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I know that bit! (in the pizza box) It's from the downed plane thingy...

Camkierhi wrote:Love the pizza box, objectives are looking spot on bud.

The neon sign is looking really promising.

Cheers, here it is now:

Yorkright wrote: Very cool objectives Graven. I like how you have so many various things to build and paint for the DC game, in 40K you have to paint so many troops that getting to paint vehicles and characters are a treat.

Believe me, I have plenty to paint

Shame! Shame! Shame!

CommissarKhaine wrote:Looking good! And stealing that pizza box idea for sure

Cheers. Willing to bet you'll do it better than me!

Gitsplitta wrote: I know that bit! (in the pizza box) It's from the downed plane thingy...

Crashed aquila? Maybe. I have a lot of random junk lying about

Couple more rifts:


Oh, and the back of the sign:


Fairly quite otherwise, little one's birthday (2!), wife under the weather. Bonkers weekend ahead too, wife's entire family (she's one of 5) have invited themselves over on Sunday not cool. As an only child, it baffles me.

But, the end is in sight with the terrain project, so we can get on with our own toys! And I'm off Monday Tuesday. The latter is a rare trip to the opening day of Black Panther (mmm isense with deluxe recliners) and the former is me stuck in the house whilst we get underfloor insulation - excuse to get some paint on!

Later
Graven

Cheers. Willing to bet you'll do it better than me!

Different mainly, we have a vastly different style when it comes to painting. it's why I love looking at your stuff, it approaches things from a different angle.

Barring Sunday, things are looking good, so I'd suggest not murdering anyone with the good times ahead

Nice work. Good selection of little terrain-y bits.

CommissarKhaine wrote:

Different mainly, we have a vastly different style when it comes to painting. it's why I love looking at your stuff, it approaches things from a different angle.

Barring Sunday, things are looking good, so I'd suggest not murdering anyone with the good times ahead

I do love how everyone expresses their individual style, especially in terrain, it's true.
I get on really well with my wife's siblings (mostly), it's more that we specifically decided not to have a birthday party as we're both wrecked. Sigh.

Dr H wrote:Nice work. Good selection of little terrain-y bits.

Cheers. Need to do the lid for that box.

Made a brickwork base for the sign:


So, ended up being off today as #2 son threw up at 0230. Joy. We watched movies, played some King of Tokyo and Pokémon, and I even got some modelling done:

Owlman, reposed and with a razorang. Not at all because I couldn't find his original left arm. Nope.

And John Stewart:




Started on the remaining owls, power ring and Ra's al ghûl


And built a couple more militia, Superwoman and Reverse Flash


Scraped down the mold lines on my walking dead wave 4 stuff. Also gsd Zatanna and built a Nurse Harley and High Court Lady, but they're already in for a prime.

More productive than I expected to be at this point of my time off tbh.

Adiós
Graven

Ah, the old 02:30 vomit.

"Daddy, I think I'm going to..." <chunder noises>

Hope he's on the mend.

Owlman is cool. All these funky pics are making me think I might go in for the Batman KS, hopefully I can stay strong

 inmygravenimage wrote:
...Cheers. Need to do the lid for that box. ...

And what a nice box it is...

Good work on the modifications.

I'm a bit behind so just saw your objectives. I always love it when people make those and yours are no exception. Brilliant idea on the fuses and love the cheesy box haha

Slinky wrote:Ah, the old 02:30 vomit.

"Daddy, I think I'm going to..." <chunder noises>

Hope he's on the mend.

Owlman is cool. All these funky pics are making me think I might go in for the Batman KS, hopefully I can stay strong

Yeah, he's fine, cheers.
The monolith stuff is nice, the game cool, but the aesthetic is radically different, much more stylised and comicy.

Dr H wrote:

inmygravenimage wrote:...Cheers. Need to do the lid for that box. ...

And what a nice box it is...

Good work on the modifications.

Cheers old son.

TerrainWalker wrote:I'm a bit behind so just saw your objectives. I always love it when people make those and yours are no exception. Brilliant idea on the fuses and love the cheesy box haha

Thanks, you're an inventive chap yourself! They were a lot of fun.

Well having had a more productive Friday than expected, the rest of my time off was less so with the little one's birthday, and spending time with kids etc (woo Black Panther!); ie no painting :( However, I got the remaining stuff drilled, pinned and assembled: Parliament of Owls, Power Ring and Superwoman, Deathstroke militia, Reverse Flash, and rescue Ra's al Ghûl. Still need to GS gaps. I am not going to miss metal, tbh. Especially with KM's ridiculous tiny arms... However, the collection grows also: I've now added Professor Pyg, SHAZAM! and the Dynamic Duo. Plus Miles Behind Us, the farm expansion for Walking Dead.

Feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment. Work, life etc. Sure I'll get back in the swing of things but still.

