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So much win. Good use of bits for the servitor and the jetbike! And the road to no where is as insane as the warp should be, good job all around!

Dr H - Never anything wrong with a bit of mech action.

Yeah, the Mierce sculpts are lovely, still not entirely sure what I'm doing with them yet, but they were too nice to not pick up

The stripes were meant to be reminiscent of a bug carapace - rather like the effect you see on a lot of 'nid armies. So really should have been closer and finer, but for some reason I spaced them out - it was a conscious decision to do so, but not sure why I did....


genom.cor - Thanks, and welcome. Nothing like getting a bag of bits from someone and seeing what you can make straight out he bag



So, starting to worry about getting Brother Sabera done in time for the mantis maker comp - no worries on the figure, he's almost there, but I'm still struggling to come up with a good base design for him. I'm off to Leeds for a comic convention next weekend, so unless it hits me tomorrow I'm left with a handful of evenings to get it done - which as any casual follower of my blogs will know, is no time at all in my world
As a basic figure it would work with a fairly standard base I know, but that would leave it lacking somewhat in regards to capturing the theme Gits set....


Whilst contemplating these things I did a very basic job on the cultists from earlier...





The leader needs a bit more obviously, the two dogsbodies will get a bit of tidying when I base them - quick'n'nasty, cheap'n'cheerful is the name of the game with these fellas Not sure on their basing yet - it would make sense to go with an urban battleground theme as that's probably what the slaaneshi marines will get, and these are tied in to them, but was contemplating the idea that the cultists might have a more....well, culty feel to them. Maybe checkered marble flooring or similar....was playing with the idea that different elemnts would have similar bases, ie the D'Basquevilles, the cultists (who may or may not be part of the D'Basqueville retinue), the marine warband..and any others that materialise...


Keeping with the cultist theme for the moment....
A while back I purchased some 3D printed bits from Shapeways - some buzzsaws and hands, designed by Malika2...you may recall them if you perused my cybork blog. I was impressed by the level of detail they had, and resolved to look at some more 3D prints at some time. Well, the other day I figured I might as well, and purchased one of the 'female stealth gangs' that some of you may have seen if you've ever been to Shapeways....
They arrived and I thought I'd ink one up to get an idea of the detail...



Had a wash of fleshtone, then a drybrush of white just to pick out the detail. Not bad, you can see the texture caused by the print process, makes it look a little grainy. They come attached to each other via a sprue along the bottom of the feet - that's the only clean up required, which is a bonus. The graininess is obviously made more prominent in a magnified close=up pic, but it's visible to the naked eye with the figure in hand. Probably not going to be able to paint them up as real showcase pieces, but passable as gaming pieces, which I guess is the main market for these.

And so, I based one in white, hit it with a wash and then quickly threw some inks and a bit of paint at it to see how it looked in colour.



Facial detail is a little soft, rest is all pretty good. Inks and washes show up the graininess, probably not helped by the shininess pre-sealant, but it's certainly passable at a table-top distance - paints in place of inks/washes may help alleviate that even more.
I'd say that at present this stuff is great for gamers who want a bit more variety, not quite there for the painters/collectors. Next test for these is to start cutting and chopping to see how well they can be worked. Should start on that fairly soon I reckon...

And just because I had the colouring kit out I did a bit more on one of the Inquisitorial henchmen..



Was going to call him done, but I can see a couple of bits that need finishing/tidying.

Well, that was a colourful update for me...I'll try to ensure there's more bare plastic and metal in the next one

Monkey I never know what to say when I check your thread you jump from one project to the next and with a large range of alternative miniatures

However I do always and enjoy the inventiveness and well sheer madness of concepts you manage to combined and build, they do say there is a slim line between madness and genius and well you do stumble from side to side

Anway to the commenting box of bits must be a dream come true to you dive in and create, on top of this the brightly coloured cultist seem to be a theme that should not work but somehow do and the old skool las gun just rocks.

As for the Ganger that is a shame as I have been looking at these for a while however the graininess of the sculpts is a disappointment, what finish material did you get these printed in by the way ?

