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Thanks for the kind words Sageheart!

We played for oh say, goddamn 8 hours or more? and only got to turn 3 maybe 4 if I recall.

Highlights were, dragonogre things womping 10 colossal squigs (lord are those things terrible in game) along with some chaos knights, me rolling a direct hit like 18/24 times over 3 turns making my artillery pick up a ton of points from all those juicy demon princes and the like

I know how you feel about starting up something new before finishing what you started... I started 40k orks at beginning of this blog ... never finished them.. moved onto night goblins, got distracted and half made tournament size armies of night goblin themed tomb kings and vampire counts.. and now back to trying to finish my tournament models for night goblins. sheesh. too dang much hobby ADD

I'm glad to be an inspiration! Thanks again. I think unit fillers can really break up monotony of some blocks. Only time it gets confusing is when you have skaven pushing a bell or something like that, and 5 other units with unit fillers that look like bells... uhh which block is the real bell again?? but thats pretty easily avoidable.

there has been loads done! havent had time to update the blog much. hoping to have my 2500 painted in the next month or so. didn't get quite all painted for the slobberknocker 2014 GT. I got my butt stomped but had a blast. Highlights include netting myself while S1 from hexes in game 1, killing all 50 goblins leaving my general to be cut down by 25 chaos warriors. Failing animosity on squig horde, dealing hits out to a smaller squig-dart, blowing it up 11" nearly killing all my chariots and pump wagons.. Netting and killing a block of bret knights after hexing them with wiz hat. Lost all my spells via glean magic, minus sneaky stabbin.. Nearly got a draw against skaven but left bell and plague furnace driver-less but with 1 wound left each. Whole squig horde into flank of a hellpit flubbed attacks 2 rounds in a row leaving it 1 wound left allowing them to be flanked instead of reforming, breaking my steadfast and sealing my fate that game! Made a ton of bad calls, felt my list and stuff wasn't the biggest problem. Shoulda had my wheaties! hehe. Revising my list, and working on getting painted and hopefully I can convince some buds to get tickets to bugeater in nebraska here in a couple months.


Anyhow I nearly got these 2 units of goblins complete. The squigs aren't far behind, and the manglers are complete. I don't like the eyes on the manglers, but looking for 3 color right now, and once I get there, iill go back and revisit the bad bad bad eyes i have now. The unit fillers on the NG and squig units are all that are lacking as of now. the bullseyes just need pinks and flock/snow

group shot
50 ng/40 ng/ 2 manglers / ng warboss on squig/ ng warboss on foot


50 NG unit, reformed into a more photogenic horde IMHO




40 NG



manglers



squig horde






Got some paint on the squig-pump wagons, and squig-gobba but didn't get pics. hopefully will get some stuff done soon!

Glad to.see. you are still around

I've wanted night goblin squigg army for so long I just can't bring myself to paint that many miniatures ; ~ ;

I'm with you on the painting, Sasa0mg… but I already started my squib cult.

This cult is looking great. I love the skittle squibs. I like varying colors much better than having a big block of red bouncing around the table. Those giant squibs are cool. It looks like they are photo bombing the pic.

Nice to see these still moving along.... Squig horde looking great.

Sageheart wrote:Glad to.see. you are still around

From the depths and back, I HAVE RETURNED! Seriously though, real life!!! Come on!! I have serious business planned with my little toys!

Sasa0mg wrote:I've wanted night goblin squigg army for so long I just can't bring myself to paint that many miniatures ; ~ ;

Oh my lord. I have been playing these guys a year and still workin on getting my 2500 painted up.. Hoping I can ride the momentum and shoot past 2500 painted to 3000-3500 painted because I'd love to have 10k of my squig cult painted up!

The Good Green wrote:I'm with you on the painting, Sasa0mg… but I already started my squib cult.

This cult is looking great. I love the skittle squibs. I like varying colors much better than having a big block of red bouncing around the table. Those giant squibs are cool. It looks like they are photo bombing the pic.

C'mon make man withe the more updates on the cult!! I have been checkin out all the other NG blogs I can for inspiration!! Brothers need inspiration to keep on keepin on! Thanks for the compliment! i like tje multicolor look muself! Made me chuckle about the photo bombing! Gonna have to hold these guys out of frame and let them photobomb stuff from now on.

monkeytroll wrote:Nice to see these still moving along.... Squig horde looking great.

Thanks monkey, hoping to update more regularly now that real life
is getting a little less crazy.

