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Busy times Graven. You've produced some great pieces there. Love the van. The in-jokes are what make it fun

Paradigm wrote:With HG, I'd go the Legends colours, since you already have the TV-based Arrow crew. Speaking of which, any plans to pick up the CW version Flash?

I need any version of the flash, frankly

Dr H wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
... Boxes? Good idea. Hmm. I have some left over matte board actually I could use. Hmm.

And you only need look in the top of your broken bell tower for inspiration and/or a pattern for cardboard boxes.

... whether to (a) do her in a CW colour scheme (bronzes) and (b) hovering either perched on a bit of roof scenic or flight stand. Thoughts?

You make that sound like they are mutually exclusive...

So true, so true, so true I do have some ideas but I need to tidy through my bits boxes and see what leaps out.

shasolenzabi wrote:Ah, seems the new meme of heroines, yoga pants with sport bra, exposed midriff to show of the muscle belly.

so very true. But I prefer it to a lot of the cheesecake out there.

TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:Busy times Graven. You've produced some great pieces there. Love the van. The in-jokes are what make it fun

Thanks mate. It's the little things

Finished as it is in the instructions


Had some productive chat with the company about the design and they agreed that there should be a door. From my perspective, an easy fix:

Simply the MDF from the gap in the wall, with a line scored to suggest swing double doors. Still, it could do with a bit more internal detailing; so, I made a hatch from leftover matte board:

So I'm happy with that I think. Although my frame of reference for this joint is basically the Krusty Krabby I need to do the hotdog cart also.

Exciting news also that one of my mates has scored me a Black Flash promo he's not a playable character in game but rather the scariest token in existence, running round trying to eat speedsters the chum has some other goodies for me too, he's moving primarily over to marvel, but he's also playing some AoS so I've sorted him out with various odds and ends. There's a strange continuity in the flow of miniatures in this universe

THat is a very cool looking open diner.

Nice addition to the Gotham scene. You'll have to get e better shot of the sign so we can read it.

shasolenzabi wrote:THat is a very cool looking open diner.

Isn't it just? And I can see it being used for so many different games.

Solar_lion wrote:Nice addition to the Gotham scene. You'll have to get e better shot of the sign so we can read it.

Ask and ye shall etc:


Built the food cart:

Incredibly quick to build (22 mins including drying time) - what a great addition to any urban scene.

And the finished pair:

Hadn't even noticed the diner came with hot plates too
A fantastic set, really amazing value at under 15 Euros. Of course, now I need to paint it...

Oh, and want to win them? Well head over to my bigcomicpage.com blog when the post goes up (check back here) and you can!

cya
graven

Those bits are really cool.

looking oread to seeing it after you get some paint on it

 JoeRugby wrote:
Those bits are really cool.

looking oread to seeing it after you get some paint on it

You and me both

Meanwhile, I picked up a couple of the excellent hard plastic Reaper Bones dumpsters, because no city is complete without, right?

At £4 each, complete steal. I had it in my head that they were £7 ($, maybe) so justified getting the 2.

Also, am in a bind: no idea how to paint the radioactive waste containers from my TT boat:

You can see what I'm blocking in grey and black. I want to keep a lot of it yellow; it's the actual hazardous waste cuboids along the top that I'm not sure about. Any advice, fellow dakkanauts?

Keep everything yellow. But black as the secondary color in very small amounts. And warning signs. LOTS of warning signs.

Yeah, if all the grey bits are going to be black, I think keeping those yellow would be fine.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Ah, seems the new meme of heroines, yoga pants with sport bra, exposed midriff to show of the muscle belly.

To paraphrase George Takei, "If my midriff looked like that, I'd take off my shirt all the time!"


Cafe is looking really sweet! I gotta say, reading your blog, the only thing separating me from a pile of MDF buildings, an empty bank account and a furious wife is not playing any games that use scenery more modern than the late 1800's. It's a close run thing, I gotta say

Man, you've been busy. Everything is looking great. I especially like what you've done with the truck.

