I think you might be right but I think they are trying to use more original aspects as to design and effects, although I will believe it when I see it and it is just rumours at this stage.

beg to differ... a good deal of even episode VI was filmed in northern Africa...Tunisia if I am right...

Indeed, the Foum Tatooine in 4&6.

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beg to differ... a good deal of even episode VI was filmed in northern Africa...Tunisia if I am right...

Yes but thats just location shooting, the majority of set and studio work was done in the UK although the CGI work was all US based I thought.

well... if you put it that way....


for me it makes no difference... shooting or filming...

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well... if you put it that way....


for me it makes no difference... shooting or filming...

Well, location shoots are usually a small part of any movie, as set and studio is a larger section of the movies make up.
Plus location shoots cost more money and drive up expense, which is why they keep it to a minimum.

I ruined my back last Sunday, which has meant no fight work and no bending over a hobby desk, I have missed you all. Gingerly tried some kit bashing today but only managed about half an hour.

Both WIP, nothing particularly new or exciting from previous work, just another scavvy and bounty hunter.





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Looking at the scavvy after I posted this I may turn the scavvy into a weird, that cranium suggests psychic head popping abilities

That head is awesome, where's it from?

@theophony the top half is from one of the heads in the chaos spawn kit, the jaw is from one of the tied up severed heads from the vampire counts sprue, I think the zombies???

Thanks, looks even better now that I'm home and can look on the iPad instead of the iPhone.

I like the second guy myself is that a chaos cultist body with a great swords head ? nice job on both and hope the back improves

@LDD - thats right you are bang on dude. It works really well actually and could be for either universe. I'm thinking of trying the same combo to make a witch hunter for Mordheim.



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1am inspiration. I have been producing a steady stream of bounty hunter models with no real purpose, then I realised I could tweak them and start a freebooter gang.

I am massively excited about this idea. Space pirates have always filled me with joy and I don't know why I have never tried to make this gang before.

Working off the two miniatures produced today I think I may have a captain and an astropath / navigator. It is an excellent opportunity to build all kinds of low down dirty xenos scum suckas. This s going to be fun

I like him a lot, although I'm not completely sold on the sword arm - look a little unwieldy. A Cadian arm might work better?

I like the idea of the freebooter gang I might even join you on this trail of thought as I have been mulling over Space Pirate idea for a while myself

Also the witch hunter is worth experimenting with I just love the concept art GW has for them, you may have hit on a good way of developing that look into minis

I think the arm works all right for the freebooter theme, maybe add a parrot though

Hey LDD cool, maybe we could link the projects somehow and create some kind of narrative?

Sounds like a good idea motivation is not a strong point of mine maybe with a push it might help me put my ideas into effect

What kind of approach are you intending gang, character, vessel and crew ect, or was you referring to the witch hunters ?

Either way might be nice to try this approach, plus I like the idea of bouncing characters of others creations and themes

I will drag my bits boxes out and start the rummage

@LDD I have a couple of ideas that I will post on here presently, eitger revolving around the ship being damaged so they are marooned until it gets fixed or that they are searching for a missing crew member that stole a valuable piece of archeotech and they have been tracking him for years across the galaxy


A WIP of my first mate

Yargh. There be no law upon the underhive.

First mate needs a portable cannon i think... Love him

I see where we going here ok

I kind of had an idea based around a crew on intergalactic hauliers that turned rouge, based on criminal intent with a knowledge of wealthy shipments and space travel routes.

This way it leaves it open for alternative races and equipment design.

I like the new guy I am thinking a mini gun of sorts would be cool.


Hey maybe my crew stole your guy and his artefact

Someone needs a harpoon. Also a robotic Call Me Ishmael.

@inmygravenimage - a harpoon! What a great idea.

@LDD - a minigun, now you guys are making decisions tough, harpoon? minigun? Harpoon? Minigun? Predator? Money dick?

@ Maus - A PORTABLE CANNON!!!!???

RIGHT, SOD THIS HE'S GETTING A LASPISTOL



That will learn you for giving me useful and inspiration advice.

LDD I plan also to have a xenos filled crew, I'm thinking a kroot, my navigator (see the last scavvy above) as a random race, and the classic return of the imperial beast man



I also started work on an ex pitslave to be part of the crew

LMAO a las pistol I still think a mini gun ia the way to go myself

I was thinking beastmen as a loader but was going to the Tau root rather than Kroot for one of my crew, also an ogre as the heavy loader and ship muscle.

Maybe even invent a few races my self, I am hoping to start this weekend coming on my crew might have a little spare time

I like the pitslave idea looking forward to the pics on that one

I warned you!



And a WIP on the pitslave

You basically removed his manhood with that las pistol needs bigger gun

Like the general look of the pitslave, what kind of attachment are you planing for his arm then ?

Some kind of buzz saw, anything sharp and cutty will work fine

BTW, I was hunting for other random stuff this morning and found a harpoon head from the WM black ogrun pirates. If you want it, lmk, and I'll dig it out again and stick in the post. Alternatively, a deldar harpoon would work.

Inmygravenimage makes an aggressive move for harpoon over cannon, minigun and laspistol. I like your style

i hope your back is back to normal (sorry for that lame pun...)

and i like where the recent models are heading!

Aw thanks Vik. I was back teaching on my apprenticeship this week so all is good, glad you like the models?

defiantly like your recent models... the poses are really working!

Little bits done, pit slave reaching completion, needs some bits and bobs

Started work on the affor mentioned requested minigun











Nathanie1 out.

That's more maxi than mini love it!

did you add a patch to the minigunner? looks cool!
but the gun needs some felshing out...

and that head on the other fella with that bionic arm... very cool looking!

Hey vik, na that patch is on the original head. Yeah the gun has lots of work to be done in it for it to even make sense, don't worry

well i was not sure about that head

Hello ladies and gents,

I must apologise for my absence, I needed to step away from the hobby for a little while to attend to other things and have not been around for a bit. It is frustrating as I felt I was building some momentum with this thread. I will post soon. I still am keen to create my Rogue traders and then who knows. Maybe my first ever 40k army. Am planning to set aside some modelling time so I hope to be posting again soon. Miss you all.

Welcome back ol chap! It has been way too long.

I hate that stupid life stuff that keeps interrupting quality time. I wish someone would invent a way to deal with it. We all have those spots when we need to step back and re-evaluate where we are at and what else needs to be done. No problem mate, we'll be here when you return, even more eager to see your ideas after our withdrawals are satisfied.

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I can't believe I ate the whole thing

@ LDD I can only apologise, I have been lurking the whole time but had a break from making things, lost my mojo for a while. Aside from that I've been stock piling models and desperately telling myself I can't afford to start collecting dark elves

@ Theophony hahahah awesome he really has eaten all the pies

I managed to pretty much finish this guy tonight





I have been rolling the idea around in my head for a while, ever since I one the plague ogryn for a steal on eBay. I actually bought a plague bearer a kit for my scavvy's but fell in love with it so I decided to make this guy and a unit to sit around him. I will be able to use them either as allies for my WOC or proxy warriors with mark of nurgle

He was a really fun build. The arms on the original body were much longer and separated into two crocodile jaws, I had to shorten them, remove the teeth and mould them back together. His claw was restiched in the same way. When it came to the other hand I started off by restiching the separated halves on the original model and then cutting the finger joints to close it around the haft of his spear.





However the fist looked too bulky, even though it match the one on the other side so I changed it for Belakor's daemon sword.

I have gone with one of the more basic heads on the kit rather than the more ornately horned choices. I am still unsure on whether that was the right choice but. It will be really easy to swap if I change my mind. I'm also considering adding plague drone wings but I don't own any yet so this will also have to wait.

Nathanie1 out

Good to see you back to the real work nate!
I am a bit uneasy towards anything nurgle related... As I have here the least knowledge of the whole thing... Thus the small head still looks akward to me, but as I said, I don't know nuffin

That's okay Vic. My intention us for it to look odd, like his torso is bloated and malformed but it is still a good spot, may well change the head up

I like that model a lot. Sword hand did look a bit small at first, but your explanation put it into perspective for me and totally works now.

Glad to see you back at it. Any work you offer is worth the wait.

nate...don´t make my unknowingness change your mind!... you have a masterplan!

Aw shucks guys you are making me blush. Ordered a festus the leech lord that I am going to convert into my herald shamelessly ripping off the conversion featured in last months white dwarf. I really liked it and it kind of inspired this new kick into gear

pics mate... i haven´t had my nose in a WD for ages...

hmm I only have a digital copy. Let me see what I can do

Hi there folks. Did some mild changes today and some basing. Started off by shortening his claw arm as it was a little too long and looking slightly ape like. This also gave me the chance to reposition the hand into a slightly more dynamic pone. I also fleshed out the back of his neck and hinted at a spinal coloumn, I may make this more prominent but not sure if I have the requisite GS skills to achieve what I have in my head, have surprised myself before though.

I know cork basing is everywhere but I wanted to give it a try. I'm most excited about building up layers that spill into ah ascent bases, using height to allow for an overlap. It's early days but I think this could look really effective

Cork basing looks really cool which is why people use it so much. I've never tried it myself but my first concern is how effectively the cork bonds w/ the base, and how well the model bonds to the cork. I've seen too many great models become random bitz when the plastic base and covering (cork / PVA / etc) separated.

i think the trick with bonding cork to the base is to mix glues... PVA alone wouldn´t be working for eternity... but once you add superglue or even some plastic glue to break the base surface a bit...it would last...

at nate...don´t fear the basing... the tiers you did look very cool!
as for the abomination... ´orrible

I have swapped the head on the Daemon Prince again. I really can't decide what decision to stick with. The previous head is too small, but that has an aesthetic which I like. This new head is certainly a better scale but it looks a bit generic. Any thoughts and criticism welcome.





I also started working on the Herald. Festus was an expensive mini t cut into pieces so I am hoping it works out.

New head looks decent! As far as being generic, the paint will define it and make it different. just 1 man's opinion, take it for what it is worth to you.

I like the two horn head myself.

The nurgling behind the demon prince looks like he's reaching up for a snack...someone aught to tell him. "it's not a baby Ruth candy bar he's hiding there."

the two horned head makes the whole head look bigger... which in truth he isnt really that much...but it looks more...er...right...

the herald is something i look forward to...where is that helmet bit from?

