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Next up in the painting queue is a Verminlord Warpseer, since I'm putting off batch painting my plague monks.

He'll have black fur, deer-like antlers, bloody runes carved into his arms, and a glowing purple warp energy crystal ball in his hand.

I'm not sure what to do with his armor. The clan rats, etc. are pretty random in their armor. The Greyseer priest has purple robes, which tracks with his devotion to chaos and the warp, since I made my warp crystals purple. I'm leaning toward something similar with this guy, since he's a warp-wizard-demon-thing. Purple material in his loin cloth, probably make the tassel on his spear thing purple. But, where I'm stuck is whether to make his armor look like leather sewn together, steel plates, copper like the bells, painted some variation of purple, or a patchwork assortment of the above.
Anyone want to weigh in on the decision?


I'm happy with the antlers.


The purple osl and the orb look a little better irl than in this picture, but still need some work. The signature green sewer osl will also come in the play so he's going to be lit up from above and below. I'm excited to work the competing osl sources. Wish me luck!

The ball does look pretty cool already. I vote patchwork for the armor.

I would go verdigris. I think it would really complement the already excellent paintjob.

Yeah, I don’t blame you for putting off the batch painting! Procrastinating via the Verminlord is a good idea. I’m looking forward to the competing OSL, as you know I’m partial to a bit of green and purple! As for his armour, patchwork had me sold, but a bit of verdigris sounds great too.

Finished the Warpseer.



Just need some good photos for the monthly competition.

And I'm working on a diorama, a little forest stream scene.

Warpseer turned out great. Love that OSL.

Diorama already has an awesome array of details and textures.

Nice work getting the warp set done, he looks great! The diorama is off to a flying start too, what minis will be on it? And will we be seeing the return of your Space Marines?

youwashock wrote:Warpseer turned out great. Love that OSL.

Diorama already has an awesome array of details and textures.

Thank you, kindly.

gobert wrote:Nice work getting the warp set done, he looks great! The diorama is off to a flying start too, what minis will be on it? And will we be seeing the return of your Space Marines?

There is a Elven archer from LoTR, and she will be hunting an Elk that was 3D printed, though not by me. Haven’t taken that plunge yet.
And yes, the marines are making a comeback. There is a bike squad on the table now, and a couple last minute bids won me some auctions and I now have two Primaris Repulsor tanks. One on sprue, and one built and painted green. I may field it as a loan from the salamanders until I can get it painted, but more likely I’ll wait until it’s the proper red.

That’s looking awesome jazzy! I can just about spot the archer amongst the scrub in the last pic. It’s the stream I’m most looking forward to though, water effects are cool as!

Here are some better pictures, hopefully not upside down, either.

Wow that diorama is a thing of beauty!

Looks stunning. Do you Instagram? This month's #darkelfdare theme is Forest, you should enter it.

gobert wrote:That’s looking awesome jazzy! I can just about spot the archer amongst the scrub in the last pic. It’s the stream I’m most looking forward to though, water effects are cool as!

I started a first pour, but there was a leak that I hadn't accounted for. Sealed and I'll try the realistic water again.

Syro_ wrote:Wow that diorama is a thing of beauty!

Thank you. It's a labor of love. Gave it to my wife for Christmas this morning. Since there's 12 days it's technically not a late gift.

inmygravenimage wrote:Looks stunning. Do you Instagram? This month's #darkelfdare theme is Forest, you should enter it.

I do, and I did. Just sent off the pictures before I posted them here:

Good lad, following you now

Very nicely done.

Great work on that diorama! Had to squint looking at it on the first go, those wood elves are sneaky and blending well with their environment

Looking great Jazzy! Hopefully you’ve managed to fix the leak ready for the second pour

inmygravenimage wrote:Good lad, following you now

Following you back.

youwashock wrote:Very nicely done.

Cheers.

Viterbi wrote:Great work on that diorama! Had to squint looking at it on the first go, those wood elves are sneaky and blending well with their environment

They are sneaky for sure. Though, to get that close to an elk you really have to be.

gobert wrote:Looking great Jazzy! Hopefully you’ve managed to fix the leak ready for the second pour

i haven't yet, though I know where it leaked from.

It's been a bit crazy around here. We had some really strong winds, over 100 mph. For those not familiar with the U.S.'s stubborn measurement system, that's over 160 kph. Gusts are classified as "hurricane force winds" once they reach 75 mph.
In the middle of these winds, a couple of grass fires started in the fields nearby. It had been 233 days since we'd had snow at that point, so the fires tore through some very dry terrain. The next town over from us was hit pretty bad, and the town over from that got pretty much leveled. We weren't evacuated from our home, but we packed up some things just in case. At first, responders were not even bothering to fight the fire but were just trying to get people out. So far, even though some 991 structures were destroyed and many more damaged, there has been no reported loss of life, and only three missing persons.
Mrs. Jazzy Jeff mostly grabbed photo albums and boxes of the kids' artwork from when they were little. I packed this:


I don't mean to make light of a tragic situation, but sometimes if you don't laugh, you cry.
We are safe and out house is undamaged. Mrs. Jazzy and I both teach at schools in the affected area, though, so many families of our students are displaced from their homes, if their homes didn't burn down. Still plenty of downed power lines, structural damage, hot spots, etc.