Did manage to get a cracking game of BMG last night. Took the Batpod, Azrael, Alfred and some cops against Emperor Blackgate, Deathstroke and some goons. Great, great fun, and surprisingly a full game in 2hrs flat. The batpod can cover 2/3 of the board in a turn, so is fairly nasty (if a points sink) to say the least. However, the new sewer rules (you can move from one to another as movement) mean that's not as overpowered as it once was. My sniper managed to take out Emperor (to be fair, I knew to target him from the outset) but Deathstroke held out against combined Bat and Az assault despite getting locked down by Bullock with a whistle (cops are able to Halt! you, preventing movement). I won on VPs but wouldn't have fancied Az or Bats' chance if it had gone another turn.

Anyway, on we go - too many toys, not enough time...
Later
Graven

Glad to hear youngsters OK. These things happen. Still always difficult.

Looking forward to seeing some of these models. Chin up chuck, these are the grind months, you will soon be back up.

Camkierhi wrote:Glad to hear youngsters OK. These things happen. Still always difficult.

Looking forward to seeing some of these models. Chin up chuck, these are the grind months, you will soon be back up.

Thanks mate. Not really sure where my head is at or why, tbh. Life's pretty good. Hey ho.

The end is finally in sight with the objective project:

GCPD box files, using Mantic accessory bits (TT Combat stuff still hasn't arrived) )

Lead-lined LexCorp box done:



Broken down neon sign, which is detachable from its base:



And further barricade WIP


Aiming to finish this by th eend of the weekend, complete with some colour, posters and tags. The guy this is for is so pleased he's going to order some Necromunda scatter further down the line. Woo.

Forgot to post these fun pic from the game the other night:
End of Turn 4 -

End of final Turn (6)

Cross the board, and hopped off

Bye for now,
Graven

Love all the gritty terrain bits you have built, the graffiti wall is well executed looks like something out of Gotham's back streets and alleys. Having the lid come off the lead lined box is a nice addition to your already great objectives, always enjoy getting a chance to see your DC projects.

That neon sign is absolutely gorgeous

Yorkright wrote: Love all the gritty terrain bits you have built, the graffiti wall is well executed looks like something out of Gotham's back streets and alleys. Having the lid come off the lead lined box is a nice addition to your already great objectives, always enjoy getting a chance to see your DC projects.

Many thanks dude. Much appreciated.

TerrainWalker wrote:That neon sign is absolutely gorgeous

Well thanks mate appreciate that. Gitsplitta suggested using brass rid as neon tubes which is an interesting idea also.


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Started detailing:


Getting there...

Good work all around.

Really like that barricade.

I always love all those little details you add. Lovely work as usual!

Dr H wrote:Good work all around.

Really like that barricade.

Cheers. They're a lot of fun to do.
Might've started another:

CommissarKhaine wrote:I always love all those little details you add. Lovely work as usual!

Thanks kindly.
Nice weekend. Really quiet. Watched Moana about 6 times because toddlers are obsessive, sorted a lot of lego, ate hotdogs with kimchi, even managed to make a start on some painting for me:

A wall of prison Orange. Honestly I think I just needed to do stuff for me for my sanity.
Got the barricade done and dusted:


And some GCPD file boxes:

Collected objectives:

So, some progress made. The motherboxes are getting there, also.
Feeling a bit more me. Time will tell.
Best
Graven

Love the feeling stacking up a bunch of stuff that's all just finished. Looks really good together

The objective markers are excellent. I've always liked your weathering technique. Reminds me of WWII dioramas I saw at the VFW with my grandfather when I was a little kid.

TerrainWalker wrote:Love the feeling stacking up a bunch of stuff that's all just finished. Looks really good together

Yeah it's really satisfying, isn't it?! Nice that it looks coherent as a whole also.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:The objective markers are excellent. I've always liked your weathering technique. Reminds me of WWII dioramas I saw at the VFW with my grandfather when I was a little kid.

Thanks, that's much appreciated and really gratifying, as it's excatly what I aspire to. I'm very heavily influenced by military modelling techniques, always have been, and sometimes that's at odds with non-military gaming aesthetically. It's why I had to push myself so hard with the DCU stuff to get it comic-y, but the Bat stuff can be a bit more grungy and grubby. It's probably why I love painting and modelling scenery so much generally.

And, Motherboxes are now done!

Even shiny magic space boxes need grime, right
So I'm finished, right? RIGHT?!...
Nope. That second barricade, remember? And some little bombs, just for fun though. You'll see them soon as I get some more bases.
I've got my little teddy bears also, so they're going to be evil soon. However, I'm very much done with terrain for a bit after this. Gap filling on metals Shazam!, Pyg and Dollotrons to assemble and mould lines off Miles Behind Us for TWD all on the "modelling" agenda. Back to painting actual models for me, now.

On a side note. Thanks for listening to me ramble. It's good to have somewhere to vent with the whole mental health thing. Dakka is my therapy... yikes

Best,
graven

Was this the Disney Moana, or the Italian one? Don't google that last bit, possibly NSFW. In Italy, the movie is Oceania.


