That board looks fantastic, well done! I've been wanting to create a proper KT board for a while and thinking of making a rail depot, this has given me some good ideas!

Thanks everyone. It’s always nice that the things we’re sharing are inspiring so much enthusiasm and sparking your creativity too.

Mole progress today


And another one on the cork.



And four Reaper Minis got clipped off their moulded bases for some good honest square plastic ones.


Proper dwarfy.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who liberates Reaper miniatures from their integral bases

This table is looking phenomenal and I can't wait to read the battle report when it happens!

That board is amazing theCrowe! Some awesome reports await us I feel!l once you get the rules sorted

Thanks both of you. I can only imagine what battle reports might lie ahead. We have a Tonks Final to play before that though.

In the meantime, sculpting for the kids continues apace with some questionable putty choices here.



And a flying pig, no less!

If you sculpted that gobbo’s head from scratch, I am truly in awe. He’s fantastic!

Thanks GT. yeah I did, unfortunately I was using a blob of spare milliput I had mixed for another job and had some leftover. I really should have just used some greenstuff. Milliput just isn’t that great for this kind of detailed work, even the superfine white kind, even with a bit of greenstuff mixed in. It was ok and I got a workable face sculpted but it could have been easier. The ear didn’t stick very well at all and I then tried to glue it in with some brown stuff… questionable choices. I just hope he paints up well.

And the sculpting continues with another mole almost done and a (hopefully smaller than last time) wire frame goblin rider.

And then there’s the dwarf, who started life as an EM4 dwarf crossbow guy, donated by our own gobert and well let’s say he’s seen some changes, most notably a head swap (courtesy of some big snips which removed most of his shoulder and front torso and both arms. ) and the addition of a blunderbus. But best of all, as you can see from this angle his left arm has come out absolutey laughably long! So he’s getting called Bobby the Bus, he’s the long arm of the law. Or Loki Longarm, or Langren Lefty or something. You gotta lean into your mistakes in this game.

Wow, incredible project, loved the rails scenario, looking forward to see the reaper dwarves painted, theres never too many dwarves

That’s some full scale conversion of that dwarf! Looks like you did a better job of mould line cleaning than I did on the Orcs!

These moles and riders are looking awesome too

Thanks Retro. Yeah there’s some really nice characters in the reaper collection and I had my eye on them dm for a while before this project ever got underway. I’m looking forward to painting them up too.

Thanks gobert. I’ve had that dwarf head in my bits box for donkeys now and was glad to have a suitable dolly to put it on. He’s come out a fair wee character too. Thanks for the donation.

Been a busy week but project planning has been on the go and now we’re back from holidays I’m getting stuck in once again. This time it’s Minecart upgrades.


These two are our newest models an armoured flame-cart in the back there and a winged amphibious Minecart with a reinforced ram up front.
All upgrades are just hung in the side so in theory you can buy and build whatever you want to go for.

Still on the drawing board we’re looking at rocket assisted take off, ejector seats and an Organ gun turret! This game just got even wilder.

You’re a madman Crowe, love all of this!

Yeah! Bonkers! winged amphibious mine cart

Is that a Dwarf flying device of some sort?

Cheers,

CB

The battle report is going to be insane, Crowe!

More Dwarves with more dwarven contramptions, I approve

Cheers everyone, just a quick update on the Sculpting front.

Still got the face to do and a belt and some accessories, but it’s taking shape well.

Nicely done! I admire your ability to sculpt from a wire armature.

Really amazing stuff right from the get go with those plushy sculpts for the kids. Amazing work and still producing years later. Really inspiring stuff how to include the kids in the hobby.

Really good sculpting skills, keep them coming

Keep them coming you say!

Ok then, BEHOLd!

The Rocket boosted, organ-gun turret toting, Hunter-killer missile cart.

And if you need some off-the-rails assistance the Organ Gun turret can be mounted on the cart behind the Pit-Pony!



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Also… does anyone remember way back on the bottom of page 18 I was making a roller skating Ork Deffdread? No well nevermind, here’s the finished product anyway.






I’ve obviously got far too many projects on the go. Anyone still awaiting the Tonks final write-up, I can only apologise.

The continued work on the mine men is brilliant, theCrowe. Love the variety of carts at the moment and super impressed by the sculpting on display for the gobbos! Super flavourful little crew and looks like a blast to make/play with!

You nailed the skater pose on that dread

I had forgotten about TONKS!! I need to go check the thread and get up to date.

Thanks for sharing mate, keep it up!

_Jet-powered_ roller skates, to boot! Excellent work all around but really like the nob on skates.

He'll do well to remember Newton's First Law of Motion, though- what with all that ordnance!

Ok, back to the mines! I’ve been busy painting up the accessories. (And a couple more dwarfs)

So here we have some armour plates/and gobo shields, a rocket booster, some wings, a floatation system, a boarding plank, a flame thrower, a hunter-killer missile, a reinforced ram, a slingshot, an Organ gun turret and an ejector seat.


I also managed to paint up the Pit Pony for turret-toting.

