Thank you everyone! They are the most tiny chickens possible, i think. They came from an ho scale farm set, so it makes sense. Kestral, I may have to try a weighted base, i always forget that's actually a think i can do. I am feeling better now, also, and thank you for asking.
So i found some more bits, and that means I made another one of these guys!
I need to write a story or something about these guys.
Thanks everyone! I wrote a little story, but i'm not certain about sharing it yet.
I've been looking over the bingo sheet, and it's a little frustrating how much of it is dependent on... actually having an army plan, or a single army that's ever finished. but i found one more that i can do!
I've had this one laying around for who knows how long! So i painted it up and that counts for a bingo square! Three down!
Nice use of a dryad. I have about fourty of these, each less remarkable than the last. But one freakish slime tentacle and a a creepy curved scythe would make a thing worth building a game around.
Planning, building and painting on single army is highly overrated And Sylvaneth are treacherous, because you always think "how hard can painting an army of these be, they are only wood" and in reality there is always more to it.
ChaoticMind wrote:Yaaay! Progress! And they even have a pet bug!
Exactly! Pets for all!
theCrowe wrote:Nice use of a dryad. I have about fourty of these, each less remarkable than the last. But one freakish slime tentacle and a a creepy curved scythe would make a thing worth building a game around.
As ever you thrive outside of the box.
I appreciate the compliment but in this case i think it came with the bug? It's a hero of some kind
Viterbi wrote:Planning, building and painting on single army is highly overrated And Sylvaneth are treacherous, because you always think "how hard can painting an army of these be, they are only wood" and in reality there is always more to it.
Thanks! I've never finished a single army, so i must be doing well!
And I continue with that. I wanted to try one more square on the bingo sheet, painting a model using a color i don't normally use. so i went with a friends suggestion and used pink and green on this guy
gobert wrote:The pink looks good on the stealer, nice contrast with the green too. A whole swarm of them would look great!
Thanks! sadly, i don't have many more tyranids laying about the place. Maybe some day
MegaDave wrote:That 'stealer is competing with Nard for who has the brightest and pinkest tyranids!
I wouldn't dare compete!
Captain Brown wrote:It is an interesting colour combination amazingturtles.
Cheers,
CB
It really is!
Viterbi wrote:Back from the 80‘s, get your neon genestealer now! Lovely color choice, I imagine him hunting AM troops in nightclubs
Thank you. They could also dance with some cultists!
Meanwhile, I've painted up one of the chaos marines i put together back a bit back. The guy with the book! Here he can be seen preaching the good word of chaos to a mysterious xenos!
Captain Brown wrote:I am not certain the Stuffy has ears...
CB
Maybe they're internal ears! who knows with these strange alien critters.
Viterbi wrote:Love that scene, "would you like to talk about the dark gods? Eternal damnation is only one heresy away!"
Thanks! He's a polite chaos missionary, he always knocks on the door of a home before horrifically mutating everyone inside
monkeytroll wrote:"No, no..look here, page 67. It clearly states that a power fist negates any save conferred by a polo shirt."
Even in the grim darkness of the far future there's no escaping from rules debates
People asked for more chaos otters (i think they did at least and if not they're getting them anyhow) so here is this one! With his faithful servant, an aspiring sorcerer of something or other.
I really love the chaos/stormcast mashups, and it's great to see them get some paint. That bingo sheet looks like it's lit a fire under you - what a productive page this has been already!
I'm a big fan of the pink genestealer too, and hope that the puffy rhino headed marine gets some more friends and/or a write up soon!
For me if I had to choose a science fiction writer who got things closest i'd go for Ursula Le Guin, but I might be biased there because she's one of my favorite authors period.
But until then! How about some heresy? How about a quickly kit-bashed alienish guy who somehow got ahold of space marine gear?
Like everything i do he needs a lot of work but getting the idea down is the most fun part for me. Maybe this is what i need to do, just do what i want and make aliens, mutants and other such strays. i like 'em.
Ursula K Le Guin is one of the best there ever was.
I had recently undergone an exploration into SF, sensing that I had somehow a glaring void in my understanding of various fictional worlds. I wanted to see what else was out there that I had been missing.
One of the things I discovered was Warhammer. I'm not sure about all the story and fluff. I have read very very little of it. I like building models and painting them. And I like converting models, too, though I have no "pile of shame" to speak of. Makes kit-bashing hard.
Another thing that happened was that I picked up a book called "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe" by Charles Yu. It was funny and playful and the author writes as the character who knows he is in an SF book. But in it, at one moment he cries, "Holy Mother of Ursula K. LeGuin!" I'm embarrassed to say I had even never heard her name before. I started to research her and started to read her books. I tore through the Wizard of Earthsea books like they were . . . something that you tear through really fast and desperately. Light-hearted and deeply moving at the same time. Thrilling, hopeful, and adventurous. I meet people all the time who say she's their favorite author ever. There had to be such people before, but I never met them. It's almost like someone came back in time from the future and one of the things that changed was that now all of a sudden there was this fantastic author who made such an impact on the world and the world of SF, but she just hadn't been there before because my timeline was suddenly replaced by a subtly different one.
Anyway, all of this is to say:
1. Ursula LeGuin is amazing
2. Your kitbashing is fun. Those rat-headed-minotaur-monster-creatures are brutal and vicious while also capturing a light-heartedness that is cheering to me.
3. If you don't like the Grim Darkness of the far future, time travel to it and insert a narrative thread where the brutal, genocidal space marines have pet otters. Go for it.
Wow, thank you everyone! I'm glad that the otter and his servant have been such a hit! Sadly i really do think i am now out of otters, got to get some more naiads that they came with i guess?
I'm glad to meet someone else who loves Ursula le Guin, djjazzyjeff! wizard of earthsea was one of the very first books of hers i read too, and it had a similar impact on me. the dispossed is probably my favorite novel of hers over all, but it's a very different read.
So, the latest thing i've done is another one of these guys! Kind of... i ran out of the snouted heads. I thought i would try one of these, I'm still not sure of the results.
Keeping on with the "aliens, mutants, and other such strays." It's fun to get these ideas blocked out. I'm getting kind of a Tarellian Dog-Soldier vibe from them.
Also a big fan of Ursula LeGuin! The Dispossessed is in my top five books of all time, and she's easily on of my top three favorite authors. Left Hand of Darkness is of course a classic, and Lathe of Heaven is so unpredictable and beautiful. I only read the first Earthsea book but enjoyed it quite a bit.
If you love "The Disposessed" and "A Wizard of Earthsea" you might enjoy a Podcast called Mythgard Academy. They do academic readings and discussion on fantasy, sci-fi and classic literature and did "The Disposessed" a couple of years ago and more recently covered "A Wizard of Earthsea"
It's a really interesting listen and I heartily reccommend.
They've also covered Dracula, Dune, and a whole host of Tolkien (it's originally a Tolkien thing)
Also, I kinda like the gas mask snout. If you had a flamer for it instead of a Bolter it might tie in well. Horns are excellent!
BobtheInquisitor wrote:Nice conversion. He seems to have a very positive attitude.
He's got to, he's just stolen a bunch of stuff from space marines!
Don Qui Hotep wrote:Keeping on with the "aliens, mutants, and other such strays." It's fun to get these ideas blocked out. I'm getting kind of a Tarellian Dog-Soldier vibe from them.
Also a big fan of Ursula LeGuin! The Dispossessed is in my top five books of all time, and she's easily on of my top three favorite authors. Left Hand of Darkness is of course a classic, and Lathe of Heaven is so unpredictable and beautiful. I only read the first Earthsea book but enjoyed it quite a bit.
Thanks! Making these guys has been some of the most fun i've had in a while.
