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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/06 15:41:44
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Kalista, Belladonna and Butterfingers (Moonstone)
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Crushing Black Templar Crusader Pilot
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Dragon is some serious business, and love the 'scale shot' at the end. Love Ant Man and the Wasp, and your renditions are cracking.
Cutesy tiny fairies are looking fantastic too, and an impressive variety on display on this page alone!
Thanks for sharing
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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.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/08 22:24:29
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Kalista, Belladonna and Butterfingers (Moonstone)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Theophony wrote:Belladonna reminds me of the butterflies from the Peacemaker TV series  .
Nice work.
I've actually not watched peacemaker yet, despite being a massive DC nerd, as it doesn't have a UK platform. But a quick search does show me exactly where you're coming from
Slinky wrote:I really like the palette you are using for the Moonstone figures, it suits them perfectly.
Thanks man. I've realised I have another faerie I'd completely forgotten about too, Vespa - a faerie riding a giant wasp.
Olthannon wrote:Wow those models are extremely cool, that emerald green of the cloak looks brilliant.
Thanks, and welcome to my corner of dakka! It's funny, I used to really struggle with green and now it's probably my favourite colour to paint. Vallejo Air Olive Green, Model Colour sick green and model colour livery green form the core of the palette.
IGtR= wrote:Dragon is some serious business, and love the 'scale shot' at the end. Love Ant Man and the Wasp, and your renditions are cracking.
Cutesy tiny fairies are looking fantastic too, and an impressive variety on display on this page alone!
Thanks for sharing
You're very kind, and thank YOU for swinging by.
Well my moonstone month continues, plodding through the faeries. And where better than the Queen of the Fae?
Diana, as faction leader, is appropriately cool as a model and so tried to attempt a fitting colour scheme inspired by the monarch butterfly.
Not sure if it's entirely successful but turned out not too bad on balance.
And as a neat bridge from one subfaction to another, Herbert Growbottom:
Goblin/Faerie hybrid. He's the evolved version of Grub, who is the starter set exclusive goblin.
On balance I don't think he's quite a useful as his unevolved form, but he's still neat.
And speaking of Goblins... The Firespitter!
Had a lot of fun with the light from the candles.
This was the original test model for Moonstone, from the first KS, and encapsulates the aesthetic (and general lunacy) perfectly. I just adore the Labyrinth/Brian Froud vibe that the figs give off.
With that, I have all the goblins, painted, and all of the faeries I own (still missing one, but a mate has a spare) except for Vespa and the alt sculpt for Diana from the new KS, Diana Enraged.
I am also making slow progress on the last two giants and Anya / Strigoi Anya (possessed little girl). Mostly, I'm avoiding the humans as they are INCREDIBLY fiddly.  Besides, I want to crack on with Hulkbuster  and I really need to get the rest of the GotG (Gamora, Nebula, Drax and Ronan) done for the start of April for games against the eldest during holidays. Ah, too many games, too little time... Twas ever so
Graven
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/09 13:02:43
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Diana Queen of the Fae, Herbert Growbottom and Goblin Firespitter! (Moonstone)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Really love the work you did on those Monarch butterfly-like wings graven. The extra work you're putting in on the bases is really paying off too.
I must admit... these are great models!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/10 13:59:26
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Diana Queen of the Fae, Herbert Growbottom and Goblin Firespitter! (Moonstone)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Gitsplitta wrote:Really love the work you did on those Monarch butterfly-like wings graven. The extra work you're putting in on the bases is really paying off too.
I must admit... these are great models!
Moonstone figures are quite lovely, and Gamer's Grass is an easy way to enhance the KM urban cobbled bases to fit the general whimsical fantasy vibe. And, you're too kind, amigo.
