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Showing something to your own kids can be the horror. I'm known as a very patient man, but only building Lego with them can be quite challenging so you attempting to showing how to use Greenstuff is probably real taxing But it's coming together nicely as far as one can make out, excited for the completed build!

And you definitely are making sure that you don't get bored in the winter, that's a lot of newly built minis

That’s a nice batch of assembled and primed models to keep you busy for an hour or two . Looking forward to seeing that nurglfied fimir getting done, just don’t tell the kids the old history behind them .

aku-chan wrote:That's a lot of stuff built!
Looking forward to your take on the Shadows of Brimstone stuff. I was in on the original Kickstarter and while the minis weren't the greatest, they were pretty neat.

New casts look to be rather better; fingers crossed...

Viterbi wrote:Showing something to your own kids can be the horror. I'm known as a very patient man, but only building Lego with them can be quite challenging so you attempting to showing how to use Greenstuff is probably real taxing But it's coming together nicely as far as one can make out, excited for the completed build!
And you definitely are making sure that you don't get bored in the winter, that's a lot of newly built minis

I have wayyyyyyy too many figs (so say we all!) but at least priming keeps me on top of stuff. We've started the armature, now to wait on the milliput.

Theophony wrote:That’s a nice batch of assembled and primed models to keep you busy for an hour or two . Looking forward to seeing that nurglfied fimir getting done, just don’t tell the kids the old history behind them .

Stealing the womenfolk you mean?

Started the boy on more gs skills:

Helping him with his sculpting.
So, yes, armature:

The shape's there, he's pinned and bent accordingly (you can even see the pin coming out of the back, but it's going to be a bit side-heavy. Serious weighting will be required on the other edge. Back to the bits box!

Big block of resin brickwork (and a metal die for now) to help keep upright. The head will eventually be pinned into the body, obviously, but I'm pretty impressed with his first foray into sculpting detail. Proud dad

What else have I been up to? Well, got the results of a long, long rust test with some iron powder:

This has been exposed to the air for about a month after being soaked in vinegar and water. Turned out well I think.

And, a bit of work on Harley on a Harley

She's got a Just Eat (or should that be Just Beat?) pannier; I decided to paint the 3 bikers as delivery drivers. I've turned an old pop-socket (one of those things kids use to hold their phones) into a wee photo stand which is quite neat also. Next job will be to block in all the black on her (and, I suppose the other bikes, which are going to be much darker generally).
On we go,
Graven

Wow... sculpting practice... awesome!

Can't believe you really rusted something. You're a head-case if there ever was one my friend! Please keep on being so!

Spawns sculpting looks very good to me, pretty sure my little one would like to do it too but he likes to smash everything made of playdoh so we may hold off on that. Harley on Harley I like it!

Have you considered...NOT buying new miniatures?

--Brian

Gitsplitta wrote:Wow... sculpting practice... awesome!
Can't believe you really rusted something. You're a head-case if there ever was one my friend! Please keep on being so!

Well I try lol. Although I'm surprised I can still surprise you

Yorkright wrote: Spawns sculpting looks very good to me, pretty sure my little one would like to do it too but he likes to smash everything made of playdoh so we may hold off on that. Harley on Harley I like it!

Oh, how I hate playdoh gets everywhere and never looks the way it should.

Briancj wrote:Have you considered...NOT buying new miniatures?
--Brian

Who even are you
In fact, I've just bought the necromancer Sabbat from the old mongoose Dredd figure line. Mongoose stuff is bonkers money to get usually (OOP) but I have found a military model store online which has loads of old stock on offer, so I've grabbed him so I can play 2000AD: The Walking Dead (fun nerd fact, the term The Walking Dead is a quote from the Judgement Day storyline, where Sabbat resurrects the Earth's dead and overruns the Mega-Cities). I've not used the store before, but if this comes good, well, I know where Santa's shopping

Sorry for lull in output; October's score is looking very poor right now . Work is very strange at the moment, with kids off here there and everywhere so lots of hobby time going on prepping extra stuff :/ it is what it is. Frustrating that I can't get paint on stuff, which is always the preference. Still, milliput due to arrive today, so work on the armature can progress. I've also primed up #2's horde of Sigmarites, I'm hoping to get him to production line drybrush armour, bases and cloth so he can see quick, effective results.

Hey ho
Graven

Wow, that's some seriously impressive sculpting effort from your kid, 'm not sure I could sculpt a skull or foot like that even now, and I wouldn't even know where to start with putting an armature together!

