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That's a great total for the year and all hail the Contrast painting line Love that you got your WIP sorted before the year's end. I was less successful in that regard

inmygravenimage wrote:Well done you sir!

Viterbi wrote:That's a great total for the year and all hail the Contrast painting line Love that you got your WIP sorted before the year's end. I was less successful in that regard

Thanks! Christmas brought the Imperial Assault box set, so I am hoping that will get my creative juices flowing again, I have already started 3d-printed crates, terminals and doors

Oh excellent. Print the terminals you can slot the cardboard terminals into, much better for gameplay.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Oh excellent. Print the terminals you can slot the cardboard terminals into, much better for gameplay.

Thanks, will do - I have already been printing the crates that work that way, and will print the door frames that the cardboard doors slot into so you can show open/closed

Good man. Fire me a pm. I have some star wars STLs

Most impressive! Congrats on a most productive year.

inmygravenimage wrote:Good man. Fire me a pm. I have some star wars STLs

Thanks, will do! I think you have a resin printer though, I am learning about the limitations of my FDM system, though I managed to print some cool stuff for everyone's crackers on Christmas Day including various print-in-place articulated creatures, which was cool and v well received by the guests

youwashock wrote:Most impressive! Congrats on a most productive year.

Thanks! I expect it was a one-off, but the pile of shame is still plentiful, so I hope to make another significant dent this year

After a brief (for me) hiatus, I am back at it.

First up for the year is a 3d-printed Plagueburst Crawler for my fledgling Death Guard army.



The slightly ridged appearance actually works well for a DG vehicle, I think, and is much less pronounced in real life than the picture shows anyway...

Next up, some LOTR Dunlending archers

Dang, that's a fine looking print there nice job, papa bless!

Nice plague-thingy, but now I'm really excited for the new LotR stuff!

inmygravenimage wrote:Dang, that's a fine looking print there nice job, papa bless!

Cheers - It came out rather nicely! I have had some issues with my printer, it got all bunged up, and even swapping the nozzle and feed tube didn't solve it. Today I stripped it right down and cleaned it all out with pipe cleaners, there seemed to be some weird goo in there. Another new nozzle and tube, and it seems to be printing nicely again, fingers crossed!

Viterbi wrote:Nice plague-thingy, but now I'm really excited for the new LotR stuff!

Well, wait no longer!

6 Mierce Darklands figures, doing duty as LOTR Dunlending archers:

Mierce stuff is lovely, though I struggle to justify the cost. These look great, your flesh tones are fab.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Mierce stuff is lovely, though I struggle to justify the cost. These look great, your flesh tones are fab.

Very kind, thanks! I have a bit of a Mierce pile of shame, having been drawn into several of the Kickstarters

Still not going at full throttle yet this year, but progress is ticking along, and the 3d printer just keeps adding to the backlog!

Here are 5 Nurgley terminator types:

Archers look great, as do Nurgle's favorites!

The Termies look good. They're splotchy without looking sloppy, if you see what I mean.

Ooh, that's giving me the urge to scratch the itch again (papa bless) ... or maybe that's just an interesting rash Great job.

Viterbi wrote:Archers look great, as do Nurgle's favorites!

JoshInJapan wrote:The Termies look good. They're splotchy without looking sloppy, if you see what I mean.

inmygravenimage wrote:Ooh, that's giving me the urge to scratch the itch again (papa bless) ... or maybe that's just an interesting rash Great job.

Thanks very much!

Today we have a pair of 3d-printed Horus Heresy Tarantulas:



They came out quite nicely, only real flaw is a pronounced join in the middle of the lascannons, a bit of "elephant's foot" on the bottom of the prints, I think

Well, they look great to me, and anyone who's built a plastic lascannon has a join mark in them anyway Nice one.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Well, they look great to me, and anyone who's built a plastic lascannon has a join mark in them anyway Nice one.

Cheers! The transfers really helped them out, I think.

Here are some Rohan dudes - Getting close to the end of the Rohan models I have, except the Royal Guard, King Theoden etc etc. So actually maybe not that close



2022's score is now 21 - Not great, but I am in the zone now, so hope to get a few more done before the inevitable crash...

Oh lovely, your Rohan vibe feels satisfyingly dark age, I approve!

Rohirrim look quite good. Tarantulas, too.

Yes, more horselords FTW!

Tarantulas look cool, love the bright yellow contrasting the barrels.

inmygravenimage wrote:Oh lovely, your Rohan vibe feels satisfyingly dark age, I approve!

Thanks, I am pleased with the way they came out

youwashock wrote:Rohirrim look quite good. Tarantulas, too.

Cheers

Viterbi wrote:Yes, more horselords FTW!

Tarantulas look cool, love the bright yellow contrasting the barrels.

Thanks! Just wait until you see the Rapiers I have printed

Here are some more Plague Marines, super-fast Contrast stylee:



I am pleased with my Mr Fly-Head conversion

Ooh. Papa will surely bless and keep you!!

Fly-head is awesome, as is the fact that there's 7 of them.

Nice plague marines slinky! They’re surely made for contrast paints, so many gribbly bits

Disgusting plague marines... so great job all around!

inmygravenimage wrote:Ooh. Papa will surely bless and keep you!!

youwashock wrote:Fly-head is awesome, as is the fact that there's 7 of them.

gobert wrote:Nice plague marines slinky! They’re surely made for contrast paints, so many gribbly bits

Viterbi wrote:Disgusting plague marines... so great job all around!

Thanks, everybody!

The good news is that I finished another 6 Riders of Rohan. The bad news is that there is no photo to show, as my boys wanted to play a game of LOTR, so the newly painted Riders went straight into action, then ended up away in a box mixed up with all the others...

I have, however, also nearly done a Daemon Prince for my Nurgle types, so that will appear soon

I got my Daemon Prince finished! A Mierce model.

He's a big chap, and proved hard to photograph, hopefully this gives some idea of what he looks like, anyway:



So with the 6 Riders of Rohan also done, that takes this year's score up to 42

Ooh. Chonky boy. Nice crud on the blade, too.