Yeah my own min-tank is shaped out to be pretty much a WW-II era 3 man light in size, Had I expanded the front where the driver will have a 3 are view, I might have made it a small medium, LOL!

Cool lightbox. Now let's see it in action

Problem with assembly-line painting is intermediate WIPs suck. I mean: I got 11 pair of blue pants painted this morning, in 4 different shades for some un-uniformity sake.I've started with the lining's red basecoat now. And there's nothing worthy of a pic in that !

To try out the light box anyway, I took new pictures of the Guardsmen painted at the beginning of the year:



(Almost straight from the camera, just auto-corrected the white balance)

And previous "best" shots:

Guess the construct helps.

Break's over, back to the line!

Cheers.

Batch painting might be efficient, but the Modern Times reminiscences started to get to me today: time to catch a break then.

Way behind in figuring somethingout for the ongoing LoER Comp, started some trial on a wanna-be energy fencing.

One of the Cubs had "rescued" this for me from a party last weekend:



Liked the potential, took it apart and piped the strands in for a tighter beam look:



Thinking it could work, I doubled-up the stakes: added a second LED on the opposite end for a more balanced effect, and reworked the powering and wiring to a less ramshackle temporary setup:



Of course it's yet only a very crude idea, but as far as concepts go, I don't dislike it. It's going to need some actual terrain around it, though...

Not much else for now (I did paint some too, but it would still be more of the same...)

Cheers

Do you only have the one?

It looks brilliant, and great idea. If you have spare Might I suggest very gently roughing up the surface of the Fibreoptic threads. they are designed to "beam light along there length, the fibres in them are all laid lengthways. However if you mess with the smooth surface of the threads it should give off a more even light along its length. If that is what you want mind you.
If you only have the one bit, Maybe make it the "gate" in the fence with one section being a generator.

I love the idea and knowing you it will look stunning in the end with terrain around it. As always looking forwad to your work.

Light box is looking effective, though I have found the same old rules apply, ie a darker background for darker models. For instance my one came with a dark blue, black and a white cloth backgrounds, just to run as base and back, leaving sides and top exposed for light to get to model. I am no photo expert and still mess it up, can never get the colours to come out right, so maybe someone with a bit better idea can help here.

I have some LEDs and other electronic bobs and bits, RL surpluses , so some other experiments can be done if requiered... And replicating too, if they work out.

The strands themselves are something else - I don't have a use for those - , but that thing was a party toy after all, should be easy/cheap to get some more if needed. I tried - not to much avail - cutting the threads at different lengths before stuffing them into the tube, the effect was negligible. Will try out the sanding instead, it will surely work better

I picked up two poster boards for backdrops - the pictured light grey and a black one - I was too lazy to switch them for that pic, though I should have (It was mostly an I'm still around shot). I'll seriously try it out when I finish painting the present lot, or at least, achieve a picture-worthy advance !

Led weapon fire, very interesting!

Really cool led idea for the weaponsfire , also nice results with the scrap tanks.

Good work on the commission models.

That fibre optic thing (good training of your cubs there too) shows a lot of promise.

Thank you all, gentlemen.

And:

 Dr H wrote:
...(good training of your cubs there too) shows a lot of promise.

Absolutely. I've got a whole crew of junk collectors, sorry, treasure hunters, enabling me here! This one was a really good catch

With hobby time at a premium this last few days, only managed to put a few minutes on the workbench now and them, managed at least to do the (custom resin) bases to go with the Gang:



C&C are always appreciated.

Thanks for dropping by.

Liking the bases! can't wait to see what they get on them mini wise

Interesting. Is EL wire ( no, no es THE wire, sino el alambre ElectroLuminiscente.) available in Argentina?

Treasure hunters... good. It's not junk if it has a use, eh?

Nice bases. I've never been a fan of the over-decorated base. Those are just right.

Bases are looking good. Great tone on the effects, rust especially.

@shasolenzabi: Thanks! Those are for a Delaque crew I'm painting on a sort-of commission. Test model is a bit further up; the rest are in process (Line painting does not make a good WIP pictures subject)

@Cam: Thank you! Tried to go with the casts, and keep them "quiet" not to clash with the figs. Only took it a bt further with the spill (modelled on the base), it came out brighter at first, I washed it down to subdue it some more.

@Red H: I swear to Gork and Mork (sorry, still behind in catching up with the Infinity fluff ) that I'd NOT even knew the stuff existed until last week, much less know how it was called.

I was doing some research on the matter (sanding/scratching the fiberoptics to diffuse the light does not work, BTW), went for neon strips, and came up with this. Even funnier - as I live in a rather hobby-wise backwater place - I happened to find a supplier a 15 minute ride away. Turned out, the guy imports straight from China and distributes all over the country: he had never sold any locally.

Ramblings apart, very crude WIP:



Needs detail work and some extra supports to keep the lines taut.

Innards and close-ups:



And throwing the switch on:



(Workspace lights off for these last shots, poor thing can't outshine the bench lights )

Still on the first tries here, but I think I has some potential (the material, not necessarily the fence )

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by.

That ought to keep the bugs out!

I saw the Delaque, Heresy Minis models, and well made looking too!

Looking brilliant dude, loving the fence, funny you having a seller just down the road like that, can't get nuffin, but a fibre-optic wholesaler 50 yards down the road.

Not sure, if I actually like the "wavey" beams, or would prefer straightened, the wavey ones remind me of Ghostbusters "guns". Extreme POWER! Kind of like that a lot the more I look at them.

shasolenzabi wrote:I saw the Delaque, Heresy Minis models, and well made looking too!

Ah, so you meant you wanted to see the actual - and painted! - minis on them, then? Working on it! I hope to finish all but the skin base coats on the whole crew today, maybe a bit more if lucky and I don't have to taxi the Cubs around much...

Camkierhi wrote:Looking brilliant dude, loving the fence, funny you having a seller just down the road like that, can't get nuffin, but a fibre-optic wholesaler 50 yards down the road.
Not sure, if I actually like the "wavey" beams, or would prefer straightened, the wavey ones remind me of Ghostbusters "guns". Extreme POWER! Kind of like that a lot the more I look at them.

Indeed: first time I saw an actual "modellers" styrene tube was when I got your package, acrylic paints have not been heard of yet, and only historical kits - and not that many at that - are available. And then I get this around the corner. Go figure.

They are (hopefully ) getting straightened up (as much as I love Ghostbusters, I'd say beams don't wave!). Columns bent inwards when I drew on the wire/beams - seems the physics of horizontal pulls and leverage apply even to model making - so I'll be adding extra supports to hold them up.

As a master builder I know said a while back, though, Sundays are for painting mins , so that will wait a bit, and I'll keep bouncing between projects some more...

Cheers.

Congratulations on reaching the heady heights of commision painting The gangers are looking good so far.

Good to see you've trained your scavenger cubs well

And nice to see some EL wire in use - I have a variety of wire and sheeting laying around waiting for me to actually do something with it.

Fantastic fence... wow. That really looks great!

Those look great

Do like the fence. Needs space marine pieces/chunks/gobbets at the base though. Space Marines are dumb enough to try and run through a laser fence. "It's just light. It can't hurt us." Dumber than a sack of gravel, that lot.

monkeytroll wrote:Congratulations on reaching the heady heights of commision painting The gangers are looking good so far.

Good to see you've trained your scavenger cubs well

And nice to see some EL wire in use - I have a variety of wire and sheeting laying around waiting for me to actually do something with it.

Thanks! I just hope I can live up to it now !

Cubs now well how to keep me happy, and distracted. Specially distracted

EL wire: just starting to play around with it, but liking it so far (barring some difficulties in tightening it for the fence, but that's a design/build issue, not imputable to the wire itself). Easy to work with, cabling is quite simple too. The power pack is a little big for the present purposes, will need an accessory building (power gen?) to conceal it in.

Gitsplitta wrote:Fantastic fence... wow. That really looks great!

Thanks Gits!

bigfish wrote:Those look great

Welcome, and thank you!

Red Harvest wrote:Do like the fence. Needs space marine pieces/chunks/gobbets at the base though. Space Marines are dumb enough to try and run through a laser fence. "It's just light. It can't hurt us." Dumber than a sack of gravel, that lot.

That cranked a laugh! Yes, I was maybe thinking about some severed Tyranid bits - a la keeping the bugs out -, a charred line on the ground, or a small tree/bush chopped sideways by the beams, but some SM bits... tempting.

Reworked the wires on the fence a bit, straightened them up a bit, but not 100% sold on them yet (Now that the columns hold, the base bent in ). We'll see...



And going along with the Sunday painting rule (not much to show, but tired of writing there's not much to show, and wanting to actually show something getting done ):

That fence is awesome!! Really impressive stuff and a great effect!! Go to say I quite like the slightly wavy lines of energy.. reminds me that the energy source might flicker and pulse a little bit and result in the wavy lines... still.. would want to keep your hands away from it that's sure!!

Thanks, Magos. I like your positive interpretation of the not-so-straight beams, might use in my own defence if all else fails

And if it conveys the idea of having to keep your hands off, something must be right about it

"Activate the electro beam fences! the bugs come at night!"

Cool fence! Could make some nice atmosphere on a board

Gang is looking good too. I like the heavy in particular.

Those neon things look great.

Good progress on the chaps.

Thank you, Gents.

Painted the second Delaque: Da Fat Boss



(Zoomable in the Gallery, if you care for a closer look)

Thoughts and comments are always welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Great job, looking good, nice shading on the coat.

Love the Delaque fat boss, but the fence won coolest thing I've seen today. Awesome stuff.

As much as batch painting quashes the interest of progress updates, when done, it pays off.

Downside of batch painting: None or boring WIP updates, risk of Modern Times syndrome.

Upside: When done, things get done in batches too

Three more down, and a couple others right behind them. Close to half-way done.

First Juve:



Shorty, big-eared, and scared by the sound of his own shots. Gotta love the fella.

