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Your blog's back! Woot

That awesome stalker model is looking Much more awesome with the nice paint job going on it!

Definitely fatty! Considering he has naked gimp chicks chained to his nipples (?) it seems like he needs something to carry him around without making him drag things too much.

On the palanquin, I am thinking a little neck like that with the tentacles having either barbs or tiny teeth if I can handle that. Probably can't, but we will see. The top of the thing too will be a great canvass (well...) for a cool Nurgle icon. Looking forward to that a bit!

As to wolf hairs... yea I am torn. I felt a little silly adding hair to the Rackham lad to make him fit in with the PP stuff a little better, and allow more of the "red wolf" style coloring. I do wish they all had some hairs sculpted onto their bodies (though I could pass on the Warp Wolf's silly excessively long pubes!) but I guess the idea is that they just have very short fur relative to their muscle tone. In the summer Big P (Pierogies new appellation now that High Chancellor Puddin'cup can be Little P) sports some pretty decent muscle tone beneath his pelt, so I am accepting that as a basis. Still, as a plea to all sculptors out there, if a beast has fur, even pretty smooth and short fur, model some texture on it. It makes everything SO much easier on our end.

Ok, I lied. We call Rogies and High Chancellor Puddin'cup "Big Pooper" and "Little Pooper", respectively. How a 4 pound kitten can bomb a bathroom so nastily is beyond me. Between the two it is like chemical warfare came to NoVA.


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Obligatory picture, with LAZOR EYES!

Wahey, bloggage.

The more I see of your Rackam stuff, the more I mourn their death.

Is it all Hordes all the time now? I'm painting Hordes too, at the moment. Legion of Everblight.

Great to catch up on this again. Brilliant work on so many models. Oddly enough the ones that impress me ost are the Chaos Warriors the Blue effect and the hot weapons produce a unique look to them.

Btw, thanks for the info on the rackham, just won these on ebay! Will definitely be sculpting fur and orboros funky armour on them though.



Note, not my painting!

Celts! Nice stuff.

Da Boss: Sort of all Hordes, mostly because my WHFB army is playable (even if it doesn't work like I would hope :( ) and my Hordes stuff needs done. I am working on a new Nurgle character, and next time I am up at my house I am going to bring down my Warshrine and Sorchimera to get them done. Really I haven't been as productive as I could be; being out of work has destroyed the little structure needed to get things done :(

vitruvian: I LOVE those models. I keep hoping to stumble across them for a reasonable price, but right now my budget for reasonable is about 5$. So I wait. And dream. Can't wait to see them painted up for you

I really wish a company would just restart the entire Rackham line, instead of doing it limited edition. If Reaper had gotten ahold of the rights and just ran them, I would have peed myself :(

Ogryn: Thanks!

Hopefully some pics tonight after the Warmahordes league

I was the same when I was out of work- lots of free time, never used it productively. I seem to be at my most productive when I have a tight schedule because it keeps me rolling and stops me from getting into a procrastinating frame of mind.

Those Rackham wolves are amazing. I cannot fathom how, with talent like that, they managed to crash the company into the ground.

Ok, I promised one last night, but after taking one of the most pleasurable beatings I have known since I dated that one girl in college, I was rather spent. So, quick update!

First, the Lord of the Feast I pretty much finished earlier this week. Still need to do the base (common theme lately...) and some touch ups here and there. But still, hey...


Also, sort of a post Dullcote group shot of some stuff I was working on (LoF, Stalker) and the wip Nurgle hero on palanquin. A good size comparison, assuming you know what size any of the stuff in the picture is


Anyway, just some stuff. Hope you enjoy!

but after taking one of the most pleasurable beatings I have known since I dated that one girl in college, I was rather spent.

Can't decide if that is too much information or not enough!
Prolly the former if you don't want to get banhammered!

,I like that LOF chappie cool stuff!

WoW!!! Stunning!

lovely models and paint work .

These are some of the very best circle orboros models I've seen on dakka. Lord of the Feast is in my opinion much better than the original. It just looks awesome in so many ways.

Wehrkind wrote:Ok, I promised one last night, but after taking one of the most pleasurable beatings I have known since I dated that one girl in college, I was rather spent. So, quick update!

First, the Lord of the Feast I pretty much finished earlier this week. Still need to do the base (common theme lately...) and some touch ups here and there. But still, hey...


Also, sort of a post Dullcote group shot of some stuff I was working on (LoF, Stalker) and the wip Nurgle hero on palanquin. A good size comparison, assuming you know what size any of the stuff in the picture is


Anyway, just some stuff. Hope you enjoy!

I just got to say I really love the wolfen on the bottom right. Your use and blending of the natural brown palette is amazing on that mini. So many shades of brown and almost no clutter at all. Very clean. I like that minis teeth and gums too. Good job man.

Thanks guys! Sorry I was so quiet; sort of took half of Dec off the interwebz, and neglected to check for stuff.

