Not that I can recall sorry.

Nope, doesn't ring any bells and a quick scour through stuff of legends doesn't come up with anything. He's pretty cool though, whatever he is.

yeah I've been scouring it mysself but no joy - I swear he is an imperial pilot for some reason...

Yeah he's certainly got an Imperial vibe to him, doesn't look like a merc or an adventurer, well, maybe possibly the last, but the head and hair say Imperial Army to me.

Oh yeah, just found 2 of the old chaos packs, I'll try and remember to send 'em out tomorrow.

Looks familiar.
Think he's an old IG, looks like the bloke back row centre.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/Ash-1_photos/Imperial%20Guard/IGCommandSquad6.jpg


Just found him:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat911/c2038impguard-h.htm

second from bottom row, far right 'Trooper 9'

Those Chaos daemons on pg 49 were awesome to see! Some of the RT Renegade stuff is awesome! It's really too bad it doesn't fit in well with the newer models

They are a head shorter.

Good spot Ash,and I like those guard of yours.

Good ol' Trooper Nine. You need to stick a '9' on him somewhere now weety

awesome thanks ash. ("I could have been king, but in a way I am king... ... hail to the king baby").

I certainly feel he was worth 99p then

scary thing is I have nearly all the minis on that page . . . . .

Random DnD roleplay books. Anyone interested? willing to let then go for a fair price

No takers? Oh well. Painting today; I like to do the models in black and white first sometimes

ah^^ for once a model i own too^^ the yarek you showed i recently baught of ebay too^^, will you add a banner to his pole?

Cool, they already look good just in monochrome

The heavy looks cool

Maybe throw the books up in the swap shop?

is already done...but i guess there is currently no demand...maybe we should bump the thread a bit^^

There is some necromunda stuff on ebay, @ about £3o od quid.

mind providing a linky?

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p4712.m570.l1312&_nkw=necromunda+escher&_sacat=See-All-Categories

lol... yeah but i thought you had a special auction seen^^ guess was my fault^^

misscomunication got to love it

Finished em

they look naughty,loving the big gunner.

I think I'm going fast when I make 3 models in a day, then you go and paint three

Nice as always, like the anarchy symbols.

Is the first guys shirt off-white, it looks a little grainier then the others?

Big thanks must go to you for sourcing the ammo belt - cheers for that, it really makes the mini great

Are you a Van Halen fan by chance?

Great stuff, haven't been around for a while, really enjoy reading this thread every time I stop by.

well I dont dislike van halen, anything with lots of hair and guitars is alright by me, and they have some classics under their belts. I was always more of an aerosmith/guns and roses fan though. And Nirvana was my first musical love before it all went rave.

Thanks for the compliment

How about AC/DC?

cant go wrong with a little Aca-Daca. But its all nostalgia to me as I was a mere babe then - my decade of teenage rebellion was the nineties, Techno, grunge and nu-metal.

Ah Ministry, Rob Zombie, M Manson

Nice old school minis

Love the old Yarrick

Miss Dee wrote:Ah Ministry, Rob Zombie, M Manson

KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Die Krupps?

underworld, aphex twin, pearl jam, r.e.m.

But lets not harp on

Great painting as always weety! Keep up the good work

It wasn't as random a question as it may seem:



That's why I asked.

aahhhhhh. I see now

Finished mugs for platinum devil 2. These are looking good and now I can get on and make all the rest of youse mugs mugs.

MMM bovril ! , thats a lot of dakka, you got going there weety.
the glaze is really glossy , they look cool . just immagine how many lips are gonna slurp over those in there life.

neil101 wrote:MMM bovril ! , thats a lot of dakka, you got going there weety.
the glaze is really glossy , they look cool . just immagine how many lips are gonna slurp over those in there life.

EEEEEEWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!

yep he can be quite gross some time, but we luvvves him still^^

All those lips and quivering mustaches! Delicately caressing the slick blackness of my mugs...

Anyways - First day off in a while so I finished yarrick

Wow , you have done the old man justice. he looks kerpow!
the laurel blending is a nice touch, but the claw is like a fat lobster, perferct. I dont really like bovril......mmmm marmite!!

Wow, great job on this thread. I have a real soft spot for the old RTera figgies. I think there is a charm to them that is lost in now a days models. Plus metal is clearly superior to plastic, and lead is superior to pweter-white metal.


Thanks for posting these pics. I have a few RT era chaos figgies you might be interested in.

Please continue this plog, its a great read. =o]

Hey man great thread, spent a couple of hours reading through it last week and since then I've gone on ebay and bought 5 beastmen, a chaos thug, 3 minotaurs and bloodthirster, all from the 80's. Next I'll be looking for some Renegades. Thanks for renewing my interest in very old minis. Makes me feel about 11 again.

Once again great thread dude. I'll keep reading it and enjoying the old school stuff.

*Passes Whetty a large G&T*

Haha! happy to greet two new thread readers!

Umm... I'm not really up on my fluff but what exactly is that monkey skeleton doing with his gun?


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Oh and cracking paint job as usual, love the lobster claw.

He's just carressing it lovingly. Give a monkey skeleton a gun and that's a happy ex-simian for life.