Next Crew:



And the female, dual-machine gun wielding gangster:



C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love those Lt.... very nice.

Modern Times? A Chaplin Reference? I was always partial to The Gold Rush myself.

Looks good. Maybe a white point-- or something to indicate reflection-- on the sunglass lenses? Have you considered painting stubble on the heads, so the have a 5 o'clock shadow?

@Gits: Thank you, glad you like them so far.

@Red H: Sorry, but until I finish these, I'll abide by my choice, and stick with Modern Times as my reference for batch painting !

Yes to the reflection/light point on the glasses - to come along with the cleaning up and trimming of the lenses rims -, not so sure about the stubble (I mean, shouldn't mankind at least have discovered a decent, long lasting shaving system in 38K years?)

Still up - killing time to ferry one of the Cubs back home from a party in a while -, managed some extra late nite brush work: Sunday painting marathon indeed.

Pics of the next lot coming up soon, meanwhile, a family shot so far:



Thank you for stopping by and please, don't hesitate to comment and critique.

Very cool, and the bases are top notch.

I meant that The Gold Rush was my favorite Chaplin movie. Nothing wrong with the Modern Times reference. Sorry I can't make a reference to Argentine Cinema though. The only Argentine movie that I've seen is Sol de Otoño. It was a nice movie but hardly relevant.

Good progress. The red cuffs and lining give those coats a military look.

@inmygravenimage: Thanks!

@Red H: There are some good local movie pieces too, but, yes, none comes to mind relevant to the topic at hand

I do like the overturned red cuffs too, sadly only a couple of the models have them, they add a nice touch of colour to an otherwise drab top view.

Last night's progress:



Hoping that once mixed in among the rest, the late hours it was finished at won't show too much.

For the critical-eyed: Since I'm sort of getting paid for them, do you actually find these (tabletop standard) commission worthy?

Thanks for dropping by.

That gang looks so good together. Honestly Lt, I don't think I've ever seen them painted better (and I was around back in the day).

These guys are looking ready to exert their domination over their turf

@Gits: Serious thanks, high praise coming from you.

@Shaso: Not sure about their readiness then, maybe now, with some their new mate?

I'd thought about saving this one for last - in case motivation declined or something - but once I started...

Heavy fire-power:



Half-way mark already past, five more in the line now.

C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love the heavy. Is that a conversion?

 Littletower wrote:
@Gits: Serious thanks, high praise coming from you.

@Shaso: Not sure about their readiness then, maybe now, with some their new mate?

I'd thought about saving this one for last - in case motivation declined or something - but once I started...

Heavy fire-power:



Half-way mark already past, five more in the line now.

C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Now that is great! they can do suppression fire while the others sneak up on their enemies.

@Zogg: Thank! And nope, no modifications, just the stock model.

@Shaso: Until he runs out of ammo! After that, he can always club the opposition to death with it !

The new - and extended - family pic:



Cheers.

Great looking gang. I really like the basing, simple but very effective. And yes! Imo this is commision worthy.
Keep up the great work

Definitely nice work. My only suggestion is about the lighting. Perhaps try a few photos with a light below the camera, almost at the same level as the minis?

Absolutely commission worthy. And yes, I know what that is. I've done a few commissions in my day too. It is a good way to get to paint minis that are interesting, but that you do not want to own yourself.

Nice progress on the bald-ies. Looking good.

The bugs do come at night:




Hoping somebody remembered to pay the power bill...



Backtracking a bit: First try did not work out, when I tried to tighten the wires to achieve the intended laser-straight look, the poles bent inwards. Added angled supports, the (2mm styrene) base bent in, banana style.

Fence Mk II (not pictured anywhere), went for 3mm MDF, Did not work out either, base bent again. The pull from the tightened wires was still too much.

That brings us to Mk III:



Carved a length-wise groove into the base, added a metal rod - HO scale train railing - and very generously covered in epoxi two-component adhesive resin.

Since I was at it, I also changed the previous columns design: Adding metal reinforcements into the poles, reworked the angled struts in metal too, and cut an insert base for the columns, which in turn got bolted to the MDF.

Worked better:



I also heated the E.L. wire - finding the right temperature took some experimenting, melted and fused a couple cut-offs before putting the heat gun to the fence - to tighten it in place, which helped making it "almost" straight without ripping the structure apart again.

And put some "unifying" primer unto it to check the looks:



In scale active fence:



Guessing this one will have to do.

Only missing building the second one, finishing the bases, and paint. Before Christmas. Piece of cake !

Thoughts and comments are always welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

I would pay for a fence like that!!!!

Lol, now that is some interesting fencing

You definitely made the right choice to make laser fencing with EL wire.

@nerdfest: Guess I would too, if I lived in a place where most of the fauna was trying to kill me half the time ! Thanks!

@OMN: Thank you. I think it worked out well for the fence, and it is an interesting material to try some other effects too. Various colours and brightnesses available, too, though the latest is dependant on diameter. Power unit is a bit on the large side of things, will need to be concealed inside/under a building or hollow terrain bit of it's own.

Cheers.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
I would pay for a fence like that!!!!

Ditto. Fantastic work! Wow...

It's amazing what people can do when they aren't dead between the ears.... (like me).

Oh that fence is looking good, and nice work with the nid looking forlorny at the juicy meats inside, like a kid with no allowance staring through the candy or bakery window.

@Gits: ! Thanks!

@Shaso: Glad it seems to be working out, that's just the "feel" I was trying to get!

And then there were two:





While the primer dries, I'll try to go back to painting the last few of the crew, it's Sunday after all

Very, very cool amigo.

Beeeeeeeutiful!

Only two sections? More please

Very cool stuff. Now I have to get out and get some, or order some. Looks like some fun.

@Graven: Thanks!

@Gits: Ditto!

@Red H: More? Maybe after this get some paint on. Speaking of which, thinking about a colour for the columns, not sure yet about what will work both with the lights off (when the wire is a dark pink/fucsia) and on (cool blue/white light). Plus the basing. Must ponder some more...

And yes, do get some and try it out. And it is made to fit and follow curves, will suit you well!

Course change again, painted some more, and the Gang is done (barring touch ups and matt coat):

Two more crew:



Another one:



And last crew and the second juve:



Thoughts and comments are welcome.

Thanks for dropping by.

Excellent work. I like the shot of the big guy looking at the Juv... like he's saying "What the heck are you doin' boy?? Don't point that at me!"

Hey, the gang's all here....and looking good to boot

My only issue with these guys is that keeping on seeing them pop up here means that I've now caved and know I'll be getting some for my cultists

Good jobo and they look all like clone of Spider Jérusalem of Transmetropolitan

Great work LT Brilliant stuff.

Hey mate, those electric fences are incredible!! VERY effective and wellput together!

@Gits: Thanks again!

@MT: Sorry about that... Not! Last time, now getting ready to ship them out!

@Hellpato: Hi, and thanks! (Seems to be quite a character )

@Cam: Thanks!

@MagosB: Thank you!

Full Gang Pic:



(Almost overflowing my modest lightbox )

And a couple close ups:



A complete dozen, as requested .

Cheers!

That's a cool looking gang - will look great on Necromunda type terrain

Fencing looks great - really love the light up effect

These guys look brilliant! The big one, with the chainsword is great! Really good looking gang!

Very good idea on then fences! They would look great on a diaroma. Keep up the good work

Their owner will be quite happy. They look good. Nice unified gang.

Great work LT
Really like the guy with the minigun dont want to be on the receiving end of that^^
Keep up thegreat work!
Grtz
Mark

Nice looking gang. Tubby boss is great.

Beer Barrel and his gang look great! the person who commissioned should be pleased!

Gents, thank you very much, really appreciate those comments!

The Gang went home, and I got paid! And not only that, there's a second batch on queue, and even a downpayment on that!



That's what I have now to fiddle and play with: Deadzone Marauders, Rebs and Plague Starters. Over 35 figs to assemble and paint - and keep! - and maybe even try a game with sometime!

And bonus: Kickstarter only resin Plague big guy, rulebook, board, eight-sided dice, and on the side, a Russian-made multi-option sci-fi tank! Guess the Customer WAS satisfied after all!

As for the next commission lot, some more Delaque:



(A second heavy, a crew-to-heavy conversion, a sniper and an lop-sided crew).

Plus a few more, unassembled:



(Four other crew, one of them the second dudette model)

And a batch of tiny Hasslefree Grymns, to be made into another Gang:





The Delaque, to follow the same scheme as before. The armoured space halflings colours are still to be defined.

Guess this covers my painting "needs" well into the next year!

Thanks for dropping by!

Big plague guy is the best mantic mini imo. Looking forward to this stuff. I like that dancing ganger

Excellent haul my friend!

@Gits: It's a big haul indeed! Unseen before hereabouts, just wondering where to start now .

@ckig: I really dig the big ugly fellow too! What's even better, Eldest Cub seems to do too: he sequestered it today, headed straight for the workbench, and started cutting it off the sprue, filing, sanding and dry-fitting it for posing!

(I had invited him to go with me to the Client's and check out his collection - glass cabinet and all, seems like a trip to Dakka-land! - so he already feels the lot that came back home with us was part his, just 'cause. He'd been reading the rulebook since the night before, and now, that! Seems he maybe has fallen for it . As usual, not because Dad says or does so, but because somebody else does , but who cares, he-was-sitting-at-the-bench-with-a-tool-in-his-hand!)

Sorry, couldn't help myself there

Will start putting things together, cleaning and getting ready to primer ASAP.

Cheers.

Good haul

The only downside to Eldest cub getting the itch is that now he'll start to look at your toys and wonder what he could do to them, rather than the other way round

Nice haul, mate!
The plague dude looks really cool! I never had a closer look at the deadzone range, but just checked out
their store and found a lot of cool stuff.
Are the Delaque guys made of metal? I always thougt the Heresy minis are made of resin...
But this is great

@MT: It's all part of the plan. I doubt I would be getting any hobby related gifts for Christmas. The Cub, on the other hand... that opens a whole new world of possible sources: grandparents, uncles... Even the Ms. could start looking at some otherwise odd purchases with different eyes if it becomes a father-son activity, instead of a father locking himself up in the shop kind of thing .

