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Nice work. Like the clown.

Maybe, if you want it to look more like it's graffiti (the paint runs are good), add a tag signature to it.


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Is this Fallout? No? Ah, feth it, whatever. =P

Not a proper update, but I felt like throwing this up somewhere anyway. Hmn, maybe I should just create a seperate thread just for the random crap I do for other people... Anyway, here's a van by Ainsty Castings which I threw a greenstuff hotdog on for a friend.




The clown's supposed to be a bit of graffiti rather than an actual logo. The slogan on the back reads "1 foot of pure meat", quote GTA: San Andreas. Anyhow, any comments are welcome before I give this to the guy tomorrow (phone number on the doors? A "for sale" sign in the window? More graffiti?).

Hey Wyrmalla, have you ever had problems with Brother Vinni Miniatures dispatching slowly etc?

The website says they dispatch in less than a week. I made a large order (£80) a month ago (late July). After two weeks it still hadn't been dispatched, so I got in touch and they said everything was fine, they'd be dispatching ASAP. I went on their facebook page and it appears that around the time I ordered their resin supplier delivered late, so they've clearly working through a backlog. Its been 4 weeks now so I've emailed them again tonight.

Do they have a reputation for late delivery, or is this probably just a one off because of the resin supplier delivering late?

I order Brother Vinni stuff myself. I have found that they can be late, and they explained about the delays when I got my 3 sets of helmets. I would poke them again so they may bump the order up, but I get delivered to the States usually inside 2 weeks

They're usually as quick as any other European seller. I haven't ordered from them since they moved from Russia, so I don't really have an indication of what they're like now. The Russian orders were fine, though the last one was caught in customs for ages due to the political climate. As it is I'd bother them with emails if you feel the need, though if it is just an issue with their supplier it would have been nice if they had told you that rather than making excuses. =/

Oh they didn't make any excuses, didn't give me any reasons at all. Just said "Sorry for delay, we processed your order fine and we'll get it to you ASAP".

That was 2 weeks after I ordered. Now its 4 weeks.

I ordered through PayPal, so they have until the cancellation window expires I guess.

They also said something about 20% off next purchase for those delayed

Bored of the clay buildings. Went back to this. Yup. ...




K. Bye.

Well, they finally shipped my order...about 3 days before I left for a 2 week holiday in Spain. So it's gonna,be sitting in the sorting office for a while.

Great terrain as always wyrmalla.

Well...I collected my order...and there are SIX miniatures missing, the Nuclear Adventurers and Post Apocalypse Citizens. And I've had no response to the 2 emails and 2 facebook messages I've sent them. Not happy. Its a damn shame, because these are bloody amazing miniatures. The veteran has to be my favourite - I gave him the dual revolvers. And I magnetised the arms on the fantasy Hilda character, so I can swap her from a Fighter with sword and shield to a Rogue with sword and dagger for Dungeons and Dragons.

I checked out Dark Art Miniatures and they have some cool looking models that would make great raiders. Took the liberty of getting some myself

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I checked out Dark Art Miniatures and they have some cool looking models that would make great raiders. Took the liberty of getting some myself

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Think you got the link wrong.

Fixed it

Time to play Who's that Pokemon!



Its Blastoise.

I sat at work today sculpting this between calls, so only really managed most of that one leg. The rest'll probably come over the Weekend or next week depending on whether I want to attempt to paint anything (I have a guard tower for my Elder Scrolls stuff like 90% painted, I just haven't finished it as I'm debating sticking posters on it and don't have the ink for them).

Hmn, not sure whether to give that guy a rifle or a Heavy Incinerator. The rifle'd be a cop out in term of posing. =P

Heavy incinerator! that is beefy looking armor, Hellfire?

Aye, its Hellfire Armour ...or rather Enclave T-45d.



I've managed to do some more with that guy, though haven't had the time today to finish him off unfortunately. The plan's to have the body done then to work on the Heavy Incinerator before doing the arms, for ease of working out the posing. I'm using a Brother Vinni Hellfire helmet there, though frankly given that I'm having to redo half of it so it looks like the game one I may as well have done one from scratch. =P

Have you seen Brother Vinnis Commander Shepard? The armour he's wearing seems close enough to pass as Recon Armour (without the hood). He'd work well as a Brother of Steel Initiate I think. May require a weapon swap though, the Avenger assault rifle he comes with is too recognisable as a Mass Effect weapon.

In was just going to take one of the spare armatures that I have and sculpt some recon armour from scratch. Wouldn't take much to make some. Its just an asbestos jumpsuit with some metal bits at the joints.

While I'm posting, here's the Heavy Incinerator done.



With that its just some more tidying up on the body to do then the guy's arms. Shame the gun's going to cover up all the detail about the thigh area. =/

Well, considering that Brother Vinni is having to make changes to avoid lawsuits,,,,so making the right touches via sculpting helps out I think. Very nice work on the scratch built incinerator!