@ Skalk, theo and Vik cheers guys I think you are right the new head is the better choice. Vik the head is one of the plague bearer options mate

Ye more changes today, if I change my mind any more on this model I am at risk of doing some irreversible damage.





Still not finished, even though I am back to the original weapon hand I want to close it around the pole more and probably change the blade as well as hang chains / trophies.

Sorry progress is so slow, a lot of fight work this week but trying to do a little every chance I get.

On a completely separate note I went to see 'Knightmare Live' tonight. If any fellow Brits remember this awesome show from their youth I can not recommend this enough. Here is me wearing the helm of Justice!



Nathanie1 out

Nice work although not much of a nurgle fan myself, some interesting takes on the minis though and keen to see the paint work.

Now Nightmare dam that takes me back and now they are doing it live Left, left ,no stop Stop STOP!!! Arrggghhhh

@LDD - haha so many fond memories heard again on stage tonight. You should check it out if you can

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@LDD - haha so many fond memories heard again on stage tonight. You should check it out if you can

Where is it at then ? I will ask the misses if she wants a night out yes maybe not that approach

its at the bloomsbury theatre 2 minutes walk from Euston station. tickets about £15

Thanks

Enter, stranger think this is my favourite version so far. Now stop touching it or it'll drop off. Or something.

i am eager to see the wings get some paint now!

and a nice cameo appereance there with that helemt on

@inmygravenimage haha yeah that's the gist of it.

I know I said I wouldn't, but I did. Head swap number 4, this time made of 2 heads, poor herald......







For the first time in the process I am truly happy with how he is looking, much closer now to how I imagined him.

@ Vik paint goes on tomorrow hopefully

Now that reminds me of the knights of ni ...

... except they are no longer the knights who say ni. They are now the knights who say 'ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing'

Head swap looks a bit better actually. The deformed horns add that bit of 'been there, done that, have the mutations to prove it' sort of look.

... except they are no longer the knights who say ni. They are now the knights who say 'ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing'

aye!

Glad I stumbled across your blog! Consider me subbed! Love the builds on these nurgle dudes.

@skalk cheers man

@moltar hi! Thanks for the kindly comment. He is all done now and ready to paint, but there is something about his wings that really bother me. I'm still not convinced and am considering removing the big two and replacing them so he has 4 equally sized small ones.

I've been beavering away in the darkness, updates coming soon, here's a taste.....

Easiest way to get my attention...show pics of dreads...cool fw eyecandy

@Vik it was some of the most fun I have ever had assembling a miniature, what an amazing kit!

Oh...I bet...ant I totally forgot the really nice looking base...the tiered cork really looks convincing!

That's one heck of a pose

Agreed, that is a nice pose.

@inmygravenimage and @Dr H - cheers guys. As soon as I finished him I wanted to do another one, it's a shame they are the wrong side of £40. :(


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Been making lots of marines. You don't wanna see them all so here are my favourites so far. Most still WIP with no purity seals or grenade packs added yet.

Veteran sergeant



Assault marine



Captain



And tomorrow's task as it just got too late tonight





Nathanie1 out

Sternguard, with special thanks to Theophony for waking me from my slumber.....









Still need to add all their grenades, pouches and other tracklements.

Nathanie1 out.

put the first lick of paint down on the marines. just a base coat and the start of highlights but I am proceeding with caution as its my first time painting astartes. He almost ended up as a lamenter, the checks remind me of the classic age of eavy metal painting but I really hate their heart decal. In the end I have settled on Raptors, I like their drab colour scheme and fluff and there are transfers readily available from Forgeworld.

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He's baaaaaack!

Sorry. Missed the last post, but so excited, especially to see raptors

Hey Theophony, hopefully so, hobby time is the last priority at the mo, hate how little time I have to post on here

Starting to get somewhere. Until, I buy the transfers from forgeworld he is going to seem kind of plain, I'm holding off until we know more on this rumoured website merger to see if I can get a shipping discount.







I can foresee issues over introducing very white transfer decals to a model that has had its colours muted but until I get hold of them I won't know for sure

nice!

@warboss thanks dude, much appreciated

Just a small update, tinkering around with some Mordheim stuff but so as to jot jump all over the place here are a few details added to the dred. I read an article a while back about using salt and hairspray to create wear and chips to paintwork and wanted to try it ever since so here is my first attempt on the dreds leg. I think it works better if you are airbrushing but I've never used one and am a little intimidated by the price and skill level required, so I went at it very carefully with a brush trying not to dislodge the salt crystals. The white should offset the transfers when they go on.

I'm not really happy with the blacks on the model. I follow San76 and he was talking about never using true blacks but very dark greys which I have been experimenting with here but I think I need to tinker with it some more.

The head especially does not pop and I think it is throwing the model off a little. Maybe I chose the wrong eye colour?

It's probably the wrong eye colour throwing the model off. Green on green isn't very striking unless you use a vivid, neon, lime green to really strike out. Try using something warmer like orange or red to combat the "coolness" of the green.

Final details going on. Changed the eye colour, it's an improvement but still not sure I have it right. I worry that I need to bring the general brightness of the image up, which will be an arse.

the weathering on that stripe on the leg looks good...how did you do that?... the raptors scheme looks very cool to that model...for me a good decision... and the current eyecolor is on the right way! but probably orange would be the best choice...

@vik hey man, how sit going?

The strips were a process of masking off the area, spraying the exposed sections with hairspray then sprinkling on rock salt. Once the salt has stuck to the hairspray, then spray on the stripe colour. Once the paint has dried run the miniature under the tap and give it a gentle scrub with an old toothbrush, this should dissolve the spray and the salt leaving the weathering marks in your paintjob. Hope that helps

ah... soso^^ ...

I didn´t knew one would try the salt method on a comparing small model...on a tank, yeah... but that takes some balls to try it on a dread.... well done mister^^

by the way... have you checked the current leagues comp theme?...maybe that´s something for you too...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/583702.page

Those marines and the contemptor look great.

@PDH - thanks dude. i am currently ordering a bunch of parts so i can ape your pestigors!

I think i am king to treat my self to a new guard scions kit tomorrow. have machinations to build a munda bounty hunter and 4 WFB witch hunters from them, torsos and legs look like they could convey to fantasy miniatures really nicely!

So I was contacted in the week by beardlegend in regards to playing some necromunda. I looked over my work from a while back and decided I would really like to give skavvys a go but I had never built enough models to field a gang. So tonight I began to beaver away on reinforcements before we meet for the first time this Wednesday.










I also started playing around with an old Yarick model I had in my bits box. Can normal commissar's carry storm bolters?







Happy Easter everybody.

Nathanie1 out

Dang, those look sweet! Really like that first scavvy, and the Yarrick conversion. What's the head from, the new scions?

Hey dude. Yeah it's the head with the beret and the breather. It's a great kit and I think it has possibilities for both fantasy and 40k

Damn scavvies! I like what you've done with the Necromancer. He looks nice and twisted.

The Yarrick conversion is inspired. Really like the way you have completely changed the flow of the model. Normal Commissars cannot take Storm Bolters, however they can take normal bolters....so one barrel is obviously jammed if your opponent questions it! Just in case you've missed it there is a nasty mould line running down the top of the officers cap.

Looking forward to seeing more.

Ah sh#t I'm terrible with mould lines thanks PDH. I will probably ditch the bolterNyway as I think it is too synonimus with the original model and I might still change the back pack but considering he was an afterthought at 2am I'm pleased with what I found when I woke up this morning


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Had a chance to do a little more this morning. Really pleased with the last fella, the corpse cart is an under rated treasure trove of to scale hands.

I'm still on the fence on using cultist bodies for my gang. Their scale feels ever so slightly too big so they tend to stick out slightly.

Does anyone have a recommendation for sci fi zombie parts. The gw ones are laughable

Got some green stuff work done on who I am simply calling 'the tall man' at the moment due to his upright and gangly stance. I suddenly realised that i had no idea how to sculpt hair. I plumbed for what I thought would be easiest, crusty balding dredlock look

Simple as they are, I think the dreads look great and do the job more than adequately.

Thanks Prime yeah I'm fairly happy with them.

Need advice from you dakkanauts on building decent plague zombies. I am really stumped

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aaaannnd..... he's done. Scaly complete.













with spear gun unloaded....



.... and loaded .....



Overall I'm really pleased with the build, I still need to do the scales which I think I will complete using liquid GS this time. I am especially happy that when the speargun isn't loaded it looks for all intensive purposes like a scatter cannon. Until I paint him I therefore have a choice as to how to arm him. I hope to play test both to discover which I prefer, I have never run Scavvys so clueless at the moment.

That brings the gang size to 15. Rough calculations say that that should be about right. Damn Scavvys are cheap I have struggled to model enough to fill the points!

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almost all the parts are from the plague cart kit, the bodies ae from the zombies that pull it along but he heads, arms and replacement feet have all been extracated from the zombie pile that sits in the cart. They aren't perfect and still need greening but I can't help but feel that they are an improvement on the existing kits out there. Considering the popularity of zombies in wargaming and geek culture I am amazed at the lack of quality kits and parts in existence, it seems like a no brainer to me.

Seeing these zombies makes me think of the zombies from Metal Slug 2, they are looking fantastic! It is strange there are almost no "really good" zombie kits out there, but it's probably because of the amount of "zombie types" you get these days. How do you make a good horde of shambling corpses when lots of zombies are just infected by a single bite?

that harpoon is awesome... can´t say it any way else...wow...the addition of the muzzle was the right decision...

also...I must applaud you for such creepiness... your conversion range among the haircurling list of my own on the top ten...ach... top five...some even have dream haunting potential...

the hook looks to me currently as my favourite mini...his composition is very sound...
the old man/hag with the autopistol...well...creepiness sure has been achived... but I am not that sure about the combined look of the body together with that head...but the autopistol conversion is pure win!!!

and I like the yarrick conversion... he reminds me now of an amalgam of yarick and kroenen...(the clockwork killer from hellboy...)

Two things in particular that stood out.

1 - Hook-hand is awesome. The photo you took also makes it look like he's about to come rip my throat out. That's just cool.

2 - While I am not a fan of the basic model, I really love the greening on the dreads of that bloated-belly zombie. The picture from the back makes me think Predator. That hair would make me buy that model, just to paint it.

