Love that plow blade!

WOW is about all I can say Cam. So much stuff knocked out. It's great. I truly appreciate the arrow on the jet. It's important to know which way is forward. Great work as always take care.

Thank you folks, much appreciated. So going to try yet again, to reboot my Dakka love.

Here you go.....Vashtor.


A Venomcrawler..


And some Raptors..


Thank you so much for looking in, and I do hope you will leave a little C&C .

Vashtorr looks very scary in that parchment scheme.

The world needs your dakka love Cam.
Great work as always!

 Camkierhi wrote:
Thank you folks, much appreciated. So going to try yet again, to reboot my Dakka love.

Here you go.....Vashtor.


A Venomcrawler..


And some Raptors..


Thank you so much for looking in, and I do hope you will leave a little C&C .

That's my favourite take on V-daddy I've ever seen.

Many thanks folks.

Going to be working on a wee project.........Chaos Knights....



Thank you for looking in.

Nice work on Vash!

Your makin' me want to get back to work on my CSM... darn it!

Hello again. Thanks guys.

Couple pics for you...







Thanks for looking in. C&C always welcome.

Wow, you've been busy since I last checked in. Love the obliterators.

So much goodness! I think my favorite is the work on the demon wings. Really nice!

Some cracking paintjobs there, the Vashtorr thing is really nice the way you've finished it - I much prefer the pallid flesh with rustish staining to the light purple/violet organic look the Eavy Metal team produced.

I also like the contrasting glassy black of the armour on the Venomcrawlers - very 'honeypot ant'.

The wings on the Deamon are fantastic and the murial armour plates on the knight are 'chefs kiss' tier.

Great show in general really, thats a fantastic looking chaos force!

Thanks guys.

Here's the latest bunch.







Hope you like them. Thank you for looking in.

The marines are looking great Cam!

The Marines are looking great Cam! I enjoyed seeing the High Marshal on Face Book, but I don't think I saw the others there. I really like the apothecary and tech marine.

Thank you folks.

Bugger this boring moreen rubbish let's go make a buggy......






More soon.

WAAAAARGGHH!! what colour you gonna paint it?

Well, red ones g-.... never mind.

Thanks folks. Only one colour really. Still Wip at mo, but here it is...





Got to add checkers, crew and dakka yet....

Love it! Brilliant work Cam

You have the perfect look down on that ork vehicle.

That's so cool old chum

Wonderful work Camkierhi.

Cheers,

CB

I love your vehicle scratchbuilds Cam, That little trukk looks great, I would have thought it was finished if you didn't say it was still WIP.

Thank you all so much.
While I find some crew for that, here is my next build early stages.

Deathguard Wardog conversion/ kitbash.






Thanks for looking more soon.


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Forgot things......




TT combat Stock train.

Finished Nurgle wardog....








So what do you think. Kitbash of blight hauler and wardog kit. Think I am happy with the results.

He's a big stinky boy. Excellent.

Suitably gross and gribbly, seems the kits melded well, or is that your modelling skills coming to the fore?

Beautiful work Cam, you melded that blight hauler and war dog expertly.

He looks so friendly!

Thank you folks.

I was asked to do a quick little commission...





Thank you for stopping by...

Quick?! That's superb . You maniac.

Thanks bud. Much appreciated.

Currently in soul gem hell.!




Putting together an army for a friend.

The Big E looks amazing, real stand out job.

I like the start of the Eldar, I cannot believe that you would paint all the stones...I just wouldn't have the patience.

Outstanding work on the Emperor. Wonderful!

Ooo nice!
Loving that crisp finish - the white has a ceramic feel about it, did you varnish it or something?

Edit: The flaming sword is absolutely spot-on perfect too.

Back again....









Yes it's a Thunderhawk WIP.

Thank you to all who come by and look. Especially when you comment.

Ooh my. You silly, silly boy.

Good start to the scratchbuild.

Needs more cup holders, everyone loves cup holders. Amazing start to what is likely to end up being the best hobby build of the year.

Thank you. Much appreciated. Think I will add a few cup holders just for you.





18 inch wingspan!

without them wings it hinted star trek! the gondolas are already cast in resin? you´re a damn professional all around!


by the way... have you had a look at diamond painting? not as an art form... but might be a rather cheap supply form for rivets? I recently purchased a really small painting... just for that chance it might look good as instant rivets...but too depressed atm to make the slightest move...

Love that paintjob on the wraithlord. Impressive work! Keep it up.

Thank you.

Here is the main gun. Not sure it is meant to be a separate turret, but hey...


So now we have it to this stage....


Lousy picture I know but you get the idea..

