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Tie-dye was an excellent idea graven. Perfecto!

The pace...uncanny. Congrats on wrapping up Hellboy. Set looks great. Digging the pair of Canaries.

Those Tie-dye tops are amazing!

And congrats on finishing the Hellboy set.

Inspired stuff those tie-dye t-shirts, magical

monkeytroll wrote:Tie-dye worked well, makes a nice contrast against the GCPD Blue.

Bullock looks great, nice sculpt too.

Joker coming along nicely.

Thanks. Yeah the Bullock sculpt is dead on.

Paradigm wrote:Tie-dye Joker gang are looking great, colourful yet very cohesive. Lovely blending as well, what's your method for that colour fade?

Congrats on getting the full Hellboy set done, mighty impressive.

Many thanks indeed. Method to follow!

CptJake wrote:Damn, I'm often jealous when I look at this thread, but that tie dye takes to to a new level. Please do describe the process, it looks great.

Most kind - and see below!

Viterbi wrote:Tie-dye is marvelous and good backstory on the gang with the police uniform parts. Bullock is a great sculpt, that donut

Cheers I had to get a distinct feel for them so it was about finding the right narrative

Gitsplitta wrote:Tie-dye was an excellent idea graven. Perfecto!

Thanks buddy!

youwashock wrote:The pace...uncanny. Congrats on wrapping up Hellboy. Set looks great. Digging the pair of Canaries.

Well they are a lovely pair many thanks. It's a great, if weird feeling to have so much painted and so little left to do lol. Maybe I need another project

aku-chan wrote:Those Tie-dye tops are amazing!

And congrats on finishing the Hellboy set.

Many thanks on both counts

Slinky wrote:Inspired stuff those tie-dye t-shirts, magical

Well I'll be honest I didn't expect such a great reaction from everyone, but I'm certainly delighted!

So here's the process, over a dark grey prime I use Vallejo Game Colour pink, Livery green and model colour purple. It's a really simple method, and derived from the way I used to do graffiti on buildings. The 3 main colours are blocked in with a gap between each of them; it doesn't matter what colours you do but the middle colour needs to be the most opaque, so you may need to add a bit of thinner medium to the other 2. Then start to fill the lower gap with bottom colour, and whilst still wet you add the middle colour in vertical strokes "pushing" into the bottom colour; then do the reverse for the other colours. It's the same push-pull method for wet blending cloth that I use (blame Gitsplitta ); hope that makes sense!

Played a bit of Hellboy in Mexico with the kids today

Luchadors vs hungry vampires! What's not to love? barrels of crazy fun.

Talking of crazy fun, spent a bit of time kitbashing AoS with my eldest. We found enough bits, including some 80s skeletal spears, to make a couple of chainrasps, which means he can now run 30 of the spooky buggers he's LOVING AoS and the fact he is churning out a sizeable painted force in next to no time. I got him a GW monster case as an Easter reward for his hard hobby work and all the help he does around the house, so he's happy as pie. We also sorted out blightking oddments leftover from 40k kitbashes, and bulking out with milliput for now.

So in the middle is the most complete one that I have. The other two are salvaged from 40k parts.

The two at the sides are khorne berserkers... Maybe? that have had a bit of Nurgley love. In the middle is a WIP rotbringer sorcerer, just shaping out just now. Progress of sorts.
More to follow, back on the DC wagon I imagine,
Graven

Late to the catch up, love the tie-dye shirts. Jokers are always interesting lot.

All that Hellboy .

Blightkings are an awesome force, especially with the 2019 generals handbook explosive hits (rolls of a natural 6 becoming d6 hits) really help the infection spread. The Blightkings Pusgoyles come two to a set with four possible riders, so you wind up with two extra full upper torsos from each set. This might get me to start sculpting, but most likely I’ll just find some sort of slug body to mount them on.

Theophony wrote:Late to the catch up, love the tie-dye shirts. Jokers are always interesting lot.

All that Hellboy .