Busy, busy week. Work crazy, one of the killer weeks, finalising coursework. Still. Got to go onto the set of Batgirl which was VERY exciting (things went boom  and it's got me thinking about DC again  : I have the yellow lanterns waiting to get painted, and I'm definitely keen to play some lantern war, especially with Reds getting released at last. Haven't managed to get to see The Batman, alas, though I see KM have ANOTHER starter set tie-in  So frustrating as a company. On the subject of frustrations, my Asmodee line of communication appears to have dried up, so there go all my attempts to blag free toys (shame, love my Marvel stuff)... not like I haven't got a squillion to be working on still  Did manage to get a wee game of DC Rivals with the spawn, Batman vs Joker, little toad got the win.  Rats. The old man has taught him well
Oh, and I'm doing a giveaway over on my instagram (@sam.graven) where you can win Hulk or Venom for MCP, y'all should totally check it out  Hopefully more Marvel content later this week  but yeah, go try win a freebie off me
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/12 18:25:36
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Diana Queen of the Fae, Herbert Growbottom and Goblin Firespitter! (Moonstone)
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Deranged Necron Destroyer
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The Monarch scheme on the Queen's wings is perfect. What was your recipe fer the orange?
Well well well lookit MR. HOLLYWOOD over here.  Actually jealous. Looking forward to more superhero content!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/13 07:23:20
Subject: Re:Graven's Bloggit: Diana Queen of the Fae, Herbert Growbottom and Goblin Firespitter! (Moonstone)
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I hate that you've done the MCP apartment building that fast (nit surprised though) while I still paint mine  But I love how it looks, the "weathering" with posters and graffiti is amazing!
Love your Luke Cage, but yeah it sucks you need to get that  awful Iron Fist sculpt too. I don't know how one greenlits that.
All the Moonstone stuff looks cool, candlelight on the goblin and his barrel is great!
Hope the house is in order at the end of March
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/13 21:57:00
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Diana Queen of the Fae, Herbert Growbottom and Goblin Firespitter! (Moonstone)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Don Qui Hotep wrote:The Monarch scheme on the Queen's wings is perfect. What was your recipe fer the orange?
Well well well lookit MR. HOLLYWOOD over here.  Actually jealous. Looking forward to more superhero content! 
You're most kind.
Prime white, Vallejo model color fire orange, a little deck Tan blended in for highlights.
Yeah, it was really cool. And, from a professional perspective, watching the compositing of the VFX of an explosion was fascinating.
Viterbi wrote:I hate that you've done the MCP apartment building that fast (nit surprised though) while I still paint mine  But I love how it looks, the "weathering" with posters and graffiti is amazing!
Love your Luke Cage, but yeah it sucks you need to get that  awful Iron Fist sculpt too. I don't know how one greenlits that.
All the Moonstone stuff looks cool, candlelight on the goblin and his barrel is great!
Hope the house is in order at the end of March 
Thanks on all counts. Yeah, the iron fist is less dynamic and more just dumb. More on weathering buildings below.
So: a giant update.
Well, an update featuring a giant anyway.
This is Gotchgut, a slow, ponderous, friendly and generally lethal mercenary for Moonstone, the wonderful whimsical fantasy skirmish game.
I'm still leaning into NMM a wee bit, though as ever it's my own... unique spin on it
As ever, ridiculously characterful models. I should stress I'm not getting anything free from Goblin King, the game's makers: I genuinely love the game, and it really is one of the best fantasy skirmishes I've ever played. Highly recommend nabbing the two-player starter set if you can. I'm even going to start on the humans from it to try to convince y'all!
Meanwhile, the mighty Brunhilde!
She's not fantastic in game tbh but she's a cracking sculpt.
Kill da Wabbit!
Also, my dog decided to "weather" one of my buildings...
Thought it was a stick
Next on the workbench are Hulkbuster (still) and FINALLY some humans for moonstone. My current corner is even tinier BUT have salvaged bigger display storage so that's good. Also did a lot of sanding, polishing, carpentry and other manly stuff. Grr.
Graven
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/17 10:37:07
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Gotchgut and Brunhilde, giant/ ogre mercenaries (Moonstone)+dog damage
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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It's a slow month, but back on the Marvel wagon for a bit, with another building for the layout:
This is the TT Combat Abandoned Apartment, very kindly provided by endtransmission
As mentioned, the puppy decided to... help with the weathering, so the wife challenged me to incorporate the chew hole:
Freehand is not my comfort zone AT ALL but quite liked this.
Had to get a Deadpool reference in somewhere
Still working on Moonstone also, though, with Anya, and her Striga (witch/possessed) form:
I mean who doesn't like an evil magical blonde child?