The kit-bashing, in general, is very good but those two things are "stand out" modeling. Paint them!

@Deunstephe - Cheers man, there are indeed many zombies to choose from but your classic shambling horde could really use some 28mm attention.

@Vik - as always you are far too kind, but thank you anyway for the kind words.

@Beard - Hopefully you can see them all first hand tomorrow. Just have to survive the dentists and them I will be on my way.

Well I'm just heading back from a blistering first match with Beardlegend and his mate Olly.

My newly formed Scavvys braved the fire of the cult of redemption in their first match up and dispite inflicting a harrowing toll on the opposition (7 hangers out of action) the religious nutjobs just would not flee. Hatred is a bitch.

After passing 4 bottle rolls and hanging on by the skin of their teeth, I finally suffered 25% casualties at which point my gang promptly turned tail and ran. It was a hollow victory in the end for the redemption though as three gangers died including his deacon who rode his luck against the aim of my scaly and was speargunned into oblivion.


The table just before play


The gang are prepped and ready to roll out

Have to give a massive shout out to beardlegend for putting everything together. It was an excellent start to a night that will hopefully become a regular event. If anyone else is interested in joining us on Wednesday night's at borough market give me a bell.

Hey. Really nice work on all the latest zombie-like chaps. Lots of nice posing and unique builds.

@ Dr H - Cheers mate, a new GW zombie kit is sorely needed, although paying £30 for 5 shufflers will be inevitable and gak

So I decided that my two scaly models did not gel well together. As I had a spare few hours this afternoon due to beard legend getting locked into his own house I decided to have a go at modelling a replacement for my original.

It's still got a long way to go but the basic form is emerging. The head is the most challenging thing to find a suitable part for. I originally tried to model a death mask out of a skeleton head and a marauders chin. See below.



I then decided that scalys can't have beards, it just wasn't working. I liked what I had created though so tried a head swap with my leader who I had noticed sits a little short and diminuative compared to my other hangers.











Hmm so I am not sure at all about removing my leaders head. The trouble is I'd that his original face works great for both models. I think I will probably end up putting it back which leaves me with the same scaly head problem to solve all over again

These are some great scavvies, really nice. There are a lot of good scavvy conversions around! Using the corpse cart zombies is a great idea.

I would say the main thing when making scallies (even more than making them scaly) is to make them look stupid, and the head he has at the moment makes him look evil and cool, but not so stupid. Where are these chubby torsos from by the way?

The other problem is that your leader, with the winged helm, has started looking very Fantasy Battle. It's a good helmet but he has no obvious 40k identifiers on his front, it might work well with a bionic eye, some tubes or if he held a pistol.

The only model I don't like is the tall man, just because I think the guts hanging out looks pretty fatal, and it blurs the line between a scavvy and a zombie. I think he would look great with his guts greenstuffed back in.

@ Bruticus thanks dude. the chubby bodies are Kromlech I think, fat ork torsos. You are bang on with the leader, I now need to choose whether to give him his own head back from the Scaly or fashion him something completely new.

The tall man isn't finished, I need to patch his guts up and fill in the exposed bone on the limbs, I have just used the parts to get his shape right. I have also already cut a lot of his hair off and I may just make him bald.

Im pleased with how much the Scalys are now looking similar though. This should help tie the gang together.

Wow these scavies are awesome!

@wierdingway that's very kind. I found your thread the other day and have completely fallen in love with your work, very talented. If anyone seeing this has not checked it out yet do so now!

nathanie1 - you have really taken the scavvy idea and made them your own.

They have just floored me. The boss and two scalies are just amazing. Plus the scavvies themselves using plague bearers. Nice dreads!

So looking forward to seeing you paint these.

@PDH - Thanks mate, that was really the aim this time. There is a wealth of awesome Scavvy models out there including your own and I have happily aped other peoples work in the past, this time I really just wanted to find a different way to tackle the modelling, especially the Scaly.

I finished off the replacement mini for my a Scaly 'Thumb' today and took Bruticus's advice giving my leaders head a bionic eye to try and "unfantasy" him. Il take some photos at some point to post up.

I also started looking into Mordheim as the gaming group I have just started playing with have talked about playing it. It's a system that I am not too familiar with, (only played it a few times as a kid) so I am a little confused trying to work out the different warbands. There seem to be loads, including things like Norse. Does anyone know are there core and unofficial fan armies that have been added to most modern additions or were there always about 20 warbands to choose from?

Awesome work mate some great creations and some of the best scavies I have seen to date love the use of the plague cart zombies and the Kromlech Ork bellies just genius

Can't wait to see the paint work on these guys will make for some interesting colour choices

Hey LDD good to hear from you and thanks for the kind words. Looking forward to painting them actually. Will probably make a start on Thursday

Looking forward to seeing them painted as well I always found scavies a bit cartoony as far as models and conversions go however yours seem to have captured the mutation aspects but added a creepy side to it which I love.

I know Bructis mentioned the rotten gut being a bit over the top but personally I like it, almost as if there mutation is causing disastrous effects exploding boils and skin ruptures.

@LDD - I know what you mean but it's important as he said to draw a line between zombie and ganger. I think I will smooth out the most horrifying injuries and flesh over any exposed bone as it will make him look more alive.

Have ordered a load of stuff from megabits so there should be plenty to see soon,

Yes see his point looking forward to the update then

Quick request, does anyone following this blog own an imperial knight and have a spare transfer they would be willing to part with for a nominal fee?

I'm after the one with the portcullis mouth



Apologies for the cheeky request can't find a site where the transfers are sold individually. If anyone knows of one let me know

If you cant find one over there I can accommodate the request for the price of shipping.

Those Scavvie conversions are simply fantastic. Oozing character.

I really like the Nurgle spawn with the headswap, the herald head scales really well.

@whalemusic thanks I may need to take you up on that as you have been the only reply. Many thanks

@ mediumofdeath thanks dude. Kind as always.

I made it down to warboar games in Bromley today. It really is a fantastic shop and it is so good to actually see maxmini, avatars of war, kromlech etc in the flesh rather than online to get a real idea of their scale and suitability.

My bitz order also came through so I should have a busy day on Tuesday and hopefully some models to show at the end of it.

Today's work was a little rambling and incoherent. Firstly I had yet another head merrygoround. The original faces I had ordered for my scalies arrived and although I enjoyed the fact that the smaller heads made them look bloated, the new ones created a more reptilian look and tied the two models more closely together. I doubt it will be a popular change with some of you but it did free my scavvy king head back up to go on my leader where I kind of feel it belongs.







After that I tackled the long burning issue in my head of how to build chaos marauders that don't suck massive balls, here is the first attempt, my very own lord of bones





Finally as I was sorting through my bits box I came across this guy, I have been toying with what to do with him for ages, It so happens that over the weekend I was looking through some of my very VERY old white dwarfs (remember that magazine?) and found some awesome genestealer hybrid art so I thought I would start turning him into a cool magus.



Still plenty to go. If anyone knows any good hybrid resources throw them my way. I can't face the idea of starting another whole army but maybe a kill team? Regulars here will know my knowledge of 40k is pants. What kind of points makes a kill team? If I had a psyches, a squad and something like a sentinel and ran them with guard rules would that be enough?

Any who so that's a bit of Munda, a bit of WFB/ mordheim and a bit of 40k, hopefully something for everyone.

Nathanie1 out

Theres a few versions of KT, but basically you'll have a 200 point list with modified FoC. What slot do the Psykers take up in the new book?

The scavvies are looking great. I think the new heads work for the scallies, maybe they would look even more lizard like with the ears shaved off? I think they were slightly cooler models with the previous heads, but this way they do look truer to their name and fluff.

The marauder looks great but the feet don't quite work, the boots are too modern looking. I did a similar conversion for my mordheim gang and just added a flappy bit around the top of the boots, that or fur ought to work well.

You could just use the magus for necromunda. There are some genestealer rules around the place (I wrote some myself that are OK).

yo chaps,

to generate some funds to continue my model making I am selling some of my Scavvies, namely a Scaly and my Boss.

you can find them on eBay here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111367156427?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

and here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111367151624?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

I am also selling some other random necro models including some rare items (redemptionist with grenade launcher, delaque with lascannon) so please check it out if you are interested.

good luck with the sale...tho international bidders are of no interest?...

Yes Vik I will post international if people are brave enough to pay the postage. Hope you are well mate

all is well...

and well... seems you are parting with some of your best gems here...

Onwards and upwards Mr von doom. Too many ideas that need realising.

that is the spirit... if you´re in need of bits...let me know...

Today's task, trying to build a better plague sword





Still working on various ideas for the pommel

look at the size of that thing....


looks mythic to me .thumbsup:

Nice work. You could have said that you had just bought that and I would have believed you. Tidy job.

Why thank you Dr H. I posted it because i half knew I would continue to mess around with it and f**k it up, which I then proceeded to achieve. Reworking it again now. grrrrrrr

That's easily done, even on a fairly simple sword (I know).
Knowing when to stop is always difficult. But if you don't try, you don't get. Keep at it.

Good take on the Chaos Marauder (that don't suck balls) how you combined those pieces to come up with that is out of my reach

Is the torso from the beastmen ? also is that a forgeworld renegade arm I see there as well ? and lasty can we see the other arm please.

I still think it was a great idea to use those Kromlech Ork bodies for the scavies I might borrow that for something similar if you don't mind

I also agree that the sword looks like an actual kit piece rather than a conversion piece, however how big is that thing

Its big LDD but it's for a daemon Prince/ bloated herald so it needs to be. I have spare Ork bodies from the blister so PM me and I can pop some in the post.

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Its big LDD but it's for a daemon Prince/ bloated herald so it needs to be. I have spare Ork bodies from the blister so PM me and I can pop some in the post.

Thats very kind of you mate but no need thanks I have about 4 sets of the dam things I bought some for a project that has yet to get off the ground ( shut up Vik )

But I might try one out on an idea which will be easier than doing 7 different minis Any way I want to see you do more with them

Once again thanks for the kind offer

Unfortunately I'm all Scallied out but there may be more uses down the road?