 Briancj wrote:
Have you considered...NOT buying new miniatures?

Oooor... buy a 3D printer so you don't have to buy minis, because you can just constantly make them!

Woah! That's amazing work. Proud dad indeed! The Mourngul might be a good project to learn anatomy on too, because the features are so exaggerated. But what do I know.

Also, late to mention it, but that display Wonder Woman last page is jaw dropping. She looks epic and heroic.

Paradigm wrote:Wow, that's some seriously impressive sculpting effort from your kid, 'm not sure I could sculpt a skull or foot like that even now, and I wouldn't even know where to start with putting an armature together!

Briancj wrote:Have you considered...NOT buying new miniatures?

Oooor... buy a 3D printer so you don't have to buy minis, because you can just constantly make them!

Very, very bad idea lol. I'd spend all my money on STLs I have a mate who is a CAD lecturer who has one, so at a push he's an available outlet
As for the sculpting, well, he's going over existing parts for the bone structure to give the proportions (maulerfiend hands and from the box o' skulls) although he's been haranguing me all week about getting milliput. Sigh... at least he's keen.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Woah! That's amazing work. Proud dad indeed! The Mourngul might be a good project to learn anatomy on too, because the features are so exaggerated. But what do I know.

Also, late to mention it, but that display Wonder Woman last page is jaw dropping. She looks epic and heroic.

Yeah I truly am. Though I think he was less of a fan when I made him sit with pictures of the anatomy of the arm Trying to apply some of what I learned from the great Kev White (Hasslefree) about building musculature out of green stuff.
Speaking of which...

And on it goes

My only niggle is how he's positioned the upper hand, I feel it should be Palm down, but he's happy.
They've been working on their little sister too

Slave labour lol. I suspect middle spawn likes army painting as little as his big brother
I meanwhile have been working on Mutants!

Mutant team for Dreadball. Great kit, lots of variety, great for all sorts of games.

Lovely figs. I'd avoided building for ages but then realised I don't care about WYSIWYG. Rule of cool, y'all.
And also got my Martians done.

Ekekekekekekekek, and so on. Fun doing them in comic book colours.
Cranking out a couple of Dreadball teams: that's one way to up the monthly tally and maintain the average

Graven

Sculpting is really coming together, he should be very proud after finishing his own model.
Dreadball teams look fun, especially the Martians with their little helmets.

Viterbi wrote:Sculpting is really coming together, he should be very proud after finishing his own model.
Dreadball teams look fun, especially the Martians with their little helmets.

He's doing great. Just the ribcage/cloth to go.

The teams were indeed most entertaining to do, and quite therapeutic also. I'm so chuffed I found the Martians' helmets cos it really finished them off. I've got a couple spare for if I ever manage to get extras without (eg there's a standard bearer who'd be great addition to the coaching staff).

I also got 2 of the other 3 remaining teams built at the weekend, Koris (teleporting spider things) and Asterians (eldar). That just leaves the mix and match robots to do, and get them all primed before the weather really turns. Definitely going to need some more models after that lol.

Meanwhile, got distracted by all the amazing Bushido content from Gitsplitta, Theophony et al... so did some ninjas:

A fairly quick job on 3 Talons from the Court of Owls from BMG. I don't play/collect Court any more, but (left to right) Cobb can be played with Bane (which is my main 3rd Ed faction), Strix with Birds of Prey (for BMG and DCU), and hey, who doesn't like to have a spare ninja lying about the place? There is actually a 4th figure in the set, a leader in a suit, but I have plans for him.

Slightly sidetracked there, but it's all about clearing the shelf of shame
Later
Graven

Finally got the work computer to allow me access to DakkaDakka . The sculpting is going great. looking forward to the Ninja. I need to get back to Bushido, but my fun time has been serverely cut down lately.

Theophony wrote:Finally got the work computer to allow me access to DakkaDakka . The sculpting is going great. looking forward to the Ninja. I need to get back to Bushido, but my fun time has been serverely cut down lately.

Thanks man, the boy has done good. Yeah, sorry to hear about the disappearing geek time Owls were fun, lots more odds and ends to do for all manner of games.
As an aside, that's me just over the 700 line. Not to tempt fate but getting 30 done in the rest of the year (i.e. doubling the 365 challenge for 2020) seems more and more feasible. Just in terms of numbers I have 47 primed figs on the shelf:
Dreadball Hobgoblin team (11)
Harley bikers, Display Bane, Display Superman, and other BMG (9)
AoS Nurgle (11)
Rogue Trader Starstriders Kill Team (10)
Dredd Mutants (5)
Funky Dude - 70s Skeleton with 'fro (1)
So that should do me

Amazing output graven... I am envious.