Have you read her short stories too? The collection the Wind's Twelve Quarter's is one of my favorites. And her book of writing exercises is an excellent read for people who want to write.
theCrowe wrote:If you love "The Disposessed" and "A Wizard of Earthsea" you might enjoy a Podcast called Mythgard Academy. They do academic readings and discussion on fantasy, sci-fi and classic literature and did "The Disposessed" a couple of years ago and more recently covered "A Wizard of Earthsea"
It's a really interesting listen and I heartily reccommend.
They've also covered Dracula, Dune, and a whole host of Tolkien (it's originally a Tolkien thing)
Also, I kinda like the gas mask snout. If you had a flamer for it instead of a Bolter it might tie in well. Horns are excellent!
Thank you! I haven't listened to too many podcasts but that one sounds neat, I'll check it out.
I wish i had a flamer to use, that would have fit well.
But for now, something rather different! I've been working on something else to cross out another box on the bingo sheet, and also just because it's fun. I've had these guys (half the box for the tempest of souls set) around for a bit. and i roughly finished them! So that checks off the box for finishing one half of a starter set, and i have some completed ghostly friends now!
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Next will probably be one more of the snouty aliens, i found another snout! That will make five total, a good little squad.
Thanks, CB! Yeah, it definitely feels good just to get some things done. Hopefully i can keep it up.
For now, here's one more of these guys, probably the last for a bit
And here's all five of them as a group! including the one i started to paint and then stopped because it was going horribly. that one will be repainted for sure.
The last one looks like a leader, to me. He oughta be in the front (unless, like the Skaven, for these mutants the leader's traditional place is in the rear).
They have a nice mercenary feel to them. Would be fun to see them all painted up!
What next? Now we name them and write stories about them and make them a real in-universe THING that really is, because they exist and should exist and must continue to make the grim-darkness of the far future that little bit better? Maybe?
Don Qui Hotep wrote:The last one looks like a leader, to me. He oughta be in the front (unless, like the Skaven, for these mutants the leader's traditional place is in the rear).
They have a nice mercenary feel to them. Would be fun to see them all painted up!
He does feel leaderish! I think that these guys are bold, bold and daring. I just need to come up with a color scheme for them.
theCrowe wrote:What next? Now we name them and write stories about them and make them a real in-universe THING that really is, because they exist and should exist and must continue to make the grim-darkness of the far future that little bit better? Maybe?
Yes! I'm actually working on a whole slew of ideas right now, it promised to be... silly. Grim silly. Is that a thing? It should be.
BobtheInquisitor wrote:I can’t really make out his facial details well. Is he a wise old turtle leading a team of radical rats?
Sadly i don't think these guys like pizza that much. They're more like pig snouted lizard people.
Viterbi wrote:That is such a fun squad, excited to see them painted up.
Grim-Silly is deffinately a thing. Smirking is Grim-Silly. Grim-Silly is my jam. (I suspect I'm not the only one as it's largely why we're all here enjoying Chaos otters and the like.) Looking forward to your Grim-Silly progress.
Grim-sillly is one of my favorite genres. Take Discworld for example - there's plenty of dark magic and Lovecraftian bits, and many truly evil, evil characters. But it's also got orangutans, a grim reaper for rats, overweight wizards, and loads other silly things.
That circle of otters really made me grin, by the way. Apparently if you put enough adorable critters into one place, they turn ominous.
Yep, Grim Silly works for me. If it’s not already a thing, then you should copyright it! . I love how the otters are hanging of every word of the Marine
I bet It sounds adorable when they discuss their merciless battle tactics. “Brother Blastifur, you are the rock. Captain Scrufflecles and I will form the belly. We will smash them! Then we will chomp their om-nom-noms. They will know they are doomed as surely as if they felt our warm, fuzzy tummies under their skulls, awaiting the deathblow at our dainty paws.”
gobert wrote: I love how the otters are hanging of every word of the Marine
"Dear otters, this encyclopedia pays for it's self. With just 19,99/month you will learn everything there is about our masters, the dark gods and the endless void that awaits us. Plus you get a shelf for free!"
Thank you so much everyone! I'm really glad that the otters are such a hit, and that each of you interprets them in a slightly different way.... All part of my brilliant plan. And the plans of the otters.
Also, my space marines are, of course, the Void Otters, and I have decided that the chaos guys shall be known as the Voice of Lutra. Both have otters, for different reasons. But what are those reasons?
And grim silly is now definitely a thing! We shall lead the way with out slightly off-beat but still somewhat dark creations.
This is not the most exciting update, but I tried slapping some paint on one of these guys
Not the best work but i think the scheme is working.
(also also i have updated my blogger blog in... somewhat recent days)
Ooh, that green fits these guys perfectly. The spot red on his tongue pops in a fun way as well.
For some reason I've started calling these guys "truffle dogs" in my head. Perhaps they seek out employment following their noses, accepting payment only in truffles for their gourmet repasts.
Don Qui Hotep wrote:Ooh, that green fits these guys perfectly. The spot red on his tongue pops in a fun way as well.
For some reason I've started calling these guys "truffle dogs" in my head. Perhaps they seek out employment following their noses, accepting payment only in truffles for their gourmet repasts.
Thanks! That tongue was the most fun part. Also I like truffle dogs! That does fit with my overall idea for them too, in that they're kind of a wandering people without a fixed home.
gobert wrote: The cool conversion looks even better with a bit of paint on! Keep em coming turtles!
Thanks, and just wait for the end of this post!
Viterbi wrote:He looks like he stepped out of an 80's cartoon and in a very good way! The complete squad will look awesome.
Ha, they do have a bit of that look. Thank you!
Well, i'm not calling them complete but the whole squad has paint on them now at least!
It feels pretty good too!
I'm going to try to make another interesting kit bashed alien soon, just need to do some digging.
Hey, the truffle-dogs have paint on em! That's great. I love the guy yelling in the back of the squad.
Re: termites, I'm going to agree with theCrowe that I like the 'lectric blue skin, but I think I like the one with green armor on the far left the best.
theCrowe wrote:I quite like the electric blue with beige armour. Or the green and pink one in the centre.
1 for blue and beige, 1 for green and pink!
Don Qui Hotep wrote:Hey, the truffle-dogs have paint on em! That's great. I love the guy yelling in the back of the squad.
Re: termites, I'm going to agree with theCrowe that I like the 'lectric blue skin, but I think I like the one with green armor on the far left the best.
Thank you! he's my favorite too. And Truffle Dogs is their official name now, it is decided.
gobert wrote:Sorry guys, I’ve gotta go with the one in the middle with green armour and bright pink skin!
One more for green and pink!
ChaoticMind wrote:And I must also throw my lot in with pink skin/green armor.
And yet another!
JamesY wrote:I actually think that the mixture of different colours on the term's works really well. A big, terrifying multicoloured horde.
This is how i am leaning but it seems that green and pink is winning
BobtheInquisitor wrote:Reminds me of the Electric Kook-Aid Acid Swarm.
And I like bone, red and blue.
Thank you! I like them too, the bone takes a lot of layering but it's worth it in the end.
Right now it looks like green and pink is the winner! Will i follow the vote of the masses? Maybe!
So this is not something i made, but it is related to my hobby, and i am excited about the fact that i found it. behold, the thing that got me into hobby stuff in the first place!
This is a ship my father made, before i was born. it was one of my most beloved toys as a kid (even though i was only allowed to touch it under the most CAREFUL supervision). I spent a long time just looking at it, and when i learned that my dad had made it himself, i was stunned and would eventually want to make my own! It's been missing for years, and it's obviously a bit battered, but finding it was like finding a long lost friend.
