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Made in gb
Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Progress on the bloat drone.

Black washes about the metals and streaks from various damaged points, and verdigris on the brass.



That's the bulk of the colours done. Now to add all the little details and spots of colour.
And I should get around to painting the base before I get to the "messy" stage.

Edit: that picture looks horribly blurry to me in here. Click on it to see full size and (more importantly) clearer.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2019/07/30 16:51:28


Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).

* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial *
Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Icky. Very good indeed icky

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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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





Affton, MO. USA

Looks fabulous Dr. H, they blend in great with the paint splatters on your desk too, either that or papa Nurgle’s flys are obscuring the pictures.

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

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
Made in gb
Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Thanks Graven'. True icky-ness will be achieved when I get around to the goo stage...

Thanks Theo'. That's the fun of wip/pip shots; leaves you all wanting more, and something for me to show in the final photos.

More progress:
Adding some colour with the cables,
Painted the bony / claw-y / teeth-y bits (although forgot the ones on the gun ),
And painted the base, gave it a white line to add some interest to the mass of grey, but blood and goo will also aid this.


Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).

* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial *
Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
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Maddening Mutant Boss of Chaos





Boston

I love that Drone conversion to begin with! And the paint scheme is effectively bringing out the twisted, Warped nature of the creature. Well done.

   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

2 legs good, 3 legs better... Very crusty.

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.  
   
Made in us
Rogue Inquisitor with Xenos Bodyguards





Eastern edge

Oh so Nurgleishus! that machine/daemon engine is coming along wonderfully Dr.H

"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!



 
   
Made in gb
Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Thanks tinfoil, good to hear. And that is my aim; bring the vision I have had in my head from the start to reality.

Thanks Graven'. I see what you did there.

Thanks Shas'.

It is done. I can't see anything I want to change in the photos, so job's a good'un.

May I present to you the Foetid bloat-drone tripod in all it's glory.

Which config' would you rather face?


All the angles:


Close-ups of the bio-mechanical workings and the base:


And the magnetised weapon options:


And' that's it for the Dark Imperium box set.

This chap will be up in my Etsy shop soon...ish. Need to look at how long this took and decide on a price, and arrange the photos, and write the description...

What will I do next?
I don't know. I've left the building desk empty so that I don't get tempted to just flow into another project and avoid finding a proper job.
So I'm going to give that a push first (got a plan to write to the RSC for careers advice) and then I'll pull out some of the junk I have laying about and start using that up when I get stressed out with the job searching... so probably tomorrow...

Thanks for sticking around and watching my random projects.

Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).

* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial *
Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
Made in gb
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Horrible, sticky, sickly bastard. I love him.

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.  
   
Made in gb
Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Thanks Graven'. It loves you too...

It is now up in my Etsy shop. Click here!

In other news;
The plague marines have been "lost in the post" in New Zealand.

Apparently, it's standard practice for NZpost, when delivering to a business address, for their postie to deliver to a PObox and then a courier to take it from the PObox and deliver it to the business address.

Part of this process involves the courier signing for a package that is intended to be signed for upon delivery... let that sink in...

...the package was signed for, and the people at the address have not seen the package.

Luckily, my customer has laid the blame firmly on the postal service. I still get to keep the money (as I couldn't afford to loose that amount from my business), but I doubt I'll get any future custom from them (which was a possibility).

Say a prayer to Nurgle for the lost plague marines, "lost" but not forgotten.


Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).

* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial *
Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
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Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts

This is why I insure EVERYTHING.

--B.


Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
 
   
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Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Indeed. That's why everything I post is tracked and requires a signature (international tracked and signed comes with £250 of lost/damage insurance).

However, I have literally just got a message from the buyer to say that the package has just arrived!
Severely battered box (probably been in the back of a van for ~2 weeks), but all seem to be intact.

Thank you for your prayers in facilitating their arrival. Grandfather Nurgle is sure to bless you all.

Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).

* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial *
Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
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Gargantuan Great Squiggoth





Not where I should be

Nice work all round.

Always a massive worry when you send something away. If you mark it fragile it will probably be a football for some brainless idiot. I have had issues with just about every courier I have ever used. For some reason they insist on trying to damage every box they have. The extreme lengths I go to to package up stuff to try and make sure it arrives in some semblance of order is quite ridiculous.

But it got there eventually so guess it worked out in the end. Good luck with your current sales.




 
   
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Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Thanks Cam'.

Yeah, I always get anxious while a package is in transit: Part of the reason I used tracked and signed, so I know where it is and when it gets there.

I always aim for over-doing the packaging.
Mini's get individually wrapped in bubbles, the box is lined with packing paper / tissue / bubblewrap, and the wrapped mini's are nested within.
Good, stiff cardboard box material is used for the box and I make sure the finished box has very little flex to it in any direction.
The result is often twice the necessary size to fit the contents in, but that gives plenty of "crumple zone".

I give the final package a good shake to make sure nothing is moving inside and then tape it up (with red and white FRAGILE tape).

