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I ain't dead.
I was kidnapped by aliens.

Two new brothers for the brood.

Good to hear you're not dead, that's never fun. Hope you managed to snaffle some cool alien tech before they dropped you back off.

Looks like those brothers gonna work it out.

Looking sweet, lovely skin as usual, the green looking great against the purple.

U ask them to drop you off or did you scar them into bringing you back???

Yeah, I figured they should at least give you some tech for putting up with their..um..probes.

I really like the skin tone on the delaques too Weets.

Those look *really nice* weety! Love the purple and green.

 Miss Dee wrote:
U ask them to drop you off or did you scar them into bringing you back???

They let her get a blade, Miss Dee?

She uses her needle files to keep her nails at a razor edge

I do actually have a sharp set of nails - cut myself now and again. But I need them for the blasted touch screen tills(give me a keyboard any day).

The secret to the delaques skintone is to add a little grey to the flesh wash - it gives a subtler effect - in fact thats the answer to a lot of subtlety in painting - add varying amounts of grey.

The aliens gave me the civ3 expansion pack 'Conquests'! Thats the real reason I haven't painted anything recently - that and some nights on the town, friends doing open mike nights etc. Some talented musicians out there who just didn't get lucky but haven't given up yet.

good looking members of the mens har club!!

Good to see you back, Weets. As always, you do good work.

Diorama Update: Arrival of the bird

Is it a carrion crow or a raven - I can't decide.

Comes with handy grave marker / signpost. I might use that elsewhere in the scene.
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Hey, I found a buzzard/crow in plastic from the Warhammer Giant kit. Sorry it's a bit late

Funny, I saw the update and thought, I miss when this blog had stealers in it! So I am a happy, happy graven indeed

Now we just need to see some o' them short guys make a come back

Look forward to seeing the carrion raven in action.

I might paint some squats soon monkeytroll. I have some spares kicking around to practice on.


This is Boris the Bratt. He is more grimdark than my last bratt who was a touch psychedelic - http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/277336-.html?m=2
Also this is my first attempt at a non-metalic metal sword:

The Return of Michael Myers, 40k style.

That is some leonine hair.

PDH sent me this miniature (sans arms) - Thanks PDH!!

He does look a little like Micheal Myers with that mask doesn't he.

Is it a vintage Rt era fig? He looks like he is wearing Empire (Landschnecht?) clothing? I love the giant hand-cannon and the purple and brown scheme is great!

that mask is really creepy! *shudders* but while i am still feeling that eerie wind... very well done weety!!!

He is a confrontation hive brat (early necromunda style game) dstein. But he does have fantasy empire arms because they go well with the rest of his getup.

Thanks for looking.

Whats next I wonder.

Those Empire arms go so well with his outfit, because he's a pretentious ganger who aspires to be considered one of the upper crust. He probably has a little status within his group, and can send others to do most of his dirty work, while pretending he's not a dirty, throat-slitting ganger. So he "puts on airs" and wears fine clothes trying to fit into a world that will never accept his brutish ways, but always reluctant to mention it to him.

I can see him chafing under his boss, always wondering why he himself isn't in charge, and forever scheming to rise to the next rank.


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He also wears the mask when he has to get his hands dirty, never understanding his pompadour and fancy clothes give him away.

So he's basically Starscream?

 dsteingass wrote:
So he's basically Starscream?

And once again, he has failed...

Beautiful work weets, there's something Harlequin-esque about your whole assembly there, loving it.

We found civilization the board game in the second hand shop the other day. It has 780 plastic miniatures, or thereabouts. Going to try painting the ships! Also painting a squat today, it has been too long.

What? You're not going to paint all 780 miniatures?? For shame!

Nah, its a bit production line for my liking - I might paint some of the tanks though! Squat is coming along now - probably pics in a few hours

I didn't know that Civilization had a board game version. Hmm...I may have to go play Civ 4 Gold now. You've reminded me that I haven't played it in a long time.

I didn't know either till I saw this - I bet it takes a while to play though (just like the real thing!)

Freshly minted new-look squat. I've got a few squats left to paint - heavy weapons and bike. They will be painted like this. I may strip some of the other painted squats and re-do them.

I loved the squats... nice work weety.