Decided to throw up all my WIP just to keep a log of it all, I've always enjoyed looking back on my progress.



First time using Contrast paints, buddy of mine gave me some so I figured cultists were an appropriate test bed. The cultist on the left is regular paint/wash/drybrush, Contrast is on the right.



Wife loves Baby Yoda so a friend printed her one until the talking plush is delivered later in the year. The robe is all contrast, and used a little more on the face for definition.



I loved the Abaddon model, but I'm not a huge fan of special characters. So I chopped up a $60 model to turn him into a regular sorcerer. Pretty pleased with how it all turned out. I'm still mad about the back of Abaddon's head being molded to the body!



The sorcerer's attack dog. Gave him Abaddon's lightning claw as I wanted to use as many pieces of that kit as possible.

Nice kitbash work, and the paint jobs look nice as well. Hope to see more.

Those cultists look great as does Abaddon the Sorceror. Interested to see your take on modern Chaos after your 2nd Edition Iron Warriors awesomeness!

yeah abusing the new abbadon for Chaos lords / Sorcerers is the greatest thing imo you could do for your chaos warband.

Nice job with the kitbashing! it is frustrating just how often they seem to make it hard to change up things like heads, but you accomplished it well

Both cultists look good. An army done using either technique would look great. Nice work with Abaddon, too.

I'm a fan of Abby conversions, less of a fan that he's the only option for properly embiggened terminator heroes
Sorcerer 'Badoom looks the business tho - good to know about his head, I'll have to cross that bridge when I do my own terminator lord mod.

Baby Yoda looks grand as well, surprised that the contrast played so well with the print lines!

Vejut wrote:Nice kitbash work, and the paint jobs look nice as well. Hope to see more.

Thanks!

Not Online!!! wrote:yeah abusing the new abbadon for Chaos lords / Sorcerers is the greatest thing imo you could do for your chaos warband.

Yeah I just wish it wasn't so expensive to do so! Are there a lot of Abaddon conversions floating around?

 gobert wrote:
Those cultists look great as does Abaddon the Sorceror. Interested to see your take on modern Chaos after your 2nd Edition Iron Warriors awesomeness!

Hah, now I need to go back and convert a metal Abaddon for my Iron Warriors!

amazingturtles wrote:Nice job with the kitbashing! it is frustrating just how often they seem to make it hard to change up things like heads, but you accomplished it well

Thank you

youwashock wrote:Both cultists look good. An army done using either technique would look great. Nice work with Abaddon, too.

Thanks, I was pretty surprised that they were fairly indistinguishable to one another.

Boss Salvage wrote:I'm a fan of Abby conversions, less of a fan that he's the only option for properly embiggened terminator heroes
Sorcerer 'Badoom looks the business tho - good to know about his head, I'll have to cross that bridge when I do my own terminator lord mod.
Baby Yoda looks grand as well, surprised that the contrast played so well with the print lines!

Yeah his head is dumb. I took a miniature coping saw and cut it out. At least I can still use one of his heads somewhere else...

Baby Yoda was a surprise with the contrast. Glad it worked out because it took longer to dry than to paint!


Got the cultists all colored up. Just have to finish all the metal areas and they'll be done!


Chaos lords cloak is finished.


Got the two lords primed and started on their bases and the boss cloak. Decided to give the sorcerer an icon and a familiar, the bloat toad from the Seraphon range. I'm thinking the toad should be orange with purple markings to match the color scheme of the Sorcerer unless y'all have a better idea.

Big fan of the varied looks for the cultists. The color combo on the cloak is stellar.

I definitely want to see you convert and paint a metal Abaddon for your Iron Warriors!

I wholeheartedly agree with youwashock on the cultists, their mixed colours add to the flavour of a rag-tag band

Nothing too exciting, they're just cultists. But they're finished cultists! Here they are hobnobbing with their traditionally painted friends.



I can pick out the contrast cultists fairly easily, but if I hadn't painted them I don't know that I'd even bat an eye differentiating them.



Contrast is interesting, there are certain colors that are better than others, but I'm pleased with it over all. Not sure I would have bought in if I hadn't been gifted the paints, but they are nice for a quick tabletop paintjob.

Now onto my terminator lords!

Looking great from here. Awesome mob.

Interesting to see how well the contrast paints work on the cultists. Was there a big time saving as against your usual routine?

Great work on the rest - really nice consistent work

Yeah I just wish it wasn't so expensive to do so! Are there a lot of Abaddon conversions floating around?

Yep can agree, i did some minor converting.

IGtR= wrote:Interesting to see how well the contrast paints work on the cultists. Was there a big time saving as against your usual routine?

Great work on the rest - really nice consistent work

Ya know, yeah, it did speed thing up a bit. I got them done in a few nights, and they probably would have taken a whole week to finish off other wise.

The main thing is not having to find and open as many different paints. Contrast is one bottle to three for a regular color. Helps a bit since apparently I use ALL THE COLORS!!1!!!1!



Got some of the orange started on the termie lords, and almost done with the sorcerer's cloak.

Would have gotten more done but I have a gender reveal party and a birthday party to go to today. Cake!

Had some time to get a little work done today. They still need quite a few highlights, but overall they are getting closer.



I really like that toad familiar.



Can't wait to get him finished so I can cover everything in blood for the blood god.

They are looking fantastic. I missed the toad in the earlier pic. I love it. The juxtaposition of the huge armored warrior and his grumpy amphibian buddy is perfect.

Looking great MegaDave. Is that a tinge of green in the grey of their armour? I’m liking the extras in the bases l, fun little touches!

I love the subdued orange/grey scheme of the marines, will be really interesting to see that against the gaudier colours of the cultists. Everything's looking great so far, will keep my eyes peeled for more

Really nice scheme, and aye, grumpy toad is great

youwashock wrote:They are looking fantastic. I missed the toad in the earlier pic. I love it. The juxtaposition of the huge armored warrior and his grumpy amphibian buddy is perfect.

Yeah it makes me smile every time.

gobert wrote:Looking great MegaDave. Is that a tinge of green in the grey of their armour? I’m liking the extras in the bases l, fun little touches!

Green I think was from the shade and lighting, I brought him back up to full gray. You actually gave me an idea for the future though!

tzurk wrote:I love the subdued orange/grey scheme of the marines, will be really interesting to see that against the gaudier colours of the cultists. Everything's looking great so far, will keep my eyes peeled for more

Thanks, hope I deliver!

Boss Salvage wrote:Really nice scheme, and aye, grumpy toad is great

Yeah grumpy toad is the brains of the operation.


Abanath the Iniquitous is complete!


Glamour shots! Work that cape!


Army shot, can't wait to get the Khorne Lord in there as well.


I think he fits in with his minions perfectly.


The real star of the thread!

Aw, the toad is the very best. He's my best friend now, in fact. I need one!

Awesome job. That cape is nearly electric. Great model and great action shots.

That’s some sweet panel lining and edge highlighting! Topped off by the power cape, awesome work MegaDave

amazingturtles wrote:Aw, the toad is the very best. He's my best friend now, in fact. I need one!

youwashock wrote:Awesome job. That cape is nearly electric. Great model and great action shots.

Thank you, sir!

gobert wrote:That’s some sweet panel lining and edge highlighting! Topped off by the power cape, awesome work MegaDave

Appreciate the kind words!


BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!


SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!


MAIM! BURN! KILL!


KHORNE CARES NOT FROM WHENCE THE BLOOD FLOWS!


DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR!


DEATH TO THE IMPERIUM!

That rocks. They make for quite the gruesome twosome.

I really like the old school marines in that paintstyle.

Is that the Citadel 'Blood for the Blood God' blood? Seriously thick gore

youwashock wrote:That rocks. They make for quite the gruesome twosome.

Thank you, they turned out better than what I thought they were going to. Can't wait to get them on the table to see them die horribly in their first game!

Not Online!!! wrote:I really like the old school marines in that paintstyle.

Appreciate it!

Boss Salvage wrote:Is that the Citadel 'Blood for the Blood God' blood? Seriously thick gore

It is! It's difficult not to go overboard with it and splatter everything in gore, but the basing element really gets the point across without overwhelming the model itself. Thanks!

Nice bloody mess on his base and more power capes ftw!

Got started on the next project, my second chaos crucible.

My first one looks like this:

I was going for a neutral chaos look, so I thought the daemonettte hide would balance out the Khorney corpse boil.

Just a little drybrushing to start, and the interior of the cauldron.


(Puppetswar corpses, I believe. Been a while since I glued them in there...)


Here's the close up for ya. (I figured someone would want to see them )

Can't wait to get the side-by-side!

Whoa! That thing is stunning. The two together should be amazing.

Nice work! I really enjoyed following your Iron Warriors thread. It's exciting to see some contemporary models given the same love and attention. How do you get that nice, pastel orange?

youwashock wrote:Whoa! That thing is stunning. The two together should be amazing.

Thanks! Two cauldrons of blood are better than one!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Nice work! I really enjoyed following your Iron Warriors thread. It's exciting to see some contemporary models given the same love and attention. How do you get that nice, pastel orange?

Thank you! It's always a battle to make things look nice but not take weeks to finish. The orange is just Jokaero Orange, Nuln Oil and then another few thin layers of Jokaero Orange. For any edge highlights I then use Fire Dragon Bright.


I worked on some of the gold while my wife watched one of those movies where they pretend to get married for X reason and then fall in love for real after the awkward family apology.

This is what I accomplished in that time. I forgot how much of a pain these crucibles are to detail!!!

Good use of a soppy movie! Those corpses and bubbles look cool, need some more blood, thought I expect thats not far off!

 gobert wrote:
Good use of a soppy movie! Those corpses and bubbles look cool, need some more blood, thought I expect thats not far off!

I wish is wasn't that far off, but progress is sloooooooooooow.

Last night was a Jane Austen movie. Couldn't tell you which one, but my wife said the main character was poor. I think there was a lot of crying.

