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You will be sorely disappointed if you get a "general purpose" airbrush. If you want to paint miniatures with it, you'll need a small needle/nozzle in a "detail" airbrush.

that termy actually looks way better than current ones... specially the face and the gun... specially the gun... the lil thinggummy on top is for me the icing on the cake..

that termy is awsome! and what are those two in the the middle picture? I like their design alot

So, there's a reason it is called "Static Grass". It comes from model railroading, and you can use static electricity to get it to 'stand up' neatly. So, a few tricks:

1) Apply your glue, sprinkle the static grass on, and then...

2a) Invert the mini and tap the base, lightly, against the side of a cup.
2b) Run a comb through your hair a few times, and then wave the comb very close to the grass. The individual fibers will be attracted to the comb.

Either one works.

There are also static grass applicators (one cheap, one expensive) that can help, but I've found I simply don't need them, since I'm not doing acres and acres of grasslands, like on a model railroad.

Comb, check. Hair, check. I think I can manage that. I feel sorry for the model railway enthusiast who is bald. Thanks briancj you have helped more than youtube did.

Rogue wolves those are old 1980s space mercenaries, also marketed as heavy imperial troopers. They are going to be dirtied up to go with the filthy space pirate I did a half dozen pages back.

Dsteingass I will take your advice when I get around to buying one. At the moment I just don't know where I would put it. One disadvantage to living in the cheapest flat ever is that it is also the smallest flat ever and my stupid boyfriend just brought home a doughnut maker (they were delicious in his defense).

Everyone else (sorry I gotta get to work so no time for more individual replies) I am glad you all love that inquisitor he is the bomb and it is quite a surprise to think he was sculpted in 1989. I altered the pose a little using GS otherwise he would have the same old static pose they all used to have.

Utter filth. These guys are in dire need of a bath and some armour polish. They will work for anyone - preferably someone evil - or at least willing to overlook their peculiar body odour. They are a motley band of career criminals and deserter guardsmen whose only loyalty is to the bottle and the brothel. Watch this space for more mucky mercenaries soon! (ish)

..You can also rub a baloon on your head like when you were a kid to make the static grass stand up, but generally the container is negatively charged, so it all sticks together then stands up somewhat naturally when glued down.

Its a strange thing but I generally don't have inflated baloons kicking around - a damn shame really.

So what does anyone think of my skanky troopers? I feel a squad coming on. I'm stripping some of the other mercenaries especially.

Very Skanky! The Middle one is my favorite!

I would give you a Five Star rating for those mercenaries but there do not appear to be any stars in the Dakka Orkmoticons.

So I guess I will substitute tropy cups:

I love the minis, their paintjobs, and your plan to produce more "skanky" comrades for them.

Business Squig probably approves them too if he isn't too busy with something else (chasing things out of the garden)?

the middle one wins all over for his wrecker style headmask...!!! that and you totally made his scowl damn perfect!!!

Viktor von Domm wrote:the middle one wins all over for his wrecker style headmask...!!! that and you totally made his scowl damn perfect!!!

Thankfully he doesnt have the same uniform as the Wrecker

I love cueball on the far right btw, he looks awesome!!!

I'm tempted to repaint the whole lot of the mercs to be honest - their paintjobs are too bright and cheerful. Here they are - they are too well washed and clean cut by half.





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These paintjobs will live on in digital photo form so I might as well...

well... you certainly have found a new way to save up on money then... painting is so much fun... why do just one paintjob for one mini each?

Indeed mr von dom. I have got so used to stripping other peoples paintjobs off my minis. If I think that better can be done then I might go for it because these old 80s minis are expensive and deserve proper bases and the most up to date paintjobs.

i would rather hack off my right arm than argue with you on that one^^

The guy on the left of the new batch is still one of my favourite models you've ever done - he was the guy with the paintjob based off the grimy van, right? They're really fantastic! Look tough and mean, which is important for mercs, I imagine The colourful ones are ace too, but I can understand wanting to repaint - it's all stylistic, and if you've found something you prefer it can be hard to look at the old ones the same way.

Great to have you back, by the way, this thread went all quiet for a while! I believe there were some mimes?!

Not that I don't like my old paintjobs - they are special but I will always have pictures - Unless civilization ends in december and the internet gets unplugged.

I was questioning posting this, but now I can't shift the tune from my head...


I keep singing

"Theres a star there, on that mercenary's crotch,
He's trying to distract us with it
but he thinks he'll blow us up"

to the Tune of David Bowie: Starman

Thats the guy - mouldy transit van.
Mimes did take over the blog for a while and of course not much was said because they were mimes. But the break did me good I'm sure


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Nice lyrics unearthlychilde, the star is a nice touch in that particular place! - I think I wanted them to look like merican mercs. They are going to be a filthier type of merc now - possible nurgle sympathizers. I might make an evil nurgle scientist for them to work for.

these mercs look great!

weetyskemian44 wrote:Thats the guy - mouldy transit van.
Mimes did take over the blog for a while and of course not much was said because they were mimes. But the break did me good I'm sure


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Nice lyrics unearthlychilde, the star is a nice touch in that particular place! - I think I wanted them to look like merican mercs. They are going to be a filthier type of merc now - possible nurgle sympathizers. I might make an evil nurgle scientist for them to work for.

So with a Nurgle star, right... riiiiiiiigggggghhhhhtttttt?

The joys of metal models...they get on with paint stripper so well.

The the difference between the latest mercs and the old ones is dramatic. The new ones really look the part for grim darkness.

Yeas there is nothing wrong with bright and clean when its appropriate (eldar) but I think these guys need gritty realism to bring out their best look. Even space marines can be forgiven for polishing their armour but these guys can't afford the polish and if they did they would only spend all day huffing it.

Very good point about bright having its place.

I think when I started this blog I had a lot to learn. At the time bright and clean was what I was good at so that's what I did. Painting dirty required confidence to experiment with the paint - the vallejo washes have helped as well as they are much more subtle than the garish GW paints I've got.

A round up of this years work so far:
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Nice to have a self indulgent wallow in the past now and again

I don't see your rhino?

Maybe that was last year. Time flies.

Awesome recap...what a great year!