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Bat light is looking excellent Graven and progress on Batman himself is going really well so far.

Viktor von Domm wrote:Love his batsign on his chest!

It's a lovely sculpt. He's ridiculously expensive in game though :/

Gitsplitta wrote:Voted! Looks just great graven!

GiraffeX wrote:Bat light is looking excellent Graven and progress on Batman himself is going really well so far.

Cheers mate!
Onwards...






Pretty happy with him!

Da BAT!

Oh so cool! so so cool! :-) love what you've done it looks amazing, the signal is superb and the Bat is coming along nicely too!

Solar_lion wrote:Da BAT!

Dat bat is finished but resisting all attempts to take a decent picture

nerdfest09 wrote:Oh so cool! so so cool! :-) love what you've done it looks amazing, the signal is superb and the Bat is coming along nicely too!

Hey Damo! Thanks for swinging by! I'm really pleased with the love the signal is getting

So today was a happy day. I'd sold my old hifi amp on eBay, expecting maybe £30, and got £89. :O wife had joked I should enjoy spending it on toys...

So on a whim bought a couple of raffle tickets for The Hive's Facebook Raffle and...
Raffle loot!


Which was nice.
And decided to finish my penguin gang:



Plus these Arkham inmates are ideal additions in terms of aesthetic, points cost and sheer murdering:


Sideproject - the Scarecrow Crew, to be converted into Deathstroke's Mirakuru goons



Don't want the good guys left out though




I have a bit left over from this and another sale. Tempted to finally pick up a force awakens core set for xwing for the extra dice, deck and T70/2x TIE f/o but might actually put it towards wife's birthday :/ that or more militia

On the subject of xwing, got my boys to play the quick start (rookie x wing vs 2 ties). The 5 year old rebel toasted the 8 year old imperial overlord. Much more strategic than his big brother, interestingly. The wife joked she wanted to Be Darth Vader - who of course I have, so we then played darth and Boba (her and young boy, but mostly him) vs a B wing and an E Wing (eldest and me). 5 year old won again, pulling off a really clever maneuver with Vader that totally outflew his brother. Cunning little devil.

So, good times
Later
Graven

Nice haul!

Indeed! To be fair, all the bmg stuff bar penguin thugs was from a mate half price. Built, and with secret weapon bases mind you. those thugs are just a pita to get hold of, they are brutal and really, really cheap in game, so stores never have them in stock - just got lucky.
I'll see how the mdf terrain looks. It may get upcycled (ie painted) into birthday presents for geeks this year! Particularly if not terribly bat-friendly.

Signal looks great.

Good work on Bat, look forward to final shots (try a dark background as he is quite dark).

Top job turning a good profit into many new things.

And people are envious of my hauls .

Glad the whole family (well most of it) enjoy your hobby.

Nice bit o terrain. Not really Gotham City though. Wonder what game it would work for, hmmm... Actually, it could be painted to fit into Gotham. A good city is a mix of architectural styles.

How many versions of Batman are there anyway? # or 4 or more minis right?

I believe that you've gone bat-crazy... soon you'll be using bat-paint with bat-paint brushes drinking bat-cola in your bat-underoos.

There is some good MDF terrain out there. For fans of 40K and the old DoW games, google Death Ray designs.

I like the new bat model. A more menacing looking pose for the Dark Knight.

What an awesome haul of minis! Az and the Penguin Thugs aside, it could also double as a list of things I really, really need to get around to buying!

@RH: There are currently 8 Batmen (3 Arkham ones, 2 Dark Knight trilogy including the Batpod, 1 Animated Series, 1 Dark Knight Returns/Frank Miller, 1 Batman '66)... And with any luck, we'll get a Dawn of Justice one in the next month or two!

Dr H wrote:Signal looks great.

Good work on Bat, look forward to final shots (try a dark background as he is quite dark).

Top job turning a good profit into many new things.

Good call, I shall try the black background. Moar toys!

Theophony wrote:And people are envious of my hauls .

Glad the whole family (well most of it) enjoy your hobby.

Boys seem keen, and sporting too, which is good.

Red Harvest wrote:Nice bit o terrain. Not really Gotham City though. Wonder what game it would work for, hmmm... Actually, it could be painted to fit into Gotham. A good city is a mix of architectural styles.

How many versions of Batman are there anyway? # or 4 or more minis right?

Perhaps , especially the industrial stuff. I'll have a better idea once I get my mitts on the goodies!

Anpu-adom wrote:I believe that you've gone bat-crazy... soon you'll be using bat-paint with bat-paint brushes drinking bat-cola in your bat-underoos.

Bats in the belfry

Solar_lion wrote:There is some good MDF terrain out there. For fans of 40K and the old DoW games, google Death Ray designs.

I like the new bat model. A more menacing looking pose for the Dark Knight.

Which, the frank miller one? Yeah, it's a beast and fairly cheap in game. It's a solid Comic Batman without crazy video game trickery.

