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I like the little touches like the lost items and especially the door detail!
   
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A fantastic scene, it really does tell the stories! Also great Strugatsky reference!

See what's on my painting table Now painting: Kruleboyz Gutrippaz 
   
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Thank you for the comments, everyone. It really means a lot.

I started painting up my Skaven army. There are so many rats! I've got 80 clan rats that I started as a first step project. Well, second after the warp cannon. Turns out, painting 80 models is a tedious process. Here they are all primed, and I've started the skin on the face, hands, feet, and tails. The blue was done by the seller of the Skaven I picked up from ebay. I'll keep some of the blue on there. I want to make the armor and cloth pretty rag tag. In the fluff in the battletome, skaven often loot armor from other fallen skaven. I'm applying this logic to their clothing as well. I mean, it's not like a chaotic swarm of rat men are going to set up looms and weave a bunch of matching cloth for a whole army. It could look a bit crazy on the table, but I'm hoping the rat skin and the sewer bases tie everything together.


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Assembly-line painting 80 of any model sounds like a nightmare. When I'm doing large units, I do them either five or ten at a time. That way, I can see progress and not get discouraged by the sheer volume of the project.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Amazing work on the convenience store, DJ It must feel really good to have that beautiful piece complete. That's quite a force of skaven you are starting on.

   
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The store is glorious. Let's hope that spock does ok in the apocalypse.

Yeah, rag tag is the way to go with skaven, i think. Though i like the idea of some rat weavers sewing together old bits of clothing and scraps they've stolen!

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Woah! 80 rats, that’s a serious batch to paint. At least having the different colours will help reduce some of the monotony once you get past the skin bits. Will you be mixing up the fur colours too? Maybe horizontal groups for accent colours and vertical for fur colours? Is that another Dread i see in the back?

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Just catching up on your blog, that skaven warp cannon is ace and loving your LOER work

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Meer_Cat wrote:The amount of detail you have included- and the inspired scratchbuilding that went into them- is the very essence of the LoER. Very well done project, not least for having gotten to the 'completed' phase!

Dr. H explained one time that each scene should tell a story and that everything in the scene has its part, essentially a smaller story in the greater one. Thanks very much for your guided tour of this facility, with its _many_ stories, as one would expect.

Using names as part of the graffiti is a nice touch as well. Quite some time ago Camkhieri built a marvelous UnderHive diorama and utilized a fair amount of graffiti in the same manner.

A great scenic and gaming piece.


Much appreciated. I saw Camkhieri's piece, and it's pretty spectacular. I started some graffiti on my last entry and someone sent me the link. I forget who now, adn could go back through my blog and see, but I'm already typing, so . . .

Thanks. There isn't anything anywhere that doesn't have a story as to how it got there, even irl.

Vejut wrote: I like the little touches like the lost items and especially the door detail!


Glad you like them. I wanted to have some objects that would make rummaging through the store worth while. They're mostly from Anvil miniatures. They have a ton of options for customization, especially in the sci-fi side of things.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:A fantastic scene, it really does tell the stories! Also great Strugatsky reference!


I'm reading the book right now, and quite enjoying it. The idea that aliens would come and not pay us any mind at all is an interesting one.

JoshInJapan wrote:Assembly-line painting 80 of any model sounds like a nightmare. When I'm doing large units, I do them either five or ten at a time. That way, I can see progress and not get discouraged by the sheer volume of the project.


I may have to try that. I'm discouraged by the idea of finishing a group of ten and still having to do seven more groups of ten. But, 80 in a chunk is pretty demoralizing to even look at.

Syro_ wrote:Amazing work on the convenience store, DJ It must feel really good to have that beautiful piece complete. That's quite a force of skaven you are starting on.


It is pretty relieving. It was a lot of work. I haven't really done much else since except for some rat skin.
I put my whole pile of shame-rats into a list builder. Right now on sprue I have about 3,700 points. I made a purchase from a webstore that's going out of business, which may have been a bad decision as I haven't heard anything back yet, but got 50% off another 1,000 points. Hopefully it actually shows up at some point. So much painting to go, but it will be quite the force.

amazingturtles wrote:The store is glorious. Let's hope that spock does ok in the apocalypse.