Blightkings are an awesome force, especially with the 2019 generals handbook explosive hits (rolls of a natural 6 becoming d6 hits) really help the infection spread. The Blightkings Pusgoyles come two to a set with four possible riders, so you wind up with two extra full upper torsos from each set. This might get me to start sculpting, but most likely I’ll just find some sort of slug body to mount them on.

Cheers. I really know nothing about AoS but my son is very smitten. Do everyones' hits now explode?! There's more work been done on the Blightkings, bit of part juggling, and a revised sorcerer.




Turns out I have a Lord of Plagues. Who knew?!

Not sure what to do with this guy. And yes, now on 40mm bases. Fun times with circle cutter.

It's been good to do some modelling rather than painting. My hand is bothering me a bit so better not having a brush in it for a couple of days.

Hellboy wrestling was good fun. Think we're going to invest in the remaining expansions, which means getting a KS copy from the mantic warehouse clearance. Shucks glorious. Rather delightfully the wife had agreed that it's a decent investment, given the amount of time we spend playing the game and it keeps us all sane

Might return the joker gang tomorrow but i suspect the only thing I'll be painting is Kid B's bedroom
Graven

Have taken a bit of a break from painting to rest my hand a bit over the last few days. Lots of yard work, as you colonials would call it, instead.

Randomly bumped into an old chum, Cavzilla19, today at the supermarket (well, at a safe distance!) and had a great life/nerd chat. His wife's 7 months pregnant, can't even imagine the stress. He nagged me about not painting BMG; so, slowly easing back in.


Harvey Bullock. Absolutely glorious sculpt, hope I've done it some sort of justice.

Need to do some more GS work on the Blightkings, and various other projects on the go as always. However, decided that some sort of isolation treat was in order, and managed to bag a Hellboy agent pledge at first direct from mantic (they found one in the warehouse, and very obligingly kept it aside for me). Gives me all the other expansions that should've released this month (BPRD Archives - create your own scenarios expansion - Hecate, Baba yaga), for the price they would've cost at retail, plus Conqueror Worm expansion, upgraded tokens and all the Ks exclusives, effectively for zero. Oh, and the game itself, which I'll use for a giveaway. Worth it.

So till then,
Graven

inmygravenimage wrote:Also got promo Professor Bruttenholm and Pancakes Hellboy done!

NO no NO no NO no NO

That's Pamcakes Hellboy.

Wonderful stuff. Especially like seeing everyone's second-favourite grumpy cop getting some appreciation via cunningly applied paint.

AoS Nurglitch coming together nicely. I appreciate the fact you found a Lord of Plagues just hanging around, forgotten.

Last guy looks like he could do with a slimy disgusting slug body.

Bullock looks great, nice job

Bullock is great, I love your gritty realistic paintjobs on these DC models, it's something I can't pull off myself

 Theophony wrote:
Late to the catch up, love the tie-dye shirts..

Not as late as I...
Yep, great job on the colourful chap, and all the rest.

Vermis wrote:
NO no NO no NO no NO

That's Pamcakes Hellboy.
Wonderful stuff. Especially like seeing everyone's second-favourite grumpy cop getting some appreciation via cunningly applied paint.

Truly, this is our blackest hour
And thanks

monkeytroll wrote:AoS Nurglitch coming together nicely. I appreciate the fact you found a Lord of Plagues just hanging around, forgotten.
Last guy looks like he could do with a slimy disgusting slug body.
Bullock looks great, nice job

I have some amount of random junk reckon I can Kitbash a lord of blights also.

Slinky wrote:Bullock is great, I love your gritty realistic paintjobs on these DC models, it's something I can't pull off myself

You're most kind. Grubby and gritty, that's me.

Dr H wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
Late to the catch up, love the tie-dye shirts..

Not as late as I...
Yep, great job on the colourful chap, and all the rest.

Cheers old chap, and good to see you!