Thanks for looking in.

Looks amazing, what size pipe is that you have used? Trying to get a sense of how huge the build is.

22mm pipe. Overall this is 18" long and 18" wide.
That's 450mm x 450mm for the youth.

That is nothing short of amazing Cam! T-hawks were so rare... makes my heart sing to see you doing one.

Thank you Gits, very much appreciated.

Still WIP, but getting close.



Still got a lot of weathering and a flight stand to make!

Thanks for looking in.

Flyin' with the top down! That's how you do it.

Amazing work!

Just leave this here....











Thank you for looking by. All C&C welcome.

Absolutely stunning build. That weathering on the prow is really top notch, looks very realistic. Blown away that you knocked this up so quickly (relative to its size).

The base is a fitting choice to really turn the whole thing into an amazing display.

Well done.

Thanks bud. Very much appreciated.

Now for something a little different...






Thanks for looking in...

that front design looks absolutely stunning!

Stunning work on the Thunderhawk. And then you just turn around and build a Stompa! Amazing!

Great work, Cam'.

Scratchbuilt ork things 'scratch' an itch that can only rarely be satisfied by anything else.

Gargant, Stompa or Gorkanaut size? I can never tell what your up to and your skill allow you to work on almost any scale it seems.

Cam: don’t mind me, I’ll just knock out the most orky thing you’ve ever seen in a couple of days here (from scratch BTW)…
The rest of us: Whuuuuuuut?!?!?!? Wait, whuuuuuut?!?!?!!!!

Thank you all so much! Can't tell you what it means to see you here.

This is a Gorkanaut. It is within the measurement of a Gorkanaut at 13.5cm to the shoulder and sat on the correct base size.








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Also painted this Great Unclean One proxy.





Thank you so much.

Incredible work on the Gorkanaut, Cam. My favorite parts are the deffstorm mega-shoota and the red skull on the belly. Awesome great unclean one as well

Very prolific, where did you get that Great Unclean One? I have been looking for alternative Daemon models.

Gorkanaut (or is it really a Morkanaut?) looks fantastic. Love the over the top guns and ammo feeds.

Delightfully grotesque GUO there

Thanks very much.

GUO is from here...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175624815373?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=DBm97GRyRIe&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=dM7XDj7qQcm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY


They have several models I have purchased. Proxy daemon Princes and a proxy Rotigus.

Lovely gooey guo papa bless!

Nice work, Cam'.

Absolutely love the Thunderhawk and Gorkonaut builds Cam. Great work! Paint jobs are aces on both too!

Thank you guys so much.

Just a quicky update...

Been working on this....


And finishing up this....



Worked on another buggy I am just finishing up. Pics soon. I often find scale creep an issue This ^ tiny buggy is actually to scale correct, were the next one only just fits on the right sized base, but looks much more "proper" reminding me of an old Bently or something. Just expressing thoughts, do any of you struggle with scale creep?

Thank you so much for looking in.

When scratch building it is always a major issue as I try to build in scale with the minis and not what reference pieces might size up to be... I always end up bigger with my builds than GW would...

Cor. Nice Reaver. And as always, your scratch is more than up to scratch

Yup, great pieces!

Scale creep is a thing: you can either build to scale or build to realistic size relationships, but almost never both.

I have never attempted anything of your level of work, so any converting I do is based upon an existing model so that defines my scale for me.

The closest I have come to a total scratchbuild was a Hydra I did and that still used a Forgeworld turret I had lying around and the outer chassis walls of a Chimera so I didn't have to think about how big to make it.

His big shoota is almost bigger than the buggy!

I guess GW's vehicles have always been too small really.

Nice Reaver and Buggie Cam
Yeah, I have trouble with scale creep too when scratch building. I've built three stompas, and each one ended up noticeably bigger than the previous. When sculpting I have even more difficulty keeping the scale to 28mm heroic.

Reaver and buggy look great Cam!

At 28mm, scale creep is definitely a thing.
I am currently making an ork boy sized bionic arm for the Boop Beep competition and although I've only cut and glued the shoulder joint and the upper arm (not even past the elbow yet), I am already in MANZ/KillaKan territory.
I tried to sculpt two bomb squigs out of greenstuff and either one could swallow a gretchin whole.
As others have mentioned, GW vehicles aren't really to scale anyway. I decided to make a truck that would actually fit 10 troops with 25mm bases, and it's the size of a battlewagon or more.
You do you, and the rest of us will continue to marvel in awe at your fantastic creations regardless of size/scale.

Nice work, Cam'.