Then here are some pimped minecarts.

That is a cool assortment of gubbins!

The pit pony came out ver ynice- the coat colors are similar to one of our little mares.

Love the boarding plank! From the photo angle, it even looks like it has the corvus (raven's beak) like the Romans used to make sur ethe boarding ramp stayed stuck to whomever they were boarding at the moment- well done!

Rock on!

Oh wow, I didn't realize those cart updates were modular. Nicely done, Crowe!

Pimped out wagons are aces mate. Great progress!

Superb work on the various carts! The customisation is amazing. is the idea that the dwarfs can buy add ons after each foray into the mines?

Now I see it again I do remember the roller skating Kan. It looks great with its lick of paint. Is it allowed to roller skate on the cycle track though!?

Thanks everyone. Yes, the idea is that you start with a small mining crew and a basic cart and you go out and do missions grabbing some gems and magic emeralds along the way to invest in upgrades for your cart. It’s gorkamorka with dwarfs in a mine.

In other exciting news. The stunties just got some reinforcements.

Mountain goat rescue cavalry!

Sounds a fun game! Those goats are great, don’t see many goat cavalry for some reason

I still can't unsee the Elephant that the front centre Goat looks like to me. The front leg just is perfectly placed to be the trunk....

I see it too! That elephant is the GOAT

+1 for the Goat Cavalry!

I love the stompy ork mech and the giant mole "cavalryman" is just fantastic.

Fantastic creativity on display here! I love the Dredd on roller skates and the mining shenanigans!

Thanks everyone. Sorry I’ve not been super Dakka-active of late. I am actually still quite hobby active. We’ve been building a Tomb Kings army in fact, just not documenting every step of it. Getting the boy into old WFB has been good craic.

But back to this project which has been on the back burner for a bit. I’ve gotten these two painted.

Not my finest work but given the size of them I’m glad to have two done. I have a wire frame for a third started but we’ll see what time and enthusiasm allows.

Not your finest work you say? Look pretty good moles to me, but then again you do keep setting that bar pretty high! Tomb kings with your lad sounds cool too, hopefully we get finished pics at least

Cheers Gobert.

Well let’s see what we’ve got, cause I have still been keeping in with the monthly painting challenge.

So it being Halloween season the shops have all sorts plastic crud like this fella, who I reckoned was just about perfect scale for a bone giant.



I chopped and pinned his joints into position and gave him a giant blade and some funky Egyptian-esque costume with EVA foam.


And painted him up for the September painting challenge.











Nothing like a centerpiece to start a new project!

Quite the impressive conversion. Especially like the corrossion on the weapon!

Wow, fantastic use of an otherwise single use seasonal decoration!

Best fate I could think of for a Halloween skeleton!

Impressive use of the skeleton, it certainly looks the part as your centrepiece! Did your lad help with the cutting of shapes for the Egyptian jewellery? My kids loved making their costumes for Egyptian day

Not so much gobert. He just cringes and makes “I’m not so sure” noises when I do something he doesn’t like. So then I have to change it. Like when the skeleton had an Egyptian top knot hairdo that had to be changed into a crown thing. He keeps me in the cool lane.


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In other news. This guy’s been through the desert on a horse with no name.




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I’ve also finished the dwarf butcher and priestess from Reaper. These will be Dwarf special characters for M&M

It’s always good to have someone who keeps you in the cool lane, or at least within its proximity!
Loving the horse with no name, really cool how it’s coming out of the sand as a bit of a wave

Minecarts and Moletrolls is going to be INSANE when it launches. That's going to make for one hell of a battle report

Reading the first page of this P&M Blog a few years late, that's such a nice thing to do for your kids. Very accurate models to the stuffed toys as well. I wish you nothing but the best of times being a father to loving children. Cheers, mate.


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 theCrowe wrote:
Cheers Gobert.

Well let’s see what we’ve got, cause I have still been keeping in with the monthly painting challenge.

So it being Halloween season the shops have all sorts plastic crud like this fella, who I reckoned was just about perfect scale for a bone giant.



I chopped and pinned his joints into position and gave him a giant blade and some funky Egyptian-esque costume with EVA foam.


And painted him up for the September painting challenge.












Nothing like a centerpiece to start a new project!

That's so cool!

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 theCrowe wrote:
Four more pups make the paint-completed pup pack.



Fetch is magnetised for multiple magnetic accessories such as this handy Remote Control McGuffin.


Or these tasty party snacks, or the giant bone being carried by Boomer over there. He also has a lasgun option and a large Danger Mouse-style bomb option too.

And then there’s Yip Yip the protesting pup who has an assortment of vociferous picket line options.


Pups like to party afterall.

Very charming and cute!

Thanks Bulli. Glad you’re enjoying the whole project.

Back to M&M there was a request for a magic Dwarf so here we go again, it’s sculpting time.



The plan is to base him off this classic warhammer wizard as much as dwarfishly possible.

A Gandalf grey wizard dwarf from scratch?! This I gotta see!