Godzilla: I am very fond of that wolf too, so much so that I am a little intimidated about finishing him. There is a lot to do, but I can't quite bring myself to change things.


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And now for something completely different:


AN UPDATE!

Firstly, some things I have been poking at before the holiday. I have kind of been putzing around with the Hordes models. They don't really excite me, but I like the game. Which I haven't gotten to play enough. *sigh* BUT! I did finish up the Gorax (don't look below his feet)



The picture washes him out a little... he's a bit more blue than that. Really though, he should be named "Exercise in using Payne's Grey for everything." All his skin and fur are done with Payne's Grey mixed with Grey White, with very subtle highlights of a pale ocher (so pale they don't come out in the pic).

Here is also 1 of the 3 woad critters (Guardian, Watcher and Wyrd) that I have been working on. Just one pic, because the others are in their case, and they all look alike at this point.


As you can see I am still working my way around the whole glow thing, but getting the hang of it as I screw it up different ways on different models.

And finally, what I did today.



Partly what I did was give my camera a stroke. With Dakka-con coming up and the 1000pt "Take What You Want" Chaos Wastes campaign coming up, I decided I wanted to rock some cool new models I haven't much reason to paint otherwise. Then I realized I left him back in PA, and cursed up a storm. So I went back to Captain Nuggles here. But, with only a week and a half before D-con and no work done on his Palanquin (or base...) I decided I needed to make this harder on myself. So I pulled out every color in my Vallejo Model Color case that had the word "Green" in the title, some 13 bottles, and decided I would only use them. And this is what I got, 5 or so hours later. I think I have used 6 so far, with mixing. I have zero idea of what I am going to do with his lady friends down by his ankles, and I need to bring up his nipples a little to make them stand out. I would LOVE to add some purple to the model too, but for now I am going to try and struggle through since I am quite happy with how well he has come along so far, and equally happy at how the self imposed restriction got me working. Sometimes you need silly games to break the analysis paralysis that keeps you from working on models.

Well, thanks for looking, and let me know what you think!

So much awesome stuff you keep dishing out!

Wheres that last model from? I would love to have one of those in my Slaanesh army.

Sweet, like the colour of the gorax very muchly. The green glow is satisfyingly ethereal as well.

Love that champ model, that armour colour looks awesome, such a cool effect.

Thanks guys

Buttler: The Hero man is from Rackham's "Apostates of Darkness" box. Three really sweet champs:


Great, great set (with disturbingly fragile ankles, of course.) I had despaired of finding a set after Boss Salvage bought the last box from the Warstore like 5 years ago, but upon coming down to NoVA I found one and snapped it up like a crack whore,... well I snapped it up. You might be able to find some on eBay, though most likely recasts. I will keep an eye out for you too if I see any.

Vitruvian: Thanks! The glow tech actually came from instructions in the back of the PP Circle Orboros book. Never knew how to pull it off, but that really helped! I did the same tech on the Lord of the Feast, though his came out better than the Wold fella's. I might retry it on them to really get the hang of it, or just wait till I paint Megalith. Hordesmachine players generally have a much lower painting standard than GW players, so I won't feel too ashamed to lower mine

So, I am probably heading to my friend's new appartment to help him get settled in and drive the pedestrian bum around to pick up some necessities. So, quiet day perhaps. Still debating whether I am going to paint up a Black Orc or a Tzeentchian Angel for Dakkacon... but the Orc is sounding better since he is at least together, and I know what Urgrok's horribly gaudy color scheme is

Woah, that is an amazing set! That third female is especially awesome. Something I would definitely love to get my hands on for my Slaanesh WoC.

Butler I got one I will send to yah if you want.

Also were is that Lord of The Feast model from?

Johnny-Crass wrote:Also were is that Lord of The Feast model from?

That is the stock lord of the feast from Privateer Press. He is a Circle of Orboros solo.

Ok, to pretend that I am doing something useful while delaying work on a paper I should be writing... here's a pic of a Warlord Games Celt I started painting the other weekend. Still quite WIP, without any woad(!), proper boots or the plaid pants I am going to give him.


Not a bad model I gotta admit. I got 80 of these (2 packs of 40) for 40$ during the Warstore Black Friday sale. While their variety is limited by their clothing and only having heads, shields and legs swappable (with legs being limited by their uppers, as the bottoms of chain tunics or cloth or naked carries over to their legs) they are quite nice. 80 models was WAY more than I wanted to clean, but they weren't much worse than GW plastics, just lots of them.

Part of the plan is to screw around with brass metallics to see what I can get to look good. Jin and I are working on a late bronze age era game, and these are destined for the human faction. (I know, proper Roman celts are iron age, but still.) I might break down and do some iron/steel swords though, as all that bronze just looks wrong to me. I guess it is just that one never really sees all bronze weaponry so it stands out as weird. Like the fact weird is spelled with the i second...


