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Those are just too cool for school. Where on earth did that mini come from?

Theyre just stock Gw Gits.

I didn't think they made minis for the jokero... is it a newer mini (i.e. new GKs) or old?

Here they are http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1140066a

I've not seen them before myself, so I guess they are relatively new

Ifalna wrote: I think he has such a soulful gaze because he has seen the horrors that consist of my bedroom/new painting area. Many fellow miniatures in various states of dismemberment. He may have even glanced some of the terrible fanfiction I read while at my desk, and it has given him some form of Post traumatic stress syndrome.

So, what his expression really is saying is :

"My dear... I am so sorry. I have seen the horrors you live with daily, and I know what you seek. Please, hold still for just a moment, and I will give you sweet release..."

Just before he shoves those two fingers through your temple.

Assisted Suicide Monkey is saddened that the world can visit such horrors on humanity.


Heh, yea, little 'Rogies doesn't want to be under the blanket, he wants me to pet him while he sucks on it. As I type this he is on my lap, sucking on my terrycloth robe like if he does it enough it will turn into his mother. After a little petting and working through his mommy/abandonment issues he is super cuddly. Then he decides it is time to play, and sinks his teeth and claws into you. The transition phase there is about 3/10ths of a second long :(

I love the little bastard, but goddamn, were he human there would be horror movies written about him and how he tried to recreate his mother out of the skin of random women.

It came out with the new GKs, Gitsplitta.

I didn't realise there's be such trials and tribulations with the Angry Goblin, Ifalna - my apologies. Is he behaving himself now?

Ifalna wrote:Here they are http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1140066a

I've not seen them before myself, so I guess they are relatively new

Yeah they came out with the GK codex. They are just so damn expensive everyone does conversions for them

Very nice monkey painting! It's awesome to see one that doesn't follow the colour scheme from the books!

They look great! Your Gibbon scheme turned out to be very striking - almost classy. I definitely won't confuse those two chaps on the tabletop, and perhaps I can convince my opponents not to shoot at them. After all, how can you look into their eyes and think of violence. Even a World Eater would blink a few times before whipping his chainsword around.

logg_frogg wrote:They are just so damn expensive everyone does conversions for them.

Says the man who builds Rhinos by the stack!

Excellent work on the jokero's.
Great to see the 2 different schemes on the same model.........oh and them eyes, really are the cherry on top.

The monkeys are looking really nice, the black one is a clever idea to get round them all looking the same.

That reminds me - Ifalna, what size light box do you use, and how many lamps do you use with it?

common monkey on monkey action, thats offensive to monkeys everywhere!

Wehrkind wrote:
So, what his expression really is saying is :
"My dear... I am so sorry. I have seen the horrors you live with daily, and I know what you seek. Please, hold still for just a moment, and I will give you sweet release..."
Just before he shoves those two fingers through your temple.

I will sleep in fear that he and his slightly more upbeat friend will escape my closet and do this. :(

Wehrkind wrote:Heh, yea, little 'Rogies doesn't want to be under the blanket, he wants me to pet him while he sucks on it. As I type this he is on my lap, sucking on my terrycloth robe like if he does it enough it will turn into his mother. After a little petting and working through his mommy/abandonment issues he is super cuddly. Then he decides it is time to play, and sinks his teeth and claws into you. The transition phase there is about 3/10ths of a second long :(
I love the little bastard, but goddamn, were he human there would be horror movies written about him and how he tried to recreate his mother out of the skin of random women.

Oh god, if its any consolation, you are not the only one who has to deal with a sucky cat. Manny suckles himself whenever he is relaxing or settling down for the night, yes, himself. He has no fur so he can just grab his own belly and suck whenever he wants and it's so awkward to break a Sphynx out of that theres no point in really going to the effort. His sister did it when she was just a kitten but at least she has grown up. I can assure you that having one sucking a piece of cloth is infinitely better than having one making slurpy sucky noises on its own belly. Ugggghh.

Dysartes wrote:
I didn't realise there's be such trials and tribulations with the Angry Goblin, Ifalna - my apologies. Is he behaving himself now?

He is totally behaving himself now, my night of intense rage and a hefty amount of swearing at him sorted him out. I ended up pinning his arm as carefully as possible as it was so narrow, and it worked out well Started on him today but still in the basic first few layers so not really worth an update.

logg_frogg wrote:
Very nice monkey painting! It's awesome to see one that doesn't follow the colour scheme from the books!

Yeah I think little things like altering a common scheme to another one that still makes sense can add a really nice touch to minis and help them stand out, especially minis that only have 1 or 2 variants of poses!

Broonba wrote:Excellent work on the jokero's.
Great to see the 2 different schemes on the same model.........oh and them eyes, really are the cherry on top.

I personally thought the Bum touching photo was the pinnacle of their achievements, but I guess I have odd tastes :(

GiraffeX wrote:The monkeys are looking really nice, the black one is a clever idea to get round them all looking the same.

There are so many monkey and ape patterns to use, I love painting naturalistic things because there are so many amazing natural themes available to use, and they always look good! Imagine one of those Jokaeros with a baboob scheme, all red faced and blue bottomed That would be brilliant.

Dysartes wrote:That reminds me - Ifalna, what size light box do you use, and how many lamps do you use with it?

At the moment I am using a very fancy photo set up of a black bobble hat, 2 low wat lamps, and a 2-3 second exposure to get ok details. When I have my lightbox set up it is about half a meter cube with 2 daylight bulbs on either side, I just cant fit it on my desk for quick updates When we move again to our "permanant" house in Galway I will have it set up for good. Setting it up each time I want a shot is rather time consuming.

Rogue Wolves wrote:common monkey on monkey action, thats offensive to monkeys everywhere!