EDC

Red Harvest wrote:Keep everything yellow. But black as the secondary color in very small amounts. And warning signs. LOTS of warning signs.

Very true. I planning on a LOT OF YELLOW (sorry, didn't mean to shout but seemed to do fitting to change )

Dr H wrote:Yeah, if all the grey bits are going to be black, I think keeping those yellow would be fine.

Well the grey will be grey. The hazard warnings will be black. Looks like theres's going to be a lot of yellow

Wehrkind wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Ah, seems the new meme of heroines, yoga pants with sport bra, exposed midriff to show of the muscle belly.

To paraphrase George Takei, "If my midriff looked like that, I'd take off my shirt all the time!"


Cafe is looking really sweet! I gotta say, reading your blog, the only thing separating me from a pile of MDF buildings, an empty bank account and a furious wife is not playing any games that use scenery more modern than the late 1800's. It's a close run thing, I gotta say

I shouldn't tell you about their new wild west range Tombstone then? I like that the models are less cheesecake than before, at least. And thanks! I feel the roof is a little bare, I may stick an extractor fan or a crow on it or something

evildrcheese wrote:Man, you've been busy. Everything is looking great. I especially like what you've done with the truck.

EDC

Thanks matey

However, I am distracted, and not just by hobby ADHD. I've been asked to do as bit of commission work by someone who's taking my overgrown crypt off me (I have plenty of scenery now ) - I'd kinda decided not to take any commission work, flattering as it is, as I do this really for me and my pleasure, but it's for a mate and in exchange for a couple of the Marvel miniature game starters, which saves me a buy-in to a game. Also, I have free reign to do whatever I want - just something that goes with the crypt. So...:

Going to make a couple of overgrown wall sections. A bit jungly, a bit neither fantasy nor SciFi - both part of his vague Want; something generic and useful. I've taken the opportunity to make some ivy press moulds that will just generally come in handy, and the straws will give bulk to the palm-type trees. Some twisted roots, a bit of rubble, and we should be done in no time. Pay day Thursday equals green stuff restock.

Other than that, really need to paint something.
Later peeps
Graven

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with, your scratch build stuff always impresses! Which Marvel starters are you getting?

Avengers and Guardians. Tbh I am not a marvel fanboy but the game is quick and simple - ideal for the kids. And cheers! Currently my finger tips have superglue crust on them

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Avengers and Guardians. Tbh I am not a marvel fanboy but the game is quick and simple - ideal for the kids. And cheers! Currently my finger tips have superglue crust on them

Orange peeling will get that glue crust off very nicely, it also strips paint off of fingers too!

Ha! So true
Till Monday, when I can get to flgs to resupply, this is me, then:


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You can see the crypt in background, hopefully, that they're to go with.

Seems like a good deal, I really like your scenery and to boot you get a new game to try

Well quite
So now if you want to win your own fast food stand, head over to bcp:
https://bigcomicpage.com/2016/08/24/geeking-out-its-chimichangaing-time/

It's been a while, good to see you're still going strong! Nice work.

Good progress on the walls. Should match perfectly well.

Right, where were we?

tony_nids_10 wrote:It's been a while, good to see you're still going strong! Nice work.

Hey buddy, great to hear from you! Just getting my geek on

Dr H wrote:Good progress on the walls. Should match perfectly well.

That's the aim but I'm paranoid nonetheless - and then I've got to send them safely to Brazil...

Anyway, a brief distraction, finally getting round to work on the Emperor's finest:

What, you were expecting someone else?
Finally in the mood to work on my Imperial fleet. As well as these (which still need spot colours etc) there's the Gozanti, 3 regular ties, a phantom with cloak effect, an interceptor, 2 defenders and another bomber to do. One defender will be red (I <3 countess ryad) and the other converted slightly to be a tie x7 (defender prototype) - no hyperdrive or missile launchers. The other bomber will also be converted to a shuttle (no guidance doodad on the bottom, slightly modified pod front). I Because converting at 1/270 is fun!

