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Woot, big Tom and the Death Eaters! Looking forward to those. The Tumbler base is great. Really effective. Dev looks good. The other DB bot is looking...prime.

You my man have a lot of irons in the fire. Potter stuff looks like a lot of fun, have you had time to play it yet?

Batmans main ride looks great, can you place a batman fig next to it for a sense of scale?

youwashock wrote:Woot, big Tom and the Death Eaters! Looking forward to those. The Tumbler base is great. Really effective. Dev looks good. The other DB bot is looking...prime.

You're kind all round. Yeah, Voldemort and the gang really bolster my forces of darkness.

Yorkright wrote: You my man have a lot of irons in the fire. Potter stuff looks like a lot of fun, have you had time to play it yet?

Batmans main ride looks great, can you place a batman fig next to it for a sense of scale?

Or, I have typical hobby ADHD and yes, of course, I'll even show the crew as a whole with their ride:

It's not bad, and it's within 1mm of the Eaglemoss one. Just needs a bit of a sand and it'll be good to get primed.

In other news, I have given up on trying to find the missing dino limb

Paper clip and green stuff ftw!

Other than that, much gap filling occured, whilst watching the first episode of the Mandalorian (so damn good, proper Japanese western. Busy work so all ready for priming. Yesterday was cold, and the freeze is going to start to hit later in the week, but today is mild (if wet'n'wild) so will try to get them started, if not done. Slightly irked for not getting Zod and co done too but mustn't dwell; legs are into base tabs at least, along with Mongul's.

Nibbling away at the pile of stuff, then!
Graven

Hi gang, quick update:

I've done something to my shoulder, and have pain radiating down my right arm through my hand. Which royally sucks, as it's slowing down any painting or building. Although lots is primed, I don't know how this will affect me; taking a few days off hobby to recover.

Still, this came in the post:

So that's nice Going to try to magnetise Dumbledore, acting as a test for the new BMG leaders (he, like them, has 2 base sizes). A bunch will go to a mate as a big Xmas bundle, as there's a lot there I have - Croc, Manta, Frost, Grodd, Lex and Sinestro (though I have taken a cheeky wee press mould of his lantern logo for... research purposes ) along with Solomon Grundy. As for the rest of the DC stuff, the new sculpts and characters are ALL MINE!!! No display Wonder Woman, but that's ok - because KM identified a quality control issue BEFORE dispatching them to retailers.

Planning xmas gaming with the kids, instead. DC, HP - which is fun, if a bit messy and should NEVER have been crowbarred into a tournament format - and going to try Hellboy (#spoileralert: that's next year's big painting project).

Hopefully get some stuff done once the pain has eased up. It's not a huge deal, really, but I'm acutely aware of where I was a couple of years ago.

Hey ho
Graven

Good luck with your shoulder, hope a little hobby pause will help!

Viterbi wrote:Good luck with your shoulder, hope a little hobby pause will help!

Me too :/ thanks. The only problem is that I end up with hobby guilt at that point

Sounds painful, hope you recover fast.

Having just painted that Dumbledore, he should be dead easy to magnetise. Slots right into the larger base. so a couple of magnets in the rocks attached to his feet should work fine. Hell of a mini though, you'll enjoy painting that!

Glad you mentioned that that WW has a quality issue, I nearly bought one the other week but I shall hold off for a while now.

There’s always hobby research that can be done. You know watching movies, reading rules buying things . Very low shoulder use in those.

Hope you heal up soon

Oof. Sorry to hear about the shoulder. You didn't break any Horcruxes lately, did you? They can be nasty things.

Loot pile is sweet. Serendipitous occurrence with that Sinestro.

Get Well Soon!

Paradigm wrote:Sounds painful, hope you recover fast.

Having just painted that Dumbledore, he should be dead easy to magnetise. Slots right into the larger base. so a couple of magnets in the rocks attached to his feet should work fine. Hell of a mini though, you'll enjoy painting that!

Glad you mentioned that that WW has a quality issue, I nearly bought one the other week but I shall hold off for a while now.

I would, though there are some ok ones out there in the wild, apparently. They aim to have them out with 3rd ed in a couple of days. Thanks for the tips on Double-door.

Theophony wrote:There’s always hobby research that can be done. You know watching movies, reading rules buying things . Very low shoulder use in those.

