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Hello! I've decided to take the plunge and post some of my projects (conversions, painting and scratch builds) in the hope of getting some good feedback so I can improve. In that spirit, all comments and criticism would be very welcome.
I mostly play 40k (Imperial Guard / Inquisition etc) but am interested in all sorts, including Inq28 and Bloodbowl, and a bit of scenery building too. So you'll find all of those things here sooner or later, probably in a very disorganised manner.

Without further ado, a few pics of current projects:

(1) Imperial Guard rough riders (completed test model, rest of the squad is WIP)
(2) Inquisition troops (Crusaders, Acolytes/stormtroopers plus gun servitor)
(3) Some junk-built scenery - a damaged chemical refinery with toxic lake. Not sure where I'm going with this really, it'll probably be part of something bigger eventually.

Need to work on my photography, I know... most of these are on my painting table at the moment so I'll post more when they're done.

Thanks for the comments, folks.

@scarper, the crusader with the helmet actually has the standard Cadian sargeant's head under the miliput. Always seem to have hundreds of those in the bits box so I figured this would be a good use for one.

These guys are starting to get some paint now, more WIP pics below. As always, C&C very welcome.

And introducing my as-yet-unnamed Inquisitor... Been working on her for a while but I think she's just about ready for some paint.

Well, the Inquisitor and her crew are progressing nicely. Next up after some final highlights, I've been building some underhive mutants to face off against them, and an acolyte / interrogator for the warband.

Can't decide if the mutants are a bit over the top, any thoughts or criticisms would be welcome!

Introducing Inquisitor Alaryx of the Ordo Xenos, with her two bodyguards and gun servitor...
Pretty happy with them, not perfect by any means but probably the best minis I've made to date. Just need some varnish and then I can get them off my overcrowded painting table!

Next up: more underhive mutants, and some Oldcromunda figs that have been in the paint stripper ready for a new lease of life.

Had a nice Bitz order arrived yesterday so I've been on a building spree.

First up is the beginnings of my Necromunda Orlock gang, made up of some conversions from the old 1995 metal minis along with a female ganger by Mark Copplestone. Yes, my Orlocks let the girls shoot. And I think when painted these guys will have enough style similarities that they'll work coherently.

Second pic is a couple of underhive bounty hunters I bashed together, and I really like these guys (in my head they're called Bill and Bob, no idea why). Bob, on the left, likes to drag his prey back alive for minimum mess, though he's not averse to cracking a skull when required. Bill (right) is a half-human, half-squat tracker who leads Bill to the target then provides some serious firepower to cover his back.

As always, c&c very much appreciated... Thanks for reading.

Mutants are emerging from the underhive...

Happy Christmas dakka-ites, and all the best for 2018...

I've been kit-bashing some Necromunda Bounty hunters while I save up for the Underhive boxed set... On the right is The Captain, who always brings his quarry back alive (just about); and on the left, his friend The Bloodhound, half-human half-squat tracker.

Well, I finally got hold of the Necromunda box last week so have started on my Eschers. Still WIP but these 4 ladies are well on the way to being finished. I've been throwing in some dark eldar bits as I build the gang, to give them a more diverse look. Let me know what you think!

You can also follow my progress in terrain building on the current LOER thread (link should be in my signature) where I'm reimagining some of the old cardstock Necromunda scenery using a variety of materials and found objects. There's some great stuff being made over there, well worth checking out.

 Syro_ wrote:
I came to check out what else you've been up to other than the LoER terrain comp, and I'm not disappointed. I love seeing conversion work and sculpting additions to minis. I like the work on the Inquisitor and retinue. What material do you use when sculpting new parts onto your minis? I like the look of your mutants too, and I wouldn't worry about them being over the top, they're actually tame compared to some of the weird mutants I made for a Lost and the Damned force.

You might want to post your LoER terrain pics here as well as the contest thread for posterity. Keep up the good work.