Nice job on the old man, makes him look like the sort of 'umie dat could have a go at bashin orks. Now I'll have to get hold of one for his PK though, need to loot that back

might be one or two on trolltraider on ebay

Lol yes rip it back! ts an epic klaw.

What is all this about a monkey skelington? I dont remember that

Its on the storm bolter

Cool that makes more sense now!. Coming up tomorrow when the light improves is an escher with a shotgun. Which reminds me - I hope everyone is ready for the release of "Hobo with a Shotgun" starring Rutger Hower, later in the year - gona be hot!

Nope, anything with Mr jackman in tight leather or NCIS's Mr Waverly hubba hubba...... (Swoons)

Waverly and Jackman is a pretty wide spread line of interest in men^^ tho i have to admit both are cool!

Now lets forget the atractiveness of the leading man for a second (loved him in blade runner), And just consider the concept - Hobo blows the crap out of pimps, peados and corrupt cops with shotgun in a dark twisted near future. Sounds like a laugh. And I've always loved rutger

No not sold sorry. (Goes back to swooning over Mr. Waverly)

spoilsport

Any way here's Sally Strontium the Scourge of SouthHive

coll looking shottgunneress, my only nitpick is the repeater handle...why not do that in pastic or wooden material rather than too in metalics?

by the way, alterted already against the spammer above...

Very cool. Another excellent job on the face, lovely skin. Some nice colour work on the details too, although I'm not completely sold on the gloves. Possibly just because can't see enough of the hair at this angle to see the blue there, but it seems to jar slightly atm.

I think I forgot to give her gloves a wash.

"old skidmark" steve, hobo with a rusty laspistol. I think he should be part of the priests retinue as he is a militia man model. I can imagine him being a poor angry man who was fired up by the confessors speeches so they found him a grimy laspistol to join them in purging the heretic


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Photos aren't that great - Its a mystery sometimes

nice green.

have you seen my new stuff?

I always keep up with your blog, but I cant say as I've seen any pics for a while.

Heres classic khorne fresh outa the strippa - these are 1992 so not ancient, but they have that oldschool feel so I'm happy

'Skidmarks' looks nice and grimy.

Can't go wrong with a huge fist and a whirry sword

Is the middle one missing his weapon's head? What will he get in it's place we wonder....

At this point I dont have a clue what to give him to replace his missing axe head. Nothing I have in my bits comes to mind

A chainsword to make a chain-halberd? Ball and chain to make a flail? Big spike to make a big spike? If you could get hold of 3 or 4 of the old rt marine chain-bayonets you could make a very cool chain-mace. Plastic tubing to make a hammer. Or better yet s big ol' square hammer. That would be pretty cool.

I suppose you could find an axe head and do an axe, that might be a bit too radical though.

Orky axe head?

It was a chane axe ... thanks MT just notised that.

what, pfft who needs a chain weapon. He can just beat the crap out of enemys/allies with his stick!

Cant be a force rod as Khorne hates psykers.

"Hit me with your rhythm stick."

Ian Dury and the blockheads.

who needs a force rod when you have...... A SUPER AUSOME RYTHYM STICK OF BEATING THE CRAP OUT OF PEOPLENESSS 3000

blame IEspell

I've bidded on some chaos axes - hopefully win them.

Here is the final priest, his name is Judasmas Terrymia, or Judas priest to his friends

Where is the studded leather?

He's a weekend rocker.

Nice.

Like the contrast on the robes, looks cool. Your skin tone is really coming along, that's another great face

Wheety got some more Night Lords up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WGVgfjnLqc

judas priest ...tsk tsk tsk.

Loved the Yarrick, Shotgun Sally, and Judas Priest. Not sold on Skidmark yet.

I'll second MT's comment that your flesh tones are looking great.

I had real trouble getting the camera to focus on skidmark - he is getting two more militia friends soon so will do a group photo. Loads more oldschool traitor marines come in the post - photos tomorrow

More oldschool 1980s nerd porn. Tomorrow -wip mugs and slaaneesh chalice with glaze

Skin tone on that priest is really fantastic, nice and ruddy.

Please god tell me thats a chainsaw tail I see?

Yes it is Ifalna.

Wow, looking forward to those Traitor Marines! I only have 1 of them (first photo, left) and is currently awaiting the day that I get back into painting my World Eaters.

Gotta love a buzz-saw tail. I'm not at all sure what flavour of chaos I should do them but I'm leaning towards khorne.

I think he is Khorn guy

ohh, missus, look at the tail on that

More proper chaos chaps for the attention of your magical brushes Can't wait.

And yep, they all have a Khornish pasty flavour for me.

Also looking forward to seeing the glaze

Crazy psyker dude -
Mentor legion mug -
space wolf mug -

Hey Weety, wow those mugs look amazing. I like the mentors mug, is that for Graven?

The wolf looks very nice, esp without the diamond around it.

You have amazing skills and I cant wait to see the final outcome, my mjod will taste ace from that mug.

tis for graven, but what is this mjod? Incidentally are you right or left handed?