Looks like your sculptor is making good headway, I like the hand it’s supposed to be some strange beast anyway. Mutants, Aliens and the youngest painter working hard a very good update.

Dreadball Martians? Those are supposed to be pretty rare. I'm a little jealous.

Love the owl assassins, been some time since I read the comics, but they have a very cool look. Left sculpt is the best, very dynamic.

Gitsplitta wrote:Amazing output graven... I am envious.

Your most kind, as always.

Yorkright wrote: Looks like your sculptor is making good headway, I like the hand it’s supposed to be some strange beast anyway. Mutants, Aliens and the youngest painter working hard a very good update.

TBH now that the shoulderblades and collarbones are constructed it looks better, and your point is absolutely fair. I am loving my halloween monster mash

JoshInJapan wrote:Dreadball Martians? Those are supposed to be pretty rare. I'm a little jealous.

Yeah, I was very lucky to get them, especially with helmets. An Israeli guy on the Dreadball Fb group sent me them as a thank you for helping him with his linguistics thesis (which is what I originally did my degree and post-grad in, and he was citing part of my thesis). The generosity of the global gaming community never sees to astonish and delight me.

Viterbi wrote:Love the owl assassins, been some time since I read the comics, but they have a very cool look. Left sculpt is the best, very dynamic.

Court have been a bit mixed recently, still not 100% about the whole Nightwing / Gray Son thing. But I love the Cobb sculpt, I agree, though Strix's throwing daggers are rather nifty too. This is the second time I've painted these up and it's nice to return to them having parted ways with them previously. I'm quite positive about doing a similar "return" job with Amazons

The Mourngul is now built in its entirety:

I let the boy do the remainder with no input from me beyond a couple of suggestions of what he could modify and some pointers about changing yellow/blue ratios in gs. Particularly impressed with the building up of the ribcage, although his mother was really perplexed when she found him in his bedroom searching up anatomy diagrams (could be worse I guess ).

The trickiest bit of the paintjob will likely be the Sigmarine on the base, which he's going to tackle first - but again, that's also about raising his skill levels (plus if he makes a hash of it, Blood for the Blood God hides a lot of sins )

As I'm riding the Dreadball wave, decide to get my Mechanites built. You get lots of lovely bits:

I mean if I were being picky, I'd've liked more extras, as you effectively have to use all the bits. But again, I'm not that fussed about WYSIWIG. Rule of cool, and so on: they are a tremendously fun set of bits to make crazy robots with for any game. Here's my assembled bunch, the Iron Brutes!

Blue, Orange and silver for colour scheme is the plan (as in Irn-Bru, that notorious scottish beverage).
As I say, there may be Amazons this weekend, partly because I'm really enjoying Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace (the digital only WW comic); my reading matter this weekend included the last 8 issues of the main WW comic (and of course, the Swamp Thing Anniversary Hallowe'en Special). I am enjoying diving back into to DC, though I need to be careful not turn burn out. Mixed it up with some Transformers Galaxies last night (decent, not fantastic, but not bad), and I've got new Hellboy to look forward to. Plus, of course, there's Mando to watch and general Hallowe'en shenanigans about the house with Link, No-Face and Alice as we aren't allowed out guising (trick or treating, as you non-Scots would say). I think as far as painting goes it might be the Koris this weekend, as they're basically spiders
Hey ho
Graven

Mourngal turned out great, looks like he is ready to haul off and hit somebody, the spawn did a fine
job!

Mourngal does look very impressive. Those pics in that order make it seem like it wrecked the Mechandrites .

Oh, yes. They definitely need to be in Irn Bru colours.

--Brian

That sculpt is coming along really well!

Yorkright wrote: Mourngal turned out great, looks like he is ready to haul off and hit somebody, the spawn did a fine
job!

Talented little toad, yes

Theophony wrote:Mourngal does look very impressive. Those pics in that order make it seem like it wrecked the Mechandrites .

quite possibly

Briancj wrote:Oh, yes. They definitely need to be in Irn Bru colours.
--Brian

I have quite a clear picture in my head for them and the Asterians (dark skin, midnight blue, electric green highlights). The Koris, less so. I want a sort of black with purple and orange accents look to them, slightly burtonesque.

Gitsplitta wrote:That sculpt is coming along really well!

Yeah, kid done good.