Yeah, rag tag is the way to go with skaven, i think. Though i like the idea of some rat weavers sewing together old bits of clothing and scraps they've stolen!


Yes, totally. Rats stitching robes and cloaks together from scraps is something I can see for sure. But it would be patchwork, I think. I can't picture rat weavers sitting down and churning out skeins of fine silken cloth. Or rats going to a tailor to get fitted for a new suit to take to battle. A lot of armies I see online all have a similar appearance, all the same color cloaks, for example. It serves to unify them as an army, but doesn't seem like something they'd actually do. I bought a green stuff world cobblestone roller to help with the bases, as I think a common environment could help unify a rag tag army. But, it's been hung up in customs since the 14th.

And I think Mr. Spock is going to stand a pretty good chance. If I can get him actually painted, I was planning to enter him in the monthly competition.

gobert wrote:Woah! 80 rats, that’s a serious batch to paint. At least having the different colours will help reduce some of the monotony once you get past the skin bits. Will you be mixing up the fur colours too? Maybe horizontal groups for accent colours and vertical for fur colours? Is that another Dread i see in the back?


I'm going to mix up the fur colors. Black, brown, grey, a few white. A couple that are combinations of several colors. I don't want to put too much effort into any one clan rat, but I know myself too well to think that I'll just slap them out at minimal standard just to see them done. It's going to be a while before I field a painted army. I was thinking of doing every fifth one black, every fourth of whats left brown an so on.

And no, it's the same dread. Still need to do some finishing touches. Meanwhile, it's standing on the bench staring at me.

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Just catching up on your blog, that skaven warp cannon is ace and loving your LOER work


Thanks, Graven.

And thank you again to all who have commented throughout the store build. It was quite an effort and I appreciate all the support and feedback.

No update as far as new paint. I should have a pretty good chunk of hobby time coming in the next couple of days, though.

   
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Syro_ wrote:Amazing work on the convenience store, DJ It must feel really good to have that beautiful piece complete. That's quite a force of skaven you are starting on.


It is pretty relieving. It was a lot of work. I haven't really done much else since except for some rat skin.
I put my whole pile of shame-rats into a list builder. Right now on sprue I have about 3,700 points. I made a purchase from a webstore that's going out of business, which may have been a bad decision as I haven't heard anything back yet, but got 50% off another 1,000 points. Hopefully it actually shows up at some point. So much painting to go, but it will be quite the force.


Wow, I agree that will be quite a force. I hope your order successfully arrives soon. About how many models are we talking with 4,700 points of skaven? It makes sense that you haven't done too much after finishing the convenience store. It must have been a big push to finish, I would be worn out too.

   
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Assuming I get everything, we're looking at:

80 Clan Rats - These guys are battleline. All built and primed. I can do units of 20, of two of 20 and one of 40. Depending on the buildout.

120 Plague Monks - They can be battleline, under the right conditions. All on sprue, and/or not here yet.
I'm thinking of converting some of these into Skryre Acolytes, which throw warp gas grenades. They're $15 US for one model from GW. I'm leaning toward 80 Monks, 40 Acolytes. Not sure.

9 Stormfiends - I think these could also be battleline, but only if I don't field either of the above units. I'd probably run on unit of six under most conditions. These are on sprue as well.

4 Warp Lightning Cannons - Three built, one painted. One more on the way.

2 Doomwheels. Likely wouldn't field these in any game I was taking seriously, but they seem like a weird and good time. One built, one on sprue.

1 Grey Seer on Screaming Bell - I'd use it as the general. Big and cool looking. Partially built.

1 Plague Furnace - The other build option that comes with the Screaming Bell kit. Not here yet.

2 of the Vermin Lords. One that was assembled as a Warpseer Verminlord by the Ebay seller, one more new in box. I haven't decided which option I'll go with him, probably a Lord Screech Verminking.
The Vermin Lords are cool because they get a command ability even if they aren't your general. And, they're giant rat demon things.

1 Grey Seer. A wizard on foot. Looks cool, but will be lost in a sea of rat bodies and monsters. Built, but still grey plastic.

