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Looking nice still have to work on mine, my rage level increases too much when i work on restic.

My deadzone stuff still sits in a box due to me not yet being ready to put up with restics bs. (Putting together some restic enforcers was enough. So maximum respect for getting these built and painted. They look great despite the msterial

Well the material usually doesn't *look* bad, it's just getting it cleaned up without losing your temper and rage quitting

I have reached a sort of detente with restic. I pretty much ignore all but the most egregious mold lines, and simply pretend that the lesser ones don't exist. The material doesn't lend itself to Golden Daemon/Crystal Brush-level work, so I'm not too bothered by it, and I get a lot more minis finished.

Kudos for you for all the Restic work you've done. I'm (probably?) past flying into a rage when I look at the Sedition Wars models, and I have to say that yours look great and make me almost want to get them out and knock some out. It's just that when I could work on either those or some nice HIPS or metal models... well, the restic doesn't ever seem to win that battle.

Well, if it weren't for your painting challenge, I probably would never have finished these models. Once they are done, they'll probably go into the Reaper case with all the rest, the comedically-oversized SW box will go in the recycling, and I'll very rarely think about them. Of course, I already have hundreds of models that I don't ever unpack, much less think about...

Really like your collection of monsters.

EDC

And here are the final models in this set:

Captain Kara Black in her Gnosis armor:




I'm pretty burned out on this project, so I went fully minimalist on this model. Not much to say, really.

Barker Zosa in the Aphid Loader:





I think this guy is supposed to be a civilian construction worker or something, so I did his power loader in Tonka Truck yellow. It was pretty bland, so I added some spot color on the wires. I did another version of this guy as a counts-as Grogan for Deadzone, as well, but he doesn't get counted for this year:

AI turrets:


These were just too boring to not do something with the lenses.

Three THI suits:


I assembled and primed these guys last night, and cranked out in about one hour this morning. I am sick to death of Sedition Wars, and I think it shows in the lack of attention I gave these models.

Finally, here's everything for February:




I'm going to take a day off of painting before I start my March Challenge, but I need help deciding what to do: robots or Dreadfleet. Which do you want to see first?

Robots!

So it looks like I'll be working on robots this month. I cleaned, filed, and washed the Oathsworn bots this morning, and I will start assembling them tomorrow. I'm a little sad that no one voted for Dreadfleet, so if I finish the oathsworn stuff early enough, I may start working on the remaining ships as a palate cleanser.

Sweet! As you appear to be in Japan, you should have a homefield advantage on robots

I'm way out in the sticks where we grow monsters rather than a robots.

By "popular" demand, the theme for my March painting challenge is robots. Here is the first set:



These are Warbots from Oathsworn miniatures. I backed the Kickstarter on impulse, and the models have been sitting, unopened, in the closet for about a year or so. For such a simple paint job, they took a long time to finish. The shoulders and hips are ball joints (the master sculpt uses ball bearings), but I couldn't get them to set with just superglue. I ended up using super-strong metal epoxy, meaning I had to wait overnight for the bond to set. That's one night for the legs, one for the arms, and then one more for the kneadatite I used to cover the ugly joints. I also tried some sponge weathering and some decals scavenged from a 1/35 tank kit I had lying around to make the grey a little less boring. The bases are supposed to be cracked asphalt.



These little drones came with the robots. I did a little weathering on them as well, but they are too small for decals. Here they are all together:


I had a lot of time to kill while waiting for epoxy to set, so I cranked out these guys as well:



That last guy has an Arcane Armorial transfer on his shield:


And, of course, a group shot:


I'm slowly but surely updating my Chaos minis, possibly in anticipation of playing them as Varangur in KoW. I'm having a hard time finding thematically-similar Norsemen/barbarians, so I may have to keep them as allies for a Herd force for the time being.

I was planning to paint up the Mecha Front micro-armor scale models I got in Paulson's Kickstarter, but I will have to push that project back until I can get some magnets for the weapons. In the meantime, I dug out some very very old robot/mecha models to work on in the meantime. They shouldn't take nearly as long as this set did, so I hope to have another update within a week.

Liking the Oathsworn bots! I have built mine, and thought they superglued ok. I think they are in my basecoated box so might be interesting to see if they are still stuck when I start painting.

pretty cool looking robots. plus Chaos guys strike that nostalgia spot nicely.

My next entry for the March challenge is ready to show:



These guys are Talos units from Kryomek. They have been sitting in a box of mixed SF models for probably two decades. They are nice models, if somewhat dated. They came with integral bases which I had to saw off to put on these rounds. Thankfully, they are mostly lead so they were easy to cut. The highlights are a little harsh up close, but they look good enough at arm's length that I'm not to bothered. Here they are together:


I also cranked out these two while waiting for paints/washes to dry on the 'bots:


I'm getting close to having a full, legal regiment for Chaos Warriors for KoW. I have another set of Chaos Thugs soaking in alcohol, so I have something to work on concurrently with the next entry in this month's challenge.

