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Yes, when you are in a sad mood, that is like a cold of the mind, so a "bowl of robot chicken soup" is highly recommended.

ROFL...that was totally the best reply mate you ever gave!

But of course

As always full of awesome!

Aye up folks , wish i had something new to show but i have been having a chronic case of winter blues and what feels like terminal burnout , Still lots of ideas , a simple pre heresy space crusade game set on board Horus's ship with boarding crews. and a Proper 3d game board for a custom version of inquisitor been the top contenders, But the drive to finish them is just not there at the moment .. I even picked up some more lizardy stuff from WFB for the liliitu coven the cockatrice and the tomb kings tomb guards, but nothing is really doing it for me .. gonna take a break and hope the desire to create comes a flooding back .

I know the feeling. Take a break man, it is needed from time to time to recharge those creative juices.

Its not a good time of yea for doing anything really. Bloody dark, wet and cold. If I could afford to get drunk I would.

Hey Neil! Sorry to hear you're stuck in the doldrums - hope it doesn't last too long. I've had similar funks myself around times when family have been acting up. No real helpful advice to give, I'm afraid, but just know that it's not terminal - something small will interest you eventually, and that's just what kicks it all off all over again.

Hope things aren't too rough at your end, and I'll be sending you good vibes

Tom

hey mate... winter blues is awful...was just today running around to get my wife some daylight bulb...to no avail...have to look in the interwebs for that now...

have you considered making a sort of honor rack for your stuff you already produced? something that shows you how special your work is? something that might be of intrinsic motivation and positive feedback of your prowess?

if all else fails... i am more than happy to banter with you...as long as yoou keep with us...you know...appetite comes with the eating^^

sunny days i wish for you mate!

cheers, vik

Hey up lad.

Hope things got sorted, you need a sabbatical I'd say.

Take it easy mate, we'll be here.

I'm sure something will come along and inspire you when you least expect it.

Sometimes its nice just to have a break and look back over what you've done.

Really like all of that stuff. Good job!!!

no worries man, We'll be here when you return...

very nice. I love your creativity with your conversions.

back on form guys , thanks for the support , folks been working on a retro mini today for the 25th anniversary , also been working on the 3d space crusade board , now forge world have gone and usurped me

hello neil... welcome back to the fold!

the elysians always give the vibe of true battlehardened spec ops... when it comes to IG forces from GW these are very tempting! also your poses have added a lot to the feel of these scenes! you can almost hear eery sounds and feel the tension those soldiers must have in their muscles...

that one pic looks even like a predator kind of vision...is that how you picture orks to look like or is it from another charcters point of view?

good to see your stuff again!!!

cheers, vik

^ just gonna say.. what he said, beacause he hit the nail on the head

Is that a genestealers POV? I like this image a lot.

Looking good, those tacked GK on your blog looked immense

^ i like that idea alot, so it really is AvP movie staring warhammer models

Oh and Neil I think you;ll like this http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/431742.page

I do enjoy the full terrain, photoshopped pics as well! They give a great feeling to the models!

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

Those photos have a great feel to them and the boards looking great as well

Good to see you posting again mate

Nice minis, is that a custodes I spy?

Excellent atmospheric pics as usual, plus bonus ork

Hey peeps , sorry for the extended absence , family stuff , left little room for modelling and my mojo was shot . Inspiration has been wanting to come back for a while , and it did with the space crusade board , but lack of funds to complete it and the arrival of the new forge world stuff , sent my passion packing , there stuff will be half the price of doing it myself . I did however form the desire for a more passionate board whilst i was in the midst of designing to hit charts and what nots . The movie the women in black gave me the jitters and spurred a passion for the Gothic again , i have wanted to create a dark tower for a while , the juxtaposition between smooth walls and rocky outcrops gets me every time , so a long inspiration trawl later

