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 SirOllox wrote:
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haha! looking forward to seeing this one done!

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Perry Miniatures English Army 1415-1429

So haven't quite decided what to do this month, so proofs for both; it will either be Tau:



or Tallarn:



Or possibly 5 of each, as the model cap has been increased for this one.

I welcome any opinions/requests!

I want you to do tau to motivate me to paint mine

Do the Tau, Jadenim. I like seeing everyone else's Tau color schemes, it kind of gives mine some context. That and I've seen some really cool Tau around this website.

I'm in. I really want to do a runtherd in honor of all the parents out there (the real "Everyday Heros"), but alas, I'm building an army and Tankbustas are the priority right now.
This is Tankbusta #3, w/ Panzerfaust & "Can Opener":

Modeled after these guys:

Obviously, the weapon needs some more greenstuff work, but if you're not familiar with a panzerfaust, it was an early anti-tank weapon, basically just a disposable tube with a sight on it that fired an explosive shell w/ pop-out guidance fins. You had to get within 100 ft of your target (a tank) for it to even have a prayer of hitting. SInce tanks were usually surrounded by infantry, I figure it was quite a feat to make this work, and if you did succeed in killing a tank single-handedly from close range, well, you weren't just infantry anymore, you would be a hero!

@Gulgog - that's fantastic. Truly fantastic. Your interpretation of the theme is commendable.

Proof pic for my 'everyday hero' - Mad Hlaine Larkin. Poacher, sniper & Ghost and definitely a few nuts short of a Snickers!!!

Good stuff everyone, looking forward to seeing all this goodness painted up!

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
@Gulgog - that's fantastic. Truly fantastic. Your interpretation of the theme is commendable.

AMEN.

Truly perfect for tankbustas

Progress update, just base coats -



These old RT marines always seem a bit more individual than the modern multi-part, multi-post models (not knocking the new models, just saying...). So I feel more like this is a guy with a story behind him (obviously, a story of great heroism!).

Here two wips

Niiiiice.

lol a good rocker

Gulgog you've put some real effort into finding the right parts for that guy, he looks great already

As much as I like to see Ork entries I also am partial to a Tanith entry. Good choice Jan I'm sure you'll do Larkin proud (I had a go at Larkin myself using a combination of bits)

Since no one has guessed my clue I'll say what I'm doing,

Captain Baseballbat Boy (Ork)

It might be a bit niche so I'll explain,

Captain BaseBallBat-Boy is a fictional character, a superhero created by Sammy Waters. He is the main character of the Captain BaseBallBat-Boy franchise, appearing in newspaper comic strips, comic books, and television series (more than 168 episodes broadcast in 2003).

How I knew of Captain Baseballbat Boy is from the game Max Payne a favourite of mine from when I was growing up, I view him as very much a piss take hero so fitted my idea of b-rated "everyday Hero" type.

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Pose I'm aiming for

A Republic Commando Assault Specialist from Anvil's Afterlife line:



Edge highlighting the armour panels could get interesting, the model is kind of true scale human sized if you put him next to a marine

Finally found something. Pig iron system troop sniper team, proof.

Nice kb_lock, I've got a few system troopers as allies for my Tau. They're a really nice sculpt, looking forward to seeing what you do with them.

Could I enter too, please? I'm new to the forum and haven't entered this competition before. I haven't been painting all that long either, about a year.

I have to post proof that the miniatures I've chosen are unpainted, yes? Here you go -



I don't think you get much more "everyday hero" than R2D2 and C3PO!

perfect!!!

@Feltmonkey - love it! Perfect minis. Welcome to the fun

loving everyone's ideas so far! looking forward to seeing how they all turn out!

...made a bit of progress on mine, well, I finalised the models I'll be using, and built the diorama base thingy, magnetised the grots to it (so the base can pull double-duty as a piece of scatter-terrain ), and primed the lot...so this is more of an updated "proof pic" than a "WiP pic" really...nevertheless...

Looking forward to seeing that painted, Grots are always fun!

Loving that ZoBo!

Yes! Mycanaeans ordered =D, have to see if they'll get here in time, might be close. <crosses fingers> Quite excited since I'd been wanting historical figures in 28mm for a while now but not seen any that weren't either horrid, or just plain not 28mm.

I like how you have complied that scene Zbo, looking forward to it progressing.

Welcome feltmonkey, those models look quite small and detailed it will be good to see how you bring the detail out of them. God luck to you.
If only they had Orks hidden inside of them (joke reference a model I did on another challenge)

Finally got some opportunity to sling some paint this morning. All of 4 hours work to lay down base colours and blend the armour. Need to glaze the armour to get some colours in.

Just an update for me.
Drop pod.. mostly done. Just need to clean up my sloppy Ness.
Wolves look fricking amazing. I'm very very happy with them.
The two nids.. I'm still undecided on Chittenden colors but I got their guns done.

And a renegade box came so I had to rush to get him painted and assembled. I can see alot that needs doing on him. But I'll take a better shot in the light of the sun today.

Have a great night guys and gals.

If any of you bd mothers, happy day to you lasses!

Man I totally forgot!

Happy Mother's Day Guildenstern!

Oh I guess I should get around to showing my entry, it is just a plain jane 10 man legion tactical squad with a sgt who has ravens talons. They only have a basecoat down (as I forgot to take pictures of them yesterday before I put the basecoat down so hopefully they are okay)