Hope you heal up soon

Yeah, who knows, might even play something

youwashock wrote:Oof. Sorry to hear about the shoulder. You didn't break any Horcruxes lately, did you? They can be nasty things.

Loot pile is sweet. Serendipitous occurrence with that Sinestro.

Mind you those potter minis are pretty brittle... Indeed, timing worked well.

Slinky wrote:Get Well Soon!

It's a bit pinchy, and I can feel the pain in my hand, but just getting on with it.

Turns out you can't keep a good nerd down. I got a bit too excited (blame Mandalorian) and went and made some yellow lanterns.

It turns out that, whilst the press mold of sinestro's logo worked, it was far too small for Hank. Good for Mongol though looks like I'm going for a Sinestro corps team. Hank got his sculpted, after all that. Obviously a bit more gs/filing and clean-up still to do. And, y'know, arms for Cyborg Supes; I was sculpting the ring on and decided to do it before attaching them. I do love his base, too. I have mixed feelings about the new giant scenic bases but these are proper snazzy. Aquamomoa has one too. Want to get Scarecrow done now, to get a proper Fear team done. Tempted to convert slutty Starfire into Lyssa Drak also. Hmm...

Also got Zod and Nam-Ek, his big goon, built:

Filing and filling to go, obviously. Feora has started also, but nothing worth picturing. How do we feel about Zod's helm tossed down onto his base?

RL is starting to feel slightly more sane; there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel - as long as it's not the =][= come to burn the heresy out of me.

Hey ho
Graven

You're a madman for sculpting the Corps symbol, but a craftsman for pulling it off, looks really good! Looking forward to seeing paint on all of this when the arm's back in shape!

Good looking yellow lantern guys.

I like Zod’s helmet on the ground. Real “come at me Bro.” Move showing he’s not afraid of getting punched by Superman.

Glad the arm isn’t holding you back.

Discarded helmet works. Looking forward to seeing the S-Corp colors on Mongul and Cy-Supes.

I kneel before Zod.

Take care of that arm buddy, hope your feeling better soon.

Paradigm wrote:You're a madman for sculpting the Corps symbol, but a craftsman for pulling it off, looks really good! Looking forward to seeing paint on all of this when the arm's back in shape!

Oh, I am certainly crazy.

Theophony wrote:Good looking yellow lantern guys.

I like Zod’s helmet on the ground. Real “come at me Bro.” Move showing he’s not afraid of getting punched by Superman.

Glad the arm isn’t holding you back.

Well, I'm just going for it. Mind you I managed to hit myself in the head with a car door today.

youwashock wrote:Discarded helmet works. Looking forward to seeing the S-Corp colors on Mongul and Cy-Supes.

Me too lol! Weather is around freezing just now. But I've got my standard pale primer (Kobra Platform grey) ordered anyway for Mongul et Al.

Briancj wrote:I kneel before Zod.

Quite right. It's worth rewatching the Reeve movies. Superman (78) is essentially a screwball comedy.

Yorkright wrote: Take care of that arm buddy, hope your feeling better soon.

Ibuprofen is amaaaaaazing.

More DC building

That Aquaman trident is idiotically spindly. I'm considering having a massive tentacle spiralling up it, but I'm open to other ideas.
Feora built, with the same helmet toss. And CySup built, though his chest triangle still needs a bit of filling. I could, legitimately, give him multiple lantern rings on his left hand but I like the pose of the right hand - plus that side of the model is otherwise greys and blacks rather than red.
And Devastator... Combine!

He's a big lad.

Need to get a team pic.

But you get the idea.

Not sure what the weekend will hold. Pretty quiet, as planned.

We'll see any suggestions or requests?

Graven

Try not to master smacking yourself in the head with a car door , I’m sure there’s a competitive sport in it somewhere (see slap fighting ), but at our age I don’t think we have it I need us.

Not disappointed at all by devastator .

 Theophony wrote:
Try not to master smacking yourself in the head with a car door , I’m sure there’s a competitive sport in it somewhere (see slap fighting ), but at our age I don’t think we have it I need us.

Not disappointed at all by devastator .

It was particularly special of me

Here's the team... Combined

They look rad, awesome color choices!