I managed to use that time to finish the front and start on one of the sides. Boring photo, I know. Eventually it will look as cool as the other one...



...eventually.

I don't know. It looks pretty cool already. Love the color combo.

Those bold colours look great, and the cauldron is awesome.

Yeah, that is a wonderfully gross cauldron o' corpses.

Just looked thru your blog and have to say how much I love your chaos army. The gruesome twosome are fantastic looking HQs, I really like how they tower over the cultists. Will be checking back to see how the cauldrons turn out.

youwashock wrote:I don't know. It looks pretty cool already. Love the color combo.

Hah, yeah I'm just salty about how much of a slog it is. I actually don't enjoy the painting process much, just the finished product so the middle is always hard for me. Glad you like it so far though!

Fifty wrote:Those bold colours look great, and the cauldron is awesome.

Thank you, it took me forever to figure how to paint it. There aren't many examples online other than the gold and black scheme.

amazingturtles wrote:Yeah, that is a wonderfully gross cauldron o' corpses.

Thanks! My wife just shook her head and sighed every time I asked visitors if they wanted to see my corpses in the basement.

Yorkright wrote: Just looked thru your blog and have to say how much I love your chaos army. The gruesome twosome are fantastic looking HQs, I really like how they tower over the cultists. Will be checking back to see how the cauldrons turn out.

Thank you! I managed to finish the gold on the tower, and got it shaded as well.


All I have left to do is the screaming skull drybrush and then I can start on the fun part!

Bling bling! Can't wait to see it all done with some of your dudes hanging out on it.

Got the bottom of the tower finished tonight!


I was pretty stoked I also got the warpstone painted.

In my spare time waiting for paint and dry brushes to dry, I got my sorcerer put together.

I wasn't particularly fond of the rune or the head, so they got swapped. Still need to glue the head and greenstuff the join, but I like him.

Two of my favorite bits in the history of Chaos plastic. Looks great!

Tight sorcerer update - I actually forgot that model was released, I suppose because his face was so forgettable I appreciate the nods to the metal sorcerers in it (backpack, weirdest of the force weapons, etc.)

youwashock wrote:Two of my favorite bits in the history of Chaos plastic. Looks great!

Right? That's always been my favorite chaos head.

Boss Salvage wrote:Tight sorcerer update - I actually forgot that model was released, I suppose because his face was so forgettable I appreciate the nods to the metal sorcerers in it (backpack, weirdest of the force weapons, etc.)

Hah yeah, I only bought him because I needed a 40mm base. But figured I'd paint him up. If only they'd kept the original helmets as inspiration!

Got some more work done, first layer of gold is starting to get on there. Got the sorcerer greenstuffed as well, so he'll be ready to paint as soon as I finish the crucible.

I'm going to need a new pot of liberator gold when I'm finished!

Got the second layer of gold done, and the blue power thingies.

Just needs the skulls and cannons finished, and we'll be done! (Well, we also need the bloody blood )

Trucking right along! Sorceror already looks set to move in.

Finally, the painting is almost over! Resin is poured! Just has to cure for 3 days and I can cover it with blood for the blood god and call it finished.

The Crucible is complete!


Full of boiling bloody corpses to fuel it's macabre weapons...


Twinsies!


Pretty happy with how they turned out, can't wait to battle over them in a game.

Too awesome! Or is it two awesome? Either way, great job!

That's some great looking terrain and appropriately gory for every chaos social event

Nice bloody bowls, the resin and Blood for the Blood God works really well. It’s grey how you can see random limbs beneath the surface!

Sufficiently wet and goopy. Looks great. Have you worked with resin before? Is it the same material as in those bottles of water effects?

youwashock wrote:Too awesome! Or is it two awesome? Either way, great job!

Thanks! Trying to get a game in with them this weekend.

Viterbi wrote:That's some great looking terrain and appropriately gory for every chaos social event

Thank you, I was worried it was a little too much but seems like it worked out.

gobert wrote:Nice bloody bowls, the resin and Blood for the Blood God works really well. It’s grey how you can see random limbs beneath the surface!

Yeah, that's one of my favorite parts as well. Wasn't any good to have all those stray limbs if you can't see 'em!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Sufficiently wet and goopy. Looks great. Have you worked with resin before? Is it the same material as in those bottles of water effects?

I have used resin a little bit before. For this I used a two-parter called Envirotex Lite. After it cured for a few days I blobbed the blood gone on and called it done.

Got a little more paint on the sorcerer and got started on the noctilith crown.

I actually don't think the noctilith will take that long, pretty excited about that thought!

Man, you are a scenery machine lately! Is that inner ring going to glow like the spires on the Crucibles? I certainly hope so. Chappa'ai!

After the crucibles, I'm excited to see what you can do with the Noctolith!

youwashock wrote:Man, you are a scenery machine lately! Is that inner ring going to glow like the spires on the Crucibles? I certainly hope so. Chappa'ai!

Get out of my head!

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:After the crucibles, I'm excited to see what you can do with the Noctolith!

Thanks! It's been enjoyable so far.

Speaking of, how is the glowing effect looking? I've only done one side so far.


I think the runes are pretty good for a drybrush. Does it need anything else?

Leave it as is? I'm happy with it atm but always open for suggestions.

Looks amazing! Maybe add a little white to the innermost yellow portions to make it pop even more?

I agree, a little white in the corners where two lines meet will really make it pop

King Thor wrote:Looks amazing! Maybe add a little white to the innermost yellow portions to make it pop even more?

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:I agree, a little white in the corners where two lines meet will really make it pop

Like this?

I think you were right, looks more glowy-er


Thanks for the feedback!

Yeah just like that!

That's the ticket!

Ok, almost there. Shaded the metal bits with agrax and nuln oil, waiting for it to dry overnight and then it's a stormhost silver drybrush.

Then it's just a few skulls and it'll be finished!

Love it! Feels like I'm standing right in front of it, getting sucked in....
Great work!

Your terrain set is the bomb.

tinfoil wrote:Love it! Feels like I'm standing right in front of it, getting sucked in....
Great work!

Thanks!

youwashock wrote:Your terrain set is the bomb.

Well I don't know how close you are to Ohio, but if you ever want to get a game in, just let me know!

Finished the Noctilith Crown. Just needs another application of dull coat.

That looks fantastic! Great job! The metallic coils look great

Those glowing glyphs are the real deal!

Viterbi wrote:Those glowing glyphs are the real deal!

Thanks, I'm pleased with how they turned out.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:That looks fantastic! Great job! The metallic coils look great

All because of your suggestion!

Sorcerer has been put on hold, because I found out I get to host a big game in 3 weeks, so I gotta build another board!


I'm hoping to get this beast done in time for the game as well.

This thing is massive!

More? And a board? Wow. This should be something.

 youwashock wrote:
More? And a board? Wow. This should be something.

Yeah my armies are in a good spot, between all my chaos stuff and some orks I have about 6K ready to go, all painted. Just need more space to deploy it on!

Got the board constructed, just needs some paint/texture.

Made it into 3 2'X4' sections so I can go modular and build scenery into future sections.



The board in all it's plywood glory!


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Wife took this action shot while begging me not to poke my eye out...

Jokes on her though, I stabbed my finger on one of the little spikes, drew blood even. Good to know it's been properly dedicated to the chaos gods!

Got the purple finished, so the first stage is complete.

Gold detailing is up next, that's the hard part. Making good progress though, and gluing sand to my board will give me a break from this if I need it.

Oh, sweet. It will be painted to match the Crucibles, then? Green spires incoming?

Excited to see the progress! When painting lots of scenery, how many coats do you do for the base? Do you thin the paint at all to keep it even?

youwashock wrote:Oh, sweet. It will be painted to match the Crucibles, then? Green spires incoming?

Oh yeah, big green spires inbound!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Excited to see the progress! When painting lots of scenery, how many coats do you do for the base? Do you thin the paint at all to keep it even?

Well for my scenery, I try to drybrush as much as possible, so it's right out of the pot. The purple is just kinda mashed on there until it looks even.

The gold is also right out of the pot as I'd have to go back and do a second coat, and that would give me a mental breakdown.

So yeah. Right out of the pot, drybrush as much as you can, and switch brushes a lot! (Somewhere Duncan's cries of anguish are giving birth to another chaos god...)

Made some good progress on the gold, got a lot further today than I thought I would.

Still have the whole other side but it's about 40% done with the gold.

Also got a few boards sanded and spray painted.

One more board to spray, and then it's drybrushing and static grass time.

That fortress is coming along nicely and I feel you on the spiky stuff. Currently painting WarCry terrain and those wooden elements are spikey to, although not as much as this stuff.

Excited to see the finished table, that terrain will invite epic battles!

 MegaDave wrote:
Made some good progress on the gold, got a lot further today than I thought I would.

Still have the whole other side but it's about 40% done with the gold.

This is looking great. I've got a full 'ring' of this Dreadfort stuff awaiting construction, and painting it looks like something that would drive me insane (all that gold!).

My question to you is: Why purple?

Viterbi wrote:That fortress is coming along nicely and I feel you on the spiky stuff. Currently painting WarCry terrain and those wooden elements are spikey to, although not as much as this stuff.

Excited to see the finished table, that terrain will invite epic battles!

Yeah the spikes are a real hazard! Only other minis that poked me so much were the old plastic monopose goblins from the WHFB 4th edition.

H.B.M.C. wrote:This is looking great. I've got a full 'ring' of this Dreadfort stuff awaiting construction, and painting it looks like something that would drive me insane (all that gold!).

My question to you is: Why purple?

Oh man, you have the whole thing? I don't know if you could pay me enough for that madness!

I chose purple for a few reasons. It's one of my favorite colors, and I don't see it on the table too much.

I wanted a unique color scheme, and all I could find on Google were red or black dread forts. There was a neat one in a WD where it was all just bone colored, but I didn't fancy it for my table.