Spring is coming. Always good for the mind, extra daylight.

The collection of objectives is very good. The barricade looks quite functional, but... yes a but... the top of the wire 'fencing' should curl down slightly, so folks don't accidentally stab themselves on it. (I may or may not have done something like that at some point in my gaming career. Nolo Contendere.)

Loving all the little details . Nice work as usual! Wish I had the spirit to spend so much time on terrain...

Red Harvest wrote:Was this the Disney Moana, or the Italian one? Don't google that last bit, possibly NSFW. In Italy, the movie is Oceania.


Spring is coming. Always good for the mind, extra daylight.

The collection of objectives is very good. The barricade looks quite functional, but... yes a but... the top of the wire 'fencing' should curl down slightly, so folks don't accidentally stab themselves on it. (I may or may not have done something like that at some point in my gaming career. Nolo Contendere.)

well. Learn something new every day...
And excellent suggestion on the fencing. Fixed on both. Yes, we've all sacrificed bit of ourselves to khorne in pursuit of nerdvana.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Loving all the little details . Nice work as usual! Wish I had the spirit to spend so much time on terrain...

Believe me it's running out

Looking forward to getting back into painting minis. In the meantime, a question: do any of the DC minis I've painted over the last wee while particularly stick in your collective mind as good? Debating whether to enter any in a painting contest. Currently, Lex and Wonder Woman spring to my mind. I might do a fresh one for it - Red Son Superman is tempting - but want your thoughts, if y'all have any to share.

WW is one of the most stunningly brilliant models I have seen done by anyone in ages bud.

Yeah, WW.

Khorne? Hunh? That phony? Old Scratch would kick his ass. Well, trick him into kicking his own ass. "Kick thee behind thee."

The nastiest wound I ever gave myself was caused by reaching into a box full of the goblin spearmen from the 4th ed WFB box. Those suckers were sharp!

I think both Wonder Woman and Lex are competition worthy.

Camkierhi wrote:WW is one of the most stunningly brilliant models I have seen done by anyone in ages bud.

Thanks kindly sir
Lot of love for her; preuming you mean the foot, not mounted, version:

Red Harvest wrote:Yeah, WW.

Khorne? Hunh? That phony? Old Scratch would kick his ass. Well, trick him into kicking his own ass. "Kick thee behind thee."

Slinky wrote:The nastiest wound I ever gave myself was caused by reaching into a box full of the goblin spearmen from the 4th ed WFB box. Those suckers were sharp!

I have had a fair number of modelling injuries over the years, but my favourite happended to Mabrothrax when he was a gw staffer and, whilst on the phone to me and assembling Tau, superglued both the phone and model to both his hand and face.

aku-chan wrote:I think both Wonder Woman and Lex are competition worthy.

Feeling the love for these guys. I realise I've done 2 version of Lex

Suppose I could enter both.
Interestingly, none of those are even close to my "top rated" models according to Dakka: Blackgate Prisoners, Heatwave, Hawkman, The Acolyte, Sickle, Mr Hoppy and of course Titan Pennywise Joker (can't enter him, entered previously).
It's both annoying and encouraging that I've not painted anything that good in a while. Need to get my game face back on.


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So better get barricade 2 done:




Just the set of bombs left!
Graven


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In fact, that's quite motivating:



Which means... I'm done!

Great fun to do - but some sense of relief to be finished!
Thanks for all the c&c along the way gang!

Finshed terrain eh?. Nice For models to enter, I second wodner woman

I have had a fair number of modelling injuries over the years, but my favourite happended to Mabrothrax when he was a gw staffer and, whilst on the phone to me and assembling Tau, superglued both the phone and model to both his hand and face.

For that, you get an exalt

Thanks kindly

Anyone for tea and blood?


I may, in fact, have a problem:


So gang, need your advice - not that I'll necessarily follow it to the letter, but being instructed by fellow dakkanauts does tend to prod me a bit. What next? Here's the list of Doom:

Paint queue:
TWD
Safety Behind Bars prisoners and Walkers (started)

BMG/DCU
Primed and preshaded:
Blackgate prisoners (started)
Batman & Arkham Guards
Gotham City Sirens & plants
Owlman & Johnny Quick
Arkham Knight Harley
Nurse Harley
Knightfall Batman
Flashpoint Batman
Batgirl (Rebirth)
Red Son Superman

Primed:
Joker & Arkham Clowns
Enchantress
John Constantine
Jason Blood / Etrigan
Zatanna
Gorilla Grodd Crew
John Stewart
High Court Lady

Modelling/priming queue:
TWD cleanup and priming for
Miles Behind us (Greene Farm expansion)
Filling and priming for BMG/DCU
Deathstroke Militia (2)
Parliament of Owls
Superwoman & Power Ring
Dynamic Duo

Unbuilt
Wonderland gang
Professor Pyg & Dollotrons
Atrocitus
Shazam!
Monster T

So.
One or two

Dakka, it's over to you!