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Well I won't make you wait too long then. This made my hand ache. Must be outa shape.

Very old school weety, they look ready for some action.

Yeah they're so old school they are almost celtic and they look ready to slit someone up a treat.

Well I'm gearing up for a big xmass eve advanced heroquest game so I banged out the skaven warlord. Not totally happy with this, I think I had shaky hands when I was doing the tiny runes



Made a start on a wizard. Needs more arcane runes and sigils. Check out the stone effect on the staff, I was going for a jade effect

Hitting the ground running I see! I like Ratty and all his trinkets especially. It would be nice to see him with the overall tone brought down and more attention put on the stuff he's carrying. I don't see the runes you mentioned?

The runes are on the halberd blade... They are not very clear. I agree he deserves better (I have another copy of this model somewhere).

Ohh! I see them now, very delicate. Nah he's great you're being too critical, they're all great. I'm not really seeing the jade effect on the wizard staff, maybe another angle would help?

Excellent stuff as usual Weets, love that wizard. and the green on the poison windglobes

Purple pants for the win :-) love me some persian genie inspired clothing!

Welcome back, weety!

The jade staff top looks good, it has that 'waxy' appearance that Jade has, sort of half way between matt and shiny.

Thanks all! It's good to be back. Holding onto tiny models for hours gives me a sore left hand so I needed the break - maybe I should start sticking the model to something bigger to give me more purchase? Anyone else get hand pain?

I'd have to do some painting to tell you. Sometimes when I'm sculpting something fiddly though. All the pros seem to use something, either cork or paint pots mostly.

Sculpting huh? Sounds cool.

I'm totally ill today. So I'm staying home and trying to paint between sneezes. I spent a lotta time on this swashbucklers shield.



And here's close up on that staff - feel free to make suggestions I'm not done with it yet.

More wasting time with green stuff than sculpting to be fair.

Stunning work, love the shield freehand, very striking. I think I see what you mean about the staff, like a soapy, jade stone effect? Very nice.

Hope you feel better!

Yeah I hope so too. Sneezing is fun but it gets tiring. And I think going to work with a sneeze would be undiplomatic. It'd be so embarrassing knowing that all my germs and viruses are getting on peoples drinks and snacks as I bleep them through the till. I think its best not to do that to my elderly customers especially, they'd probably die if they sneezed this much.

It may be the pictures but the jade looks a little dark, have you thought about adding some of the striations?

Hmm that ones got dark lines on a pale background but I did it the other way around. Perhaps I was thinking of malachite. I'll certainly add more detail to it - and maybe some brighter greens and oranges to the mix.

Good to see you back around these parts, Weety.

Nice work on the Elves, Skaven (I wouldn't worry about the runes, I've done much worse at my best...), Wizard (nice purple) and swashbuckler (good job on the shield).

Get well soon.

Seven models over three days? Well, either that's the real weety back, or an impostor whose been hoarding for a while....

Ratty looks cool, I do have a soft spot for the old metal skaven, that one was a member of one of my warbands way back when I used to roll dice alongside my miniatures And you may think the runes are a bit shaky, but that blade is tiny, I certainly wouldn't want to be painting anything on it.

Nice band of olde-worlde elves too, although obviously there's a part of me saying that they should really be chopped up and turned into Slaaneshi cultists

And similar sentiments about Mr purple-pants too - needs to lose that silly comet symbol and become a proper wiz

Great work on the swashbuckler, the shield is lovely.

Wrap up warm, plenty of vitamin C and the occasional virgin sacrifice, stay indoors and paint....that's what my doc recommends.......

Thanks monkey - yes its important to remember that it is tiny! I'll have to get my slave-borrowers to touch that up.

Unfortunately as to your cure I have no virgins to sacrifice. I could pop down the pet shop when it opens and get a virgin guinea pig? Why do I always wake up at 4am? I swear I get earlier every time they change the clocks. By 2020 I will be waking up at midnight Like some hammer horror vampire.

Well I'm glad someone keeps these rare models in their original state. With mad Mechs like yourself out there they should be getting rarer by the minute! I bet you could make some nasty slanneshi ho's out of them elves.

Hi Doctor H! Thanks I'm feeling better already. Apart from being awake at this hour.

Turn the staff into a baby cthulhu? looking great, like the jade idea, and grand to have you back.

I had a great idea for what to do with the excess militia bits and knights of the white woof heads
Cutthroats, thieves varlets and footpads, ready to mug the hero in a dark alley:

....

Well, I've consulted Dr Septarius von Egad's Big Book of Dark Arts, and it doesn't specifically rule out the use of either hamsters or gerbils.....

That's some nice cloakage you've got on the cut-pads and foot-throats

Nice work on the bandits, looking forward to seeing them with some paint

Nice, they look like honourless ruffians.

Here is another one - this one has a torso made of sprue and greenstuff and I'll give him a big cloak with hood, assassin style

Very well done, good proportions and it looks like a solid match for the rest of the miniature. I feel like you had dabbled in greenstuff sculpting before but this is a bit of a sudden escalation? I could be wrong.

This is the first time I've sculpted cloth anyway. Partly its because I need to use my green stuff up and start the next packet before it gets old and tough!

Green stuff is perfect for sculpting cloth it would seem. Once its been stretched out thin and left to cure for a mo-mo then so long as you keep your fingers wet you can hardly go wrong. I've probably left a few finger prints on these which will show up when I paint. I should get the pvc gloves out for my next go.

Well you're doing a fine job. Kneadatite definitely excels at organic forms so it's perfect for cloth. If it's something you want to keep up then I recommend getting some colour shapers. They have a 200% Sculpting enchantment on them as standard. It's amazing how much easier everything gets when you are using them.

Goblins have been spotted abroad...



I love goblins. So adorable and evil. Like toddlers with sharp teeth and spears.

As you can see I get distracted easy. I'll get back to the bandits, and eventually the knights. But goblins have got me captivated atm.