Paradigm wrote:What an awesome haul of minis! Az and the Penguin Thugs aside, it could also double as a list of things I really, really need to get around to buying!

@RH: There are currently 8 Batmen (3 Arkham ones, 2 Dark Knight trilogy including the Batpod, 1 Animated Series, 1 Dark Knight Returns/Frank Miller, 1 Batman '66)... And with any luck, we'll get a Dawn of Justice one in the next month or two!

Buy more toys! It's what student loans are for! There's also the promo Zur-en-ar Batman card, too, remember.

Feeling a bit bummed today, which is ridiculous after my good fortune. Tuesdays are historically my gaming night but with kids in cubs now till half 8 that's out the window, and scheduling another weeknight is proving complex. Didn't help that the 5 year old had a meltdown today about not going to cubs I think though it's partly sleep deprivation taking its toll.

Anyway, enough maudlin claptrap.

Bat's back!


And front.

Not perfect but better represents the palette.

Started work on Deathstroking my militia, firstly the Cyrus Gold:

In retrospect, I wish I'd cleaved the head off fully cos it's cool but the original mask was removed intact, at least.

And I have definitely not made a GS mould of death stroke's mask.

Oh my no.

Bats is looking good! Looking forward to these Deathstroke guys a lot!

Cheers mucker!
So here's a quick shot of them:

Not an amazing pic, sorry if you look at the guy pointing his mask is clearest. It has, generally, worked. They're going to go on secret weapon bases, as pictured.
Meanwhile, scarecrow's had his breathers chopped-

I'll just smooth with GS, pretty simple converting to brother blood.

Now, on to terrain matters. You may recall I scored a haul of MDF terrain (see above or
).

Some ideas-
Does this work as another section of ACE CHEMICALS, to complement the tank?

It's slightly elevated, supposed to (and still can) have entrance ramps - yay/nay?

Next - does this work as a water tower?


Finally, I wonder about not having the legs on the larger building -

Possibly putting the MDF Satellite dish on and having it as a downtown radio or TV station?

Which means this could be generic scaffolding or something

Your thoughts, team?

Too many railings... The Occupational Health and Safety Administration here in the States has routinely fined Ace Chemicals for a lack of care.

Terrain all looks suitable to me, Gotham has always had a rather diverse aesthetic and even the clean/hi tech looking bits fit; they'd make great interior elements for a factory or lab or similar.

I think the building you were think of for ace chemicals would look better as a cooling station for Mr. freeze, or some sort of water treatment building for Killer Krock.

Looks usable, nice pieces, waiting to see if the come out ok, most of this MDF stuff still looks like a jigsaw puzzle, mind you, your truck was excellent.

The last bit i would maybe have it as a gantry, covered in cables and maybe a hoist.

Thanks all for excellent suggestions. I shall take on board once I get into a scenery place. However, confronted with the boss of shame, I decided to get on with the last job:

She's coming along, sorry for slight fuzziness but it best represents the depth of the red. Wow, to pink base layer, say I.

This is pretty close to accurate on the grey/black.

And aforementioned box of shame:



Not including scarecrow gang and azrael, who are being primed in garage, and the arkham inmates, who have escaped in the post . Also, work has started on Miller Batman.

Very excited for new batman expansion - adds team rosters, notably suicide squad and birds of prey line ups.

Still not got The Ghost for xwing, kids keep offering me theirs to play with...

Later
Graven

Pathetic. If a box of shame doesn't throw your back out when you lift it then it really cannot be called a box of shame . Plus you gave the models comfy foam to rest in while they wait their turn.

I should point out this is merely the batbox of shame alone... But fair point

Very nice graven. Keep wet-blending those cloaks... the look really good when the highlights are brought up really high.

Thanks mate, appreciated.
Quick pic of more layers, pretty accurate to colour:

Looking very nice Graven.

Though I love me a redhead... I think the cloak needs to go more orange. Black to Red to orange. Black being the closest to the body and on out ect. It's too pink or I'm not getting the color right on my monitor. ( or I'm old)

 Solar_lion wrote:
Though I love me a redhead... I think the cloak needs to go more orange. Black to Red to orange. Black being the closest to the body and on out ect. It's too pink or I'm not getting the color right on my monitor. ( or I'm old)

I think you've been around moonpie too much

i´m currently getting a strong finger nail polish feel from that inside of the cape.... for me it looks me pinkish than red.... must be the lights probably?...

GiraffeX wrote:Looking very nice Graven.

Solar_lion wrote:Though I love me a redhead... I think the cloak needs to go more orange. Black to Red to orange. Black being the closest to the body and on out ect. It's too pink or I'm not getting the color right on my monitor. ( or I'm old)

Or all of the above
Agreed, generally.
A wash of bloodletter and a shade of crimson later:


Also, this bad boy finally arrived:

Talk about the ghost of Xmas present


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Also, because they are useless, Hasbro sent us the wrong replacement dish for the wee man's Falcon (was missing :()

So good score for me