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Don't see enough purple on miniatures in general, so I reckon the Marauders will look pretty swish. My old Skaven blood bowl team were purple and yellow, worked nicely

A very good month Graven, looks like the paint que is full again.

Slinky wrote:Don't see enough purple on miniatures in general, so I reckon the Marauders will look pretty swish. My old Skaven blood bowl team were purple and yellow, worked nicely

Cool, good to know. The mighty rhubarb and custards will rise again!

Yorkright wrote:A very good month Graven, looks like the paint que is full again.

I don't even want to think about how full it is tbh The study window gets replaced Monday... ish. I'm hoping to get some paint time Tuesday morning, as the boys are staying over at my folks' Monday night and I'm not getting them till Tuesday lunchtime.


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Started, currently, are:
Batman (modern age)
Dollotrons (3)
Batgirl New 52

The Warriors (3)& Debbie

Doesn't mean that they're going to be finished next, but in theory, they're the most likely.

Ahoy chums,
So rather inevitably, as such things are want to, work on the house is taking longer than anticipated.
Still had a couple of hours spare today, no kids, and unexpectedly no builders so got on with some stuff. Apologies for the dodgy lighting, time and space were limited.
Sorted the Biologus Putrifier's base.

Not finished, but coming along well I feel. I also added a little nurgle's rot to the proboscis for added sheen and very pleasing it is too.

Finally got on with my Warriors and even made a start on Debbie:


Cracked on with some BMG also, getting over the hump:

Still freaks me out

Started my Wonderland gang

Going quite Disney/classic DC with the Tweedles, which also fits the McDonald's theme (they can be used with Joker also).

Started painting up the White Rabbit model as March Harriet.
despite the name White Rabbit has never been a member of the Wonderland gang, whereas March Harriet was effectively leader in Tetch's absence.
The model is actually a very good representation of WR but works equally well for MH. The game rules for her, on the other hand, are underpowered for WR but good for MH. Hence the choice of colour scheme. Of course I now need to resist the urge to convert convicts into Lion, Unicorn and Walrus...

And even got some bat on


Quite happy with how the cape in particular is coming along.

So again I don't know when I'll get more time to do anything. Study is basically out of action; wife's off work the next couple of weeks, we're away on hols for a bit, so don't expect much graven action. Still, I would like the above stuff finished this month. 13 more models, slow month, but given that I'm taking about the last week of the month only, don't think that's unreasonable.
Cheers chaps and chappettes
Graven

Got his friendly scroll carrier with him now

Warriors look ready for a rumble

Pyg looking very much like a disturbed individual in a pig mask. Are the dollotrons still bandaged up?

Dee and Dum look good in classic, but the sculpts look a little small? Can't recall much of Harriet, but she is a better fit for the Wonderland Gang.

And Bats looking suitably brooding. Bat logo plain bat or yellow background?

Excellent progress all around. Loving Batman with the cape that would get him caught in a jet engine (Edna From incredibles would not approve ).

Your plague guys are soooooo disgusting that if you play against someone I think you should tell them they have to remove the models they kill. You’ll win since they won’t touch them.

Pyg is my favourite from the current batch, a proper loony

Yay! Wonderland gang!

I really need to rewatch the Warriors movie. Great job there!

 kestral wrote:
I really need to rewatch the Warriors movie. Great job there!

....yeah....me too.....right after the movie Debbie was in .

monkeytroll wrote:Got his friendly scroll carrier with him now

Warriors look ready for a rumble

Pyg looking very much like a disturbed individual in a pig mask. Are the dollotrons still bandaged up?

Dee and Dum look good in classic, but the sculpts look a little small? Can't recall much of Harriet, but she is a better fit for the Wonderland Gang.

And Bats looking suitably brooding. Bat logo plain bat or yellow background?

Baffles me why the "real" model doesn't come with one as it's explicitly part of their fluff, but there we go.
Come out, come out, to playyyyy...
Yeah, bandaged dollies. I'd prefer comic ones, or some of the others (Farmhands, Deathwing or not-Robin) but you take what you can get. Besides, these dollies just act as extra wound tokens for Pyg. Hoping for other mechanics for other types.

Dum and Dee are indeed on the small side :/ glad MH looks the look

Yellow bat, classic Neal Adams 70s, baby!

Theophony wrote:Excellent progress all around. Loving Batman with the cape that would get him caught in a jet engine (Edna From incredibles would not approve ).

Your plague guys are soooooo disgusting that if you play against someone I think you should tell them they have to remove the models they kill. You’ll win since they won’t touch them.

Lol not sure that's a house rule other folk will get behind
Yes, that's a ridiculous cape. NO CAPES!

Slinky wrote:Pyg is my favourite from the current batch, a proper loony

Hand on heart, scares me more than any other mainstream villain.

aku-chan wrote:Yay! Wonderland gang!

Knew you'd be pleased. Wait till you see the plan for the bases...

kestral wrote:I really need to rewatch the Warriors movie. Great job there!