Oh yes, the Truffle Dogs are painted! Looking good! And you're making good progress on the hobby bingo as well, the "starter set" square is one that I'm probably not claiming any time soon..
As for the 'nid schemes, I'm partial to the pink'n'blue, it's the most synthwave of them
The battleship looks oddly familiar.. Is it USS Massachusetts? I built one as a kid (a Revell 1:720 kit), at the beginning of my modeling journey. Didn't get painted either.
I've been absent from dakka a while and this blog has gotten delightfully strange in my absence. As for your hive fleet, I vote green armor purple skin, with the added suggestion that you name it hive fleet joker and paint obnoxious clown make up around the grinning maws of your beasts.
Make the imperial xenologists wonder how they got those scars...
Ok, seems I'm too late to the party, but would have picked the most loved color scheme too Maybe add a further layer of color by using bone color or black on the weapon?
And battleship looks cool. I remember doing a plane with my father decades ago, it also never got paint. I think he has still some other kits lying around at home that he never built/ will build. Might snag them from him
So this is not something i made, but it is related to my hobby, and i am excited about the fact that i found it. behold, the thing that got me into hobby stuff in the first place!
This is a ship my father made, before i was born. it was one of my most beloved toys as a kid (even though i was only allowed to touch it under the most CAREFUL supervision). I spent a long time just looking at it, and when i learned that my dad had made it himself, i was stunned and would eventually want to make my own! It's been missing for years, and it's obviously a bit battered, but finding it was like finding a long lost friend.
What a cool find! I'm happy that you were able to reconnect with an old model buddy. I know nothing about boats so I'm afraid I'm no help with IDs, so all I can say is that as far as battleships go, it looks pretty chonky!
mcmattila wrote:Oh yes, the Truffle Dogs are painted! Looking good! And you're making good progress on the hobby bingo as well, the "starter set" square is one that I'm probably not claiming any time soon..
As for the 'nid schemes, I'm partial to the pink'n'blue, it's the most synthwave of them
The battleship looks oddly familiar.. Is it USS Massachusetts? I built one as a kid (a Revell 1:720 kit), at the beginning of my modeling journey. Didn't get painted either.
Thanks! I admit i did cheat a little on the starter set what with going for one of the smaller available one... but it still counts so i win!
brushcommando wrote:I've been absent from dakka a while and this blog has gotten delightfully strange in my absence. As for your hive fleet, I vote green armor purple skin, with the added suggestion that you name it hive fleet joker and paint obnoxious clown make up around the grinning maws of your beasts.
Make the imperial xenologists wonder how they got those scars...
Thank you! I'm very pleased with how strange it's become, and i hope that i can continue to make it stranger.
gobert wrote:Can I change my vote to give fleet joker?
It’s cool that you found your dad’s battleship. Gotta love a bit of nostalgia. Will it be getting any paint?
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It’s cool that you found your dad’s battleship. Gotta love a bit of nostalgia. Will it be getting any paint?
guys.... you might just end up making purple and green lose. I don't really like the joker! I never have really, it's probably a flaw in my geeky makeup but both the joker and batman just aren't my thing. the only versions i like are the lego versions.
Also thank you so much everyone in general! It's hard to express how happy it makes me that the strange little things i put up here are enjoyed.
Here's a quick thing that i put up elsewhere, not sure if i'll make anything more with these but they are ork planes, and are meant to be christmas orks.
also here is a shed!
with otter for size comparison. hmm.... one of the bingo squares is build and paint a scenery kit. Is this too tiny to count? Probably.
Orks + Christmas in tiny planes! So many boxes ticked for me! I do come across these little orky planes pretty regularly on Dakka and it amazes me I don't own any myself. I really should. But then maybe they look a bit larger scale than what I'm used to but you know, I've done Smirking now I should totally make UzKop's X-wing Dakkajet, and a tiny version at that would be absolutely my jam. If I can make the sea-duck from Talespin I can do that.
I wonder if you found Christmas decorations in the right scale could you add ork bits to make a squad of disguised Kommandos behind the lines in Santa's workshop?
Edit:Also, my dad had a small collection of models including an American aircraft carrier a Bismark and a Catalina flying boat and I can totally feel your love for that battleship as my reverence for those magical artifacts is still with me today. So cool, proper hobby torch passing stuff.
Christmas bombers look cool, hope they don‘t destroy the shed.
And with the otter next to the shed I can almost seeing ot sitting with a typewriter on the roof, Snoopy-style.
theCrowe wrote:Orks + Christmas in tiny planes! So many boxes ticked for me! I do come across these little orky planes pretty regularly on Dakka and it amazes me I don't own any myself. I really should. But then maybe they look a bit larger scale than what I'm used to but you know, I've done Smirking now I should totally make UzKop's X-wing Dakkajet, and a tiny version at that would be absolutely my jam. If I can make the sea-duck from Talespin I can do that.
I wonder if you found Christmas decorations in the right scale could you add ork bits to make a squad of disguised Kommandos behind the lines in Santa's workshop?
Edit:Also, my dad had a small collection of models including an American aircraft carrier a Bismark and a Catalina flying boat and I can totally feel your love for that battleship as my reverence for those magical artifacts is still with me today. So cool, proper hobby torch passing stuff.
Thanks! Those are all fun ideas, the scale did surprise me a bit when i got them, i was expecting them to be a bit smaller for some reason. But I think you could pull off some really neat things given your sculpting skills!
And yeah, it's nice to still have those sorts of things around. My grandfather had some model trains, and i really would like to find his trains somewhere out there.
Viterbi wrote:Christmas bombers look cool, hope they don‘t destroy the shed.
And with the otter next to the shed I can almost seeing ot sitting with a typewriter on the roof, Snoopy-style.
I have to admit that i came very close to painting it like snoopy's dog house.
Here's a little kit bash, i think the head is out of proportion to the body so i might replace it... on the other hand it seems a bit cartoony and charming to me. Time will tell! I'm putting together as many beasts and mutants and odd aliens as i can.
I think the head looks pretty good as compared to the arms, the lower torso/legs might be a bit on the short side but if your mutants are consistently top-heavy then it's a creative choice! I like the feudal-world garb too. Helps to aesthetically bridge the beastman head to the shotgun he's holding.
Along with everything else, I especially love your otter models. Would you be willing to disclose where you procured them from?
I'd love to get a couple for my sister if they happened to still be available.
That's a cool beastman conversion. I don't think the proportions are off enough to be immediately noticeable. What is the body based on? Is that old bretonnia stuff?
I think you’re right turtles, the head gives it a cartoonish vibe, but definitely in a good way. I agree with Don too that you could make it in to the theme for these Beastmen
Don Qui Hotep wrote:I think the head looks pretty good as compared to the arms, the lower torso/legs might be a bit on the short side but if your mutants are consistently top-heavy then it's a creative choice! I like the feudal-world garb too. Helps to aesthetically bridge the beastman head to the shotgun he's holding.
Yeah, the legs are a bits stubby seeming. Thank you, i wanted them to be a bit feudal looking!
nerull wrote:Along with everything else, I especially love your otter models. Would you be willing to disclose where you procured them from?
I'd love to get a couple for my sister if they happened to still be available.
Thanks, obviously i love them too. They come from mantic's kings of war figures, the naiads specifically. Each frame has one otter and one frog. I've managed to trade for some seperately obviously, but that's the origin of them. If you do pick some up i hope that your sister likes them, they're great little guys.
brushcommando wrote:That's a cool beastman conversion. I don't think the proportions are off enough to be immediately noticeable. What is the body based on? Is that old bretonnia stuff?
