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Aw man busted by the mold line police?!

Haha thats cool guys, its a fair call for sure, cheers Merlin and LDD for your comments! I'll watch out for them like a hawk on all future projects!

R

Excellent work on the glow effect! It might not be the smoothest I've ever seen, but the intensity is a rare (and impressive) sight.

Looking great, love the OOZE effect

Cheers SelvaggioSaky and Baiyuan!

R

You're getting quite the zombie hoard.

Really like the eyes.

The zombie looks really cool... but damn thats one fancy pipe!

I love them zombies, they're mantic right?

@ CapitanS - Thanks mate, yeah they're a slight kit bash using a mix of mantic ghoul and zombie parts. They're a tad smaller then your standard GW stuff but for my needs they're fine.

@ Rogue - Haha cheers mate. I was gonna try and make a penis/pipe joke here but I'm too tired.

@ PDH - Thanks man, theres 11 in total to do (I was ment to make 12 but didn't have enough resin bases and wasn't gonna order another pack just for 1 model)
However I really should have just built one model at a time, then painted it, then built the next and so on, like how you do.
At the mo. I've got all these staring at me, and then the actually Scavvies to do, plus theres my Inq. bunch and also a half started Gorkamorka idea too, feeling a bit overwhelmed

R

Looking good so far. I never played necromunda but it seems like it would be a lot of fun. GW should revamp the system.

Ah the awful feeling of too much to do. One or two models at a time helps me get everything done, it also means you have a regular breaks from modelling or painting. But on the bright side Its a good learning curve for the next project.

PDH wrote:a good learning curve for the next project.

Yeah mate thats how I will work after I've cleared this back-log.
So my planned stuff so far:
Necromunda: Van Saar gang (The Crimson Ghosts), Enforcers (Precinct XIII) & Goliaths (The Savage Huns or The Die Hunns, something like that.)
Gorkamorka: The Immortal Sand Wraiths Of The Five Dunes (Muties) & Da Green Skull Boyz (Gorka Orks)
Inquisitor 28mm: Various ideas, a few more rogues but first some good guys: The Brotherhood Of The Steel Chalice.
and once those are all done, maybe have a look at Mordheim and Blood Bowl... oh god!

sennacherib wrote:GW should revamp the system.

Thanks Sennacherib, aw its by far my fav game (Gorkamorka being a very close second though I may add)...however I have to strongly disagree with you here.
I think its best left as it is/was. The whole game is wonderfully broken and over complicated in places, but its great because of it. Every update I've read has disappointed me (bar the odd sensible new ruling, like "high impact weapons" or the change to the way you shoot with sustained fire) as they try to dumb it down, remove all exploits, and make it more 40k-esque...it doesn't need that you just need to use your common sense and embrace the rpg element and all will be well in the Underhive! Get ya-self the original rules set mate

R

Hey man nice ooze
Don't think it pulls too much from the model, if anything I think it highlights the eyes.

And for my two cents, start painting whatever you're excited to paint first. That does leave you with all the boring ones last but you'll have done half and might've come up with interesting ways to paint them.

P.S.
And so glad other people miss mold lines sometimes as well

I agree GW need to go back and revamp the rules. No rewrite but they should just tweak them. I think they should totally rewrite the outlanders rules though. So since GW have left it to the community to keep Nercomunda alive.....

I love these Nercomunda rules...Anthony Case's Nercomunda Community Edition.

http://anthony-case.me.uk/necromunda

These tweak the main rules and clear up some mistakes and adds clarification. There are a few new rules that I like eg Plasma Gun overheats. Shame it doesn't redo the outlanders and outlaws. I really like the revamped skills tables....all the skills can be used. eg no more bulging biceps heavy only skill...but you can get a suspensor in rare trade. Also brought back characters ending up on fire. I like this rules edition so much I've even printed them out.
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Nothing like planning ahead Ghostflame that is a lot of stuff you've got planned

Gorkamorka: The Immortal Sand Wraiths Of The Five Dunes (Muties)

Do you have a PDF of Diggamob?

@ Two Spartan - Thanx man Ah I really have to do this, this way round. If I balls up a zombie due to lack of skill I can just strip it or chuck it away, no big loss, but my other bits took so long I'd be gutted but I totally agree with what you're saying and even think if you find something a bit boring or you're not really feeling it you'll end up rushing it and it won't look as good but what can you do eh? And yeah speaking of rushing, the mold line is the proof!

@ PDH - Hmmm, I dunno Peter, I don't like change ...haha I'll have a look at these rules later. As for Digganob, check your PMs.

R

Ghostflame wrote:
@ Rogue - Haha cheers mate. I was gonna try and make a penis/pipe joke here but I'm too tired.

I feel the same way or i would do it for you

So has everyone seen all the new munda-terrain blogs popping up on here over these last two weeks?
I for one have been very impressed with what these guys have been up to...I think I'm gonna have a go myself.

However, I am: A. I'm well skint ATM, B. Our flat is not all that big with no real storage space at all, & C. I really have a real soft spot for cardstock and the card scenery like those GW used to make in the '90s.

