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Nice seeing new cars, great paintjobs, love the pink! Especially since I started one car in I believe February and then just dropped Gaslands as a project as a whole for the time being So it feels good that someone else is at it.

Nice work on all the things.

Another for the pursuit special.

monkeytroll wrote:Joker is great. I can understand it feeling a slog, there's a lot going on there. Good on all of it.

Nice vroom-vrooms too - obviously a pursuit special is always necessary.

Cheers old son. I have another pursuit special on the go too as I like to have teams of things.

youwashock wrote:Awesome cars, and Joker has turned out quite well. Congrats on seeing it through.

Many thanks!

Gitsplitta wrote:Just love the Pursuit Special... near and dear to my heart that is.

Fantastic job on the Joker diorama too... very well done!

You're my biggest fan

Viterbi wrote:Nice seeing new cars, great paintjobs, love the pink! Especially since I started one car in I believe February and then just dropped Gaslands as a project as a whole for the time being So it feels good that someone else is at it.

Well, I've not painted any Gaslands in ages, let alone built anything, but it's good to have stuff to play about with. Periodically my daughter asks me to paint her a pink car, however.

Dr H wrote:Nice work on all the things.

Another for the pursuit special.

Cheers old son. Just need to get the other one done.

Yesterday was a quiet day, in nerd ways at least. Wife off, so I powered into work stuff. Not a lick of paint on a fig (for the first time this year), just rebasing oldhammer plaguebearers (dull, dull, dull) and sorting through the Hellboy KS. It's a whole bunch o' stuff; however a mate is buying the duplicate core game stuff off me so I'm going to end up paying around £40 for the lot in the long run. Sweet!

Started teaching the boys Batman 3rd today, playing through the intro game rules.

First and foremost it's VERY fast. BMG is notoriously slow; now, admittedly, it's very stripped down but a single read of the rules and we never needed to double-check anything.

We'll see how the subsequent scenarios play out. For the next one we need... Deadshot!

Why would an assassin wear a red suit? Because by the time you've asked yourself that question, he's put a bullet through your skull.

Got some leg work done. Kitbashing a Lord of Blights while the boy built Lady Olynder, that sort of thing. The oldhammer plaguebearers got their new bases painted, and I started on the ones for the blightkings at the same time. Consistency, y'all. Primed a bunch of Hellboy, debating whether to prime the Nazis black, dark brown or light grey. No jokes about white prime

Whilst pottering, I made a piece of Dredd(ish) terrain from a 40mm high plastic can that has been lying about my desk for ages.

I'm not sure if this is what Slurms Mackenzie gave his life for but still.

Sometimes, you just need generically useful terrain.


Hey ho and on we go
Graven

Slurm McKenzie never gave his life, he is still partying on somewhere

Viterbi wrote:Slurm McKenzie never gave his life, he is still partying on somewhere

Wimmy wam wam wozzle!
Angry Ron is angry that someone's changed the formula to comply with health guidelines...

So the Lord of Blights is built:


And the back of the build.

Wondering whether the hammer arm shoulder needs bulking up. But, pretty happy with it.

And started blocking in the Blightkings


Had a great big game of Aeronautica with the boy, using all our stuff (which sounds more impressive than it is),150 points each side.

Loved that I got to land my Boyz, though sadly da hoo-mons blowed up da landed Bommas.

Finished off my big bunker for the occasion


I got started on a whole bunch of new Hellboy critters too

Aiming to get them done tomorrow. Wolves, werewolves, sinister birds, Harpies , bat swarms (not pictured) and the Krieggraffe.
Aiming to break the 100 mark this month.
We'll see
Graven

Is Angry Rob crushing a can of New Slurm in disgust there?

Maybe a little shoulder pad type thing rather than build the shoulder itself up? Doesn't seem to need it though.

I spy lots of lovely rust starting on the blight boys.


Bunker looks legit - shame it couldn't protect your boyz on the ground....

Loving Joker and the Gaslands cars. Interesting start on the Blightkings, always love your take on rust.

Great work on that Lord of Blights, he looks like a twin to the genuine article.

Love the bunker!

monkeytroll wrote:Is Angry Rob crushing a can of New Slurm in disgust there?

