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Cheers EDC. REALLY want to get it painted now.

Lol. Have just noticed that if I vote for 62 more pictures I will have voted the same number of times as I have posted!! I should probably post more

Nice start on the base with the broodlord , they have been eating their wheatties since I played tyrannies last

Thanks Theophony. That Broodlord is the Space Hulk one. I decided I wanted to base the miniatures from the game because I didn't like the moulded bases for the Blood Angels and the Genestealers had huge inconsistencies of their basing so they didn't feel like a united force. Problem was the Broodlord had inconsistent base sizes historically. When Deathwatch: Overkill came out I just decided to stick with the 50mm size. Meant having to make my own base because Fenris Games don't do a matching 50mm base. Think it came out okay though

And on to my other project - bottom bars of Doctor Who figures cut off and they are ready for priming. The new 32mm bases are made and I am pleased with how they came out in the end. The hexagonal plating may not come off well because the hexagons were so big. Problem was I couldn't find anything else "on the free" so went with this. Think it works well enough. It's interesting at least. The Dalek forces will have that metal element on their bases and the "Good guys" ie Doctors/companions/UNIT will have just stones, but with muddy resin puddles too. I have other base features for other forces too for down the line. The stones will be black (easy post-priming) with some blue-grey drybrushing (thanks to Januine for that advice) rather than traditional grey.

The fluff is:


Well, that's the idea anyway. Helps explain the basing if nothing else

And here are the minis:

I'd play that for the fluff alone!

Nice work on the broodlord (base) and the start on your Daleks. Are those the Harlequin models?

@Graven - if only you were a little closer to Wales I started coming up with fluff for game models to give figures context when I got back in to the hobby last year. Helps add a lot I find. Glad you like it

@Azazelx - Thanks for the compliment. The bases are all still curing so can't prime them yet, but hopefully soon. The Doctor Who figures are the Harlequin miniatures, you can get some from Black Tree Designs still, but a limited range.

Hey all long time away. Life settled down a bit. Here's a summary of where I am at-
For Para's challenge this month:

The improved SH Broodlord base primed and glued to the big guy:

2nd Necron scarab swarm:

Purchases to keep me sane:

The priming box before I went on a spray fest yersterday:

And there's also a bunch of terrain primed too.

Hopefully some updates with painting soon

Oohh looks like fun!!!

STUFFFFFF!!!!

Cheers both. Quick update before bed. It's very late/early here :(

Finished a second scarab swarm. Photo shows the Crimson fist victim ore and post gluing of the scarabs on. For those interested, there were two groups of scarabs (2 for the right and 5/6 on the left). They were glued together but not to base so I could paint the marine and then glue them on after. Voila!

And made a start on painting the base of the Patriarch. Pleased how the pipe colours came out. Looking forward to it all being together so I can paint on the grime, slime and blood

That swarm is all kinds of awesome!

If it wasn’t for the phase out rule, I’m sure we would see the fragments of the dozens of scarabs that brave marine took down before the end.

Love the scarabs, tons of character and action there. The loyalist and CF fan in me would like to see at least one scarab spitted on his knife, or cut in half by his head, but I understand.

That is a very good idea, can't believe I didn't think of it!

Thanks for the kind words guys. I think the swarm type models that GW do get just shoved on a base and ignored when you can have a lot of fun with them. I am very tempted for the third to be a wave, or even shaped like a fist a la Big Hero 6's microbots, but can't decide....

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
I am very tempted for the third to be a wave, or even shaped like a fist a la Big Hero 6's microbots, but can't decide....

The answer, of course, is to make 2 more bases.

I think it might be hard to get something that actually looks like a fist. When you are making an image with pixels the size of scarabs, your resolution is going to suck. A fist is just going to end up looking like a blob or a pseudopod. I think a wave is something you could actually achieve.

Rather then a fist, you might be able to do an outstretched hand, with 2-3 scarabs linked up as “fingers”. You should be able to get something that looks like what you want that way. Bonus points if your Lord has his hand in the same position.

I bow to your chi of cool! That is a great idea. Ultimately I agree about the pixel comment.

Not decided yet. May just do a hole with them coming out. We'll see. In no rush

So nearly finished. Just need to do the hot glue gun slime streak trick. Need to tie the green slime in the rest of the base.

Pleased with this so far. It has 3 technical paints in it which I never thought I would be using.

I'll take better photos when the slime done

Looking very good!

Very nice. What is the green glob on the base? It looks like a corpse of an alien, but not sure.

Yeah, the green is ..... a long story.

I bought bases from Fenris games which have this alien growth on them suggesting alien infestation. He doesn't do a 50mm and wanted that size for the Broodlord and Patriarch to fit with the base you get with the Patriarch. So I had to make my own base and decided to make a press mould of some of the elements for consistency. I decided to follow Januine's lead with the green streaky goo and so it made sense to paint these bits the same colour.

Short version - I don't know what they are, but I like to think they are Tyranids growing within a sort of cocoon.

gotcha . They could also be the Tyranid version of a doggie bag . Fresh snack for later.

I didn't realise how much of your patriach's base was green stuff. Very impressive! Can't wait to see some progress.

@theophony - love your's more:
"what have you got in your doggy bag?"
"Nice little Eldar I found scurrying around bleeding everywhere"
"Watch them, they have a pointy after-taste"

@bottle - thank you very much. I hope I don't disappoint

"oh how I miss the days of having all those squats. There's really nothing that compares to some already marinated meat bags"

"Avoid those Orks though, they are fungus after all. I'm not turning in to a bloody vegetarian, the rest of the hive will treat me like a laughing stock"

The Stealers and Scarabs both are looking really nice. I particularly like the creativity you've used on the Scarabs. Very cool.

Cheers Az, that means a lot to me

No problem at all mate - they're very cool!

Bit of a multi-topic post. Been quiet for a while due to a new job which has a bit of a learning curve. Enjoying it, but exhausting and very little hobby time. They were great in the new job and honoured my annual leave planned for this week and as such I've had a great time with the family for the first time in what seems like ages. Plus I planned to get some hobby in. So put together a holiday hobby kit:

It's a repurposed baby bath time box. Now the little ones don't need it any more I nabbed it for holiday purposes. Clearly only able to take in a car, but it has about 20 models on blocks, all my paints and all my "use regularly" tools. There's even the sprues for a Nephilim Jetifghter!

Started off on hols rebasing 3 Space Hulk Genestealers on to resin bases:


Got them primed:


Have laid down the first two layers of purples on those three and the Patriarch too. Not massive progress, but something at least:


Hopefully more soon.

Good man! We're all a bit up against just now eh? Looking lovely.