https://gimmebar.com/loves/neil101/collection/firehose

and i have a design had no end of trouble with the thing though , as i am a bit strapped for cash at the moment trying to make do with stuff i can scavenge again recycled road in this one . Also wanted to capture that realistic rock thing that model railway guys do so well, http://www.building-your-model-railroad.com/making-rocks.html

so i tried to cast my own from my garden with some old plaster of paris and really old rubber for molds , didn't work so well but was very interesting , not sure if this is going to be the best way for me.. but i do like the detail in the rocks . ( have a thing for textures at the moment )

nothing is glued on the build , just trying to find a good silhouette ,

@Vik cheers Vik , glad to be back , just needed some time and space the elysian look like the work of Möbius to me , especially form the fifth element , spec ops is apt , i got them for LJ as they have the ship security vibe he wanted . the pics were just for fun nothing really behind those ones , just playing glad you like mate.

@Rogue Thanks man appreciate it alien vs predator ..mmm.. i like that and i have the models , oh noes don't get me started on another project

@PDH Cheers Pete , Its beer goggles point of view , the GK will keep tacked until i get my mits on the forge world board , so i dont get bored with them .probably change completely by then though oh and thanks for the link love fanir stuff , very dark,

@Rawson hey mate thanks for popping in , i think i might be moving into a new era of moddleing , i am really enjoying just playing and photographing again .

@Cheers llamahead , boards on hold now unless i get some real pennies real soon. the forgeworld minis do lend themselves to my style of photography much more so than any other minis i think , the detail just pops.

@Monkey Cheers mate , yep custodes for Bj , copied diligently from the excellent Rhys knight here, the ork comment me lol . and seriously think about GDCK cheers.
http://rhysknightminiatures.blogspot.com/2012/01/custards-sorry-custodes.html


thank you for taking the time to comment folks , especially since i haven't been returning the favour too much lately

lots of just playing with the cam lately , all wips

I love the mini-eye view shot of the cathedral with all of the troops walking up the stairs

Neil that church really is superb!!!!! I really want to see this one painted and finished . Now that would be good to play Inquisitor over.

edit - I meant to ask what is the big black area to the left of the steps upto the church....I cannot make it out in that picture.

So when is your anniversary? The Zone Mortalis looks good, cannot wait to see the doors. I rather like how FW have used some of John's art on the walls too. If I had more gaming buddies in the area I think I would buy one too. Though I imagine painting it would be an effort and a half.

@ cap cheers man , love that shot my self was in two minds as to show it or save it for when its complete , but wheres the fun in that , ;-)

@ PDH , thought you might like it , i am trying to make ita gaming board also , but dio first , i tried the other way round and it looked crap , no heart and soul just gaming mechanic, i really need to get some proper pink foam and tools , like a work bench and a shed , would love that . The dark area is going to be the cold plated mechanicus basement area with plenty of movement room and doors and what nots, trying to get that rocky and smooth variation. got loads of passion for finishing this off mate , never fear , cheers mate.

hmmm.... interesting project...a good opening to any comment on this thread

so a black tower? hmmm... the inspiration pic is full of stuff from known movies and lots of other sources... is that small part of the admechs done by you? not entirely sure as mostly you draw/sketch in finer lines... but i might be wrong here^^

the plaster of paris idea and the use of garden landscape as a sort of mold making material is very good idea...and i do apreciate your ambitious research for good and convincing looking textures! here lies true value for the dio!

and well the current version of the dio... very scenic... but i am not totally surprised by that...you are a man fro a scenic aproach of such projects... seems that is bread and butter for you^^ oh and i think that is a good idea to share that cloud site for research purposes... tho i have to say i feel better for having downloaded everything that takes my fancy^^

cheers, vik

Wow cool, going to burn down Space Frankensteins Monster's lair?

Must have missed the last little bit of content. I agree with PDH and i too really like the Genestealer vision.

Nice to see some Elysians, Everytime i see those models i have to remind myself of all my unpainted/unnassembled models. Some day.....