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Seems your struggle to get rid of your army men is futile...

Army men? army ladies?

Acccchhhhhhhhh....I see the error of me ways...

It doesn't matter where they come from, so long as the modelling continues.

Share and enjoy.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
^ Thanks mate.

Shifted a lot last night: Mentor Legion Mk7s to a mate who's been a fan of them for a while, Storm Eagle, the Baneblade, old Void sprues, the Valk, couple of beaten up tanks, Dark Sword Game of Thrones minis - a good bunch gone. Donated scenery to my local club. My GKs are going to Knightley, so they're at least getting a good home (albeit on the other side of the world!), so mostly that'll just leave Helldorado, the SoB, and swarms of unpainted SM, which may or may not go anywhere.

On another note, got a late birthday present from one of my gang:

Oh my yes and in resin, at that

I'll take sex.... er.... SIX of those please.

Luck boy I have been eyeing them up for ages. Going to do it one day.

Well sounds like you have plently to spare graven. No worries about freeing up space. What an excellent gift as well.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
^ Thanks mate.

Shifted a lot last night: Mentor Legion Mk7s to a mate who's been a fan of them for a while, Storm Eagle, the Baneblade, old Void sprues, the Valk, couple of beaten up tanks, Dark Sword Game of Thrones minis - a good bunch gone. Donated scenery to my local club. My GKs are going to Knightley, so they're at least getting a good home (albeit on the other side of the world!), so mostly that'll just leave Helldorado, the SoB, and swarms of unpainted SM, which may or may not go anywhere.

On another note, got a late birthday present from one of my gang:

Oh my yes and in resin, at that

my sisters Kurganova came in metal.

whats the link guys?

From his dread palace in the depths of the dreamlands, he stirs... Few dare mention his name, lest they summon his attention... They whisper, and carve idols in his graven image...


Yup, I'm back, after a fashion at least. Started working on the lovely minis from Mansions of Madness and the Forbidden Alchemy expansion:



Some mould lines to remove on the critters, and a wee bit of gs required on the bigger ones.

Frustratingly, quite a few mould lines on the investigator. Easily cleaned, but still, may be noticeable. Much better hidden in the monsters.

Next, to prime them. I'd like to do something to the bases, wood might work, but the different rooms kind of demand different surfaces. Or should they just be left blank?

Anyway, more to follow!

Graven

This fits you so much. too funny! looking to see what you do.

Ooh...those gribblies look like fun.....

Apologies for not responding to earlier posts!

Viktor von Domm wrote:Acccchhhhhhhhh....I see the error of me ways...

Damn skippy

Dr H wrote:It doesn't matter where they come from, so long as the modelling continues.

Share and enjoy.

Oh, I plan too

Gitsplitta wrote:
I'll take sex.... er.... SIX of those please.

They are pretty lush, aren't they? And I love the dog. Be great for Inq28

Camkierhi wrote:Luck boy I have been eyeing them up for ages. Going to do it one day.

Do it! Do it now!

cormadepanda wrote:Well sounds like you have plently to spare graven. No worries about freeing up space. What an excellent gift as well.

I know, I did well there. He got them while on honeymoon in the US.

shasolenzabi wrote:
my sisters Kurganova came in metal.

Tis the very limited edition version. Costs more, alas.

Miss Dee wrote:whats the link guys?

www.ragingheroes.com - The toughest girls of the galaxy!

Solar_lion wrote:This fits you so much. too funny! looking to see what you do.

I am a servant of Lovecraft in all things, at the end of the day.

monkeytroll wrote:Ooh...those gribblies look like fun.....

Have some more wee pics then:





I'm debating priming them grey, but I've had terrible luck with grey primer, so might play it safe and just go with black? If it works for weets...

Lots of stuff gone now. SoB went, most of the Mentor Legion who have been renamed Knights of Cydonia (if you've followed this blog from the early days, you'll get why that's doubly funny), really just left with the pile of SW I've horded for my kids and assorted metal SM. To the prime-n-ator!

Adios,
graven

The Mentors flew the coop? That makes me sad.

Me too bro, me too. But you know what they say: needs must when the devil drives. Or at least, great cthulhu.

I detect a certain oozing towards the more creepier stuff these days in a certain kind of thread of peeps I know...first Theo with his mother of bewbs...and now you with all these nyarlathotep and cthullu-id incarnations...
I've played the pen and paper version of the RPG with some peeps here for some years... even was a master for one session...it is quite nice to play for once in a universe that you know all about...for a given value of all...reading nothing that is connected to the old gods of course...but one thing is always for sure...you WILL loose your mind...eventually...so...for you that landmark is now also set...just a bit of haggling about the distance to be covered to get there

the investigators and the hooded fellas are my favourite ones...

don´t make them too dark all in all I say as the design is making them look dark on their own...

How about clear bases?

Viktor von Domm wrote:I detect a certain oozing towards the more creepier stuff these days in a certain kind of thread of peeps I know...first Theo with his mother of bewbs...and now you with all these nyarlathotep and cthullu-id incarnations...
I've played the pen and paper version of the RPG with some peeps here for some years... even was a master for one session...it is quite nice to play for once in a universe that you know all about...for a given value of all...reading nothing that is connected to the old gods of course...but one thing is always for sure...you WILL loose your mind...eventually...so...for you that landmark is now also set...just a bit of haggling about the distance to be covered to get there

the investigators and the hooded fellas are my favourite ones...

don´t make them too dark all in all I say as the design is making them look dark on their own...

