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^Good stuff Scarper!

Thank you for the compliment, I always check up on this blog, just don't always have comments since its always so good!


I like necromunda fluff, and like the idea of talking to a newcomer, it helps gives you a good form for the story and fluff to work with.
wats the QA? i like the slang you use and the voice of the story. I dont think it is too corny at all. Great voice, would love to hear more!



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the fluff adds a lot to the blog too, gives the models more character, good stuff

Hahaha, wow, thanks guys! Was not expecting a response like that on a fluff post I'll be sure to finish his story then - probs next time I have a long train journey (won't be long, honest!). Thanks so much for all the motivation though

@PDH - Don't get me wrong, a lot of it is. It's differentiating the impossibly similar skin conditions and trying to picture bits of the ear which are impossible to see even during surgery that gets wearing. I do love what I do, I just reserve the right to bitch about it during exam season

@Sageheart - The QA will be explained in a little while... Thanks for the kind words, I'll be sure to write a little more!

Apologies that there are no major updates this post, but here's a teaser over what's coming next - hope you like it! (or at least recognise it!)

Is dear Farrell getting his rather snazzy base snazzed up per chance?

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I wonder what that's supposed to say

Nice fluff! It was a good read. And rather than being corny, I daresay that the voice was *gasp* realistic! Quite characterful and convincing. Looking forward to more!

@Ghosty - Indeed! And it's "GO TO THE PARK, THERE'S A DUCK THERE", but he got chased off by arbites before he could finish. What did you think it said?

@Zefig - Thanks very much, 'realistic' is the nicest compliment you could have given! I'll be sure to crack on as soon as I've got some time, so stay tuned!

I bow humbly to your great Story telling talents, You dear sir are a bard of great skill, I Doubt you have any problems comming up with great scenarios for your games! and i emplore you to take your your stories upspire and join my friends the famous badland troubadors the Comedy del Art, i am sure Baron Dysarno would pay handsomely for your delightfull tales of woe .. i shall give you a free tip though , dont spare the blood and sex , and you shall be rolling in creds in know time dear fellow.

Group shot is also very good

@ Scarper Why I thought it said

"Chuck these youths!" I thought it was the side of a building where people threw their unwanted teenagers. Oh! And Farrel is one of the said youths who got thrown off the building, but he survived, and grew up in a gang world. He's now standing at the place where he was re-born, looking down in grim remembrance.

Or something.

Just got round to reading the fluff. Really nicely done, fits the gang well!
More please!
Oh and the gang are looking really nice together so far.

@neil101 - thanks so much, but you're way too kind. I will be sure to write some more soon though!

@ghosty - you could be right! Tall buildings are a convenient place from which to dispose of unruly teenagers...

@jackanory - thank you! I'm really glad you like them

I know it's bucking a trend and everything, but it's time for an update with some actual content! Here's Farrel, the gang sawbones, and owner of a fancy one-in-a-million plasma rifle. I need to clean up his chest a little, which I noticed after uploading the photos. Will be done soon! Hope you like him, and I'd love any comments or criticisms you might have!






Positive or negative comments welcomed, so fire away, guys!

He got just as much character as the rest of the gang.

whats he pointing at....

anyway Fantastic models, really unique! Love 'em!

dark6spectre wrote:whats he pointing at....

"Alright children, I want you to line up in alphabetical order RIGHT HERE. Then we'll go to the bathroom, and then recess!"

Or something like that?

Looking quite nice though! The graffiti's good, and the plasma gun definitely looks quite nice.

I just realized though......where's his right leg go?!

Hey,

I like him but one part of him is really putting me off...

In the second picture down where the shirt meets the brown jackets lapel on his right (and probably the left). I think it needs some black (or dark colour) lining or maybe you have got white paint on his jacket (sorry I was trying to phrase it better but failed).

The base is something special....nice idea and looks well executed, the rungs give it the height, but I'm not sure there are many Ducks on Necromunda, is the campaign taking place in a wildlife sanctuary?

As for exams I vaguely remember them (5 years ago now, ah bliss).....and bitching about them too.

Peter

Thanks, PDH, good spot! Someone always seems to find stuff I've never noticed, so I can go back and fix it up. I've touched up the jacket edge and updated the shot (and put in a picture I somehow forgot to upload!), so hopefully it looks better now? Thanks for the compliment! And I'm only guessing as to what the graffiti says - from the small sample we have it would be impossible do determine what the original artist was thinking. Maybe something about trucks?

@Rose_Mountainz - could be a compliment or an insult, but thanks a lot!

@dark6spectre - Thank you! And I believe he's just noticed a particularly well-stocked second hand book store on the other side of the street.

@Zefig - Thank you! It's part of a renegade autogun, and elysian plasma gun and a LOT of grey stuff. Hopefully the leg thing is just the angle - it's hidden under the folds of his jacket. It's one of the sets of legs out of the empire archer kit, with a few modifications

Thanks for the comments so far guys, would love any more critiques anyone might have!

I like how he has only one good eye! you even have the plasma rifle in the correct hand, for him to sight the rifle! Great job!

Ah, okay, I guess I can kinda see the leg now. I think each picture is at exactly the wrong angle to actually show it though, haha.

