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Sofas! - Man that's cool!

I LOVE the tiny bin-bags. (Never thought I'd hear myself say that!).

Thanks a ton, guys, really appreciate the kind words!

@Rogue - I can't remember offhand, but I think they were either the maxmini or microart studio tox guardsman heads. Hope you can find em!

thanks sir^

No worries at all, happy to help!

I'm currently playing a few more games that I usually get to, so thought I'd take a little time to make some nicer terrain. I'm working my way up to making some buildings with plasticard and bulkheads, a la dsteingass (though obviously with considerably less skill!). I'm still working on gangs, so don't worry, the QA will still be very slowly forming up. Mark and Andy, if you're reading, hope you like what your seeing!

A couple of weeks ago, I saw someone had made some really cool skip / dumpster type things on Eastern Fringe. I now can't find the post for the life of me, which is annoying, as I'd really like to credit the guy for an ace idea. That aside, here's my own skip, and a little more junkyard terrain Hope you like it!





Terrible what some people throw away...

As always, I love any feedback, great or terrible. So please hit me with what you think!

very nice sir, looks like a mighty fine peice for your board.. any plans on buildings?

That's a perfectly usable piece of corrugated plasticard! Why did you throw it away?

Hehe, thanks guys!

@Rogue - Thanks, man! I'm planning on knocking together some buildings eventually - shanty-town-esque corrugated iron shacks and some bigger buildings using the necro bulkheads. I'm pretty new to terrain work though, so I'm easing into it with some smaller items

@Skalk - I wouldn't worry, I'm sure it'll be rescued by one of the wastelanders and riveted to the edge of a ramshackle hut in no time.

yea.. well i would expect the shanty town buildings.. as it fits well with your fluff i think

Liking the terrain you got going here Scarp. Where/what are the trash-bags from?

Thanks! They’re really simple actually, and made pretty much how you’d expect. Plus they’re basically free! I cut tiny squares from a real bin bag (you can still use them if you cut it from the top!), then kept any ‘modelling trash’ I made for a few days – things like offcuts of plasticard, shavings from drilling or mould-lining, or bits of sprue. Finally, a little variety of bits goes into each bag with some PVA glue to keep it together and allow you to mould the bag. Then you wire it shut with copper wire. Done! I think they fit my theme pretty well

Today’s update is a bit more on track, as people tend not to be too interested in terrain anyway. Mainly updates on guys you’ve met before! First up is Lodge, who’s now ready for paint. That strap was an absolute, throw-the-model-out-the-window bitch to glue down, and I have no idea why. Glad it’s out the way now though.




Latchkey / Caleb is done too, complete with bent road sign and some ruiny basing. I’m quite pleased with how his pose turned out, though it turned out to be a lot more difficult to keep proportional than I anticipated. Hope you like him – don’t think a model’s spent this long in the sculpting phase in quite a while!



And finally, a quick model I threw together for a vet squad. Not too special, but I like how the leg came out. I say ‘quick’ - Actually started this model about 2 years ago, but was never pleased with her. Think she’s sorted now!


And finally, major (as in, mapping out the territory around Skew Spire, rewrites on quite a few stories, bios for most QA characters and hopefully a few new things!) fluff update coming in my showcase blog at some point over the next few weeks, so keep an eye out!

Hope you like this little lot, and please let me know what you like / hate – best way to learn!

nice update scarp! lodge is looking really cool, i love the fact that he isnt much holding his gun, but interacting with the invironment..and latchkeys pose is amazing, he looks great

I know its a bit late, But I think a body in that dumpster would fit your theme really well, and add some more character to the peice.

LOVE the dumpster! ANd the epic welding masks, as always

Scarper wrote:

Looks like he's pouring one out for his homies.

Scarper buddy I've got a new favourite



Looks absolutely stunning.

Very nice scenery too

^ i think he might be the best pose so far

Scarper wrote:

Hey up Scarp, you just keep getting better and better at modelling man - just looking back and seeing the ridiculous sculpting you do these days, it's awesome!

I quoted this pic because I'm sensing a theme appearing here 'morrigan, pointer at refuse'.... I hope he subtly pops up pointing at other things in future.

Apart from that, my only feedback is keep it up, and have you ever considered consolidating all your fluff in one easily-accessible place? I find it difficult to remember the different backstories.

Cap'n R - away!

Latchkey / Caleb looks like he needs some medical attention.

Apologies for the delay! Work has been a bitch, and I've had very little time. Here's the first part of an intro to the campaign world, which I'll hopefully be giving out to some other players eventually. Not my best, but I wanted to write something. Hope you like it.

Thanks a ton also for the comments, replies to come below!