Something different today. I did get on with the building of stuff, but I also started on a wee random project:

A section of road board for Dredd, BMG, or whatever, really. Quick job on some waste chip board. Tidy up, some barriers, and an idea for a rolling roadway. I have more of these boards, but they're all a bit warped. Tempted to stick them under a pile of bricks and see if that helps.

And here's the nurgle chaps, meanwhile:



Finally ready to prime, methinks.
However mini painting going on hold, as it's time to start on the smallish boy's bedroom.
Hey ho
Graven

Lots of potential for mo-pad, lawmaster and tumbler action on a rolling roadway....

Some nice bits on the blightboys, particularly like the use of the cloak as a front.

Nurgle stuff is looking infectious and good! Good look with the boy's bedroom, we finished a few days of cleaning up the garden and "installing" the lawn it takes away some hobby time.

monkeytroll wrote:Lots of potential for mo-pad, lawmaster and tumbler action on a rolling roadway....

Some nice bits on the blightboys, particularly like the use of the cloak as a front.

Can't claim credit for that, it's a Death Guard I've repurposed.

Viterbi wrote:Nurgle stuff is looking infectious and good! Good look with the boy's bedroom, we finished a few days of cleaning up the garden and "installing" the lawn it takes away some hobby time.

Cheers matey! Meanwhile...
The Blue Jays were always crazy even before they hooked up with the Joker, killing cops and taking their gear.

Now they're Back to Gotham, and mean business!






Pretty happy with them. Cops to follow... anon. Mostly, be painting the room.

Hey ho
Graven

Ahh, from the way the cloak folded I thought it was a back cloak from the DG. Still, good work moving back from the 41at millennium to the old world, makes a change from the other way round

Gangers all looking good.

Just be glad your only painting a bedroom. I’m painting the fellowship hall at church during this downtime. 300+ lbs guy on a 12’ step ladder reaching molding 16’ in the air is not fun. Plus the room is 42’x52’. Took a whole day just to patch 30+years of dings, scratches, holes and cracks.

Nurgle guys are looking ace . I like the former Khorne bits thrown in.

the tie-dye with blue jeans makes a very colourful gang, definitely believable as Joker thugs without going full on in the Clown getup!

monkeytroll wrote:Ahh, from the way the cloak folded I thought it was a back cloak from the DG. Still, good work moving back from the 41at millennium to the old world, makes a change from the other way round

Gangers all looking good.

Cheers squire. Yeah it's very odd going in the other direction. if you think that's impressive, the guy with hollowed out stomach with a bell is built over a primaris

Theophony wrote: Just be glad your only painting a bedroom. I’m painting the fellowship hall at church during this downtime. 300+ lbs guy on a 12’ step ladder reaching molding 16’ in the air is not fun. Plus the room is 42’x52’. Took a whole day just to patch 30+years of dings, scratches, holes and cracks.

Nurgle guys are looking ace . I like the former Khorne bits thrown in.

Thanks mate. Yeah, reminds me of painting scenery for shows, great big theatre flats... Ah well. Good spot on the khorne stuff. There's a raptor in the mix too. It's just what was lying about. I have to try to make another lord so that'll be interesting. No spare terminator legs (it's always legs isn't it??) so may have to desecrate another primaris, though they're not really chunky enough and often moulded in odd ways.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:the tie-dye with blue jeans makes a very colourful gang, definitely believable as Joker thugs without going full on in the Clown getup!

Why thanks - and welcome!

Kid's room done, so got the cops finished off.

Honestly, not that happy with them, but they're done and table ready. Hand is an achey mess right now, so not that surprised. Definitely only doing minimal painting, of any variety, tomorrow. Maybe start laying down crap on nurgle guys.

Running out of things to build. 2 teams, still - mecha, all fiddly and faffy, not in the mood. A PBC to customise in some way, theoretically, plague flies and 2 Daemon Princes (I don't know if there's any point in making 2 Daemon Princes, or anything about loadouts in AoS, but still).

Till then
Graven.

As promised, just a couple of wee bits finished up today: the Brothers Boom!