Actually, he likes the game - 40K so far, though I've been wondering about trying something smaller/shorter for easy of play -, hadn't got into the modelling aspect of it yet. Now, he is giving it a try, and seems to be enjoying it. And I with him. Win-win.

@Boba F: The big plague is a great sculpt, and the resin model, a very good cast. The plastic ones, on the other hand - only started on a few other plague ones do far - no that much. Heavy mold lines and some flash, not too easy to clean up (Ended up attacking them with a dremel-run soft wire brush, which actually worked out quite well), and gap-filling required for the few (arms only) separate pieces.

But they DO look great, and seem to be going to take paint well. We'll see about that soon enough!

The Heresy Delaque (Sci-Fi Gangs in their listing) are white metal. Not too experienced, but I'd say great sculpts and casts. Same goes for the Haslefree I've been preping today for painting: though really petite, they are very detailed and high quality casts too.

Nothing pic worthy yet, but hoping to change that!

Cheers.

Base, some paint, and hazard stripes:



Thinking about skipping Mini's Sunday Painting and trying to finish this up instead, just in case...

C&C are always welcome.

Cheers.

Looking very fine. I must have missed it in the build... where exactly are the batteries kept?

 Littletower wrote:
@MT: It's all part of the plan. I doubt I would be getting any hobby related gifts for Christmas. The Cub, on the other hand... that opens a whole new world of possible sources: grandparents, uncles... Even the Ms. could start looking at some otherwise odd purchases with different eyes if it becomes a father-son activity, instead of a father locking himself up in the shop kind of thing .

Actually, he likes the game - 40K so far, though I've been wondering about trying something smaller/shorter for easy of play -, hadn't got into the modelling aspect of it yet. Now, he is giving it a try, and seems to be enjoying it. And I with him. Win-win.

says it fairly well. Although, if you want smaller/shorter, say something that is 10-15 minis on the table, and playable in under two hours, and in a ruleset escrito en su idioma, I can recommend a game. Rules are free You know the game. Just proxy some minis. Here's the link http://www.infinitythegame.com/archive.php You may want the markers too. They are on the page as well. You 'll have to build more terrain though. Doubting that would be a problem

Fencing is looking nice. No skipping Paint the Mini Sunday. If you must, split the day.

@Gits: Power pack is a separate piece (Its an "oversized" 2AA batteries holder, fits the two required - though not included, - batteries themselves plus the electronics for voltage inverter and lights control with three pre-programmed positions: permanently on, and two different flashing settings).

To keep the pieces manageable (long wires wind up being a pain) I added, after a short cable strip, a connector to separate them from the power pack and only attach them when needed:



(Might need some better concealment )

And WIP housing for the battery holder and controller:



(Quite big, as proven by Guardsman Ubiquitous. Can be opened up to insert and remove power pack. Switch is accessible from beneath)

@Red H: Already downloaded, will get on it ASAP. Terrain, umm. I can do that, I guess

I'll definitively try to throw some paint at something before the day's done!

Thank you for stopping by.

Cool. Bear in mind that it is a new ruleset, just released last week... and soon to be updated too. Apparently the Spanish PDF version was missing a key section about command tokens.

For the life of me, I cannot identify the source of the power center. I see that it is recyclable though.

Ah, the generator for the power fence, good to keep those pesky vermin out of the city!

@Red H: Nothing too fancy: light bulb blister and a PVC piping coupling. Based on a MDF cut-off, the bits on the sides and rear are screwed from beneath to allow opening for moving the pack in and out. It is recyclable, and I did recycle it, somehow ! Too thin to sand down, I guess cammo netting will have to camo the rescue once more.



@Shaso: Speaking of which...

Painting the Mini Sunday didn't really come along too well, had to settle with some rebumping and fixing up. Since I had taken this guy out for the fence's pics, and hadn't let me down, I tried to give it some some time under the brush, poor thing hadn't got past the base stage...

So, not much, but for something totally different as well, a painted bug:



(Base will get some more care next round, and it could use some tidying up, but...)

Comments and critiques are always appreciated.

Thanks for stopping by.

Great idea on the fence LT
Also like the red bug
Keep up the great work!
Grtz
Mark

Yes, red is a good color for a bug, or anything else for that matter.

Now I must ask about the primer used. I have such bad luck trying to paint that clamshell stuff. I usually cut the flat stuff up for window panes.

@ayoku: TVM!

@Red H: Red and black, with green spot colour. Might not be too original, but looks good!

In this case, Rust Oleum Sandable Primer (Automotive Line), catches up fine even in though surfaces/materials. I've also done well with their Plastic Primer (Specialty Line), though it is thicker than the other ones (Sandable and UltraCover) and I wouldn't use it when in danger of covering up fine detail.

Hope it helps, one is glad to be of service.

Yeah, but the parts, and the painting of it all, well it works!

It helps. Gracias. Rattle can primers have their uses. But with sub-freezing temperatures right now, I'll just have to wait. I won't use those things indoors, ever. I have some Krylon primer somewhere. It is for plastic outdoor furniture. Hmmm, maybe I'll try that in the spring. Some of those clamshell packages have really intriguing shapes.

 Red Harvest wrote:
It helps. Gracias. Rattle can primers have their uses. But with sub-freezing temperatures right now, I'll just have to wait. I won't use those things indoors, ever. I have some Krylon primer somewhere. It is for plastic outdoor furniture. Hmmm, maybe I'll try that in the spring. Some of those clamshell packages have really intriguing shapes.

That Krylon that actually bonds at the microscopic level to the plastic it hits? that will be solid foundation for painting on!

Good work on the gang. As with any commission work, a happy customer is a good sign you are doing it right, a repeat customer is a very good sign.

Good job on the fences. You may want (time permitting) to do something about the tiny gap between the two fences, as that huge monster might be able to squeeze through... Good job on him too.

Have a good Christmas.

Fences turned out great. Nice bit of creative recycling for that generator as well

Merry Christmas!

Those fences look fantastic, really clever idea.

Thank you all, and hope you all had a merry Christmas!

For yet another change of pace, I started on the (Cub N° 1's, apparently now ) Deadzone Plague, so yes, I got to paint some pinks:



And it is not even Sunday!

Thoughts, comments, critiques and suggestions are always appreciated.

Cheers!

PS: Yes, the gap between the two fence sections bothers me as well, it's a design flaw - more precisely, caused by an on-the-fly design change, brought by by the need to reinforce the poles to prevent them for bending in -. I'd originally though about making a "central" piece with beams going out to both sides, articulating freely to allow for different dispositions. Didn't work out .

That's a pretty neat figure... nice work on the paint too. Is the pink skin fluff based or your own inspiration?

@Gits: The colour scheme is based on Mantic's stock version, with a brighter note.

Started blocking another two; looking at the the pink base coat, I'd say Pesty and Bazooka Joe:



Thanks for stopping by.

I went with w more gore splattered look for mine. I have seen many interpretations of the plague all over the net, as they do come from many scattered and different artifacts, who can say what the strains of the mutagenic retro-virus will have?

@Shas: I just bowed to the inevitable and so officially gave them to Cub N° 1 for Christmas, paint and all. Pick of colour scheme was his then, and wanted to keep the official look, so thus. I tried to lighten/brighten the the colours a bit, giving these a tad more contrast between clothes and skin, and distancing the flesh from zombie undead.

Speaking of which, done with the other two for now (faces in particular need some more work), but calling them quick TT ready for the time being.



C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for dropping by.

I look like that after a liberal coating of Camomile Lotion after a good day in the sun!

Nice Pinkies.

Fence is done, all is safe now. Ja!





Powered up:





Scale and action shots (Sorry, no fancy pin-up models for these. Just my ever-present guardsman, and a bug, 'cause, bugs, and electric fences. Zzzzt).



Cheers.

Pure brilliance, and just plain AWESOME!!

Thanks Cam!

Power beams was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the theme, and I think it worked out well enough. Maybe not too practical table-wise (cables and all), but it does look different!

Pink skin? Hmmm, has potential.

Fence looks amazing. Shame about the absence of Space Marine gobbets on the base. Ah well, maybe you can add them later.

 Littletower wrote:
@Shas: I just bowed to the inevitable and so officially gave them to Cub N° 1 for Christmas, paint and all. Pick of colour scheme was his then, and wanted to keep the official look, so thus. I tried to lighten/brighten the the colours a bit, giving these a tad more contrast between clothes and skin, and distancing the flesh from zombie undead.

Speaking of which, done with the other two for now (faces in particular need some more work), but calling them quick TT ready for the time being.



C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for dropping by.

Well, that is the horror, they are still alive, in agony driving them insane, thus more susceptible to whatever suggestions the mutagen is feeding them through their linked minds, and voila, skills tht can still be used as opposed to the plague zombies that are undead reanimated corpses under the control of the plague (That pesky plague is quite adaptable to get it's mission completed).

Those fences are amazing!

@Red H: It's not just pink, it is bright pink. And brighter and less grimdarker opens up a whole new set of possibilities, doesn't it?

Sorry about the lack of SM laser-cut slices, tried to keep it generic, but the temptation is there... Maybe one little bit, just to make a point?

@Shaso: There are plague zombies too?

@EyeamRai: Thanks, and welcome.

Already sent in the requested extra pics, and thinking about what to do next... I don't know, might even keep on painting some more... It's kind of growing up on me, seems to be another acquired taste, after all

Cheers!

Really liking these fences dude, sooooo cool.

Damn it! These are some really nice fences! Very cinematic

Brighter is better. And I think it should be spelled Grimme Dark™. (like the UK spellings for programme or kilogramme.) That way it can be trademarked, and we know that IP protection is a top priority for some folks. The Astra Militarum is it now?