Definitely not modeled on my 6 year old daughter
For a bit of variety in our weekly game night - and because we're still living in chaos - the spawn and I broke out the old Transformers TCG cards, and had a swing at Unicron:
This was enormous fun, and our Autobot '86 themed teams of Kup, Perceptor and Arcee (me) and Optimus Maximus (Optimus, Hot Rod et al - him) comfortably managed to defeat the Chaos Bringer in the final round; although Surge rapidly dispatched Arcee in the first phase, Galvatron and Cyclonus were (disappointingly) quite quick to deal with which left us on good form to take out the big guy - but, having lost Kup to a mighty claw, delightfully it was his tiny headmaster that delivered the final blow! Next time, I think we'll try to take him on with Decepticons instead
Next up, Hulkbuster! Assuming I get my act together :/
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Graven
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/17 18:45:26
Subject: Re:Graven's Bloggit: Abandoned Apartment block (MCP) Anya, possessed child (Moonstone)
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?
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The natural weathering came out great. My wife keeps showing me pictures of a litter of Beagle puppies one of our friends had. So cute, but our 4 cats would not be amused.
Your daughter....I mean the Evil Magical Blonde Child turned out great as well. You obviously ran Kup wrong, you should have been talking non-stop about the petro-rabbits and distracting your opponent
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LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/17 19:25:20
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Abandoned Apartment block (MCP) Anya, possessed child (Moonstone)
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Master Engineer with a Brace of Pistols
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Love the variety, little blonde children and very scary. I have to check out these Moonstone minis for DnD because they look great.
Your freehand on the building looks awesome, at least your puppy helps with your terrain. My cats only know destruction
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/18 01:04:03
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Abandoned Apartment block (MCP) Anya, possessed child (Moonstone)
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Deranged Necron Destroyer
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I'd say this update is pretty giant. Love the freehand on the Infinity Gauntlet, good way of incorporating some -ahem- natural damage. Pets and hobby don't always intersect well! I think the possessed little girl is my favorite Moonstone model so far.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/18 01:38:34
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Abandoned Apartment block (MCP) Anya, possessed child (Moonstone)
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Fixture of Dakka
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Nice buildings inmygravenimage.
Cheers,
CB
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/18 01:48:27
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Abandoned Apartment block (MCP) Anya, possessed child (Moonstone)
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Krazy Grot Kutta Driva
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Great free hand work Graven. You'll not in the hobby until your dog eats a model. My old shepherd ate a plastic giant from GW about 10 years ago. Your use of the situation was better than mine. I like the figures from Moonstone your working on. They have alot of character.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/18 09:39:50
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Abandoned Apartment block (MCP) Anya, possessed child (Moonstone)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Theophony wrote:The natural weathering came out great. My wife keeps showing me pictures of a litter of Beagle puppies one of our friends had. So cute, but our 4 cats would not be amused.
Your daughter....I mean the Evil Magical Blonde Child turned out great as well. You obviously ran Kup wrong, you should have been talking non-stop about the petro-rabbits and distracting your opponent
If I had a beagle, I would name it Darwin  our current cat and dog have grown up together from 7 weeks so they're pretty used to one another. Kup did the job, Unicron kept trying to shut him up  thanks, I enjoyed Anya more than I expected.
Olthannon wrote:Love the variety, little blonde children and very scary. I have to check out these Moonstone minis for DnD because they look great.
Your freehand on the building looks awesome, at least your puppy helps with your terrain. My cats only know destruction 
Moonstone models are simply outstanding. They are extraordinarily characterful. My next best option for DND figs is Reaper, which is what I also use for townsfolk. In the UK I highly recommend Mighty Lancer Games for them  though I buy my Moonstone direct from Goblin King.
Don Qui Hotep wrote:I'd say this update is pretty giant. Love the freehand on the Infinity Gauntlet, good way of incorporating some -ahem- natural damage. Pets and hobby don't always intersect well! I think the possessed little girl is my favorite Moonstone model so far.
 Anya really is a cracking sculpt, agreed. I am generally terrified of attempting the humans but I'm slowly building up to it
Captain Brown wrote:Nice buildings inmygravenimage.