When I managed a GW store for a hot minute, they had us paint the intro tables and Sigmarite Mausoleum using this painting guide: https://youtu.be/kyv-Mc7nIz0

I really liked the look of it, and thought of using it for a while but thought it might be too Christmassy with the cauldrons of blood on the crucibles.

So I looked through the paint rack to find something I liked in a similar chroma, and Daemonette Hide was the winner!

I figured the purple slaanesh color would off set the "khornate" blood and I threw the green spires on there to give a call out to nurgle.

I was going for as chaos god neutral as I could get but still look spooky and/or daemonic.

So that is why I chose purple!

Been a few days since I could get any work done, but I was able to finish the other side of the short tower and wall.

Roughly 60% finished?

Also took advantage of the warm-ish weather and got the boards fully painted.

The green spots are guides for the glue and to help in case I miss any spots with the static grass.

Weather permitting I'll have the table finished by Sunday!

Looking forward to seeing all this stuff in action.

Heck yes! Looking great. Excited to see the board alive with little painted men.

How is that fortress not sent you insane yet? It looks really cool, but that’s one hell of a lot of gold trim! They’re all going to look EPIC on your new board

youwashock wrote:Looking forward to seeing all this stuff in action.

You don't know how bad I want to be finished with this project

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Heck yes! Looking great. Excited to see the board alive with little painted men.

Hey thanks, same! Less than two weeks before the game, but I'll probably take some army shots ahead of time.

gobert wrote:How is that fortress not sent you insane yet? It looks really cool, but that’s one hell of a lot of gold trim! They’re all going to look EPIC on your new board

It's been a close call, I am inching closer though. I only have one wall panel left, I am hoping to have the gold done tomorrow and it's pretty quick after that.

The second table is complete!

Got it clear coated this morning, so that static grass ain't going anywhere!

I think the terrain blends in well.

Ok, back to that fething dreadhold....

Gorgeous paintjobs and conversions!

I'll have to try out your orange recipe on a Possessed Chaos Marine. I look forward to following this blog.

Tallarn Commander wrote:
Gorgeous paintjobs and conversions!

I'll have to try out your orange recipe on a Possessed Chaos Marine. I look forward to following this blog.

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words!

I don't have that big of an update, but I finally managed to finish painting on the gold trim!

I have to go back and shade it all now, but that goes pretty quick. After that stage, I should fly through it!

Hopefully without any further injury!

How many pots of wash do you think you'll go through getting that thing?

How many pots of gold was that?

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Hopefully without any further injury!

How many pots of wash do you think you'll go through getting that thing?

Hah, not stabbing yourself with minis is always preferable! I'm not sure, but I have a 3/4 full nuln oil and I bought another just in case.

H.B.M.C. wrote:How many pots of gold was that?

Between the crucible and this thing, 3 pots of gold!

3 pots of gold? The leprechauns are weeping...

Looking slick!

Ok, been a few days since I was able to make any progress! I work for a hospital, specifically in the Pandemic warehouse so as you can imagine I have been a little busy doing other things lately.

But on to the update! I had been shading the gold when time permitted, and got the whole thing drybrushed with screaming skull. And in honor of St. Patrick's Day, I got the green spires finished tonight with the help of a Guinness! (Or three... )


Not much left now, just have to do the skulls and a bit of gold trim touch up and job's good 'un.

Sadly the big game has been pushed back as one of the players is 65+ but that gives me time to finish up the sorcerer I've been putting off.

'Night!

Getting there! Looks great, man. Keep safe.

Looks great MegaDave, even though your not getting to game it will give you a chance to finish up all those WIP you have laying around . I should know there is a pile of grey plastic sitting all over the place here.

Spires! There are spires! What a great centerpiece.

Bummer about the game, also. I imagine a lot of us are going through gaming withdrawal right now. That said, I haven't been as painting productive as I've been in the past week since probably high school!

Looking forward to seeing the Sorcerer get done up. I see him lurking in the background there!

Not to get corny, but also it sounds like you have a very necessary job that is going to be very tasking for the foreseeable future, so please know it is appreciated! I think we've all probably got people close to us that are getting affected (my brother lives in Japan and the local response has not been very effective). Knowing that people in the medical community are also wargamers has just instilled me with a lot of confidence for the future - hobbyists get things done!

Great progress MegaDave! Good to see you’re keeping going inspite of the chaos going on around the world. I hope the hobby time helps with the sanity whilst no doubt being crazy busy at work!

Yorkright wrote: Looks great MegaDave, even though your not getting to game it will give you a chance to finish up all those WIP you have laying around . I should know there is a pile of grey plastic sitting all over the place here.

Yeah, ya gotta make lemonade out of lemons!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Spires! There are spires! What a great centerpiece.

Bummer about the game, also. I imagine a lot of us are going through gaming withdrawal right now. That said, I haven't been as painting productive as I've been in the past week since probably high school!

Looking forward to seeing the Sorcerer get done up. I see him lurking in the background there!

Not to get corny, but also it sounds like you have a very necessary job that is going to be very tasking for the foreseeable future, so please know it is appreciated! I think we've all probably got people close to us that are getting affected (my brother lives in Japan and the local response has not been very effective). Knowing that people in the medical community are also wargamers has just instilled me with a lot of confidence for the future - hobbyists get things done!

Well you helped inspire me to finished this thing, so thanks for the kind words!

gobert wrote:Great progress MegaDave! Good to see you’re keeping going inspite of the chaos going on around the world. I hope the hobby time helps with the sanity whilst no doubt being crazy busy at work!

Yes! Won't stop, can't stop!

It is finished!


Probably the most grueling single model I have painted. (And I painted a reaver titan way back when!)


It was technically easy to paint, but the size and shape made it very difficult to work with.


Glad to have these all finished, never want to paint any of it ever again!


Had to show the scale of the thing! It's a big terrain piece if it can hide a knight.


Man the walls! Repel the enemy!

Absolutely awesome! Great job sticking it out to the end. That Knight is pretty rad, too.

I love the pic with the knight and Great Unclean One! Such a fun, impressive project. Looks great all on the field together. Love the star background, too.

 MegaDave wrote:
Probably the most grueling single model I have painted.

Aww... don't say that! Like I said earlier, I've got a full ring of the stuff and I haven't even glued it together yet.

Your one looks great though.

Wow!! Amazing work Dave, putting the GUO and Knight next to it you really get a sense of how big of project it was. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats on finishing, that is massive terrain. And despite you saying, that it's a simple scheme, it's such a clean and vibrant paint job!

youwashock wrote:Absolutely awesome! Great job sticking it out to the end. That Knight is pretty rad, too.

Thank you! Very happy to be finished!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:I love the pic with the knight and Great Unclean One! Such a fun, impressive project. Looks great all on the field together. Love the star background, too.

Appreciate it! Yeah the star background was the easiest way to hide the basement walls lol. Reminds me of the old 2nd ed chaos codex.

H.B.M.C. wrote:

 MegaDave wrote:
Probably the most grueling single model I have painted.

Aww... don't say that! Like I said earlier, I've got a full ring of the stuff and I haven't even glued it together yet.

Your one looks great though.

Thanks! If you paint yours, just don't assemble the full thing until after you've painted it! My problem was mainly it was so heavy and bulky, made it extremely difficult to get to some of the inside detail. It's also mind-numbingly repetitive.

Yorkright wrote:Wow!! Amazing work Dave, putting the GUO and Knight next to it you really get a sense of how big of project it was. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks! Yeah, I thought it needed some scale shots, it really is a chunky boi.

Viterbi wrote:Congrats on finishing, that is massive terrain. And despite you saying, that it's a simple scheme, it's such a clean and vibrant paint job!

Thank you! It was difficult keeping the technique consistent on such a large surface. Lots of pictures were taken to ensure conformity!

Well, that is some LOS protecting terrain.

100% did not realize how huge these are Even more impressive job, really appreciate that they aren't just drybrushed metal like the ones I've seen kicking around.

Fantastic, you put the effort in and it really shows.

Great job finishing up your fortress, they really look the business! I can’t believe you haven’t gone insane painting something that huge and fiddly! Love the scheme on the knight, the glowing skulls are ace! I hope you’ve gotten a few models stockpiled for more painting

Boss Salvage wrote:100% did not realize how huge these are Even more impressive job, really appreciate that they aren't just drybrushed metal like the ones I've seen kicking around.

Thanks! Yeah I have seen some of those as well, and while I completely understand the reasons they went that way, I just had to go make it my own.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Fantastic, you put the effort in and it really shows.

Appreciate it! I don't know if I could bring myself to do anymore of them, but I really like what I've got!

gobert wrote:Great job finishing up your fortress, they really look the business! I can’t believe you haven’t gone insane painting something that huge and fiddly! Love the scheme on the knight, the glowing skulls are ace! I hope you’ve gotten a few models stockpiled for more painting

Gobert, I had days I was close to insanity lol!

Speaking of stockpiled models, I really haven't been in the painting mood after the fortress and with how busy I've been at the hospital.


This poor sorcerer will have to wait a while longer for paint.


Decided I was in the mood for building and converting, so I got out all of my quarantine pile and some other random half-conceived projects. We've got a Nurgle bastion, a Nurgle daemon prince and a chaos renegade predator.


Got some work done on this old bastion. I was missing a few parts and decided to turn it into a giant feculant gnarlmaw.


I had a bunch of leftover bitz from my great unclean one, I used most of the here and have a few more for the daemon prince.

Gnarlmaw stills needs some greenstuff and sand, but not bad for an evening's work.

Thanks for looking!

MegaDave,

The Fortress is epic.

Exalted.

Cheers,

CB

Great start on the Gnarlmaw, the trees look like unearthly growths coming out of the roof like that!

Gnarlmaw conversion is insane, but in a good way Excited to see your conversion of the crusher with wings, love your creative WIP shot of it

Captain Brown wrote:MegaDave,

The Fortress is epic.

Exalted.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you!

gobert wrote:Great start on the Gnarlmaw, the trees look like unearthly growths coming out of the roof like that!

Oh good, that was the idea! It'll be fun to paint when I get to that stage.