The henchman is nice and bright well we do like to see danger coming after all keep up the craziness

Far from a specialist, but maybe an acetone wash - caring to avoid the lesser detailed parts, such s the face, to avoid downgrading those - might help with the graininess issue?

Either trial and error, or a consult to Shapeways' customer service?

Colour is good!

Nice colours MT.

Yeah, depends on what material they are made of, but acetone or liquid poly' may work to smooth the texture. Use sparingly though.

Gosh darn it, it's too late at night to read, will have to come back tomorrow, but pictures are damn impressive, all looking amazing.

Such bright colors! I'm blind!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Such bright colors! I'm blind!

He's channeling moonpie . Nice haul of cool stuff including the mecha drone mechs. Also the stealth gang girls look pretty good to me, but my eyes don't see that much detail and the graininess on the cloak looks like crushed velvet.

ldd - So many ideas, so little time - what's a man to do?


Lt - I had considered that, not got round to it yet though. And thanks.


Dr H - Cheers! And as above.


Cam - Cheers bud, I'll keep this one short for you


shaso - Thoight I'd make up for the lack of colours by using bright ones


Theo - Well, now you say that I realise that there is at least one chaos marine hanging around here who incorporates pink and yellow in his scheme


Well now, a month since my last update and not a lot to show for it, but figured I put some proof of life up.


First off, one of the numerous supply drops that have landed at my doorstep recently - this one getting some attention as the source was dakka's own OneMan Noodles.....



Pholus patern rhino....I grabbed two, one for a bit of chaosification, the other may go either way yet. The kit uses the doors, hatches and floor from the GW version (or alternative supplier for the bits and plasticard for the floor). Cast looks good, may even put one together sooner rather than later.

Also had a bonus bag of bits thown in with the order...



Some interesting bits there, not least the toaster and teapot set





Just to add a splash of colour to the page some pips.....






And a few more peeps put together...



Some kind of bodyguard.....




A mutie.....




A bestial combat servitor....




Stilt-walking musician, not sure on exactly what his pole is going to become - a decorative staff or a bladed weapon....



And that is me for now.......

I have been neglecting this thread for far too long! Great conversions all round and that painted tractor monster thing is just perfectly hideous!. Great job as usual.

Where'd you get the toaster and teapot? Are the mutants to have a snack corner for their breaks? You will need some tiny mugs and tiny pop tarts as well.

Hmm Nice bits drop you've got there

oops I didn't notice that there was a bubble on the lid of the pot. Just grabbed one out of the bag. The other bits are from my seconds pile since I have an ice cream tub full.

@weety: well I have made cups and plates ... think pop tarts might be IP protected however.

The musiceion looks awesome so far, reminds me of an image by blanche that I've seen somewhere the head fits very well
Cool use fo bits on those muties, I've had several attempts at making them in the past and know how much of a pain it can be to get the right components for a model, yours are looking pretty decent so far if I do say so.

So I take it you are the creator of the kitchen appliances onemannoodles? Good stuff. You could always do crumpets or toast to go with it. Given that the universe is infinite, would anyone like any toast?

Yes please.

Take mine with butter and Marmite thanks.

Cain - Well, things have been a little slow here, so it's probably no bad thing to have missed a few updates Glad you popped back in though, and thanks!


weety - All armies should have a snack corner.....tea and toast are the cornerstones of civilization, and should be available to all.


OMN - Yeah, it is indeed I had assumed they were all from your seconds pile, I hadn't even noticed the bubble till you mentioned it

I felt there weren't enough stilt-walkers in the 40k universe, figured a musician would be a good place to start. With the muties I go both ways - sometimes I need the right fit of parts, sometimes a fairly random mish-mash will work -they're muties after all Cheers!


weety - "Talkie's my name, toasting's my game."


Llama - What setting would you like? 1-4, barely warm bread, 5 and up, burnt to a crisp?


Cam - Good man!