Those are of the 'restic' material? I've heard some unkind things about that stuff. Your impressions?

Good work on the pink dudes. Nice shading.

Oh, and good job on the fence. The addition of the plants work well.

@bigfish: LoL, mate, thanks a lot!

@Boba Fett: Again, thank you.

@Red Harvest: Slowly getting into an alternate bright lightness of the far (or not that far) future, just one step at a time...

Restic, yes. Mixed feelings about it, too. Let me came back to that soon.

@Dr H: Thank you, glad you think so.

And a last pic. Because, lets face it; there's only one reason people watch the Road Runner or go to a bullfight:



Ups!

Thank you for stopping by, and, just in case, happy New Year!

That electric fence is brilliant!

And happy new year to you, too =)

@RiTides: Thanks! Went for some experimentation, glad it worked out.

On a different note, and right before year's End (but missing the Christmas tree by that much), my prize for placing 2° on the 11^th Round of the LoER Terrain Contest: On The Road, has finally arrived!

From Red Harvest, a bucketful-o-bitz, plus some!



A metal Assassin, a set of huge riveted wheels, some energy-fence poles (and now I get them ), some spare hand jack carts and their operator, and a bunch of IG flamers, among many other goodies!

Again, thanks a lot, Red H., and I hope I make them justice!

Speaking of Comps, Round 12^th of the LoER Terrain Contest: Wall me up, fence me in has just finished, results are in, and the high-powered fence got the People's Choice award, and as Monkeytroll stated, I get to bathe in the warm fuzzy feeling you get from the respect and recognition of your peers I'll surely be drinking to that (too! ) tonight!

Cheers to all, and happy New Year!

 Red Harvest wrote:
Those are of the 'restic' material? I've heard some unkind things about that stuff. Your impressions?

Those Mantic's Plague are indeed hard plastic, restic, or sprueless plastic. rom my limited experience, not too (well) impressed with them. Plenty of mold lines - and quite prominent ones at that, too - not always with best placing either (I reckon some could have been avoided or ameliorated by a more exacting planning of the moulds), and - this being the most important part, I guess - very hard to remove when compared to GW's plastics, for instance. And I mean, very . Scrapping with the edge of a blade is not usually enough, I ended up attacking the most resilient parts with a Dremel operated (soft) metal brush. Worked out quite well, actually.

In truth, agreement with Cub N° 1 regarding those was he cleaned, prepped and assembled, and I painted them. Not my smartest move to get him started on the hobby side of things, since it got to be a quite hard and unrewarding task! (Hence, me dremeling them down in secret when the Cub wasn't looking )

De nada. I thought you might get a smile out of the 'hand jack carts'. They seemed a fitting inclusion.

Your fence pillars are much better than those anyway. Looks like Customs did you a favor by delaying them?

Sounds like something I'll avoid then, the restic. The other criticism I hear of it is that is is not very glue friendly at all.

Now drinking. This is my drink for this evening http://www.troegs.com/our_brews/mad_elf_ale.aspx

But just one. Potent stuff. But so good.

Nice haul LT - kudos to RH for supplying such a great prize

And congrats on the 'viewers choice' award - you keep on knocking great terrain pieces out fella.

Oh and Happy New Year to you and yours My drink of choice tonight will be water or something soft as I'm 'designated driver' and happy to be so (can't deal with hangovers at my age...)

2015 is already rolling, and it seems things are not going to paint themselves this year either, so started on the Grymm pack:





(There are -some- more highlights on the armour that I can not, whatever I do, get to appear on the photos )

Hope everybody had a great start on the New Year!

C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nice job, looks great, nice tones and smooth paint.

Would like to see the hair a bit more, um I don't know really, "shaded", not sure, maybe a dark wash, or a highlight. Just that it looks a little flat compared to the rest of the model. But please ignore me, I really have no idea. LOL

Nice to see you keeping to the painting Sundays thing, what else you upto this year bud?

Thanks Cam. Absolutely right on that, good catch. That's just a first layer on a pre-shadowed white base; wash to darken the recesses and a re-highlight on the same green (at least, maybe a second lighter one too, if needed) are coming next.

I wanted to put it through the owner (Client sounds kind of weird in this context to me ) before moving on with the paint, and since I had the pics...

As for what's next in the queue, there's always something: I've got a couple builds to finish - some half-done Hammerhead comes to mind... -, another (or three ) tankettes to make up for the one the flew over the pond... Maybe I can grab some other commissions, who knows...

I've had the dream-dea of a gaming table for quite some time (just impossible to justify, since I don't play more than a handful games a year, and some of those are not even at my place!), but...

Maybe some more terrain for a smaller board skirmish like game - I already have some DeadZone, or I could proxy Infinity in the meantime - so as to actually play...

I could even paint some IG, for all I know (Stranger things are bound to happen this year yet!)

Cheers!

right there, in their online store
http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/deadzone/plague/product/plague-zombies-20-figures.html

@Shaso: Not for now, though I never say never either

Client OKed the scheme, so got a couple more done before Paint the Mini Sunday (Plus a touch up on Monday morning ) was over:



Will probably clean up and prepare those bases for repainting next.

Thanks for stopping by.

Can't believe I didn't find your painting blog before Grymn are looking ace, dude

Where you gone to dude?

Well, I'm here still. Just laying low, but not gone!

It´s been a while. Summer, some outdoors, some vacation time. Work's been a bit hectic too as of late - in a good way, meaning mostly a nice load of it - but demanding nonetheless, crazy hours and getting home more tired than I had in a long time. To top that, just coming out of almost a month without Internet at home, sequel of phone lines washed away by a rather strong late-summer storm (and being too old school to post from something without an actual keyboard: I can read on a phone, and even message from it, but not write a full-length text on it)

Nevermind that: Some advancement hobbywise got done here and there: painted some more Deadzone minis - a few Plague, and a couple not-orc Marauders -, also played some with the elder Cubs too. More scenery is needed for that, so another project is starting to take form there as well.

And moved on on the commission front, too: so, without further chat, and first things first, JMMelo's just finished Grymm gang:





And up closer and personal:





Lots of catching up to do now.

Thank you for stopping by.

Estan buenissimos Lo único que te queria pedir es que cambies el color del pectoral del "lider" (el tipo de jaqueta con la espada), para que parezca que tiene la jaqueta por arriba de una armadura pectoral como la de los otros....

cool.... welcome back matey!

at least it seems you have your future tech now back again... man, aren´t we all a bit addicted to the interwebs? i sure would go bonkers if my web would fail...

the gryms look very good... unique while still being one force themed together!

cheers, vik

Very colourful! I like it. Never thought I'd see a dwarf with a pink beard

Squats were not the only ones coloured as off late.

Goblin sniper from a Deadzone Marauders fire-team on the making:



And his heavy-punching cousins:





@JMMelo: Glad you approve. I wasn´t sold on the the jacket guy either, will surely try the under armour to improve the colour scheme on him.

@Vik: Being unplugged was a bother for both the Ms. and I, but awfully hard for the - teenagers, go figure! - Cubs. It´s good to be back on line, too many things run around the webs nowadays not to...

@ckig: Thanks! The idea behing the scheme was to tie them up with their uniforms, and bring them apart through the personalized dyed hair. Once on that path, and having laid out the available colours for that, the pink beard was just the way to go.

Cheers.

thank the heavens my kids still aren´t online aged....*pheeewwww*

well i´ve eyed the deadzone orky team up for quite a long time too... looking goood there... but it feels as if the primer is a bit on the rough side, eh?

also...they´re monopose?

The smaller ones are single casts. The bigger ones are multipart, so possable, though not too flexible at that. Some flash and odd moldlines here and there, but nice all in all.

Did not have - at least, not that I noticed - any issues when priming. Do you think there's something wrong there?

from the pics i seem to see a slight frosty effect... but ...if you don´t see it right in front of you then it isn´t there... as you see the real mc coy...

Dat yellow! there is one very flashy Orx

¡Por Fin! Has vuelto. O ¿habés vuelto?

And been painting too. Good. Very good. Those deadzone marauder minis look interesting. That giant block of yellow is going to be a challenge. Can an Orc ( or do they say Orque, or orx? Meh.) dressed as a banana be taken seriously on the battlefield XD.

@Shazo: Bright indeed. Actually, how to tone it down a bit - need to pick up some more details in alternative colours and maybe some battle damage, too - is the problema at hand now!

@Red: Never gone, just quiet . But kept to painting (almost) every Sunday!

Orcs, orx(s) and orkes never get taken seriously, yellow or not, until it's too late. That is half their charm (Grots are the other half!). As to facing the yellow-block challenge, and how to solve it, still working on it, see above.

Client's wishes being orders - doubly so when the Client is also right - and all, I reworked the Gang Leader's body armour as the rest of the gang's:



And a few touch ups here and there too, mostly to correct slips noticed on the pics.

Thanks for stopping by.

Making me want to start a Grymn platoon!

Gang leader looks much better now

Totally agree, the leader is looking the part now!

And the Orks, awesome too! Must be a pain to paint all that yellow

Good to see you back, LT.

Like the old dude with the pink beard.

Good work.

If you want to build more terrain you could always join the current LoER contest...

Great to have you back buddy boy! Lookin great.

@Shazo: Do start one, these are great. But small. Quite small

@ckig: Thank you, glad you do!

@JMMelo: Good for the Grymm, thanks for the Orks part. Not that bad, just many coats...

@Dr H: Terrain, rivets, repurposing... Sounds good

@Graven: Thanks!

More Deadzone, Plague this time:

First, a limited ed. Stage 1A:



(Base to be finished yet)

It's WIP commoner cousin:



(I'd say the comparison between this two quite depicts the hard/sprueless plastic and/or restic issue)

And the lesser Stages 2:



(Lesser both in-game, as compared to the big fella above, and IMHO, mini quality wise, too)

The game is very terrain heavy, might have to do something about that, too...