I am sure you will find some creative way to use them

Today I'm putting some time in on my daemon Prince. I don't know how long I have been tinkering with this miniature for but it is turning into my opus.he has been through so many changes and I'm just lucky that all the things that I have tried have not caused any permanent damage to the core section of the model

Today I tried my hand at scratch sculpting for the first time. After attaching the daemon sword to the arm through pinning, I decided that building a claw around the grip of the sword was the best chance I had to make it look like it was being held properly. This is still a WIP but I have achieved a basic shape and for my first ever attempt I'm pretty pleased with how it is going so far.

The camera seems to throw the scale of the sword off a little, all I can say is that when I view it in real life it does not look over sized.

Nice work.
Hands are really difficult to get right and you've done a good job, so well done.

Now I see what the sword was for nice work once again, the hand has turned out well but loving the tubes out the back really gives the model more character

@Dr H - thanks. I've cut it down slightly now the GS has hardened so the fingers are looking less like sausages, it's very much learn as I go but the larger scale is giving me some leeway.

@LDD - cheers, yes the vents have helped massively on the back section, I just have to make a decision as to whether I add more or not.

I personally would not add anymore vents as it might over crowd the model, the balance looks right to me but thats just my opinion

I think your sculpting looks very good... my only issue would be that the transition to the chest neck work of yours could be a tad smoother...

@LDD - TRUE, in fact I have removed one vent and he looks better so I think your gut on the issue is correct.

@ Vik - I think this may just be an issue with the colour change on the photos but I have not looked at that area for a while so will check it out, cheers for pointing me in a direction


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Here is the hand cleaned up a little more

whoa.... that hand looks awesome...(I know an overused term...but fitting here...) I specially like the use of sprue for talons... very cool idea!

Nice work. Definitely looking better.

First layer of paint is on.









It's an interesting model to paint. A mixture of fairly large mono colour areas and then some very density packed fiddly detail. Now the base colour scheme is done I am fairly happy. May try and lose some of the green from the skin and push even paler but it's a slow process so I am going to have to take my time

Fun model to paint....i really love his rancid arse wound. The colour scheme looks good so far.

@PDH - Yes I enjoyed your own recent work on this fella. It's hard to know what to do with his missing bum cheek, it's just there, staring at you, challenging you not to model over it.

Hey all, I've been assisting in Bath all week so have been away from the hobby bench but itching to get back and carry on with the various projects. I've ordered myself some tools and tube makers from Masc mini and I think its really going to expand what I can have a crack at!

Currently I have go finish basing and painting the plague bearers that surround my Prince, then I want to get my scavvy e's painted before my Escher parts arrive from the TGG kickstarter.

There is also the ongoing mystery of how to build my marauders, I have been getting massively into Hannibal the TV series recently and would love to build a marauder and beastmen cohort based around antler and stag Iconography. That's the big project along with my marines to allow me go start to play

Hey all, it's proving to be one of those periods of time when all you want to do is hobby but everything else gets in the way.

Few bits and Bob's though. First up my contemptor featured a few pages back is on eBay. Item number 111398224434. If you are interested check it out.

In terms of hobby the only thing that's been happening is I managed to sneak in a gang fight with beard legend last week. It provided the regular amount of carnage and mayhem. Smiler my two headed scavvy managed to remain unwounded despite being hit by 3 heavy stubber rounds and 3 boltgun shells only to be taken out when he closed in by a stub gun.... He died. I've included some pics below. I almost rolled beard with sheer force of numbers but made the mistake of hunkering down when I reached hard cover in the centre of the board rather than continuing the charge. I was then whittled down to a bottle roll that, classic scavvy style, I failed.

That card terrain puts a smile on my face :( nice wee batrep

So, after a while away filming and catching up with various non modelling projects this week I finally got round to some gaming. Oli and Beardlegend headed over and we got a good afternoon of gaming in. It was standard fair, Oli lost several Gangers in what is becoming an alarmingly regular occurrence, my Scavvys outshot every other gang, so many sixes and Beards ridiculously hard Juve Loki caused mass carnage.



Oli has also knocked out some cool terrain that I thought I'd post as he is not on here and, well, I just really like it







In amongst the exploding weapons, bottle rolls and drawn combats though, I realised that , although I enjoyed playing games with my scavvy gang immensely, I missed the experience of playing as a non outlawed house. I wanted to have territory, role on rare trade and onleash with a heavy stubber.

As a result I have started a new gang, Escher were the first gang I owned when munda came out so it seemed fitting to return to the source.

I had everyone I needed apart from a suitable leader model so I set about fixing that problem today







Apologies for the camera perspective making the las pistol look massive, I can assure you all it is nicely to scale. Still a few bits to fix, only using the central hair strand from the dark elf model made her look less extreme and more punky but my attempt to cover the bald gaps on either side hasn't really worked, I will have to lay down strips rather than the rake effect to make it fit with the rest of the hair I think. In general though I'm pretty happy, she is nice and dynamic which will stand her out from the other gangers

Anyway we play on Wednesday so I only have 24 hours to get her and everyone else ship shape, its going to be a rush.

Nathanie1 out

That's really nice. Good job.

What's the original model?

its the GW dark elf sorceress Dr H.

I like that model... I just wonder if the mix of GS went a bit bad?... looks funny in a way?...

I especially like you you did her holding the grip of her sword... that is a nice trick you used there I will have to remember that one!!!

and that slaughtered kids toy digger is a really good collection of LOS breakers... compliments to your friend!

@vik there is GS and liquid GS on her hense the different colours.

Started kitbashing a second heavy today, still very rough and essentially just pinned together at this point but the general shape is there

Rrrrrr....nice one! Really hot...any chance she could get a cigarette in her mouth...lazy sucking on it...that would probably be the pinnacle then...

That second heavy is looking really good! Very tank girly i think. GW needs to have more female models that arent overly elfy and thin and whatever. I feel like if I was going to add a female to an imperial guard army she would look more like that model you made right there.

That leader is one of the coolest conversions of DE sorcerer needs a little tidy up here and there but overall nice work and as Vik mentioned nice job with the sword hand good trick.

The heavy looks good to and is that body the Maxmini gorilla fighter girls ?

@vik - I originally played with her smoking so it's weird that you said this, I will look into it.

@roguewolves - thanks chief, completely agree there is a lack of good non-barbied female miniatures out there. I backed the toughest girls in the galaxy kickstarter but won't see any minis until September.

@LDD - thanks man, as always your critique is useful. Tbh I do not know how to get a smooth finish on my putty work. I smooth it as much as possible with water during the process but I can't seem to replicate what I see others manage on here.

Yes I feel particularly smug about the sword hand, it came off well.

Yes it's a maxmini body, there is a new gaming shop that has opened in bromley so I suddenly have access to other miniature companies products, it's a steep learning curve but there is some really cool stuff out there!!!

Perfect sword choice for the Nurgle conversion and I like how the Escher are shaping up - great bits choices so far!

Cheers,

Dante

As to the smooth finish what do you use as a sculpting tool ?

If you look at CMDante tag you see the rubber tipped brush looking things in the right hand the corner great for getting a smooth finish easy to find online or local art shop

I believe they are pastel brushes or something but easy to find, they come in several sizes and shapes I find the smallest and mediums sizes work best, also they have 3 stiffnesses white,grey and black white being the softest and black the hardest.

I mostly use black but the other 2 can be useful also I used the flat head and rounded tipped mostly, there are a couple of other shapes which I have but use rarely hope it helps.

Also have you tried varying your GS mix depending which way you mix it ( more blue or yellow ) alters the consistency which works in different ways might help.

at Nathan... lol weird...but I think her whole character implies smoking...

and also... I dunno if this is Europe wide... but this Thursday LIDL sells these silicone tipped brushes for dead cheap...if you have the chance grab yourself a fist full... I have already planned to do this

http://www.lidl.de/de/crelando-pinselset/p180558

Hi all, thanks for the feedback, unfortunately I already use these tools, clearly I am just not using them right yet, luckily it is fun to get better

I really like the idea of making an Escher gang with a mix of 3rd party and official bits, I've been eyeing some of these 3rd party sites with half a similar plan. I think some of the Toughest Girls stuff would work too with some converting, maybe some Witch Elf parts... there are certainly more possibilities than there were a few years ago.

I think your GS work looks good mostly, maybe it's just the leader's boots in that first pic that look really lumpy. I found that using liquid GS and then sanding helped me get a smooth finish, but you need especially fine sanding stuff. The rest of the gs is really sharp.

I like the leader's punk hair but I am not so keen on that face sculpt, it's a bit 'animated series'. A bionic eye might help. The heavy looks cool, nice club

@ bruticus - cheers chief, yes they were slightly misshapen I have gone back and sculpted them a little and they look a lot better. Thank you for the kind words, appreciated as always, yes the face is still a little too fantasy isn't it, I will see what I can do.

@ LDD - thanks for the detailed info earlier, maybe my tools are too soft?

@Vik - she would surely smoke cigars? I'm on it

@Dante - thank you for the kind words, I'm a huge fan of your work so I'm stoked you have looked at my page!

Here she is again, same concept slightly better execution, Christ I love grenade launchers.





You can find out how boom boom betty and all the othr girls fare at our campaign page on yaktribe, search 'Big Trouble in Little Dorrit'. First game tonight.

Here us the rest of the girls....





Just minor alterations but I'm really happy with them.

I have also made a ganger to represent whichever one of my hives survives to adulthood. She looks fairly simple but there was a lot of work involved re-posing the metal body and each arm is made from a variety of sources. I can't wait to paint this one which is not an emotion I often feel.





and her dog, trenchfoot.....

oh.... that last girl really is a sweet child... I love that head!...where is that from... she reminds me of tank girl... but only slightly...

eshers are really a cool gang... way cooler than the delaques in my humble opinion...(really...a gang of weird guys in trenchcoats and completely bald???...WTF???)
your smoky girl looks good with the thumper...but to be honest... she was cooler in my book when she was wielding the plasma gun... you need a certain amount of balls to wield such a suicide gun^^...

You've got some great conversions in this Escher Gang. I'm going to go look through the rest of your PLOG. I love your Heavy with the bar resting on her shoulder. Very cool model!

That latest model is really cool, chock full of character. It's no wonder that you are excited to paint her up haha!

@ fireangel - thanks that's very kind, apologies it's a bit of a mishmash but necromunda is far and away the strongest theme running through it



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@ rogue wolves - thanks dude yeah I feel like I have upped my game with her.