Oh gosh darn, you need to read HH series of "prospero burns". Mjod is a SW drink made of alcohol and other nameless stuff. I think they have a big goblet or deep plate ( I think like a quaich), and they each take a drink from it.

I can use either hand for most things, but will use my right hand for writing and painting, so I will go with right handed.

Btw propspero burns is a very good book and not all about just raping and pilllaging of prospero, delves quite a bit into the psyche of the SW's

I did actually get it out of the library with a whole load of other books but I was distracted by the new ian banks and terry pratchett books so ended up putting it back


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the handed thing is just because the wolf its so big and pointy you wouldn't really want to drink from the side its on

hey weety if you want to talk about my favorite author and his books you are welcome to join in on the terry pratchett thread... a bit dormant atm but i guess a new subscriber can always reopen this one^^

Yay! It's awesome!

Agreed, very awesome

The last HH book sucks big time.

Which HH book would that be Miss Dee? Age of Darkness or Prospero Burns?

After seeing more of Konrad Curze in Age of Darkness, I would love to see him get his own novel.

Great stuff weety! Nice to see those old models keep coming!

Prospero Burns

Why does it suck?

Just stuck in the 1st 130 pages, just dont make sense to me

Its building up though, its setting up Hawser as the story teller. Prospero Burns is a slow burner, if you wanted constant actio and lots of howling then you may be disappointed.The first half is more about the Wolves themselves, without spoiling it for you, there isnt that much about the burning of prospero, which is towards the end.

It also shows the views of the other Legions towards them and how they view themselves
It also shows how the traitor legions think it is easy to con the Wolves (being barbarians and all), but how really they are the hunters. However at the end its a struggle to see who was manipulating who

I gave up on the book.

Sometimes you just cant quite get into a book. I like to revisit books I gave up on years later just to see if I can get it second time round.
Thanks for all the comments everyone. Glad you like the mugs.
Heres the Slaaneesh chalice.

Random chaos squat type dude - The photo seems to be hampered by to much sunlight. Might take another later

Hey weety, where on earth do you find all of these minis??

That one is from bob olly's website - He used to sculpt for GW but now he is freelance


apart from that its all ebay and ebid

Really like the purple of your chalice, nice and deep.
I'm liking the chaos squat too.

He is a weird looking old geezer isn't he - Maybe I should put some color on his third eye

Mugs are looking cool, as if I expected anything else.

Love the colours on the old psyker dude, nice set of duds he's got, the blue face doesn't look quite as smooth as usual, but still way cool

Chalice is looking lovely, I do like that purple

Olley squat looks good too, nice details around the face.

The chalice is really great Weets, you should do more in that style , very gothic. The olly scrunt is a little Freaky!! kinda scared of that mini man

The squat actually looks Genestealer Magos/ Genestealer normal to me.

A Squat Genestealer Magos I like it.

Ah, Scrunts! crackin' stuff.

He does look a little bit hybrid - although I thought my previous scrunt a few dozen pages back was better - and looked really really like a magos with his staff and giant collar

Yeah, the other guy's a magos this guy's just the (sc)runt of the litter...

sorry, I tried to resist, but my WillPower is only about 3 or 4

Groan

nice ! just a hint ...dont google scrunt ...:[

well I'm obviously going too now... Mmmmm yes it works as slang doesn't it!


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What about the word therapist... the rapist. And thats why I stay away from any alternative therapy more extreme than a nice foot massage

I really like the blue crazy psyker, both the model and the paint job. I'm not sure yet about the scrunt. I probably wouldn't want the figure but I love the coloring work that you did on him. However, it seems busy to me. My eyes don't know where to focus or linger.

He might actually need repainting and a photo done in a milder light. But I'm pleased you like the blue face dude - love blue faced mutants - me reminds me of a lot of sci-fi aliens

You probably ought to avoid doing an image search too

Andorians spring to mind

oops just googled it

bam new page

blue waffle anyone?

Painting the escher leader today

Hmm, sounds tasty, what colour maple syrup have you got though?

I hate you, Weety.

did you find the waffle chowderhead?

Yes.

And once again, I hate you.

Yes.

And once again, I hate you.

Sorry bout that - I think I trolled my own thread there. On no account should ANYONE ELSE google blue waffle, resist temptation. DONT DO IT

Saw an adder today.

Anyway really seriously here is a nice pic of the ass-end of a scrunt...

My, they really are weird looking little fellas aren't they?

yep -very. I particularly like his tail

what the frack is that?

How do I "unlook"? I want my wholesome, innocent brain back.

Could we get a group shot of everyone you've worked on in the blog so far?

I can refer you back to page 48 for a group shot but its not a very good one - will try and get some better group shots soon.
JB - remember pandora and her box - she should never have opened it cos it smelt funny inside..... (sorry I just cant help myself)

Urhh, i am never going to get that scrunt cone out of my head now !! bad weety and her bizzare models.

Long awaited model - I think I posted a base coated photo of this one 6 months ago; Chaos Squat!

He looks super pleased with his bright green glowstick of death!
I'm always amazed at how you manage to cram so many colours on a mini, it shouldn't work but does. Nice work weety.