Cheers,
CB
Thanks bud! I'm on a bit of a break now from terrain, until I tackle my deadzone stuff... though I do have more cardstock to build for Corespace.
Pointer5 wrote:Great free hand work Graven. You'll not in the hobby until your dog eats a model. My old shepherd ate a plastic giant from GW about 10 years ago. Your use of the situation was better than mine. I like the figures from Moonstone your working on. They have a lot of character.
Tom's sculpts really are fantastic, agreed. I'm getting the new Black Powder (human pirates... well, 2 humans and a monkey) to review as a freebie, too, which is nice. I actually prefer the corrupted humans that are also out this month (masqued, like Carnevale but better) as sculpts but our Goblin Pirates need reinforcements and the new pirate captain is particularly synergistic and nasty with them.
But as a palette cleanser, back to Marvel! Who you gonna call?
Hulkbuster! apparently I've gone for a Hulkbuster Mark 2 style paint scheme - so the boy tells me anyway
This thing is massive, well worth the price tag both in game terms and RL. Mandatory scale shot:
It comes with this Iron Man for its "damaged" mode (note the piece of Hulkbuster on the base). More scale shot:
gotosleepgotosleepgotosleep  This will be my entry for this month's #darkelfdare on insta, with its theme "Boss Fight".
I've tried to match the Iron Man's base to the Hulkbuster's also:
The rusted barrier is resin coated in iron powder, rusted with vinegar, water and exposure to air.
I also tried a new rust recipe on the treadplate which has worked really well, I think - though I'm not sure I'll apply to the HB's manhole cover as I'm not convinced it'll work against the brickwork.
Next on the Marvel pile are Gamora and Nebula, the latter of which has a little bit of crashed spaceship on her base - it looks VERY orky so I think I'm going to raid the bits box for "upgrading" the rest of the GotG's bases - it annoys me intensely that they come with regular urban bases, so I think they'll get a tweaking. I'm also plugging away at Lord Fancy-hat and Friar Flavius, two of the Commonwealth humans from the Moonstone starter set, so there may be progress there over the weekend also.
Feeling a bit off atm, head's not quite right - but coming on here and seeing all your wonderful comments really gave me a much-needed boost. Thanks gang
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/18 10:38:51
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Hulkbuster and Iron Man (MCP)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Spectacular job on the Iron Men graven! I really like the way they turned out. Your color palate is a bit greyed out (I forget the technical term for this) making the models less cartoony and really upping the realism on them. Excellent work!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/18 11:00:05
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Hulkbuster and Iron Man (MCP)
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?
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Man, that Hulkbuster is massive! Almost looks a little oversized, but perhaps the MCP Hulk is a little on the small side? (then again, I just printed Galactus, so maybe I'm not one to talk about scale?  ) Lovely paintwork though, that red is excellent and the Arc Reactor spot colour works perfectly with it. Great work on the apartment block too, magnificent graffiti work as ever!
Glad to hear Hulkbuster is good on the table though, as so far I have been very underwhelmed by the core box Iron Man card. I shall have to get my Hulkbuster painted up pronto.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/18 13:35:27
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Hulkbuster and Iron Man (MCP)
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Calculating Commissar
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Ahh nice to see that building finally get built! It was sat in my pile of shame for years... I got given it free when I bought the original Suicide Squad starter box!
Great work on the graffiti! Iron man (and chum) look very cool too. I see what you mean about value... he's like a 90's jungle...
...Massive!
(sorry, not sorry)
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/18 14:18:48
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Hulkbuster and Iron Man (MCP)
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Utilizing Careful Highlighting
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The Moonstone stuff is coming along nicely, looking forward to more!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/18 14:42:11
Subject: Re:Graven's Bloggit: Hulkbuster and Iron Man (MCP)
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?
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Hulkbuster looks like he should be called support buster. I know he is hollow, but still it just looks like he should snap his flight/jump stand.