Will update again this evening I hope with some updated photos on unit fillers and pump wagons!

decided to post this from a different thread to keep some stuff all together. my bad if you ended up reading it twice. Been super busy working on these commissions lately along with preparing to move! blah!

Hi guys. I have recently been working on a large tree spirit army for a friend excited for the wood elf book coming out. I don't know why I haven't been taking as many pictures of them but I need to get on that. Anyhow, after getting 2 tree men 90% complete, and the last one 70% complete I wanted to work on one for myself for casting. I had also been doing 12 tree-kin for him as well, but again, no pics :/


So anyways, here is this fella. I was kinda going for a spooky/haunted tree look. He is made in several pieces. Legs/2 arms/torso/1 side attaching branch/3 top attaching branches. I was hoping to make a cast copy of him, and add more personalized details.. So I could for instance have a version with fungus/mushrooms growing on him, another that has spider web patterns here and there, maybe a crow or something, maybe a pumpkin vine wrapped around foot.

I need to make a second set of arms and legs. Probably a version standing with slightly bent legs, and a squatting about to jump at you pose. I would like to do an arm set of him also reaching out towards the sky, thought about doin a set of arms in which he was potentially flipping the bird like Kev Adams old night goblin as well?

Early WIP shot before branches were done, or top/bottom of torso complete (including hip joint)






Finished shots











Gonna try and yellow-tack him together a little better tonight and photograph him in better conditions. Sorry for the quality in those.





When it comes to casting this guy up. I need to ensure he isn't too heavy as to warp his lone leg on the ground. I figure I could use a more dense resin/higher strength or whatever for that piece, and make the others of a lighter weight resin? I am about to begin researching this stuff so if anyone can point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it!



Thanks for lookin!

I like him Skylar, but I think you could have tried a different direction with the legs. They seem.. underwhelming?

Perhaps a tangle of roots flailing about?

Pose? detailing? design of the actual leg shape? all of the above hehe? I ask because I want a few sets of legs to go with him, as well as arms and variant branches so people could buy a couple and do them up differently. I don't want the other legs to have the problem that these do. I had the thought of roots bound together in the shape of legs, or that had more or less twisted into two leg shapes that he was strutting around on. Do you think that would be a better direction as far as humanoid legs go?

As far as the tangle of roots flailing about, I love that idea. I will have to do an alternate leg set like that. Probably have a could of extra roots you glue on to the root tangle to make it more dynamic and customizable. I think that with a very minimal amount of green stuff work someone could change the smile on this bastard if they wanted to make him look much more different than the other, and even add a flailing body entangled to the roots etc. A goblin skulker all tied up at the waist being held up to the tree man's face, vainly attempting to strike the beast from too far away, but too dumb to cut the root holding his waist... I don't know, or something.

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This was made using some spare bits that were too bubbly to sell. Don't mind it so bad for myself!


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quick and dirty paint job from last night, need to finish base and do some more highlighting. Going to change glow to not hit hands as it looks like crap, and change it from green to blue I think. Possibly red orange. if I do red orange I will make foliage on top green, and if I do blue eyes I'll do orange/red/yellow foliage


made up about 6 of these guys last night, well shy a few branches I was too lazy to do. 2 sets came out with minimal bubbles, and other 4 sets are not bad but the 2 sets out shine them. continuing method of high slow pour vs. injection (with large resevoirs cut out to funnel it in) and burping/tapping on table until I get something to vibrate molds.

Yes and yes.

From the front, the legs and torso look a little slapdash, like a play-dough sculpture? If it were a smooth transition, much like the back appears to be, I think I would like him much more.

Yeah I don't love the transition but kinda liked it after I finished it before I made a mold. I had thought about changing it.

I'd like to say my gak photography doesn't help but, it probably looks slapdash in person lol.

Quatto has a cast of it that he's running with his treeman I think in event you see it around up at the shop.

thanks for the feedback tho ken, hope things are welll!


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So its been a while, real life etc but an update!! haha

finished my custom foam Super dungeon explore board! will have to get a group shot later

Tile #1




















Tile #2


















Tile #3 (actually pretty much first tile complete)











Tile #4












Tile #5

the dungeon tiles looks amazing... so cheerful and briight...love it! and i like all the small details you added...

also...the squigg army of yours is also one of a kind! very much to be learnt here! subbed

cheers, vik

Thank you vik! I wish they wouldn't have released AOS as it really has killed my interest in my squig army. I suppose I can still finish it and play 8th but eventually the well of opponents is going to dry up I think. Most of the local fantasy scene, if not it completely crumbled with release of AOS, people selling armies etc, no more tourneys being run. Guys up in Wichita, Kansas still doing 8th ones but is a decent drive for me.