Well, though the plasma gun is on the right side for him to sight, I'd assume the reason his right eye's out is because of the plasma rifle he's got himself there. But yes, that is a very good indication of building top, though it does bring up the question of how close these miniatures can reasonably be brought to reality. Perhaps a question for a philosophy class

Great addition matey , like his style alot, you have really captured the feel of the badlands/ underhivers, his plasma gun is ace!

I love your use of empire archer legs and bodies for greatcoats. I'm suprised I've not seen anyone make a kitbash guard army from archer bodies and cadian arms.

'sup Scarper!

I've been in absentia from all gaming while trying to develop a career... Back on the blogs now if not on the gaming table, and have just reviewed the past 4 pages of this blog. Extremely pleasantly surprised at the turn toward Necromunda you took - it is a mondo-amazing game. I hope you're enjoying it
I can't really add any advice to any of your projects, as they've moved on a way, although a while back you were making a leader for your lady's gang, and I found myself wondering if her back was a little flat? could have been the result of an under-coat flak jacket easily enough though.

Keep up the good work, your fluff is stellar, and do please relate any of the more amusing moments in your games - I need to get back into it and actually make shizzle happen in my FLGS, as I started a campaign then immediately disappeared! :S

Farrel looks good, that base works a treat Nice bit of fluff too, you can keep that coming

@talons_58 - Thanks a lot! Wish I could say that was intentional, but more of a happy coincidence / didn't really think about it kind of thing Worked out pretty well anyway!

@Zefig - The angles aren't the best for showing it off, but you can kind of see the folds over his foot in the 3rd picture down. I'm pretty sure he's still got two feet, anyway!

@Lord Kaesar II - It may have had something to do with it, or it could have been my flatmate's heavy with a heavy bolter (bastard!)... I'm glad you like the base!

@neil101 - Thanks so much, Neil! I'm really glad you like him.

@ChankTheLank - Thanks, Chank! I was pretty surprised myself, they seem to fit really well. I think people might be put off by all the skintight leggings and codpieces, as well as the medievaly detail on some of the jackets. A file and some grey stuff does away with that nicely though, even if it does just feel wrong to be shaving away a guy's crotch area...

@Captain Roderick - Long time no see, it's great to have you back around! I think you were one of the people that suggested I look at Necromunda quite a way back - I hadn't really heard much about it til I came to Dakka, so thanks for raising the interest! Thanks for the compliments, too
I know what you mean about the leading lady's back, it is pretty flat. I was thinking of giving her some kind of pack to cover that up though, so hopefully it won't show. Failing that, it shouldn't be too hard to bulk up, but it's just a case of getting round to her. I've got kind of a game story today, but I'm saving some of it for my fluff - it's amazing how many ideas you can get from in-game events!
Hope all the work stuff's working out - I know the pain of it ebbing away at good quality hobby time!

@monkeytroll - Good to have you back too! Thanks so much for the kind words Might have a fluff update in a day or two actually - depends how desperate I am to avoid revising...


Today's update has kind of a story behind it. One of my on again off again necro opponents is my flatmate. He's been using some proxy models of mine until Ican get a few guys together to represent another gang. We've played a few games now, and some of our characters have a bit of a history. One of his gangers, by the name of "Scat", has been a real badass in several games, and really held his own against some pretty tough odds. Unfortunately, in our latest scrap he took a bit of a pounding (through no fault of mine! Fluff update will reveal all...), and ended up rolling "multiple injuries". Now my flatmate's leader is pretty heartless, and when he ended up with a blind, partially deaf, one armed ganger, he elected to leave him to die in the rubble.

I was having none of this however, and I managed to talk him into letting me take on this crippled ganger, minus his equipment (which obviously would have been looted by his previous friends as he slowly bled out). I happened to have some bionics and a few bits of kit in my gang stash, and here's "Blind" (it's all he'll answer to :( ), back on his feet, and with a new hatred for all things Orlock. He'll be getting a lot of burns and scars in his paintjob, and both pupils will (hopefully) be a milky gray. The flak is 'acquired' arbite armour, and if all goes to plan, it'll have 'arbite' stencilled somewhere on it.
Full story will be in the next update!





Hopefully you can see some of Blind's bionics, but I'm sure I'll do a little more detailing before he's finished. As always, please let me know what you think, and all criticism is happily welcomed!

Nice, Love the hair. A real characterfull model. Good story behind him too. Wish I could keep my necro mates together long enough to actually finish a campaign.

Thanks, Scrazza! I've actually changed him a bit since the pics you saw - realised how horribly out of proportion his bionic was :O Should be all fixed now though!

And my flatmate physically lives with me, so there's no chance of him bailing on the campaign, if I get one started

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought if a ganger was blinded, or lost both their arms for example, you had to retire them?

Bah. Great miniature, and I love the idea of stealing dead or dying people for your gang. It's so sneaky!

He only lost one arm, if I read it correctly.

That dude I like, where's the 'fist from? his posture and stance is good, which should transfer when you've added a few more layers. Are you going for full-blown Arbites Carapace on him?

Also, having had another peek at your medic, was that a poster for 'Tora! Tora! Tora!' that someone had graffiti'd 'Ruck the Police' over, in celebration of the long running symbiotic relationship between rioting and rugby?

Good addition to the gang mate, its cool that you have utilised his story as inspiration for his design. can i ask where that great head comes from?