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monkeytroll wrote:Lantern Corps looking good there, Guy in particular, although I can't say why that sculpt calls to me more than Hal, or even Kilowog.
And samurai with tentacles?
Nonchalant nautical navigator is pretty cool.
Enjoy the weekend and beer.

I think it's the gleeful, barely contained rage on Guy.
Thumbsup or tentacles up
Talking of tentacles - as so many people are these days - TAKOBAKE SAMURAI!

Big squiddly buggers.
Anyhoo. Work is bananas, hence the erratic posting, but I have had time to splatter some paint on a range of things. So, finally...

In brightest day, in blackest night...

The casts are ropey tbh in KM's shakey new rubbery "resin"

Hal Jordan

Ch'p, who might be my favourite

Kilowog

Arisia Rrab

Salaak

and a very angry Guy Gardner

The advent calendar is a continual delight also. Here's the undead wolf, and a very bloody butcher:

Beer seemed fitting also

Sunday brought this very neat spell effect from the Bones 5 Kickstarter.

Random. I'm going to use it as a base for Wong, eventually, as he just gets a tactical rock to stand on.

And Monday, a fab steampunk adventuress came.


Today, another pirate type, but he's clearly been blessed by

What a great sculpt. Straight into the blightkings he goes!

So ticking over. On the workbench are a dozen FoFo Bandits and a LOT of Veer-myn for Deadzone. Wonder what I'll actually finish next?
Graven

The Corp looks great, right off the pages .

I think that Guy looks so bad because he’s obviously a Green lantern, he knows how to use that power and he is just standing there not looking aggressive. So you know the power is all coiled up inside him ready to lash out, and he is not known for his restraint , so you are a bit leary in doing anything that might set him off.

It's not easy being green... Love the corps, great work on them! And the tentacle samurai are a fun contrast.

Tentacles samurai are what the world's been waiting for

Finished corps look very nice - didn't spot Ch'p in the teaser, you're right, I think he lips Guy as my favourite, although there's still something about Guy that grabs me.

And looking at the way the shadows from below his collar made me think he could be converted into a variant Punisher - seems doable to make a skull form on that torso and swap out the energy for an M16

Nice advent additions, particularly those last two.

Theophony wrote:The Corp looks great, right off the pages .

I think that Guy looks so bad because he’s obviously a Green lantern, he knows how to use that power and he is just standing there not looking aggressive. So you know the power is all coiled up inside him ready to lash out, and he is not known for his restraint , so you are a bit leary in doing anything that might set him off.

I think that this would be a great sculpt for his Red Lantern incarnation, not green. Ah well.

Viterbi wrote:It's not easy being green... Love the corps, great work on them! And the tentacle samurai are a fun contrast.

Thanks buddy. Good to see you also worship at the church of DC!
On which, I thought I'd finally get round to last year's black Friday promo, Krypto:

Lovely cape. Terrible cast. Bloody km it's why I haven't yet tackled the sinistro corps Still probably going to pick up the latest releases (Larfleeze, Saint Walker, new Zod, new Black Adam) as I have everything else for DCU - and KM's hopelessness notwithstanding, it's a fantastic game.

BUT there's more mileage just now in Marvel, so...

Going very comic.

Don't know why she's such a dodgy cast. Very odd. I mean there's some fitting issues with the plastics sure but she was just... nasty.

And last but by no means least, from the core set:

Great sculpt straight out of the gate, very enjoyable to paint. Dialed back the OSL from what I planned but still very pleased.

And another beverage and Reaper delight

I'm loving the ragtag band of classic dungeon delvers I'm getting, starting to think about another book nook already! And very pleased that the wizard's staff does indeed have a knob on the end

Veer-Myn are swarming across my desk, but the weather's been unseasonably mild so got more priming done also (Dormammu, Moon Knight, Blade, and Avenger strike fighters). Bandits are nearly done for FoFo also - which mean the end is finally in sight! I'm determined to play the game fully painted by hook or by crook >;E a foolish brag
Graven

So, we went to see Spider-man.


