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Stealthy Grot Snipa






UK

Focus isn't our strong suit in our little gaming group, so Dan & I figured why not start a Dakka plog to show what we're up to? There will be various themes here, but all will be the united by the love of little plastic soldiers and the hatred of spending money..

Step forward 1/72 40k:



https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/da-skooderia-pt-2/ - Da Skooderia Ferrorki, Evil Sunz Warband

Khornate Chaos Cultist

Guardsman of the Hazzard 1977th

Our own 1950s retro sci fi/ WW2 mishmash, Apocalypse Earth:

featuring the noble Atlantic Alliance defying the evil hordes of the Holy Soviet Empire.. at least sometimes..

Apocalypse Earth's steampunk/VSF/fantasy cousin, Hyperian Wars:

https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2016/09/

The skirmish/RPG Apocalypse Earth: Black Ops spinoff:

https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2016/04/

And not forgetting our guilty love of 2nd Ed Space Marine!

https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/im-dreaming-of-a-green-xmas-epic-space-marine-battle-report/

Over the last 18 months or so our modelling skills have come on apace, largely thanks to many of the posters here on Dakka. Hopefully we can post the odd thing you guys will enjoy, and the karmic balance will be complete!



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Stealthy Grot Snipa






UK









So post battle report, I've been tidying up the marines, rebasing them with a mix of dust and flock, and the difference is just off the scale. Thoroughly recommend as an alternative to straight flock.

Check out the full post - LOTS of pics - here: https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/epic-new-year/

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Stealthy Grot Snipa






UK

Almost forgotten about this

Right, who wants to see scratchbuilt Rhino, giant spider, fold away urban terrain board and some cool urban terrain scatter pieces? All made for the princely some of £0?

Hop on over to https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2017/02/ and have a look

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UK

Just finished up painting the first tranche of Guardsmen for the Hazzard 1977th - check out the full story here: https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2017/05/








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Stealthy Grot Snipa






UK

Working towards a big blog post - a BIG repaint and reinforcements for the Atlantic Alliance!
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Airborne infantry

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Silverbug gunship

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M42 Stealth Mirage tank

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M85 Autnonomous Combat Platforms

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Infantry

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M60A3 Centurion platoon


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UK

Slapped some paints on the beginnings of a 1/72 Evil Sunz warband
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Stealthy Grot Snipa






UK

Tried a few small scuffles using the rules from the Battle Primer and the old RT statlines for Orks vs Guard - good fun!
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Imperial Guard come upon a stranded Ork mob with broken down Battlewagon

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Guard firepower causes heavy Ork Casualties

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WAAARGH!!!!!


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Stealthy Grot Snipa






UK

Terrain we made for The Battle At The Farm:
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Dynamic, craggy hill

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Bultha

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Bultha

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The Farm

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The Farm, again

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The Farm, once more

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UK

Built another hill having followed the "Dynamic, Craggy Hill" article on here, also having watched The Terrain Tutor channel and Lukes' APS "The Extra Mile" video series (thoroughly recommend these to all terrain builders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN16RxVNrvc and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsmD5774MOQhjYBkXqu3Jdw )

Anyway, hill including WIP shots:
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UK

Finished upgrading a ruins piece of terrain originally made from a wine box and some paper mache... now reworked with filler, detailing, textures etc. Used cocktail sticks and guitar string off cuts for the cables and rebar rods.
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In situ, being fought over by members of the Crimson Fists, the Hazzard 1977th Imperial Guard and Da Skooderia Ferrorki


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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps





Earlobe deep in doo doo

What are the Crimson Fists based on?

"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.
Von Gherens This Rough Magic Lackey, Flint & Freer
Mekagorkalicious -Monkeytroll
2017 Model Count-71
 
   
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UK

Leftover 1/72 Vietnam War US infantry- cardboard for chest plate, green stuff for shinpads, pauldrons and beaky helmet. Not exactly Forge World quality, but good enough for a fun game!

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UK

Followed the advice of The Terrain Tutor, Lukes Aps and 3T studios, and came up with this method for building hills: https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/terrain-talk-pt-2-hills/

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UK

Scratchbuilding a BIG ASS HEAVY MECH for the Holy Soviet Army - step forth Stompy Uncle Joe... (currently WIP paintjob)
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Stompy Uncle Joe all painted up and leading the Soviet Holy Army:
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Za Rodina!


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Stealthy Warhound Titan Princeps







Love that mecha. Although I have my doubts about 1/72, hats off to you for making work!
   
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UK

Thanks man, I think the papercraft template was actually for 28mm but it's made for a monstrous centrepiece! He's packing dual anti-aircraft machine guns, a power fist with attached flame thrower and a lightning launcher so LOTS of short-range assault firepower... Let's see if he survives his first game...

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Complete post on build and painting now here: https://wordpress.com/post/skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2458

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https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2017/10/13/apocalypse-earth-aar-the-battle-of-kubica-pass-pt-1-deployment-strategy/

First half is now up covering army lists, deployment and general strategy – second half will be the game itself, our biggest yet!

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And DONE! Biggest EVER battle report - Flying saucers, giant mechs, stealth tanks and more! https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/apocalypse-earth-battle-report-the-battle-of-kubica-pass-pt-2-fight/
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Our latest mishap ;-) https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2017/11/09/ooops/

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After MANY gremlins during the build and painting process, cardboard 1/72 Leman Russ is done - here in situ with similarly proportioned Chimera, waiting to deal with the enemies of the Emperor!
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For those who follow the blog, just put a post up detailing the build/paint process for these little guys : https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/cheaphammer-40k-scratchbuilt-imperial-armour-in-1-72/

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Airfix guys with greenstuff & bitz conversions, scratchbuilt papercraft Russ & Chimera - full post here: https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2017/12/19/armies-on-parade-the-hazzard-1977th-astra-militarum/


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Second plasma reactor online now, superglue makes everything so much easier:



Check out the build process here:

http://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/terrain-talk-pt-4a-plasma-reactor-1-of-2/

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Scratchbuilt warbuggies and battlewagon for 40k in 1/72!

https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/3421/


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Hmmm... what could be going on here?
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Something in the paint and primer process has reacted with the glue, giving him a slightly wonky gait, but he's coming together!
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Painted, weathered and done! :-)
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The complete build guide now up here: https://skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2018/02/16/cheaphammer-40k-da-skooderia-pt-5-scratchbuilt-killa-kan/

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