Great color choices Graven, they will really standout on the field. The poor fellas laying on the ground are in need of a medic.

That is too awesome for words.

You're a far braver man than I my friend... green stuff (shudder).

The green team looks fantastic. Always been fond of lime green and purple. I must have been a Landsknecht in a former life.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
You're a far braver man than I my friend... green stuff (shudder).

The green team looks fantastic. Always been fond of lime green and purple. I must have been a Landsknecht in a former life.

Or a fan of the comic book Lex Luthor

Great looking team, even the injured guys fit in.

Nice team, the green works really well with the purple accents.

Heretic Tom wrote:They look rad, awesome color choices!

Cheers buddy!

Yorkright wrote: Great color choices Graven, they will really standout on the field. The poor fellas laying on the ground are in need of a medic.

They're so doomed. Brokkr are almost impossible to knock down without serious injury. So they're humped.

youwashock wrote:That is too awesome for words.

You're most kind.

Gitsplitta wrote:You're a far braver man than I my friend... green stuff (shudder).

The green team looks fantastic. Always been fond of lime green and purple. I must have been a Landsknecht in a former life.

I would love to see how you tackle the Empire of the old world lol.

Theophony wrote:

 Gitsplitta wrote:
You're a far braver man than I my friend... green stuff (shudder).

The green team looks fantastic. Always been fond of lime green and purple. I must have been a Landsknecht in a former life.

Or a fan of the comic book Lex Luthor

Great looking team, even the injured guys fit in.

Aw, man, don't mention comic lex

Viterbi wrote:Nice team, the green works really well with the purple accents.

Steel done

Didn't photograph well. But I'm happy with it.

I used a metallic blue base coat, as that's how he was originally depicted in the comics. Enjoyed doing the sharp silver highlights and ultra red Cape.

But let's have some bad guys:

Osl fun. And a horcrux:

Ssssssssssssssssssssss...

Voldemort has also been started, as have Aurors, and Spartan is on the way. I've got a plan to make a comic Black Canary from Copperhead, because I'm a mug.

Been working on my Gaslands uk secret Santa, but that can wait for a pic
Hey ho
Graven

OSL looks good, I like it when it’s not over done. Scales on Nagini are very life like. Sounds like a whole lot more on the way!

Yeah, the OSL on the Death Eaters is a great touch. I especially like the wands. Nice patterning on Nagini.

Yorkright wrote: OSL looks good, I like it when it’s not over done. Scales on Nagini are very life like. Sounds like a whole lot more on the way!

Thanks!
I think it's very dependent on the style of painting. It suits the ultra highlighted GW store style, but I think it doesn't suit, for example naturalistic or even comic style. I've seen some ridiculous versions of red skull holding the tesseract. Blue skull...

youwashock wrote:Yeah, the OSL on the Death Eaters is a great touch. I especially like the wands. Nice patterning on Nagini.

Thanks. I really enjoyed painting her. I got the idea while looking at colours for the Basilisk (which is also coming along).

A touch of insomnia led to getting the Dark Lord done also:


His wand snapped when a brush came within 3ft of it. Hence the paperclip repair job. It's now been bent down to a slightly better angle.

Loved doing his cloth.

Talking of repairs, did Diggle also

Given what a terrible, messed up state the original fig was in, he's turned out ok. I think the old ammo objective was pretty inspired for his base

Did the Secret Santa car:

I've deliberately left it relatively unarmed

That way its new owner can upgrade it according to their own taste if they wish.

And started on Cryptozoan for Dreadball (or indeed Deadzone):

Mind-flayer, essentially. Not decided what colour to make its "head" yet. I actually quite like the grey. I might go for a light blue on the frilly bit, jellyfish style.

Brain a bit frazzled

Still, nearly xmas. Making a conscious effort to see my nerd-brothers&sisters, so looking forward to that.
23 figs to go for "1 a day for a year." Totally doable. No pressure...
Later
Graven.

I understand the insomnia, definitely one of those things that would get the brain ticking. Just had one of our cats walk across my face at 3:15 a.m., I must remind myself that I love them this early in the morning.

The Dark lord is looking fly for a bald guy . His snake is also looking very nice.

Cool truck,that’s a great Christmas gift.

You can do the 23, you just need what? Two/three dreadball teams.