As a result, there really was someone I HAD to do... Dr Strange, Sorcerer Supreme!

And a bit macro'd

I do love a cape, it's true

And, next up, the last (for now!) Spidey villain: Kraven the Hunter!

I have no great affection for the character, but it's a great sculpt and he's very good at annoying my son when he plays Web Warriors I am a terrible parent


And as I'm finishing up things, the last of my Asgardians: Angela!

I'm a sucker for Neil Gaiman at the best of times, and his dip into Marvel was certainly interesting.

I had intended to go with more gold on the armour but I just really liked the angelic silvers.

BUT that's not at all... Beware of Bandits!

The heads are modular, and even a couple of body poses, but I did some hand swaps and some masks also.

And with the Fallen Shogun:


A productive hobby weekend, it also featured an epic game of DC Deckbuilding which, most improbably, ended in a draw

And more advent adventures: a creepy gnome porter, who'll go rather well with the goblin porter I got last year.

Rats! Good for the Veer-Myn hordes

And this excellent retro zombie. I think I'll do him a train driver for Brimstone.

My Moonstone: The Arising pledge turned up yesterday, so that might just motivate me to paint more Moonstone. Who knows though, I am fickle
Graven

Strange and Angela look great , also kudos for how Graven the Hunter turned out . I think the first Spider-Man comic I read was fighting him, or maybe it was from the Spider-Man and his amazing friends cartoon. Either way, not one of my favorite villains.

Nice bandits too, glad they are modular.

Theophony wrote:Strange and Angela look great , also kudos for how Graven the Hunter turned out . I think the first Spider-Man comic I read was fighting him, or maybe it was from the Spider-Man and his amazing friends cartoon. Either way, not one of my favorite villains.

Nice bandits too, glad they are modular.

I can't believe I didn't make the Graven the Hunter joke clearly my dad powers are weakening.
Right, onwards to Festivus!

Despite thinking was taking a break from Marvel, decided to get some paint on my 3D printed Sabertooth.

Turned out decent, I think. And talking of prints.

Longing, rusted, seventeen, daybreak, furnace, nine, benign, homecoming, one, freight car.

Well, it is Winter, after all

Lovely chilled Xmas Eve with the kids. Played DC Deckbuilding with the boys, introduction for the younger via Crisis Mode taking on the Antimonitor. We JUST won, but two turns away from losing - 2 hours of nail biting fun. Little miss wanted to paint models, so...

Female supers, 3d printed - Karu Sil, Queen of Blood and Arisia Rrab - and a saloon girl from SoB. She also did a painting of Arisia which led to the following:
Me - She's a magic superhero!
Clara (pointing, patiently) - *sigh* no daddy, she's a green lantern.
That's me told

Merry Xmas my brilliant brothers and sisters. You truly are the best.
Graven


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Theophony wrote:Strange and Angela look great , also kudos for how Graven the Hunter turned out . I think the first Spider-Man comic I read was fighting him, or maybe it was from the Spider-Man and his amazing friends cartoon. Either way, not one of my favorite villains.

Nice bandits too, glad they are modular.

I can't believe I didn't make the Graven the Hunter joke clearly my dad powers are weakening.
Right, onwards to Festivus!

Despite thinking was taking a break from Marvel, decided to get some paint on my 3D printed Sabertooth.

Turned out decent, I think. And talking of prints.

Longing, rusted, seventeen, daybreak, furnace, nine, benign, homecoming, one, freight car.

Well, it is Winter, after all

Lovely chilled Xmas Eve with the kids. Played DC Deckbuilding with the boys, introduction for the younger via Crisis Mode taking on the Antimonitor. We JUST won, but two turns away from losing - 2 hours of nail biting fun. Little miss wanted to paint models, so...