Cheers.

Ah going "classic" plague I see.

As for a Grymn platoon, I already own 4 Grymn battle walkers and I use 2 pilots as agents of "Section "N"" for my Inquisition
Abhuman agents

On the first Phase 1, is he completed? Don't you think those nails could use a wash? They are too clean And about the terrain, maybe I can hook you up

shasolenzabi wrote:Ah going "classic" plague I see.

I couldn't let the chance of painting something pink just go by, could I?

JMMelo wrote:On the first Phase 1, is he completed? Don't you think those nails could use a wash? They are too clean And about the terrain, maybe I can hook you up

I wanted to have a high contrast spot colour on the nails, but you are right, something is missing/incomplete there. I'll try a wash on them before calling it really done. And I'll work some more on the base, too.

As for terrain, I'm all ears !

Not much done since last Paint-the-mini-Sunday, no new pics yet.

Thanks for dropping by.

It is a nice glowy pink, I like it, kinda sickly enough to be about right.

Pink works. Dunno why so many people seem allergic to it. Looks like a Parkour mutant too, the one about to go over the wall...

@ JMMelo, Your screen name reminds me of this Japanese TV show http://www.nhk.or.jp/j-melo/nhkworld/

And mine are darkish, the nearly black metallic armor, the gory reddish colors, LOL< My thought is the "PLague" likes to play around a bit.

 Red Harvest wrote:
Pink works. Dunno why so many people seem allergic to it. Looks like a Parkour mutant too, the one about to go over the wall...

@ JMMelo, Your screen name reminds me of this Japanese TV show http://www.nhk.or.jp/j-melo/nhkworld/

No relation

LT, I´ve got 5 Maki Games Cathedral elements. They got sent to me by mistake, but since shipping is so expensive, the company said I can keep them. They are roughly 3" x 6", and 4,5" in height, and I am willing to let them go cheap

Well, it's been a while. Over two months since last time over here, and very little to show for it...

Long boring story short (though not less boring), real life kept getting in the hobby's way - work, mostly -, some taking care of a bit of home chores, ferrying the cubs to and fro... The usual.

Did some lurking too, though still have quite some catching up to do. And managed to put a (very little) paint on a few things here and there, say, every other Sunday...

Got around here with three DZ Rebs:







(Remembered now that I wanted to redo the grenade pack on the back of the second guy and apparently did not get around to actually do it... Or the eyes...)

And blocking some colours on the second batch of not-Delaques:



That's all, not much, but some. Hope next update doesn't take as long as the last time...

Comments and critiques are, as always, welcome.

Cheers.

Hello, nice to see you dude, life seems to be hectic for us all at the moment. Always good to see something from you.

Nice to see you back LT.

Wonderful colours mate, and lovely to have you back. Feel free to swing by the LOER contest

those vibrant colours are awesome!!! and welcome back!

Good to see you back, LT. Nice start to the various little plastic people.

Those little monkey guys are very cool.

@Camkierhi: Thanks, Cam. Hectic. Yes, indeed. Good word, too. Old Chinese curse about living in interesting times and all...

@Gits: Thank you! Will try to stay back this time!

@Graven: A little behind with old projects, but will try to give a shot. Great theme, BTW!

@Vik: Hey, Vik! Glad you like them!

@Dr H: Thanks, Doc! Sorry to have missed your Comp round (Nice reference pics in there )

@insaniak: Thank you. Wanted to try some more lively colour choices on the DZ rather than the usual grimdarkness, glad it seems to be coming through.

I managed to put some more colour on the Delaques today, and started with the longcoats' red lining. It already adds a good contrast to what I had so far, pics to come soon.

Cheers!


Edit: Erased tripled post, guessing due to poor connection/over-refreshing issues

Nice come back! the colors on those reb aliens are amazing.

@Shaso: Thanks!

Paint-the-mini Sunday, didn't finish one, but put paint onto a few.







Trenchcoats getting there.

Guns next, and then skin. Should be easy !

C&C are appreciated.

Thanks for stopping by.

Delaque looking spiffy! Trench-coats make it so

rather artistic delaques^^

It's been too long since I chopped some plastic, so put the brushes away today and got started on a new batch of custom Grot tanks.

Just the basic hull shapes for now:





And for scale:



That last one might be too wide, might have to redo it...

Some grinding, sanding and gap-filling to do now.

Cheers.

Very promising!

Delaques look brilliant.

And really great to see you in touch with your Mek again.

More Grot tanks!

Oh yeah baby he's back!

@All: Thanks a lot, good to be around!

Little to show for today's work, two of the to-be hulls did turn out too wide, one got replaced by a new, trimmed one (saved the wider chassis for future use); the other one stays, I´ll rework the track design to keep it from overgrowing sidewise.

And, Sunday and all, no painting today either...

Weather forecast for the week is quite grim, there's even a chance of rain over the next day or two, so maybe - work is mostly outdoors - I'll even get a chance to get some more done before the next weekend.

Thank you for stopping by.

Complaining about the weather? Let's see, yesterday in DC, it was 36.6C with 40+% relative humidity and today, 34C with 45+% relative humidity. Mmm. balmy. Oh and rain? Hereabouts, thunderstorms practically every night. Could be worse though. The massive drought in California for example.

Quite the grot tank collection. That is packing foam-- not styrofoam?-- of some sort, which you are using as filler. Never found a use for it myself. But that is a good idea.

Well, it didn't rain, so no time off...

 Red Harvest wrote:
Complaining about the weather? Let's see, yesterday in DC, it was 36.6C with 40+% relative humidity and today, 34C with 45+% relative humidity. Mmm. balmy. Oh and rain? Hereabouts, thunderstorms practically every night.

No, no complaining, quite the contrary. It doesn't rain more than a dozen times a year around here, so it was more of a hope... Did not come through, though...

That is packing foam-- not styrofoam?-- of some sort, which you are using as filler. Never found a use for it myself. But that is a good idea.

Yes, packing foam (as in extruded polystyrene). Cut to the basic shape for the hull, and used as a frame/support for mounting the chassis' pieces. Holds everything together while the glue dries, and makes - specially odd or angled joints - easier.

As said, little time, so little progress... First turret WIP:



Welded, not riveted, but what do Grots know about the true underlying facts of the Universe?

Thanks for stopping by.

Neat job with the welding LT.

Thanks, Gits!

Begining of the track-works on the second one so far:



Cheers.

Great work on the turret buddy.

Track mechanics looking great.

@Cam: Thanks. See below for done - and blingy, but that is going to be taken care of later - tracks, and some more.

Might have gotten a bit carried away on the weapon thing...



How's that for a Rokkit? Needs a wick.

C&C are welcome.

Thanks for stoppping by.

That's one heckuva rokkit!

LOL! Compensating??

Wow! One Grot-Tank with a big command/view tower, and another a BIG rokkit! can't wait to see what the others are gonna get on them!

EyeamRai wrote:That's one heckuva rokkit!

Thanks!

Gitsplitta wrote:LOL! Compensating??

Well, it is indeed a small tank, for a small Grot... I guess a big bomb would only be fair...

shasolenzabi wrote:Wow! One Grot-Tank with a big command/view tower, and another a BIG rokkit! can't wait to see what the others are gonna get on them!

Just one more for the time being, they seem to come in threes. And no idea yet, not much of a plan, these are somewhat just growing for themselves...

Only requirement was the weapons loadout: one rokkit launcha (check), two kustom mega blastas (coming up next); and not too obnoxiously big weapons. Might have missed the mark on that one.

Ah, so you are in the rain shadow of the Andes? ( Sombra de Lluvia? No idea what the term is in Castellano.)

Crude welding? So, Soviet Grots? Grotskys!

I think some sort of bed/channel/ramp for the rocket would be a nice touch.

I really like that "mono" track! Looks really cool!!

the mono track tanky is a crazy idea....how would grots be able to steer them? probably be getting out and shoving them back in the right direction, then getin drive onwards and redo from start

the turret (even tho it is welded^^) looks very grotty^^

Like a sled maybe... with bars on the sides that can dig into the ground and create resistance that drags the tank in one direction or the other.

@Red H: Hadn't heard it like that, but definitively yes, most of the rain stops at the other side of the Andes! Makes weather forecasting easier, too

And agreed, some launching ramp is needed there, will do.

@Magos: Thank you, glad you approve!

@Vik: Not a specialist, but from what I hear, Grots know only two directions: forwards if prodded, reverse if not

Speaking of possible (over)compesating,the other gun:



And the last one, this one in a more "reasonable" (if such applies to the topic at hand) scale:



Both very WIP kustom mega blastas.

Thoughts?

Thanks for stopping by.

Methinkst with a bit of tweaking... you could make the second one look like the giant plasma phallic symbol on that one IG tank. Not that I really want it to look like a penis, but copying the look of that gun on the plasma tank seems to be a very grotty thing.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Like a sled maybe... with bars on the sides that can dig into the ground and create resistance that drags the tank in one direction or the other.

interesting idea Git....that could work...although of course considering grots this might be too much high tech in a way it is like steering a canoe...


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 Viktor von Domm wrote:

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Like a sled maybe... with bars on the sides that can dig into the ground and create resistance that drags the tank in one direction or the other.

interesting idea Git....that could work...although of course considering grots this might be too much high tech in a way it is like steering a canoe...

ed! Almost missed that, glad Vik brought it back up . Will try it out and see how it looks.

As for:

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Duck and dive!

Nice work on the tanks, LT.

I can see Grots just using an anchor that they throw off one side or the other to turn; kind of like batman using a lamp-post to turn a sharp corner, but much less efficient.

Hobby time is at a premium, and unfinished projects pile up...

What would a sane hobbyist do in such a situation? (I wouldn't know, never met any ). Me, I'd start yet another one!

At least, this one was (had to be!) of the quick kind. I got some Deadzone games in during the summer (Sidenote: cant' believe it's been over half a year since that already); terrain is a must. I have painted a few minis for it, but was lacking on the scenery front. And it needs quite a bit of it.