The body is from the oathmark humans set, which does have a bit of an old brett look. They're pretty good!
gobert wrote:I think you’re right turtles, the head gives it a cartoonish vibe, but definitely in a good way. I agree with Don too that you could make it in to the theme for these Beastmen
Thanks! As you will soon see, I am trying just that.
Viterbi wrote:Beastman looks good despite looking not happy Big head works, if the others will have the same scale.
Yeah, he's an irritable looking fellow. Well, i would be too if i found out how the imperium treats innocent beast fellows!
So here's another one, same style, but more leaderly! (using gw's measure of leadership, ie: having a chainsword and a pistol)
Nice! They really are turning out well. I may have to pick up some of that oathmark stuff. I would like to make a "Battle of five armies" themed force but based around the old animated Hobbit movie. Thanks for the tip!
Another cool Beastman, and true to the large head theme. The human bodies work well as Beastmen from a feudal world, especially when paired with a good ol’ autopistol. Cool stuff turtles!
brushcommando wrote:Nice! They really are turning out well. I may have to pick up some of that oathmark stuff. I would like to make a "Battle of five armies" themed force but based around the old animated Hobbit movie. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks! the oathmark stuff is pretty nifty, solid on its own and with a lot of conversion potential too! Also, that was one of my favorite movies growing up, i'd love to see that army.
gobert wrote:Another cool Beastman, and true to the large head theme. The human bodies work well as Beastmen from a feudal world, especially when paired with a good ol’ autopistol. Cool stuff turtles!
Much thanks! I'm glad that the big ol heads are working.
Don Qui Hotep wrote:
amazingturtles wrote: So here's another one, same style, but more leaderly! (using gw's measure of leadership, ie: having a chainsword and a pistol)
And also the yelling! Don't forget the yelling.
Oh yes, that part is very vital. I am missing one of the other vital parts though: a giant hat
Viterbi wrote:
He just have to find the nearest Astropath and give my Ratling snipers and Beastmen Scions a call and they will take care of his bullies
Nice work on the Sarge and yeah, those are the rules, you get close up and personal as the leader of the squad!
Heck yeah, beast friends team assemble! Also thank you!
So it's been a while since we saw a non chaos otter! Got to get back to basics!
Here we see a friendly otter helping a marine decide what ammo is best to use! Or something like that....
Everything is better with otters It really looks like the marine is seeking his council. And as someone who has sat through a lot of episodes of Paw Patrol the last years seeking counsel from an animal doesn't even surprise me anymore.
Viterbi wrote: Everything is better with otters It really looks like the marine is seeking his council. And as someone who has sat through a lot of episodes of Paw Patrol the last years seeking counsel from an animal doesn't even surprise me anymore.
It really does look like a wise otter, the Marine really should listen closely!
I saw a real otter yesterday. Just thought you'd like to know. It was swimming at the time so I can't say if it was plotting the downfall of humanity or the destruction of the Galaxy, I can only assume it might have been.
Thanks everyone! Normally i want to answer everyone but i'm super tired right now so just know that you're all amazing and your comments keep me going!
theCrowe, the thing about otters is that they can do both. They're perilous creatures.
Total or available to use? Total i'm not sure, but I've got 8 left that i haven't used for anything yet.
And yes, I need more.
In the meantime, here's a kitbash of an imperial guard! I've got a vague idea of an imperial guard army, they come from the same place as the void otters i think.
I've got to fill in her neck, but otherwise I'm fairly happy with her.
brushcommando wrote:Oh cool! Are you doing arctic-themed guard?
Thanks! Yeah, that's what they're ending up as. I'm making them by kitbashing the guard kit with (mostly) the mantic clansmen, who come with some really neat heads and backpacks. Also foxes. Expect more from the foxes.
Looking good! Although I’m gonna have to say that much like space marines with back banners, this guy’s number one nemesis is gonna be doors... Although you know what they say: when life closes a door, get out your breaching charges and make a hole! At least me and my siblings say that. We played a lot of Battlefield 1...
Ah yes, Space Moose... the emperor's favorite game. Even today not many people know that besides the thousands of psykers sacrificed to feed him, there's always one Space Moose thrown in... for the taste!
And now seriously, nice conversion. May I ask where those antlers are from? You always have the best bitz!
Those guards are looking great. I really like the furry hoods. Have you thought about paint yet? I could see them looking well in a deep blue cloth with white armour scheme.
gobert wrote:Definitely lesser spotted Space Moose antlers! Cool idea for a guard regiment, looking forward to seeing them come together
Thank you! and that helps me with a color scheme for the moose parts at least. Spots! You don't see spots often enough on miniatures
brushcommando wrote:Looking good! Although I’m gonna have to say that much like space marines with back banners, this guy’s number one nemesis is gonna be doors... Although you know what they say: when life closes a door, get out your breaching charges and make a hole! At least me and my siblings say that. We played a lot of Battlefield 1...
It's a good aphorism in my book. Plus, style's more important than fitting through a door anyhow.
Viterbi wrote:Ah yes, Space Moose... the emperor's favorite game. Even today not many people know that besides the thousands of psykers sacrificed to feed him, there's always one Space Moose thrown in... for the taste!
And now seriously, nice conversion. May I ask where those antlers are from? You always have the best bitz!
Thanks! It's from the mantic KoW Clansmen kit, part of their northern alliance. Lots of fun heads and bonus foxes are included!
theCrowe wrote:Those guards are looking great. I really like the furry hoods. Have you thought about paint yet? I could see them looking well in a deep blue cloth with white armour scheme.
A space møøse once bit my sister.
I have and that's a good scheme but for some reason i was trying purple. I don't know why, just in a purple mood. I may... change it.
I like the cold weather gear, but the dude with his beloved messenger frog (or possibly pep talking his attack frog?) Is really the star there. Looks good.
Moose guard! Once again, things I did not know I needed until they appear. It's always exciting to see a big hobby purchase. Looking forward to your blizzard guard.
Forgive the slight off topic, but stumbled across this Death Ferret which was apparently made by GW in 1987. I hope I don’t cost you too much in hunting one down on eBay!
Viterbi wrote:Thanks for the info about the bitz and my word, that was a little shopping spree
Ha, yeah. I'm still working on them too!
DJJazzyJeff wrote:Ready to climb some ice walls and shoot heretics at the same time. Nice!
Thank you! It does make me wish i had more pickaxes again... i wonder if there's a good source out there for them
Vejut wrote:I like the cold weather gear, but the dude with his beloved messenger frog (or possibly pep talking his attack frog?) Is really the star there. Looks good.
Thanks! I believe the frog can be an attack frog and a messenger frog at the same time, frogs have many skills.
theCrowe wrote:Ice frog! Halves all damage from heat based weapons. And confirs a "Look out sir, croak!" Re-roll.
Exactly, right. Frogs can do anything!
aku-chan wrote:Love the attack frog!
And the bald guy who's just too cool to wear a furry hat.
Much thanks. And there's gotta be at least one guy without a hat.
Don Qui Hotep wrote:Moose guard! Once again, things I did not know I needed until they appear. It's always exciting to see a big hobby purchase. Looking forward to your blizzard guard.
Thanks, and yeah, I'm still working on them. I need more antlers, i know that much!
gobert wrote:Forgive the slight off topic, but stumbled across this Death Ferret which was apparently made by GW in 1987. I hope I don’t cost you too much in hunting one down on eBay!
That is... amazing. I have a new quest.
Captain Brown wrote:You will be painting for a bit there amazingturtles.
Cheers,
CB
Oh, I still am, ha.