Irradiated dust and surface dirt howled with the wind through the rent in the dome roof, pooling and swirling in vast dunes around the rusted metalwork of the Creek. The single spar of cold sunlight seemed alien here, throwing long shadows from ancient archways and spotlighting the thick powder that hovered in the air. It was the first time the dome had been exposed to the surface for probably hundreds of years, but Leeson’s Run had brought a lot of the structure down with it as it collapsed. They’d been lucky not to be buried alive. The sound and fury of Caitiff’s surface forcing itself upon the dome made the fragility of the place more palpable - already the fearsome winds were making their mark on the virgin buildings of the Creek. It would not be long before the antique structures were just more sand-eroded ruins, walls carved smooth and razor thin. Crow sighed.

Even through the harsh filter of her goggles and the harsher filter of nearly half a millennium, the beauty the Creek had once possessed was unmistakeable. Hundreds of years ago it would have been an exclusive suburb, ornate and ornamental, a fashionable address for the upper echelons of pre-Imperial society. Permeated throughout with placid canalways, veins running from what was now the Grey Sea, the water proved a genteel and anachronistic means of transport – a serf at the helm, a nobleman reclining. The waterways were once lined with self-commissioned statues of great statesmen, their names now long-forgotten. If you searched hard enough, fragments of these illustrious men could still be found in the detritus that carpeted their former homes. Jutting spars of marble, pockmarked and streaked with runoff, are now the only hints of the dome’s former grandeur: it’s noble purpose did not last. As the hive grew, so too did the expectations of its richer denizens. Was it not right for the upper classes to be on top of the pile, both figuratively and literally?
The Creek had fallen from fashion as one by one its residents moved up in the world. Their homes, though, found new owners. A hive is a living thing – the flow of people ebbs and changes, but an empty chamber will soon be filled. The ready access to a renewing supply of water was not ignored - the newly vacated Creek quickly developed into a hub of industry, with pipelines, walkways and twisted metal production lines snaking round and through the existing buildings. Manufactorums need vast resources and produce plentiful waste, and the beauty of the dome did not stand long against these twin assaults: Lavish but crumbling mansions were gutted and converted to worker’s hab blocks and pumping stations, ornamental architecture demolished to make space for larger vehicles. The canals became putrid lakes of brackish water, filled with both the human waste of the workers and the industrial run-off of the factories. Fumes filled the Creek, rising through cracks like steam from a sewer to taint the domes above. But even this period could not last. With the Skew’s inexorable growth, hivequakes, floods and tsunamis became more and more frequent, interrupting productivity in the lower levels. Such environmental disasters had been common for years, of course – a few thousand workers killed here and there did little to dent production. But these larger events threatened the buildings themselves, and with the infrastructure of manufacture endangered, the industrialists moved on.
By the time Easthollow fell, the Creek was nothing but a den of cutthroats, occupied only by gangbangers; criminals and mutants unable to live in civilised society. But for the hundreds of millions of refugees seeking shelter in the hives from the toxic surface, little option remained. Living conditions were squalid and overcrowded in the Spire even before the Easthollow disaster, with rival factions warring over the most basic spaces to live. Where else but the largely abandoned underhive was there for the new arrivals to call their own? Compared with the alternative, even a life among the outcasts did not seem such a daunting prospect. Shanties and shacks built from corrugated metal and scavenged wood sprang up in their hundreds, their ramshackle facades adding further incongruence to the opulence and industry of the Creek. When conflict over territory escalated, even the waterways were utilised, with crookedly inter-connected archipelagos floating tentatively in the waste. A new economy of scavenged and stolen goods emerged, and for a few months, the Creek became, once again, a home to hundreds.
The Creek today was abandoned. In the months that followed the Easthollow disaster, the air on the surface cleared – It would never be safe again, and even now Crow was sure they were dying a little with each breath they took, but it was, at least, breathable once again. Over time, people began to venture back into Skew State, forming new communities, and reconnecting with those who had found shelter in the open. The overcrowding of the hive eased off, to a degree. But unknown to those that stayed, the air was filtered by moving water on the surface, and it became clearer at the exact rate that the ocean took up its poisons. The floating citizens of the Creek, those who had built their own shelter even on the turbulent effluent that made up what was once the canalways, were the first to fall sick. Those that stayed were not far behind them. From the day the first refugee died from contact with the tainted water, it was less than a month before, for the first time in its history, the dome stood empty.


It was in this historical water, surrounded in equal parts by riches and poverty, that Riff had drowned.

Loving your work. The thing i like best is hard to put into words i can best describe it a 'civilian' and/or 'down to earth' feel to your models. They look like a crew of normal guys who kinda fell in together and are learning through experience and Bungled heists etc.

I can imagine these guys trading firefly style quips and the rugged heroes possesing a Vintage Han Solo wit.

Look forward to more.

@Rogue Wolves - Thanks a bunch! For these guys I'm going for a post-battle, relaxed type theme, rather than a combat sort of thing. Glad you picked up on it

@Prototype - It might be a bit late for that dumpster, but cheers for the idea! I'll try to remember for future projects - I'm working on a fair bit of terrain at the mo.

@dsteingass - Thanks, buddy! You inspired me to have a bash at terrain in the first place, so I really appreciate that.

