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Mostly, on my phone.

Alright gang? A quiet start to the year: I'm enjoying tootling about building. It's not all paint, you know

I decided my battlecat needed a cybered eyepiece:


And, after much gap filling, primed up the rest



But it's not all 40k. One of my Xmas gifts was this promo Cadet Giant for Dredd:

Hate warlord bases, but easy enough to modify.

Also built up the Sentinels for MCP

Massive, glorious buggers that come with loads of extras for terrain and basing purposes.

And at the other end of the scale, the ridiculously delicate Commedia del'Arte for a Carnevale

Impressive figs. I'd pretty much sworn off resin but these were very easily to clean up with minimal flash and mould lines. I decided to mix up the basing a bit with some stuff harvested from AoS scenics.

As mentioned, not rushing. I am likely to be painting the battlecat for the dakka painting but taking my time. Work is very busy between marking, exam board stuff and strike action so hobby is a relief but not getting massive attention (or indeed inspiration!)
Graven

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

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Not where I should be

Blunderpratt is looking good. All looking good . Except Carnival...they look awesome. I have a few figures and never really paid much attention to the line. But I am interested now.

How involved are you with the strike? I mean are you involved or is it just a painful extra day off!




 
   
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Madison, WI

Ah... the beginning of a lot of interesting projects!

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

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Looking forward to seeing those Carnvale folks getting painted up!
   
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Affton, MO. USA

The Sentinels are really making me want to hop back into Crisis Protocol.

Also, your AOS/40K kitbash has me looking through models, when I am suppossed to be making space for the mother-in-law .

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Camkierhi wrote:Blunderpratt is looking good. All looking good . Except Carnival...they look awesome. I have a few figures and never really paid much attention to the line. But I am interested now.

How involved are you with the strike? I mean are you involved or is it just a painful extra day off!

Thanks old son. Carnevale is achingly pretty. I'm just worried I'm going to end up getting scenery too... there's some good cardstock printable stuff out there's that's not too pricey and I'm fairly sure I have foamcore lying about.
As for the strike, well, I'm on our school's union committee so I'll be on the picket line (but I would be anyway), though judging by last time it'll be a very friendly affair - even management are really supportive (our HT used to be my head of dept, long ago) - last time a parent even dropped off a case of Irn-Bru to keep us going Everyone brings their dogs too, so it's not a chore really.
Gitsplitta wrote:Ah... the beginning of a lot of interesting projects!

Yup. None of which I'll likely finish this year
aku-chan wrote:Looking forward to seeing those Carnvale folks getting painted up!

Me too I also have a demolitionist and harlequin coming, plus the Strigoi as a second/opposition faction for the boy... and a starter set
Theophony wrote:The Sentinels are really making me want to hop back into Crisis Protocol.

Also, your AOS/40K kitbash has me looking through models, when I am suppossed to be making space for the mother-in-law .

The Sentinels are a really easy "army" to buy into is the problem
And thanks. I need to kitbash less and paint more though

So I have stuck to my guns and spent this week working of my Mounted Storm Lions Captain for the Dakka Ascension painting contest theme: Captain Tonitruum!

That's Thunder ⛈️ you see

This is when dakka super zoom makes me cry

I do love how the Calibanite Lion turned out though, especially its 40k mods.

Poor little Deathwing

Turned out better than I'd hoped tbh.

So there you have it!

Along with his pals... So far
Might do some more of these, as I have some more generic, rank and file ones to paint, or may tackle the Sentinels. I shall see, when the muse is upon me
Graven

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Affton, MO. USA

Thats a great captain for your army

poor Deathwing guy , what did he do wrong.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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Madison, WI

Spot on my friend! Great showpiece for the force.

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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I don't think the Battlecat suffers all that much from Dakka SuperZoom. It looks great in every shot.

Is the captain wearing pumps?

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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Not where I should be

Great job on the Captain. Well done. Interesting colour choices, really makes it pop. Certainly won't be camouflage very often.