Base layer is down.

He’s taking shape

Missed seeing the Bone Giant earlier but was blown right out of my seat by it! It looks so amazing after starting out as such a trash decoration.

What sorcery is this!? Great start on Gimli the Grey! I think I have the 90s sculpt of that picture somewhere, maybe I should dig out my Empire stuff?

Thanks Cap, glad you got such a kick out of the big boney fella.

Yes gobert you absolutely should dig out the old empire lads and give them a dust off, if not to show us your old empire wizzard.

And speaking of wizards,




This boyo is fully sculpted and ready for paint.

Well done, old bean! I'm so envious of your sculpting skills.

You know what KC, I’ve found it all comes down to support. If you have something the right shape underneath supporting the thing you’re sculpting on top of it then it’s easier to get it the right shape. Just build in layers supporting what’s to go on next. That’s what I’ve learned anyway. You can’t push a tool into the putty if there’s nothing under it to push against.

Wow. This just gets better and better - VIVA THE CROWE!

Thanks Skinf, hopefully the upward trajectory will continue.

This fella is all painted up and ready for action.

Looking good the Crowe! Even the backdrop looks to be cowering from his might! Captured the original well and I like the effect you’ve done on the sword

 theCrowe wrote:
You know what KC, I’ve found it all comes down to support. If you have something the right shape underneath supporting the thing you’re sculpting on top of it then it’s easier to get it the right shape. Just build in layers supporting what’s to go on next. That’s what I’ve learned anyway. You can’t push a tool into the putty if there’s nothing under it to push against.

You sell yourself short, theCrowe. You really are an amazing sculptor. I love your new dwarf wizard

Back on tour with the Doggy Henchmen band.


The lead singer of the Bad Doggies was made under the working name of Elvis but my creative director has another name in mind. (That I can’t remember right now)


And then we have another two on guitar and drums.

And just one more doggie to go.

Is Nicco's last name McBrain? And if so, will the bass player be named Steve or Harris?

Iron Maiden jokes aside, those are some great sculpts and you are an inspiration to us all.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Is Nicco's last name McBrain? And if so, will the bass player be named Steve or Harris?

Iron Maiden jokes aside, those are some great sculpts and you are an inspiration to us all.

100% it’s Nicco McBrain. This is how I do musical education for the next generation.
It’s actually meant to be a small dog with a regular sized guitar, so not intended to be a bass. I was going for a Chihuahua the total cheeseball metal Gibson Explorer just giving massive small dog energy, I’m not really a guitarist, I was a drummer first and played some bass so I’m all about the rhythm sections of most bands, and I was the front man of my band back in the day so the guitar side of things i tend to side-eye a bit. the glory-hog guitar-god types… It’s just never been my focus and I probably should appreciate them more, though many of my favourite guitarists are also the front man. I mean, it’s not like I have no appreciation for Jonny Greenwood or Stef Carpenter or even the Dave Murray & Yanick Gers classic metallers, it’s just not really where my head’s at when I’m listening.
But then (like myself) I’ve given this singing pup the solo mic approach with no other instrument, he’s Chino Moreno, Zach De la Rocha, yes, he’s Bruce Dickinson. (Though my son wants to call Rick Astly!) The guitar guy is just all solo and no substance.
A bass player pup would maybe be a tall lanky Krist Novesellic with a thunderbird hanging round his knees or maybe a tribute to the many great female bassist of the 90s, Melissa Auf Der Mar in a massive black ball gown from the Pumpkins “Stand inside your love” video.

The only other band member to do is a saxophone pup. He’s giving me Tom Waits Rain Dogs vibes, he’s just whistlin’ past the graveyard in a fedora. Looking forward to showing him off soon.

Hell yeah, Iron Maiden references incoming!

I should paint up a 1:300 scale Boeing 757 as Ed Force One for my tiny aircraft gallery.


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Well he’s not perfect but my crummy photography is doing a good job of hiding some of it.



One horn playing pup in a hat.

Looking smooth! Ncie to see this keep going.

The doggo formerly named Elvis! Love it! The whole band look awesome

Thanks guys.

Long overdue an update over here. As it’s been ages since these guys were painted.





Seriously ages. So what else has been going on. Flipping loads of stuff!

I’ll maybe have a look back at the records and see what else I’ve missed. Hang in there for more soon.


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Ok so first off. We enjoyed the classic wizzard style dwarf so much that making a skeleton version seemed like a good idea.

So this is The Wizzard RattleGhast




And we liked him so much we decided to make a Necromancer duelling game called Bare Bones!


We’ve played it a couple of times a couple of different ways but the trick is not having too many skeletons in the same place and not having the wizards just ignore the skeletons and kill each other too quickly. Needs more play-testing and refinement.

Nice to see the band together, and the skeleton looks like a fun model!

I love the Skeleton Wizard and that he inspired a game!

Does he do D4 damage with the ill behaviour great looking band and skeleton wizard. The game looks like it’d be good fun, especially the herding cats mission

All wonderful little guys.

Cheers,

CB