Maybe a little shoulder pad type thing rather than build the shoulder itself up? Doesn't seem to need it though.

I spy lots of lovely rust starting on the blight boys.
Bunker looks legit - shame it couldn't protect your boyz on the ground....

He is! well spotted He has a little rusty skull pad. I'll leave it at that. The bunker was purely aesthetic for the fun of the thing. I plan on making a bit of extra terrain for a Mek Yard, which can double as a turrets for Gaslands.

Theophony wrote:Loving Joker and the Gaslands cars. Interesting start on the Blightkings, always love your take on rust.

Great work on that Lord of Blights, he looks like a twin to the genuine article.

Cheers mucker! Well for sake of completeness, here's the before pics:



What else have I been up to?
Gaggy the clown, the Joker's original sidekick.



Don't know what's worse: doing the Harlequin pattern or taking pictures!

My Nighthaunt loving boy was frustrated by how fragile Lady Olynder felt, so I showed him some paperclip trickery:

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We *may* have... Acquired a couple of Playmobil roses from his little sister...

I meantime have been working on a whole lot o' Hellboy, working through it expansions set at a time. So, BPRD Archives first -
Wolf Pack

Werewolf

There wolf! Wolves left unmolested can turn into werewolves. Bad news.

Sinister Birds are actually worse...

Harpies are VERY BAD NEWS

Nananananananananananana Bat Swarm!

That just leaves the Witch Coven and BPRD Archives will be done

I'm going to hold off on tackling on Conqueror Worm (all the Nazis) but couldn't resist starting Lobster Johnson and his mini bust


Decided to try to raise my lens game. And whilst technically not part of the expansion (he's a stretch goal), couldn't resist the big fella:

Kriegaffe. What a model, absolute belter.

Meanwhile, I am going to get on with the upgraded tokens. I think working expansion at a time is a good plan so token set it next on the list. And because it's the ks version I don't need to paint the infernos (flickering transparent orange) - score! I freely admit that the only reason I hadn't previously bought the token set was because the Ks ones are so much prettier happy chappy

Just noticed I'm at 124 this month so far, and have broken the 300 fig mark for the year. So new goal is to hit 365 - rather 366 - before the end of Lockdown, or at least the end of May
Graven

Wow, who's been a busy boy then...

Good work all over on the Lord of Blights - lots of bits brought together nicely. The little shoulder pad is just the sort of thing I was thinking!

Nice work on the diamond pattern, base works a treat too.

God job on strengthening the briar lady. Those roses work well on a hero figure!

Wolves and birds and bats, oh my! All looking good.

Lobster looks nice, and good job on the bust

Kriegaffe looks like a fun model indeed.

That's one heck of a base Jokers got!

The Hellboy stuff continues to look great.

Good work on all the things, particularly the Lordy and the Bunker.

monkeytroll wrote:Wow, who's been a busy boy then...
Good work all over on the Lord of Blights - lots of bits brought together nicely. The little shoulder pad is just the sort of thing I was thinking!
Nice work on the diamond pattern, base works a treat too.
God job on strengthening the briar lady. Those roses work well on a hero figure!
Wolves and birds and bats, oh my! All looking good.
Lobster looks nice, and good job on the bust
Kriegaffe looks like a fun model indeed.

Thanks re all things. I love the big roses and I'm glad he's embraced the madness also.

aku-chan wrote:That's one heck of a base Joker's got!
The Hellboy stuff continues to look great.

Yeah, it's, well - crazy! And thanks indeed.

Dr H wrote:Good work on all the things, particularly the Lordy and the Bunker.

I thought you might like that much gs work

More Hellboy. Shock.

"Statue" of Hecate:

Many layers of many metals. #spoileralert #notastatue
And the summoned version of her.

Wasn't initially convinced by doing white eyes but really glad I did.

And her coven of crones

Maybe we just need to gather some information...

First set of Tokens done. Though I usually count tokens as 2 for 1 fig, these were tiny and quick; they're good for 1 painted for the count. Meanwhile...

Evil Incarnate.

On we go

Hecate (both versions) are stunning.

