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Slinky wrote:Looking very good so far

Dr H wrote:"No, don't suck my brain out of my ear with a straw... AAaarggh"

Good job.

exactly. Proper brain sucker.

monkeytroll wrote:Oh stop it, you'll make me blush

I like it, and the idea of using scythe blades for the racking is very nice. Not sure how well it fits on a nurgly head, but I recall using a horn nabbed off some chaos helm or another for a termie tongue. Or are you thinking more of a straight needle/mosquito type proboscis - which makes sense given the whole fly thing, but this is chaos, and sense is not always an option

Well the "real" model has this as fluff in the GW store:

"Even the breathing apparatus on his helmet features a proboscis-like extrusion – all the better for sensing the results of his experiments."

So he doesn't necessarily need one, just part of that model's design (it's not in the codex fluff). I might just go with a long... appendage

I need to drill some holes into the legs, and get some ichor dripping. Glad you like the scythe/racks. Anyone know a kit with good vials/flasks/death heads? I'm so out of the loop on GW bits.

Hey ho,
graven

Some fantastic art pieces.

Kits like the dark eldar haemonculi and talos have lots of gribbly vial type things. The deepkin seem to have a number of interesting containers.

But I'm even further out of touch with GW than you Really need to spend some time looking at their site I guess to see what else I've missed. Over the last few weeks I've found Necromunda is a thing again, genestealer cults are back, marines have hover tanks - and apparently have some bigger, more true-scale brethren now, sea-elves have risen from the deep, and there seems to be some plastic 30k in existence....... Most of this would have been considered laughable fantasy before I dropped off the radar

Sneshy wrote:Some fantastic art pieces.

Thank you kindly, and welcome to my little foetid corner of Dakka!

monkeytroll wrote:Kits like the dark eldar haemonculi and talos have lots of gribbly vial type things. The deepkin seem to have a number of interesting containers.

But I'm even further out of touch with GW than you Really need to spend some time looking at their site I guess to see what else I've missed. Over the last few weeks I've found Necromunda is a thing again, genestealer cults are back, marines have hover tanks - and apparently have some bigger, more true-scale brethren now, sea-elves have risen from the deep, and there seems to be some plastic 30k in existence....... Most of this would have been considered laughable fantasy before I dropped off the radar

I thought about deldar stuff actually, from the Cronus. But then I'd have to buy stuff. Tsk.
Yeah it's both weird and thrilling to see gw finally embracing the nostalgia £.

Built, mostly:

I'm happy with the proboscis, and how it's sniffing around the equivalent of a pint of beer. Craft beer, this is still not sure if the legs need more details (beyond a GS tentacle here and there).
Definitely using that nurgling also, the codex fluff specifically mentions Putrifiers being followed around by nurglings making lists.

And likewise, the back is done, barring a bit of GS work.

I do wonder if there's enough jeejaws hanging on that side. Maybe the answer is some sort of GS flasks.

The other side is better

Fun fact, I used a lizardman tail for the injector pistol's needle

So maybe do some GS detailing.
Meanwhile, I've dug out some chaos warrior bits and I think I'm finally ready to start on my other pox walkers. Other stuff has stalled somewhat.

Can't decide what Batman stuff to do next. Any requests?



Cheers
Graven

That is quite the conversion Graven, going to go the crackly route with this one too or more conventional?

I am voting for Nightwing first and superwoman 2nd.

Nurglemen look great my friend.

"Black Adam" sounds so horribly non-PC... you should do him next.

Maybe some purity seals putrid scrolls if you have no more vials?

Legs look fine, but tentacles are never amiss

I quite fancy either pyg or the wonderland crew, although superwoman and power ring would be a good couple...don't recognise Monster T....

Putridly great!

Can't be of much help with the vials bits question besides the already mentioned Thalos kit.

lol at the lizard tail. It works really well.

I thought Kleptomania was an affliction of Tzeentch (and the blood ravens)
Looks great so far, I don't think I can add anything to the parts that others have, not sure you could fit any more on tbh. If you think the legs are bit plain, you could add some rivets to the left shin.

Are the scythes supposed to be the vents for the backpack?

I choose "Pyg & Dollotrons"

Yorkright wrote: That is quite the conversion Graven, going to go the crackly route with this one too or more conventional?

I am voting for Nightwing first and superwoman 2nd.

Votes noted! Crackles will only happen at the will and whimsy of old Papa N. But my garage is currently full of my new bathroom, so priming is out. He may get hand primed though, as bits of him are already done. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the whole prime-on-sprue thing when kitbashing so hard. I think that that will be really irritating when customising the plagueburster.

Gitsplitta wrote:Nurglemen look great my friend.