So! It's been a while here. I've been having... a pretty rough month. I lost a very close friend who passed away suddenly, and it hit me a lot harder than i thought it would. With covid and everything, we hadn't seen each other in a while, and it's just... every moment you have with a person you care about is precious. it's a cliche, but it's true. there are so many things we planned that will never happen, and that's just that.
I'm not great at talking about serious things, so i'm just going to post this, one more beast soldier! I like this one.
Hey turtles, I am sorry to hear about your friend. It's never easy to deal with the passing of a loved one but especially so when it is unexpected. I hope you and yours push through and can reach out for help if you need to. I don't know if you are the same but honestly after this year's worth of craziness I am feeling every loss/stumble a lot harder than I usually would. You are not alone in real life or dakka world!
There is a lot of hobby work going on here that is worth celebrating. The Voice of Lutra crew came out fantastic. I think it has been said before but they definitely look like the bruiser bad guys from an 80s cartoon brought to life.
For the tyranid, I second the vote for painting the whole word a bunch of different colours. I love nonstandard armies and bugs especially fit the bill!
I am enamoured with the Canadian guard!
Pickaxes do seem hard to come by but I found these at a quick search:
Thank you, really. Every word means a lot. Things are getting better in general, i'm just done with this year. And most things.
I have definitely been feeling everything harder this year, tzurk. honestly, i don't cope well under the best circumstances, so this year has been a struggle. And yet in a lot of ways, i'm luckier than some.
Thank you for all the kind words and i hope you're doing ok now too
theCrowe wrote: sorry to hear you're having it so rough. Would a tribute project help? Sorry if that's a really unhelpful idea.
I'm not sure what that means exactly, but i say yes! It sounds fun.
I have some fun hobby things at least! I finally managed to get a tea pot for the sisters of tea battle. I think it fits really well! It does need decoration, of course. And they need a good color scheme
Still trying to find a way to make a tiny tea cup for the sister superior to hold in one hand, but hey, progress!
amazingturtles wrote: Thank you, really. Every word means a lot. Things are getting better in general, i'm just done with this year. And most things.
I have definitely been feeling everything harder this year, tzurk. honestly, i don't cope well under the best circumstances, so this year has been a struggle. And yet in a lot of ways, i'm luckier than some.
Thank you for all the kind words and i hope you're doing ok now too
theCrowe wrote: sorry to hear you're having it so rough. Would a tribute project help? Sorry if that's a really unhelpful idea.
I'm not sure what that means exactly, but i say yes! It sounds fun.
I have some fun hobby things at least! I finally managed to get a tea pot for the sisters of tea battle. I think it fits really well! It does need decoration, of course. And they need a good color scheme
Still trying to find a way to make a tiny tea cup for the sister superior to hold in one hand, but hey, progress!
What about make the color scheme a tribute to your friend? A lot of tea cups and pots have floral patterns. Do you know your friend's favorite flower? Or Color?
How are your freehand flower painting skills?
However you do it, The Sisters of Tea is really cool.
Tiny Furniture has various sculpts of tavern dishes and settings. This one has a few cups that look like they could serve.
https://tiny-furniture.com/products/dishes
Hey, welcome back. I'm sorry to hear about your friend; I know that your blog has always been a great source of whimsy and lightness for me, so I hope your fun hobby things can serve a similar therapeutic function.
I like the beast-fellow; and the teapot-standard. Oddly enough I recently put together some LEGO kits and there was a plastic teacup piece that would probably work for scale. It would be fun for the teacup sisters if they had caterpillars for pets.
What about make the color scheme a tribute to your friend? A lot of tea cups and pots have floral patterns. Do you know your friend's favorite flower? Or Color?
How are your freehand flower painting skills?
However you do it, The Sisters of Tea is really cool.
Tiny Furniture has various sculpts of tavern dishes and settings. This one has a few cups that look like they could serve.
https://tiny-furniture.com/products/dishes
I've thought about something as a tribute, but to really fit it would probably have to be some sort of demon related project, ha. We had this ongoing thing we were working on together, he wanted to make a game that involved fighting kind of egpytian style demons. it was silly, but a lot of fun to do.
Viterbi wrote:Really sorry to hear about your friend, hang in there!
And thanks for showing that picture of the tea sister, won't get "Be our guest" out of my head the rest of the day
Thank you! And now it's in mine, it's a catchy tune!
Don Qui Hotep wrote:Hey, welcome back. I'm sorry to hear about your friend; I know that your blog has always been a great source of whimsy and lightness for me, so I hope your fun hobby things can serve a similar therapeutic function.
I like the beast-fellow; and the teapot-standard. Oddly enough I recently put together some LEGO kits and there was a plastic teacup piece that would probably work for scale. It would be fun for the teacup sisters if they had caterpillars for pets.
I'm so glad that you get that out of my blog! It has been helpful for me, keeping busy in general is a good idea. And that lego looks about right, some day i've gotta visit my parents and dig through my old legos for pieces like that!
So i made an ogryn with a gryph hound head, it needs some filling in around the neck.
An oddly nice fit on the ogryph! Another one to to try might be pig heads from the Beastman and Ork ranges. Looking fun, and glad to hear you're finding ways to keep moving forward.
Ah, the mighty Ogryph. One of the lesser known hybrid creatures and surreptitiously omitted from the monster book of monsters and the Hogwarts curriculum.
Thanks everyone for all the kind words on the ogryph! It was a fun head swap to do, a lot of trimming around the neck required though. I've got another one i'm working on, i just don't want to mess it up so i'm being careful.
My life is still... pretty much a mess right now but doing random hobby things is helping. And how's this for random?
Yup, i have added to my collection of tiny gryph hounds and their friends. I like how this head swap worked out. He's a wide eyed preacher, shoutin' about how there'll be no butter in the realms of chaos!
New head definitely sells the vibe of Loud n Preachy! Love how similar the gryph-hound's expression (and hairdo) is to his human buddy's. It's like when dogs look like their owners!
I find that hobby can often be a good way to dip a toe in the productivity well...it'll start with a muck around or some dry fitting and after a while I've lost half an hour in actual creative fun! Of course, that requires avoiding the guilt/shame spiral that is always lurking for spending time on little army mans instead of dealing with the nonstop piling up of adult responsibilities...aaaah. I am glad you are finding some peace or distraction or joy in your work and hope it continues that way.
Teacup lady makes me happy. I seem to remember more of these Mrs Nesbitt sisters from earlier in the blog but couldn't find them going back through the pages. Am i going crazy?
I did love revisiting some of your past projects - I forgot that the ogryph has a friend already. I have not seen an owl companion in a while though, despite promises of more...!
Keep on trucking turtles. I always get a kick out of visiting - thank you for taking the time to share your enthusiasm and creativity!
tzurk wrote:New head definitely sells the vibe of Loud n Preachy! Love how similar the gryph-hound's expression (and hairdo) is to his human buddy's. It's like when dogs look like their owners!
I find that hobby can often be a good way to dip a toe in the productivity well...it'll start with a muck around or some dry fitting and after a while I've lost half an hour in actual creative fun! Of course, that requires avoiding the guilt/shame spiral that is always lurking for spending time on little army mans instead of dealing with the nonstop piling up of adult responsibilities...aaaah. I am glad you are finding some peace or distraction or joy in your work and hope it continues that way.
Teacup lady makes me happy. I seem to remember more of these Mrs Nesbitt sisters from earlier in the blog but couldn't find them going back through the pages. Am i going crazy?
I did love revisiting some of your past projects - I forgot that the ogryph has a friend already. I have not seen an owl companion in a while though, despite promises of more...!
Keep on trucking turtles. I always get a kick out of visiting - thank you for taking the time to share your enthusiasm and creativity!
I agree with all of this. And I found myself going back through your blog to some of the earlier pages I never visited. I made some commentary but will put it in a spoiler as it's pretty long.