The relative scale of things for GW miniatures is a tricky thing.
As they are designed as gaming pieces, the figures are larger for the scale so they are visible on a table and are not too fragile.
Yet the vehicles are small for the scale, so they don't take up too much space on the table.

It's just about treading that fine line of believeability. Switch off "logic" and turn on "cool", but sprinkle on the little details that trick the mind into "yeah, it works".

Everything needs to be a little chunkier to match the figures (steps/handles/details), but empty spaces (cargo/ammo/passenger bays) are shrunk to save space in the eventual model.

Thank you all so much. I hear you. Thanks.

Just drop this guy here.




Doing some odds to try and clear my mind. Then on to another project.

He looks fantastic Cam! Sweet!

Next on the bench....



Yup it's a Thunderbolt.



Rivet line detailing on wings.

This thing is so frustrating to build. Lots of angles that need to be spot on.

Thank you all for looking in. I know I am a bit crap lately but I'm going to try and get better.

That's going to be amazing.

This is a terrific build! I feel you on the angle-cutting (my secret is to measure with a micrometer, mark it with a crayon and cut it with an axe). And by golly if I ever do something a metric crap-ton of rivets again, I'm embossing them rather than glue on discs.

Rock on, man!

Thank you guys. Very much appreciated.

Primer stage...





Thank you so much for looking in.

Quick commission. Couple pieces. really cool models, only hope i have done them justice.







Thank you for looking ion and any C&C is welcome.

Nice purples there

Love those marines Cam. Great work!

Thanks folks.

Canopy going in on thunderbolt....

That's a mighty fine build.

Thanks bud.

Here's the weird "exhaust cowling" built.



Started on next wee project...


A face only a mother could love....


Thanks for looking in.

Squiggoth is looking promising. For vehicles with scale if it looks right it is right vehicles are a ariety of sizes in the real world so they shoud be in fantasy land and I doubt Orks would build anything standardised in fact I can imagine a buggie gradually becoming a truck then a battlewagon and finally a battlefortress as the crew get more successful and survive more battles....

Plane’s a real beaut’ and I’m sure it goes without saying that I’ll be keen to see how the squiggoth turns out

Thank you folks. Your kind words are very much taken on board and very much appreciated.

Squiggoth getting close. Skin is my issue.



Here are the weapon options for the beasty...





Thank you for looking in.

I love the blocky muzzle break on the giant kannon. The smaller gun looks great, too.

Beautiful work on those guns Cam That's a lot of skin to have to make and texture that squiggoth, hang in there.

Thank you folks.

Just leave this here...









Thank you for looking. Hope you like. C&C most welcome.

skin texture is amazing... in paint and sculpt!!!

The tusks and checkerboard. Superb.

Отличный squiggoth. Хорошо что я нашел этот блог. Будет больше идей для моей арсии. Waaagh. У меня есть 1.5 небольших squiggoth , но они размером с grottank.

Would absolutely love to play against that!

He's a biggie, great job!

Giant squiggoth! Woot! Nice work.

I know red ones go faster...but I think it should have been green...awesome sculpt and paint job. You need to slow down, you make the rest of us look bad.

 Archer wrote:
I know red ones go faster...but I think it should have been green...awesome sculpt and paint job. You need to slow down, you make the rest of us look bad.

I'm wondering if the gargantuan squiggoth is red because Cam managed to make it so fast

 Syro_ wrote:
I'm wondering if the gargantuan squiggoth is red because Cam managed to make it so fast

Interesting question, do Orks think red parts make for quicker building?

Plane is looking very clean Cam. Well done. Squiggoth is going to be fun, can't wait!

Yay gargantuan squiggoth! great build, excellent paint job, well done

Love the squiggoth. I may have missed it in an earlier update, but: how did you do the skin? Did you really sculpt all the little bumps by hand?

Thank you all so much.

@Josh I used different sized styrene tube for a lot of it but sculpted quite a bit.

Next...



Quick little Killakan...





A wee old Rhino.



And a old Dark Angel...


Thank you all for looking in.

I can't believe that old rhino still has intact side rails. Clearly helps following ruinous powers.

Thank you bud. Indeed i was quite surprized!

So been working on a couple projects. As previous, I have started working on a Dark Angels, so here is the first of many dreads....


Also been working for some time on an Ad Mech force, pictures to follow, but here is a teaser....



Lastly i did a small palette cleanser model...


Thanks for looking in, hope to see you soon.

Looking good, love the Mech glider!

Yeah, the glider is tremendous and I love the mucky tank.

Thanks folks.

OK bunch of stuff. First up miscast. These were bought as miscast. Failed prints. I figured it would be a chance to practice if nothing else.