Rust effects look great
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LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/18 19:41:54
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Hulkbuster and Iron Man (MCP)
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Deranged Necron Destroyer
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Great rust effect, thanks for the recipe. Really like Hulkbuster. I haven't had the chance to play against him yet and am dreading the day when I see him across from me on the table... of course I just picked up Juggernaut so two can play at that game. Agree with you on the Guardians' bases, you want some extra space bits from them. Excited to see yer upgrades.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/21 15:19:05
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Hulkbuster and Iron Man (MCP)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Gitsplitta wrote:Spectacular job on the Iron Men graven! I really like the way they turned out. Your color palate is a bit greyed out (I forget the technical term for this) making the models less cartoony and really upping the realism on them. Excellent work!
Thanks! I was indeed going for more grubby, grimy, desaturated palette as I wanted them to feel more battle-worn; I tend to go very bright on MCP but wanted them to be distinct from the regular Iron Man fig. Huzzah!
Paradigm wrote:Man, that Hulkbuster is massive! Almost looks a little oversized, but perhaps the MCP Hulk is a little on the small side? (then again, I just printed Galactus, so maybe I'm not one to talk about scale?  ) Lovely paintwork though, that red is excellent and the Arc Reactor spot colour works perfectly with it. Great work on the apartment block too, magnificent graffiti work as ever!
Glad to hear Hulkbuster is good on the table though, as so far I have been very underwhelmed by the core box Iron Man card. I shall have to get my Hulkbuster painted up pronto.
Well, that's a Hulk I 3-D printed, but even then it's slightly bigger that the MCP one; nevertheless, I have considered reprinting him bigger so he overhangs the 60mm base  Galactus? So he'd be what... about 6ft?!  Thanks generally, I'm still wondering whether it needs more tags but I... *think* I'll leave it as is for now.
endtransmission wrote:Ahh nice to see that building finally get built! It was sat in my pile of shame for years... I got given it free when I bought the original Suicide Squad starter box!
Great work on the graffiti! Iron man (and chum) look very cool too. I see what you mean about value... he's like a 90's jungle...
...Massive!
(sorry, not sorry)
No! Not the metal suicide squad box! With the horrific Katana!! Notoriously the worst KM sculpt ever! I'm having flashbacks! It's like Nam! you weren't there man! YOU WEREN'T THERE!!!
Likewise, with getting this with the SS box (in fact here's mine from back then)
aku-chan wrote:The Moonstone stuff is coming along nicely, looking forward to more!
Much obliged amigo! There will be more, fear not!
Theophony wrote:Hulkbuster looks like he should be called support buster. I know he is hollow, but still it just looks like he should snap his flight/jump stand.
Rust effects look great
All credit to Atomic Mass, the balance on their figures is astonishing. They truly defy gravity. And thanks!
Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great rust effect, thanks for the recipe. Really like Hulkbuster. I haven't had the chance to play against him yet and am dreading the day when I see him across from me on the table... of course I just picked up Juggernaut so two can play at that game.
Agree with you on the Guardians' bases, you want some extra space bits from them. Excited to see yer upgrades.
I'm the juggernaut, b*tch!  thanks, I'm dead happy with my HB.
I had a little burst of creative energy and time, if not space, so, onto the GotG! First up, the deadliest woman in the galaxy: Gamora!
I really went down the full comic white suit look. 3 piece head, must've dropped the bits about a dozen times
I tried to bling up her base with a bit of wrecked industrial tech, which I've carried across all the current batch of guardians.
Talking of which... Ronan the Accuser:
Zandar! You stand accused!
He was fun, more than expected. I particularly enjoyed doing the power stone.
And you can't have Ronan without his nemesis: Drax!
He's like a little mini Hulk. For such a simple sculpt, he's really evocative and dynamic.
Nice little set.
Talking of nemeses, I almost forgot Gamora's: Nebula!
Impossible posing  She came together really quickly. I do love Vallejo paints
Ah, the daughters of Thanos. Of course everyone forgets about poor Proxima Midnight
And a group shot of the GotG as a whole. This means the boy's all set for our Easter holiday battling
Next up are Mysterio, Iron Fist, Toad (for my team) and Green Goblin for MCP, plus the Friar and Lord Fancyhat for Moonstone. Getting back in the groove!
Graven
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/21 17:35:04
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Gamora, Nebula, Drax and Ronan the Accuser (MCP)
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?