And I haven't had much time lately...

Time ago I'd seem some great things done with plastic electrical boxes (Iron Hand's How-To Index), never seen one nor tried it before, but sounded good... Short detour on the way home on Friday, and...

"Raw" materials:



Two octagonal ones in different sizes, and a rectangular one. PVC (only fair for DZ), mould lines and flash all over, of course (This are to be embedded inside the walls, after all). Dirt cheap, too. Sand and cut easily; sadly, they do no pile up well. Can't have it all, I guess.

The small octagons showed the greatest promise:



(Tried a two-level mash with the two rectangular ones: I have not given up on it yet, but it doesn't look too good so far)

As seen, very quick, basic job cut and refitted the cut-out for a door after adding a simple frame, covered a couple holes with vent grilles (a la Red H, ), opened up a window and stuck some gubbins on the roof (both for covering holes and breaking it up a bit). Ease-of-storage was also important, so no high aerials or overhangs on the sides either.

Speed spray-painted (black inside, grey on the outside, white top dusting, stone-textured spray on the lower part of the walls. Spent more time shaking the spry cans than actually spraying. Not too efficient at this point, but great for mass-producing the dozen-or so needed for a proper board.



Next up: some heavy washes and drybrushing. Sponge-weathering and a stencilled "something" for a spot colour, maybe.

Scale shots for context:

 Dr H wrote:
Nice work on the tanks, LT.

I can see Grots just using an anchor that they throw off one side or the other to turn; kind of like batman using a lamp-post to turn a sharp corner, but much less efficient.

Thanks, Dr. Pondering about it, but yes, it'll either be some plough-like spike digging into the ground on either side, or a line&hook gig. Or on only one side, to make a right-turn only tank?

Normal (Ja!) programming will be resuming shortly.

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Neat grot tanks in progress.

Very nice octagons. You should put a trapdoor in one and get it in the LOER contest

good to see someone use electrical boxes!!! that is a very cool material to work with! i have often contemplated to get me even more of these... i bought me a bunch of these some years ago and still never had the chance/ideas to use them...

Kinda get a Star Wars vibe to it but more techy, good idea as well and those pop out channels could come in handy as flaps for the windows opened or closed.

Nice job on the Grot tanks you can never go wrong building Grot tanks

Those octagonal ones look great as they are. Perfect additions, added you have.

@Warboss_W; Thanks! Some more, not much, got done today.

@graven: Right, no more excuses. Still 4/5 weeks left on the comp, if I'm not mistaken? Will do, then. Hardly up to the high bar of the ongoing WIPs, but 'll figure something out on theme to be there. These should be rather easy to mass-make, at least to this point. Might try to trade off quality for quantity, and take my chances at it that way

@Vik: Very nice base material/starting point. you should put them to use!

@LDD: Hi, and thanks. Agreed on the SW milieu, dessert outpost style. Strung that cord over here too. Wondering now if painting it to reinforce it, or going towards something quite opposite to disengage from the look. Probably for, IMO (yellows and tans for the dusty weathering?), but open to other ideas. No rush.

As for the tanks, loving the process! Every borderline OCDered (self diagnosed, so take that with a -big!- pinch of salt ) hobbyist should try out some asymmetrical, un-squared, un-trimmed Grot build at least once. It's almost therapeutic!

@Dr H: Thank, you, Master H!

As said, some (scant) progress on (one) of the tanks. But progress!

Steering problem on the mono-tracked tank possible solution, V 1.0:



(Also added a launching ramp and wick on the rokkit and the start of the driver's view-port)

And closer up:



(It's missing one joint to be actually functional, but I was kinda hoping to get away with it )

As always, feedback, questions, critique, and various comments are all appreciated.

Thank you and good night.

That works for me.

hehe love the wee grot tanks! So full of character!

Those Hex boxes look really cool... could be modular parts of a space station or something..... that would be a pretty cool game board.... if you could stick mini's to the surface ... could have almost a space station 3d game board..... ooooooo and have the battle raging on the outside of the space station.... anyway, reel in my imagination... cant wait to see what you do with them!

i can see where that mechanism might work...with grot grease, spit and blood and pure stubbornness...

@Gits: Glad you approve, so be it then!

@MagosB: The 3D gaming "board" would be a real sight, maybe some day... Gave it some more care, pics coming soon.

@Vik: Thanks, mate! Some more details to match the "finesse" of the steering system:



Close ups:



And a lonely Grot for scale:



Mono-track, turret and motor grill-cover are detachable for shipping, painting, and gaming (turret, that is) purposes.

Just a few more rivets to add to this one before moving on, revolving-punch-riveter died in action a short while ago and is still to be replaced...

C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Those exhausts remind me of antennae.... Ant-tank. Rocket ramp looks much improved. The wick on the rocket is a nice detail.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Very nice octagons. You should put a trapdoor in one and get it in the LOER contest

Make them stackable, and put a trapdoor in each It's a long way down....

@Red H: Stacking them would have been nice, unluckily the boxes do not pile up well (the sides are slanted inwards, if stacked, the upper one fits into the other one almost half way down).

Straight walls could be added to gain an extra level, of course, but that would beat the objective of using those right-as for a speed build.

A trapped-door raised walkway to join two modules is not out of the question though, or a roof door for top access. Maybe not the most original, but could do. The actual timeline for the comp, and recently hobby-available (un-available, actually ) time, OTHO...

Cheers.

Some sort of insert would do. Sandwiched between the two boxes. (intercalado)

I hear you about the hobby time. Things are supposed to be more settled when you get older, not less. I think I was deceived

That is looking close to paint time!

Getting older? Wouldn't know about that, I'm still waiting to grow up.

So, I just realized this will be my 1.001 post on Dakka.

Took some time, too.

Off normal programming, some side tracked ramblings are in order.

Note: By all means, free to skip, actual related progress will eventually come around.

How on earth does an argentino get into a niche, locally almost unknown hobby-game, mostly unavailable, utterly expensive (talking here about exchange rates and import policies, not getting into the actual pricing debate with this), and nigh to impossible to explain to others?

(Not that that last point is much of an issue, once cleared with my best half, the rest of the world is free to think as they like).

And that is before even mentioning it is about little plastic toy soldiers!

To make a long boring into a short boring one: As a kid, I’d tried some little modelling – a few historical, couple Tamiya and Revell tanks and planes, one or two small dios with converted infantry left-overs from those. No much. Also tried some model railroading, even built a board for it (first woodworking project, too) and my first attempts at scenerying.

Loved reading too (still do), went through the SciFi and Fantasy classics and some more (also more serious literature, but that’s not to the point at hand).

About the time I was finishing high school, I spent a term in the States as an exchange student. Awesome experience, can not recommend it enough. And among a lot of other, and probably more important and profound eye-openers and character building experiences, I met D&D.

I’d never even heard of something like that before (mind it, I’m talking about pre-Internet era here, paper mail posted letters time) and I loved it. The idea of it, at least: I didn't even get to play much back then, and left it at that once I got back home. There weren't Spanish-translated rulebooks (not there, nor here), and getting them from Spain, for example – which doesn't sound crazy today, wasn't even conceivable at the time -.

Fast forward through fifteen and some years interlude (Some things did happen during that time, mostly getting a degree, travelling, work, marrying, travelling a bit more, moving a few times, getting a house, kids. The usual growing-up-and-maturing stuff, I guess)

One day, my little brother (twelve years my younger, full next-generation type, all-round gamer, card and role player) brought up 40K. I listened. And I fell for it.

The game itself looked like a boy’s dream: I still played a Risk-like war board game, these was just that, but taken to a whole new level: actual models instead of coloured chips, but soldiers, and tanks, and real terrain in place of a board map.

And I got bitten by the building bug. Little if any real hobby resources, I turned to experiment and improvise. And I fell even deeper. Fully caught, I was. Browsed a bit, read some, found some blogs. Found Dakka.

Had followed modelling blogs and Comps for a while, I finally jumped in into one, and kept on. Didn't do too bad in some of those, and now I even have some custom commission works in progress on the workbench!

Game’s wise, I don’t think I've gotten more than a tenth games in, and haven’t won more than one or two! Short ago I picked up on DeadZone too (easier, faster, shorter), slowly painting and building my way into it now as well.

Still learning, and enjoying every (scarce) moment of it.

Hobby time is always short, and lately it’s been even shorter. Not complaining – being an independent contractor, work-crazy is actually a very good thing!

And that’s all I have to say about that.

Promise to try not to side-track ramble again for the next one thousand posts.

Cheers.

PS Regular programming will resume shortly, hopefully, even with some pics to show for it!

Edit: Corrected for some misspellings and time-line/vocabulary mistake!

so....to sum it up...usa is contagious for getting you the tabletop bug...yep...fully understandable...

and i quite enjoyed the lil rant...since the whole webway thing started to really bloom we live in truly wonderous times...so much is available, so much help...and even understanding for so many weird/cool/unique ideas can be shared...

waiting for regular programming^^

congratz for 1001 times of saying brilliant/dumb/incomprehensible/entertaining stuff (cross out inappropriate)

cheers, vik

Great read, wonderful insight. The internet makes our hobby so much more... Friendly I suppose

Well done mate! Really nice story to read! Here's to 1000 more!

@All: Thanks a lot.

@Grave: Friendly, indeed. And more

@Shaso: Close to paint, but not by me. Built by request, once the three of them get done, they'll start their long journey up north to join Gitsplitta's Grots of War.

As for actual hobby progress, finished(?) the DZ Hab Module:



Orange-furred Rebs for scale:



(One of them got some greenery on the base, contrasts nice with the skin, IMO).

I'll definitely try a last-minute-rush trapdoor version for the current LoER Comp.

Thank you for dropping by.

Nice job on the mono-track.