Weety you have the best models without doubt. And its not a glow stick its a lime flavoured ice lolly , mmm! if you look closely you can see where he has been licking it

and i am very happy to say i resisted googling blue waffle my innocence is still firmly intact , if nothing eles is

Lime flavoured ice lolly!! I liked glow stick too - He is defo a space-raver and likes to hang out around UV lights and wave his stick about to the music

Those chaos squats know how to party! No strict doctrines to adhere , no chaplains or commisars busting their shrivelled knads. i would be raving too. That power armour has built in =I= tunes

I don't even want to imagine what cocktails are running around in all those tubes either...

Or maybe they're for decoration? Techno-punk!

Love all your models Weety - so colourful and characterful!

Har Har, Glowstick is awesome!

Oh, and congratulations Weety! Your blog is the featured Dakka News bit today. I noticed it on the Dakka home page while I was clicking around.

This is what is/was there in the center of the page:

News

Community Spotlight: A Rogue Trader Blog. Now with extra Squats!

Rogue Trader era miniatures can often be expensive and hard to come by. However, that hasn't phased weetyskemian44. Since this hobbyist was a wee tyke, she has wanted to paint all the models she could lay her hands on. And oh how she has! Her massive blog has hundreds of rogue trader Miniatures in it. Squats, Gangers, beakie Space Marines (and even Androids), are all here. She admits to being obsessed with old models and perfection, and it shows very well in this amazing blog.




Its quite a long read, but I assure you it is well worth the time. It also includes non-Games Workshop models from yester year, including some beautiful dioramas.

The full thread can be found here.

Congrads, Weety!

front page well done.

:applause: Well done indeed!

congrats

*high five*

well earned in my opinion^^

Awesome

It bought me here.

Weety your painting skills have improved a lot since page 1!.

Also sounds like your return to the hobby was black to white.

My wife gave me AoBR in 2008. Many arguments later painting remains a key part of my downtime.

Look forward to following your progress.

I'm right proper chuffed! Thanks everyone - thanks especially chowderhead as I suspect you may have had something to do with this! Its good to have come this far and still be enthusiastic and ready for more. Eventually I might even paint em all (even the space-orks!).

Coming up soon - bulldog faced, dog legged khorne marine. Hes nearly finished

Always have a sweet spot for the older minis, not as well made as todays models but their character out weighs anything made today.

Bit of a Rogue trader and 2nd edition collector myself.

WOW! I'vve just found this thread from the linky on the front page. Thank you for the trip down memory lane with the old minis. Great to see your mugs too. Keep up the superb work!

looks great and thats awesome that you have so many rogue trader models. Some of those would be great models for a unique inquisitor's henchmen.

Hi. I've been dipping through pages of your blog and may I firstly say well done on the front page. Secondly I notice early on in your blog you mention using Dettol to strip your minis old paintage. I have pro painted for a few years now and have always used Nitromors to remove old crusty layers of welded on paint. I wondered if you had encountered it or if you just don't like the god awful stench of it and preferred Dettol? Nitromors will take off all but the most stubborn paint in a matter of no more than twenty minutes. For oil paints you may need to dip them twice but you won't have to do much scrubbing or scrapping. One warning if you do try it. Never let it touch your skin cos you'll have never felt burning like it unless you've been in any blowtorch based accidents? Lol. Good luck, keep up the fine work and I just hope I can speed up your enjoyment of this excellent hobby a little bit.

power spray works wonders too.

Thanks bodworld but I'm a bit afraid of nitromors (did a jewelery course in uni so yes I have felt the wrath of the blowtorch). Dettol smells pretty awful too.
Thanks DJbutton - I had thought that they would be perfect for inquisitor - and I have like 4 inquisitors as well (only 2 painted)
Thankyou also InyokaMadoda and tortured robot and everyone else - great to get a wider audience - I will have to get on the painting - cant really afford to buy any more minis at the mo as the recession is finally hurting me, but I have a massive pile of unpainted minis still to go - including:
More chaos squats
squat heavys
beaky marines
inquisitors
chaos traitor marines
demons
militia
tons of goliaths
sentinals
RT eldar
I-core bikers and lizard riders
Orlocks
RT Imperials

weetyskemian44 wrote:I'm right proper chuffed! Thanks everyone - thanks especially chowderhead as I suspect you may have had something to do with this! Its good to have come this far and still be enthusiastic and ready for more. Eventually I might even paint em all (even the space-orks!).

Yeah, Chowder convinced Yakface. To be fair, Yak didn't need much convincing.

Definitely paint the Space Orks! Though you should follow your muse and paint the most appealing figures first.

Cool I love the name yak-face (I'm guessing he has a beard)

Here is dog soldier chaos dude - I used different painting technique which is a bit messier up close than the others - oh well, still looks good

LOL what god does he belong to? oh wait i guess i know:
DOGG TREATS FOR THE DOGGY GOD maybe or what? XD

He is a bit canine isn't he. If you spell god backwards it is dog...

Is that a flamer pistol on his side, or is he just happy to see me?

Congrtas weety , and another nice addition.

Khornite deffo

Khorne renegade with a juggernaut head I believe.