"Black Adam" sounds so horribly non-PC... you should do him next.

evil ancient Egyptian superbeing; The Rock is playing him on screen. He's a great villain, and brutal in game

monkeytroll wrote:Maybe some purity seals putrid scrolls if you have no more vials?

Legs look fine, but tentacles are never amiss

I quite fancy either pyg or the wonderland crew, although superwoman and power ring would be a good couple...don't recognise Monster T....

Monster T is the gangbanger that Joker kills for leering at Harley in the SS movie. Putrid scrolls is a neat idea, and very fitting, also. You can never have too many tentacles!

Littletower wrote:Putridly great!

Can't be of much help with the vials bits question besides the already mentioned Thalos kit.

Thanks I'm actually wondering if I can carve some from thin sprue.

OneManNoodles wrote:lol at the lizard tail. It works really well.

I thought Kleptomania was an affliction of Tzeentch (and the blood ravens)
Looks great so far, I don't think I can add anything to the parts that others have, not sure you could fit any more on tbh. If you think the legs are bit plain, you could add some rivets to the left shin.

Are the scythes supposed to be the vents for the backpack?

I choose "Pyg & Dollotrons"

Actually, weirdly, they don't have backpacks. Totally threw me. Cheers, I've ripped open the shin a bit.

So Votes:
Nightwing 1
Superwoman 4 (edit with votes below)
Power Ring 1
Black Adam 2
Captain Marvel 1
Pyg crew 2
Wonderland crew 2
Militia 1

I am properly freaked out by Professor Pyg. Fun fact, he's the only villain that Batman is scared of. Guess him and his dollies are next! Keep voting though...

Meanwhile, as promised, I started on the Poxwalkers. Looking at the sculpts, there's a pretty clear line between the legs and torsos. Why they're not multi-part kit is beyond me (actually, that's a lie - see previous rants about current GW kits). Anyway, a quick snip and...

So everything got sorted into legs, torsos, and (where necessary) arms and heads removed also.

And then, the first 4 reassembled:

Couple of chaos warrior weapons snuck in there, but fundamentally just swapping part for part. Decent, I think. Full credit to monkeytroll and Dr H for inspiration.

Onwards,
Graven

New bathroom? Someone's doing well

Im going to have to say superwoman, thought I don't play the game I do enjoy how you paint them up, I think my favorite was croc though

Slinky wrote:New bathroom? Someone's doing well

Not really, it's just we've been in the house 9 years this summer, and that was supposed to be the first thing we did finally just going for it. We've had a shower room put in first, so we at least can still function.

alabamaheretic wrote:Im going to have to say superwoman, thought I don't play the game I do enjoy how you paint them up, I think my favorite was croc though

I'm surprised, tbh, how popular she is as a character with folk. Pretty obscure (this is Earth 3 Superwoman, not Rebirth Superwoman, though). Interestingly, she and Black Adam have almost identical colour schemes - black, yellow/gold trim, yellow/gold lining of cape - so I might do them in a one-r. Yeah, I still love KC (hence the profile pic), and there may be a new croc coming soon...ish.

oh colored me interested in the new croc

That Nurgle boy is looking great, I love all the conversion work. The scythes look great, I like the tube running from his mask to the head he's carrying. I know next to nothing about 8th edition, but is he a Chaos Lord or Nurgle?
My vote is for Supergirl too, or the militia.

alabamaheretic wrote:oh colored me interested in the new croc

He's an absolute beast, biggest model in the game, on a par with Darkseid and new Bane.

Syro_ wrote:That Nurgle boy is looking great, I love all the conversion work. The scythes look great, I like the tube running from his mask to the head he's carrying. I know next to nothing about 8th edition, but is he a Chaos Lord or Nurgle?
My vote is for Supergirl too, or the militia.

Thanks. He's an elite for Nurgle, plague bomb maker and tester, upgrades all your plague marines' grenades. Nasty chap. Yeah, very happy with the proboscis.
I really should finish my Militia crew, noted. But Superwoman is the clear winner !

The bane you just previously painted? he was lovely as well. or is there another one? I liked him very much too...

Huzzah on Suparwoman, as a note after her and your very lovely nurgle guy maybe do the wonderland crew cuase dudesdman my two cents being superwoman a character, your nurgle guy while an elite is still a character and the wonderland guys will be a break. just a thought.

Ah, gotcha....he's the guy everyone thought might be the Tattoed Man.
With Superwoman my thinking was I'd like to see Power Ring, I seem to recall Owlman was done and I'm guessing Ultraman too, so let's see the full Crime Syndicate.
I think Pyg can be quite divisive, he's pretty disturbing at his best (stuff like Batman Eternal, but I also seem to recall some stories where he was just laughable. But then again, it's fairly easy to make s mess of lots of the bat-villains.