I think many people have a similar story to that.
I've been building models all my life (there was a brief gap at the beginning while I developed motor controls etc.), I never really met anyone else that built models so was a solitary thing, but it was only when I decided to try out 40k miniatures that I discovered DDakka and that you didn't have to build a model following the instructions... Now I'm sculpting and casting my own models and model kits to sell to people.

good looking habs LT...one minor suggestion tho... the holes originally meant for break throughs for cables and suchlike... while they make great looking windows and arches for door frames...i would add a sheet of plastic card behind it so that you cant look through...it is of course moaning at a high level here as it wouldn´t be see from human standing perspective...ut it would give you the opportunity to make light effects as if it is lit from within...

these rebs are quite good looking where are these from?

perhaps a touch more color to the pieces? A Horizontal stripe?

I'm not aware of any sci fi or fantasy books by Spanish language authors, except one, Temblor (Rosa Montero) I am curious to know of others. By serious, Borges? Puig?

Rambles are fine on these blogs of ours, y'know. it's always interesting to hear how someone fell into the hobby.

Oh, a score of years, a score=veintena. I think you've confused it with decada. Or I've misread your post.

Dr H wrote:Nice job on the mono-track.

Thanks, Dr! It's in the to-prime queue now, waiting foe it's brothers.

...and that you didn't have to build a model following the instructions...

Cheers to that

Viktor von Domm wrote:...i would add a sheet of plastic card behind it so that you cant look through...

Good call, done.

These rebs are quite good looking where are these from?

Mantic Deadzone starter, reb faction, traded in for some painting.

Red Harvest wrote:perhaps a touch more color to the pieces? A Horizontal stripe?

Agreed. Tried it with the lettering on the sides, but it is not enough. Stripe sounds good. Green, maybe? The vents need some attention too.

Oh, a score of years, a score=veintena. I think you've confused it with decada. Or I've misread your post.

My bad. Mixed it up with Spanish lustro, five years. I might feel like sometimes (or the Cubs may think so ), but I'm not that old! Corrected, thanks.

...it's always interesting to hear how someone fell into the hobby.

Indeed

I'm not aware of any sci fi or fantasy books by Spanish language authors, except one, Temblor (Rosa Montero) I am curious to know of others. By serious, Borges? Puig?

Just my personal opinions and (scant) kowledge on the topic here: Spanish writing authors probably lean more towards fantasy than proper sci fi...

With that in mind, Borges, of course (Fantasy, soft sci fi, maybe Sturgeon like?). Cortazar (surreal, especially his short stories). Science fiction: Bioy Casares', "La invención de Morel".

Spaniards Juan Miguel Aguilera and Javier Redals' collaboration in the hard sci-fi Akasa-Puspa series, and Aguilera's historical sci-fi "La Locura de Dios".

Back to argentinians, "El Eternauta", comic book by the genre's national icon Hector German Oesterheld.

More recent, Liliana Bodoc's 2002-2204 "Saga de los Confines" (The ends of the earth?), epic fantasy with strong references to the conquest of America.

I'd love to hear your thoughts if you give any of those a try.

Hobby front: Some progress in various ongoing projects: little more paint on the Delaque, started the tracks of one of the other Grot tanks, and tried V.2.0 of the two-story modular habs with at least more success than the previous attemp Nothing pict worthy yet though...

Will try to solve that tomorrow.

Cheers.

Hey LT, sorry for not commenting earlier... been away on vacation. Love the rokkit tank! I've got an idea to put a little Slim Pickin's grot rider on it (a-la Dr. Strangelove).

I will indeed seek them out. My local library has a couple of shelves of Spanish language books.

Red, orange or yellow for the hab modules, some sort of warm color to contrast with the very cold gray. And perhaps something printed and applied to the circular punch outs, or even a free-handed pattern for a company or military unit...

@Gits: Now I fell like getting myself a cowboy hat!

@Red H: Will definitively add some stripes on V.2. And let me know if you can't find the book(s) around there, sure something can be worked out.

Speaking of which, two-storied version, with added trap-door hatches on the roof, trying to get them fit into the current LoER Comp:



Some more done, and roof hatches added:



Close ups:



For scale:



If those can be made to count as trapdoors, might even get them done before the Comp's deadline.

I already have an idea for adding raised walkways...

Thoughts and comments are welcome, as always.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stuck some more bits here and there, added the walkways, primed and pre-grimed:







C&C are welcome.

Cheers.

That's going to be a great piece of gaming terrain.

Works well, LT. Good job.

Although a couple of the walkways appear to end at tiny windows and not doors as you might expect?

[belated] Thanks![/belated]

@Dr. H: Shh, those are not windows, they are trapdoors too!

Moved the walkways around a bit to solve the issue for now.

Orange stripes for colour, and hazard stripes, just 'cause hazard stripes, and some wheathering:





Getting closer.

C&C are always welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

I love a good trapdoor I do

did you use masking tape for these perfect straight stripes?...looking amazing!

the plastic electrical boxes look great! I wonder if my local Lowe's has any?

probably...tho maybe in a variation of the theme...these kind of suplies have an amazing hobby value!

Some more shading in the 'ribbing' on the roofs? Also, in the future, signage en Castellano, por favor. Give the piece a more personalized touch. And, on the subject of signage, I recently found this, http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/symbols.php#id--Semotic_Standard which looks useful. Of course, I would recommend the ones in hexagons.

Some more bits of color to counter-act the overwhelming grayness? Final thought: some indication that the catwalks are attached somehow? A handrail?

Very nicely done, and very playable too. I like the catwalks best.

@Graven: Glad you approve, thanks!

@Vik: Even that you might think I did those free-handedly is flattering ! Yes, masked and painted, and sponged over that with thee base grey for chipping.

@Shaso: Agreeing with Vik above, I'd think so, too (These had a small metal insert, - fixing point for screws, easy to remove -, and were very cheap as well).

@Red H: Thinking about hoy to add some contrast on the roofs (the shading is there of sorts, but hard to get on the pics), colours would be better, wondering where and how, though. A rooftop flowerbed?

Signage: Great resource, As for writing in Castellano, I have never actually thought of it ! At least, I'll have to try some in English and Spanish next time, I guess

Tha walkways are not attached, to maintain lay-out flexibility. I might still add some guarding on them, fixed only to the catwalks (and not to the habs themselves) to keep them modular. I first need to figure out a shape that could work indistinctly if used on an horizontal walkway and on an inclined ramp without looking odd or slanted in either.

Cheers.

Very inventive blog, especially liking these Delaques and that machine on rails earlier on.
Will be interesting to follow your next projects...

Man proposes, the hobby gods dispose...

I wanted to do some more work on these before the Comp´s end, but such is life...

Not unhappy about hoy the turned up, quite decent for game use, even if I say so myself, could use detailing and touching up as Comp entries.

Keeping in mind the initial plan - quite quick terrain pieces, easy and rather fast to make and paint -, I'd said accomplished: 90% electrical junction boxes, mostly sprayed basecoat, washes and a bit od drybrushind and edge highlight (which could certainly be better).

Pics:



Close ups:





Scale:



And in action:



Cheers!

Excellent use of materials.

Looks absolutely amazing bud, really great for game play.

Good luck in the competition.

@Kernel Terror: Thanks, and very welcome! Things might be a little slow lately, but will keep moving. Some more on the Delaques is due soon.

@Cam: Thanks, mate. I've seen what you and some of the others have been up to, will be lucky just to make it to the final line up, great pieces all around

Cheers!

Great terrain pieces! And can't wait to see the upcoming Delaques. I love some Necromunda :-)

@Bottle: Thank you very much. Though delayed, the Delaques are next on the to-do, so if I don't get distract - oh, look, shiny

Didn't do much over weekend (again , and that makes.. how many weekends now?) , but, behold!

Deazone game, four players, four starter-set factions on the table. And my three little hab modules surrounded by JMMelo's magic terrain trunk contents:



(Actual quarrellers were our host, my eldest Cub, and two more friends. In the mood for something lighter, I was playing a board-game with some other friends on another table)

Cheers!

A Game Night? Fantastico! The hab modules fit perfectly.

No worries about the slow week-ends. At my current rate, I am finishing 1 mini per week. And not much else. This week-end doesn't look any better. We are expecting a guest, se llama Joaquin He's coming in from the Bahamas.

That table looks great. The hab modules fit in perfectly with the rest of the board.

I think I need to clarify that the terrain is from Maki, not Mantic

And it's all painted now (well, one 2'x2' table is!), minus some some detailing.

Woke up early today, so early it almost felt as if I'd fallen off the bed.

I got up. remembering I had a huge work backlog to catch up with, plus some things that needed to be taken care of around the house. To round it, it was depressingly drizzling outside.

Couldn't recall when I had last had a decent sit-down at the work bench...

Oh, feth it. Backlog will still be there tomorrow:











Red Harvest had sent this guy - with several other bits and goodies - as my 2° place price in the #11 Round of the LoER Terrain Comp "On The Road", and I'd been treasuring him since.

I figured that putting some paint on it would be a better way to honour him, and it's Sunday after all.

Cheers!

PS 1: Thanks, Warboss! I did have that in mind while building those, glad it came through!

PS 2: @JMMelo, those are looking good, will have to put them to the test again soon!

I do like that sculpt, shame the feet can get bent upwards meaning if you put the feet level he ends up on a massive lean forwards.

Nice looking sniper you have there LT.

@Knightley: It's a great sculpt, but yes, there's that. Actually, I hadn't noticed until those last pics, rethinking the base now to account for it.

@Gits: Wanted to try painting black, I think it came out well enough.

Did a last pearl grey highlight on the suit, and painted the tips of the bullets to bring them out a bit, but not much else. Basing is next.

Cheers!

Do love the look of that guy. Nice work on the black, very effective.

¿Por fin llegaron las lluvias? Truth be told, I just wanted to type "LL" a few times at the start of a word We've had plenty of rain here this week. Lots of coastal flooding. Glad I live inland. At least Joaquin stayed out to sea.