Spoiler:
amazingturtles wrote:
So it's back to the marines and otters and otters with marines for me, as you will see... here:
still some tweaking to do on the hands, but i hope you can see that he is instructing his war otter on the finer points of bug hunting.
Naturally, what else would he be doing?
amazingturtles wrote:Yeah, I'm having a lot of fun with all of the neat little things in there. Plus with some extra bits i got lying around, I think i might be able to make six guys out of it instead of five.
So here is my experimental test captain/commander/leader type guy. Lots of cleaning up to do on him
But I tried to pose him with the dog looking up to him in expectation and his shield arm shielding the otter. The head is probably from some chaos thing (heresy!) but i love it. I love it too much.
This head is fantastic! So much adoration from the dog for the face.
amazingturtles wrote:
Here's a quick in progress of the rhino interior. changed some things, and i still have a lot of painting to do:
Excellent.
amazingturtles wrote:
Meanwhile, this guy:
i... don't know.
... all I know is that this guy is awesome.
amazingturtles wrote:
I have at last rectified the lack of turtles in this thread:
The turtle/tortoise is quite big. i am thinking of somehow making it into a counts as dreadnought, if i can find the right bits.
That is one heck of a turtle. I don't want to push your blog or hobby in any direction, because the whimsy of it is a vast part of its charm. But, I would love to see more of this beautiful turtle.
amazingturtles wrote:Thank you! i hope you enjoyed it, i'm amazed that i've kept going with sometimes
here is... a mess of an idea. the painting is horrible on the marine, he is going to be cleaned, but i think the owl looks good! what primaris captain needs a sword when he can have an owl.
more turtles to come.
I just painted this Captain model and foolishly gave him a sword instead of an owl.
amazingturtles wrote:A pack turtle/objective!
That is all for now.
amazingturtles wrote:I finally did some more work on something i started a while ago!
Finishing things! is... still not something i do. because he is not finished.
Finishing things is sort of overrated. A beautiful hawk, though.
amazingturtles wrote:Hm... well, he's not actually wilder yet. In fact he is probably too tame for chaos. But i tried to get the "intoning from a book" thing going, and I think it worked.
Intoning with a power fist.
Next: I had actually lost my container that had all my various little animals in, but now it is found! So, pets!
Intoning with a power fist is the only way to intone. If they don't listen, you bash them in the face.
Honestly that is kind of the idea i want for my chaos marines. They don't much like any of the gods, i think. Maybe they just worship the concept of chaos. Does that make them sounds like chaos hipsters? maybe
. . .
In the meantime, here is an objective of great import: tiny chickens!
So tiny
Only you, Turtles, can go from Chaos Hipsters to tiny chickens in one post. Never stop.
amazingturtles wrote:
Owls have no time for anyone's nonsense, not even a space marine.
Meanwhile!
"Calm yourself, Sergeant Wiggles. Let us see what this tiny abhuman has to say,"
Very kind to give the small abhuman a voice. Let him talk, then sick the otter on him?
Finally, I find your work to be a wonderful break from all the seriousness of this hobby. After all, we're a bunch of grown-ass adults playing with toys.
Seriously. Don't ever stop.
Dang. Thank you guys so much, and i really, really mean it! It's been a while since i looked back through this blog on my own, djjazzyjeff. The dog captain is still one of my favorites. A lot of them are in boxes right now, i'm once again in the process of moving. But both turtles and owls shall return, i swear it!
Tzurk,there are more teacup sisters further back! i was testing out a larger ceramic cup as a banner type thing, but i didn't like how it fit. Also, i'm still thinking of calling them the Order of the Bad Neighbor
Thank you everyone. I said i already but i need to say it again. This forum has helped me a lot
(also, i guess no one caught the cold comfort farm reference with "no butter in the realms of chaos"?)
Today i have a simple kit bash, for use with my mutants and strays i think. the body is the frostgrave gnoll, the arms and gun from neophyte hybrids i think
Viterbi wrote:New build looks very cool and may you have an uneventful move with everything arriving safely!
Thank you!
Captain Brown wrote:Just keep you head above water amazingturtles.
Sincerely,
CB
Doing my best, CB, thank you.
gobert wrote:Nice kitbash, the raggedy clothes on their body and arms match pretty well, good choices!
Thanks! I do like how these two kits go together, i've made a couple more!
tzurk wrote:it means gnoll worries, for the rest of your days...!
Good luck with the move. Never my favourite time!
We only just finished unpacking our spare room after being here for nearly two years...
Yeah, moving is never fun. I do like orginizing after it's done though! Organizing things actually relaxes me. Thank you also, both for the kind words and for getting that song into my head....
Well it wouldn't be post without pictures so here we go!
First another gnoll:
I like his expression!
and one more tea sister, reading from the book of tea, chapter one
"Some people would answer that they don’t like tea in itself, that they only drink it in order to be warmed and stimulated, and they need sugar to take the taste away. To those misguided people I would say: Try drinking tea without sugar for, say, a fortnight and it is very unlikely that you will ever want to ruin your tea by sweetening it again."
I completely reject and abhor the sweet-tea heresy. I bow at the altar of the God of Bitter Tea.
I'm starting to love these gnolls. I always got kind of weasel/possum/ferret vibes from them, and the scavenger look matches the Molotov cocktails really well!
Don Qui Hotep wrote:I completely reject and abhor the sweet-tea heresy. I bow at the altar of the God of Bitter Tea.
I'm starting to love these gnolls. I always got kind of weasel/possum/ferret vibes from them, and the scavenger look matches the Molotov cocktails really well!
Bitter tea is the only tea. It is life!
I love 'em too, they're easy little conversions and the faces have so much character!
aku-chan wrote:Love the Gnoll! He looks so happy that he found his bundle of dynamite.
Thank you! He really is quite joyful.
This will probably be my last post on this blog while i'm moving so until next time, enjoy this sci-fi baby rising from a cup of tea
Thank you both! I'll be working on more with both soon, i think. The move has taken time but we're getting to the point where not everything is in boxes! Most things yes, but not everything
I've had more time for setting up silly little quarantine coop games with what i have out so i thought i'd share a picture of that.
Here we see the friendly not at all sinister ur-25 and friends! Yes, they are friends. In this scenario they are. What are they doing? Where will they go?
What a mystery!
(i also put up some battle type reports on my blogger blog)
UR-025 must’ve been turned by the fortress to be hanging out with those ruffians. I’m glad the move went ok, hopefully the boxes don’t take too long to unpack!
Edit: I’m just gonna leave this here... if you haven’t already, you should check it out next!
gobert wrote: UR-025 must’ve been turned by the fortress to be hanging out with those ruffians. I’m glad the move went ok, hopefully the boxes don’t take too long to unpack!
Edit: I’m just gonna leave this here... if you haven’t already, you should check it out next!
Heck yeah turtles!
It's been a bit so here's a space marine with a pet! A pet frog, in this case
The head is perfect...somehow weirdly looks exactly like the kind of guy who would have a pet frog.
I have been reading your blog too!
I don't know whether to post here about it or there about it - but I am really enjoying your writing. The first few had a strong narrative feel to them so it has been really nice to see a story start to grow with Yolig and his adventures.
Thank you for sharing them! Can't wait to see more PS - the terrain in the batrep pics is beautiful!
DJJazzyJeff wrote:Too small or not, that's an epic 'stache he's sporting. Rule of cool HAS to be able to cover that bad boy.
Thank you, and I agree.
theCrowe wrote:Love that head with the old armour. Super character. I wonder could there be a frog-based theme for a space marine Chapter?
