pilots may limit some of it's conversion potential - but for gamer's looking for alterantive speeders this is probably pretty cool. Maybe it'll turn to chaos, maybe it'll develop an enclosed cockpit, maybe the different parts will end up in different places (I do like those engines)..who knows? Certainly not me at present.
And have to say I was unimpressed by the flight stand for this one. Lovely base, but the clear plastic pole - well, let's be brutally honest and say it was a hastily cut bic biro shall we....

Had several more shiny things turn up yesterday and today, but not had a good look/photo session with those yet, including the above mentioned resisitance figures and some space monkeys from AT-43 - specifically the flyer things which will definitely getting some attention from the meks. There's some stuff still incoming too, from a very wide selection of sources, some for lootin', some because they look like they could be fun to play with, and a couple just because they looked like nice figures that I might try to actually paint rather than chop up

Well, I'd best be off and try to come up with something constructive rather than just more supply drop pics for next time....


But before I go....

Another gentle reminder to go check out Skalk's Junk Terrain comp:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/240/563097.page#6348273

27 entrants over 4 categories, fantastic turn out, go and have a look-see. And then please feel free to send Skalk a PM voting for your favourite piece - not the best built or painted, but just the one you like.
And of course, if you like it, feel free to go and actually vote in their gallery too, sure they'll appreciate it.

G'wan, g'wan, g'wan....


Edited for the worst of the spelling I spotted.....

I thought I bought everything but you take the trophy Monkey even stuff I have looked at you have bought LOL

I was checking out those Hi-Tec jet bikes for Ork rides but glad I never did as the rider is moulded in WHY ?

The Antenocitls Warthog and Bear 4X4 I have they are great models and the options on the Bear is worth the investment alone

Well, have fun mate and looking forward to see what you do with this lot, hope the sleep comes soon mate it can take time to settle.

Antenociti's Workshop has some of the nicest stuff I've seen hopefully when finances allow I'll pick some bits and bobs up from there. I've heard rumours they were planning to go 6mm and I'll be all over that!.

dog - Indulging in some retail therapy innit?

Yeah, I thought they'd make great orky bikes, oh well, a bit of khaos now and again never hurt anyone. Apart from those virgin sacrifices. And those guys who couldn't handle possession. And those dudes that got melted that one time. And...

Very impressed with the Bear, but now not sure what to do with it, obviously hadn't clicked through all the pics to notice the various options....


Llama - I've long been a fan of his stuff, the line-up for next year has some awesome pieces. Oh yeah, I can imagine you would be if he adds 6mm



Ok...what have we got today children?


First off I decided to have a look at this 3D printing lark, grabbed a couple of bits from Shapeways - designed by malika2 - to check out.



Buzzsaw (I got 5, buzzsaws are like dakka...) and a set of spiky gauntlets. Went for frosted ultra detail to see what the quality was like, pretty impressive. Quick wash on one of the gauntlets to help show detail, and even managed to get some actual paint on a saw


Next up, another piece from Antenociti's....



The Zebu land cruiser, another lovely chunky vehicle. I've actually primed this now, but then couldn't decide on going for a nice military green scheme or urban. I may have to get another just to do both Then I can decide what to do with the other vehicles....


I mentioned I picked up some space monkeys too, specifically some of these...



Always thought they'd make a good base for an orky flyer, and have several ideas on where to take them.




This being the general direction I'll take the first one in....
May manufacture some plasticard wings in a similar style, may use those....


And on the subject of flyers...



What mek wouldn't turn a sub into a flyer? Not this one certainly



Although I think forward swept wings will work better here. Pretty sure I have some fans about the right size for the tubing, I'll cut those down a bit before adding jet nozzles. Again, I may use plasticard for the wings, don't think the dakka-jet ones quite work. And need to work on the 'cockpit' first anyway, decide whether it has servo-grot or cybork pilot....


And a little progress on the looted necron flyer...



Cockpit in place, started on support work around the wing roots, and started on the tekno-gubbinz that prevents the machinery phasing out. That caused a few screams and a lot of giggling during the protoype test flights....


And even put a little bit more of that paint stuff on this old fella..



Probably only those of you with long memories will recall the necron flyer and the looted wagon...which means it looks like I've done loads to everyone else

Have a good Christmas everyone....hope Sanity Klaws puts some interesting gubbinz in your stockings....

Above average.


Oh, who'm I kidding... it all looks GREAT!

Merry Christmas mt!

Nice work Monkey.
I like the land cruiser, looks cool.

Nice work on the assorted flyers too.

Happy Christmas.