Hey Wrymall, have you ever sculpted or otherwise converted any Pip Boys for Vault Dwellers?

I've got the BVM Post Apocalypse Citizens and the Power Armour trooper with the minigun which I'm going to turn into a Vault Dweller warband.

These Vaults Dwellers have some. Picture's terrible though.



Emills probably did it better.



Pondering whether to paint that Hellfire Trooper or maybe cast him up. =P

How'd you make yours? Scratch sculpted out of Greensburg or milliputt?

Also, I just started playing STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl. It's very dated, but I'm blown away. Had no idea it's an rpg. playing it now actually.

Roll a wrap of greenstuff around the lower arm, etch some vertical lines along the middle portion. Add a rectangle to one side. Indent a rectangular area within that for the screen, but leave a strip spare to add three circular indents for the buttons. Add a wad of greenstuff to the hand. Ontop of that add a circular bit for the dial.

Doesn't have to be super complex given the scale though. =P

Chernobyl's all right, though if you're going to play that you may as well play (the free) Lost Alpha. Its the original game with a load more content on top of it. Call of Pripyat is the star of the series though. It makes things more accessible (though its still tough) and comes across as being a bit more professionally made. Just a pity the company went under, though they went onto make the Metro 2033 series.

Meh, I have a thread for those games to, not that I've updated it since I started the Elder Scrolls stuff. I have some models half painted for it, but I probably won't get back to anything for a while yet.

But aye, current things on my plate are that Enclave Hellfire Trooper (who like I said probably won't be painted for a good while, as I may cast some copies, if I can be arsed learning how to do that) and a guy in Dwemer armour from Skyrim (if you've played that game he's based on one of the loading screens, where the guy's advancing with his shield up). I was supposed to get work done on both of these this week, but I had too much stuff to deal with at work to have the time to do those on the side there like I did last week.

Cheers dude. And yes, I've seen your STALKER thread too, the terrain is fantastic. I got the Nuclear Adventurers from Brother Vinni for Fallout/This Is Not A Test, but after playing STALKER I guess thats what they're based on?

I may start my own Fallout thread soon, I've already painted the NCR Veteran and the Eyebot.

Aye those Brother Vinni models are S.T.A.L.K.E.R. rips (the ribbed padding is a give away). The company Lead Adventure does a whole line of them as well (though those are a bit chunky looking).

Hey man throw them up ...though given that this is a 40K orientated forum, and a big one at that, watch that your thread doesn't fall under that mess. The Lead Adventure forum is probably a better place to post in, as it has a dedicated Post-Apocalyptic board (my version of this thread there's the largest actually ...even if I barely update it these days unfortunately).

I'll just stick it into my signature in big bold lettering like you do. People can't possibly miss that way.

I should probably do a Dungeons and Dragons thread too - I ran the first proper session (meaning, when the entire group of 4 showed up vs the last few times with just 2 players) of the campaign at my club. Everyone's an RPG beginner here, and the guy who was originally going to run it is too busy running his shop in another town so I stepped in. We're running the DnD 5e starter set adventure, Lost Mine of Phandelver.

Gives me an excuse to paint my LOTR figures.



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Hey those Lead Adventre STALKER minis are great. Looks like they'd work well for Fallout too. Cheers.


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Holy crap is it a big range.

Literally only have my sig with that bold text because I haven't been arsed to make a banner. I still have the actual photoshop files there for that thing probably. =P

Well aye, though probably get more traction in the RP board here than the P&D modelling actually (I get away with having battle reports here because I half arse them). Again, I'd tote Lead Adventure's fantasy board for that too. It may not be a site as large as Dakka, but there's plenty of users there. The plus with Dakka I suppose is that with everyone so focused on 40K, anything else jumps out a little because its something different...

Though aye, Lead Adventure. Check out DeltaDog's VaultAdventure's thread for his sculpted stuff (he's doing a Vertibird right now) and Messyart's for his bits and bobs to (he does the Deathclaw/ Centaur/ Mirelurks/ Bloatfly/ etc. Make an account and PM him if you want to pick some up. That git needs to make a bloody organised gallery thread for showing off painted versions of his stuff though).

Hmn, wonder when there's going to be another werewolf thread? ...I trolled the crap out of the last one.

Pity the Lead Adventure range hasn't been added to in ages. FYI Brother Vinni did some models for that too come to think of it (called Dogs of War). The price is a little high, though I see them being stocked at games shows, so you may want to check out one of those first before ordering (not as if you don't have a load of models to paint already).

Beautiful conversions all around.

Wippity Wips. Sup?

A Raider heavy - or what happens when you keep tossing random armour bits onto a model.



A mercenary type wearing kind of Fallout 1/ 2 style Leather armour.



And ...an astronaut. Sans a gun, I'll probably just give him an M1911.



A productive week sculpting on the train.

What website did you get the heads for the wip astronaut and raider heavy? They look really cool!

Nice plog. Really impressed by your skills .

EDC