I feel it's best to over-do it. The box can look like it's been used like a football, but the interior hasn't been touched.

Still, a glowing 5/5 star review for that one, and this week someone bought the Forklift.

Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).

* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial *
Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

 Dr H wrote:
Thanks Cam'.

Still, a glowing 5/5 star review for that one, and this week someone bought the Forklift.


congrats buddy. Well deserved indeed.

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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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Those turned out beautifully Dr H. They'll come home... Papa Nurgle will see to that.

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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Eastern edge

Wonderful looking chaos force there! Very good work, and color palette does have a nice mix

"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!



 
   
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I love those rusty bastards, all of your Nurgle stuff is great.

   
Made in gb
Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Thanks for popping in chaps. Nice to hear the love.

Nothing to show. Not done any modelling. Just sweeping through to show I Ate'nt dead!

I have made some progress towards a start for what is required to find a "proper" job, so there's that.

Something may happen soon. Stay tuned.

Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).

* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial *
Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
Made in gb
Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Hello again.

Things are happening again, normal service will resume shortly.

First, check out my interview with Jenn over on her blog Tragic Fangirl.
Read my ramblings about my adventures in this hobby here: https://tragicfangirl.com/2019/10/06/fangirl-feature-the-mini-details-of-dr-h/
I even give a shout out to the LoER, and big-up my sprue hut tutorial (in a rare break from modesty)...

It's time for the October birthdays, so I'm making more presents.
Here's the start of a larger display base for N-gauge trains.

Still to add some trees and shrubbery.

I'll try and catch up with what you've all been doing this week.

In other news: There is no other news.

Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).

* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial *
Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
Made in gb
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Any news in good news. Cool stuff!

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.  
   
Made in gb
Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







Lo Graven'. *waves*

Progress on display:
Trees and foliage.
Repaired the shack and inserted it (ground was not flat enough).
Added telephone poles. I did try to add wires but they didn't look right so will be left without.
And closed in the outer base edges.

More to do, including some static grass and painting (current colourfulness may confuse you, painting hasn't really happened yet).



Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).

* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial *
Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
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Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts

Most Model Railways do not run lines. You have to get the right kind of thread to make it look good, very thin and stretchy.

This is looking great!

--Brian

Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
 
   
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Madison, WI

That's a very nice looking display.

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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Wisconsin

I've been missing your stuff Dr. H, still looks cracking. Love that drone and the train display is coming along nicely.
   
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Great display, love the interview.

   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Lo bud. Scottish scale model show this weekend, any train bits you recommend for general hobbying?

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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Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Lo bud. Scottish scale model show this weekend, any train bits you recommend for general hobbying?


You want to look at "O scale", which is 1:48.


--Brian


Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
 
   
Made in gb
Mastering Non-Metallic Metal







That is true, Brian. But this is me, I will at least try and add ridiculous realism to all my models regardless of scale.
I tried with a really thin wire I have, but just trying to get 2 lines to play nicely was a pain and these technically required 12 lines... I wasn't about to loose years off my life to get them all together even on a single piece like this.
Thanks.

Thanks Gits'.

Lo York'. Thanks.

Thanks 'Tom. Glad you liked the interview too.

Lo Graven'. hmm... I'm not terribly up on what's available. I'm just working with what I have available here; all the train stuff I've been using used to be my Grandfather's, it's all decades old.
Other than keeping an eye out with things in the right scale. According to this site (http://theminiaturespage.com/ref/scales.html) you'll be looking for S-gauge for the typical 28mm.
Tools and toys (smoke-machines and lights, etc.) are pretty universal, but what's available? I don't know.

Maybe Brian and Gits' have some input.

I don't like to post without something to show, so here's something... really, I don't know where this is going...
What to do with leftover scraps and a cloth #102

You will remember me making a couple of prop replicas in clay recently. While doing these I used polystyrene foam to bulk out the shape to save on weight and clay. This left me with a pile of foam off-cuts. I also was using an old tea-towel to wipe things down. This became soaked in clay. I noticed that when the clay dried the cloth became set in a shape. This gave me an idea.

I piled up the loose foam lumps (all shapes and sizes, no larger than an inch cube) into the centre of the damp cloth and then folded in the sides of the cloth to the centre.
I then turned this over and formed it into a shape and let it dry.
I then further coated this with leftover clay sludge and a layer of PVA to seal it all in.
This is the top two pictures below.

I have then mounted this to a sheet of card, cut that to shape, and then filled in the edges with a bit more clay.
The edges will get a bit more tidying later.
This is where we are in the bottom two pictures.

With the usual basing treatment this will serve as a good base for something.

I'm not sure what I'm going to build on this, some kind of structure, likely ruined, and plenty of platforms / ramps / steps for tabletop gaming use.
It's taking up a lot of desk space, so this is the next project.

The train display is nearly done, so no need for wip photos.

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Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).

* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial *
Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!  
   
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Boston-area [Watertown] Massachusetts

There is stretchy telephone line wire, for this purpose, custom-made. I can dig up a link if you'd like to buy some.

Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
 
   
 
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