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Guardians looking good, lovely colour work! Nice clean white on Gamora, and the Power Stone glow on Ronan is subtle but very effective. If you want a bigger Hulk but not just the same mini again, let me know and I'll point you to some STLs, I've got a few different ones saved.
Tragically, Galactus is not to scale, but at around 7-8" tall it's still like having an action figure among the minis and he towers over everything else on the table... given he canonically shrinks when he's very low on power, I guess he's just really hungry!
Oh, and since you mention poor Proxima, I have to recommend the Black Order miniseries Marvel put out a few years back if you've not read it. It's got the same sci-fi-family-drama-comedy vibe as Guardians, but for the Bad Guys, and it's tons of fun. Never thought I'd feel bad for Corvus Glaive, but somehow, that book managed it!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/22 13:50:02
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Gamora, Nebula, Drax and Ronan the Accuser (MCP)
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Paradigm wrote:Guardians looking good, lovely colour work! Nice clean white on Gamora, and the Power Stone glow on Ronan is subtle but very effective. If you want a bigger Hulk but not just the same mini again, let me know and I'll point you to some STLs, I've got a few different ones saved.
Tragically, Galactus is not to scale, but at around 7-8" tall it's still like having an action figure among the minis and he towers over everything else on the table... given he canonically shrinks when he's very low on power, I guess he's just really hungry!
Oh, and since you mention poor Proxima, I have to recommend the Black Order miniseries Marvel put out a few years back if you've not read it. It's got the same sci-fi-family-drama-comedy vibe as Guardians, but for the Bad Guys, and it's tons of fun. Never thought I'd feel bad for Corvus Glaive, but somehow, that book managed it!
That's an interesting idea about Hulk, I'll have a think. Good point about Galactus!  yes, I love that series. I'm a big fan of the Corvus/Proxima dynamic and it's my main gripe with Endgame that they don't even get a decent line between them. I think the Russos totally wasted them, Proxima especially.
Feeling productive, lots of bits finished that have been hanging about the desk. So, first, on with the Marvel kick!
Or rather, Fist.
The immortal iron fist. Meh. I mean I'm happy with the paint job but not fussed by character.
Let's continue with the NYC theme... Bring on the bad guys!
He's not bad, he's just misunderstood. Or possible Mys-understood.
I did enjoy this, especially the helmet and TINY mysterio daily bugle front page
And a proper villain: Green Goblin!
It is a shame that he's dreadful in game because that sculpt is just perfect.
Another tiny Daily Planet easter egg there too.
And finally, a little addition to my Convocation team: Toad!
This is the "real" figure, as opposed to my printed one.
As I ended up with the official figure, it seemed rude not to
But I haven't forgotten about Moonstone either. First up, Lord Fancyhat (he of the big house)
Hmm. Need to get better photos.
Struggling to get a shot of the face. But all those details were a lot of fun to do.
Turquoise and pink seem a perfectly reasonable combo, right?
And finally, the wonderful, enormous, flabby Friar Flavius (starter set exclusive fig):
He's a great sculpt, weird and quirky, but great.
Black Powder, the new Dominion human pirates set, turned up yesterday, along with more Leshavult AND the Core Space (Purge) core box. I do love reviewing stuff  bit of paralysis of choice mind you  first-world-nerd-problems :>E
Up at an average of a mini a month for March, which I'm rather thrilled with, especially as I've not been doing any block/unit painting this month. Not too bad, not too bad. That'll change once I break out the alien hordes of Core Space  If I can hit 100 this month, that's a good benchmark for the first quarter.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/22 21:28:30
Subject: Re:Graven's Bloggit: Iron Fist,Green Goblin,Mysterio,Toad (MCP),Lord Fancyhat,Friar Flavius (Moonstone)
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?
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Fantastic work on Mysterios head/helmet  .
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LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/23 22:27:57
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Iron Fist,Green Goblin,Mysterio,Toad (MCP),Lord Fancyhat,Friar Flavius (Moonstone)
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Fixture of Dakka
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Nice work inmygravenimage.