Funny that you say that because that's what i've been thinking of! I've got otter marines, why not frog marines as well! I just need to find the right color... green? But which green?
gobert wrote:I reckon with a rash like that he can do whatever he wants!
theCrowe wrote:That mustache probbably confers a ward save better than his armour save!
These are the only truths.
Viterbi wrote:Head looks great, not small at all. And that 'stache is epic! Same time he looks very friendly, probably asking people, if they want to lick his toad
Haha, thanks! Marines who give themselves visions of the emperor through hallucinogenic toads... probably not canon, but fun enough to make up for it?
tzurk wrote:The head is perfect...somehow weirdly looks exactly like the kind of guy who would have a pet frog.
I have been reading your blog too!
I don't know whether to post here about it or there about it - but I am really enjoying your writing. The first few had a strong narrative feel to them so it has been really nice to see a story start to grow with Yolig and his adventures.
Thank you for sharing them! Can't wait to see more PS - the terrain in the batrep pics is beautiful!
Thank you! I'm glad that you've been enjoying those! And that someone is reading them, ha. I've got more adventures for Yolig and Co. coming soon. I've been trying to think of the right way to post things here.... maybe preview pics?
In the meantime (i say that a lot) here is another frog marine. Is he about to toss the frog?
Ah, a return to space marines with pets! Frog marines are experts at subterfuge. Just when you think you've got them cornered - BAM! Frog in the face. Slippery little things.
Although there was that story of the Frog Marines on that ocean planet that was subjected to a slow warming process. The heat kept going up but a flaw in the Frog Marines' gene seed prevents them from detecting a steady increase in temeperature and as a result an entire Company was boiled alive.
theCrowe wrote: Although there was that story of the Frog Marines on that ocean planet that was subjected to a slow warming process. The heat kept going up but a flaw in the Frog Marines' gene seed prevents them from detecting a steady increase in temeperature and as a result an entire Company was boiled alive.
Although a tragedy to the Imperium, at least now we know that for the tenderest Astartes meat you have to boil them in the shell.
theCrowe wrote: Although there was that story of the Frog Marines on that ocean planet that was subjected to a slow warming process. The heat kept going up but a flaw in the Frog Marines' gene seed prevents them from detecting a steady increase in temeperature and as a result an entire Company was boiled alive.
Although a tragedy to the Imperium, at least now we know that for the tenderest Astartes meat you have to boil them in the shell.
I understand that the original application of the "Harlequines Kiss" was a specialised dining utensil for just this purpose. Power armour being notoriously difficult to crack open.
Does that marine even know he’s got a from on his banner? Merry Christmas turtles, may your 2021 be full of beastmen and fun and in every way better than 2020!
Hadn't seen the update. Frog on banner looks cool, maybe the marine is like the duck man on Discworld and doesn't acknowledge it. "What frog, there is no frog on my banner" Beastman looks cool, great mix of restraint in the pose combined with the very brutal maul.
Vejut wrote:Frog perch! Enrichment is important to your frog, and to be honest sometimes everyone likes to feel tall :-)
Beastman looks good too.
Thank you! The frog's got to see what's going on, there might be chaos flies out there to catch!
Don Qui Hotep wrote:Thanks for the link to your blog! Here's to 2021, I hope for many more moose marines and truffle dogs.
Thank YOU. This place has been so amazingly supportive, especially during this nonsense of a year. There shall be many more indeed.
gobert wrote:Does that marine even know he’s got a from on his banner? Merry Christmas turtles, may your 2021 be full of beastmen and fun and in every way better than 2020!
Thank you! and the same to you. If you want the beastmen, that is.
theCrowe wrote:The thing that would make that frog perch the best is if the circle in the banner was painted like a lily pad.
Merry Christmas as AT.
Merry christmas and happy new year! also that's brilliant, a lily pad it shall be
Viterbi wrote:Hadn't seen the update. Frog on banner looks cool, maybe the marine is like the duck man on Discworld and doesn't acknowledge it. "What frog, there is no frog on my banner" Beastman looks cool, great mix of restraint in the pose combined with the very brutal maul.
Thanks! I was just rereading one of the books with the duck man in it appropriately enough (hogfather, of course)
So, it's a new year! What does that mean? Honestly i have no idea. Years are arbitrary and i have a terrible memory. Let's look forward!
For now i'm just posting a late gift i got, something that will be interesting as it's a style of game i've never played before
Boats!
I hope you all have a happy new years and that 2021 will be an extremely boring year, free of incident.
Armada looks mega! If you get it all put together for a game I'd love to see a battle report. It looks like the kind of thing cheesey Oldschool metal bands sing about.
Armada looks fun, gotta echo theCrowe for getting a battle report, once the first game commences.
Funnily enough had a re-read of Hogfather too this year and couldn't believe the book is nearly 25 years old. And it's so nice when the canting crew mooches mud and boots of the fancy restaurant in the end
theCrowe wrote: Armada looks mega! If you get it all put together for a game I'd love to see a battle report. It looks like the kind of thing cheesey Oldschool metal bands sing about.
I would say that you need some Pirate Rock in your life.
I'm excited about armada too, i've read through the rules and it seems simple enough for me, but with some good variety to the gameplay. There will indeed be a battle report! I've even managed to (very roughly) paint up the two smallest ships. I like them best. The style oddly enough reminds me a bit of the ships in warcraft 2, which is still my favorite of that series. I liked how swashbucklin' it felt. I need to buckle more swashes and hopefully this game will help.
So anyhow, here's the ships!
There's also a report from a couple of days ago (ie: last year) in my blog. It's about snacks.
Looking great, Turtles! Love some fantasy ships. Excited to see the write-up on your blog. My own, meager contribution to Pirate Rock (I used to blast this while running).
Thanks for the compliments on the ships, everyone! I'm still working on the bigger ones, trying the whole "paint the pieces seperately before gluing them" thing, which actually seems to work well with these figures! My goal is to get them finished and play a game by the end of the month.
tzurk wrote:Woohoo! I'm excited for this new piratey adventure - glad to see you are already underway too!
I definitely feel a Warcraft 2 vibe from them - they even have one for orcs and one for humans! Now you just need a gnome sub and a giant turtle...
Happy New Year! Looking forward to seeing what craziness and joy comes out of your blog in 2021
Man... a turtle sub. I loved those. I got to work this out. I do have some plastic turtles that are about the same size... more on that later.
Right now i am declaring something. I am declaring that 2021 shall be "the year of the alien and the mutant".* They're the real good guys of 40k and all other science fiction, humans are boring and they suck. I said it, i'll say it again! So here's a start!
A kitbash of an alienish fellow and their alienish dog! They are friendly i am sure.
*I reserve all right to forget that i'm doing this
Purple's a great start for a color scheme. Next step, add purple highlights, purple wash, and more purple highlights. For the metal bits, Contrast purple over Ironbreaker (mixed with purple). Edge highlights: purple!
Tentacle faced dwarf guy would be a great concept mini for a whole counts-as army. Imagine a whole force of these guys as counts-as guards or orks or tau.
Also, very cute for something so horiffically gribbley. I think lean into the cthulu green and give him some glossy purple eyeballs. If he has eyeballs...
I mean, I like a bit of purple with my minis, perhaps paired with some gold and a bright green? For these guys I think a pale fleshy pink would work great, with a bone colour drybrushed over the top for highlights?
Don Qui Hotep wrote:Purple's a great start for a color scheme. Next step, add purple highlights, purple wash, and more purple highlights. For the metal bits, Contrast purple over Ironbreaker (mixed with purple). Edge highlights: purple!
I don't know... i feel like it could use a little more purple
theCrowe wrote:Tentacle faced dwarf guy would be a great concept mini for a whole counts-as army. Imagine a whole force of these guys as counts-as guards or orks or tau.