This coming from the man who made the hungry toilet
Cthulhu was my first experience of rpg as a kid post dnd, and I use lovecraft in teaching all the time. Soon, the stars will be right!

I love the cultists, I have to resist the urge to do them as servants of Hastur.

Llamahead wrote:How about clear bases?

Hmm, possibly. DrWilletts used Wyrd base inserts, which are mostly floorboards - I am tempted to go down that line, maybe some carpets.

I like te sound of floorboards and carpets...if only for the possibilities of tentacles creeping out from under them

Do you have the time to talk about our lord Cthulhu?


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Minis sent yesterday

This coming from the man who made the hungry toilet
Cthulhu was my first experience of rpg as a kid post dnd, and I use lovecraft in teaching all the time. Soon, the stars will be right!

I love the cultists, I have to resist the urge to do them as servants of Hastur.

using them in a hastur sense would mean you would have to make their cowls a greenish yellow, right?... would look interesting... tho I wold have thought a default purple would always look cool

how can you use lovecraft in school and get away with it???... you brits never cease to amaze me...

and granted ... the tentacle toilet indeed is of the same thought family...

Hooray for tentacles!

interesting collection of miniatures there. Look forward to more.

The Cthulu minis will be a blast to paint. Have fun with them.
Prime them yellow (how apropos), then a brown wash. Then paint them. Try this on a test first. A friend did this with his MYTH minis and they look good.

Oh, by the way, which one is Whately?

I noted 2 mentions of a certain name. Please don't let there be a third.

The big. uns would make great chaos spawn.

 Red Harvest wrote:


I noted 2 mentions of a certain name. Please don't let there be a third.

Candyman?

monkeytroll wrote:I like te sound of floorboards and carpets...if only for the possibilities of tentacles creeping out from under them

My thoughts exactly

Miss Dee wrote:Do you have the time to talk about our lord Cthulhu?

Miss Dee wrote:
Minis sent yesterday

Thanks, yeah, got em - you're a star.

Viktor von Domm wrote:
using them in a hastur sense would mean you would have to make their cowls a greenish yellow, right?... would look interesting... tho I wold have thought a default purple would always look cool

how can you use lovecraft in school and get away with it???... you brits never cease to amaze me...

and granted ... the tentacle toilet indeed is of the same thought family...

Yeah, or a rich red, that's always good for cultists, I guess. I use Gothic Horror for creative writing in S2 (12/13) - any excuse!

Dr H wrote:Hooray for tentacles!

interesting collection of miniatures there. Look forward to more.

Indeed. But let's get these done first. If I behave myself I might get call of the wild expansion for Xmas. I also have Talisman minis to do

Red Harvest wrote:The Cthulu minis will be a blast to paint. Have fun with them.
Prime them yellow (how apropos), then a brown wash. Then paint them. Try this on a test first. A friend did this with his MYTH minis and they look good.

Oh, by the way, which one is Whately?

I noted 2 mentions of a certain name. Please don't let there be a third.

SHHHHHHHHHHHH! I am thinking a wash approach, actually.

Solar_lion wrote:The big. uns would make great chaos spawn.

Always thinking with your GW hat on

Knightley wrote:

Candyman?

Tony Todd FTW!

Okay, so a little proof of concept test. I like the idea of wooden floorboards, but gs isn't going to work as I'd need to detach the investigators and they're very fragile.
So then I had the idea to exploit the softness of the plastic generally, and had this idea:

All I've done is scored the base; simple, quick and I think effective. From there, I can detail accordingly (I don't think nail holes/marks are necessary), maybe adding rubble, esoterica, the odd (very odd) tentacle... Your thoughts?
Carving along,
graven

brilliant idea to carve the floor boards directly on the base...one has to wonder why not anyone else does it that way????... works for me...now let is see some paint and we can decide of this is truly the way to go...

and using Cthulu for creative writing......cheesy^^

Looks good...works for me

Viktor von Domm wrote:brilliant idea to carve the floor boards directly on the base...one has to wonder why not anyone else does it that way????... works for me...now let is see some paint and we can decide of this is truly the way to go...

and using Cthulu for creative writing......cheesy^^

Well the bases are smooth, unlike the texture of gw bases, and relatively soft. I'll need to get some primer on but want to do a couple more, one with a loose board, one for a monster. I am really tempted to carve an elder sign into one discreetly.

As for the writing, I use various mythos authors - much as I love HPL, his prose is very dense. Then again, I also show them The Simpsons version of 'The Raven'

monkeytroll wrote:Looks good...works for me

Thanks mate!

So the theory is to do all of the investigators with plain floorboards and accesorise as I go. Hence the loose board test (which may come with a tentacular extra).

I need to hunt through bits boxes for suitable accessories - I'm sure I've got some of Black Cat Bases excellent extras somewhere. Any suggestions for suitable objects to highlight either investigator or monster bases?

Well, the usual suspects would include candles, lanterns, quills, parchments, books, rune-stones, maybe the odd magnifying glass or bit of medical equipment....

Cats, rats and assorted insects could be useful. Bottles of booze or pharmaceuticals that the investigators use to keep the madness at bay? Ancient wood/stone carvings and idols.