3 Warlock Bombadiers. One built and primed, two on sprue.
I want to convert one to an Arch-Warock. Get a couple different spell options that way.

So, 223 models all together for around 4,700 points

   
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I got to 120 plague monks and i did a double take.

You can do it! It's a perilous task, but i believe.

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Wow, that is a huge force! It will be so awesome to see the whole thing complete. I agree with the idea about converting skryre acolytes, GW does some ridiculous pricing on certain figures (on top of their already high prices )

   
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Good luck with that Herculean task! Rats, ho!
   
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Nice job on the convenience store DJ, nice and grungy in there with tons of little details. A perfect place for an entrepreneurial cannibal to set up a butchers shop in the wasteland.

Quite the Skaven force planned too, good luck with it!

 
   
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Some progress: I have the skin base coat painted on all 80 clan rats. The metal blades and armor is basecoated on about 50 of them. Wooden shields and poles are painted on around 60.

And, I started to paint Spock. Hope to finish him for the monthly challenge.

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80 models' worth of skin? 50 models' worth of armor? I admire your endurance.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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You’re whipping through these rats at a good rate DJ, you’ll be done in no time if you keep this up!

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I started painting fur today, and got five done. Then I just couldn't stand the thought of it and had to finish at least one clan rat. So I finished two. Totally done.

Two down, 78 to go.
And I got a notification my green stuff roller should be delivered today, so fingers crossed I can start making bases.
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A lot to catch up on, the finished terrain piece is marvelous. So full of character and details. My favorite is still the brickwork showing through the back wall, it just looks so cool!
And holy that's a lot of rats. But you're already on track and I hope you get through the next 78 rats without going insane.
   
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Wow. Hats off , that's a lot of rats. I've been painting hordes of Brimstone figs, but at least there's a bit of variety there. What i tend to do when large-scale batch painting is take one colour and use that across a whole set of figs at once, but not necessarily in the same place: so for example I'm painting cowboy characters by using the same brown on different bits of cloth across 20+ figs. Gives visual unity without identikit painting, which can be pretty soul-,, destroying!

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I decided that painting the fur based off the primer color might make things easier. So, all the black and the white fur clan rats have their fur done. The pictures don't look all that different, but if you look closely you can see. And, I needed to post something because I am feeling like there is no progress happening. I still need to do the brown fur on the purple and blue rats, paint the clothing and then rust up the armor. A quick pass with Agrax Earthshade and maybe a touch of highlight here or there and then they'll be done. Except for bases. But, I got a Greenstuff roller now so that should go a lot faster.

And, I've been showing off pictures of my minis and terrain at work, and a couple of my colleagues came over the other day because they wanted to see and learn the process. I have a bunch of Plague Monks on sprue so it seemed convenient to let them each build and paint one as I worked through the process as an example. They aren't done yet, but we'll get together again soon to finish. Then I'll have 3 of the 120 monks done.

Speaking of terrain, the LoER competition includes a public vote component. If you have been following my progress and want to see the other entries, possibly vote for your favorite, you can find the vote thread here.
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Painting a horde army always takes a long time DJJazzyJeff...I always did mine a few models at a time, but you are going in full bore there.

Cheers,

CB

   
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Yes, and I mostly want to hit myself for doing this way. I'm hoping that the feeling of accomplishment outweighs this heavy, slogging sensation of painting 80 models at a time.

I bought a cheap nail polish rack to hold my paints. Now I just need to clear off enough space on the desk for it to actually go somewhere.
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I attached some little hooks to my nail polish rack and suspended it from my shelves with string, it works really well to avoid taking up table space!

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Nail polish racks? That, my friends, is a genius idea! To the internet!


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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
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Started on the Screaming Bell cart. I finished all the little fiddly metal bits. Still need to add rust. Got a start on the base coat of the flames. I can't remember how I did the other purple warp stone . . .
This one is too dark, it barely reads as purple. I'll have to take another crack at it. I do like the way the stone arch is turning out, though.
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And a quick update after today's painting session outside on the patio.
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Looking very cool DJ!

   
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It is coming along DJJazzyJeff.

Cheers,

CB

   
 
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