Also, very cute for something so horiffically gribbley. I think lean into the cthulu green and give him some glossy purple eyeballs. If he has eyeballs...
Cute and horrifying! That is my goal. An army would be a lot of fun, sadly I haven't quite got enough of that style of head,
gobert wrote:I mean, I like a bit of purple with my minis, perhaps paired with some gold and a bright green? For these guys I think a pale fleshy pink would work great, with a bone colour drybrushed over the top for highlights?
Hm, i i like the fleshy idea. Still needs a bit of purple of course.
DJJazzyJeff wrote:A very friendly sort of purple, I think.
Gonna go to a paint store and ask for their friendliest purple!
No paint yet but here's a couple more! First a tentacle head
And then a nice little snake guy!
The mantic sci fi rat sprues are great for these weapons.
Cool group of tentacles coming together there. Purple is a great start, on these it might work with a very cool blue contrast. Excited to see this develop!
Sorry to hear you’ve been having a rough time but yay for vaccination! Hopefully things can start getting back to normal for you. Birdman or should that be Griffman looks cool all painted up, keep em comin!
Congraccinations, best of luck with insomnia, I know that's a rough one.
Really like the griff-man although it begs the question of if you spot a griffon head in the wild is it just another bird head? Answer: no, because griffon's got n e c k .
Hey turtles, super cool dwarf brain sucker sludge mans. Love the beastgryn too. Must be a cool looking bunch all together now!
Sleep deprivation is an absolute milhouse of a thing. It affects absolutely everything in your day and the moment you get it you start worrying about it and the worry leads to less sleep and then youre lying awake at 4am with work in 3 hours beating yourself up for not being asleep but the only reason you've been awake for the last 3 hours is because of all the negative energy you've been directing at yourself...and then your back and neck are all flavours of forked up from your tossing and turning and stressing and no relaxing and just when you feel tired enough to drop off you realise your spine is a pretzel and you're in awful pain.
Hope you can get back on track soon. Magnesium has helped me in the past. Alcohol too of course but that comes with its own complications. Yoga is lovely as well, I often find the best quality sleep I get in a week is in the last 5 minutes of savasana pose during Tuesday yoga.
gobert wrote:Sorry to hear you’ve been having a rough time but yay for vaccination! Hopefully things can start getting back to normal for you. Birdman or should that be Griffman looks cool all painted up, keep em comin!
Thanks! They're a little better now. and knowing that i might be able to have a more normal life in a week or so is helping.
Hope the momentum keeps up, and I hope the vaccination didn't kick you too hard...
It was pretty tough but i got through it!
Don Qui Hotep wrote:Congraccinations, best of luck with insomnia, I know that's a rough one.
Really like the griff-man although it begs the question of if you spot a griffon head in the wild is it just another bird head? Answer: no, because griffon's got n e c k .
Thanks, also is that a reference to something? I never get references. it is my talent!
Viterbi wrote:Bullgriff looks really cool, love the contrast between the red and blue. Hope insomnia can and will get better!
I'm glad you like the color choices! I'm pretty happy with them too.
tzurk wrote:Hey turtles, super cool dwarf brain sucker sludge mans. Love the beastgryn too. Must be a cool looking bunch all together now!
Sleep deprivation is an absolute milhouse of a thing. It affects absolutely everything in your day and the moment you get it you start worrying about it and the worry leads to less sleep and then youre lying awake at 4am with work in 3 hours beating yourself up for not being asleep but the only reason you've been awake for the last 3 hours is because of all the negative energy you've been directing at yourself...and then your back and neck are all flavours of forked up from your tossing and turning and stressing and no relaxing and just when you feel tired enough to drop off you realise your spine is a pretzel and you're in awful pain.
Hope you can get back on track soon. Magnesium has helped me in the past. Alcohol too of course but that comes with its own complications. Yoga is lovely as well, I often find the best quality sleep I get in a week is in the last 5 minutes of savasana pose during Tuesday yoga.
Thanks, and yeah, lack of sleep sucks. And that's all very familiar to me. Worry that spirals into more worry and lack of sleep from the worry.... I can't drink, but I've never tried yoga. I'll try anything, really. I do like some of the calming teas, but they can interfere with sleep in other ways...
Ah well, we're not here just to talk about sleep, we're here for mutants and aliens! At least that's why i'm here. So here's another silly little kitbash!
Thanks! I've aquired... a lot of various bits over the years. Possibly too many. But it's worth it.
This is a quasi update, I've been trying to get organized, and I think i've managed to get together the various mutants and aliens I've created. Most of them were posted here before, but not all of 'em.
I need to get some more painting in, but there's more of them than i expected!
Vejut wrote:That certainly is a nice grab bag of mutants!
They are! And yet, I want more.
gobert wrote:A nicely varied bunch of muties, getting them all painted up will keep you busy and give you a great looking bunch of minis
Thanks! I wish I could say I was keeping busy painting them right now, but as you will soon see, I got distracted again.
Viterbi wrote:Very cool group shot and a very distinctive force! And a lot of color already on them, really nice to see those bright splashes on the pic.
Thank you too! I wonder what I could actually use them as?
Well, I said this was the year of the mutant, but I did end up making another one of these:
Remember when i was working on a band of these wintery guardsmen? I'm pretty happy with how she turned out, honestly. And she has a pet cat, because that is my way.
Captain Brown wrote: amazingturtles is that a stock head from some range on the Guardsman/woman, or did you make it yourself?
CB
It's from the kings of war clansmen! I'm not anywhere near talented enough to sculpt a head like that myself. At least not yet!
Back to kitbashed mutants for a moment! I am forever happy that i got a bunch of these lizardmen bodies in a trade, i've made... a lot of things with the. This guy has a bug for head!
Sorry, I’ve been waiting to use the “I have spoken” quote for ages, but you should definitely watch the Mandalorian. You could get through it all within 1months subscription if you try.
The bug head lizard is a neat addition to the muties too
Oof. There's another reason to get into stargrave. I guess I might have to pull the trigger on that one.
So many great mutants. I'm still a bit in awe about the depth your bits box seems to have.
gobert wrote:Good seeing you back turtles! Hope you’ve been keeping ok. The Blood Angels mask works really well on the raptor, nice and creepy I think
Thank you! creepy is definitely what I was going for so that's good!
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Very Emperor's Children/Slaanesh on a Chaos Space Marine!
Thanks! Hm, it has been a bit since I painted something purple or pink...
Vejut wrote:Good to see you back, and I it'll work pretty good!
Thank you!
So, I have a confession. I painted some space marines... as an established Chapter. That's right, I painted some Salamanders. Heresy Salamanders even.
I know! Normally I like to do my own thing but I've had these guys lying around for a while and I found a green that I really like, so Salamanders it is. I did give one of them a pet frog.
Phew! I was worried for a while, but then I spotted the frog! Close enough to a real salamander. The Mk3 dudes look great as Salamanders, good paint job you’ve given them turtles
Vejut wrote: Amphibian solidarity! Nice work as always.
Thank you! Amphibians gotta stick together. With mucus, probably.
So... I picked up another new paint, and I ended up really liking it. So much, that I decided to repaint all the primaris marines I have left.
Spoiler:
(There's more than this, but this is what I have done)
I even used a wash, even! They are red now, but they're still Void Otters. The void is represented by purple shoulders. They are absolutely not Blood anything.
amazingturtles wrote: I even used a wash, even! They are red now, but they're still Void Otters. The void is represented by purple shoulders. They are absolutely not Blood anything.
time of it. Hang in there! The new Beastman looks pretty cool!