Viterbi wrote:Gnarlmaw conversion is insane, but in a good way Excited to see your conversion of the crusher with wings, love your creative WIP shot of it

Thanks! Hah, i didn't even think of that as a WIP shot but i guess it was!

And here it is out of the box!


Got a nurgly horn on his head and some wings. Obviously going to need some greenstuff work...


Gave him a glaive/billhook made out of the GUO knife, also took off that stupid middle finger they gave the daemon prince axe.


Replaced his shoulder guard with a Helbrute pad, and gave him a skull to drag around instead of a rock!

Eventually there will be a few Nurglings on there, but I figured everything would be easier to paint with them separate for now.

Have a happy hump day!

That's rad! Love the new weapon.

Great conversion. It's fun when a simple weapon and accessory swap can completely change the character of a model. From submissive and broken he becomes deliberate and intimidating. Excited to see how he develops!

That GUO dagger looks actually even better as a billhook, I love that!

He looks cool, and will be even cooler with some little nurglings! Will the hellbrute pad be getting embellishments?

youwashock wrote:That's rad! Love the new weapon.

Thanks man, I was pretty chuffed it worked out the way I envisioned it.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great conversion. It's fun when a simple weapon and accessory swap can completely change the character of a model. From submissive and broken he becomes deliberate and intimidating. Excited to see how he develops!

Wow, way more eloquent than anything I thought about him! Thanks so much, hope he lives up to the expectations!

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:That GUO dagger looks actually even better as a billhook, I love that!

Thanks! I thought it had potential.

gobert wrote:He looks cool, and will be even cooler with some little nurglings! Will the hellbrute pad be getting embellishments?

I think I probably will Nurgle it up a bit in the greenstuff phase. A little too pristine at the moment.


Got this little gun platform ready, nothing too special.


This one I had fun with, lots of cutting! Mini coping saws are great though, especially when you forget the main gun is offset! I think it looks suitably chaosy without being over the top.

Next up is greenstuff, sand and primer!

Managed to get the sand glued down last night, as well as some green stuff applied.

I first thought the boils on the daemon prince were a little big, but then i just decided that means they are overflowing with nurgly goodness!

I am hoping to get things primed later today if I get out of work in time

Sweet progress on the Prince. The nurglification is coming along nicely.

 youwashock wrote:
Sweet progress on the Prince. The nurglification is coming along nicely.

Thanks!

Speaking of, I got everything primed and realized I needed to go ahead and add a Nurgling now anyways.

The guy with the censer has a tentacle under his arm, which I needed to greenstuff in.

The nurgling sorcer on his base hasn't been glued yet, he'll end up in a widdle pile o' slime

His little friends are adorable. The guy on his shoulder adds a ton of character and will be a fantastic bit of interest.

Agreed, a really fun conversion project. But more than anything I am titillated and intrigued by the "widdle pile o' slime" that you teased us. You can't just drop that and leave it be. We. Want. The. Slime!

youwashock wrote:His little friends are adorable. The guy on his shoulder adds a ton of character and will be a fantastic bit of interest.

Nurglings really do make the model, I'm glad I had a few cool ones just hanging around in the bitz box.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Agreed, a really fun conversion project. But more than anything I am titillated and intrigued by the "widdle pile o' slime" that you teased us. You can't just drop that and leave it be. We. Want. The. Slime!

Hah! I guess I should have said "puddle" of slime, but I'm sure there will be a pile somewhere as well! That'll probably be the last thing I do for that model, guess I'll try and work on the prince first to appease you onlookers!

Ogroid looks fantastic. His pustules look about ready to burst! The nurglings add loads of fun too, looking forward to one playing in the slime

Managed to finish the gnarlmaw/rusty bunker today! It was a lot of fun to model and paint.



Gnarlmaw had to have a mouth!


Also needed a giant Nurgle bell, ding dong!


Nurgle bath tub!


The first primaris lieutenant I've painted, a dead Dark Angel.


Splish splash!


Tentacles and a weird skull plant. Seemed appropriate.


Used a lot of Nurgle's Rot on this, wanted all the damage to bleed slime, like it was alive.


Thanks for looking!

Awesome. Shades of the old Chaos lavatory, but less silly.

The Nurgling bath is adorable, look at those little rascals splashing around
Great job all around!

I love it!

Great job on bringing those kits together. Great color choice and use of technical paints, even the parts of the bunker without Garnlmaw bits look suitably Nurglish.

Yeah i can't help but love the nurglings in their bath. Such happy little guys!

The whole thing is an accomplishment of course

Cracking paint job on a great build. The humour you’ve added is great, the nurgling bath time being a great centrepiece. The skulll roses are lovely too!

youwashock wrote:Awesome. Shades of the old Chaos lavatory, but less silly.

I actually had to look that up, I had no idea what it was! Very silly, kinda cool, and impossible to figure out.

Viterbi wrote:The Nurgling bath is adorable, look at those little rascals splashing around
Great job all around!

Thanks!

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:I love it!

Thank you!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great job on bringing those kits together. Great color choice and use of technical paints, even the parts of the bunker without Garnlmaw bits look suitably Nurglish.

Appreciate it! It was the result of not wanting to use the trees as a forest and having a bunker with missing pieces.

amazingturtles wrote:Yeah i can't help but love the nurglings in their bath. Such happy little guys!

The whole thing is an accomplishment of course

Nurgle's really fun with the humor mixed with body horror and grossness. I was just happy the vision turned out ok.

gobert wrote:Cracking paint job on a great build. The humour you’ve added is great, the nurgling bath time being a great centrepiece. The skulll roses are lovely too!

Thanks! The skull roses I think I've had for two years after I convinced a buddy to let me have them out of his treeman kit.

Not much of an update but managed to get this AA field gun finished today. Tried to make it a little more beat up and weathered than some of my other stuff.

Something has to protect the Nurglings from a random airstrike!

I do love a brace of autocannons. Marvelous chips.

Finished a Nurgling!

Other than that I've been all over the place, but making some good progress on the predator. I guess the nice thing is as I keep plugging away on different parts, they'll eventually all be magically finished.

And it is a wonderful Nurgling.

Daemon Prince is looking to be coming along quite nicely, too, hanging out there behind the sorceror. Your conversion work on him is going to make that model shine.

Always good to see more Nurglings and chipping away at many things simultaneously is a good method to suddenly have lots of stuff finished.
And I'm glad you decided to paint the demon prince green. I still have the Fomoroid Crusher to paint and am contemplating grey or green skin and your mini shows that green works.

What a sweet little nurgling, playing at being a sorcerer I see! Nice bone work on the predator too.

youwashock wrote:And it is a wonderful Nurgling.

Daemon Prince is looking to be coming along quite nicely, too, hanging out there behind the sorceror. Your conversion work on him is going to make that model shine.

Thanks! I think once he's finished it'll be more Nurgle than fomoroid, but not obnoxiously so. Here's hoping!

Viterbi wrote:Always good to see more Nurglings and chipping away at many things simultaneously is a good method to suddenly have lots of stuff finished.
And I'm glad you decided to paint the demon prince green. I still have the Fomoroid Crusher to paint and am contemplating grey or green skin and your mini shows that green works.

Glad I could help out! I just thought I'd go green since the box art is grayish.

gobert wrote:What a sweet little nurgling, playing at being a sorcerer I see! Nice bone work on the predator too.

Yeah, I figure he's the psychic might of the model, casting rot-fly spells to protect his master.

Got the Predator finished, came together all of a sudden, wasn't expecting to get anything finished today! Excited!


Happy with how the skull turned out.


Most of my renegade stuff I don't like to be TOO chaosy.


I think it looks pretty evil with out being a spike fest.


Here he his with his rhino friend and a few ground pounders.

Thanks for checking it out, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

How about that. It's nice when they just sort of happen. Looks good. Certainly not one of the Emperor's, but not an unrecognizable mass of Chaos knows what, either.

Yep, you’re definitely on the renegade side of Chaos with the Predator. Lovely skull cannon too

Here is today's progress, managed to get a bit of paint on both of them.

Prince is coming along, I'm starting to like the look of him.

Same here. Those pustules really...pop? That sounds gross. Anyway, he looks great!

Wow, it really isn't easy being green, judging from his nurgly blessings Love his skin and nice start on the sorcerer, love the purple!

 youwashock wrote:
Same here. Those pustules really...pop? That sounds gross. Anyway, he looks great!

Sounds disgusting! :sick: but I agree the pustules look ripe for picking! Grim work MegaDave

Thanks guys, appreciate it! He is really rather putrid. Been trying to get him finished up, got one of his wings done today!

The other wing, a few more little details and he'll be ready to spread nurgly goodness across the Imperium!

Almost there! Looking awesome. Lots of great elements, the claws on the wings, toenails, skin. All really well done.

Looking good MegaDave, the nurgling on his shoulder seems to be having fun too!

Finished my daemon prince of Nurgle, he's sick!


Glad I was able to utilize the spare parts from my GUO.






This little guy is how the prince casts psychic powers, the real brains of the group!


Stinky little blighter, he's so happy spreading his noxious smells.


All my Nurgle boys at the family reunion.

Thanks for looking!

Terminally sick. Came out awesome! Loads of detail and character. The sidekicks are perfect. Group shot is also great. Onward to infection.

That’s disgusting! Well done MegaDave. The paddling nurgling looks to be having a great old time! A couple of great models to lead papas army

Lovely. I particularly like the metal colour you have used on the weapon and skull.

Great work on the prince, lots of cool details and a really glorius army shot!

youwashock wrote:Terminally sick. Came out awesome! Loads of detail and character. The sidekicks are perfect. Group shot is also great. Onward to infection.

Onward to infection, hah! Thanks for the kind words.

gobert wrote:That’s disgusting! Well done MegaDave. The paddling nurgling looks to be having a great old time! A couple of great models to lead papas army

If you can't have a little fun with Nurgle, your no better than a plague bearer. Appreciate it!