The ol' Vindicare. Glad to see you enjoyed it. He looks good all painted up. I remembered that you had mentioned that it is sometimes difficult to get minis, so I threw it into the bag.

Assassin is done:



Thoughts?

@Cam: Thanks!

@Red H: Lluvia came and stayed, very atypically, for the whole week. Seems Spring is going to be a bit late this year...

Glad you remembered and sent him over, hope you think justice was made to it!

Now to move on. The new round of the LoER Comp is up, and other projects await as well...

Thanks for stopping by.

I think he looks excellent. Would you consider doing some kind of simple camo pattern on the guns? Nothing extraordinary, just something to give them a little visual texture.

Nice work on the assassin dude. Does the job.

@Gits: I hadn't, but I'm seriously thinking about it now. Or maybe a camo cloth wrapped around the rifle barrel?

@Dr H: Thanks! That guy is all about getting the job done, so all is good!

( , I missed a brush hair on those pics!)

Cheers.

Me parece bien pintada. Such a nice mini that absolutely sucked in game play. At least in 2e and 4e 40k. Once I painted mine it went pretty much directly on display.

Change of pace, back to another ongoing project:

Grot Tanks Track WIPs:





Still work to do, but coming along...

Thoughts and comments are always appreciated.

Thanks for stopping by.

Love your quirky cogs!

Very cool and very orky, or should that be grotty

Clever use of random bits there my friend.

Nice use of materials. Now, the second C of C&C... the green wheels, the ones with the split, don't look like they would revolve very well, so perhaps cover over the split half to give the illusion that they are whole. Perhaps like this

or something akin to steam locomotive driving wheels, where the drive shaft covers part of the wheel.

Almost a month has gone by, and hardly much got done...

For lack of proper progress - time's been overly scant lately - I got a couple supplies in: two or three paint pots and my first natural hair brush - nor that I've tried either yet, but they're there already, waiting for me to sit down at the workbench -, a new, reinforced steel revolving hole punch (previous one finally succumbed to serial rivet-making) and some half-round beads for more riveting chores.

I've said so to myself before, but this weekend will see some hobby progress...

Coming back later with some actual update.

Cheers!

Good to see you about.

Is it later yet, where's this update?

Dr H: Indeed it is, and work got done!

Second batch of Grot tanks build finished:







Comments and critiques are most welcome!

Thanks for stopping by.

Those are great!

Those are not made of wood. :(

If you build enough, you'll need to find a way to game with all of them at the same time. Tankling Wars or something.

That one green drive wheel still needs something, IMHO. Perhaps partially cover it with an armor plate?

Natural hair refers to squirrel, camel, or sable -- preferably red sable? Bear in mind the care of these type of bristles is different than that for the synthetics. No harsh soap for example. And no metallics. if you can get it, The Masters Brush Cleaner & Preservative is the best for natural bristles. Works well with synthetics too.

And brought together by the magic of grey primer:

Group shot:



Kustom Mega Blasta (of sorts) N° 1



Rokkit Launcha (dooh!):



Kustom Mega Blasta (is it?) N° 2



Hopefully, soon to be reunited with their long-gone brethen:
C&C are welcome!

@Gits: Glad you, above everybody else, , approve!

@Red H: Those are not staying around, but I like your thinking . Maybe some day I'll build one or a squad to keep, and, who knows, maybe even paint! (If the horse could learn to sing... One can always hope)

Did patch up the back wheel a bit, though it will still make fr a bumpy ride... Hope it is acceptable enough.

As for the brush, it's red (of course!) sable, or allegedly so ! Not very common hereabouts, it seems, had to have it brought in on order. It's very fine (maybe too much, actually), will give it a try sooner or later... Thanks for the advice

That is going to be one fantastic looking squad. I'll get them all painted up in one big batch so they look cohesive.

Those primed photos look like a select-your-vehicle menu from a computer game.

Good job.

Thanks Dr! (Not that I'd know, my last computer game was Civ II - or was it III?-, over a decade ago, but I guess it's a good thing!)

Just started (unsuccessfully) to bring some order to the workshop and cut out some foam for custom carry boxes, very un-fancy stuff, and nothing pic worthy.

Did get to go to a concert yesterday (Local Pink Floyd cover band, playingThe Wall along a symphonic orchestra and a children's choir, very good!) so not a wasted Sunday after all, even with no painted minis!

We'll have to see what next week brings around.

Cheers!

Good choice of band though.

Some more time went by, and line-painting makes for very boring updates.

But paint has happened, pics will follow in a few days, when there's something close to finished to show.

And over and above: Supply drop! Totally unexpected for real surprise. My parents were travelling abroad on vacations, happened to walk by a hobby store somewhere, and, blam!:



Hand picked by my ol' man, just 'cause he thought I might like to paint something like THAT! Look at all those sprues! And basing material to boot. And some styrene, that I forgot to get into the frame.

Still thinking what to do with it - magnets have been ordered and are en route already - and how, but sure it'll be fun.

For starters, I managed to prime the Tomb King himself:



(One has to start somewhere!)

On another topic, Friend and patron JMMelo is putting a beautifully painted WM&H army (or two) up for sale, so he came over for a photo session:



And dropped by the next commission:



The tough girls are in the house! Escher gang in progress, Part I.

And since I was rattling the can, a couple more Deadzoners got in the queue as well:



I've been also tinkering with the idea of making (or to try to!) a better paint rack and/or storage system (the better part not being much of an actual challenge, since paints are nowadays kept in some piled up boxes), will have to see how that goes too...

And that's about it for now.

Cheers!

Fantastic stuff. Sorry that goodies got lost in the warp

Looking good! I really want to see the little "commissar" head when it makes its way to the WM body

Nice supply drop. Very cool of you 'rents to surprise you like that

Also, more grot tanks! Awesome!

@Graven: happens. Couldn´t be sadder myself.

@JJMelo: Will get to it, hopefully, sooner than later

@ckig: It was great indeed, thanks.

At least, paint related: Putting together something resembling a paint rack:



Will come back later with a proper update.

Cheers.

That's a very interesting set up, what are they?

Also is that your paint collection? You produce all this fantastic work from that limited selection?

Too kind, Cam !

Those are wire trays, ABS or PVC plastic, if I'm not mistaken, cut to a "manageable" length (they come in varied measures, in two meter strips). 40x60mm (the later is the base/width) for the bigger pots, 30x40 for the smaller ones (Those are not stacked yet).

Vertical studs are threaded rod (5/32", cut to length; always leave a nut on before cutting!), with nuts and washers holding the shelves.

The tray lid was cut in 1cm wide strips for sidings and spacers.

As for the "collection", yes that's it,



Mostly artists and crafts acrylics, as available hereabouts (Advantege is, pots are relatively speaking, huge, never finished one yet!). 3 or 4 are still unopened, got them last week specifically for either the Girls or the Tomb King.

Vallejo wash set (top right, three pots missing in that shelf, pending assembling of the last rack, ran out of rod , I got brought in last year. Scale 75 flesh paint set, thinner shelf, also un-stacked, bottom right, is fresh in: arrived last Thursday (my in-laws too, but that's secondary), haven't tried them yet, though I have read some very good reviews and comments.

The two lines on the bottom left are some self-made pre-thinned hardware store paints and other concoctions (home made washes, diluted medium for thinning and so on).

WIP Deadzone Teraton for scale !

Cheers!

Very nice setup Lt. Far more organized than mine.

@Gits: There's always hope. A week ago, those were either spilled over the workbench or randomly piled up inside a couple random boxes...

Did get some painting done during the weekend too:



And some more:



OK, it was a three day weekend:



Close to done, a whole new speed record for me!

Base is just temporal; I have some clear acrylic ones on order, think they'll do well with the DZ crews.

(Missed more than one mold line there, caught those up too late. Might still try to turn the one on the upper hand into a scar, maybe?)

Final pics to come after some touching up.

C&C are, as always, very much welcome.

Thanks for stopping by.

Good paint storage solution.

Like what you did with the blue scales.

While the blue skin looks awesome, It looks weird to me I guess I always thought of the terratons as turtles

Blue skin works well! Brings out the detail nicely

¡Que príncipe azul!

Nice blue skin!

@Dr H: Thanks! Order is a way to push entropy back...

@JMMelo: Could it not be a blue space turtle, then?

@Slinky: Hi, welcome, and thank you!

@Red H: That really broke a laugh. Never thought of it? him? whatever, as a prince... Blue, yes, but definitively not charming...

@Cleatus: Thank you too!

Just the bare minimum advance, but it is paint, isn't it?

Tomb King base:



And that's about it, because...

When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. (A. France)

 Big H wrote:
I have such aspirations to paint the stuff I've already made, so I made some more.

...I got infected:



Thanks for stopping by.

ah, he got the zombie pack! very nice, looking forwards to see your take on them.

That base looks beautiful. Keep it up.

Another change of pace and setting; now serving: Tomb King.







What say you?

Comments and critiques are, as always, welcome (Just be gentle, it's my first time doing a skeleton )

Thanks for stopping by.

I think the gold needs work. Might just be the lighting but it seems to lack depth and appear a uniform yellow. Attack it with some sepia & delvan washes.

@Gits: Agreed. It is true that the lighting might not be helping; but if it needs to be clarified/justified, it is most surely not enough!

While trying for an aged gold look, I did not got far enough either way: shadows are not dark enough, and highlights are too "subtle", and thus...

Will go over it with some more sepia first, and rework the highlights next, TY.

@W_W: Thanks, now trying to finish the guy to put on top of it !

@Shaso: As I see it, one can never have enough zombies! Courtesy of JMMelo, they are being put together now, will hopefully see some paint sooner than later...

Cheers.

Looks cool, man, but I agree with other replies... needs ageing

Yep, more depth on the gold and you're... golden.

Good work.

Some rework on the golds, trying to get there.

Lighting is still eating part of the contrast, though, hard to photograph.





Any better?

Cheers.