Female supers, 3d printed - Karu Sil, Queen of Blood and Arisia Rrab - and a saloon girl from SoB. She also did a painting of Arisia which led to the following:
Me - She's a magic superhero!
Clara (pointing, patiently) - *sigh* no daddy, she's a green lantern.
That's me told

Merry Xmas my brilliant brothers and sisters. You truly are the best.
Graven

Merry Christmas you young GOAT.

Hope all is merry and bright.

That’s the Sabertooth I know and love. Huge mutton chopped and bad fur collar . When I get my computer sorted out and can start printing again I may have to put him in a cue.

Theophony wrote:Merry Christmas you young GOAT.

Hope all is merry and bright.

That’s the Sabertooth I know and love. Huge mutton chopped and bad fur collar . When I get my computer sorted out and can start printing again I may have to put him in a cue.

Right back at ya chief.
Very much so, it really was an excellent day, and indeed season.
Yeah it's a very good STL, very retro. I'll fire it over to you if you want, it's a free one, just lmk.

Got a mighty haul of nerd loot to keep me busy

Particularly happy with triangle barreled sables which make painting a lot more bearable with my cruddy hand muscles
On the painting front, finished of the takobake

Which means FoFo is done, apart from the characters! Taking me past the 800 mark, no less.
And, to the devil, a daughter!

Dormammu and Clea Strange

Dormammu, I've come to bargain!

And, Clea. She needed a better base, so did some dark Dimension energy with green stuff and paper clips.


So done STUFF
As I'm clearing backlog I can confidently say that Moonstone stuff is in the offing
...
Maybe

Graven

That Dormammu is epic.

D-man is really nice.

Your haul is looking great as well.

Wow, that is not the Dormammu that I remember, but I've been away from the comics scene for a long, long time. Your fire effects are particularly nice.

All is good in the Graven blog. That Captain Marvel and Doctor Strange really pop for me. Your going to have to give us a battle report sometime with pictures.

youwashock wrote:That Dormammu is epic.

It's a beast of a fig, for sure. Thanks man.

Theophony wrote:D-man is really nice.
Your haul is looking great as well.

I have indeed done well. And cheers amigo.

JoshInJapan wrote:Wow, that is not the Dormammu that I remember, but I've been away from the comics scene for a long, long time. Your fire effects are particularly nice.

Not a giant floating head, right? I think this is supposed to be as if he is summoned physically into our dimension. And thanks!

Yorkright wrote: All is good in the Graven blog. That Captain Marvel and Doctor Strange really pop for me. Your going to have to give us a battle report sometime with pictures.

Oh indeed! Hoping to play some more soon.
Now I don't know about anyone else but I've been loving Hawkeye on a weds so I'm a bit sad it's over (as much as I'm excited for Book of Boba Fett) and so to tide me over I did a thing:

The fig is from Kitbash Games, Arrow - I was going to use her as Emiko / Red Arrow for DC but it occurred to me that sculpt was great for Kate Bishop.

At 32mm she's slightly wee but not too bad. Good enough to save me the price of a Hawkeye pack I reckon

Little bit of base detail.

And a little bit of festive fun

And how about an obscure modern marvel character in the form of The Hood, and his demonic form?

It's really just an excuse to do capes


Not sure how good he is in game but with the rules changes coming everything is a bit up in the air anyway


As promised, a little bit of a batrep

Asgard vs Web Warriors. Asgardians are very powerful but very expensive; web Warriors light and fragile. Crises were cosmic cube fragments and dark portals

Valkyrie is a combat monster, but venom is the heavy hitter that keeps coming back for more

Angela is likewise brutal but Gwen has all the movement shenanigans.
In the end, the boy bested me fair and square. Because the game doesn't let you one-shot, you need a mix of light and heavy characters (and size of team matters for igougo). It's very interesting, a bit too swingy for my taste (and the 2D nature of the 3D map - no falling - annoys me intensely) but the boy loves it and minis are a joy to paint. More marvel ahead, I suspect

But in the meantime, and to round out 2021, Forbidden Fortress: the characters!