Arakasi wrote:Lovely. I particularly like the metal colour you have used on the weapon and skull.

Thanks! Brazen brass, nuln oil, more brazen brass, storm host silver and a 2nd nuln oil shade.

Viterbi wrote:Great work on the prince, lots of cool details and a really glorius army shot!

Thank you!

Managed to get the base coat and shade done on the sorcerer.

Stills needs plenty of detail work, but when he's done my pile of shame will be gone!

Sorcerer looks wicked -- in both a literal sense and a Boston one, too!

Pile of shame gone? This simply will not do. Minis for MegaDave, stat!

The Sorcerer has a lot going for him already. Sweet model.

Looking good on the sorcerer front, though it sounds like you need to buy some more plastic or metal

tinfoil wrote:Sorcerer looks wicked -- in both a literal sense and a Boston one, too!

Thanks!

youwashock wrote:Pile of shame gone? This simply will not do. Minis for MegaDave, stat!

The Sorcerer has a lot going for him already. Sweet model.

Thank you, and yeah I'm excited to be able to buy whatever strikes my fancy.

gobert wrote:Looking good on the sorcerer front, though it sounds like you need to buy some more plastic or metal

Eventually, I certainly will!

And here he is, the finished sorcerer! There's a lot I could have done better, I wasn't super into him, but I'm happy enough to say he's done.






So with that, the pile of shame has been vanquished! That's it, man. Shame over, man. Shame over! What the feth am I gonna do now?! What am I gonna do?!

Slick!! Love the vivid highlights -- they work well with the model, and set a suitably sorcerous mood.

Excellent work on the daemon prince. Love the gnarly pustules. Great work on the sorcerer. The purple coat is really well done - looks like a rich, regal velvet.

Ah, I thought the highlights on the purple were too thick. The grey and metal work look really good though, especially the backpack.

tinfoil wrote:Slick!! Love the vivid highlights -- they work well with the model, and set a suitably sorcerous mood.

Thanks!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Excellent work on the daemon prince. Love the gnarly pustules. Great work on the sorcerer. The purple coat is really well done - looks like a rich, regal velvet.

Appreciate it, glad you got to see your slime

Arakasi wrote:Ah, I thought the highlights on the purple were too thick. The grey and metal work look really good though, especially the backpack.

Yeah, the cloak didn't quite turn out the way I wanted. The main problem is that i used a contrast paint over the brushed on wraithbone, and it was a little splotchy. So the highlights actually covered up some of that, but then I couldn't go back to thin them out without redoing the whole thing. Learning experience for sure!

Do you have no shame!?!

Congrats on banishing the pile o’shame, must be a good feeling. You should buy a big box of minis to celebrate!

The sorcerer looks good to me, I think the bold highlights add a bit of glow. This seems to be a problem with the contrast paints that rework becomes quite challenging compared to standard layering.

Where do you go from here?

Congrats! Maybe an army shot or two to celebrate?

Sorcerer turned out great. I like that he gives off a "yeah, I cast spells, but also I cast PLASMA!" vibe.

gobert wrote:Do you have no shame!?!

Congrats on banishing the pile o’shame, must be a good feeling. You should buy a big box of minis to celebrate!

The sorcerer looks good to me, I think the bold highlights add a bit of glow. This seems to be a problem with the contrast paints that rework becomes quite challenging compared to standard layering.

Where do you go from here?

Thanks! Yeah, contrast can be a little more difficult if you mess up. Real though, I learned that the spray cans are the way to go if you're using contrast!

I actually do still have a few projects I want to work on, they just aren't miniatures exactly. I'll post a few cryptic pictures when I feel like dragging out the paints again!

youwashock wrote:Congrats! Maybe an army shot or two to celebrate?

Sorcerer turned out great. I like that he gives off a "yeah, I cast spells, but also I cast PLASMA!" vibe.

Hah, yeah I like idea of him shooting those unworthy of being killed by a spell! An army shot isn't a bad idea at all, I think I may have to do that this weekend.

No minis left, that must be a weird feeling. It's something I'm aiming for in the next one and a half years, good to know, that it is achievable in real life and not just a dream we all have

Sorcerer is looking cool, armour contrasts nicely with the cloak.

 Viterbi wrote:
No minis left, that must be a weird feeling. It's something I'm aiming for in the next one and a half years, good to know, that it is achievable in real life and not just a dream we all have

Sorcerer is looking cool, armour contrasts nicely with the cloak.

It is the weirdest feeling, but a good one!

Youwashock suggested an army shot, so here's everything I own that's painted.

Here it is, my Pile of Fame!

It's about 6,000 points of random chaos stuff


Pulled out some things I've been saving up to make some terrain out of. Haven't done too much technical scratch building, so I figure this will be good practice for some future projects I have in mind.


Didn't realize I had so many DIFFERENT kinds of cans, had to get them all sorted out.

Now to figure out what to do with that mess!

Yes, indeed! A wonderful sight. Great job! Looking forward to seeing the next chapter.

Really impressive pile o’fame, though I wouldn’t recommend piling them up! Cool background you’ve got too, very thematic! What are your ideas for all of the cans?

Lots of depth on the grey for that final guy. Normally grey looks so flat.

Wow, that army shot is mesmerizing -- and inspiring!

Agreed, super excited and inspired by the army shot. It also helps remind us of the dang scale of the Dreadhold that you painted up!

Also excited to see how the terrain turns out! I love seeing everybody's scratch-built pieces. It's such a great opportunity to let your creativity run wild because the stakes are so low - you can do anything to soup cans!

Army shot is glorious and I love that you were surprised how many soup cans you had Excited to see, what you can come up with them!

I really appreciate all the kind words about the "Pile of Fame." The encouragement along the way was much appreciated!

After taking a few weeks off, I started working on the next project, my Sector MeCANicus. I'm taking it slow as I haven't done much scratch built terrain before, so this first one is a proof of concept can.


I got to buy my ratcheting ork power Klaw to cut pvc pipe with, and spent way too much time marking out rivet locations on my paper. For anyone wondering, I used the card from a Kirkland Signature lasagna. Not bad, but better reheated the next day than right out of the oven.


Anyhoo, got it to this point, and now all I have to do is glue on each of those little rivets. I decided to use 2mm half rounds instead of trying to punch them out like some of you other nutters!

Can't wait to get paint on it and get started on the big industrial stuff....

A strong start to what sounds like a fun project. You're definitely a MeCAN-DOicus and I'm excited for your larger scale industrial stuff. Where's the base from?

Any special treatment of the PVC before painting?

Looking good so far, and you got to buy a new tool! Sticking down all of those rivets will be a lesson in sanity, but remember, you CAN do it! Sorry, I’ll get my coat!

gobert wrote:Looking good so far, and you got to buy a new tool! Sticking down all of those rivets will be a lesson in sanity, but remember, you CAN do it! Sorry, I’ll get my coat!

Well I figure if I can paint that chaos dreadfort, this can't be that hard!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:A strong start to what sounds like a fun project. You're definitely a MeCAN-DOicus and I'm excited for your larger scale industrial stuff. Where's the base from?

Any special treatment of the PVC before painting?

The base is 2mm foamed pvc I had laying around. I actually don't know if you need to do anything special to pvc before you paint it, guess we'll find out together. I'll just spray and pray!


Got all the rivets glued on, gonna get the sand down and hopefully basecoated today.

Meticulous work. A batch of these is going to look sweet. Priming should be good for the PVC. If you are terribly concerned, you can give it a swipe with fine grit sandpaper before spraying.

 youwashock wrote:
Meticulous work. A batch of these is going to look sweet. Priming should be good for the PVC. If you are terribly concerned, you can give it a swipe with fine grit sandpaper before spraying.

Eep, that was on me! I was just curious if you could use PVC as it was or if you had to treat it special. Thanks for yours and MegaDave's collective wisdom.

Youwashock, yeah a brown primer stuck to it just fine, no prep needed. I was pretty happy with how the rivets turned out.

Don Qui Hotep, looks like you can use pvc as is! I always just assume you can drown something in primer to make it work.


Got it basecoated, now I get to dirty it up! I'm thinking about making the pipe gray, just to change up the color. Any ideas?

That's solid. Adding a different color on the pipe or corrugated area sounds like a good idea. Have fun getting dirty.

Yep, already looking very industrial. With such a vibrant yellow I can almost hear it calling out for hazard stripes... then again I could almost see it just getting dirtied up lots and remaining mostly yellow. Could be a cool theme?

Got a little more work done on test can. Pipe got painted gray, and I put two heavy washes of agrax earthshade all over.


The wash pooled/streaked quite a bit, but it's ok because there is a lot going on top that will cover it all up. Going to bring the color back up with a few drybrushes, then there will be some chipping and grimy streaky-leaky stuff added.

Gobert, I thought about hazard stripes are but trying to do that on round objects terrifies me! I think I'm going to leave them off for now, but they'll definitely get added to any platformer areas added to the pieces going forward.

Nice work. The washes over the primer have created a very fun industrial yellow that fits the theme perfectly. Scratch-built terrain is so fun to look at, the way that it elevates the piece so far beyond its component parts. Looking forward for the "grimy streaky-leaky stuff" because that is my favorite part of all terrain features.

Looking nice and dirty now, Agrax Earthshade really is an amazing paint! Fair shout on the Stripes, i did wonder if your precision riveting might have made it easier to do on the horizontal bands. I look forward to a return to stripes with the platforms though!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Nice work. The washes over the primer have created a very fun industrial yellow that fits the theme perfectly. Scratch-built terrain is so fun to look at, the way that it elevates the piece so far beyond its component parts. Looking forward for the "grimy streaky-leaky stuff" because that is my favorite part of all terrain features.

Thanks man! Hopefully tonight's progress makes ya happy

gobert wrote:Looking nice and dirty now, Agrax Earthshade really is an amazing paint! Fair shout on the Stripes, i did wonder if your precision riveting might have made it easier to do on the horizontal bands. I look forward to a return to stripes with the platforms though!