Big, scary, furry......

ohh.... now this will be scary^^

So it's been an odd week of wargaming, Oli sent me a ransom note through the post for my juve that he had captured. I didn't put two and two together and called the police....

The actual rescue mission was a blast, very sneaky and tense, after the alarm eventually sounded three of my four strong rescue party were immediately blown away leaving only my leader. She went feral and slaughtered 3 gangers in hand to hand, it took two dowsings of prometheum to finally force her down.

The good times of Wednesday night's campaign were carried over into today when Oli and Beard came by for an afternoon of kitbashing. We all had our projects, Tony is building an NPC gang of arbites for the campaign out of the scions sprue, Oli pinned and GS filled his delaque ready for painting, I was going to assemble 50 mantic zombies ready to play the escape from the pit mission but I never got round to buying them so I carried on working on my chaos Lord.

I like switching between fantasy and Munda/40K. I find whichever system I work on allows me time and clarity for thinking about the other. Whilst building my Escher I have been knocking about this idea of a Mounted Marauder Lord. Its all very rough early stages but I am happy how he's turned out so far. I hated cutting up the games day champion model, it's one of my favourites but it had to happpen. I will have to buy another so I still have the original on foot













Nathanie1 out

Bahahaha Necromunda getting the police involved! I hope you got your Juve back! Also this latest guy is looking mighty cool. Really like the choice of horns on the beastie

I know it was mad. Bad timing really. I'm dealing with a nasty debt recovery at the moment so I assumed it was him. In the end I got her but it cost me a power axe and 20 creds!

Three words. Pump. My. Flamer

Damn that chaos lord is going to be good.

I really like the Esher heavy, now with flamer. The shoulder pad really works. I'm not sure about the bayonet though, it makes it look confused and upside down.

@PDH, thanks for the crit, I think it may be that the knife is too big, I will have a rummage and see if a smaller weapon sits on the model better.

Several people at our necrosis gaming group have already started kitbashing their next gangs for after this campaign. Ineptmule on yaktribe is putting together some very cool van saar using elysian drop troops. Anyway I got to thinking about who I wanted to have a crack with next and turned my attention to Goliaths. I love muscle skills, but I hate the goliath range, not enough punk and too much S&M. So I thought I would start sticking some stuff together and see what I can make






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And also a ganger

I am regularly chastised for my lack of painted miniatures so I thought I better make a start. There are some things I already want to change, especially the pistol body and I want to break the hair up with another colour but she is getting there.







Nathanie1 out

She Rocks great conversion works spot on as an Escher leader loving the eye shadow really makes her look the part

Great work on the gangers, really liking the leader figure, where is she from, I've seen it before, but I'm at a loss right now. Also I think a smaller knife will make the flamer perfect.....unless you can make a scale sized marshmallow on a stick

@ Theophony - thanks dude. She is the dark elf sorceress model. You can see her unpainted with green stuff work on the previous page

@ LDD - cheers dude, you prolific use of Ork giffs is as always appreciated.

I actually vaguely enjoyed painting yesterday which is rare for me so I thought I would give it another bash





Still need to do some detail work but I am happy with how she is coming along

You're just showing off now

Looks great but you need to do the base

Nice work. The skin looks great in particular.

@LDD - yes they will all be based properly, I just painted on a Brown base colour to make sure the colours were okay. I used the cracking paint as I have it but haven't played with it yet so it seemed a good opportunity

@Dr h - thanks. My bugbear is highlighting and shading cloth, skin I understand the basic rules so can get an okay effect.

So this is what I have been mucking around with the last few days. My Juve Spring has a bs of 4 and gunfighter so I needed a new model for her and then I turned my attention to starting to construct my gokiath gang for our next campaign. Below is what has come together so far.

love the goliath guys what are the heads from

@kencotter thanks dude. They are a mix of chaos cultist and marauder horsemen from wfb.

oh sweet might have to nick that idea when i get round to doing them

that leaders boss get

Cool project. Great to see more and more of the specialist games. That old school laspistol looks great. Can't wait to see them all painted

@ Boba Fett - thanks for the comment, our gaming group is pretty much dedicated now to specialist gaming, currently playing Munda and bloodbowl but will also be involved in Mordheim and possibly GorkaMorka in the new year. There has even been talk of Warhammer Quest making an appearance. If anyone is interested we meet at the Rake Pub in Borough/ London Bridge. PM me for more details all are welcome

I was not happy with my flamer. The old Escher heavy model was just to present in it and I hated that so I decided to try again.





Really happy with how she has turned out so far. Obviously she is currently missing an arm. The body is from malifaux which is 32 scale so I had to do a lot of cut and shut to get her scale down to size but I think I have hot away with it. Just need to decide what to do with her other limb

I also had a chance to do a little more work to my Goliaths, cutting down the stubbier to create a heavy bolter and working with some of the bodies I have bought for the gangers










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And I gave my flamed her other arm...

The flamer girl looks very cool! What Malifaux base model did you use for her? And where is the head from?

sweet sweet necromunda!
like the chaos lord mount as well, not sure on the horns but yeah, cracking stuff

Yeah, liking the flamer girl. Nice character to her.

Good work on the goliaths too.

The heavy bolter goliath looks great. Simple conversion, but so effective! Where is the head from?
Great blog! Keep up the excellent work

@ Logan - Thanks mate, the model is Vanessa by Malifaux, her scale is wrong though so I shortened her by about 4mm which wasn't hard as her legs were ridiculously long

@ Radu - Thanks for the positive comments, I have ripped the mount up now and will be trying something new, I was trying to make a chaotic stag like creature but he looked like an anteater

@ Dr h - as always thanks for the thumbs up

@ Boba - The head is from the marauder horsemen kit. Chaos marauders are my no 1 kit for GW to update, there is no good supply for bare chests that I can find and I am sick of shaving beast man torsos. With the sculpts they knock out these days they could do something really special.

Thanks mate! Yeah, i will definitely have a closer look at these sprues...
Really great thread!

 nathanie1 wrote:
I am sick of shaving beast man torsos.

mmd

Everyone is gearing up for GorkaMorka at the gaming group so of course I decide to work on my Mordheim war band. Here is my Ogre Bodyguard







I am really pleased with him, especially as he has required minimal green work, almost pure kit bashing...

nathanie1 out

aweeeesommmeeee

That's a piece of kitbashing art.

Stunning.

I love the Door shield and the weird grabber/axe thing.

Looks awesome wish I had someone around here to start mordhiem with really want to do an undead gang

Thanks guys

@ Azekio - Brother you have been building too, get it online!

@ Medium - Cheers fella, you are too kind.

@ Kencotter - Where are you based mate?

I managed to finish him off last night, a few changes, tweaked his shield, changed the arrows, added some strapping for his shoulder guard and a few more trinkets bits and bobs...









Whilst I was waiting for green stuff to harden I starting bashing another bodyguard, anyone who has read the beginning of the blog may recognise the miniature as one of the first that I posted on here, I have started to "un-chaos" him and try and make him more like a pit fighter....

NICE!!!!

Both look great the first guy (use the term loosely ) is a clever combination of bits, the door as a shield has to be the best part though

I could just imagine his human counterpart saying " don't you think you need some kind of shield for cover ? after all you do kind of stand out " then he just rips the door of its hinges and saids "shield"

Where is his sword from by the way ?

I remember this other chap from the early days and you have managed to reconstruct him effectively, the pose is great and he definitely has a pit fighter vibe about him.

@ LDD - Hey mate, the sword is from the Ogre Kingdoms Mournfangs. I am worried that it is a little too Ogre Kingdoms and not Empire enough, it has almost been replaced by a mace repeatedly

im based in carmarthen in west wales little town in the back of nowhere hahah there is a gaming group here but nobody plays necro or mordheim. which sucks cause it was reading blogs like yours ex profundis, PHD and the other guys that got me back into the hobby after a long time i have only played a few games of each in the past and they where great its a shame they have been taken out of GW's line of production

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@ LDD - Hey mate, the sword is from the Ogre Kingdoms Mournfangs. I am worried that it is a little too Ogre Kingdoms and not Empire enough, it has almost been replaced by a mace repeatedly

How about cleaning it up a little take of some of the scrap pieces, but keeping the top section as it is, that way it could look more Empire clean lined but still in keeping with the ogre aesthetics

@ LDD - That is a great idea will have a look at it today

Glad I could help

Looking great buddy.
Never thought I'd see an ogre with a feather hat...unless half a turkey was still attached to the feathers . Great work and crisp conversions as always. Mordheim is right around the time my gaming group split up , we all got families and went off to college and stuff so I never got to play it.

@ Theophony - thanks mate, the feathered hat was an afterthought, its from the empire captain kit but is just big enough to squeeze onto he Ogres head without him looking too silly.

I hope you get a chance to play Mordheim one day, its ace

Quick shout out. I don't know if you have all seen this already and I'm last one to the party but this kuckstarter from terragnosis looks really cool!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1143143657/sulphur-incursion-32mm-tabletop-skirmish-game

Thanks you just made me spend more money I dont have LOL have you got any of there already released miniatures ?

No but they look great too. My mate has bought some to check the quality before we pledge

I have got some of the first releases and the quality is great crisp and clean no flash, also the vehicles dry fit snugly no overlaps or adjustments needed I would say its a good investment.

O yes you have to buy Big Momma she is hilarious

I've been doing plenty of modelling but the camera on my phone is screwey. So here is a slightly out of focus image to give you all an idea of what has been going on

hey all,

Sorry for the boring update but if you liked my Chaos Daemon Prince he is now on sale, just follow the link below. I am more than happy to ship internationally. any questions let me know.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111568932957?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Quite a lot done today, I had to build a second Escher flamer for our campaign (two juves with specialist and no more heavies)

I don't really like building models for gaming reasons and would have given this model a different gun if I had complete free choice but I managed to model a weapon slender enough for the miniature



I then found some redemptionist metal bodies in my box and thought I would start doodling around. 7 hours later I had cut up two Forgeworld miniatures....


Is this the necromunda version of a batleth?





Here is the priest, I like the head but he doesn't look grand enough so may have to replace it with something bigger and pointier



As always all comments welcome.

Nathanie1 out

love the redemtionists specially the batleth guy if you want a bigger head may i suggest the empire wizard head with he big hat i think it would suit him well

todays workload, mandatory flamer, a third zealot and the start of a new priest, I have stuck his head slightly too far forward by accident which makes him look a bit old and craggy. I may try moving it back so he is more upright but I quite like it.

