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True that!

I'm really loving your terrain paint-ups. It's similar in color profile to what I want to do, although since my armies are all Prospero related, I have to find a way to incorporate a lot of pyramids...

Regardless, the cathedral looking building and different layouts are providing many ideas!

Thank you

All simple stuff. You can get much more creative with the kit, but I couldn’t be bothered.

Paint scheme is Battle Bunnies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGMlEI5OKM

That terrain looks really good! I am in awe of the speed that you are painting at!

Also.. you are a bad influence! HH starter is on it's way :p

Never said I was a good influence


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And as we enter the last dregs of the year, I’m now wondering how best to do a retrospective of everything I’ve built and painted this year.

I don’t have a large enough raised surface, and frankly I’m too old to be messing about on the carpet, no to mention the higher risk of breakages down there.

I think I’ll cabinet everything I can, do a video and upload it to YouTube.

And if I can get clever? Soundtrack it, maybe with some Tenpole Tudor. Or that song from Rocky.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
And if I can get clever? Soundtrack it, maybe with some Tenpole Tudor.

‘Who Killed Bambi’?

Day 255

It’s the Fun Bus!

A very excellent kit to work with. The instructions look like a nightmare, but it goes together wonderfully.

Gyod Dayum, that tank is compensating. A whole lot.

It’s a honking great powered ram. Fnarr Fnarr!

Bit of an odd fish on the battlefield though. It can carry Thallaxi, but relatively few or loads of Tech-Thralls. And whilst armed, it’s almost entirely anti-infantry. Though the Mauler Bolt Cannons do have Pinning.

The ram is quite nice though, as it’s a proper weapon in its own right.

Include the Fun Bus in your youtube vid with some Vengabus playing

Absolutely not!

That would ruin my algorithm

I'm sure there's big crossover in the Mechanicus / Vengaboys fandom

Tomorrow I think I’ll build some Castellax. Definitely in a kit building rather than painting mood at the moment.

 Cap'n Facebeard wrote:
I'm sure there's big crossover in the Mechanicus / Vengaboys fandom

I would second that! The Triaros needs to be bright yellow to match the single cover. And no, I will not be doing that to mine either, even though I do occasionaly play the venga bus to rooms full of goths

As a model, it does look stunning

Having built one of everything in the current plastic range, apart from the Arch Magos I’d say the Mechanicum range is the best GW has ever produced.

The kits go together beautifully, there are no awkward gate channels, and basically no mould lines at all.

That I find the finished products very aesthetically pleasing is just cream on the cake.

Bring on the next wave. Cash is waiting.

Day 256

And from the unfathomable, unknowable, unrepentant depths of the Magic Box O’Stuff?

Something a little bit different. For it is Halloween, which means I paint something spooooooooooky.

Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares.

Had her for yonks, pretty much since release day. Quick dusting off and a skoosh or four of Grey Seer, and I’m set for an evening of spooky, sloppy, contrasty brushwork.

The first model I’ll have painted this year just for the hell of it.



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Well, that’s a good start. Went to touch up the Grey Seer.

Managed to grab the Wraithbone instead.

But hey ho, should still turn out ok.

First colours down.

Paler colour is Akhelian Green thinned with Contrast Medium

Wet blended into tbe wings with Terradon Turqoise, again thinned with Contrast Medium.

Feet I’ve tickled with some Space Woof Grey, but it’s not really worked as I’d hoped.

Will leave it to dry, and apply more Space Woof to darken.

Well, she’s got a lot of work to go, but my eyes have decided they’re having none of it, and are having a dirty protest in the form of a migraine.

But a decent enough start, and will finish her off as and when.

You actually… painted a mini? On Halloween no less! I admire the dedication, all I did was play Resident Evil 3:Nemesis in the dark!



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Keep up tha good work, Commandah!

Kinda slowing down a bit now my main projects are mostly done.

But, I guess the main thing is my backlog has been seriously tackled, with the big big projects (Heresy and LI) completely cleared out.

Just need to finish off the LI ruins, and I guess for the rest of the year? I’ll do Necromunda terrain, hoping to kick off a campaign locally in the new year.

Speaking of which.

First box of Ruins done.

You get quite a lot in that one box. Random scatter terrain will be incorporated into “footprint” ruins for the intact buildings, so I can switch them out during games as a when they get demolished.

Oh yes, evolutive terrain, that's hella neat! Never got enough terrain to actually do that so I guess everyone of my games started after a preliminary bombardment to end the world lol

It’s kinda necessary for LI, as destroying buildings can pay dividends in game - though it’s no simple task.

It’s definitely not cost effective to use the Ruins set to make them though. Those sets I view as Standard Terrain. For swapping out? Footprint Base with interesting rubble is the way forward.

Should also mention the Ruins Sprues leave you with a variety of odds and ends with which to jazz up said Footprint Base ruins.

Nearly done assembling the ruins. Second box, first set done.

Second set to follow, which has fewer “bitty” bits.

All built. Pretty decent collection for a spend of around £160.00* investment.

*after discount.

Still, that's a lot of money!

True, but as it’s gonna last a long time, it’s a pretty worthy investment. Certainly even if I end up chopping and changing armies? It’ll still be the same terrain being fought over.

How large a table do you think that terrain would make for reasonable cover, Doc?

Tricky to say. I think it’s plenty for a 4x4 board. 6x4? Depends. It might be a wee bit sparse.

I do have the Moon Base cardboard board for 40K, which whilst not 6x4 (it’s 5.5 x 3.7) should offer a clearer picture.

I’ll sort a pic of that out after work, as clearing sufficient space means moving the Magic Box O’Stuff out the way, and that bugger is solid Walnut Wood, so quite incredibly heavy (as I learnt humping it up three flights of stairs in my old flat)

Might even decorate it with some LI units, give a clearer picture.

You're off to a good start with Lauka Vai, not a mini you see painted up very often.

I’m hating it 😂😂

Considering spraying it Grey Seer and starting over.