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Also, I want to describe the model as "A rough trick named 'Jim'"....

Bronze Age game sounds cool. Worth bearing in mind however that many of the bronze weapons and armour seem to have mostly been ceremonial rather than for warfare. Usually I suspect they'd have still used flint, stone, leather and wood which would be far more durable. Also Bronze Age Northern European forces would probably have a majority of archers. Swords are Late Bronze Age. I could witter on more about this.

Those are really good sculpts! And your painting is ACE as always! Don't you love the War Store? Didi's magic ink is great stuff, and I think Neil is the oonly one who stocks it. Reminda me, I'm getting low, I'd better get some more.

Llamahead wrote:Bronze Age game sounds cool. Worth bearing in mind however that many of the bronze weapons and armour seem to have mostly been ceremonial rather than for warfare. Usually I suspect they'd have still used flint, stone, leather and wood which would be far more durable. Also Bronze Age Northern European forces would probably have a majority of archers. Swords are Late Bronze Age. I could witter on more about this.

Well, yea and no. There is a great deal of Grecian bronze age stuff floating about that seems to have been used. Their armor certainly, though linen armor and leather were definitely used with bronze helms and the like. The trouble with stone and flint is that they shatter too easily. Decent bronze is to my understanding better than poor quality iron/steel weapons in terms of durability and ability to hold an edge. From what I have read the Iron Age only really started when trade to the British Isles took a dump for some reason I don't recall, resulting in the price of tin making bronze quite expensive, driving people to learn to make iron.
Though, now that I am thinking of this harder, I am recognizing what I dislike about his sword: it is WAY too long for a reasonable bronze weapon relative to it's width. I will have to redo that as a long iron/steel blade probably.

I tell ya, it is damned near impossible to get good bronze age models that are not Greeks and Persians

As far as the game goes, I am hoping to have an alpha version posted in the DCM forum for testing maybe by the end of February, early March. It has some mechanics that are much like Warhammer Fantasy, but tweaked to the point it is at best a kissing cousin. (Which is a really creepy metaphor...) The time era is Bronze Age fantasy, with dwarves and elves especially at the peak of their civ (and very historically based) with humans just stepping into civilization, and centaurs and other magical beasts still having a good bid for dominance. Think Greek and Persian wars + Heian/early Sengoku Jidai Samurai elves with early Roman Celtic/Gallic humans and feth YEA CENTAURS! (And savage elves... because wood elves wear too many clothes and have too few fangs and claws....) RSJake is currently working on sculpting some centaurs for me, and will probably end up doing work on the (Grecian) Dwarves of Lakdamnion and maybe Drossian (Persian) Elves, assuming I can chain him to his desk.

So yea, stay tuned

Ok, inspired by Ifalna's bloody baller blogging this weekend (you should always avoid alliteration), I have decided to get working the new models I want to run in the Dakka-con 1000 point Warbands tournament at the end of the month. (If you are not going, you totally should be.)

Basically it is an Apoc style mini list tournament designed around some heroes and their pals making an expedition into the Chaos Wastes for fame, glory and curb stomping. Of course I am planning on a very soft list, because I am an idiot and like bad things. I am going very character heavy, but am trying to limit myself to needing (note: not making, just needing) one new model to play, allowing me time to do some nice painting and touch up some of the models that have chipped and such. Playing for "Best Painted" as usual
To that end, I am adding a Black Orc Boss based on my character Urgrok from W.A.R. to an all Tizz list, along with an Exalted and Sorc, which pretty much mimics the party we had going there. Alternately, I have an angel model from Reaper I want to change up and make a counts as Exalted Hero on Disc.

Plus side with Urgrok is he is together, and has a simple scheme, so I can probably finish him in a day or two. And how often do you get to use an orc without 100 of his buddies?

Plus side with hero on disk is that I have been wanting to try one for a while, the model is cool (the wings are AMAZING) and I have no idea what else to do with it. Downside: gotta sculpt on some hair/flames (why a bald angel?) and maybe make a cooler sword. That will take time, as I am not so good at the sculpting.

So the race is on!

Angel:


Urgrok:

Bootiful. I love that giant blue toothy guy. And the little celtic chap has amusing pectoral muscles. His mustachio and pigtails remind me so much of Asterix

Ok, two hours of cleaning and 20 minutes of sculpting later:



Woohoo. After the GS dries overnight these two are bound for the priming box. Need to build a base for her too. Urgrok, like 30 minutes of paint and set

The angel's a fun model, the wings especially. What kinda technique did you use to tease the hair up like that? I'm hoping to do something similar with a model I'm planning.

Yea for updates!

Gorax gets the most thumbs up, but dig the random DCON and Celt dudes as well. Naturally, the Apostates get a hearty chainfist-lifted-to-the-heavens as well Been thinking about my dudes, figuring out something to do with them. Thinking that Bregan might reappear in my nurgling army, as a fellblade / wizard hat warlord

- Salvage