Meanwhile, I also got hold of the official objectives and street furniture for bmg, just in case I ever decide to play in a BMG tournament. Least that's my excuse

One lamppost broke, poorly designed, brass rod will be replacing all of them I expect.


And finally started some billboards:

Tbh I'm not 100℅ on the Arkham City ones, as they are a computer thing not a comic thing, but they look pretty snazzy so I'll not complain too much.

Also picked up mountains of base toppers (like, seriously, crazy amount), an explosion template and a black flash promo. A good day

So there we are! Typical gamer ADHD at least I'm still sticking to the same couple of games... Least until my marvel stuff arrives
Later,
Graven

I started making a thing...

inmygravenimage wrote:That's the aim but I'm paranoid nonetheless - and then I've got to send them safely to Brazil...

Paranoia is normal (although they are out to get you ). Matching things, even with a recipe, is hard.
But variations in weathering etc. are your friend.

Good job on the ship. Looking good.

Indeed you did!

Nice. I've got a second YT-1300 I've been meaning to modify. Glad to see that you've done something! Looks good!

All kinds of work all at once!

Cool stuff. The jungle terrain is looking good so far.

It's always cool to see some X Wing repaints too, looking forward to seeing what you do with the cloaking effect foe the Phantom.

EDC

Dr H wrote:

inmygravenimage wrote:That's the aim but I'm paranoid nonetheless - and then I've got to send them safely to Brazil...

Paranoia is normal (although they are out to get you ). Matching things, even with a recipe, is hard.
But variations in weathering etc. are your friend.

Good job on the ship. Looking good.

Well indeed. The Ivy press mould seems to have worked okay too, so I'll be making up some with gs to add texture and growth. It does use quite a lot of gs though, so I don't want to go crazy.

Gitsplitta wrote:Indeed you did!

Oh, and there's more where that came from

Anpu-adom wrote:Nice. I've got a second YT-1300 I've been meaning to modify. Glad to see that you've done something! Looks good!

It's not a particularly hard conversion to do, although I'm surprised by quite how dense the X-wing plastic is. The cockpit pops off easily, so from there it's just a matter of patience, really.

shasolenzabi wrote:All kinds of work all at once!

As always Gotta have me some busy work

evildrcheese wrote:Cool stuff. The jungle terrain is looking good so far.

It's always cool to see some X Wing repaints too, looking forward to seeing what you do with the cloaking effect foe the Phantom.

EDC

Cheers! This was my first phantom:

I'm thinking just now of reversing it - starfield along most of the body, foil tips uncloaked, lightning crackling along the foils maybe?

So a little context. A mate asked me to do him a YT-2000 for his star wars RPG campaign. The 2000 is very similar to the falcon but with a central cockpit, and his players' one is a real Hodgepodge of parts. I don't mind a commission when it's for a chum, though I need to watch this doesn't get out of hand - was up till way too late working over-excitedly on this!

First stab at colour scheme also:

Happy with this, I think.
Got a bit of engine glow on, too:


So now I need to get it even grubbier and chipped - time to break out the VJ smoke and the wolf grey! The black lines on the new section need to be redefined also. With luck I may get it finished today, and it's paid for me to (finally) get the Flash & Arrow sourcebook for BMG. I figure that if commissions are on a "specific stuff I want for current projects basis" that stops me (a) taking on too many and (b) buying too much other crud. I have kept a rein on my geek spending so using my services in exchange for goods seems a reasonable balance, I reckon. Separately, it's also nice to be painting - it's not something I have much time for at the moment what with Little Miss; it's easier to squeeze in 5 mins of modelling than painting when juggling a baby, that's for sure. I'm not going to make the foolish prediction of what I'm going to work on next other than the walls, though.

Later gang,
graven

Impressive start graven, keep at it!

Thanks mate. Discussed it with its new owner, and this is what we've settled on:



He's very happy with it, so that's a job with a big tick next to it! Now, back to the jungle...