Hello fellow Weety-fans, you have probably seen these mugs on this great plog before now.


Weety made these for me for the Platinum Devil 3 Tournament and due to an unfortunate problem (parcelforce ) I couldn't take these to the tourney now find myself with a few left over and remember the interest when she showed them here.

So if anyone is interested in owning a weetyskemian44 original or has a question then drop me a PM.

Sorry for the thread-jack, RT excellence resumes in 1,2,3.....

No you carry on - it makes sense to see if dakkaites want a dakka mug and will hopefully mean my efforts were not in vain.

I have one Night Lords Wheety special wont have room for a 3rd

You shuure? I do special good rate for preeteee laydeee?

Im sure

Damn that was my best sales pitch!

Great Maker, youd make a rubbish salesperson

Now now.
have painted a lovely Imperial Guard champion with lots of checkers and go-faster stripes. Photos tomorrow!


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My decision not to buy any more minis from ebay(for now) has forced me to start painting a lot of stuff I've had hanging around for a while

It is no wonder Kilkrazy likes this website do much.

Imperial Guard champion dude.

You would love my collection. Started playing in '87, and my little brother made a point of picking up early stuff that Games Workshop did even before that. Weird stuff. Marines with needlers, power/chain swords that look like a corn cob. Stuff like that.

Sounds cool! Put some pics up?

That guardsmen has some tight buns.

What? There's nothing wrong with staring at his perfect.. Beautiful... Gluteus Maximus....

You need to do a scorch mark on his ass and do a dr McCay from atlantis

Wow it's been a while since I've looked at this, quite a lot of very rare figures I've never seen before. Awesome.

I've been digging thru my bits boxes and found an ancient Eldar Musician...he has like lots of pipes and crazy looking helmet and a hand flamer with sword I think. I was thinking of painting it up but perhaps it would be better used as a donation to you for completion's sake if you don't already have it.

Well if you are a donating kindof person! I should for honesties sake point out that I saw said eldar musician sell for about 6 pounds plus postage just the other day. Would love to own one.

Chowderhead and miss dee - I think all the imperial guard had nice tight asses back then, in fact even the space marines asses are litle more than two adamantium eggs in a ceramite handkerchief. It was the days of sexy asses over realistic asses

I was thinking of a stargate atlantis ep when Mccay gets a arrow in the ass.

Only seen a few episodes

Took me a few days, I finally read through this entire thread, yet I never got bored, this is such a great thread!
Congrats for such an awesome Blog there Weety!

Cheers Mr 666. Its amazing how long its got. I sometimes flick through and just look at the pics - I would never have time to read it all again. Pleased you liked it!

Some eye candy for your perusal - 1989 inquisitor with power fist and some kind of fancy gun. I am really please with the colour combo here.

That inquisitor looks awesome, Weety! Those whites came out really good and play well with the red hood.

Personally loving the metals on the armour and the gun. The little blue gems/screens/buttons (my god what are they?) on the leg make for a nice contrast too.

what a beauty ! i love that inquisitor i think the best of all , he looks so gnarled! the inside powerfist is cool too.

Very nice one! The background of the photo is quite distracting though, I assume it's supposed to be athmosphaeric, but it just interferes with having a closer look at the lovely miniature imo.

Great looking stuff as usual Weety. This is always one of my first stops in the mornings. And congrats of the Front Page thingy!

coud i ask for a shot of all the modles in this blog togethr please?

Modles? I dont have any modles. But I will attempt some group shots today - but getting the camera to focus on them all at once is tricky - go to page 48 to see my last attempt to do a group shot.

Thanks for all your lovely comments - appalling spelling though. But you might be right the background is a little bright - I need to get some new ones. Perhaps a pale blue fade to white like they used to do in 'eavy metal?

Regarding the background - it is quite stark and sort of tints the model. Great for atmosphere but a white-blue background would also be nice to see the model rather than the overall effect.

We're wierd like that but stick with what you have. If it works it works.

Beautiful work weety, and bless your little spelling-fascist heart! Way to make an English teacher smile

I found some new backgrounds - But they arn't exactly subtle - the sunset one is handpainted and the other one is just a picture of some kitchen herbs that looked kinda like a jungle. I have resolved to do some group shots that you will be able to zoom in on. But I'm only going to do about 6-10 at a time as my camera has trouble focusing on more than that. So these guys are the rogue trader era Inquisitor retinue. The unpainted one will be the sniper of the group when I have fixed a scope to his gun.






I will have a look round for more backgrounds - wish I had a printer

I just got a Judge Dread off ebay

New background is much better weety. The inquisitor is a lot clearer against yellow than purple and I can see him a bit sharper now!

Nice Inq, paint job really looks the part.
Are all these Old school mini's eBay finds, or do you have some ability to phone back in time and order cool stuff from Citadel miniatures in the late 1980's?

Miss D - The old 80s one? Awsome!

Yeah you guys have rumbled me - I've been using a time portal to secretly buy stuff at 1980s prices...!

More photos - The adeptus ministorium and the imperial army command (still no flags - One day I want a printer so I can just print em off and colour them in)

Yep it's the old GW one with the Hex base


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Love that old Yarrick model - the red on the claw is perfect.