Thanks @Syro, sorry I didn't see your post a bit earlier! Really enjoyed your work in the LoER thread as well.
I generally use Milliput for sculpting. GS doesn't entirely work for me, though I realise it does for most people. Can't really put my finger on why. It's probably partly because I got into the hobby in the mid-90s till early 2000s then took a 15 year Break... Never heard of GS back then but I certainly experimented with Milliput back then (it was expensive stuff in those days!!)

I'm about to do a bit of a photo dump here now I'm catching up, I'll certainly throw in some of the LoER stuff for posterity.

Thanks for the comments folks, much appreciated. @Syro thanks for the tip about mixing GS and Milliput, I'll certainly give that a go.

As promised, bit of a photo dump now of stuff I've been working on while I was neglecting this blog a bit. Enjoy!

Cheers @Syro.

Few more pics here of some odd minis I've been working on. I'm running my first Inq28 game at the end of the month, using a hive city setting so there's a lot of crossover between this and my Necromunda stuff, both the terrain and the minis.

C&C very welcome, thanks for looking in folks.

Thanks @b-tone, very kind of you.

Realised I hadn't posted this guy yet, a salvage hauler for the #nestorianinfestedpopulation project (look them up on the Facebook"Inquisitorum" page if you're so inclined...)

He's designed to be a manual labourer / civilian infected by a genestealer cult, though in this case the genetic changes seem to have gone awry and left something like a biological servitor, endlessly hauling carts of scrap metals and archaeotech.

Hello good folks of Dakka,

Lots going on in my workshop but keep forgetting to take photos... Here are a couple I did catch of some more WIP Necromunda terrain boards. C&C would be most appreciated!

Thanks for looking in.

Oops, managed to miss this one off...

@Skalk and @Ruglud - thanks, you are too kind!

Bit more terrain progress, not many minis being painted but I've got to get my underhive table ready for an Inq28 game next week!

Well, it's been an insane weekend of terrain building to get my underhive board finished on schedule... Couple of days left for finishing touches but here are the main bits I've been working on. As always, C&C very welcome, and thanks for looking in.

@Skalk thanks for your considered reply, I really appreciate it. I completely agree, especially about the lettering/numbering - I'm not happy with it in several places. It's really helpful to get an outside critique to help you focus on where to improve.
I like the idea of stencils but don't have an airbrush atm (moving to a bigger house in the summer so I should have a suitable ventilated workshop, fingers crossed...) - till then I think transfers are definitely worth a look.

 PDH wrote:
This is some dammed good terrain. Really inventive and imaginative.

Thanks @PDH! Your Inq28 work has been a huge inspiration.

So the Hive City boards were finished in the nick of time for our Inq28 game up here in Huddersfield yesterday. Bit of a photo dump below - we had a blast, and the terrain will now stay at the club for Necromunda games.

As always, c&c very welcome. I'm going to take a short break from terrain building (though not long since the new LoER challenge is up and running), and build/paint some minis. WIP shots to follow...

Thanks for dropping in.

Thanks for the kind words, folks.

And now for something completely different...

Three Inq28 figures... The first is a Rogue Trader, who will be getting her own warband; the other two are part of my Ordo Xenos Inquisitor's team.

A very quick upload of my Ordo Xenos warband, or at least the completed ones.
(L-R) Magos Biologis, Tracker/Sniper, Inquisitor, Interrogator and Stormtrooper. There's a servitor on the painting desk as well, just deciding what else to add.
c&c welcome as always, thanks for having a look.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Wow, they are some nice minis, great job on them, got a nice grimey, grim dark feel.

Thanks Cam. I'm a big fan of the grimdark!

And something completely different again!

Can't remember if I've posted this guy before, he's a Genestealer-infected civilian scrap-hauler for the Nestorian Infestation campaign (check out https://bigbossredskullz.com/2018/01/16/infesting-a-population-nestorian-style/ for more info.

Thanks guys. @Skalk, that's exactly what interests me about the 40k universe (and why I tend increasingly to go in for games like Inquisitor and Necromunda rather than 40k itself).

So, since it's International Women's Day, here's a pic of my new Inq28 warband. They'll be led by Rogue Trader Calissa Peronix (centre) along with her two daughters (currently different stages of WIP). Looking forward to building a cast of supporting characters for them with a strong Mechanicus flavour plus ship's crew.

