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Yes my feather game has definitely sped up. Greenstuff is better than brownstuff for feathers I think. Brown is a bit too soft and messy. Anyway just so I don't go nuts doing two birds at once I have a plan for some light entertainment between featherings.


An old Skaven plague monk and a warcry troll thingy with a big chin that's been lurking in my pile for about a decade are joining the B&B train. A magic rat and a magic toad coming up.



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And here is the first blowin from another game. WFB plague monk gets the derpy wizard treatment with the addition of a hat and a beard. I also added a staff topper skull from my wood elves bits and extended his tail a bit. He's a bit on the small side too, straight up B&B mouse sized in fact so I bulked up the base to give him a little boost and hopfully the profile boosting additions will help to embiggin him to rat status.

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One Hypno-Toad ready to croak some wild magical mayhem. He was far too big with his backpack of scrolls and even removing it and attempting to reduce his profile a bit doesn't really bring him down to medium size as a toad should be for B&B but he fits on the small base fine, so that's ok.


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And another feathers update.
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Getting there slowly one section at a time.

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Your productivity continues to impress me, I spent hours painting some horses white and you get all this done! Toad looks cool, please can you paint him like hypno-toad from Futurama?

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Yes gobert, it's been a very productive weekend. I don't sit still but I've a sculpting tool in hand and some putty on my left thumbnail.

And just one more before the working week is upon us again.

The original feathered fiend Dave the Crow has paint on. Here's the obligatory side by side against an Oathsworn sparrow, though I painted it up as a chaffinch.

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Finished Dave looks very cool, love the green/yellow contrast of his clothes!
   
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Thanks Viterbi. Yes, it was very necessary with his feathers being so dark. My only concern is that he looks like he's supporting Brazil in the World Cup. Nothing wrong with that, I suppose.

And now at last, two more finished sculpts.

Hogwarts owl and Viking Hawk. I'm not too super keen on their faces but hopfully they'll look good with paint on.

   
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More great sculpts Crowe.

CB

   
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drinking tea in the snow

I like the viking hawk, he seems very gruff.

realism is a lie
 
   
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Great work on Dave and the Sparrow. He’d need blue shorts and white socks to have the full Brazil kit on though! The Viking Hawk is coming along nicely, but it’s Hedgee riding the Owl that I want to see the most

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Captain Brown wrote:More great sculpts Crowe.

CB

Thanks CB. The photos hide some of the messy bits though that I fear the paint won't hide quite so well. I'm having to take a file to the hawk's feet to tidy up those claws. Still, looking forward to slapping some primer on.

amazingturtles wrote:I like the viking hawk, he seems very gruff.

He looked pretty derpy before he got a helm. And the eye part looked like big Elton John specs for a while so im glad it's turned out gruff one way or another. He's got some leather pauldrons now too.

gobert wrote:Great work on Dave and the Sparrow. He’d need blue shorts and white socks to have the full Brazil kit on though! The Viking Hawk is coming along nicely, but it’s Hedgee riding the Owl that I want to see the most

Shows what I know about football. ie not much. I hear some footballers don't even use dice!
Hedgee has lost his sword at the moment so I might have to fix that first but rest assured you will see that, eventually. Painting some badgers right now, then there's some stiff competition for who's up next. I really want to see the Barron and the Beefeater in paint, though Hooter I'm sure would be a quicker job, and the boy would be happy to see him tabletop ready.

And as if I didn't already have enough to be getting on with...

This fella just popped into existance!


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A quick first go at the green. Think I'm going to like this little fella.

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Have never come in touch with Burrows & Badgers personally, but wow, these are some lovely sculpts. Impressive project log you got there! It's great to see them come alive from the rough putty skeleton to the detailed and painted mini.
   
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Turtles are funny little creatures with their popping in and out of existence. He already looks cool! Wouldn’t it be fun if the whole football industry was revealed to be controlled by WWE? The story line decided by a dungeon master and his D6!

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That turtle is going to be amazing

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Thanks for the kind comments Max. I hope to keep it up. From wireframe to painted mini can be a long time, especially since I don't do just one at a time.

Gobert, thanks. WWE with dice might actually make me watch a football match. There seems to be a lot in common with both sports when players make contact.