 
   
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Theophony wrote:Thats a great captain for your army
poor Deathwing guy , what did he do wrong.

Thanks man. I'm really happy with him. I mean there's got to be an even more glam commander as well but he does the trick just now looking forward to your own AoS kitbashes
Yeah I feel bad for the wee fella. He was originally destined to be a lamenter on a base of something nurgley but it never quite worked. Given that the Storm Lions are DA successors, though, and the theme is Ascension, I thought this made sense. Plus, a chance to freehand a DA symbol. Woo.
Gitsplitta wrote:Spot on my friend! Great showpiece for the force.

Cheers buddy! We shall be ever ready to defend our Mantis brethren!
JoshInJapan wrote:I don't think the Battlecat suffers all that much from Dakka SuperZoom. It looks great in every shot.
Is the captain wearing pumps?

You're very kind. I think some of the dry brushing looks a bit chalky.
Boots for stirrups, yeah it's funny, that reminds me of when I teach Of Mice and Men and it talks about the ranch owners wearing High Heeled boots. Always confuses the heck out of kids
Camkierhi wrote:Great job on the Captain. Well done. Interesting colour choices, really makes it pop. Certainly won't be camouflage very often.

Space Marines don't do camo after all, so we're good to go ! Thanks man.

In other hobby-adjacent news, I'm now a blogger for Zatu, which is the UK's premium independent hobby retailer. This is quite fun and gives me a sizeable discount on what is already by far the cheapest hobby supplier in the UK. For now, I'm just reviewing, which suits, but I have the option to do more discursive pieces if I choose.

And hey, how about a painted mini? Go on then.

The Black Lamp, a hero for the Guild in Carnevale.

Enjoyed playing with OSL, inspired by the concept art rather than the official paint scheme.

I don't know whether the cape has ended up a bit powdery, but overall a joy of a model to paint. And I wasn't even planning on PLAYING Guild
Hey ho
Graven

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Fantastic work on the OSL. Just the right tone too. Love it.

Congrats on the blogger issue. Well done. So we are all buying through you from now on! What's your shipping policy like?




 
   
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Madison, WI

Congratulations on moving forward with your hobby-career! Retirement from traditional life might not be far off...

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

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 inmygravenimage wrote:

JoshInJapan wrote:I don't think the Battlecat suffers all that much from Dakka SuperZoom. It looks great in every shot.
Is the captain wearing pumps?


Boots for stirrups, yeah it's funny, that reminds me of when I teach Of Mice and Men and it talks about the ranch owners wearing High Heeled boots. Always confuses the heck out of kids



Ah, versimilitude. One doesn't usually see that in fantasy models.

I like your OSL, a technique that I have yet to get the hang of.

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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Affton, MO. USA

Black Lamp is cool , good work!

Congrats and well deserved on the blogging.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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UK

Lovely OSL, especially with the rest of the mini so neat and dark. Tons of character in that sculpt and you've brought it out really well.

Congrats on the Zatu gig, they've been my go-to for minis for a couple of years now and seem like a good outfit. I must make the trip to their actual store at some point, it's only half an hour from me!

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Congratulations on getting the gig with Zatu, graven - having seen their stall at UKGE last year, I hadn't realised they did anything beyond board games.

Some nice work in here since I last replied - still having issues getting motivated to paint your DC models?

As for Omega Red and the Winter Guard, they've probably not included him as he was never part of the Guard, at least in the comics. Same would apply to Colossus and Magik, to be fair. Not the best source in the world, but it'll do.

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 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

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You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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 inmygravenimage wrote:

I decided my battlecat needed a cybered eyepiece:

Just sums up what I enjoy about Dakka!