Oh yeah, I'm not done with the hazards. Just need something a little more rectangular.

Tonight I got everything drybrushed up to their starting colors and a highlight, then chipped it all to hell.

I used the basing paint to create lumpy areas that will end up as rust piles. I thought it was a good way to cover up some areas I wasn't completely happy with. Can't do anything else with it until it dries, so have a good one!

3D rust is great. Oxidization is beautiful. Looking great, in a broken-down way.

Love the name for your terrain, you should trademark it Great work on the first piece, you found a good color scheme there!

youwashock wrote:3D rust is great. Oxidization is beautiful. Looking great, in a broken-down way.

Thanks! I'm liking it even more with the orange on it. Did a great job of covering up some gaps.

Viterbi wrote:Love the name for your terrain, you should trademark it Great work on the first piece, you found a good color scheme there!

Glad you like it, never know until you try I guess!

Got the rust and oil streaks done tonight, as well as finishing the rust.

Used vallejo acylic model washes for the streaks and oil stains. They're pretty neat, a little more pigment that the gw shades.


I didn't like this gap, so I decided to cover it with some plant life.


It covered it alright, but fun fact, that vallejo acylic wash takes forever to dry and the flock started getting stuck in it! I was able to brush most of it off, but be warned if you ever use it.

Letting all that dry and hopefully should have all the final details finished tomorrow. I'll be making the plant life a little more irregular as well, can't have it looking like a pipe cleaner!

Ooh, great solution with the seam there. I've never tried modeling fungus before! Do you think it would take a wash well?

 Don Qui Hotep wrote:
Ooh, great solution with the seam there. I've never tried modeling fungus before! Do you think it would take a wash well?

Thanks, I thought it was a decent solution. I've never washed it before, but it would probably soak it up and stain it, so for color variation it'd probably work. I'll have to do some test fungus sometime!

Finished the old can today, clearcoated and everything.

Pretty happy it with how it turned out, being a soup can and all.

Bulked out the greenery a bit as well.

Now that I have a color scheme and know the rivets won't fall off, I just have to figure out exactly what I want to do with the rest of those cans!

Grand dirtiness. The creeping fungus is a nice touch.

Nice! How hard was it to make?

Looks good MegaDave! I particularly like the lumpy rust and dripping grime. One thing if I may, is that a light pencil mark might be better to mark out the positions of the rivets. The pen marks seem to be showing through. Still looks great though

That Abaddon sorcerer is gorgeous! This is also inspiring me to give contrast a go.

Well finally had some free time and bought a couple of kits, so here I am!


I had 10 plaguebearers that needed rebased so I figured I'd get 20 more and make the full unit. Still a lot of painting to be done, but they are on their way.


Also started working on a nurgle soul grinder, I had a ton of bits left over from making Rotigus and I don't believe in wasting bits! I think after this build I will have actually used every bit from the GUO kit, which makes me happy.


Lots of pinning on this model, it's all bailing wire and duct tape at this point!

Good to see you back. The Soul Grinder looks like it will be wicked.

Grinder is off to an inspiring start!

And I love seeing what you CAN do with things just lying around the house...

Hey, welcome back! Nice update. I really like the different skin tones on the plaguebearers. Good palette choice there. Can't wait to see the soulgrinder in action!

Good to see you’re still around, all your nurgle guys must be keeping papa happy and away!

As others have said the diversity of the plague bearers is cool, the blue-grey chaps look like they might’ve started off as tau.

The soulgrinder will surely please papa too, is that an armature ready for sculpting an arm I see?

Haven't had much time due to work, school and family stuff, but I did get the soul grinder greenstuffed and primed.


I used a ton of GS for his torso and arm!


He looks much more natural being one solid color. Hopefully I'll have some time soon to get some paint on him.

Good to see you back again MegaDave. Great sculpting, with the primer he looks pretty homogeneous. Good luck getting some time to paint him up

Verily, 'tis the bomb. Stellar modeling, man. Looks like a ramped-up Chaos version of Mr. Waternoose.

Well things have slowed down just a touch at work so I had a few days to actually work on this guy, I'm pretty happy with how he turned out.















20 plaguebearers to paint and my pile will be finished again!

Good to see you’ve managed to you’ve managed to get the Soul Grinder done. Your restraint in getting through your pile never ceases to amaze me MegaDave. Good luck getting some time to go through the plague bearers. Hopefully we get a group picture to celebrate the completed pile. Then you should reward yourself with a new pile!

Amazing model, MegaDave! Glad you were able to get him finished.

Fantastic job, great gribbly sculpting. It's cool to see both the phosphorescent green and bloody red on the same model, and the horn/ivory is really natural looking!


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He is beautiful, in the most disgusting and awesome way. Really love the way all the colours work together; looking him over is a bit like reading a Where's Wally book. The verdigris and luminescent slime are great additions.

So close! Wonder what will be added to the pile next

gobert wrote:Hopefully we get a group picture to celebrate the completed pile. Then you should reward yourself with a new pile!

Ask and ye shall receive

youwashock wrote:Amazing model, MegaDave! Glad you were able to get him finished.

Thanks!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Fantastic job, great gribbly sculpting. It's cool to see both the phosphorescent green and bloody red on the same model, and the horn/ivory is really natural looking!

Appreciate it, I was worried about using so much greenstuff originally.

tzurk wrote:He is beautiful, in the most disgusting and awesome way. Really love the way all the colours work together; looking him over is a bit like reading a Where's Wally book. The verdigris and luminescent slime are great additions.

So close! Wonder what will be added to the pile next

Thank you!

Well I managed to finished the plaguebearers and the spoilpox scrivener.


Close up of the gribblies.


And a shot of all the gooey bois in their natural habitat.


Next up is a full copy of the original Warhammer Quest, most of which is still on the sprue! My good friend knows I'm a sucker for vintage stuff and gave me a copy for Christmas!

There's some serious awesome on display in that group picture. The centerpiece models are fabulous. Now, onto that next bit about Warhammer Quest. In what sounds to be near-pristine condition. That is going to be something to see!

That soul grinder is simply awesome, great use of the GUO bits to make a really unique model. Great looking army to go with him too!

youwashock wrote:There's some serious awesome on display in that group picture. The centerpiece models are fabulous. Now, onto that next bit about Warhammer Quest. In what sounds to be near-pristine condition. That is going to be something to see!

Too kind, as always. But look below! Original models, undefiled for quite some time!

Tyranid Horde wrote:That soul grinder is simply awesome, great use of the GUO bits to make a really unique model. Great looking army to go with him too!

Thanks!


The box is a little banged up on the edges but still good, the books aren't in the greatest of condition but I can read them!


Man, who would have thought I'd be able to clip these off the sprue so many years after production.

I think it’s the background and tree, but you last Nurgle pic has a real Christmassy vibe. All Reds and Greens and Bells! They look awesome though, a real horde of slathering death!

That is one incredibly generous friend! New on sprue must go for a pretty penny. I hope you keep us well informed on progress.

 gobert wrote:
I think it’s the background and tree, but you last Nurgle pic has a real Christmassy vibe. All Reds and Greens and Bells! They look awesome though, a real horde of slathering death!

That is one incredibly generous friend! New on sprue must go for a pretty penny. I hope you keep us well informed on progress.

Thanks gobert! And you're right, Allen Blount IS a very generous friend and I'm very grateful to have him in my life.

If you didn't get to experience them in your youth, let me introduce you to one of the greatest sprues GW ever made!


The giant rat in particular was always a favorite of mine, but these 4 little gribblies were a great bargain combo of fantasy creatures.

They took way longer on moldline removal than I would have expected, but it's time to get some paint on them!


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Got a test snotling done, whaddya think?

I had some contrast paint I wanted to use so I used the recipe from the painting coach, which is plaguebearer flesh shaded with biel-tan green.


I thought it made for a nice bright skin tone. Any thoughts/changes before I finish the rest of them?

I mean he's just a snotling but I gotta start somewhere...

That’s a great looking snotling, I say go for it! The Contrast paint works well even on these relatively simple sculpts. You’ll be done in next to no time if you stick with the Contrast. *buckles up for the ride

I’ve found the old stuff I have is much harder to clean mould lines from. I guess that’s part of the improvement in the moulds over the past millennia. Saying that, some of the new stuff is so detailed it’s hard to spot them until you get some paint on them

Well I can't go against your advise gobert, so I'm sticking with that snotling skin! Yeah the moldlines were a little silly, but I wonder if that isn't a little difference in the plastic, it seems slightly more brittle on the older ones.

Got a test rat and bat done, thoughts?



The rat was super easy, guilliman flesh all over followed by gore grunta fur.

Ratty looks good. I’d probably have gone for blacks, greys or dark browns. The bone colour helps with definition, but I think it might be a bit stark against the black.

Agreed on the old plastic, I wonder if it has just aged or whether it was always like that. My old brain can’t remember what it was like Back in the day

 gobert wrote:
I’d probably have gone for blacks, greys or dark browns. The bone colour helps with definition, but I think it might be a bit stark against the black.

Better? Darker still?

That is a very cool gift you got there for Christmas and already making a good start. I like actually both bat color schemes, maybe use them to get some variety into them. Excited to see more of this set painted!

"Just a snotling..." Famous last words.

He looks good, as does the rat. I like the second bat over the first, but agree some variation would be cool.

Yep, I like him better. Viterbi’s idea of mixing them up would be good, maybe throw in some more colours, like Black Templar and do some mixing for variety?

Nice to see you back! Raising a glass to generous friends.

Love the snotling and the rat, I like the darker toned bat myself, and if it wouldn't drive you crazy having a mix of colors as suggested above would be really fun.

Viterbi wrote:That is a very cool gift you got there for Christmas and already making a good start. I like actually both bat color schemes, maybe use them to get some variety into them. Excited to see more of this set painted!

I think the idea of a variety of bats is a good idea, it is a fantasy dungeon after all!

youwashock wrote:"Just a snotling..." Famous last words.