Oh, and a couple of gas cannisters. Almost all my Joker stuff is now done, remarkably. Now I'm just working away at the big fella:

He is a slog, but it'll be worth it.
Back to school - sorta - tomorrow...
Graven

Nice work

Although I thought you were supposed to be building not painting, to rest your hand?

Brothers boom are looking nice, good start on big J. and his scenery.

I have a vision in my head to make worm/maggot leg-bodies for my extra parts. Might try a bit of sculpting tonight.

Are you all doing virtual classrooms also? My wife is enjoying it, but our dining area keeps turning into her “classroom” space.

That is a scenic base, took me some time to see all the details. Already looking very nice!

monkeytroll wrote:Nice work

Although I thought you were supposed to be building not painting, to rest your hand?

Yeah ... well...

Theophony wrote:Brothers boom are looking nice, good start on big J. and his scenery.

I have a vision in my head to make worm/maggot leg-bodies for my extra parts. Might try a bit of sculpting tonight.

Are you all doing virtual classrooms also? My wife is enjoying it, but our dining area keeps turning into her “classroom” space.

Good luck with the maggoty efforts. Liking what I've seen so far. Yeah, there's a bit of takeover over my world, but it's more juggling 3 kids whilst trying to teach that's the challenge.

Viterbi wrote:That is a scenic base, took me some time to see all the details. Already looking very nice!

It's very busy. But I'm getting there.

Today's productivity, along with being back to school (ish).

Arkham Knight, comic version. Ooh, dark and brooding.

Very happy with her (you're not supposed to realise it's a her).

Made a witches' cauldron marker for Hellboy.

Painted a random familiar / helpful Skeleton marker.

Nice to paint a totally random fig for the sake of just because. I found a zombie mechanic, no idea from what, might do him soon.

Working our way through the final Hellboy in Mexico scenario.

Glorious Chair Shot moment. I mean we're almost certainly doomed (it is not going well, and we paused before the final confrontation) but it's mostly hilarious. We've only got 2 scenarios left to play (we're up to HARD) BUT hopefully, Agent pledge with other expansions and ks goodies arrives tomorrow.

Got some good supplies today too: MDF stairs and ladders from Uncertain Scenery and some 28 Napoleonic / fantasy village houses from Tabletop Standard as an isolation challenge. I mean I don't have any PVA glue but still managed to track down a cheap copy of Mortal Realms 11 online (with the sigmarite mausoleum) so ordered that and Lady Olynder for the boy as he's on top form helping us out with his siblings.

Also working some other bits - a few cars for Gaslands, again on a whim - Deadshot and Harley from BTG, early work on the rust for the blightkings, that sort of thing.

Hey ho
Graven

Hellboy has so many cool and really weird sculpts. Looks like a fun game to get, but I have to keep my sights narrow lest Nurgle bless me more than I could hope for.

@ Theo very wise
Another day, some more oddments. Took a notion to make a pursuit special.

I think it's a mod every Gaslands player has to do at some point.

Added to the Pimpin Mishkin

Pimpmobile!

And Bubble Gun Pop!

Man, someone dinged me!

That explains it.


And, finally, finished Joker from Back to Gotham

Big fig.

Another view

Plenty of smoke.

Rear of the curtains

Glad the model is done, felt like a slog. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with it, just couldn't see the other side.

Got my Hellboy box today. Whole lot more good, or rather bad, stuff.

More to come. Bits done on another pursuit special, Joker's old sidekick Gaggy, some more on Anderson and Cadet Judge, blightking corroded metals, other pieces here and there. Lmk if there's anything you want to see,
Graven

Joker is great. I can understand it feeling a slog, there's a lot going on there. Good on all of it.

Nice vroom-vrooms too - obviously a pursuit special is always necessary.

Awesome cars, and Joker has turned out quite well. Congrats on seeing it through.

Just love the Pursuit Special... near and dear to my heart that is.

Fantastic job on the Joker diorama too... very well done!