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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

Something a little different today:

Rogue Trader Mariella Danbury.
Ace gunslinger, excellent swords-woman, interstellar master-trader and all round fashion guru, this rogue trader is not to be trifled with.
Its unknown as to whether her commissar hat is earned or simply a bold fasion statement, but one things for sure, she sure does wear it well...


ok, this was a present from my wife from last xmas and yes I only just got round to painting it now...

its a excersise in proving to you that I am actually capable of painting anything other than grey, green or brown

So, no, your eyes haven't gone, that's really an ermine and felt lined purple leather jacket with jeans and tan boots she's sporting.

why? well why the hell not.

In truth I wanted to convey the flamboyance and general dont-give-a-funt ness of a Roguetrader and felt that lavish displays of wealth and power were the best way to achive the look, hence golden and royal colours being used and it also explains the pilfered commissar hat and sash.
I chose a necromunda base to suggest that shes onboard a starship of some kind, either thieving her way through a hulk or comandeering the bridge of a poor unfortunate merchant vessel... what a scallywag, eh?

the model is of course from anvil, who else?

perhaps a crew of low-down thieving bastards and neer-do-wells may yet join her in the not so distant future...

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Fighter Ace





Edinburgh

 osjclatchford wrote:
thanks.

as for madrobot. do get stuff its tip-top quality. but I will say now, order enough to make it worth your while. shipping can be a cow-son...

also, looking forward to more of your guard!
not much love for guard these days, but probably because they play like shyte these days... :(
roll on the new codex, eh?


I haven’t played 40K for decades so I’m good on that front - if I ever attempt it I’d maybe try Grim Dark Future for simplicity.

Rogue Trader paint job looks awesome!! Loving the ermine and jeans results, she’s certainly looking like she should have a camera crew and adoring viewing public

   
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

 Ragsta wrote:
...
I haven’t played 40K for decades so I’m good on that front - if I ever attempt it I’d maybe try Grim Dark Future for simplicity...


LOL last time i picked up dice was in 1998! that'd be third edition I suppose...

I still buy the guard codecies when they come out so that I can build the squads/army properly.
but no, I don't play anymore either. Still collect though. because painting cool minis is my jam...

and yeah, you're right about MD, she is definately a diva! lol
   
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Omnipotent Lord of Change





Albany, NY

 osjclatchford wrote:
its a excersise in proving to you that I am actually capable of painting anything other than grey, green or brown


She looks great, fantastic work on a very nice sculpt (and gift). Recent green-n-brown lad looks the business as well.

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Crushing Black Templar Crusader Pilot






London

Love the Rogue Trader!

And obvious love the test paint job - looking fantastic

Can't wait to see the rest of the gang

Thanks for sharing



Relapse wrote:
Baron, don't forget to talk about the SEALs and Marines you habitually beat up on 2 and 3 at a time, as you PM'd me about.
nareik wrote:
Perhaps it is a lube issue, seems obvious now.
 
   
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

thanks guys!

just an fyi, as I've done the droptroops using the dkok bits and it seems evryone-and-his-mum is making dkok based models I've decided to sell off the remaining bodies and heads from my dkok kit:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/799591.page

I considered several different things I could do with them but int he end, I think I'd rater get some more stuff from anvil instead! LOL I thrive on doing different stuff to whats trending and as such have lost interest for them now.
not just dkok. Trenchcoats as a whole. perhaps its all that pea-dot I've been painting or perhaps its the relevent ease of the speed I can do a droptrooper compared to a 39-er. It might even be the lure of other colours that the deviation of the rogue trader has bought. anyway. for now I'm done with them and figure that someone might be interested. If not I guess I'll return to them in the future?
   
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chigwell, essex

time for a load of bunk!

Clearly based on the forgeworldpill-box design, this started lifeout as a cut-off bit of HD foam pilfered from a skip-dive on the way home from work.

I carved the entire thing from a solid lump, including the void on the inside. that was a bit tricky.
As with the jersey barrier thing I did before, I used some easyfill45 mixed into some cuprinol garden-shades (black but any colour would do) and gave it two neat coats in high sun to dry quickly.
This gave the lovely cement texture but retained the 'sharpness' of the polystyrene's edges, keeping it looking like a cast peice. It also doubled as a good undercoat.
I basecoated it admin-grey and then added zandridust to the mix and stippled it all over with a fat old drybrush. I added ever more lighter tones to this and continued to sponge it on, concentrating more and more on the edges with each successive highlight.
once dry I gently smunged on some castellan green hither and yon as mouldy-mossy algeish growth.
next I watered down some of my agrax/nuln mix (the one I always use) so it was very thin and stained the whole thing evenly.

once dry I smunged some rhinox hide around the bottom edge as mud/dampness and used neat nuln oil and agrax for water/filth runs over the surfaces.