The coven are fantastic as well

Loving that Big Gorilla (I’m thinking of doing a gorilla warband in Frostgrave) can you give me a size for him? Also what set is he in? Because if I move forward with the plan he will be mine.

Lobster Johnson....man I really should go back and read Hellboy comics, I enjoyed the first dozen or so and the names and ideas are just wacky enough for me.

All looking good - metallic nectar is very nice - but obviously the evil Turkey is the real star here....

Lovely snake lady.

You knocked those out of the park old son!

Theophony wrote:Hecate (both versions) are stunning.

The coven are fantastic as well

Loving that Big Gorilla (I’m thinking of doing a gorilla warband in Frostgrave) can you give me a size for him? Also what set is he in? Because if I move forward with the plan he will be mine.

Lobster Johnson....man I really should go back and read Hellboy comics, I enjoyed the first dozen or so and the names and ideas are just wacky enough for me.

Thanks on all counts. Kriegaffe is about 100mm tall, but hasn't been released yet, he's a KS exclusive. If you want sci fi gorillas, look at the Karmans from AT-43.

monkeytroll wrote:All looking good - metallic nectar is very nice - but obviously the evil Turkey is the real star here....

El Diablo!

youwashock wrote:Lovely snake lady.

Cheers chum!

Gitsplitta wrote:You knocked those out of the park old son!

Thanks buddy!
Just the one fig proper for today.

Baba Yaga herself

She's a nasty old witch, she is.
Did get the first couple of clue tokens done:

Today was mostly about rearranging the games cupboard, so didn't get much else done between that and work and kids
Still, tonight I'm treating myself to Rhubarb gin and Hellboy Omnibus Vol.1 - that's nearly 400 pages of unholy goodness
Graven

Nice job on Baba Yaga.

What's in the box? Brad want's to know...


Warner's with ginger ale I hope...

I've gotta get me something like that to boat around in.

Nice work!

Baba Yaga looks fun.

I’ve seen the Karmans, but since miniaturemarket dumped the figs I’m not going to go searching for them.

The Dust Tactics ones look almost identical to the Kreiggaffe, so it fits.

That turkey sure as hell looks like pure evil! Love the Lobster Johnson figure and bust, great job on them, just love the look of the character. Should also reread Hellboy, I believe I read the first three library editions, but bugger me, if I remember what actually happened.

monkeytroll wrote:Nice job on Baba Yaga.

What's in the box? Brad want's to know...

Warner's with ginger ale I hope...

Yeah, I debated painting her missing an eye but happy with what I settled on. To be fair, a decapitated wife would be fairly Hellboy also. Edinburgh Gin Rhubarb & Ginger with Tonic, actually.

amazingturtles wrote:I've gotta get me something like that to boat around in.

Nice work!

Yeah, it would help get around in lockdown whilst maintaining social distancing, I guess

Theophony wrote:Baba Yaga looks fun.

I’ve seen the Karmans, but since miniaturemarket dumped the figs I’m not going to go searching for them.

The Dust Tactics ones look almost identical to the Kreiggaffe, so it fits.

Just don't look too hard at her scary old lady boobs. I've looked at the Tactics ones too, actually, as it's possible to run into more than one Kreigaffe, There's a couple very cheap on eBay in the US, I notice...

Viterbi wrote:That turkey sure as hell looks like pure evil! Love the Lobster Johnson figure and bust, great job on them, just love the look of the character. Should also reread Hellboy, I believe I read the first three library editions, but bugger me, if I remember what actually happened.

Lol I felt the same way. Rereading a big chunk last night for the first time in 20+ years was glorious.

And put me in the mood to do this:

More work on sallow skin tones, and the busts really force me to raise me game there also.

Plus a little progress on some Dredd stuff:

I particularly like the Fattie's GS shoulder pads. It's the little details lol.

Tomorrow hopefully going to get some more scenic bits finished off for Hellboy (what else? ) But also starting on scatter terrain for both pseudo modern and medieval.

Cya then
Graven

I like that you're doing the busts alongside the actual mini to keep them in-line.

Is that a certain Cassandra I spy there?

And what happened with the lawmasters? When did sweetheart to get issued with half-size bikes?