Great set of minis you've made here, really like the one made from the FW event mini the chain swords work really with his slim build.

@gianlucafiorentini - cheers, it was hard to cut the model up as it is a beautiful sculpt but I am glad I did



I got close to finishing my Redemptionists for the upcoming outlanders campaign today. It involved a fair amount of head swapping but I think everyone is where they are meant to be now, although I may change my mind again by tomorrow.

First up my Priest



I changed pretty much his whole load out, gave him a more ornate head and a shotgun on his back. I am particularly pleased with the massive sword held in cruciform as it makes him look more Bishop-like and important

I did love his previous head which found a place on my flamer Decon.





I was not happy at all with my previous flamer (pictured somewhere above in the thread) so I kit bashed this guy. He took a long time, lots of parts and it is always difficult trying to get a gun held across the torso of a body that was not sculpted for that purpose as you have to feth around with its shoulders and it can be a nightmare for it to look right. In the end I am really pleased with him and he is probably one of the most complex conversions I have managed to date

However sometimes simple is also cool...



Gun swap, sculpted hand, done.

The body that had been my flamer found a new role as member of the brethren



and I finally overcame the difficulty I was having with some of the other crusaders. Due to already having a bunch of genocidal zealots in the group, I really wanted to arm my crusaders with basic weapons. However, most of the torsos are not designed to hold guns with two hands and when I modelled a basic weapon being held in just one it looked really bizarre and unbalanced. So I played around for a while and found that cutting the barrels down on a few weapons gave a nice aesthetic whilst still clearly representing the weapon they are meant to be. Below are my two other brethren, armed with a shotgun and an autogun





I need to neaten up the hand on the shotgun ganger and crete strapping for the shotgun across my Priests back but aside from that they are pretty much complete, green stuff and all. I wish i felt the same about painting as I do about making....

Nathanie1 out

Latest all look good.

Nice work on the hand sculpting, I know how hard that can be.

Religion and shotguns ha that sounds like a band crazy as it is they look great but my favourite has to be the flamer the combo of parts really work well.

I love the shoulder pad from the IG yes thats what I call them still mixed with cultists arms looks great, add to it the goggles just brilliant

@dr h - cheers, I'm really pleased with them, I have found its all about having the right tools

@LDD - cheers dude, haha they will always be guard as far as I'm concerned too, none of these fancy shmansy new names


The final addition (apart from a crusader who is soaking in detol before being glued) are some novices. It was hard to get excited about these guys as the body poses are pretty awful, but I have managed to cobble together a couple that I find acceptable





And that brings me to 12 models (thirteen once the last one is stripped) More than enough to carry me through a campaign.

Nathanie1 out

GW trying to get more money for new names what next yes the juves kind of sucked with there posing never understood the falling forward poses

I think you have improved them from how they looked

Are you stripping with dettol if its metal models then use Nitro morse works a treat

@LDD - I have used both in my time, detol is slightly less caustic and terrifying. However I had neither in the house so I am trying to strip with detol power spray. It's working but where the solution is very weak it's taking a while. There is nourish though and now it's the weekend I can go and get some anyway

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@LDD - I have used both in my time, detol is slightly less caustic and terrifying. However I had neither in the house so I am trying to strip with detol power spray. It's working but where the solution is very weak it's taking a while. There is nourish though and now it's the weekend I can go and get some anyway

Yes it can be a bit harsh I use rubber gloves and an old toothbrush and in the garage with the door open, I have used dettol on some old resin buildings which on whole worked except a couple of tough spots.

Sorry, late to comment here but that Mordheim ogre is the tits. I think you could remove the spike from the shield perhaps, as it looks a bit too cluttered and it slightly detracts from the improvised nature of the weapon, but overall it's just great.

Your Escher are also great, and I think the Redemptionists probably will look amazing painted up but it's a bit hard to get a feel for them at the moment. The goggle/flamer guy is awesome though, you should paint his beard and hair all singed (and drill the barrel).

Like Brutius sorry for the late comment. I think he summed up the ogre very nicely.

The eccliesiarchy gang you have created are brilliant.

Both flamer heavies are flaming hot. The Ecsher's pose is perfect. The flamer priest is soooo soooo good, I love the flamer conversion.

@LDD - I'm detolled so should have one more crusader to post pics of in short order. tahnk you for the advice though my friend

@Bruticus - thank you for the kind words. I'm really proud of the ogre, His legs particularly, considering they were originally spread as a mournfang mount, came out better than I could have hoped for. I agree about the shield in many ways, it just felt very flat but maybe I should have been brave and left it. I will try and get some paint on some miniatures, I'm terrible for it

@PDH - Thanks for the kind words, loving your various blogs at the moment they really push me to try and improve

Getting there, he has been an absolute bastard to get the colours right on, mainly the blacks and finding what shades to wash the lighter areas to make them sit correctly.



All thoughts and advise welcome, will try and get better shots up tonight

I like a muted palette so this works for me, the redness of the fire just adds the touch of colour to draw you in which is a good trick to use.

The only thing I would suggest is maybe changing the colour of his gloves, maybe a brown just to break up the run of black but still keeping it dark ?

CheerS LDD. I know what you mean about the gloves., there were that colour before and just stuck out too much, I'm kinda diggin the all black look but will keep playing with the colours as I paint the rest of the gang, if I find an alternative I can always go back and update him

Here is a pic in slightly better light, and a couple of the next ganger

Those dudes are looking pretty sweet!

Those dudes are pretty sweet. Really love the guy holding the sword with the burning head.

@ PDH - thanks, I find painting generally a frustrating experience. One day i will find someone who loves to paint but hates kit bashing and together we will be unstoppable.

I was bumming around Yaktribe last week and got excited by the various enforcer rulesets available. I also recently watched Dredd and Robocop so everything seemed to be suggesting I try and build some of the Hives finest.

Unfortunately I am a bit stuck as I have run out of parts. If anyone has any Scion legs they would like to swap for literally any other scion parts, especially heads, or want to sell, then hit me up









Todays task is to add the trademark knee pads and toe ends, I'm a bit stuck on what to do for riot shields, I'm considering clear plastic as an option.

I would love to add a taurox transport for them and an Ogryn. This would also make them viable to submit on the thread of iron sleet which I just can't stop looking at because it is so full of win

So I started the day finishing off details on my enforcers until I was forced to stop for lack of parts. Until the heads arrive they will have to be shelved.





I therefore found myself at a bit of a loose end. Talking to KingRedwart last night he was lamenting his difficulty in finding a suitable leader for his pit slaves so I thought I would be nice and try to make him one. I wanted him to look super big and super weird. I did not have an abundance of parts for him so quite a lot of cut and shut had to be involved, for a long time in the process I was really happy with how he was looking but towards the end I was not so sure and looking at him in the photos I am concerned I may have "jumped the shark" a bit









I really need to start logging images during the build so I have something to go back and look over. I think I like all the individual ideas (baby hand, spanner arm, back mounted mech etc) but at the moment they are almost distracting from each other.

Anyway I may rip bits off and move them around but essentially he is yours when/ if you want him Olly.

Nathanie1 out

I think if you gave him a normal arm on his right side, and lost the saw blades, he would be back to the right amount of stuff on him. Right now he seems very much like to many ideas on one dude.

I had another look at him this morning and really wS not pleased with how he was looking. I stripped off the vestidual arms but it still was not right. So I removed a chainsword, swapped the arms over and changed the angle of the head to turn the direction of the miniature.











I think he is looking better, may clean up a few bits and bobs this afternoon but he is all pinned now so is pretty solid

As soon as I saw the new skaven warlord miniature I knew I wanted to make him into a Scavvy King. Here is the WIP. I am still playing about with head and pistol options (Have not even looked to see if scavvy bosses can have bolt pistols!) but his essential pose is blocked out now



Still have to make his left hand and make sense of the gap under his head. I particularly love his little rat companion

Looks pretty cool and the stance works, maybe build up some kind of neck armour or just add some rags around it.

Can I just suggest doing something with his rat feet though

Should've kept the Skaven head. But these are some nice conversions!

@LDD - of course I love suddestions!

@keporA - if I did I think he would simply look like a skaven with a bolt pistol, so much of the model has been kept I needed to do something to move him away from the original.

 nathanie1 wrote:

@keporA - if I did I think he would simply look like a skaven with a bolt pistol

That's the point!

haha fair point

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@LDD - of course I love suddestions!

@keporA - if I did I think he would simply look like a skaven with a bolt pistol, so much of the model has been kept I needed to do something to move him away from the original.

Well in that case I suggest you send me all your models and money right away

@LDD - haha, they are in the post

King Redwart on Yaktribe came over today and we spent a couple of hours working on stuff.

Got my scavvy king close to completion...







I got out my scavvy Gang as I built them 18 months ago and wanted to see if they were still up to scratch, I decided that the two scales don't really cut the mustard for me any more so I'm going to make some new ones using my newly acquired and frankly excellent Blightkings kit

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oh dear, well that is quite an error isn't it..... Let me try again

So we have just begun a new campaign ("Raking it in" on Yaktribe) and now that the group is quite settled we are playing around with some added
dimensions in terms of game mechanics and narrative. Even simple ideas such as a hired gun pool that we all use together, bidding against each
other for their services has already added a fun new dynamic. Another idea we wanted to explore was having a 'forbidden artefact', an object that could
be passed between gangs randomly that give the gang both benefits and disadvantages.

The rules mechanic for this is yet to be locked down but I volunteered to write the fluff for the artefact and give a narrative for how it had found its
way down into the under hive. This was a task that I have then put off for the last two weeks, partly because I have not engaged in any form of creative
writing since junior school and therefore did not really know where to start.

Any who this week I have had a dreadful case of flu complete with fever and hallucinations and at some point during this process I churned out this. I really
enjoyed the process once I stopped worrying about sounding like a tit and it was a great distraction from how rotten I have felt. Ive sent it through to the
campaign editor as he gets final say on these things but I wanted to post it here as well in its unedited form before it gets chopped and changed to fit the
narrative

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read it....



From the observation deck the planet seemed to hang suspended in the void, a dirty brown marble of rock, each hive appearing as an angry welt
upon its mottled surface. It had only taken the Telemachus three weeks to arrive in orbit since the signal had been picked up but the stress of the
wait had taken its toll on Pyke.

His jaw set as he stared at the planets surface. Ten years, was this really where it would end? Or were they too late again?

*******

It should have made their fortune, his, Grady’s, the whole crew. The hulk had ripped back into realspace directly in their path, the chances of such
an occurrence were as astronomical as the fortune that could be made from whatever she contained and it was in every fibre of Pyke’s nature to take
whatever chance the galaxy afforded him. His son would live off this haul for the rest of his life, Wyatt was too young to be living the life of his
father, this would change that.

Only there was nothing, 5 days of the exploration revealed no more than an endless expanse of empty deck halls, gantries and bunk rooms, so uniform
in their appearance that at times it would feel as though the crew were going in circles. And there was something else too, a stillness, stifling and
expectant, as though the air in every chamber had hung undisturbed for millennia and the simple act of walking through each space was a desecration
of its natural state. Eventually Pyke gave the order to cast off although the failure was bitter in his mouth.

The landing bell rang through the upper deck as the ship prepared to nudge her way through the acrid atmosphere above Hive Primus. Pyke blinked and
looked down at the thumbed pages of the book in front of him.

Grady’s Log

10.05.2nd Cycle. 2 days since we left her and everyone is still sore over the lost opportunity, you can feel the despondency in the air, like an extra crew
member. The Captain is in a fierce mood, this one has hurt him.

12.05.2nd Cycle. The crew are becoming increasingly restless. Talk of being watched when at work or alone is muttered in the mess hall. Pyke pays no
heed though. Pirates always have been superstitious by nature. The ships cat refuses to enter the hab blocks, instead he skulks and hisses in the empty brig

14.05.2nd Cycle. Troubling dreams experienced by several members of crew, of being pulled into a endless blackness, thick and warm and at the centre a
figure, pale and gaunt, calling without calling, a white willow in the void. I dreamt it too but said nothing. What can it mean? I conducted an external scan
of the ship to check for any outside interference, all signs normal.

18.05.2nd Cycle. The ships cat has gone missing. Bryce the cook swears he heard it spit and scream but found no trace on inspection. He says he will
murder anyone he finds that harmed it, We have plotted a course for the veil, time off ship will do everyone good.

22.05.2nd Cycle. The captains son has taken sick, his small frame wracks and spasms and his eyes stay wide open and unflinching, stricken and without
focus. The Captain sits with him day and night, no meds or stims seem to have any effect. Farley has moved most of the infirmary equipment to his quarters
and will take over the vigil. The crew mutter that we are cursed. Moral is low.

29.05.2nd Cycle.. a black day, the crew fought in the mess hall. Colton broke Bryce’s arm, saying he was whispering dissent in his sleep all night. Everyone is
struggling under a great weight, as if the air itself is thick like treacle.

31.05.2nd Cycle. Farley says nothing more can be done for the boy, He has moved all equipment back to the infirmary and locked himself inside, not being
able to help the lad seems to have taken its toll, crew are instructed to give him some time.

33.05.2nd Cycle. We have a miracle, Wyatt’s woken up, hungry but happy and with no memory of his illness or any events since we cast off. The crews mood
is lifted by his return and laughter rings out in the mess hall for the first time in days. Farley emerges briefly but claims he is feeling unwell, he worries that
whatever Wyatt fell with is contagious and requests that Pyke allows him to quarantine himself. We all agree this is the best course.

36.05.2nd Cycle. The oppression that held sway over the crew has returned and intensified. Colton and Vance report seeing “a pale shadow” move through
the Brigg on the observation monitors. A full sweep of the ship is ordered but nothing is found. Wyatt has complained that his trunk is missing from his room,
it probably got shoved in storage when the med equipment was piled in, but he seems oddly distraught about it despite insisting that there was nothing of
value inside. I went and asked Farley if he has it with him but he says he doesn’t. it was the strangest thing. As I approached the bay door I could hear him
deep in conversation, I opened the shutter hatch to see who he was with, after all, the man is quarantined, but he was alone and furthermore furious for the
interruption, says he was noting his condition, he looked like hell.

38.05.2nd Cycle. I pulled evening watch last night. I am not a man prone to flights of imagination. I have travelled further than most will ever dream and have
seen more things than a man has the right to in his life time. But last night I have no words for to explain. I was watched, I know not by who, or maybe I should
say by what, but I know that I was not alone. Something is here with us, now, on the ship. I reported to Pyke and he was savage with me, but I know he feels
it too. Ive spent my whole life following that man but this is the first time I have seen fear in his eyes. We cannot reach the Veil soon enough.

40.05.2nd Cycle. We are not alone. Colton went missing during the evening watch. No sign of him on every level. Crew are very rattled and captain has issued
a full curfew and paired duties at all times. Emperor protect us.

02.06.2nd Cycle. It’s over, I look back on my previous entries and shake my head that a man with my experience could be so shaken. Farley, the bastard, it had
all been him. We were woken by the alarm from the evening watch. Bennet and Henderson heard Farley shouting at someone from inside the sick bay, when he
didn't respond they forced their way in and he attacked them with a scalpel. He looked emaciated, like he had not eaten in weeks and he had mutilated his own
face and hands. He should not have been able to stand let alone put up much fight but it took four of us to eventually bring him down and he made a real mess
out of poor Bennet in the process. I have never known a man possess such strength. We found Colton’s body, broken and stuffed in a cupboard. I also found
Wyatt’s trunk. As soon as I moved to it Farley went berserk, screaming for me to get back and pulling at his restraints so hard he snapped his own wrists, so we
moved him through to the operating theatre where we could seal him off. This he found very upsetting, soiling himself immediately and blubbering that we “could
not take him away from it” Inside the trunk was various of the boys clothes and trinkets and unfortunately, the decomposing body of the cat. Pyke insisted that
he question Farley immediately but when the doors were opened we found the fool had swallowed his own tongue. We jettisoned the body immediately, no honours.
A formal burial for Colton will be held as soon as possible and hopefully we can put this godawful mess behind us.

03.06.2nd Cycle. I have found something in Wyatt’s hold chest, hidden under his clothes and linens. It is the strangest thing, a stone, small, unevenly shaped, oddly
warm to the touch, smooth and black and heavy. I have never seen anything like it. I have asked the boy about it and he says he has no memory of it whatsoever,
although he immediately asked if he could have it and got quite upset when I said I was keeping it for analysis. I can only presume he picked it up on the hulk, it
may well be ancient tech, or alien, some sort of navigational tool or lode stone. I am certain of nothing but that it has value. I don’t know why but I haven't reported
it to Pyke. I want to have a better understanding of what we have before I present it to him.

04.06.2nd Cycle. I have told the Captain that I need a rest day after Farley, He has consented. I have it now, in my hand. Its weight sinks into me, its strangely
comforting, and black, inescapably black, blacker than the void, black and warm and bottomless. I could almost fall into it, as if this outside world were merely a
precipice that we all cling to, but I could choose to let go and allow the the thick warm dark to swallow me up and cradle me. I find that I have stared at it so long
that I have missed the evening mess call but it is no matter. I feel perfectly comfortable just here, just as I am.

06.06.2nd Cycle. So black, so smooth, So heavy,. So smooth. And at the centre he is there, I see him now. The pale man, he whispers to me in my sleep. He knows
them all, he has been watching us. And he tells me, each secret a gift. Bryce has loaded dice for when we play cards, Vance once loved a girl on Perusia Minor but
she broke his heart so he joined a ship. Bennet wanted to be an artist before he lost two fingers in the mines on Baphael. All of their lives, one choice after another,
completely unaware of their insignificance, so easily snuffed out. So black, so heavy, so smooth and so heavy.

10.06.2nd Cycle.
HE SEES US ALL,
THERE IS NO MORE,
THERE IS NOTHING,
ONLY THE BLACK,
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Pyke shut the log and sat back in his chair. The final moments played across his mind again. Waking up to the sound of the emergency generator kicking in. The footsteps
of the crew pounding down the main gantry to the Engine Room. His own laboured breathe as he vaulted the final landing and burst through the hatchway, Vance’s hacked
up body on the floor, he'd been the watch that night. Both engines hewn at, their delicate cores crippled and smashed. Then the scream, a long sad scream, the scream
of a child.

By the time he and the crew had made the journey across the ship the escape pod had already gone, his son lay in the centre of the deck. For a moment, to Pyke, he
looked asleep, his mind refusing to accept the information it was fed, the grey pallid skin, the steady flow of blood pooling around his little frame.

Later they would learn from the ships monitors that Wyatt left his room shortly before the alarm went off. What unseen force compelled him to do so Pyke would never
know but he made his way, still in his bedclothes, calmly down through the hold, past the brig and out to the loading bay. He was there when Grady arrived, he stood,
hand outstretched, demanding something from the man, the silence of the monitor feed could not remove the intent of the gesture. Then Grady stabbed him.

If it were not for the homing bead they would have never been able to chase him. All of Pyke’s crew had one so they could locate each others position using a central
mainframe on the Telemachus’s bridge, invaluable when exploring derelict vessels or when one of them ran in to trouble whilst in port. A small sensor embedded between
the skull and first vertebra, powered by the synovial fluid of the spinal chord, cheap, effective and unremovable. When the Telemachus finally limped into the Veil Grady
had already killed two guards who had attempted a stop and search and then made off on a transport bound for the Eastern Fringe. Pyke tried to dismiss the crew, the
plan was to trade in for a solo vessel, but none of them would leave. There was loyalty among thieves if you made things personal enough.

Then began a long protracted chase.

The lurching jolt of changing atmospheric pressures shook the Captain from his thoughts. He swiped across the control board and brought up the last image taken from
the feed, Grady, half way through the hatch, turning round, probably at the sound of the approaching crew. Pyke magnified the image then turned it on its axis. This was
the face he saw at night that made him fear his sleep, the gaunt pale skin, nostrils flared and lips curled cruelly, smirking as he looked back on what he was leaving for
them to find. But it was the eyes that stayed with Pyke. He would see them as he stared up from his modest bunk at his cabin ceiling, he would see them when he sat on
the bridge each evening, looking out into the endless night. Sunken like pools they seemed to rail against the rest of Grady’s face, for inside them, behind the mask of
cruelty, Pyke saw terror, pure raw terror, bleeding out from their pale prison, helpless and damned.