Well in the box I got a lot of models. Here are a mall selection of a couple I painted up recently. I have not tried to fix them at all.





Next is a statue figure....simple.


Next a friend asked for a Treebeard miniature for the War of the Ring game. So I sculpted one. He is onn a 25mm base for scale.



Thank you for looking in. More very soon.

Everything is looking great Cam. The Mech flyer is probably my favorite... but then I'm biased. I do love to see you saving the miscasts and giving them new life. I've bought a lost of busted minis on ebay over the years... fixed and painted them, or converted them into something more useful. Good on ya mate!

All excellent work Cam!

I'm very impressed with the Predator and other figures you did out of your grab box: all are well executed but in a very different style to the one you usually employ with (admittedly) the Orks. Very nice use of the brown and light yellow washes to get a realistic, dusty, worn leather look.

Thank you buds. Very much appreciated.

So I have this spare master engine from the Thunderhawk build.



So let's use it.





And with a lick of paint...







There you are. A Dakkajet. In game rolls 12 dice and is nasty.

More very soon. Working on some old models, who will be toward my Dark Angel force I am building.

Seems you must have a whole orky air force by now. Any chance of a group shot?

That there is a Wiley E. Coyote build- just needs a lit fuse dangling out the back! Very orky!

You know it's gonna be a great ride when Cam says "...so let's use it..."

Lovely ork plane! It flies because the pilot wants it to.

Thanks folks,

Here is an ork trukk ....











Some more soon I hope.

Nice!

Thank you.

Getting into AOS. Spearhead.





And in its custom case.

Thanks folks.

Ooh! Busy boy.

Love that Cam. Well done! But where's the dakka!!?

I love the ork trukk, Cam. Which part makes it go fasta? Being red, or the jet engine?

Thank you folks.

First up a quick building...




Then a guy with his mutt...


Then some rocks...




Thank you so much for sticking around.

Lovely terrain.

And I would be remiss if I did not say something about the structural supports on the second floor not continuing all the way down to the first floor. What's holding them up?

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
Lovely terrain.

And I would be remiss if I did not say something about the structural supports on the second floor not continuing all the way down to the first floor. What's holding them up?

They were designed by Ork arkitecks.

Thank you guys. And yes this is 40k rule of cool. Floating buttresses are cool!

Well here goes. The first couple of Christmas presents.






Thank you so much for looking in.

Brilliant work as always Cam, happy holidays!

Alright. I abide by rule of cool. Carry on with your good work.

Terrain pieces look excellent for quick work. And those orks colors are vibrant and eye catching. Great work, keep it up!

Loving the rock columns their Cam, they look really effective,

Very cool! the kommando is great, and good job on the spearhead

Outstanding work Cam! Love them!

Thank you all so much. Very much appreciated.





Oh and these old boys....


More soon......I hope.

What sort of tank is the Russ chassis with the autocannon and heavy flamer? Also, good lord those are old ork sculpts!

Thanks Vik. Not sure. It's a part of a bundle of stuff.

Here's another old boy.....




Thank you for looking in...

Ooh, I love the muted Yarrick against the vibrant ork

Awesome work Cam, Yarrick looks super.

Terrific work Cam! I love to see the work you do on the older models, bringing them back to life. Makes me warm and fuzzy inside.

Thank you folks.





And a wee lad...





Thanks for looking....

Corvus Corax by Major Minis,




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Nice to see you still at it Cam and turning out some lovely stuff.

Thank you bud,








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The combination of rust and slime on that rhino makes my nurgle worshipping heart glad

Really like how Corax turned out! Very cool and emo.

Those tentacles are wonderfully gross, like raw liver. Two thumbs up!

Interesting work on the vehicle Cam. The extra stuff gives them so much more character.

Well I am still alive. Constantly working on models for my club members. Don't post here as I am not so wonderful it is worth seeing my 10th rhino in 3 months! Don't get much time to scratch build these days. I do check out your work. You are all doing so great, love seeing your work.

IRL I have had a few ups and downs. Lot of downs lately. Just life as you get old.

Here's some pics of some of my work.





Thanks for looking. And hope to see you soon.

I always love seeing your work and I hope life is treating you well enough, that’s all any of us can really ask.

Lovely stuff as always old chum

I absolutely love that first dreadnought Cam. Just oozes character. I have much empathy for aging issues. Stay as positive as you can & keep plowing ahead!

Thank you folks




Thanks for looking in.

Its... alive!

Ah yes... let's make new admech that are even more fragile and likely to break than the models we already have... which are completely break-prone.

Everything looks great though, Cam. Nice work.