Cheers, there's an anniversary edition just out packed in a vhs case

Theophony wrote:

 kestral wrote:
I really need to rewatch the Warriors movie. Great job there!

....yeah....me too.....right after the movie Debbie was in .

Might have had to double check that one for ... research

What would Barman be without a splendiferous cape to blow magnificently in the cold Gotham winds?

Think it was Black Panther who got asked about his causing problems once and he just pressed a button to retract it back into his suit.

Yes, was hoping for the red-haired dollies, maybe they'll do a Circus of Strange?

Lots of good work on display there graven. New bat looks really good.& you're right... excellent work on the cloak.

Good work all round.

monkeytroll wrote:What would Barman be without a splendiferous cape to blow magnificently in the cold Gotham winds?

Think it was Black Panther who got asked about his causing problems once and he just pressed a button to retract it back into his suit.

Yes, was hoping for the red-haired dollies, maybe they'll do a Circus of Strange?

Ah, the Amazing Barman, now there's a superhero we can all get behind Black Panther
That reminds me, once he's done and BTAS is done I'll have all the Batmen done!! I'm sure a group shot was requested.

Gitsplitta wrote:Lots of good work on display there graven. New bat looks really good.& you're right... excellent work on the cloak.

Thanks kindly

Dr H wrote:Good work all round.

Ditto!




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Debating what to work on nex, after these guys are done. Any suggestions? Anything random folk would like to see?

Good stuff, but I got to say your batmans are always top notch.

Barman has a great cape, made of towelling so he can soak any spillage instantly. I have noticed that my stupid auto-correct (which insists that auto-correct itself should be anti-virus) keeps changing bat to bar (did that time too). However I think I may have been on my laptop when I posted that...in which case pure Freudian slip

Group shot of Batman in the Bat-verse would be cool. How many versions are there?

Bat is spot on. Your DC minis must be huge by now. give me a group shot.. Maybe a good shot vs Bad shot.

Concurring with others, a few group shots please!

Alright dudes?

Yorkright wrote: Good stuff, but I got to say your batmans are always top notch.

Thanks sir. No pressure

monkeytroll wrote:Barman has a great cape, made of towelling so he can soak any spillage instantly. I have noticed that my stupid auto-correct (which insists that auto-correct itself should be anti-virus) keeps changing bat to bar (did that time too). However I think I may have been on my laptop when I posted that...in which case pure Freudian slip

Group shot of Batman in the Bat-verse would be cool. How many versions are there?

16 I think. I don't own the promo alternate sculpt of Zurr-en-Arrh, that's all. I've not collected the alt sculpts generally, not that fussed, cool as they are. Got to be reasonable after all realised that I haven't yet painted Arkham Origins Batman either though, which is annoying he's going to jump up the queue

Solar_lion wrote:Bat is spot on. Your DC minis must be huge by now. give me a group shot.. Maybe a good shot vs Bad shot.

Like a shelf of shame shot? Will do. Yeah, my collection is fairly preposterous

Yorkright wrote: Concurring with others, a few group shots please!

Will do. There's going to be a massive reorganization of stuff soon, start of August most likely, going to order a couple of kr cases and go from there.

So home again, briefly, and time to tidy a couple of bits and bobs. Annoyingly, some of my washes dried really inconsistently because of the heat, so I had to redo some things. Sigh. Anyway...
Biologus Putrifier, finally.






All in all, delighted with the sticky bastard.

Realised that adding to my Wonderland woes, my Rabbit's face was miscast. Bit of GS recovery required!

So a bit more progress on them.

Oh, and a couple of additions to the motor pool.

The camper has a detailed interior and looks like it will be ace for Walking Dead. The ice cream van is getting Jokered.

Pyg and dollotrons done, I think.





As are the Warriors 3.




Particularly happy with the various base details, coke can, etc for warriors, bloody tools for dollies .

Debbie done.


Really struggled to get a remotely decent, or even indecent, pic of her.


And Batman might be done. Not sure.

So there we are. 10 more. 178 so far... The aim is to try to do 9 more in the last week of July, so equalling 2017's total.

The 9 to-do are:
Batman Arkham Origins (bugger...)
Batman Animated Series (not even based or primed!!)
Tweedledee
Tweedledum
March Harriet
... And 4 more
No guarantees but likely
Nightwing
Shazam!
Mad Hatter
Raven (also not primed, but the boys are hassling me )

Anyone care to take a guess at what the total for 2018 will be?

Adiós,
Graven

So who would win in a fight, Batman or the Warriors? I'm amazed to see the minis.

Batman's eyes need a bit of shading, if nothing else. Give him the approrpiate brooding look.

nice stuff man really like the warriors and the playmate...

Red Harvest wrote:So who would win in a fight, Batman or the Warriors? I'm amazed to see the minis.

Batman's eyes need a bit of shading, if nothing else. Give him the approrpiate brooding look.