Below them the spires reached up like clawed fingers, groping out to pluck them from the sky. He was down there, even if the beacon hadn’t been steadily pinging as
they approached Pyke would have known, he could feel it through every fibre of his soul. Soon it would be over, soon he would come face to face with the only real friend
he had ever known, and he would kill him.





So there it is. I have a model already partly built to represent captain Pyke, He is going to be very much channeling Joel from the last of us in his general demeanour. When
we have solidified how we want the object to work with the different gangs I will post it up here for feedback and critique.

Nathanie1 out

Got some game time and some modelling time in over the long weekend.

Cobbled together a new wyrd and a second pit slave boss for my own gang.













I have not done any Green stuff to either yet and the bosses shoulders look a little bare but aside from that they are pretty much there.

Nathanie1 out

Pit slave boss is awesome, looks really chunky and solid. I just used that exact same flamer on the back of a fist idea.

The wyrd looks great but I'd consider a different head or adding a beard maybe, it's a good head but Eldar head + Eldar body = Eldar to me. Also I think the pistol doesn't work, it's huge and only Die Hard keeps his pistol on his back like that.

Yes pretty much what bruitcus said the Wyrd looks good but too Eldar needs something to alter the race a bit more. as for the pit slave boss has a nice balance to it all though the head seems a little small in comparison.

O yes the gun is way to large and looks out of place, I would go for some thing more revolver looking and with an oversized barrel (length not girth )

hmm, yes I agree on both counts. I will remove the gun, In terms of the head I like the hair so may do something like give him a beard, I will see what other options I have first.

Thanks for the feedback LDD and Bruticus, as always a real help


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Got a chance to do a bit more, started with a few simple swaps, changing the head on my Deacon to something more elaborate and giving the pit slave chief another buzz saw. the two saws and a flamer make me think he worked on an agri world felling forests





I then went about kit bashing the rest of the gang. note no green stuff yet













I don't know how many pit slaves make up the average gang, I will build another pit fighter and pit slave and that should be enough to start with.

A few more tweaks today to the new gang. I wanted to make my chief and the female slave a bit more human. The skulls are meant to be helmets but I am not convinced it reads well. So I tried some hair on the boss and I changed the female slaves head completely. She is my least favourite of the group at the moment so I will probably change her again at some point.





I then set about my task of adding another slave to give me the choice of an extra pit fighter or techno. I am really pleased with him. It has been difficult to capture on screen but he has a lot of movement without looking over the top. I also managed to use the old summer torso and head which is one of my favourite sculpts however the model is tiny (GW scale creep) so it is nice to give him a new lease of life



I had just about enough time to finish off by getting the hard yards done on another techno. I added the top knot to stop him being confused with a delaque but it gives him a MadMax vibe that I am really liking.



Gang is almost there. Not bad for a day and a half work.

Nathanie1 out

OK lets get the negatives out of the way first starting with those skull heads, to be honest it does not work it seems out of scale to the body and throws the proportions of because of it, have you considered using the top section of a larger skull and adding the bottom jaw from a normal head to create a skull mask ?
I dont know if it would work for you but might give the impression of a helmet rather than just a skull, the rest of the model look spot on which seems a shame to throw it off with the head or you could use the skull mask from the chaos warrior set.

Now the female slaver the first head has the same issue as the above so see why you changed that, however the second seems oddly angled and slightly longed neck but not sure if there is still some GS work to do though

The Deacon fething Rocks love everything about it the head, arms, flamer and embellishment actually I like it so much I want a complete list of bits used so I can copy it (if you don't mind that is ) as I want my own version of this for my RH Nuns with guns gang leader

Liking the firing guy with Vic breather mask could do with some kind of bionic frame added to one of his legs just to emphasize, however he looks pretty cool anyway as is.
Now the other 2 light grey resin guys ( who are they made by the way I thought they may be Sulphur miniatures ? ) the first one is kind of straightforward and looks ok but I do prefer the movement you have created in the second guy even down to the arm positioning replicating the swinging motion


I really like the techno guy with the ripsaw arm and his leaning motion nicely done, but the last guy although quite a simple conversion is another idea I have to borrow as it is so Mad Max that must be in my PA group love it what arms have used on him by the way ? can't tell from that angle

I really like the skull head for the pitslave boss, although I liked it more in the previous iteration. I think it is too small for a mask, but it would look great as a bionic head. Maybe add a few cables going in to it.

I also preferred the skull head on the female fighter, but again, it was too small to be a mask. I think with some cables added she would look really sinister and have loads of character - it's 40k after all, you can be a skull-headed pincer-clawed half-naked pitslave vixen, if I was redoing my pitslaves I would add more of this sort of grimdark weirdness. The new version looks a bit too conventional, and the neck is a bit off.

The final model with the shotgun works very well.

Some great stuff in here, I really like the pit slave gang, the leader looks great. I do have to agree on the skull heads though, the one on the leader seems a little small to me. The mad max guy is a nice conversion, I have been looking for something to do with that guy, are they scion arms with a scout shotgun by any chance?

 Bruticus wrote:
I really like the skull head for the pitslave boss ...

I also preferred the skull head on the female fighter ...

I too am a fan of the Skull Head

Crew looks great though, will look forward to paint

- Salvage

@LDD - Thank you for the feed back, both the positive and constructive. taking it all on board

@Bruticus - cheers. I liked the skulls too and your right I will go back and have another look at the girl.

@C Lion - cheers for the feed back. Yes they are scion shoulder pads with marine scout arms

@Salvage - thanks for the possitive words. My painting is notoriously lax but I hope to please.

It is interesting the feedback on the size of the skull. The torso is massive. I have found in the past with oversized models (Scallies etc) that keeping the head to regular scale gives the impression of a large and bloated character. If you scale the head up to the size of the body then it just looks like a model that is a different scale to 28mm. The skull head he has is already the size of a marine helmet.

I have tried to take the feedback on board firstly with the female slave.





I tried lots of stuff including changing the angle of the head and it's possition, but in the end went back to the skull taking The given advice of 'embracing the grimdark'. I added the headdress to tie her a little more to other members of the gang and to try and make it more obviously a helmet.



With my chief. The skull feedback was pretty strong do here is something different,the visor and top knot keep that 80's thunderdome feeland the hair hopefully takes it suitabley away from looking like an Ellysian. I like my ladders to have faces not masks so it also adds a bit of humanity.



I might be brave and remove his legs as his feet are very nurgley.. Yes that is a word.

Nathanie1 out.

Wow the transformation of the female slave is unbelievable it was not a miniature I was feeling at all but now she really captures my interest

The repositioning of the head looks correct and the simple addition of the head dress pulls the concept together perfectly loving it now.

Also the the leader or at least I think that's what you meant (pretty sure ladder was not intentional) is looking so much better and balanced, yes the head is still smaller than the body but does not look lost within it.

The hair piece helps alter the origins of the head but maybe a little GS to the front top action might be an idea, make the 2 rectangle plates into 1 piece and a some small rivets perhaps ?

Either way all looks great mate and a vast improvement, as to the feet maybe remove one and add a Killa kan foot or scratchbuild something similar.

@LDD - Yes you are right the head needs a little more to take him away from being an Elysian, those are good suggestions. they all need cabling added and I made a load yesterday using the tube tool so hopefully it will be hardened enough to attach today. thanks for the continued feedback it really helps.

Did some bits and bobs on the wyrd, trying to take on some of the advice from the feedback

I am the Law.....


















RUFF!

So, I managed to sell my realm of battle gaming board on eBay for a good chunk of money and decided to reinvest the cash into the raw materials for my very own board.

King Redwart posted some cool terrain links for inspiration and in the end I settled for a foam board that I could cut into so I could make a sewer system and a sump.

I have always loved the idea of a big chem pit, ever since the necromunda articles in white dwarfs showed gangers fighting amongst dripping pipes and pools of green ooze. If I was going to make my own board a sump had to be a part of it

I started off by building the wooden box that will essentially be the chasis of the board. It's light and durable and when the trestle hinges arrive from eBay (can't get trestle hinges at homebase or B&Q, wtf?) It will fold in half with the board protected on the inside



The central beams of wood are slightly shorter than the outside sections....





The plan is to fill the trays with an expandible foam up to the height of the thinner central beams. This should mean the whole board is one level surface that I can then cut down in to to create the sump pool and the sewer system. It also means that the're will be a 2cm lip of wood running around the outside of the board to keep dice on the table and create some breathing space when the board is closed so the two terrain surfaces do not squash and damage each other.

Up to this point everything has been going well, my general lack of experience has not cost me in any great way, everything measures right and fits firm.

However I have just tried to "fill" my board with expandable foam.



So for a start it was the stickiest stuff on earth and exploded everywhere when I first punched the nozzle. Then after about 15 seconds the can was empty! In a panic that it might ruin the board I have scraped it all in to one corner and I am now perenially prodding it suspiciously. The can said it can be sanded once dry which made me think it was ideal but I have got such a small yield from it I am going to have to find an alternative.

So chaps I need advice. I need somyhing I can fill the box I have built! It has to be very light but sturdy enough that it can 've leant on once the board is complete. I am nervouse about bobble pollystyrene but maybe there is an alternative that I am unaware of?

Nathaniel1 out.

pink or blue extruded styrofoam is your best bet sheap is durable and easy to carve i made a table out of it and its great

Yeah pink or blue foam, you can get it from antenocitis workshop posted I think. Cut it with a bread knife. I think you could use cheaper foam if you were careful about leaning on it and coated it in something though. Lightweight polyfila is good stuff, will protect the foam from spray paint or sump resin too.

Table looks cool so far.

Yes basically what they both said however go to B@Q check there out side storage section, there they have large packs of this insulation foam board it's an orange/pinky colour.

Now this can be cut and shaped and due to the size of these sheets should fit well into the sections with spare for adding levels if you wish, these could be stand alone pieces that are placed on the main board.

Anyway good luck mate if you need more info let me know as my pack still has the original packing on it still.

Cheers for the feedback fellas. I looked at some reviews of the foam I used that said it was rubbish. I have it another chance after someone recommended another brand on yak. I got this much coverage from 1 can



At 9 quid thats pretty solid