He looks good, as does the rat. I like the second bat over the first, but agree some variation would be cool.

Yeah I think the slightly darker bat works better, so I'm glad I was talked into darkening him up.

gobert wrote:Yep, I like him better. Viterbi’s idea of mixing them up would be good, maybe throw in some more colours, like Black Templar and do some mixing for variety?

So it turns out you get your wish, I have a black templar bat in the works! Maybe next update...

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Nice to see you back! Raising a glass to generous friends.

Love the snotling and the rat, I like the darker toned bat myself, and if it wouldn't drive you crazy having a mix of colors as suggested above would be really fun.

Good to know there is such a concensus on the bats lol! Time to go off the deep end of bat colors...

Got the snotlings finished, just waiting on decent weather to clear coat them.


Finished off half the rats as well, a few different shades of brown, black and grey in there along with albino rat!


Went total fantasy vampire bat for the second one, I really like it.


Taking ideas now for crazy bat color schemes!

Nicely done! Love that albino rat. That vampire bat is evil-looking!

the snotling's awesome and so are the bats.

your friend has the right man for the job of some good old retro models

Ok, I take it all back... they all need to be Vampire Bats! He looks great, but I think the rats proved the variety works well. Cool idea on the albino, and it has red eyes too!

Great renditions of some fun sculpts! The rats are a fav of mine (as I have a few) and I think they have aged very well

Thanks for sharing

Lovely work on the different rat furs and cool to see both differently colored bats next to each other. Really cool contrast between old school vampire colors and more natural bat.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Nicely done! Love that albino rat. That vampire bat is evil-looking!

Thanks! I am pretty happy with Mr. Albino rat.

Not Online!!! wrote:the snotling's awesome and so are the bats.

your friend has the right man for the job of some good old retro models

Well I certainly wanted to attempt to do them justice. Appreciate the kind words!

gobert wrote:Ok, I take it all back... they all need to be Vampire Bats! He looks great, but I think the rats proved the variety works well. Cool idea on the albino, and it has red eyes too!

Thank you! You'll probably love this update then

IGtR= wrote:Great renditions of some fun sculpts! The rats are a fav of mine (as I have a few) and I think they have aged very well

Yeah they're a classic. You've seen mine, show me yours!

Viterbi wrote:Lovely work on the different rat furs and cool to see both differently colored bats next to each other. Really cool contrast between old school vampire colors and more natural bat.

Thanks, I took that idea and ran with it!

First up, the rats are all finished. They don't photograph well on the sticks but I was happy with the color variation on them.


Last rat that I did was greenish, kind of like a plague rat from Clan Pestilens. I really liked him, so I figured if I can do a plague rat, why not....


.... a plague bat! Also pictured, classic black bat. Boooorrring!


Then I went crazy and painted a Tzeentch bat and Slaanesh Bat.


And then we have two big brown bats to keep me from making a metallic bat or something.


I figure the chaos bats can each have a little extra rule, like Tzeentch bat can suck magic out and the Khorne bat can cause critical hits. What's that, a Khorne bat you say?! Better get back to painting!

Loving the unexpected bat variety - and hells yes, Khorne bat is mandatory!

More neat critters! Love the fancy bats.

Boss Salvage wrote:Loving the unexpected bat variety - and hells yes, Khorne bat is mandatory!

Yeah, have to round out the pantheon!

youwashock wrote:More neat critters! Love the fancy bats.

Thanks! They've been fun to paint.

Khorne bat was pretty easy, just waiting on the temperature to improve so I can clear coat everything. After that he's gonna get dipped in blood for the blood god.


Reddish brown bat and Albino bat.


The whole colony in flight!

Great updates MegaDave! You were right I love the variety in the critters, I certainly wasn’t expecting bats to so openly show their allegiance! . After Vampire. At, I think Reddish Brown and Slaaneshi bat are my faves

These bats look great as a swarm, there's the right mix of "normal" bats to special bats. The god-affiliated ones are definite MVPs though, I like Slaaneshi a lot but the Tzeentch or the Nurgle are my faves.

gobert wrote:Great updates MegaDave! You were right I love the variety in the critters, I certainly wasn’t expecting bats to so openly show their allegiance! . After Vampire. At, I think Reddish Brown and Slaaneshi bat are my faves

Yeah the process was a little chaotic, but I think they all turned out great. Glad you like them!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:These bats look great as a swarm, there's the right mix of "normal" bats to special bats. The god-affiliated ones are definite MVPs though, I like Slaaneshi a lot but the Tzeentch or the Nurgle are my faves.

Hah, the Tzeentch bat I think is my favorite. Glad everyone talked me into doing different colored bats.


Since I can't spray anything due to the cold, I started working cleaning off mold lines. I had to stop because they were making my hand cramp something bad. There was a ton of flash all around those minis!

Those are some classic minis, the barbarian and the wizard are surprisingly detailed for their age too. I know what you mean about getting cramps cleaning mould lines, I’ve been breaking my Elves in to batches as my hand gives up after about 10 minis! I hope the weather breaks to let you get some priming done

The multi-colored bats are so cool, amazing job, the colors all work really well. Already excited for the rest of the box, I'll echo gobert in hopefully better weather to get stuff primed!

gobert wrote:Those are some classic minis, the barbarian and the wizard are surprisingly detailed for their age too. I know what you mean about getting cramps cleaning mould lines, I’ve been breaking my Elves in to batches as my hand gives up after about 10 minis! I hope the weather breaks to let you get some priming done

The weather finally turned nice so I was able to get everything based and primed, so I am in a good spot if it starts raining a lot!

Viterbi wrote:The multi-colored bats are so cool, amazing job, the colors all work really well. Already excited for the rest of the box, I'll echo gobert in hopefully better weather to get stuff primed!

Thanks!

Managed to get all of the spiders done, they weren't too bad at all. A little drybrushing and some shades, and job's a good 'un!


Decided to get a shot of all the critters in their natural habitat.


Now I've only got 43 more models to go to finish the box.


What should I work on next?

A funky batch of creepy crawlies! The red eyes work well on all of the colours too. The whole bunch of critters are amazing together. As for what comes next, I vote you keep going up in stature and do some gobbos next

Love all the different colours, especially on the bats. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the rest!

Awesome group shots of the critters, and such a great execution of the multicoloured approach to them. I struggle to paint things with the same paint schemes, and am firmly of the view that animals/creatures should not be uniform, so am a huge fan of the approach and the effect!!!

Thanks for sharing

Those spiderlings look great. Also kind of adorable. The blue ones stand out to me as really striking, like some Avicularia. I like gobert's suggestion of going up one more in size!

gobert wrote:A funky batch of creepy crawlies! The red eyes work well on all of the colours too. The whole bunch of critters are amazing together. As for what comes next, I vote you keep going up in stature and do some gobbos next

Well I totally messed that up, I started the minotaur before I saw you post lol! Gobbos will be next though!

RobertsMinis wrote:Love all the different colours, especially on the bats. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the rest!

Thanks!

IGtR= wrote:Awesome group shots of the critters, and such a great execution of the multicoloured approach to them. I struggle to paint things with the same paint schemes, and am firmly of the view that animals/creatures should not be uniform, so am a huge fan of the approach and the effect!!!

Thanks for sharing

Appreciate it!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Those spiderlings look great. Also kind of adorable. The blue ones stand out to me as really striking, like some Avicularia. I like gobert's suggestion of going up one more in size!

Adorable until they swarm you and suck your blood dry lol!

So as noted I kinda jumped to the big guys instead of going up a size, whoops!

Got one done, two more to go and then onto the goblins.

Aw, he wants a hug! With... a club

He's very neat. A good amount of detail for a fairly simple figure.

He looks great so all is forgiven! . Am I right to assume the others will be coloured differently? It’s a theme that’s worked so far, so hopefully they are

amazingturtles wrote:Aw, he wants a hug! With... a club

He's very neat. A good amount of detail for a fairly simple figure.

Thanks! Yeah they have a lot of character for sure. I wish I had the inclination to put tattoos or other freehand on them to really use all that open space that today's minis lack.

gobert wrote:He looks great so all is forgiven! . Am I right to assume the others will be coloured differently? It’s a theme that’s worked so far, so hopefully they are

Yes the different colors has been working quite well, so I'm continuing that trend, but I had to really think about how to use all the different browns!


Clubotaur #2, the clubbening.


Axeotaur #1, the choppening.


All three of the minotaurs romping in the fields...


... and one glamor shot of them in their subterranean home.

Next up, gobbos for gobert!

Minotaurs look amazing, great job using the differing color schemes!

Great job MegaDave, the continuing theme of different skintones/fur is really helping to distract from the replicants! Was the Axeotaur a conversion including the skull on his belt buckle?

Great variety on the Minotaurs, really helps add character to help differentiate the similar sculpts. Quite a roster of baddies you've accumulated!

Those Minotaurs are great. Really like the way you have painted the axe, lovely used metal look.

They look great. No BS.

Viterbi wrote:Minotaurs look amazing, great job using the differing color schemes!

Thank you!

gobert wrote:Great job MegaDave, the continuing theme of different skintones/fur is really helping to distract from the replicants! Was the Axeotaur a conversion including the skull on his belt buckle?

Axeotaur was actually an alternative sculpt, I'm not sure if he's the minotaur boss or just for kicks.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great variety on the Minotaurs, really helps add character to help differentiate the similar sculpts. Quite a roster of baddies you've accumulated!

Certainly getting there, I feel like I'm in the home stretch, even though I'm not lol

RobertsMinis wrote:Those Minotaurs are great. Really like the way you have painted the axe, lovely used metal look.

Thanks! It's pretty simple, stormhost silver with a agrax earthshade shade followed by a null oil shade.

youwashock wrote:They look great. No BS.

Thanks!

Managed to get some work done today on the greenskins. Figured it was an easy/messy stage so I just did all the skin at the same time. The orks will get darkened up a bit to keep the goblins the lightest.