The door was made from cardboard (pack of a writing pad stuff) with bits of a leman-russ engine hatch cut up and stuck on it. I also added extra studs with cut down bits of spear-shaft and some were done with pva dots.
it was then treated with an all-over coat of pva, then agrellan earth (any of those crackly ones will do).

The rusty steel things on the top (I imagine those as how its carried in and dropped in place via a valk or vulture) were made from two bits of the round sprue from the tamiya barrels kit mounted on valkerye heavy bolter rigs.

these (and the door) were then treated to some typhus corrosion prior to painting.

painting on the metalwork was done the same as my rusty barrels: a base of gal vorbak red followed by the same mixed with some mornfang brown sponged over. then sponge over some rhinox hide and some wash with virmin fur (scrag brown in todays money?) wash and then a bit of an orange sponging then a scuff with some dark metal.

the skull on the front comes form an old bud of mine. Its a forgeworld resin detail thing I've had for over 15years now and never found use of till now. Handy though as its a nice reference tot he fw model this is replicating.
I did it bronze (tin bitz) so I could use that as an excuse to do some verdigris as another colour on there...

Then, to finish, a bit of birdshit on the top, lots of rust streaks around the metals, some static grass and some leaves here and there and suddenly its done...

heres a view of the top to better show off the details there:


now, the interior is painted but getting shots is impossible due to the way the thing's built. its not fancy, just another door to pretend to be the inside of the other one (just plain card and crackle though, no real details) and the walls are slightly greyer and its all painted rather dark to extenuate the shadowy nature of it. not that it will ever be seen. but I know its there! lol

oh, and just for S&G's here's a shot with a trooper, heavy weapon in place, a couple of barrels and that jersey barrier thing I made before...

It matched up with the barrier quite nicely considering they were painted quite a time between each other...

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Boom! Leman Russ Commander





United States

That there is some excellent modeling and weathering! Very realistic rust effect on the concrete.

"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."

Montrose Toast


 
   
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

Thanks MC!

yeah, its the rust that makes it I think.

Seems I'm not quite done with terrain yet, I've also made these dragons teeth tank traps yesterday evening:


I used all the same methods as the bunker and to visually tie them in, I've opted to include metal hook-eyes too. (as seen on similar ones on what was the GHQ Line near Waverley abbey, Surrey. they are still there afaik!)

as with the pill-box the teeth are based on insulation foam.
If you know not what the reinforcing/hooks are made of, I shall think you a simpleton

These hooks are intended to be designed as if theres a bottom plate with the big u-bolt (like an exhaust manifold clip) that's then surrounded by a hastily erected plywood shuttering, then poured with concrete, the top of the u-bolt protruding from the top of the finished casting.
A hole is dug, the tooth planted, and the earth placed on top of the lower half...
Thus accounting for the slight mismatched size/shape of them thats actually the result of me being a slap-dash cowson who cut them all freehand in all the over-eager haste of typical 40k modeller on a scratch-build project.
come on, what do you expect?
Just look at the pill-box, or anything else I've modelled for that fact. If its not pissed, leaning or generally wonky its probably not mine...
At first I thought they might be kinda big for 28mm, the biggest of typical dragons teeth from the Siegfried Line or atlantic wall fortifications clocking in at about 3 to 4 foot tall at the max. as they are up to just past the guardsman's waist/elbow line thats +/- 4' so thats ok then.
regardless, 40k does have some damn huge tanks to consider anyway so perhaps the bigger the better anyway, eh..?

I left them single so they can be used in all manner of engagement scenarios, road-block, trenchline etc.. and as with the barricade, I screwed a half-inch screw in the bottom of each to give them the weeble effect that prevents them from flying across the battlefield should somewhone happen to pass them and gently cough or blink too hard...
It really does help and made painting much easier too...



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Mad Gyrocopter Pilot





Northumberland

Nice work on the scenery, it looks very realistic!

One and a half feet in the hobby


My Painting Log of various minis:
# Olthannon's Oscillating Orchard of Opportunity #

 
   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander






Oslo Norway

The bunker is really well done, looks like proper concrete.