Continuing this month's theme of robots, I present:





This is a Gladiator Storm Rider, from Scotia Grendel's Kryomek line. It's been sitting in a box (along with the Talos units I posted last time) for at least twenty years, which is long enough for me to have forgotten what it was until I started researching assembly guides for the Talos units. The legs and feet are lead, the body is resin. It originally had two stubby, auto-cannon-looking chin guns, but I could only locate one. I ended up scavenging a pair of machine guns from a couple of tank kits I had lying around. I tried a weathering technique I found on YouTube-- did it work?

I had a lot of waiting to do for washes and superglue to dry, so I cranked out this guy, as well:


This is yet another pre-RoC model, in this case a Chaos Sorcerer. I was planning to paint him as a wraith for my KoW undead army, but decided to keep him with the Chaos/Varangur army instead. I like to think of him having a combination of stunted legs and levitation for his mutations. Here's a scale shot of these two models together:


As you can see, the Goliath is pretty darn big. I'm not entirely sure how he will be used on the table top, but it will tower over just about anything else.

I finally got around to buying magnets, so I will finally be able to show the 6mm Mecha Front models that were supposed to be my painting goal for March. Stay tuned!

Great stuff, Josh. I haven't been on much the last fortnight so it's a bit catch-up today. I like the robots, but I love the old Chaos guys. God damn, I need to finish up with Gondor so I can start Chaos or something more fun and interesting. Your stuff makes me want to dig out my chaos models soooo badly.

Thanks for the kind words. Robots are fun, but I keep drifting back to fantasy stuff. Those old Chaos minis have aged better than almost anything else from that era.

Stuff looks good!

Cool robots mate. I remember the Kryomec stuff at the game store I worked at back when I was a teenager. None of us ever got into it back then, but I was always tempting to look at.

Kryomek the game never really took off,but they made a lot of nice models.

That was the one with the Not-Giger Not-Aliens, right?

That's right-- the big ones had spikes on their heads, so they were an homage rather than a rip-off. The Colonial Marines were pretty good for the era, as well.

I always liked the conscript guys. Forgot the name they had, but the sculpts were really nice.

Good to see the old-school Kryomek stuff, though. Liked that walker back in the day, but hadn't thought about it in years...

Valets,

JohnS

 cygnnus wrote:
I always liked the conscript guys. Forgot the name they had, but the sculpts were really nice.

Good to see the old-school Kryomek stuff, though. Liked that walker back in the day, but hadn't thought about it in years...

Valets,

JohnS

You had a lot of the Kryomek models, didn't you? What ever happened to them?

Love the little flying bots.


The Kryomek walker looks ace, as well.

Thanks. The little flyers took about five minutes each, not counting drying time. If I ever actually play Deadzone, they'll make good spotters for the Rebs.

 JoshInJapan wrote:

 cygnnus wrote:
I always liked the conscript guys. Forgot the name they had, but the sculpts were really nice.

Good to see the old-school Kryomek stuff, though. Liked that walker back in the day, but hadn't thought about it in years...

Valets,

JohnS

You had a lot of the Kryomek models, didn't you? What ever happened to them?

Yeah, I had a whole bunch of the not-Tyranids as well as some of the conscripts. Treated all of them off years ago though. They were never enough variety of the different conscripts to make an army out of them, and the Kryomek themselves never really grew on me enough. I never figure out a paint scheme that I liked for them.

Valete,

JohnS

Just about two years ago, I backed the Mecha Front Kickstarter, anticipating some stompy robot goodness. There have been some problems and delays with fulfillment, but what has been produced is fantastic:



This is the Neo-Bloc Goshawk Alpha. It carried twin machine guns, I think.



This is the Goshawk Beta, with missles as well as machine guns.



And here is the Gamma, with a missle pod and rail gun.

The KS rewards included extra weapon packs, so I put off painting these guys while I waited for magnets. I had enough trouble centering the magnets, and then in getting the holes exactly the right depth, and even now the guns pop off a little too easily for gaming use, I think. For the next batch, I plan to just glue the guns straight on. I went with a sort of desert tan rather than green or grey, as I have been doing with all the other 'bots this month. I feel like they need an emblem or something, but I don't trust my freehand skills that much. I may change my mind before the end of the month.

I have another set of 3 light mechs assembled and waiting for basing, and then two medium mechs after that. Spring break started today, so I may be able to finish them all before the end of March.

Finally, a group shot
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