Well 3 forbidden Fortress, 2 temple of Shadows.

I decided the soldier and the samurai were uncorrupted members of the takobake clan, hence the colour scheme
Now technically the other characters are painted also.

However, I want to try something a bit more ambitious in terms of the robes for the Geisha and Shugenja and the enforcer's shoulder I guess you'll have to come back in 2022 for that
Thanks for all your support over the last year. 817 models and lots of quality chat.
Till next time, my lovelies,
Graven

That's a mighty impressive painting total for the year!

Thanks kindly sir! To be fair lockdowns have helped, I don't think 2022 will be nearly as productive.

That was a mighty hobby haul for Christmas! Fantastic work on rounding off the year with those fofo heroes!

And caught up Missed quite a bit, love all the magicians and Dormammu looks ace. Love the "unofficial" Kate Bishop and I hope they get her in the game officially soon. Show was really fun and will surely get a rewatch next christmas.

And 817 minis Even if 2022 will bring less minis, there will still be enough to watch on here

Wow, that's quite the score - Good dedication

The board for your bat rep is sublime, really immersive.

Loving the combo of beers and models here.

endtransmission wrote:That was a mighty hobby haul for Christmas! Fantastic work on rounding off the year with those fofo heroes!

Well thanks. I have the family... Reasonably well trained lol.

Viterbi wrote:And caught up Missed quite a bit, love all the magicians and Dormammu looks ace. Love the "unofficial" Kate Bishop and I hope they get her in the game officially soon. Show was really fun and will surely get a rewatch next christmas.
And 817 minis Even if 2022 will bring less minis, there will still be enough to watch on here

Well thanks indeed. More magic users to come for sure. Yeah, Hawkeye is already a Xmas classic.

Slinky wrote:Wow, that's quite the score - Good dedication
The board for your bat rep is sublime, really immersive.

Aw cheers man. It'll be even better with a couple more buildings.

carlos13th wrote:Loving the combo of beers and models here.

I do love a beer, it is true. I need to dry out a bit though, not a full dryanuary but certainly a week or two off the bevvy.
I'm not going to do a year in review, but the big "new" of 2021 was Crisis Protocol. It's been good on many levels, helping me (re)build confidence with my painting - I feel like I'm almost back to where I was 5 years ago before developing muscle problems in my right hand. But anyway, what is coming 2022?
(1) Deadzone is high on the list. I have a swarm of Veer-Myn to do, plus terrain and my kids to help with their Asterians and GCPS. I finally have a clear plan for the look of them, and how to paint batch paint it, so here's hoping.
(2) Moonstone! The models are utterly beautiful but I've been scared of painting the humans as they're quite intimidating - finally feel ready to tackle them.
(3) MCP. Those Christmas presents won't paint themselves
(4) Aeronautica Imperialis Asuyrani / Astartes : Wrath of Angels was a delightful gift at Xmas, and I am going to revisit one of my early hobby memories, going to GW London Oxford Street and seeing an epic t'hawk drybrushed boltgun over black and being blown away by it. So they're going to be Raven Guard, as that's the boy's SM force; I've caved and ordered the FW transfer sheet as it will save a lot of hassle in the long run. And then some Eldar too, because you have to have the space elf glass ninjas to go with (but... I'll probably stick with da Orks, fanks )
(5) Descent - a funny one this. We got a review copy of Descent, and it's great... But it's a board game so ordinarily I don't obsess about painting the models. They are VERY shiny however.
(6) Booknook - I have an urge to make a Booknook, a little vignette that you slot into a bookcase. The first one will be Venice themed, and we'll go from there.