@Baldsmug - Not quite what I was going for, but he kinda does! It's promethium, though, so hopefully no-one's drinking it

@PDH - Thanks so much, Peter! I'm actually really happy with his pose - took a lot of readjustment to get it to work!

@Cap'n R - Thank you very much, Cap'n, you're way too kind Glad you like what I'm doing though! I'm working on consolidating the fluff at the moment - I just want to finish off one or two of the stories that are half done (I am doing them, honest! Remember the Jackal squad that found the shaft?!), and I'm currently working on a map of the area round Skew Spire, but hopefully this week or next. Will be sure to post here when I do.
And as to Morrigan, I have no idea what you mean

@Skalk - He's just milking it, really. Little bit of traumatic peritonitis never killed anyone. Well, no one that shouldn't have manned up and dealt with it

@Perkustin - Thank you! That has totally made my day: you just described perfectly what I was going for with the Jackals in better English than I could even manage. Thank you so much! Really glad you like what's going on, hopefully I can keep it up

Thanks so much for the comments, everyone - hopefully some kind of model update this weekend!

quite suprised at my stupidety noticing i spelled environment with an i at the begining.. wow, why didnt anyone tell me

Well, if you want your mistakes pointed out Rogue, fair enough....stupidity

More nice fluff Scarp...loving it

or orrr, (a much used exuse) i AM legaly blind you know?

Evocative stuff mate , great read .

@Rogue - It's also "beginning" *hides*

@Monkeytroll - Thanks a ton!

@Neil - Cheers, man, really glad you like it!

Today's update is a little bitty - I've been doing lots of small things, but nothing I really thought worth posting. So now you get lots of small and rubbish updates in one larger rubbish update!

First up is something I've been working on for a little while - thought I'd try my hand at sculpting something from scratch. It's a steep learning curve and I've learnt a fair few things, but it's still all looking a little rough. Obviously he's still unfinished (the arms in particular are just skeleton at the mo), but I wanted to show you how everything looks so far!





I think the pose is working ok, and I'm quite proud of the oxygen cylinder with the tiny watch parts. The head needs work, but I've never sculpted a face before:

I know I say this a lot, but I would genuinely LOVE any input people might have on this guy - it's very new ground for me, and I'd appreciate any tips at all.




I've also been playing with oil paints and rust washes on a few terrain pieces. These barrels got a wash that wasn't quite thin enough, but I still reckon they work, and now I know for next time.


Some techniques produce better results than others - I'm a big fan of how the one on the bottom left here came out:


I tried a different oil technique (I think it's called 'screening' or something ) on these:


and I finished up the sofa pile and started on some quick mesh fences:





Finally, another Remnant truck is a little further along:


Again, apologies for the bittiness, but I haven't really had time to do much sitting down and hobbying at the moment, so I've been doing small things when I have the time! I've got a Gen Med exam on Thurs, have been working full time placements, and signed a lease on a new flat today, so have been fairly busy!
As always, please let me know what you reckon, but I'd love any C&C at all on the sculpt in particular, be it good or bad. Hope you're all doing ace!

If you can drag yourself away from revision can you let me know how you did both of the bottom barrels (green and blue) because I think they look great.

Very nice necro bulkheads, fences and I think the sofa is genius.

The climbing man is very well done. I really like his vest and backpack. Comments on the face...I applaud it because I think it is great and a very big step. While it isn't perfect it is a good start. I think the details need to be finer at the moment they look quite blunt. Did you make the face up or did you try and copy it from somewhere? If you made it up I suggest you find a face on the internet and try and copy it. I know when I have been altering models faces using faces from the net really helps me get there.

Good Luck for Thursday....when will you be staring on Junior Doctors?

Wow, I love the sculpt!!

@PDH - I have found worse reasons to drag myself from revision Glad you like them! The wash is applied sparsely, and it's a small blob of burnt umber oil, some orange rust weathering powder, and about 10 drops of white spirit. Next time I'll probs add more spirit - it was a bit too thick for what I was going for. Really easy to do, just kind of a pain needing spirit to clean your brushes afterwards.

Thanks a bunch for the compliments on the terrain stuff, and especially your critique on the sculpt. I did indeed make the face up - I thought it might be easier to just get general shapes down before trying to copy something existing, but now that I think about it using a real reference makes everything easier Will definitely have to try that on my next face. Do you happen to have any tips for the fine detail? Your recent stuff has been amazing, and half the reason for me attempting this. For this I got the basic shape with my clay shapers (kind of like trying to do calligraphy with a paint roller) then used a hobby knife to carve, but I was having trouble getting it to behave how I wanted it to.
Thanks for the well wishes! No fear on the Junior Doctors program - I don't graduate til the end of June, and I have more sense than to televise my first few weeks on the job I start in August - I recommend not getting sick AT ALL in August - there will be roughly 150 brand new junior docs in Edinburgh alone. Be afraid!

@Captainsolstice - Thanks, man!