Cheers 666

Oh and All the mugs are being glazed right now so hopefully pics tomorrow. And more group pics too.

I saw those first marines, so long ago, and got hooked. You have a great thread going here. I love to see the neat old minis. Very very nice.

dont get me wrong...the minis are classic as they can be...your taöent is marvelous! i am a bit of a traditionalist and thus i demand^^ to get pics with your old backround again...the new ones (exept the herb jungle, which somehow is funny and cool looking...) look and remind me strongly of snowwhite and the seven dwarfes

Yes - What is the inquisitor retinue doing taking a stroll in the woods? Maybe it is full of heretical dwarves... I liked the colour so had to give it a go.

seems a good reason^^ the dwarfes and the colors likewise^^

By the looks of your profile pic your tank is fnished - I will go take a peek.

only a photoshop mockup by neil101^^ he did it for me and sparked my imagination^^

Oh right - well that tank is progressing anyway - looks very cool - I especially love the sponsons.

thanks weety, so far they took the longest time to make^^

Imperial Guard Squads





Mercenaries and chainsaw warriors



More mercs and random imperial citizens



Goliath Gang - With some RT era models that just happen to look like goliaths



Eschers, Not many yet



And thats as far as I got with photography today

Cant wait to get my Judge.

hmmmmm...this brings fond memories of the time when you first presented your freshly painted minis...^^

Its cool to see all your minis together like this . They look so colourfull.

Thanks guys!

More stuff - Giant Blue horror champion



Mentor legion and space wolf mugs

nice work , both mugs are great weety, havent seen mentor legion in a while . And blue horror is a ginat blue delight imo,
although that ring he has on has me wonderinging who is he married to?


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probbably a pink horrette ;-)

Great stuff!

Love the 'Word Up' Goliath, 3rd from right!

Or, is it Frank N Furter 40k?

Lol - yeas they are a bt to cool for school aren't they, with their bondage gear and oiled muscles.

Love the group shots! Especially the cawdors and the first of the recent IG squads. They look really good together, nice job

Loving the mug and always loved the old daemon command groups. How I miss them. New daemons don't really compare to the character of the old ones that well.

Wow! Oh so very... wow! Now my Mentor Legion will drink tea in suitable receptacle (and no doubt inadvertently find it used as brush water...)

I'm dead chuffed - thanks weety!

It's a suitable mug for the Mentors.

I'm really glad you like it gravenimage. I learned a few things and used a new glaze.

I like mine to

The whiye wolf matches my LR's wolf design and those of my few paited terminators.

You did an outstanding job

Heres more minis

Delaques - I want more of these.



Orlock gang - I still have three more to paint yet

Weety. I have a whole bunch of Delaques if you'd be interested at some point (never going to do anything with them myself.) Some minor conversion/repair but nothing much to them.

The firls in the bottom picture - where those from? They fit in so well too.

They are reaper minis. I sifted through hundreds to find just the right look - sort of 1970s gang girl.

I would be interested in the delaques - post a pic maybe?


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Oh here are some I missed - not really orlocks but I painted them to go with the gang

Will get one to you tonight after I run my local D & D session and get home.

Fairly decent sized gang, some weapons had to be replaced (swapped for the original ones - no worries. So were an autopistol was missing I applied the plastic autopistol, bolter for bolter etc.)

From memory - it's basically the contents of the Gang set from the GW website, an extra gang leader and a couple of extra gangers.


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Also - that girl on the left. SO WANT. Friend had a whole bunch of RT guard to sell but was unwilling to part with any individually. So wanted to make a diorama out of her and a 3rd edition Hive Tyrant.

Have a look on ebays the troll trader as he might have some

I would be very reluctant to part with mine as they are rather rare - But yeah if you are willing to shell out about a 5er you can probably get one on ebay occasionally - I just had a look and I cant find one right now...

What would you be looking for for your delaques?

Will send a PM. In short I like helping folk out because I can be oddly nice like that!

The Troll Trader has 2, a heavy with something missing and something ealse

Bah! Still churning out more models!

May I say, that more Delaques would be really cool.

'm looking forward to them a lot 2 - they are going to be very cultish - lots of bizzare colours and head tattoos.

I still have a lot of goliaths kicking about unpainted so I thought I would do one following the old 'eavy metal paint scheme

ähem...did that goliath had in the original form not bare tighs as well? did you interpret this space as trousers? though for decencies sake you get full points...^^

I'm probably slightly past fashionably late now, but hey...well done on getting caught under the Community Spotlight

Nice to see all the group shots, looking great. As do all the new mini's, and the mugs,and the billion other things you did in the last couple of weeks

DarkStarSabre - I have a spare of that army girl, shoot me a PM

I'm sure they had red trousers on von-dom - otherwise you would be able to see their rippling thigh muscles as well!!

Thanks monkeytroll - I love to be excessively productive, it makes me feel better about having a job that is only one rung above fast food salesperson/burger flipper. Actually they have reduced my hours to my minimum contract (new manager is a sour-face-grumpy-pus). So I have all the time in the world for crafts and gardening and warhammer. Swings and roundabouts init.