And as I say, here's the state of my Veer-myn

I know that I seem to churn out minis so here's what's ticking over! I always have lots going on that I don't post. What's your thoughts on the rusty metal scheme for my giant space rats? As you can see I'm playing about with different variations, although the Night Terror (big one down front with blades on its back) is closest to what I'm going for I think.
So that's me for now - 2022 agogo baby!
Graven

Sorry for not checking in in what seems like ages (though that could just be the rate you paint, which warps space-time with sheer productivity).

Catching up, love what you've done with Dormammu and The Hood. I can only recall coming across him in the Bendis Secret Avengers run and an old crossover with the Beyonder, but I always enjoyed Hood's aesthetic and power set. Kraven deserves a soecial mention too, love the colour palette you went for there and just the character in general.

Happy new year, hope it's as productive as the previous few!

I'm glad I'm not the only one with an urge to make a booknook! I want to make a Necromunda one to go with all the rulebooks... at some point.

Most excited for seeing more MCP in the future, but that booknook sounds fun, especially if Venice will be the first foray!

Paradigm wrote:Sorry for not checking in in what seems like ages (though that could just be the rate you paint, which warps space-time with sheer productivity).
Catching up, love what you've done with Dormammu and The Hood. I can only recall coming across him in the Bendis Secret Avengers run and an old crossover with the Beyonder, but I always enjoyed Hood's aesthetic and power set. Kraven deserves a soecial mention too, love the colour palette you went for there and just the character in general.
Happy new year, hope it's as productive as the previous few!

Well, I doubt it will be quite as productive but I'll be happy with painting merrily along. Thanks for all the kind feedback.

endtransmission wrote:I'm glad I'm not the only one with an urge to make a booknook! I want to make a Necromunda one to go with all the rulebooks... at some point.

Oh, Munda is a good shout. After Venice I think a dungeon scene is next on my list. I'm vaguely surprised the wife is so keen though.

Viterbi wrote:Most excited for seeing more MCP in the future, but that booknook sounds fun, especially if Venice will be the first foray!

Well you won't be disappointed, at least in the former... Hopefully

Well perhaps unsurprisingly, the year begins with MCP, firstly in the form of Moon Knight:

I quite like when the comics universes draw on Egyptian mythology, and it opens up the possibility for Kang the Conqueror (because timeywimey shenanigans).

I'm looking forward to the TV show even if I'm slightly wary of Oscar Isaac's accent in the trailer, more so than the Black Adam movie (which likewise all Egyptian), weirdly, despite being a DC nerd at heart.

I think it's easy to write him off as just Marvel's Batman, he's more nuanced than that and his mental health struggles are compelling when written well. Here's hoping.

Slight repose, angling the chimney forward and adding more rubble so it seems to have crashed to the ground.

And next, the Daywalker: Blade!

I'm of the generation that grew up with the blade movies and far too much vampire stuff in their geek lives.

This is a funny old base so I tried to add more glowy and rubble so they're bursting through the ground.

In all, i think he's turned out well. I'm all about the capes

And, did a bit of scatter.

I decided to really go to town with the slaps.

By my Byzantine rules, two small things usually counts as 1 painted model, but I really think these 3 should only count as 1.
Also, I'm trying to sort out my absolute shelf of shame of Moonstone; I need to get back into these as it's my absolute favourite fantasy skirmish, but having total paralysis of choice so... It's over to you! Groups in the pictures in the spoiler block, should it be goblins, humans, faeries, trolls, giants, witches or Leshavault cultists and fantasy creatures?

Help me out gang!
Back at work, just trying to get into the swing of things. It's always a bit odd. Anyway, ticking over, all in all.
Graven

I vote for witches.

Moon Knight looks great. I loved that book back in the day-- before Bill Sienkiewicz got all weird, he was a really good Neil Adams imitator, which suited the character really well.

Clearly the Marvel version of Batman is Night-Owl, but yes, Moon Knight is pretty close too I guess. I'm really looking forward to that series

Great work on Moon Knight and blade too. As for Moonstone... my vote is to finish the Goblins that you've already started first!

Great job on the capes as usual!

I also vote for witches.

Goblins!