So, not a lot done, but I have had a play with MN's rhino kit.
I'd previously used the sides of a rhino on one of the cybork's vehicles, so had a spare rhino floor that I could use, although it would be pretty simple to use some plasticard for the same purpose.
Clean-up was easy and dry-fit was good, needing just a slight trimming of the floor plate to get everything together tightly. I punched out the turret ring on this one, and that was a straight-forward job, few drill-holes, started cutting, then popped the waste out.



Seen here in a razorback configuration - hence the cutting of the turret ring. I've popped a door in place to show the fit, and also pushed some track links in place for the same reason - although those are actually chimera tracks rather than rhino tracks, it shows there's a good tight fit for pieces.





And with a Bitsbox turret in place for a predator variant - which looks very cool in this design I think.

Good fit of pieces compared to many other resin kits I've played with, only gap that needs filling is between the front and the top on one side - but if I'd spotted that during the dry fit I could probably have fixed it with a bit more sanding. Sanding the rear edge of the roof revealed a couple of air bubbles, but nothing major, and I suspect I'll be detailing that area anyway.
A nice fun little kit if you want a rhino variant, and I'll happily buy from him again

A right out of the box build? Not even mounted the tracks backwards?

Man, that must be the weirdest thing I've ever seen (in this thread)!

Looks good nonetheless!

Well, I did cut out the turret ring But to be fair, that is just the basic build of the hull in place, it's a long way from finished yet, so don't despair

Another good collection of builds. Look forward to what you do with the tank.

Have a good Christmas.

Thanks doc

No updatde to speak of...just popping in to wish season's greetings on one and all!

Hmm, time for a post-christmas update I reckon...

First up, I once again took part in the DCM secret santa, and received some cracking stuff. Highlights to follow....



So a goodly pile of bits for the flesh vats, plus some exceptional pieces - the original goff rockers, no less than 6 old-skool cyboars, and a bloody chaos squat in exo-armour! Quality goodies indeed!

I'm currently pondering what I can come up with utilising only parts of the drop - as that is both what I like to do and a fun part of the secret santa itself. So expect something 'not-quite-right' latr this week hopeully

Still debating on how I'm going to chaosify that first pholus rhino, so no progress there to speak of.

But whilst debating that issue I had a liitle dig and started thinking about some cultist style transports. Thought these hulls would make a good start for renegade chimeras...



The original kits were wheeled, I'm thinking they'll be tracked for me Originally thought I might try actual chimera track units on it, but I forgot I'd used all my old ones, and the new style kits come with those side additions as part of the single piece - I was thinking of doing something else there. Also I've not full decided on how the front of the hulls will look - if I extend them at all then the chimera tracks may end up being too short for my liking....


Also had a putter with another rhino variant...



This one's a hover variant, thinking it'll be a good transport for either a rogue trader or an inquisitor and their respective retinues.


Spent the evening looking through the LOER competition entries and making notes as the start of my judging duties. Needed a break after that so had another rummage in my pile of boxes and started playing with a couple of things.



Just started putting bits together from this to get an idea of what I could do with it. My current thinking is that it could make an excellent base for a meka-dread, so if that idea takes hold there may be a bit of action back over on my orky blog

Then spent a bit more time playing with another kit....



Just pushed together for now to get an idea of size and construction fr further work. Had forgotten how easy it is to push-fit the Japanese kits together without gluing - so much easier than having to blu-tac everything together to get ideas
This one's definitely one for the dark-forge, a brass scorpion stand-in perhaps, or possibly some kind of stalk-tank. Lots of potential there....may even have to look for another one

That'll do for now I reckon...thanks for popping in.

So much, too much. Brain melting............blah.

Nice haul bud, looking forward to seeing yiou twist this lot up.

Wow that was a pressy indeed the rock band and squat fetch well on ebay

Looks like another crazy combo on its way with that lot

I have to ask where are the chimera stand ins from by the way ?

I think I have seen them somewhere but not sure, especially when you said wheeled.

Lots of nice and interesting things... all over-shadowed by a multi-ped tank, Woo!