I tell you what though, warboss green over black is a pain, almost as bad as yellow. Took 3 coats to get a solid color!

Goblin green over a black undercoat? You are a glutton for punishment!!

Minotaurs look great

Thanks for sharing

Good start on the green horde. And I myself only use black spray when I mostly drybrush grey after that Light and medium grey primer ftw!

Cool, good to see progress on the gobbos. Really classic skin tone, I like it!

IGtR= wrote:Goblin green over a black undercoat? You are a glutton for punishment!!

Minotaurs look great

Thanks for sharing

Yeah I'm an idiot

Viterbi wrote:Good start on the green horde. And I myself only use black spray when I mostly drybrush grey after that Light and medium grey primer ftw!

Thanks! I should probably do that, I just wasn't expecting to be that rough of a start haha!

gobert wrote:Cool, good to see progress on the gobbos. Really classic skin tone, I like it!

Thanks, you can't go wrong with goblin green!

Finished up the skin on everyone tonight. It's hard to tell in the pic, but the orcs got a second shade of biel tan green while the goblins got a light brush of ushabti bone. The contrast between their skin is a little more apparent in real life.


Started working on the weapons for the gobbos, I'm going to stick with making them all different colors, been working for me pretty well so far, no need to mess up a good thing!

Nice progress on the gobbos. Keep it up!

Keeping up the punishment with a bit of yellow over black . The multi-coloured approach looks as though it’s continuing to work well

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Nice progress on the gobbos. Keep it up!

Will do, after I finish all my homework for the weekend. College papers really get in the way of painting goblins!

gobert wrote:Keeping up the punishment with a bit of yellow over black . The multi-coloured approach looks as though it’s continuing to work well

Yes, I hate myself, obviously!

On a totally unrelated note, I managed to score an original land raider for my 2nd Ed. Iron Warriors!

Here she is in all her Rogue Trader glory!


Obviously there's a bit of battle damage and some thick paint that needs removed, you'd think the blood angels of all chapters would take better care of their relics...


Luckily I had an old coffee can sitting around waiting to be used for my sector mecanicus project, which fit the tank perfectly.


I'm just hoping her machine spirit can forgive me for drowning her in purple power!


The other "nice" thing about this model is that it finally gives me an excuse to buy some blue stuff to clone the heavy bolter and lascannons, since there was only one pair. Excited to strip that paint and get started!

Nice! I’ve got one of those laying around somewhere. You’ve also cleared up what the random heavy bolter I have in the bits box is from! Good luck cloning the lasguns; iron resin within, iron Oyumaru without!

It will be fun to see the LR develop. And love the shot of it in purple, that can was made for this task

Green hordes are coming along nicely. And good call with the Ushbati Bone drybrush. May try that sometime, when I need to paint green skin.

gobert wrote:Nice! I’ve got one of those laying around somewhere. You’ve also cleared up what the random heavy bolter I have in the bits box is from! Good luck cloning the lasguns; iron resin within, iron Oyumaru without!

Yeah sadly the Oyumaru and millilut didn't work out for me, it was close but didn't quite fit the bill.

Viterbi wrote:It will be fun to see the LR develop. And love the shot of it in purple, that can was made for this task

Green hordes are coming along nicely. And good call with the Ushbati Bone drybrush. May try that sometime, when I need to paint green skin.

Hah yeah the can is perfect for it. Thanks, I liked the way the skin turned out.

Been busy with school and house hunting, so painting hasn't been much of a priority. Move into the new house in a few weeks, and I have 3 weeks of from school! Exciting times!

So here's the land raider, all cleaned up and painted silver.


Since I wasn't able to clone the lascannon sponson, I simply bought another MK1 land raider.
It was in pretty bad shape, it looks like 3 layers of paint.

Into the can of stripping!!!


I figured I'd use the pieces from the new one to get all the parts for the original, and I'll learn how to cast rubber molds for the new one using the extra bits. I think it's a good plan???

Not shown but I painted all of the boots on the goblins black. They're boots, you don't need to see them.

That poor new LR, doubling as replacement parts Hope the molding experiments work out.

It is so great to see that old school land raider again. I am looking forward to you giving it new life and getting it back onto a tabletop somewhere. Thanks for the action shots of the stripping. I've used Purple Power and had pretty good results with metal minis (although it still took me a lot of scrubbing and scraping to get the gunk out of the recesses) but I have not tried it on plastic. Glad to see it works without damaging the plastic.

Gen 1 Land Raiders are the greatest. Looking forward to the resurrection of this ancient treasure.

The land raider looks good in silver. It’s a shame the Oyumaru and milliput failed, but yay for another Land Raider! I find it quite tricky making parts, my best results came from pressing into the two sides of the mould separately then pressing them together. The hard bit is getting the amount in each side correct. You either end up with too much so the parts end up too big or too little with gaps. Your solution of Cannibalisation of parts is a long tried and tested military process anyway, so good luck!

Viterbi wrote:That poor new LR, doubling as replacement parts Hope the molding experiments work out.

Hah, it's a sad sack landraider for sure. I'll get her fixed up eventually.

The Riddle of Steel wrote:It is so great to see that old school land raider again. I am looking forward to you giving it new life and getting it back onto a tabletop somewhere. Thanks for the action shots of the stripping. I've used Purple Power and had pretty good results with metal minis (although it still took me a lot of scrubbing and scraping to get the gunk out of the recesses) but I have not tried it on plastic. Glad to see it works without damaging the plastic.

Yeah it didn't hurt it at all, and the stuff it couldn't get I used easy off oven cleaner and that took care of the rest.

youwashock wrote:Gen 1 Land Raiders are the greatest. Looking forward to the resurrection of this ancient treasure.

Thanks! It's been fun so far

gobert wrote:The land raider looks good in silver. It’s a shame the Oyumaru and milliput failed, but yay for another Land Raider! I find it quite tricky making parts, my best results came from pressing into the two sides of the mould separately then pressing them together. The hard bit is getting the amount in each side correct. You either end up with too much so the parts end up too big or too little with gaps. Your solution of Cannibalisation of parts is a long tried and tested military process anyway, so good luck!

Yeah that and the milliput isn't as sturdy as I'd like, much too brittle for the lascannons long term.

Spent some more time on the gobbos, they're starting to get there. Very colorful little fellas!


Land Raider has gotten its tracks all muddied up. Did the first pass with Typhus Corrosion and then followed up more heavily on the outside with Stirland Mud.


After it dries I'm going to give it a good drybrush, but that mud takes forever to dry so done for the night!

I really like seeing such a variety of colors on those goblins. They're just so lively and fun! I think that the purple bow is my favorite.

Ah, the classics...making copies of small pieces of the old plastics can be done with resin and a rubber mold (they are also simpler than the very detailed plastics GW releases now). Just make certain you have one to use as a template.

Good luck.

CB

Those are some fancy gobbos, the coloured bows work really well. I’m loving how the simple colour changes are making these all look different despite being batches of the same mini. Great work!

Muddy tracks look cool, as do the rainbow goblins

Been a little busy the last 9 months, didn't realize I had been gone that long. Bought a new house, bought a new car, started a new job and started taking some more classes so I've been a bit busy. It was one of those structurally sound houses that needed a ton of interior cosmetic work.

So I finally got to drag out the paints, got a little work done on the old land raider. Mud is done, just need to finish the black parts to get ready for the hazard stripes. Hopefully I can get back to painting on a more regular schedule.

Time does fly. Good to see the Land Raider is still going to happen.

Good to see you’re still ticking over! The Raider is looking cooler with every brush stroke. The treads look nice and dirty, but we’re all hoping to see the hazard stripes come out!

Yes, Land Raider is definitely happening!

And I'm working on those hazard stripes, just got the tape down.

Oh, yeah. It gets better and better.

It's going to look grand MegaDave.

Cheers,

CB

Well, she's pretty much done!

I ran out of 2nd ed Iron Warriors decals so had to source those on eBay, once they are here I'll get the decals on and clearcoat everything.



Hopefully she's living up to expectations, will get some army shots once the decals are on.

Very nice, great hazard stripes!

I love it. You have a winner there.

Thanks fellas

Got the decals placed and whole thing matte varnished with the nice weather.


Landraider dropping some terminators off into the thick of the fighting


Armor pool got a serious upgrade!


Iron Warriors family photo

Great addition to your OG Iron Warriors, ultra crisp hazards per usual I had forgotten about how gobliny green your bases are, and just how many Chaos Androids you have O_O

Fantastic group shots, MegaDave!

Oooh i love a good army shot! A great looking bunch of Iron Warriors, neat and crisp work on the hazard stripes. I’m surprised you laid the black down before the yellow, I guess clean up is easier though.

What’s next? Back to the hero quest?

Looking ace, my dude. Love to know there's so many classic models still circulating.

Boss Salvage wrote:Great addition to your OG Iron Warriors, ultra crisp hazards per usual I had forgotten about how gobliny green your bases are, and just how many Chaos Androids you have O_O

Thanks, I think it fits in pretty seamlessly

youwashock wrote:Fantastic group shots, MegaDave!

Appreciate it!

gobert wrote:Oooh i love a good army shot! A great looking bunch of Iron Warriors, neat and crisp work on the hazard stripes. I’m surprised you laid the black down before the yellow, I guess clean up is easier though.

What’s next? Back to the hero quest?

Yeah I probably should have done black over yellow, but sometimes I do things without thinking about it, but I think it does make the tidy up portion easier like you said.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Looking ace, my dude. Love to know there's so many classic models still circulating.

They're eagerly awaiting thir 2nd wound and other updates.

Got a couple of the goblins finished, I like the gold and silver alternating bows.



Hoping to get the archers done soon so I can work on the spearmen.

 MegaDave wrote:
They're eagerly awaiting thir 2nd wound and other updates.

I think your Legionaries will be pleased! Good luck on plugging through the archers, like the bats and spiders I like how you're alternating schemes to have a more diverse set of baddies!

Love the eyes on those gobbos.