Good shout on Batman I'll address that on my return. The Warriors models are... Not... Strictly... Legit. But they are very cool. And the rule of cool always wins, right?

alabamaheretic wrote:nice stuff man really like the warriors and the playmate...

Fun to do, cheers. She's a bit of a nightmare so, again, may get a bit of tidying. Still, progress is progress.

I'm loving the progress on the Batman stuff, Graven. Also, the Warriors do look fun...are they for use as thugs in Batman games?

I'm currently working on minis and terrain for Ash Barker's Last Days: Zombie Apocalypse (28mm survival skirmish game), and am on the lookout for emergency type vehicles that fit with this miniature scale...they tend to be 1/43-1/48, or thereabouts...

Also, I've seen you and a few others on here turn their P&M Blogs into an ongoing shelf-of-shame, instead of the traditional sticking to one project and go at it until completion....this really fits my gamer ADD personality well, so I think I will be doing that on my Blog going forward. Just trying to decide the best way to make the individual projects easy to follow. Summaries on page one with links seems to be the best solution...

Debbie’s been done dude , yours just still looks good after you finished her (sorry PG blog ).

Pyg and company look great, so does bats .

Warriors, yes, rule of cool must prevail here. Are you going to try and paint their colors on the backs of their vests?

Bats looking nice and moody, but yeah, maybe hit those eyes up to get full brood on.

Bases for Pyg and follies are suitably wrong, as are they


Everything else looking smooth too


We eagerly await the final two Bats.

Fango wrote:I'm loving the progress on the Batman stuff, Graven. Also, the Warriors do look fun...are they for use as thugs in Batman games?

I'm currently working on minis and terrain for Ash Barker's Last Days: Zombie Apocalypse (28mm survival skirmish game), and am on the lookout for emergency type vehicles that fit with this miniature scale...they tend to be 1/43-1/48, or thereabouts...

Also, I've seen you and a few others on here turn their P&M Blogs into an ongoing shelf-of-shame, instead of the traditional sticking to one project and go at it until completion....this really fits my gamer ADD personality well, so I think I will be doing that on my Blog going forward. Just trying to decide the best way to make the individual projects easy to follow. Summaries on page one with links seems to be the best solution...

Sadly there are no generic thugs in BMG. However, the Devils Outcasts gang in Street Wars are closely modelled on the Street Demonz for BMG (which I own), so my SWNYC Outcasts gang has a whole lot of extra dudes also, there are BMG scenarios that need civilians, so they're useful for that.
Dollar stores (to use the foreign argot) are your friend. 1/48 or even, at true 28mm, 1/52, work well. The mantic accessory pack for Walking Dead is excellent, very reasonable, loads of great post apocalyptic scatter/objectives, and comes with 2 bashed cars and 2 dented pickups; the pickups have roof lights so I just chopped them off one and stuck them on one car to make Rick's cruiser.
Yeah, I did a sort of page one summary, though Gitsplitta is the master. I think a lot of us need the hobby ADD because just one project becomes a grind. I've seen that with BMG, and hence the big switch to Equally, I've still not mustered the energy to tackle wave 4 of TWD (and let's not talk about all those Dreadball teams!)

Theophony wrote:Debbie’s been done dude , yours just still looks good after you finished her (sorry PG blog ).

Pyg and company look great, so does bats .

cheeky boy and thanks!

Red Harvest wrote:

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 Theophony wrote:
Debbie’s been done dude

I thought it was that Dallas was done. By Debbie. Spoilered 'cuz it ain't a PG-13 or even an R reference.

Warriors, yes, rule of cool must prevail here. Are you going to try and paint their colors on the backs of their vests?

Possibly the guy who makes the game has done transfers for the official gangs. I'm trying to convince him to make a set of Warriors ones as a promotion
Once I've done Cleo, I'll try to get a shot of both girls with Randall St James (the Flashman - dealer/pimp) as well; although each player only needs one civilian and one Flashman, I want to be able to have two full sides, so a Warrior will likely do double duty, probably the guy by the barrel. Also I have another promo warrior already painted, might even do a full SWNYC group shot.

monkeytroll wrote:Bats looking nice and moody, but yeah, maybe hit those eyes up to get full brood on.

Bases for Pyg and follies are suitably wrong, as are they


Everything else looking smooth too


We eagerly await the final two Bats.

The only thing that puts me off is that this is bright shiny comic bats. But a bit of Nightshade probably wouldn't go amiss. Glad you approve, whilst I cave (batcave?) to bat-related peer pressure

I did a quick count. At present, I have 155 unpainted models:


Later
Graven

I think I may have more than that just in the 'partially built' section of my stuff. ....

Interested to note Black Orchid in there, constantly impressed by the range of characters that are represented.


Hmmm....I hear you on Bats, but even through the 70's he had a brooding look around the eyes I feel. A shade around them helps make the white lenses pop a touch. Only version that wouldn't benefit from similar treatment would be Adam West era.... All personal preferences of course.

Warriors need a train car...just sayin Looks great!