Cam - Not to worry, brain-melt helps when sticking odd random bits to other odd random bits Started with a bit of the twisting


ldd - There were some very nice hauls going back and forth this year. Well pleased with the squat, the rockers and all those cyboars

Crazy combo part one incoming....

I'd really like to tell you where those vehicles came from....but I can't remember Been sitting on them for a year or so I think, might have to try trawling through my e-mails to get a clue - but that will take forever. I wouldn't mind knowing as I'd be up for some more if I can work these ones into something I like. I actually had two versions - one as a standard chimmy proxy, one as a hydra proxy, although I'm opting to use both in chimmy roles.
If anyone out there recognises them feel free to help us out


Dr H - I had a feeling that might catch your eye


Ok, let's see if we have anything interesting here....

First up a quick head and hand swap to give us another cultist...





And then a little play in Santa's box...




A slaaneshi style mutie with obligatory cyber-gun-arm.





A chaos renegade with obligatory spiky armour and big gun.


And a couple still undergoing their surgery....



Airwolf




Cent-ork?


Still a bit of fiddling to do with the last two, but I think that's about it for 'out-of-santa's-box' builds......anything else will likely require the use of bits from elsewhere.

Still, that should do you for a short while...

You never cease to amaze me the will to decapitate expensive/hard to find models (Arbite) although it does look cool very Fallout vibe

The next guy seems to have a slight Jason of the argonauts feel to it which I love, although the eldar las put a stop to it

Crazy legs just makes me laugh and wolf abomination in both states are your madness running wild


As for the Chimera stand ins I have figured it out I knew I has seen them somewhere http://www.warchimera.com/pl/p/Hammer-Anti-Aircraft-Defender/28

Good spot - Warchimera it is indeed

Well, technically he's an enforcer rather than an actual arbites I'm not sure they're that hard to find - certainly not as hard as the original arbites. I have a bunch that have been sitting around for years waiting for me to actually start on an arbites force. Figured it was time to do something with at least one of them

I'm not sure that's my madness running wild - that's just playing with some bits in a box. Pretty sure I could do worse



So, I really should put some colour on some things, or maybe finish sticking some things together.

But.......shinies......

Got a parcel today that had my Curious Constructs KS stuff inside.....

Tracked weapons platform:



Obviously, being tracked I got a few of these


Wheeled weapons platform:



Thought I should have something else for balance.


Walker weapons platform:



I have since realised that the legs have been placed completely incorrectly in my test pic


And a dis-assembled walker to show the bits...



The tracked and wheeled versions come with slightly different attachment points for said wheels and tracks. One thing I particulary like is the 'head' unit, a cylinder with four different 'eye' formations - you align it in the manner you wish, then a little cover hides the other faces, an elegant little solution to optional heads I thought.


And a selection of weapons:

A multi-mortar:




A missile launcher:




A flak cannon:




A triple-barrelled machine gun:




And a rocket:



I see my grots wanting more of these



And a complete platform:




Also, some ammo:




All fantastic stuff....very shiny!

My only gripe is that the AA-gun and the missile launvher don't actually fit on the platform if fitted with traks or wheels, as the weapon is too wide to fit between the means of propulsion. Now, this isn't much of an issue to me personally, as the chances of any weapon/platform set that come together actually bein assembled together are fairly slm in this household And granted, the mobile platforms were bonuses, the original KS as for static platforms, which all weapons appear to fit perfectly, but still a slight issue I feel.

Nothing else to report as yet, somehow I let myself get distracted by new things.....

Running madness I meant creative genius

Thanks for the update on my kickstarter stuff that has not arrived yet you got yours before me

Mind you they do look cool plus that walker is going to be for my green skins I have plans for that

Good, crazy builds.
Like the chap with the tentacle legs,

Interesting flying wolf bat scorpion...

Airwolf

LMAO

Good idea for a head on the Cent-ork.

Nice looking pieces in the drop.

Nice haul! I am unfamiliar with 'wheeled Transports" you intend to add treads to.

Like the GiTS super heavy multi-pedal tank.


So many goodies to play with!

Okay new name, LuckyMonkeyTroll