Not at all, monkeys love that kind of stuff. No shame. No shame at all.

JB wrote:
They look great! Your Gibbon scheme turned out to be very striking - almost classy. I definitely won't confuse those two chaps on the tabletop, and perhaps I can convince my opponents not to shoot at them. After all, how can you look into their eyes and think of violence. Even a World Eater would blink a few times before whipping his chainsword around.

Thrilled you like them JB! They are really cute, you will see them properly soon, much nicer in the hand than in the shots

I have a quick update of the WIP character standard Astropath, shots a bit blurry but I am really exhausted and have to go to bed soon, so I will get better ones tomorrow when he is a little more advanced.



Green is about done bar a bit of wash shading to tone it down a little, and skin needs a little more work especially around the eye sockets. This is such a tiny, delicate model, at its widest it is about as thick as a terminators power fist, but perfectly proportioned, so it looks so much bigger in the shot than it really is. Will totally have to get a comparison shot with another mini to emphasise how petite this old dude actually is!

I also managed to transfer my entire painting desk up to my PC, which leaves me now able to browse, watch Netflix, and have a much higer desk to really reduce backstrain while painting So good.



Cheap Argos furniture sometimes has no handles for no discernable reason, but this can be fixed with Christmas ribbon if you are amazing.

I have some really awesome PM's I will reply to in the morning, I would love to get chatting but I am seriously so tired I might pass out on my keyboard and wake up with letters imprinted into my face. Again.

i like that green color, i think its painted rather nice (as it might come to no suprise)

The green robes are really fantastic, and the purple sets it off perfectly. Will the magician reveal her secrets?

That Astropath is looking good so far! His face and hands really do "pop" against the purple and green which is great.

I realized today that I forgot to wash the minis during my prep. Hopefully your primer has been sticking well to them.

Wow, really loving that purple with the green. It really is a great model too. I bought the set largely for him, but really the others are quite nice as well. I wish GW did more "actual scale' models like him though!

Good call on the desk too! Raising my desk ~3-4 inches took a world of strain off my back, which was having other issues too. Made painting a lot more fun!

I would also like a video of Captain von Suckshimself if at all possible! If only to demonstrate to Pierogies how silly he looks when he does it to blankets

Sounds rude! If I didn't know you were talking bout a cat I would think it was one o them pop stars who have their bottom ribs removed so they can um, y'know, do that, um.


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Captain von suckshimself!!!

One of my friends from college could do that, though due to gymnastics and such. Then his mom walked in on him buck naked on the floor doing so... Funny story, especially when he tells it, and you know how much he WORSHIPS his mother. I can not even imagine how awkward that household must have been that week! Probably made the week he came out of the closet seem like a breeze in comparison.

Wehrkind wrote:One of my friends from college could do that, though due to gymnastics and such. Then his mom walked in on him buck naked on the floor doing so... Funny story, especially when he tells it, and you know how much he WORSHIPS his mother. I can not even imagine how awkward that household must have been that week! Probably made the week he came out of the closet seem like a breeze in comparison.

I'd rather come out of the closet.

Heh, yea, me too. Being caught doing the former would probably make me hide in the closet for a week, quite literally.

Aaaand Iffy's blog goes to a strange place when she stops posting

You guys are amazing. Keep it up.

I'll see what I can do, but for now I need to get back to work on the models for Dakka Con. I need to put the finishing touches on Urgrok, and actually complete the new BSB model, and the angel.... all before I start touching up the knights that have gotten chipped.

Man, no wonder I spend so much time telling random stories about cats and such on the forums... mentally, this is rather daunting
I love your blog for the inspiration and drive though! Coming here ranks just below a Marine Gunnery Sgt. shouting comic insults at you for driving one to do more and better!

"Sorry guys, lazy day today. Here's the 5 models I finished up after dinner today. I will probably only complete 3 or 4 other awesome one's before I wash the dishes."

Hmm, what have we here?

A bit of orangutan on gibbon action, a skinny old man with no eyes,a bit of auto-fellatio (feline or otherwise) and some ribbon door handles.

And people wonder what the attraction of Dakka is?

monkeytroll wrote:Hmm, what have we here?

A bit of orangutan on gibbon action, a skinny old man with no eyes,a bit of auto-fellatio (feline or otherwise) and some ribbon door handles.

And people wonder what the attraction of Dakka is?

And for the record it was Gibbs who was touching Ook's fanny.

...or should I just have posted with a capital TMI in response to Wehrkind...oh well, too late now, the cast are die!

Oh my god, had such a good laugh reading through this

I won't have any mini's up tonight (looking at you, Wehrkind) as I am on my "weekend" and enjoying fine dining of too much whiskey and fancy crisps while playing Minecraft with my little bro and laughing at the BFs Skyrim adventuring.

If anyone enjoys such riveting conversations as " Which ape is touching who's bottom", " The cat that is a dirty rock star", and massive art rants from a drunken Irish person, feel free to add me on Facebook for a whole new world of swearwords-not-allowed-on-dakka. I'm the admin of the page in my sig, just message me with who you are on Dakka so I'm not clueless.

Weety did, and I can guarantee she regrets it every day ;D

Well, I can send you a Facebook invite but it's a bad deal for you. Your page sounds entertaining. I, on the other hand, am the dullest person on Facebook and quite happy that way.

If it helps, I'll be posting a figure in my Showcase thread later this evening - Major Terntadust from Warlord Games...

If I felt inclined I'd fight you for that title JB

But I'm not, I'll let you keep it

monkeytroll wrote:If I felt inclined I'd fight you for that title JB

But I'm not, I'll let you keep it

You live in a floating domicile. That is already 10 times cooler than me living in a cozy village where the highlights are bakeries and a cuppa tea.