All that has had me mainly doing Super dungeon explore stuff lately. I think a buddy wants to commission me to make him a mad max themed ork army sometime soon. So that may be in the pipes soon

The crystal caverns here I tried to make pretty bright and cheerful like you said. They had released some crystal cavern tiles that had similar colors going on and I based my paint scheme off it. I stole the translucent crystal idea from Glenn's second foam dungeon over on sodapop mini boards.

Hopefully do a hirst one sometime soon after I paint this huge pile of chibi minis from sodapop, impact miniatures, and velvet mark miniatures.

oh.... what i wouldn´t give for a whole collection of hirst art molds...thee guys really know what we like^^

and i fully understand your problems due to AoS....i a every day on ebay... and you see the panic sales...

Yeah I'm working on painting up existing stuff I have before I throw down $ on guest as I imagine I'll order like 10 molds at once.

Haven't tried AOS, will have to someday I suppose. Haven't even played 40k since shortly after 6th was released .

Decided to finish some projects though so trying to get my 2k of freebooters full converted and painted.

I had assembled this wagon stock a couple years back and out the columns in bed to support the ship. Last night broke it out and came up with this thus far

Made w couple chibi cottages today, here's one





Still need to put windows on

Working on a chibi Rick and morty for super dungeon explore







Still have a lot to do but just started it tonight. Morty is just a round head on a paper clip so far lol.


Wubba lubba dub dub!

why do i get a feeling of the muppets show?...hmmm^^

Haha right??! I was getting a muppet/sideshow bob vibe!

Once I sculpted the mouth and it was set up some but elastic enough I could move it around still, I started playing with the mouth positioning I gave him. He looked like Freddy Kruger/scary terry.

Also reminded me of beetle juice in snake form?? Haha

Anyhow some pics of progress. I was having problems rounding out the cheek I started with mouth wet still so will work on checks and ears tonight, along with finish hair. Maybe shorten his leg.

Some custom Chibis I'm workin on! Old Rick is probably going to get sold off or given away as I'm working on v2.0 for a commission and don't like v1 anymore!



Jack skellington, no frills or lapes or stuff yet.

Horrible pic.



Sword kirby! Has a magnet in his head/hand to swap some weapons and hats depending on who he absorbs! Plan on modifying sucfubus rules for him dropping first action and giving him some sort of absorb ability



Star wand kirby!




Kirby and assorted stuff so far! He has a big wooden hammer in background of some picture also.




Trogdor!! & strongbad



Strongbad



It's adventure time! Finn and jake! Plus Gunter (not pictured
His keyboard)



Ice king and hunter. Ice kings damn arm snapped off while attaching the hand so I have to fix it later along with other finishing touches




Master splinter







Blurry April o'neil :|



Shredder








Turtle gang (from velvet mark) with splinter (pre whiskers) and April





King boo with some needs to be fixed eyebrows






Traumatized armless At the moment Morty




Rick for a buddy's war hammer army I'm doin ok commission







Thanks for looking

Friend made SDE cards (copies of existing characters with renamed abilities) for turtles, April, splinter, strongbad, TROGDORRRRR, all the pictures adventure time guys.
Will post it up to copy if anyone wants to print them for their own use.

So its been a while, i'm alive and kicking. Real life yknow? anywho back to biz.

for a long time I quit playing 40k, and focused on WHFB 8th edition until AOS dropped then.. Yeah..... I haven't tried AOS yet. Maybe some day. I have played a couple of games of 7th ed 40k and it seems fun though, hopefully 8th is as well.

Couple photos from last nights 7th ed 40k game, maelstrom mission 2, ended on end of T4 with only chaos big giant paladin lookin thing, and a termi-warlord guy alive on chaos side vs 2 gunwagons, 8 lootas, warlord mek, 2 gits, pk nob from boyz squad 1, 8/10 str boyz squad 2 including pk nob alive left on the ork side. Most of which were camped on obj or about to be hiding out of LOS of the big guy. He may have been able to pull off a draw or win if we would of continued on and he got right objective card thingies.

I castled in the corner trying to only show front armor to the big guns, but accidentaly misdeployed and showed side armor to titan and he exploded the BW killing 1 git on turn 1. ouch.





