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For those of you who share my love of ancient miniatures here is a quick look at the latest acquisitions. A Nice big gang of 1980s chaos warriors and champions.

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Oh yeah, classic 80s models - some nice Lords of Battle in that lot

And because I got them as a poorly painted job lot auction I didn't pay so much. You can easily pay ten or more pounds a model for the lords of battle and realms of chaos stuff, they are just so rare and unusual. I think I got these for 23 quid. So if I paint them up nice and market them well I could make 70+ profit. Not that I want to sell them. Damn. I love them too much.

I've a real need to find alternate employment. Many years ago I made a real enemy of a deputy manager. She moved away. But now suddenly she's been put in charge of my store from on high. I am in hell. HELL. I roast on the spit of retail. Your pity is appreciated.

oh poor weety is there no where else you could go for another job or are you to far away from a major town?

Love your latest works and the nice haul of old minis!

Gobbos look sweet and cuddly

Lovely haul of classic chaos there, looking forward to seeing you put some colour on them.

And you have my pity.....I'll tell the srevo-grots to throw an extra laser-eel or two on the sacrificial altar this weekend to send a pox on your boss.


Gir - She's in Cornwall, they don't do major towns at all down there

Fantastic gobbo's Miss Wheety.

Thanks everyone. I can't wait for my day off now, so I can make a start on these fellas.

A pox on the boss hmmm. I shall see if I can find any of her hair lying around and make a voodoo doll.

My tiny town does actually have many shops I could work in, all of which have the superb advantage of her not being the boss. Honestly they shouldn't let psychopaths be managers it's cruel. I'll get job hunting. How hard can it be with ten years of retail experience? Probably harder than I think.

The Chaos warriors do look ace, I remember having a few back in the day, never had the one with lion skin over his head I remember he was always on my want list but never got purchased.

Good luck on the job hunting, I was never aware that you had more than a few shops in Cornwall in the same location

All the times I've been there I must have been going down too far

Penzance is a thriving metropolis of 20000 people! I read that somewhere. We got 2 launderettes! And 15 pubs! Priorities.

Goblins everywhere! I must get more goblins, you can never have enough. These ones are from harlequin miniatures:



Mutant albino rat guy:

Sorry to hear about the return of the crappy boss. You have my utmost sympathies.

Goblins looking good. As does the rat.

Love those goblins, so much character, and your mutant rat is really nice too. What an awesome haul on those Chaos minis, I recognise a few of them fondly.

Well no picture update just yet. But later when I get back from the salt mines I will show you what I've been doing with the knights. Ooo and I got a sprue of five zombies in the post today! I love zombies and they are necessary for the Adv heroquest game I've got planned.

Hello ya'll wassup etc. Damn I'll be glad when its Xmass I'm tired of tinsel and trying to flog advent calenders. Feeling a little bah humbug.

Here's a nice WIP pic of my reiksguard contingent. They look better in real life - its hard to photograph such a large unit in my little light tent. Shadows and highlights need a little tightening up and I'm painting the breastplates brass.



And I stuck the zombies together, these should be fun to paint. They'll be gruesome.

Love it! And I'm really interested to see you bring those zombies to life...

It may be a small light tent but I'd be sooo excited to see a shot of your entire painted collection. I think my head will explode but it'll be more than worth it.

Love the way the colors jump out on that cavalry weets. Very auspicious WIP shot.

Well its all going according to plan. The zombies have been fettled, filled and primed. I've also based and primed the rest of the skaven troops and their warpfire thrower ready for paint. And finally tomorrow I have a day off work. Quite a few days off work actually. My nemesis is now in charge of shifts you see. I've done my level best to suck up, follow instructions to the letter and push my customers to buy more socks but she still cut my hours in half. Secretly happy about that... More time for fun! Anyway I do all the housework and cooking around here...

I'm in almost the exact same situation at work, feel for you, pal. Still, plenty of time to paint and to take the requested picture.

My lover spilled a vase on my camera this morning. But I find that if you carefully dry old tech from the naughties it usually works ok. I used to wash my old nokia by accident all the time,

Posted that twice. How do I delete. Oh well. Anyway the camera is working after being rested for a few hours (dismantled and stuffed with absorbent kitchen paper). So I will go take a photo.


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Haha! It still works and there's no water in the lens!

Stuff I'm gonna paint tomorrow.

Gloriously retro. Put phone in rice

Or rock salt maybe.

Knights are looking good.
Looking forward to the zombies.

If you use salt, make sure to keep it out of the equipment you want to dry as it could cause corrosion if a small amount becomes dissolved in the water you want to get rid of.

Also, put somewhere warm to get the water to evaporate and then be absorbed into your desiccant of choice. If it's cold, the water will be happy to stay where it is.

Well its been a lovely day off. Here's what I did.

First I tried to give this guy a great coat. Its not looking great, but now this layer is cured I've got a solid surface to work against with the next layer.



The zombies have had a whole bunch of washes and skin tones. Next I'll add highlights and stuff.





And a champion of chaos arises... Going to try and do green NMM on this guy.

Good start, weets. Nurgle will be pleased!

Cool mutant rat guys a really old Throt the Unclean model

All appears to be on track here....

And good to hear the unexpected wash did no harm to the camera.

Monkeytroll its the tech that's lasted for ten years that's the proven reliable stuff. I did have a newer camera but it wont charge up anymore and it has one of they fancy internal batteries that you charge with USB.

Llamahead thanks a bundle I've been trying to remember his name all week. In the catalogue he is just called "mutant skaven warlord" Throt the unclean... good name.

Well another bright sparkly day off work looms and I'm awake at 4.40am. Force of habit I guess. I'll be back later with an update.

Casy'slaw I've been thinking how I would photograph all the models at once and I'm really not sure how. I could try putting them in the bath... that's white and is under a skylight. Hmmm big mission.

Love them! The red hoods really do it!

The goblins Joyous_Oblivion?

Progress shot. I'll do some close ups after the finishing touches are done.






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Well that's the zombies done! Damn I'm good at rotting flesh. I will be looking out for more of these plastic zombies they're great. The range in metal is sadly disappointing and overpriced these days. I don't know if anyone else has noticed but oop metal minis are going up in price (maybe cos xmass). I'm saving some money for January in the hope that all the other collectors will be broke.



Please be clicking for the zoom.

Those zombies are looking great weets. Very pale and skeleton like... more so than most people make them. I like it!