Nice work.
Liking the Hecates

monkeytroll wrote:I like that you're doing the busts alongside the actual mini to keep them in-line.

Is that a certain Cassandra I spy there?

And what happened with the lawmasters? When did sweetheart to get issued with half-size bikes?

Indeed it is Psi Div's finest! No idea why but it's awfully cute for The Hotdog Run the busts are a massive challenge. I'm now on to the main characters and the fact that I'm doing them at a remove is a nightmare

Dr H wrote:Nice work.
Liking the Hecates

Yeah, we liked her less when we ran into her tonight This was our first attempt using the random case file builder and, frankly, it was fantastic. We randomly generated a short, medium difficulty scenario (well, you choose length and challenge, but there's still mountains of elements in those), and ended up crashing our way through a ruined stately home running into scores of harpies, sinister birds, floating heads and a giant before we ran into a portal spewing more birds and the snake queen herself.

Big Red went down but not before he lobbed an old concussion grenade that had been lying in his pockets from a case 6 years ago; luckily, Abe and Johann managed to clear up the mess and we all limped out to fight another day.

Got a few more bits done. Firstly, the extra frogs from the KS

Joy. More frogs, and more matching old colour schemes frog swarms, as tokens, count half.

Got the majority of the counter set done also.

The 3 tiny ones count for 1 and a half by my reckoning, as they were actually incredibly fiddly.

Just a wee table to go. Scenic elements such as these only count as half, so when I do that it can round up with the tiny clues

And, quite randomly, a bridge rescued from clearing out old kids' toys and duly repurposed.

I suspect this will mostly be used for Dredd.

Shame pile contains 2 different Harley Quinns, 3 Bane militia, some Dreadball fans and cheerleaders, Anderson, Cadet & Fatties for Dredd, Dumbledore and the Blightkings. Whittling it down. Gradually An interesting couple of challenges (not to stress myself out, just if I can, but not pressuring myself): can I beat 365 before lockdown ends? (Probably) Can I clear my shelf of shame before my birthday on June 24th (probably not). Bear in mind this doesn't include what's unbuilt (which actually isn't much, tbh) Place your bets please!

Pretty brittle today, me AND the kids. Lockdown is wearing away at us all. We'll bounce back though, no doubt.

Still, 15 more takes us to 152 for April (new record! ) and 337 so far for 2020 - onwards to May!

Graven

Game looks like fun Graven! Love repurposing old junk... kudos to you!

Calling a judge cadet cute creep? 3 years in the iso-cubes.

And how did my autocorrect change cadets to sweetheart???

Good to see the random generator produces fun scenarios.

Frogs don't have to match exactly, come in different shades Hope you picked out all the eyes and mouths on those swarms

Interesting selection of counters.

Nice find with the bridge, looks to be a useful size.

Gitsplitta wrote:Game looks like fun Graven! Love repurposing old junk... kudos to you!

I have other cunning plans involving left over packing materials...

monkeytroll wrote:Calling a judge cadet cute creep? 3 years in the iso-cubes.

And how did my autocorrect change cadets to sweetheart???

Good to see the random generator produces fun scenarios.

Frogs don't have to match exactly, come in different shades Hope you picked out all the eyes and mouths on those swarms

Interesting selection of counters.

Nice find with the bridge, looks to be a useful size.

Thanks on all fronts. Yeah frog variation isn't massively important. However, matching Liz and the others is much more stressful!

So spent the time on making Liz look right:

I'll be honest, I've never really understood the appeal of busts, but I'm starting to.


Some clever clogs put up an agent card for Ash in the Hellboy group. So, of course...

Boom stick!

And played around with some old gw yellow shades that I found at the back of a shelf.


A nice start to May. Meanwhile, on my desk (as opposed to the shelf of shame) are the backup agents and the character busts. The shelf is getting taken over by the boy's Nighthaunts. Bloody kids
Graven

I can see the appeal of busts, but never fancied doing them myself - I have a couple floating around from KS, they'll probably eventual!y end up as terrain, demons or something...

Good work on yours

Ash is cool, obviously, he's Ash!

Liking those yellows a lot, are they proper old school washes from way back when?