I know the ships aren't done but, can you imagine them in their glory?! I have considered making the decks plates/planks out of 30 or 60 mill thick magnetic sheeting like people use to magnetize fantasy armies? I wonder how well it takes paint and stuff? anyone have any experience? would be neat i think. I really want to make the ships be able to physically carry all the models that go inside.



I've been playing Arcadia Quest a lot, if you aren't familiar with it look it up, its a really fun competitive game for 4 players. You can houserule stuff to make it work for more people though, we are playing a 6 player campaign at the moment. Here are some of the figs I have been working on. These are just basic tabletop quality done as quick as i could, will go back and highlight stuff when I have time but I wanted to get the set done to play with as the game has been getting played on a weekly basis.









My dad got me a paasch airbrush from hobby lobby a couple years back <3 dad, and I was so hesitant to use it, and mess it up. I planned on watching videos and blah blah blah.. Then one day I got drunk and was like " " and just got it out, thinned my crappy apple barrel paint and airbrushed like 40 minis in 15 minutes getting a bunch of rivet wars allies based palm leaf green, and doing all the Caucasian flesh on the AQ heroes (then washing with reikland and highlighting with airbrush again).


Some SDE minis (and a custom finn and jake that i sculpted)



quick and dirty paladin from sde, started him like 4 years ago jesus

gunter close up


adventure time guys + master splinter i sculpted



can see some SDE dragons in background/spawn points/hirst chests



Downloaded sculptris 4 or 5 days ago, I had downloaded it on an ipad or something like 3-4 years ago, played with it a day and forgot about it. got it for pc this time and did this over 2 hours or so during my lunch break at work/after work. Its not gonna be usable for 3d printing i bet, but in future i know now how to make the arms and head diff objects and stuff to make it print better and posable. need to figure out rigging in another program. model looks alot dif now but forgot to take new pix. ssculptris is very intuitive for people who have sculpted by hand, gotta say. super neat








finished the rick and morty commission








Friend of mine painted up the trees i sculpted for him a few years ago




there are more, will have to find pix



start of new landships!!!! gunwagons? battlewagons? looted wagons? who knows. again, thinkng of using magnetic sheeting 30mil or 60 mill think for the planks or deck plates on these to hold fellars on??








got a bit done on these since these were taken, the battle pix up top have more work done on them (including treads complete on one)

begininings of magentized rivet wars board



shamelessly copying guy from combatzonescenery.co.uk or something like that. great friggin work this guy does.

Got some more done on the first battlewafon





The black stuff is 60 mil Magnetic sheeting that people use for fantasy modes/unit trays. I've made one sponson with removable big shoota boy and in process of others. Deck of ship all mageized so can remove sail if needed plus hold the boys on the boat while I move around board.
Need to

finish making port holes with rokkits and shootas for sides of the hull up top, a kannon and kill kannon for the decks and rivets rivers rivets. Lots of welds to sculpt. Hopefully make some progress today

Make ladders planks wreckin ball and klaw and magnetize them. Same for rolla and ram then gonna finish up bits ok the sail and hopefully get it painted tomorrow if I can


Cheers all

Just caught up on your blog. Beautiful, wonderful madness you've got going on here. Love it.

 Cleatus wrote:
Just caught up on your blog. Beautiful, wonderful madness you've got going on here. Love it.

Thanks mate!! I keep forgetting to take photos of progress, let alone posting them. Will do soon.

Picture from my first game of 8th! Big win for the freebooters at 2000 points vs IG!

Hiya everybody! I'm alive! 8th edition is in full swing, waiting on chapter approved to drop.

Trying to finish up the freebooters finally now that i have some wind in my sails



dumping tons of photos here, big udpate

most of this is very WIP


ammon runts




flash gits














battlewagon




magnetized for easier transport


weirdboy 1

early on wip with paddle-staff





farther along




weirdboy 2
bag of gold coins in his hand, mound of clay is for pile of coins to be glued to when basing








waaagh banner nob

early on into frock coat-ing (same as flash gits) so quality is lower, got his a bit too thick, whatever itll do





nob (magnetized) for boyz mob







tankbusta mob x 2










tankbusta nobs







aobr warboss






big mek on bike w/ kff









nobs













lots to do/finish up still. c&c welcome

It's always a treat when you update this thing.

Thanks a lot bud. Appreciate the attaboys, c&c etc you always drop by with. hopefully can get this stuff finished soon and make an appearance to lose in style like:

Here are a couple photo examples of the airbrushed skin i finished last night. Got my entire army done aside from 10 flash git and a biker big mek (probably not be a legal unit by time in done with him ugh)