Thanks AT, wait til you see...

I've been away from Dakka a bit more this week (as I've been painting a set of Nesting Dolls for my wife) but I've been keeping up my hobby progress too, little by little. Two badgers almost painted which I'll be excited to share soon I hope.

But most exciting (I hope you'll agree) is this little fella.





The idea came from my son (or course) who has a little turtle teddy and wanted a turtle to join Hedgee's heros on the Burrows and Badgers table. He's also much more directly inspired by the Hammer Bros in Super Mario than anything TMNT related.

Then, in other Burrows & Badgers news. The ranks are swelling with some plastic vermin.

A couple of eBay Storm Vermin refugees. I'm keeping the one with the pole arm as is though I'll probably sculpt on some more heavy armour. Then the other I've clipped and fitted with a crossbow to provide another ranged option for my collection.

Then there's this guy...

He's vintage Ral-Partha lizard guy. And yes I recall him having arms holding axes but clearly teenage me had little to no respect for classic miniatures. But at least now, being more than twice as old as I was then, hopefully wiser and certainly handier with the hobby skills, I'll be able to redeem this little fella. It's this or buy an old Skink champion.

   
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Yet another great update, the Hammer Bros turtle looks fantastic, if a little lonely! . Thankfully teenage gobert was not that adventurous so most of my old stuff is built to print. Which is a good thing as I don’t have the skills to craft a new pair of hands and an arm! Good luck rescuing him

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Turtle looks great, lovely work on his shell!
   
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Thanks guys. Looking forward to seeing some paint on him. Though at this stage that's like "join the cue fella. Hope you brought a deck chair and a packed lunch."

Anyway, quick update. Lots of fun fixing up these three today.

First up its Eddy Lizard.

His right arm got the chop (again!) and then I added a set of Night Goblin archer arms. They had cloak sleeves so he got a full length coat (which is a bit hard to see in this photo), a quiver of arrows and a little hand weapon on the back of his belt.
He's a bit of an odd looking fella... Prob needs a hat.

Then there's these two.

I wanted to take them away from the traditional Skaven aesthetic if possible and I think some of that was achieved with the crossbow for a start. For that guy I also added a kinda viking looking helmet and some chainmail.
The other regular Storm Vermin guy got a bit more shoulder armour and a dinky little tin hat to try and break up that hunched back silhouette. I also added a fleur de lis to his shield because what Skaven ever had one of those?

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A skateboard with a Fleur de lys is something I never thought I’d see, nicely sculpted. Great choice of name for Eddie too

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 gobert wrote:
A skateboard with a Fleur de lys is something I never thought I’d see, nicely sculpted. Great choice of name for Eddie too


Yes, I'll prob go for some nice bold primary colours too to really take him out of the gutter. I think a skateboard might be a step too far!
What a comedy autocorrect from Skaven to Skateboard! Quite tempting in fact. Makes me want to see a Skaven Marty McFly skitching a ride on the back of a chariot.


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Well there I was with both badgers out on the table. Not too much left to do on them and hoping to get them finished for a nice little side by side shot... But no.

Instead I painted these.

Hooter the mighty magic owl and Mickey the magic Rat.
He's not a mouse, just a big fan.


Badgers to come soon, honest.

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I think you need to ask the kids whether Hedgee wants a skateboarding rat friend/enemy! I think you know the answer already!

Back on topic, Owl looks really cool, and I love the Fantasia link with the rat!

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Finally, the painted Badgers Comparison picture!

You can see how much bigger big Tommy is than his Oathsworn counterpart. He was sculpted before I'd bought a "massive" creature and I perhaps took the massive part a bit too literally.

And what took me so long painting the badgers? (Apart from the sculpting of two ferrets, two birds and a tortoise.)
Painting these foxes of course!

Really love this Oathsworn fox buccaneer. He's just a really simple and elegant sculpt. Took my time painting him up. Now compared to him my own foxy, Barron Von Klinkels is a bit rough. A bit big (theme developing here) and actually a bit wolf-like. But I'm happy with him. He's got some character I think.

Next up on the painting block... I dunno. Swan in a hat? The boy wants Turtly painted so he might skip the queue. But then again he wants another Badger sculpted, a boxer badger to be Sledgee's arch rival in the ring.