Good idea with bisecting the poxies, that should add some variety on there

For Nurgle, can't go wrong with a nice clubfoot.

SHAZAM!!!

(Captain Marvel and Black Adam, please.)

monkeytroll wrote:Ah, gotcha....he's the guy everyone thought might be the Tattoed Man.
With Superwoman my thinking was I'd like to see Power Ring, I seem to recall Owlman was done and I'm guessing Ultraman too, so let's see the full Crime Syndicate.
I think Pyg can be quite divisive, he's pretty disturbing at his best (stuff like Batman Eternal, but I also seem to recall some stories where he was just laughable. But then again, it's fairly easy to make s mess of lots of the bat-villains.

Good idea with bisecting the poxies, that should add some variety on there

Yeah, the other 3 are done (Johnny Quick also) so I should really finish the team. Very true about the mess that is easily made. Anything by Judd Winnick makes me (such as his excruciatingly bad Catwoman run).

Anvildude wrote:For Nurgle, can't go wrong with a nice clubfoot.

That's true enough, and an easy gs job.

youwashock wrote:SHAZAM!!!

(Captain Marvel and Black Adam, please.)

Lol well Teth-Adam does seem to be gaining ground. Billy B I think needs a juice cup before painting, thanks to the movie poster I picked up Uncle Dudley also (raffle prize woo!) so I might do them together.

Also, as you have maybe realised, I'm trying to keep up the chat momentum if not the strict P&M churn. Hope that's cool with folk,
graven.

Graven its your plog you run it as you see fit keep it as OT or Off topic as you want.


Not sure who Uncle Dudley is but cool win on the raffle.

1- WOW! Grandfather Nurgle does let his children run amok into other fancies, but they always come home.

2- Captain Marvel (the original, not that 'Dr. Who.. the hell is she?" crap) One of my all-time favorite DC heroes. Was wicked jealous of Billy when I was a kid. Can think of plenty of times where I wish I could have yelled "Shazam!" and then knock the snot of the person bullying me.

alabamaheretic wrote:Graven its your plog you run it as you see fit keep it as OT or Off topic as you want.


Not sure who Uncle Dudley is but cool win on the raffle.

Noted Uncle Dudley was a conman who ended up being part of the Marvel family (and outsmarted Adam once to defeat him). He's a ridiculously expensive/tournament exclusive, so nice to have, even if not brilliant in game

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:1- WOW! Grandfather Nurgle does let his children run amok into other fancies, but they always come home.

2- Captain Marvel (the original, not that 'Dr. Who.. the hell is she?" crap) One of my all-time favorite DC heroes. Was wicked jealous of Billy when I was a kid. Can think of plenty of times where I wish I could have yelled "Shazam!" and then knock the snot of the person bullying me.

Funnily enough I've never really been sold on the character, apart from in Kingdom Come. But, duly noted.

Meanwhile, made another Street walker for Street Wars:

I think I'll call her... Foxxxy
Graven

digging the lady of the night. does she have a man in apurple suit following her around? you know you need a man in a purple suit now just saying...

Mayyyyyyybe:



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Thanks man: D

I read something else recently in which I quite liked the Captain Marvel character.....can't think what it was though, possibly an 'elseworlds' (are they still called that?) adventure....going to bug me now. But I was never a big fan either.

Foxxy and Flyguy looking good

very nice

Foxxy Brown, dead on graven!

monkeytroll wrote:I read something else recently in which I quite liked the Captain Marvel character.....can't think what it was though, possibly an 'elseworlds' (are they still called that?) adventure....going to bug me now. But I was never a big fan either.

Foxxy and Flyguy looking good

Well, Kingdom Come is Elseworlds-y? Not really my bag, baby. But Black Adam is a great character, especially as he is increasingly an antihero.

alabamaheretic wrote:very nice

Gitsplitta wrote:Foxxy Brown, dead on graven!

Cheers, her and Debbie should do well together on the mean streets of NYC.

Finished off the poxwalkers; here's the rest:

Glad they're done, enjoyed the fact that I could get creative and not be bound to how they "had" to be.

Went to both my regular flgs and the new one that's opened locally... neither had bases, 25mm (which is less pressing, need some for the plaguebearers, but they're wayyyyyyyy down the paint queue) or 40mm (for the Biologus).

I'm not being unreasonable expecting something so basic, am I, really?!

Sigh.

Anyway, with the poxies (and Foxxy) built, I'm going to look at getting some paint on stuff So the paint queue is

Superwoman
Power Ring
Black Adam
Shazam!
Pyg & dollies
Nightwing

Though not necessarily in that order - I imagine Superwoman, Black Adam and Nightwing will get attention first, as they're going to be layered black washes, and I like consistency.

Cheers
Graven