   
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Boom! Leman Russ Commander






Just got a mail from Anvils Blog showing pics of your army. Pretty cool to see them there I think.

~6550 build and painted
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Fighter Ace





Edinburgh

I agree, you’re famous now! Terrain looks really awesome, great colouration and solid feel to the pieces.

That drop trooper is really growing on me, very nice photos.

   
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

thanks guys.

and yes, I cant complain, Anvil's been nothing but great to me recently!

















coming soon:

"this one's waited long enough..."

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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

got the other two big-un's done at last...




obligitory groupshot:


those sculpted lenses on the eyes came out pretty good once painted...

here's a little objective marker I've done to represent a landmine being uncovered...






   
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

here's the Filey Drop-troop's company commander:




this star spangled man has a plan.
most likely involving a lot of heretic pummeling...
   
Made in gb
Fighter Ace





Edinburgh

Ha!! Brilliant effort!!

   
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Shas'la with Pulse Carbine






Nice, he looks like they do more than sell war bonds...

My hobby ADHD, mostly Necromunda, with a splash of regular 40k... 
   
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Omnipotent Lord of Change





Albany, NY

Fantastic captain, I wish him luck in his bludgeoning

The ogryns are lovely, so happy to see more in the paint. What rad sculpts.

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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

Thanks guys, Anvil really did a class-A job on him, so I figured ol' Cap needed a decent paintjob.

as for the Ogres, again, the sculpts are outstanding. not only that, but a breeze to convert; the one in the middle was altered quite a bit to get that pose, but with relative ease tbh...

on to today;

Meet Flight Lt Jasmine Mitchell.
Filey Droptroop Pilot.



"Flight Lt Jasmine "Jazzy" Mitchell has flown more classifications of Imperial vessels than you've had hot dinners.
If they could get a washing machine to fly, Our Jazzy could land it..."


Captain Roger Stevens, Filey 42nd company commander at the Commissarial compentence review, following the incident on Rurer


So, as you can see I've another character done.
and yes! its not just beige brown and green again!

yup, after the outright fun of the eye watering Mariella Danbury colurscheme followed by the patriotic red/white/blue fervour of Cpt Roger Stevens scheme I've finally found my love for colour!
(damn, still got 15 drab guys to get done yet...)
this time I went for orange; as an obvious reference to the StarWars X-wing jumpsuits.
Its worked a treat and was the perfect way to sell a pilot model with a bit of life to it!
the model is (of course) Anvil and comes from the drop-trooper range, making her the ideal mini to fit in with the Filey 42nd.
The pose is just great, the wind in her hair and all that, purest 80's cheese, I love it!

and yes...she feels the need...

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Grisly Ghost Ark Driver






That is a great model, and the pose on top of the bird is just absolutely amazing. Your paint job also really did it justice. Great job on her face especially, she has this great look of uncaring superiority on her face! "Yeah, I know I'm good, who are you and why are you bothering me?"

See what's on my painting table Now painting: Kruleboyz Gutrippaz 
   
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Buttons Should Be Brass, Not Gold!






Love those Ogryns and the Captain! Cap reminds me of the series "Peacemaker" for some reason.. but in the best way possible!

cheers
   
Made in jp
Fixture of Dakka





Japan

Those trencers are great, nice work

Squidbot;
"That sound? That's the sound of me drinking all my paint and stabbing myself in the eyes with my brushes. "
My Doombringer Space Marine Army
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Shas'la with Pulse Carbine






Very nice pilot!

My hobby ADHD, mostly Necromunda, with a splash of regular 40k... 
   
Made in no
Boom! Leman Russ Commander






Oslo Norway

Those Ogryns turned out absolutely fantastic. They look like they mean business, love their guns

   
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

thanks for the kind words folks.