I'm sure they had red trousers on von-dom - otherwise you would be able to see their rippling thigh muscles as well!!

good point...

new manager is a sour-face-grumpy-pus

and you were glad the old one was sacked...well seems the new boss is bad as the old boss...the more things change...

Well the old boss was an idiot and a fool as well - at least this one can do her job without asking the deputy managers how its done. But yes - grumpy old moo she is

sometimes the dakka short refference system can provide unwanted jokes in itself^^ moo in this case is priceless^^

She is a bit of an old battleship


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Having a bit of a clear out of duplicate minis and books if anyone is interested - http://shop.ebay.co.uk/weetyskemian44/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562

I was running low on a choice of asembled and undercoated minis to choose from so I did some more - militia, orlocks, chaos squats - a squat heavy with a D-gun? or is it plasma? And of course the atv - which I'm going to add the other riders to later for ease of painting

The latest batch of primed minis has some nice figs in it. It's good to see the ATV finally getting some love too.

Is that a mold line underneath that big Squat gun?

Oooh, I find myself eagerly awaiting the squats.

Got to the eBay link only to see an E.E. Doc Smith book for sale for 80p, are you nuts, you could get a tenner for that on Amazon!
How much to ship out here to the colonies? (I'm looking at the librarian and kind of drooling a little)

It is! It is a mold line!

You should fix that

I promises to fix it before painting!

Vitamin K - I rekon an extra one pound ought to do it. I don't know about amazon.com, but on amazon.co.uk they are dirt cheap unless they are first edition or mint condition.

You go ahead and buy stuff and I will try and be scrupulously fair - I will weigh your purchases and figure out the difference for the US.


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And hey - dont you reckon that the squat with the tenticles looks like wil turners dad from pirates of the Caribbean

Can you get a side view of the squats heavy weapon?

Can do momentarily - in the mean time can anyone recommend a site where I can buy separate weapons cheap that resemble stub pistols, auto pistols and maybe even laspistols - I'm running out of pistols basically.

Looks like a rt conversion Beamer, v similar to a current plasma cannon but different cabling/sides.

Heresy do separate weapons

Thanks miss D I will check em out - anyone know any others?

I thing you are right it is a conversion beamer - here is a side shot or two

looks like a beemer.

You could try these - http://www.freewebstore.org/Zinge-Industries/1_Resin_Pistol/p658641_3121552.aspx

Thread here - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/349840.page

No personal experience with them though...

They look cheap and acceptable quality too. Thanks - its all to think about - just remebered hastlefree miniatures - but I think their sculpting is a little lax.

Here is wip on my sniper - he needs a few more washes and a highlight here and there. He is 1980s RT all over except his lasgun - which is 21st century necromunda

weetyskemian44 wrote:And hey - dont you reckon that the squat with the tenticles looks like wil turners dad from pirates of the Caribbean

Yeah he does which is a bit scary lol.

Nice guardsman by the way, the new fangled Lasgun really suits him.

i´ve recently bought me a share of zinges guns and other assorted items... they are all very good in my book, the guns especially i have to say...got me some ladders as well, which look very cool...and some pieces for m,y airship...
by the way, followed that link of yours weety to see which E.E.Smith vitamin K talked about but coulnt find it... is it already sold? was my first Sifi book ever...if i am not mistaken...

Viktor von Domm wrote: was my first Sifi book ever...if i am not mistaken...

I got really sick one year and stayed in bed for weeks, my dear departed grandmother bought me over the entire Doc Smith back catalogue and most of Asimov's and now they're as rare as hens teeth (Doc Smith that is)!!

Love seeing all of these kooky RT minis, I'll have to see if I can find my plasma pistol armed IG beastman, I know it is in mums attic somewhere...

When I click on the link it is at the very top of the list - "skylark duquesne" If you can't see it still then I am mystified.

My first sci -fi was some weird stuff bout a girl living alone on a planet with an android - then settlers come and they think she is a freak - she realises then that she was genetically modified by her father to be better adapted to the oxygen poor radioactive high-lands and that the other humans dont have blue skin and cant leave the valley where they landed, eventually the humans deliberately regress to simple technology and superstition until their children rebel and seek out the blue skinned girl and the android to ask them how to contact earth. - And I haven't the foggiest what it was called - can anyone remember?

I love a bit of asimov, julian may is great, alan dean foster and arthur C. Clarke are good. But my favourite will always be Iain M Banks

Are you familiar with CJ Cherryh? Greatest female scifi writer; a classics teacher, she wrote future history that reads like Roman literature. Extraordinary.

No I haven't, I will have to look her up - My fav female sci-fi writer is Ursula le Guin - who is famous for her fantasy "Earthsea" saga, but atually did a crap load of visionary sci-fi - really fascinating stuff. Actually wait a minute, julian may is a woman... Now I'm torn between them. Sod it they are both great.

Indeed - though I'd go for Le Guin. But you love Banks, and Cherryh's a major influence on him. It's hard sci-fi, with very convincing non-humans. Also, they don't need to be read in sequence: as she says, you can read history in any order. However, the best place to start - if you can get a copy - is Downbelow Station, as it establishes, oh, everything.

funnyly i can click on yer profile of ebay and then it is given as top of the list...but in the list itself it is not shown... only bram strokers is first...????