"But me no buts! Our comrades get hurt. Our friends die. Falkenburg is a knight who swore an oath to serve the church and to defend the weak. He'd be the first to tell you to stop puling and start planning. Because what we are doing-at risk to ourselves-is what we have sworn to do. The West relies on us. It is a risk we take with pride. It is an oath we honour. Even when some soft southern burgher mutters about us, we know the reason he sleeps soft and comfortable, why his wife is able to complain about the price of cabbages as her most serious problem and why his children dare to throw dung and yell "Knot" when we pass. It's because we are what we are. For all our faults we stand for law and light.
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Camkierhi wrote:Fantastic work on the OSL. Just the right tone too. Love it.
Congrats on the blogger issue. Well done. So we are all buying through you from now on! What's your shipping policy like?

Blood of mine enemies, naturally.
Gitsplitta wrote:Congratulations on moving forward with your hobby-career! Retirement from traditional life might not be far off...

Lol hardly. But it's nice to expand the side hustle.
JoshInJapan wrote:
Ah, versimilitude. One doesn't usually see that in fantasy models.
I like your OSL, a technique that I have yet to get the hang of.

Quite so! And, thanks - I have no doubt with your skills you could easy tackle it.
Paradigm wrote:Lovely OSL, especially with the rest of the mini so neat and dark. Tons of character in that sculpt and you've brought it out really well.

Congrats on the Zatu gig, they've been my go-to for minis for a couple of years now and seem like a good outfit. I must make the trip to their actual store at some point, it's only half an hour from me!

Thanks man. Ooh, jealous. Dangerous having a store of such quality nearby!
Dysartes wrote:Congratulations on getting the gig with Zatu, graven - having seen their stall at UKGE last year, I hadn't realised they did anything beyond board games.
Some nice work in here since I last replied - still having issues getting motivated to paint your DC models?
As for Omega Red and the Winter Guard, they've probably not included him as he was never part of the Guard, at least in the comics. Same would apply to Colossus and Magik, to be fair. Not the best source in the world, but it'll do.

Cheers bud. No motivation whatsoever to tackle the horrible rubbery "resin". Worst of both worlds. Poor man's finecast As for Omega, iirc he has teamed up with them in a whole Russian superteam and it's a bit tenuous but with such a tiny faction you'd think surely there's some wiggle room for gameplay.
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inmygravenimage wrote:
I decided my battlecat needed a cybered eyepiece:

Just sums up what I enjoy about Dakka!

Lol I suppose so. A very sig'able comment sir!

P&m wuse, into the last push on the set of Storm Lions with Bladeguards, Ancient and Aggressor, pmus I REALLY need to get my Sentinels and Hydra started before (a) the next wave of MCP (b) more Carnevale. Speaking of which...

So, I’ve been working on my Gifted crew for Carnevale, trying to raise my game somewhat. I am working on the assumption that, as a theatrical troupe they would all use the same bolts of cloth for their costumes, so want to keep the colours/blends consistent even with them not being "uniform".

Il Captiano. Really wanted to give him a fabulously flashy grin.

All the bloody stripes :’(

Colombina. Her mirror snapped because wafer thin resin is evil, so I had to make a new one from plasticard.

Brighella.
His base is made from AoS scenery, as I wanted to mix things up a bit and he looks like he’s charging about.

Pantalone. Again, AoS bits for base.

Probably my favourite of the lot.

Il Dottore, complete with leather nose.

Particularly pleased with the bottle, might add an empty to his base.

And expanded with two Heroes, starting with the Harlequin

I chickened out and only freehanded the diamonds on the front. Shocking eh?

And Demolitionist. Loved doing her burnt flesh and smokey stains.

So that gives me a full, versatile Commedia dell’ Arte crew. I’ll probably get the Pulcinella next, so that gives me another faction (Clowns are Guild, not Gifted) but the stays on-brand (Gifted can mix in with any as mercs). Plus I have so much other Carnevale coming: both starter sets (both Guild/Rashaar), and the two Strigoi boxsets, so that'll be 4 playable factions. Eep. But I'm sticking with cardstock terrain: as much as I love the mdf, I'm thinking storage. For now, anyway I mean, that's perfectly reasonable, isn't it?!
Graven

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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That's a lovely, colorful crew! The freehand diamonds turned out well, but I can't blame you for not doing them over the whole model. Are Il Capitano's stripes sculpted detail, or were they freehand as well?

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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Mostly, on my phone.

JoshInJapan wrote:That's a lovely, colorful crew! The freehand diamonds turned out well, but I can't blame you for not doing them over the whole model. Are Il Capitano's stripes sculpted detail, or were they freehand as well?

Thanks my friend. Capitano did indeed have sculpted stripes, which did help. Demolitionist didn't, however, so her sleeves were...fun

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Not where I should be

Excellent work. Looking fabulous.




 
   
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Looking good!

Getting the Ostrich Riders?
   
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Excellent work as always, graven. The orange dude in the short cape and the somersaulting swordsman are my favorites.

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Shame the Harlequin didn't have the diamonds molded on, even if only slightly.

I'm sure I've got a Carnevale wereshark somewhere, but I couldn't tell you where off hand.

Nice work on the crew, though, graven.

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 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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Madison, WI

That's a very festive bunch of models... love them!

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
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Camkierhi wrote:Excellent work. Looking fabulous.

Thanks my friend!
aku-chan wrote:Looking good!
Getting the Ostrich Riders?

Cheers! Well, probably EVENTUALLY... I settled on the Pulcinella and Pub Crawl for now - totally going down the Clown route.
Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Excellent work as always, graven. The orange dude in the short cape and the somersaulting swordsman are my favorites.

Thanks amigo. They were a lot of stress, and particularly challenging among the group as a whole.
Dysartes wrote:Shame the Harlequin didn't have the diamonds molded on, even if only slightly. I'm sure I've got a Carnevale wereshark somewhere, but I couldn't tell you where off hand. Nice work on the crew, though, graven.

Yeah it seems a little odd given the level of detailing on the models generally, particularly in this day and age of digital sculpts. Ah, that's a cracking model! Maybe it's got my 3 Gondola poles, no idea where they are either. Despite my love of all things Cthulhu Mythos, I'm not keeping the Rashaar from the starter sets, I'm splitting with a mate (Dagon worshipping Deep One that he is), but they are very cool. And, thanks!
Gitsplitta wrote:That's a very festive bunch of models... love them!

Cheers old chum. Come! Come to the Carnival!
Plans are afoot (not a mouth, a foot). This month's dakka contest is Location, Location, so - assuming they turn up in time - I'm going to do the various Gondoliers from the starter sets, along with the Gondola from it also. It still really irks me that I can't find the gondola poles that I KNOW are somewhere in the pile of opportunity Anyway, the starter stuff should be coming next week, fingers crossed. In the meantime, I have Pulcinella to tackle and have to try not to go overboard (ha) buying other Gifted (because there are a LOT of very nice singles, plus another set of Commedia). In theory, I'll support the Clowns with Gondoliers (access to an extra Gondola = more mobility) rather than the Trades (legitimate or otherwise), House of Virtue or Harbourmasters. I have plans to use some AoS ruins to try the game out, though I'm going to stick with cardboard terrain (in theory) to keep the game itself physically quite compact.

But, meantime... MUTANT DETECTED!

Ah, Sentinels. They are big blighters, and no mistake.

I really enjoyed doing these, especially the smashed glass of the window, even if my VJ Warlock Purple did explode at the end

Group shot, with Cassandra Nova, rabidly anti-mutant as she is.
Next from the MCP collection is Red Skull and his Hydra goons, and then Rhino (built but not primed), though I may tackle the many, many Pulcinella first as I'm keen to get actually PLAYING Carnevale (shocking but true)... or the Hydra tank, if it turns up.
Hey ho,
Graven

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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I keep forgetting Cassandra Nova isn't actually a mutant, even though she's the twin sister of Charles Xavier.

The classic Sentinels have come out nicely, graven.

2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.


 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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Great work! Love the Sentinels. Nicely done matching them to the comics
   
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Not familiar with these giant MCU dudes, but you've done a great job

   
 
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