So with those conditions in mind and the fact I've been "re-visiting" Borderlands a lot on the Xbox recently, I think I'm gonna try and build some all card battlefields with that cartoony cell-shaded feel to them.

I want to make two full boards:

1. The Underhive - and more specifically a really nasty bit my Scavvies would feel happy to call home
2. A Desert Wasteland - thinking Gorkamorka meets Borderlands/Fallout:New Vegas.

Just opened the ol'ebay a/c back up and have managed to pick up some original bits as a start.

Does anyone know how to make a custom 'board game' board, that can be folded away, like the one Blood Bowl is played on? Is there a limited to how big you can make these that can still be folded down or would you have to break it into pieces?

R

Storage is a bit of a nightmare for Necromunda terrain, luckily for me that is someone else's problem - the boards are at a friends house. I've seen a lot of cardstock scenery websites with pdfs you can buy etc. I'm not sold on the idea personally as I can't imagine it looking grimy and rusty enough for my tastes, and it would be a shame if you didn't paint it.

Gorkamorka was really cool, I was thinking of using the Ash Waste rules rather than the Ork setting. I think one problem is that you need to base every model on smaller bases so they can pile into little trucks. I'd love to make a full Mad Max style Ash Wastes/Gorkamorka board, with a fort that uses a lorry as a gate etc. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

No real idea for the board game thing - I would say maybe make it from MDF laser cut details, and hinges on the underside. I'm also very tempted to do a Blood Bowl pitch and team...

Bruticus, I like your style dude

I think I'd get most of the bits from World Works Games downloads. Their stuff looks so video game-esque its amazing. Only question is how can I cut them up and make it more unique?

Maybe work in a few classic plastic 'munda-bulkheads for that proper 1990's feel

R

I like your style too, I think your scavvy gang would just be perfect for a battle against my cyber gladiatiors - I can see it now, there'd be bits of zombie everywhere!

I love the classic bulkhead bits. If you use them though they can make the cardboard bits you slot in get a bit dog eared, it'd be worth protecting the card where it fits together.

Bruticus wrote:If you use them though they can make the cardboard bits you slot in get a bit dog eared

Yeah I remember this 'feature' haha quickly trying to put together a building before a battle and jamming bits of card into the slots...not good.

Where abouts in the UK are you based dude? So far I've only got to play 'em once.

R

Where abouts in the UK are you based dude?

I'm in the West Midlands

I spent a while looking for ideas for game boards that could be folded away, I'm not sure what game you had in mind but I like the idea of doing a bloodbowl pitch myself, and I found this stuff which I think would work for a transportable (you can roll it up even when painted) board for bloodbowl, heroquest etc. I'm tempted. Also I found this.

Cool! My family home is near shrewsbury.

That mat is pretty sweet.

Aw I'm Brighton.

I need to plan a trip north-westwards at somestage for sure!

Those mats are really nice, but not quite what I had in mind, great for 40k though, and that BB pitch is epic mate! Luckily I've still got my original one in pretty good nick so don't need to make one of those just now.

R

OK well I think I am set on making that tiled mat into a bloodbowl pitch at some point, I'll add it to my never ending list of things to do.

Bruticus wrote:never ending list of things to do.

I know that feeling fella!

R

so plodding through the world of dakka i discovered your blog. Really like the zombos have to say that is the is some of the coolest looking eye effects i have seen other than lenses but yours are legit eyes, how cool is that. I just talked my buddy in to playing some munda so it looks like i have to start the whole kit and kaboodle from scratch and see where it takes me. any rate good job and take care.

I ran across this a while back (I think Moltar sent me the link maybe?) but finally getting around to posting. Absolutely incredible conversions. I seek out threads like this because I'm an old Necromunda player and enjoy the "nearly anything goes" aspect of conversions, weapon swaps, "counts as", etc options. You are taking that aspect and expanding the boundaries. Excellent work all around. Thanks for sharing this. Subbed and I'll be back for more.

Aw man thank you guys!

I'll save y'all the "sob-story" but I'm having a right gak time at the moment...and have had to put modeling on the back burner for a while, at least 'till I can sort a few things out...hense no real progress sadly...but its really great to read people like my stuff, make me smile.

@Alabamaheretic - Thank you dude, I was pleased with them so far. I find OSL so tricky, I have to try and keep it very subtle because my painting skills aren't that amazing, but it really makes these guys pop so think it works. Good luck with your own 'munda adventures...I hope we see a new blog soon yeah!

@Skalk Bloodaxe - Thanks man, really appreciate that, I feel I saw what others had done and tried to put my own spin on them. I think really with the quality of the plastic kits GW has now-a-days twinned with the awesome resin pieces other smaller companies are making, its much easier to create colourful characters and units, but a lot of work went into these so I'm glad people enjoy 'em and maybe wanna create some for themselves.

To everyone else sorry this isn't an update...promise I will get back 'on it' soon!

R

Well whatever the problem is hope you get it sorted mate missed your work and banter around these parts of late

Good luck with everything, we're all rooting for you We'll all be looking forward to having you back.