There is apparently no interest in either a second hammer bro or a Skateboarding rat.

   
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I've lurked both here & your Hedgee thread and I have to say I am so jealous of your skills. Your finished greens look as good as the professional sculpts. The whimsy is strong with these models!


 
   
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Great work theCrowe! As for your guys being a bit on the large side I think you can sell them as male/female depending on the species as to which one is bigger. It’s impressive how your sculpts have as much character as the professional sculpts, in some case more. The extra time spent on the buccaneers paint really shows, great job!

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The turtle is the best! I can really see the hammer bro inspiration in the pose too.

The foxes look great, yours has a bit more sinister of a personality i think, which is fun

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KidCthulhu wrote:I've lurked both here & your Hedgee thread and I have to say I am so jealous of your skills. Your finished greens look as good as the professional sculpts. The whimsy is strong with these models!

Thanks very much for coming out of lurker mode to say so. You're very kind. I will say though that my phone camera pics hide a lot of imperfections and my sculpts are often quite a lot less smooth and finished than the pros and I suspect that's the real difference. Still some way to go before I'd claim to be as good. But I'm really enjoying myself and I'm still learning a lot as I go along.

gobert wrote:Great work theCrowe! As for your guys being a bit on the large side I think you can sell them as male/female depending on the species as to which one is bigger. It’s impressive how your sculpts have as much character as the professional sculpts, in some case more. The extra time spent on the buccaneers paint really shows, great job!

The better paint job on the Oathsworn fox does show, I noticed that myself when I took the side by side pic and cringed a bit at how harsh my paint job on my own fox is. I don't really like his blue waistcoat but I can't think what would work better with the purple and dark grey. Anywho, I'm recconciled to not being as great a painted as many Dakka P&M bloggers, yourself included. I steal my opportunities to paint when I can and I'm just happy to have a finished mini sometimes however it comes out.

amazingturtles wrote:The turtle is the best! I can really see the hammer bro inspiration in the pose too.

The foxes look great, yours has a bit more sinister of a personality i think, which is fun

Thanks AT. Yes the Barron is sinister. That really was the main thing I was going for so I'm glad it comes through. And the turtle got more and more koopa troopa as I went along. Even more so now that he's painted!

Yes, the Turtle jumped the queue, or perhaps he just went slow and steady and won the race.

Actually he came in a close second to the surprise winner Eddie Lizard.

Nice contrast between these two. Turtly ended up very bright and colourful where Eddy is more the dark and brooding ranger type.

Swan is coming on nicely too. Most of the base layer is down so he's starting to look really fun.

   
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Always love coming here, so much creativity and cool sculpts in this thread. The foxes look ace and maybe the baron is a half-breed which explains his size. And the coat on the bucaneer is amazing, lovely colors!
Good to see hammer turtle finished and really nice contrast to the more muted lizard.
   
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Don’t knock your painting, especially when you sculpt as well as you do! For me it’s about enjoyment, so spend the time on any bits you enjoy. The latest pair look great, though turtle looks like his shoes might be on the wrong feet. Or maybe I just used to my kids getting it the wrong way round!

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Good thinking Viterbi. Not sure how viable a wolf/fox cross would be but if we can believe they can walk around on their back legs wearing clothes and wielding offensive weapons then I can say a half fox half wolf is totally legit.

Well thanks gobert, I appreciate your encouragement. I do enjoy painting when I can. In fact these days I'm taking every opportunity to. So much so that I have another painted mini to show.


No Oathsworn side by side comparison this time but I'm happy that Mr Swan is a suitably massive addition to the collection to warrant his own spotlight.
This angle really shows up the unfinished base though. I've a box from greenstuff world under the Christmas tree containing some new basing materials. I'm hoping to get as many minis as possible painted before the end of the holidays to get them all based at once. Might actually be a pretty big job come to think of it.


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On second thoughts...

Just to show you the size of him.

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He's a big one And a very nice white and with his fancy red clothes he looks very regal, amazing job!
   
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Wow! Swany looks great! The white feathers came out really nicely, but his beefeater bib steals the show! Was the crown sculpted or freehand painted? I’m not sure which option to be most impressed by!

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