Cheers,
CB
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/23 22:43:12
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Iron Fist,Green Goblin,Mysterio,Toad (MCP),Lord Fancyhat,Friar Flavius (Moonstone)
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?
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Lord Fancyhat's fancy hat is very fancy! Suitably garish colours for a mini that bombastic too.
Goblin is a showstopper, perfect paint on a perfect mini. I must admit I live in fear of him on the table, because I always forget his 'blow up a building in your face' power and have carelessly lost a number of characters to it thus far. We've been using his updated card and he seems pretty gnarly, but as a complete noob at the game that may well be luck/confirmation bias at this point.
Big fan of Iron Fist too, neat work on the chest tattoo. I do find the flame-cragon-construct-thing a bit much though, especially seeing as it covers up Iron Fist's, y'know, fist... Odd choice by the sculptors there.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/25 11:33:23
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Iron Fist,Green Goblin,Mysterio,Toad (MCP),Lord Fancyhat,Friar Flavius (Moonstone)
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Theophony wrote:Fantastic work on Mysterios head/helmet  .
Cheers buddy!
Captain Brown wrote:Nice work inmygravenimage.
Cheers,
CB
Most kind, cap!
Paradigm wrote:Lord Fancyhat's fancy hat is very fancy! Suitably garish colours for a mini that bombastic too.
Goblin is a showstopper, perfect paint on a perfect mini. I must admit I live in fear of him on the table, because I always forget his 'blow up a building in your face' power and have carelessly lost a number of characters to it thus far. We've been using his updated card and he seems pretty gnarly, but as a complete noob at the game that may well be luck/confirmation bias at this point.
Big fan of Iron Fist too, neat work on the chest tattoo. I do find the flame-cragon-construct-thing a bit much though, especially seeing as it covers up Iron Fist's, y'know, fist... Odd choice by the sculptors there.
Thanks all round, Fancyhat was a lot of work  . I loathe the sculpt on Danny Rand. Danny Random, more like. Yeah, I would see how that would make GG scary  so don't forget  I will say that alongside Venom he becomes more problematic as you get into target priorty trouble: Venom is a (terrifying) walking target so he can act as an efficient distraction. He's still incredibly pricey for what he is though, the lack of a really good Spider-Foe boss is irksome.
As we rumble towards the weekend (when I shall be putting the house back together again, hurrah!), a couple more Moonstone figs, finishing off the human side of the core set:
Flintlock, a very lovely rifleman who is particularly nasty as the only long range character in the game. Very slow on the reload, but proper deadly if used right.
Cracking sculpt, too.
And, finally, Eric the Squire:
Spent a lot of time on this wee maniac's face.
Delightfully enough, he is the lynchpin synergy character for humans from the core set. He's pretty rubbish but buffs everyone else
I have two more Moonstone figs on the go atm, Natty the Slum thief (cute pickpocket) for Commonwealth and the Revenant (dapper zombie) for Leshavult, then I might change tack in April, not entirely sure yet.
Still, April brings with it also the prospect of some good gaming time with the kids, and that's got to be a bonus
Graven
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/25 13:25:28
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Commonwealth fantasy humans - Flintlock and Eric the Squire (Moonstone)
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Eric is great, what a characterful wee chap!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/25 21:44:52
Subject: Graven's Bloggit: Gamora, Nebula, Drax and Ronan the Accuser (MCP)
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inmygravenimage wrote:And finally, the wonderful, enormous, flabby Friar Flavius (starter set exclusive fig):
He's a great sculpt, weird and quirky, but great.

Most folks take a chainmail vest and keep their arms free, looks like Brother Flavius took a bit of a different approach. Moonstone models are a ton of fun.
Really like your Guardians, the Ronan power glow is great and I like how you tied their bases together. Same with the Mysterio and Goblin, it helps sell the sense of urban conflict. How'd you do the caution tape?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2022/03/29 09:11:59
Subject: Re:Graven's Bloggit: Commonwealth fantasy humans - Flintlock and Eric the Squire (Moonstone)
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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You've been very productive, great way of incorporating the puppy' bite
Love all the Marvel stuff and now I know that the price for the Hulkbuster is actually fair, what a massive mini
Moonstone looks really interesting with every additionally painted mini.
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