Because tis the season, I painted Sabbat the Necromagus and his love cloak of faces

I added a *lot* of to his base also


We played a big game of Hellboy also. Fittingly for Hallowe'en, we were against wolves, bats, harpies and witches.

We died horribly in the end when Nimuë the blood queen erupted into tentacles. Good times!

Meanwhile, the boy worked on the Mourngul.

As well as much carving, catching of Donuts, movies, sweets and other such nonsense, my girl and I painted my Asterians (eldar) for Dreadball. The idea was to come up with a colour scheme she liked and could block paint the main colour fairly indiscriminately. I give you... The Midnight Creepers!

Primed white, and we painted the royal purple plus pink drybrush together. Then I covered any brush slips on the skin with fresh white so we could do the skin together, and I then added the secondary colour and did the eyes. Asterians are one of the most cheating bastard teams in the game, so where I've got identical sculpts I've made the numbering similar (1 / 11, 6 /9 etc) and used a spare of the captain to make a fake version of her (X / 10). Incidentally, i started the space spiders, they were a total disaster, so I'm stripping and starting over
#spoileralert. There is a secret project I've been working on for the boy's birthday. Can't say too much, as he occasionally lurks over my shoulder whilst dakkaing, but suffice to say that you lot are going to be happy. Might even edge me close to 800 painted stay tuned for 14th November...
Graven

Sabbat the what???

Necromagus. He resurrected about 3 billion people as zombies.

That sounds like a fun holiday, we cleaned the basement.

Pushing 800? I’ll possibly finish 8 more .

The Mourngul is coming along nicely.

Resurrecting 3 billion people would probably still not allow you to walk around the streets wearing a cloak of faces . Unless one was John Wayne, then with the Duke in your favor you could do just about anything you wanted.

 Theophony wrote:

Resurrecting 3 billion people would probably still not allow you to walk around the streets wearing a cloak of faces . Unless one was John Wayne, then with the Duke in your favor you could do just about anything you wanted.

LOL Theo... that's priceless!

Yorkright wrote: That sounds like a fun holiday, we cleaned the basement.

Woo! Rock and roll! Sounds like the sort of thing my wife would make me do and we don't even HAVE a basement

Theophony wrote:Pushing 800? I’ll possibly finish 8 more .

The Mourngul is coming along nicely.

Resurrecting 3 billion people would probably still not allow you to walk around the streets wearing a cloak of faces . Unless one was John Wayne, then with the Duke in your favor you could do just about anything you wanted.

Lol don't worry about it. It's entirely for my mental health, painting is absolutely necessary to stop me going bat$hit crazy.

Gitsplitta wrote:LOL Theo... that's priceless!

To be fair, John Wayne's face is probably on there

So, the elusive Amazon project continues. These are all rescue models, a broken job lot covered in paint that have been stripped, repaired, and recovered.

L-R, Egeria, Phillipus, Acantha, and Euboeia. The spear was broken, so I cut it down to javelin size, and I'm going to mount a quiver of javelins on her back also. The sword wielder had snapped through the ankles, so was repinned. The queen mini got turned into a tribute to Florence Kasumba, who plays Senator Acantha in WW but also Ayo in Black Panther, so I gave her a spear arm and painted her in similar colours to the dora milaje. The Archer was simply strengthened through the base.

I don't yet have good figures for other named Amazons, and for Menalippe (who really should just have a very large spear - like the one I used on Acantha ), I'm doing a massively over complex conversion using a spare metal horseback wonder woman (new head, arms repositioned, bow, green stuff hand, and gs fabric and sword pommel). Sigh. Oh, and I need to find a quiver (I thought I had one, but it turned out to be for Javelins - hence that late addition - but I must have one leftover from the Frostgrave bits somewhere). Once I've done all that, I'll get a proper group shot. Amazons, assemble!

On the subject of the MCU:

Wee xmas gift for a mate that came from the same job lot.

That's America's Ass.

An old, old, KM Captain America. Turned out not bad.

Because I was having to do a bunch of stripping and repriming anyway, I took the time to attack the mold lines on my Koris. For late-era Mantic plastics, they are still absolutely atrocious. I've not bothered with mold lines on most of my Dreadball, but these were truly dire. On another Dreadball note, I've been invited to join the playtest team, which is really exciting as I'm a just bit obsessed with Dreadball. I've been working on an All-Star Showcase format (I'm allowed to say that "out loud", as it was entirely my idea and is being playtested publicly) and now it's for the releases for next year. Suppose I'd better get my robots finished
Hey ho,
Graven.