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I do love the werewolf you've gone with. I have him and the accompanying human "before" in my stash.

Right now I don't think I'll be able to enter, I just feel so exhausted. If anything comes up this motnh I'll paint it, but if not, I'll see you guys next month.

 sockwithaticket wrote:


One werewolf breaking free of a straitjacket. In a graveyard, (naturally).

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I do love the werewolf you've gone with. I have him and the accompanying human "before" in my stash.

I hadn't noticed your entry Sockwithaticket, I just ordered one of those guys the other day! Good luck painting him up, I will be looking for inspiration when I come to do mine.

Hello! I wasn't going to, but against my best instincts i'm entering again.
The model is a chaos familiar i want to use in an upcoming d&d party...



edit: This is my 'proof' picture

 sockwithaticket wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I know it's only the 3rd but I was honestly expecting more traditional horror entries.

This. Quite surprised at how few there are.

Me too.

But, like Para says, interpret the theme as you see fit. I'm trying to build up my Imperial Fists army, and I dont want any distractions. So I pick my entry making sure it's something I can use in a Space Marine army.

So I resisted the urge to impulse buy the Heath Ledger Joker mini from the batman minis game, and stuck with my plan to do Legion of the Damned. I ordered them today, they should be here Tuesday/Wednesday.

Buttery Commissar wrote:I do love the werewolf you've gone with. I have him and the accompanying human "before" in my stash.

Inspector #264 wrote:

I hadn't noticed your entry Sockwithaticket, I just ordered one of those guys the other day! Good luck painting him up, I will be looking for inspiration when I come to do mine.

Cheers, gents. It's a great little figure, even if the back arches a little too much, I've had it knocking around for a year thinking about how to tackle it. I don't really have a lot of experience doing fur, so this one will definitely be a challenge

Zambro wrote:

 sockwithaticket wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
I know it's only the 3rd but I was honestly expecting more traditional horror entries.

This. Quite surprised at how few there are.

Me too.

But, like Para says, interpret the theme as you see fit. I'm trying to build up my Imperial Fists army, and I dont want any distractions. So I pick my entry making sure it's something I can use in a Space Marine army.

So I resisted the urge to impulse buy the Heath Ledger Joker mini from the batman minis game, and stuck with my plan to do Legion of the Damned. I ordered them today, they should be here Tuesday/Wednesday.

Oh absolutely, I wouldn't presume to tell people they have to do it the way I want them to, hobby time is limited and we should spend it how we want to. Just as a massive fan of horror and Halloween I was hoping for a bit more stuff along those lines to ogle.

Have a look at my gallery, sock. There's an album of old WD painting guides, one of which is all kinds of wolf furs.

Will do.

I'm never sure if sharing those guides is against the spirit of Dakka or not, as they're pre-written.
But I figure it's a common enough query that it hurts nothing and if people have their own methods they'll share them.

Hey. Did some construction last night. Here is the Balrog:

As I have read online. It is an awfully moulded model. There are huge gaps between components and I had to hack parts off to get some semblance of an appropriate shape. I am pretty annoyed and was tempted to complain to GW, but then calmed down and realised that as it was bought 12 years ago they would just laugh and sarcastically tell me that was why they changed to a plastic version

Oh well. Need to start brushing up on my GS skills now. Should be a laugh!

Ouch.Gaps.

Ouch, yeah that looks nasty. Still, probably worth it in the end, that thing will be beautiful once it's done!

Ouch indeed! The way the mini looks in photos I've seen, I really hope that the filling I do does the job. I'll let you all decide. I'm probably gonna post a lot more WIP pics prior to painting to see what you all think. I've started much earlier this time because of my concerns over this model. Hence why I haven't posted photos of last month's minis yet!! Might try and get round to that tonight

Now that summer is out of the way, I seem to have a bit more hobby time so I'd like to enter the comp with this friendly looking chap, if I may :



First time painting an organic figure this big, so I hope I can do it some justice!

SEXY!

just posting a wip shot
still gotta slap on nun oil and get to shading him
metal nids... ftw?

Hm, that might actually look good!

 Zambro wrote:


So I resisted the urge to impulse buy the Heath Ledger Joker mini from the batman minis game, and stuck with my plan to do Legion of the Damned.

In the words of Sgt Nicholas Angel, 'IDEA!'

@MangoChutney: What is that awesome monstrosity!

It's a faceless greater demon from troll outpost. It's from a recent kickstarter they did.
Isn't he cute?!

TP^DC just be grateful you didn't get one of the very early all-metal versions.
I didn't keep mine, there was just so much pain one person can endure.

@tp^dc + bc games workshop isnt alone in the terrible gaps of doom comity, that malifaux model i worked on not so long ago has so much GS work done on it im not sure why i bought the model

@buttery - I have heard about the very first version with theme tall wings that kept falling off. They sold plastic wings separately didn't they for those who kept experiencing wing breaks

@LordRahl - good to know it's not just GW. I'm very used to working with plastic and am spoilt. I quite like resin, but forgot how much of a pain metal was. Sorry, I meant "how much of a challenge metal was"

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
I'm very used to working with plastic and am spoilt. I quite like resin, but forgot how much of a pain metal was. Sorry, I meant "how much of a challenge metal was"

My opinion of metal minis is almost constantly in flux. Over the last year or so (since starting Infinity and going back to LotR's excellent metal character models, and also doing things like Batman and Mercs more recently) I've come to appreciate the detail and 'solidness' of metal, particularly for smoother detail like capes, clothes ect (I find resin tends to be either too angular or too flat for those). As a painter I would probably pick metal as my material of choice unless the plastic option is of GW/recent WGF/Malifaux quality. Assembling metal is always a pig, though, so it goes both ways.

Plastic and resin do not feel "real" to me. If I can't put my army in a sock and kill you with it, it's just not right.

That said, GW's more modern plastic kits fit together like a dream, and some of the metals out there (Knight Models Batman I'm looking at you) are absolute sods.

@para thats good to hear, i still havent opened my batman mini cause i was scared it might end up like the malifaux one


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and bc ruins it again *pokes batman blister with a stick*

That reminds me.

Here's Yvette stood with the OH's abandoned Batman.

Don't buy this Batman, it will make you hate yourself. And then it will fall to pieces and laugh at your tears.

But that's such a cool version! What in particular is so bad about it? I'm guessing the rope and cape?

Hmm, Yvette looks a little too small to pass muster in BMG, I think. If she were either taller or chunkier I think she'd do, but being that small in both height and girth she doesn't seem to fit. Thanks anyway!

From what I can see, that paintwork on Bats looks great too, regardless of the assembly issues you mention.

@LordRahl: Which particular mini is it you're wondering about? I might have built it and be able to tell you how it went together.

The bat on the knee glues into a small, barely noticeable groove on his shin. The hands are both separate, and the suurfaces are tiny.

Remember Bats is bigger than the average fella on the street. She's about right on scale with harley and SIlk Spectre. They're smaller than her if anything.

Ah, ok, good to know on both points. I'll probably get MillerBat at some point as I love the Dark Knight Returns stuff, but he's just gone down the list a notch or two!

it was his arm... needed a bit of work
and made his waist fit with a bit of cutting