CJ cherryh i have seen lots of times but back in my younger days i wasn´t inclined to tackle such big books then...but i understand that this is top shelf SiFi stuff... one day i will get to her books as well...

and to vitamin K ...fond memories? hmmm... i had the first three books , enjoyed the read but under now forgotten circumstances i lost all books... cant recall why... and sadly i can´t get a hold of them anymore...

Try this link - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/skylark-Duquesne-/180673885183?pt=Fiction&hash=item2a1100b3ff

tried making a bid...right before your helpful link^^ but i am not allowed...???

I'm mystified - It says that I can exclude countries from my auction, but I haven't excluded any so I just dont know. I have had a fiddle with some settings - please try again and see if it works

done...and it worked^^ thanks weety^^

great bob olly guardsmen and the carbine is a nice touch

Cheers neil!

Note to any of you foreign types wanting to buy something, let me know which ones you want and I will jigger the settings, but I cant be bothered to do all of em now as its a bit fiddley

"The aliens are coming! the aliens are coming!!" Time for the militia-men to come to the rescue with their rusty pistols:

cool figures michael kirk and grandpa douglas to the rescue

mug arrived thanks sweetie, got the fw games day 2011 mini this morning

coolio - I have also posted mugs for inmygravenimage and petruskin so they should arrive shortly. And thankyou to darkstarsabre for all these lovely delaques - I will get that mug constructed asap

somehow i really like these models more than your otheres before...must be the sudden human like looking minis...normaly you chuck out way more iron clad minis or even musclepacked ones... these look more like something i can identify with!

They are very 'civilian' aren't they. I can well imagine them being simple artisans and labourers before being press-ganged into service

exactly!

weetyskemian44 wrote: And thankyou to darkstarsabre for all these lovely delaques - I will get that mug constructed asap

Squee. The finecast Lictor is looking forward to the mug (and now I have my nid urges back ).

Hoping the Delaques get there fine and in one piece. In a very snug box, wrapped in toilet roll, on bubble wrap, which I will admit is taped monstrously.

I fail at packing.

They arrived this morning and are all in one piece - I am a very happy bunny

No happy bunny girl ??

Woot! Then in that case I apologise for the tape labyrinth. No breakages or anything? Was concerned about those lasgun barrels!

They are all fine - And I am very happy with them

Hmm, what's that? Did someone mention bunny girlz?

Hmmmm - could be a comedy sisters of battle chapter!!

You mean like this?? the gunny bunners?

http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/sci-fi-225-c.asp

I had considered using these as a comedy Nercomunda gang

Sisters of Battle with bunny ears ......

Thanks for that link asylum_inmate - very tempting things on that site.

Wip on the ATV

A couple of weapon swap here and there and im sure you could use them as a SOB 'counts as' army. could be fun to see someone do. I have so many idea like that which i will probably never get around to actually completing

Dont tempt me!

More wips - its nearly done but I need to paint the passengers and stick some numbers on the chassis

The Judge arrived today, it is Judge Giant not Ol' stoney face

You should complain! Unless you like him. Those minis were so small that I'm surprised you can tell which judge he is.

So anyone have any thoughts for variants on the ATV? - I have one more wartrack to hack up. Purchased a plastic imperial vehicle gunner to be the driver but he could be too big I'm not sure.

Do you have an old tarantula you could stick on one?

No but that is a great idea - I made a razorback out of one of those once - might have to seek one out - but possibly also find a larger chassis - not quite rhino size but bigger than the wartrack back

Sweet! I won me a librarian. Will paint and post pics when it gets here!, Thanks Weety!

weetyskemian44 wrote:You should complain! Unless you like him. Those minis were so small that I'm surprised you can tell which judge he is.

So anyone have any thoughts for variants on the ATV? - I have one more wartrack to hack up. Purchased a plastic imperial vehicle gunner to be the driver but he could be too big I'm not sure.

Has a name on the tab.

Cool vitamin K. I hadn't looked at ebay yet. Will post tomorrow!

Gotcha miss dee

Imperial commander! A distressingly bad sculpt on the sword - I thought t was a chainsword when I bought it but there is no groove between the teeth and the shaft so I did it as a serrated power sword.

you could have added a thin bit of plasticcard^^

but he looks very good either way, the red to the dark and grimey green looks a good match

I don't have any plasticard yet - what kind of plasticard would you recommend for that? I should probably get some for vehicles and wot-not.

well if you have plastic glue or super glue then i think in your household is already enough plasticcard... you can use for starters plastic folders for instance...these are rather thin and could be used for almost everything... also you probably have some thicker type of plastic from stuff like meat packages or salad boxes and things...straight stuff that can be used for fleshing out vehicles and such projects... if you indeed want to scratchbuilt in all seriousness then i would recommend the white stff everybody here on this board uses...comes in so many different thicknesses that it is totally unpredictable to say what you might need...well i guess a bit of everything and your good to go^^

and tubing of course^^ as this will be then also needed^^