Just a couple nights prior to all that excitement, MacPhail came over and we played a 1,000 point game of 40K. His Sisters vs my Marines to see who truly bore the Emperors' favor. It was my first actual game so, between all the rules checking and datasheet looking up, we called it after about 4 hours and only 3 turns. The ladies got off to a fierce start, but some drop troops were beginning to turn the tide in my favor. I definitely overcommitted at one point and lost my Reivers needlessly, but the Chaplain held out against a swarm of melee blows.

Reivers set up to throw down.


Reivers gone, but Chaplain holding on to the very last.


The Dred took out a transport and most of the squad that piled out. Some flamers snuck around and did pretty serious damage to the marines hiding behind the tanks. Then his walker and mine got into some fisticuffs. Red Dread blew up, incinerating all in range save my Captain alone.


Suppressors and Terminators dropping in to blast MacPhail off of an objective. The last sister there ended up running for her life.


And that's about where we ended it. I love the painting/modeling side of the hobby, and it would still be worth it to me to continue to pursue, but I'm glad that I like the game, too. It makes it easier to buy models. (Not that I needed an excuse).


Speaking of the hobby, I did get a little hobby time after things settled down and it finally snowed, and did some freehand work on the Red Dread Redemptor. It needs a little clean-up, but the shoulder pauldron is coming along.


Anyway, thanks for tuning in.

Very nice free hand!

good to hear you're safe.

Looks like much fun was had. Good priorities and glad you - and hobby collection - all safe and well.

Glad your safe, and really cool that you got to meet up with a fellow dakkanaut for a game. Lovely work on the crest for the new dread, is it based on a real crest?

Gotta love a good exploding dread, even it’s your own it just makes the game all the more worth playing.

Nice crest on RDR (comedy name too)

Still getting a kick out of seeing your graffiti’d pipes on the tabletop.

Zounds! Glad to see you made it through safe. Your minis and terrain look great on action.

Very glad to hear that you, Mrs DJJazzyJeff, your kits were alight. We saw the fire damage on the news up here.

Sincerely,

CB

Glad you're safe and on to the hobby side of your post. Good to see you get a game in and I must insist, that the tide most definitely wasn't turning for the marines Sisters are unshakeable and would have rallied in no time, I'm sure of that
Freehand on the shoulder looks great!

Thank you all for the well wishes and the compliments. It is all much appreciated.
The crest on the shoulder pad is my family crest.

I'm glad both you and Mrs. JazzyJeff are safe. The priorities you packed made me smile. I hope life returns to normal for everyone in your area soon. I feel sorry for those families.

I've had a few productive days recently, even though RL is being a bit of a pain in the

Started a couple of the characters from Stuffed Fables. They are a far cry from FeltMonkey's beautiful rendition, Found here but they aren't done yet either, so who knows?



I'm having a lot of fun with them. There is something about them that I absolutely love, and have wanted the game since FeltMonkey entered that piece how ever many years ago it was.

I got some vehicles base painted.


And did some freehand work on them, including the other shoulder pauldron of the Red Dred Redemptor, a pin-up cowgirl.


I've also been looking at a lot of nose art from fighter planes. I have a bigger piece in the works, but here are a couple I've done so far.
This is a recreation of art from an actual French fighter plane from WWI.


Then I found a WWII flying fortress called the Dragon Wagon, and got inspired to paint the logo of a friend of mine's company. They make the Draggon Wagon, an all-terrain disc golf cart.
It came out a little funky, and I'm still deciding whether or not to keep it. I also might do it on the other tank. So many decisions. Anyway, here's what it looks like right now.


Progress continues on the bikers as well, but I have no photos at the moment. I'm going to try to wrap up the basing on the 3 bikes, the dred, and may be the repulsor and impulsor all at the same time. I'll share more pics at that point. And sooner or later I have to quit putting of the horde of plague monks I have primed.

Wow! All around- wow!

Love seeing your Fable pieces, very well done already and more to come, you say. I very much enjoyed my own forays into chibi-type figures with the little ponies and the yokai. Very different from 'normal' wargames pieces.

Your freehand is amazing. I've seen the French WWI design before, or very similar, reading about the war. Keep The Dragon Wagon- it's perfect. And for the Cowgirl? One doesn't serve seven years at Fort Hood and not throw back one's hat and holler yee-effing-haw.

Rock on.

I vote keep the dragon, too. All those freehands look great!