A new job for me starts tomorrow so it looks as though I may have less time to paint inthe coming weeks.

however I got these done today:


Florin sump-rats
Like their necromundan cousins, the sump rats of Florin are indeed rodents of unusual size.
however, their domesticated nature means that thier genetic stock is much more stable than other wild sump-rats, not being exposed to hazardous waste or radioactive reactors.
On Florin they are mostly bred as pets for the wealthy and are considered status symbols amongst the arisocracy, easily trained to perform tricks...
However, never ones to pass up an advantage on the battlefield, the regiments of the Eoforwich system have trained these rodents to be extremely capable and accurate mine and other IED dectectors. thier small, light bodies allowing them to enter minefields and unstable structures without fear of detonating pressure sensitve devices.
These pair have been kitted out with explosive vests and trained to find the weak spots in enemy veicles and fortifications, whereupon they schluff off the vests and return to their handeler, the explosives detonated at a safe distance.
sneaky and underhanded, yes, but absolutely effective...


yup, Anvil again. blinding models. really full of character the other two are up for grabs if any of you folks are interested (the one with the artillery shell and jerry can)
the bases are 20mm and come from another game system (clue I believe)
the eyes on the one without goggles look better in the flesh. it's black gloss so it looks odd in the pics what with the light and all that but its fine on the real-deal... just have to trust me on that...

wish me luck for tomorrow!

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Fighter Ace





Edinburgh

GOOD LUCK with the new job, mate! Let us know how you get on and what the work entails.

Recent painting efforts looking excellent as ever - that pilot posing on the Asp Interceptor looks excellent.

   
Made in gb
Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

Cheers, I'm rather pleased with how she looks on the interceptor. the shot with both does wonders for both mini's!

yup so far the job is binding!
I'm working as an electro-mechanical engineer for a small firm that specialises in repairing components for german designed printing machines; servos, motors, swingarms, rotors, pulleys, mechanical rollers, etc... chances are, if you've ever read a magazine, some of our components are in the machines that printed it...

full training on site, good wage, five days a week flexible start/finish time, no row from machines all day, nice quiet workshop with a decent rock radio station on all day and friendly conversation while I work.
As much as I disliked the last place, I have to admit that its led to this so I get why ithad to happen this way... rather relieved tbh. I can really get stuck into this one and my eagerness to learn new things and my natural innovations that I have in mind actually seem to be appreciated as opposed to scorned as they were at the last place... god that was odd... anyway, fingers crossed all will stay groovy... to paraphrase nebula;
...All I have to do is not fall out ;D

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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot







Those anvil ogryns look great and i always really liked the idea of their the giant lewis guns. That is something that could really lay down some hurt. All round a really cool army, they really look like they belong in the siege lines! Really nice work on pilot as well, that shot of her on the interceptor might be 100% 80s cheese, but IMHO 80s cheese is the best cheese.

Also congrats on the job. Hope its going well and you're still enjoying it.

   
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!




chigwell, essex

thanks folks. job is indeed progressing nicely...

so:


well, ok, that was technically last sunday but what can I say?, I've been busy.


well what would you have it, my Mrs. sneakily decided to pop over to victoria miniatures and get me couple of treats:

Lt. Bryce, tank commander:

I've been after this mini for a few years now...
vikky's sculpt on this is a really detailed mini. its funny but it has a real different feel when painting it to anvil's stuff.
don't get me wrong, its detailed as hell, and fits in seamlessly with the other minis in my collection thus far, but it has a certain hand sculpted almost best-part-of-third-edition's slightly exaggerated almost cartoonesque feel that not only helps get character across but is also just right up my nostalgia alley!
The model makes me think of Jennit Sulla from the Ciaphas Cain novel series.
Its just as I imagine her looking, sticking out of her command Chimera hatch!

she's to go on an upcoming vehilcle for the 39th, alonside these:

which will also be on it, but more on that later...

Now, there's also another mini from vikky but he's awaiting some finishing converting touches and a paint-job and I don't want to spoil the surprise!
you'll just have to wait and see on him...

anyway finishing her off got me in the mood for more third edition styled shenaningans so I've also painted this guy I picked up on-the-cheap from ebay too:

meet private Jackson of the Filey droptroops...

This is the third one of this last-chancer model I've painted over the years and although I'd not say its my favourite ever third edition guardsman, its definately the best guardsman sniper model GW has ever done IMHO.
Its just such a great fit for any army and no matter what coloursceme or skill-level I paint it in, I'm always satisfied by the end result...
this time I painted the leaves on his scrim in a mix of not only green but also some dead colours too to match the oak litter on all my bases...

I just love how the massively oversized rifle looks as though its easily capable of taking out an astartes from, like, half a mile away in a single shot!
I may yet convert some others to go with this one (3 spotters and 2 more snipers to make a six man team), most likey from anvil minis but with gs scrim/netting and converted 3rd edition style sniperrifles and the ammo-on-the-fatiges details to match. but we'll just have to wait and see on that. I've a LOT to get done first before that would even happen...

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