As always c&c very welcome, thanks all who take the time to read and comment.

Thanks guys, @Cam love the photo! It is a bit of a ridiculous weapon, I've been toying with the idea of putting her on a long base with a tripod.

It's been a busy (ish) weekend of putty work, priming, and scrounging junk for more terrain... Photo update to follow (hopefully) in daylight tomorrow!

Bit of a photo dump coming up here...

First up, WIP photos of my new Necromunda Orlock gang. I decided to go old school rather than investing in the new kit just now. They're a mixture of the old metal and plastic minis salvaged from my mum's attic (I bought some of these guys when I was 13!!!) plus 3 of the female gangers from Copplestone miniatures (all patched up and/or converted).

Next pic is my latest terrain junk-build - a chemical factory and base for my Escher gang. (More photos on the current LoER thread).

And finally a kit-bashed Daemonhost I've been messing around with, to join one of my Inquisitor's retinues.

As always, c&c very welcome and thanks for taking a look.

 Syro_ wrote:
It's cool that you customized your Orlock gang, I always enjoy that. It looks like your daemon host is going to be tramped in some kid of tank to contain him? That's a cool idea.

Yeah, the new Orlocks look great but I really wanted to re+use the few survivors from my original late-90s gang...

The Daemonhost is going to be heavily chained up, I had some spare bitz lying around from the 40k tactical objectives kit so I'm going for a mobile glass-fronted coffin/prison idea.

 Ynneadwraith wrote:
Dude! Where did you get that awesome vaulted see-through case-tube thing? I've been looking for something like that for ever and it's perfect!

Yeah I was pretty pleased to find it.
It's part of the Sector Imperialis objectives kit: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-40000-objective-markers-2017

Bit more work done on my Rogue Trader & crew, so here goes a bit of fluff to accompany the pics...


Calissa Perronix is a Rogue Trader fallen on difficult times. She comes from an aristocratic family, a powerful and influential lineage. In her younger days she travelled beyond the very edges of the Imperium, seeking wealth and knowledge amongst the stars. And soon she will again. But for now, she finds herself stranded on the hive world of Piety in the Calixis sector. When her ship dropped out of the warp on the edge of the system, the sanctioned psyker on her crew, old and wise though he was, finally lost his mind to the terrors of the immaterium. The horror he unleashed tore through the Explorator vessel and most of the crew in minutes. Calissa had seen a thousand horrors on the edge of the known galaxy, but what now appeared within her very ship was far beyond her experience. She made it to the shuttle bay with her daughters, Sabine and Lisbet, and her loyal abhuman bodyguard Kollyn. They took the shuttle to the nearest planet and left their great vessel (and her entire crew) to its unspeakable fate.

Calissa's daughters are polar opposites and dislike each other greatly. In keeping with the family's inherited ambitiousness, they are both determined to be the sole heir to their mother's fortune and lucrative Explorator's License when she retires or worse. Sabine is outgoing and flamboyant, an agile warrior who wields dual heirloom pistols and likes to see into the eyes of her enemies before dispatching them and dancing away to safety. Lisbet is quiet and sullen, especially since losing both legs beneath the knee in a xenos ambush when she was a teenager. She also carries a family heirloom, a sniper rifle of remarkable accuracy, and her mother gifted her the finest bionics she could buy. So Lisbet can usually be found moving silently but surely across rooftops, towers and walkways, dispatching threats before the rest of the crew know they are there.

And Kollyn... well. No-one is quite sure what race Kollyn is. Possibly Ogryn, possibly mutant, possibly worse. But a lifelong servant of the Perronix household, his loyalty is unquestionable, and he would step into the face of any horror to protect the members of the family.

So for now, the Perronix family are stranded, with only a short range shuttle, no crew, and limited access to their enormous wealth. They have many challenges to face before they set off for the outer edges once again, not least finding a suitable spacecraft and the companions who will join them.

So I know I'm not a great writer, but you get the gist. Here are some photos: