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I've got a bunch of project in front of me, both model and terrain wise, spanning multiple game systems. I needed a place to collate everything, so here it is!


Right now, I'm working on a Rivet Wars diorama for a small contest on CMON. It's a small trench scene, between a Blight mobile artillery piece and some Allied troopers.

First I have the general shape cut in the foam, then sanded. I cut the place for the trench, and also roughed up the top to have space for pool of mud and water. I also did the planking for the trench in balsa.


Here, I smoothed the rough cut and filled the unwanted holes with wood and epoxy putty. I added tracks's marks on the left where the Blight model will go in putty, and also the posts that will hold the barbed wire.


Final texturing with different grit of sand. I think it's a bit too coarse, but i'll try to smooth it up a bit when I will apply the mud effect.


Same step as before, but with the models added in. They aren't glued, just pinned, to have them paintable separately.



Next up, painting. I already primed and brown basecoated the terrain piece, but nothing photo worthy. I'll start work on the models soon enough, but I'm still not sure on what scheme to use: the official studio one or something custom. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Onward with the paint. This first picture is just the earth sections, so it's pretty much all browns. It's fine, I think, but I hope the mud effet I'll add later will make it a bit more interesting.


On this pic, I've painted the wood parts. Base coat, light drybrushing and some pigments to work on the shadows.

Easter weekend was all but productive, but I was finally able to put brush to model today during nap time. I went with the studio colours in the end, as time is getting short and tinkering with a variant would just have gotten me late.

So here is a first wip of the models. I mostly worked on the Allied troopers. Their uniform is done, and I am now moving to leather and faces.

New WiP pic: Allied troopers done, Blight driver/shooter in progress. Only two days left, and I'm out of the house for most of those. I'll need to cut corner for the contest pictures, but I'll put a nicer finish on it once that is done.

Here is last night work. I came in late and couldn't do much, so tonight will need to be really productive, as it's the last day to enter.

First, the Blight artillerist advanced a lot. I have the eyes left to do, as well as the various gold trinkets and the gun. Then I need to rush the cab.



I also placed half of the barbed wire and weathered it. It might need a bit more, so I'll do it when I pose the second row. The killed Allied trooper is now glued in, waiting for the resin to drown him on top of all the shots he took. The joint between the model and the base will be hidden with a mud mix before pouring the resin.

I'm all done, but probably too late. My picture was uploaded just a bit after 12, so the date on the page is May 1st. Too bad. :(

I would still appreciate if anybody could go on the CMON page and vote, as I'm curious to see how I would have ranked.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/356970


Here are the pictures. I'm not too fond on the lightning of the overall one, but I'm happy with the 3 close-ups.

Rating has ended on the Rivet Wars contest, and I got an overall 8.5, which is my highest score on CMON ever, and ranked me 6th out of 144 entries. Not bad for a first diorama! It is also over the contest threshold of 7.0, so I got me a little Chibi Dust adventurer in the mail.

Next project: painting an Orcnar starter for the game Relics, by Tor Gaming. I tried that game last year, and fell in love with the twisted fluff and cool rule system. I painted one of my Britanan model when I got them, but other projects got in the way. Now, with their new crowdfunding going on to help produce the last models from the first book, I got the urge to paint some more Relics goodness and get playing. As the Orcnar starter is less models, and easier to paint, I went with them, and I'll do the Britanan after.

The first model I tested my colour scheme on is a Docga. Those are giant Orcnar hound-like creature, that act as fast and violent flankers. The base is 40mm.


Next up, the second Docga is done. I only have the basing and the LoS marking to do, but I'll wait for the rest of the starter to be done before. In the back, you can see the other 4 models in the starter that already got some coats on.

One Unmann down, two more to go!

Orcnar starter done! Nicer pics to come soob. Next up, the Britanan starter so the Orcnar have something to fight.

Well this is all excellent!

Thanks Squidbot!

Here are the results of my photoshoot. Same models, but better pics on a nicer background. First, the whole starter.



Then a small vignette showing a poor Britanan trooper on the verge of being ripped apart by savage Unmanns.

Two projects this weekend. First, I did the base coats and the bases on all the models from the Britanan starter, to have some playable opponents for my Orcnar and for demos. I'll come back to the detailing and shading later. The second picture is a comparison shot between a basic model done this weekend (left), and my fully painted test model for the army. There is a difference, butI think the baseic models will do the job for demos until I have time to come back to them.





Second project: converting some Doomfire Warlocks for my Dark Elves. I must admit that I am not a fan of their heads. I understand the concept of the flowing/spirity hairs, but I don't like how it looks, and I don't really like their faces either. Instead, I wanted to give them a mysterious/mystic look, using hooded heads. As hoods don't really stand free like that, I wanted to add a vest or a cloak. That was my basic concept.

Here is my first try. I used a Wood Elves' hooded head, from the Glade Guard kit. For the vest/capes, I went with the Dark riders cloaks. My own DR are the old models and don't have cloaks, so I don't think it will be too misleading. I also used the naked torsos and arms from the Warlocks, to keep more of their original feel. After some cutting here and there and some gluing, here is my first model. I still need to add some greenstuff to have a better seam between the hood and the cloak, but I already like it.




I'm also thinking about switching the sword for a staff, to give them a bit more of a wizardly theme, but I'm not sure if it wouldn't be going too far. If you have any comments about that idea, share away.

Really cool DE. I'd keep 'em as they are.

Thanks thenoobbomb.

The whole unit has been glued last night. I still have to finish the collars with green stuff, but I already like the look of the unit a lot. For the champion, I want with a masked face and a pointed forward sword, but it might be too subtle a difference.

Looks great. Looking forward to seeing 'em painted

Wow, summer went so fast! I haven't been able to hobby a lot, as I've moved and also did a bunch of overtime. Now that I'm back in hobby mode, here is some more progress.

The Warlocks conversion is still on hold, but will hit the painting table soon, as I have a Fantasy team event coming in November. I'll try to have them done by then, and maybe a new Cauldron of Blood, to replace the tiny old one I already have.

I've work on a smaller terrain project during the summer, but its a gift for a friend, and he does navigate Dakka once in a while, so that's the main reason I haven't posted anything lately, as it was my main project.

In the past month however, since coming back from GenCon, I've assembled and painted Helga the Conqueror, one of the farrow warlock for Hordes. As she's a leader, I've pushed the painting for her more than I usually do for that game. Here is it:



Speaking of GenCon, my Rivet Wars diorama got me a Bronze mention in the Master Painting Competition for its category. Really happy about that.

I finally was able to start painting the Warlocks I converted earlier this year. There isn't a lot done, but at least painting has started!



I also painted two more Orcnar models last week, to go with the starter I already showed. An Ealdmoder, which is an old crone, one of the leader of the faction, as well as an Eotan Abifian, one of their big brute, able to send shockwave by banging is boulder fist on the ground.

More work done on my Warlocks. Missing paint on the hooves, the runes, the warlocks' eyes and some glow effects. Almost there!

OSL test on the horses' runes for the Warlocks. Test model is on the right. What do you think of it?




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Worked from home today, so I was able to the runes on the other Warlocks and do a quick photo session. Don't know what project I'll do next, but I'm happy those are done!

It as been a long time since I last posted, but the holidays, then a new baby, can have that impact on the hobby.

Since then, I've been back in the hobby saddle and got myself two commission projects for some friends. The first one is Lylyth, Reckoning of Everblight. She's a huge base (120mm) warlock for Hordes, riding on a sleigh drawn by corrupted reindeers. Pretty cool model. I have the base done now, and the sleigh. The two deers are about 80% done, and the woman herself is only at about 30% done.

I wrote a tutorial about the base, if anyone is interested in trying their hands at making a frozen lake base, that you can find on my blog:
http://www.zonion.net/en/2015/05/how-to-frozen-lake-base/



I've also been working on a set of collapsible cardboard terrain a friend is gonna put on Kickstarter pretty soon. I'm doing the painting for him so he has something else than cardboard brown buildings to show, but all the hard design work his is. I can't take credit for any of that. If you find that interesting, like his FB page, MC Studio, to stay updated.

The buildings are done! Here a group shot with some Mercs minis.

It took me almost a year to notice, but...

...good job on painting those Dark Elves.

Nice work on the buildings, and the sleigh (and its base) look great!

 Tonio wrote:
It as been a long time since I last posted, but the holidays, then a new baby, can have that impact on the hobby.

Since then, I've been back in the hobby saddle and got myself to commission project for some friends. The first one is Lylyth, Reckoning of Everblight. She's a huge base (120mm) warlock for Hordes, riding on a sleigh drawn by corrupted reindeers. Pretty cool model. I have the base done now, and the sleigh. The two deers are about 80% done, and the woman herself is only at about 30% done.

I wrote a tutorial about the base, if anyone is interested in trying their hands at making a frozen lake base, that you can find on my blog:
http://www.zonion.net/en/2015/05/how-to-frozen-lake-base/

The base and sleigh look fantastic! I checked out the tutorial and there are some even better views of the base on there

The card terrain you have made look incredible, too. The fact that this thread doesn't have more replies is a mark of shame, Dakka (although it's probably also because you only update when you've got something good to show, which sometimes makes for a long time between updates, but each one is worth it!).

You have a real knack for making awesome looking terrain, any more projects in the works?

The number of replies probably go with the randomness of what I post and the low frequency of posts on my part, for sure. I haven't posted everything I've worked on in the past months, but I'll try to post a bit more often.

Can't take credit for the terrain other than the painting side. Marc did a great job on their design.

Since I sold my last Endless board to On the lamb games, I would need a new one to be able to play again. I do have a couple of boards at the sketch level, so one of those might get worked in a near future. We're also getting in a Gorkamorka campaign locally, and I don't have any orky terrain, so that might happen soon too. Other than that, I'm getting into Pulp City and Batman the minis game, so I might work on a urban board filled to the brim with terrain.

Lylyth is almost done, only have to do a final varnish coat on the separate pieces before assembling it all together.

In the meantime, I got a small commission to work on, the fighters that come in the Star Wars Armada core set. Here is my test model for the Tie.

Great work on all these projects! I love your style and color choices!

 FearPeteySodes wrote:
Great work on all these projects! I love your style and color choices!

Thanks!


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The SW Armada fighters are done. First, some close ups of the Tie fighters and X-Wings, and after, a little scene with all the painted stuff.








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And something else I finished this weekend, Lylyth3. Here is the photoshoot result.



You can see a couple more angles of her on my blog.

This week, I did a small conversion project for the birthday of a friend. He's a Circle Orboros player for Hordes, and his list is based around a wolf theme. He however finds that it lacks a bit of punch, and I suggested adding a gorax. Sadly, it doesn't fit the theme, and he doesn't really like the model either. That's where my "Warpwolf Rager" enters. A gorax conversion to fit his theme. I didn't post wip pics as he's a member of the forum and I didn't want to ruin the fun before I gave it to him last night.

Base model is the plastic Gorax. The upper half of the head is from the Feral Warpwolf. The rest is simple Green Stuff and Apoxie putty.

Let me know what you think of it.

I'm done with the Star Wars Armada wave 1 fighters, Imperials and Rebels. Next project: a WM Deathjack, and some more piggies for myself in a local Journeyman league.

Oh my gosh, you've made those tiny ships look amazing!

And I LOVE your gorax conversion, so much better than the base model!

I can't believe this plog doesn't get more comments - could be the pace of reveals, but art takes time