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Taken several iterations on most sections to decide on colours, lol. I should really plan these things before starting...

WIP

Wanted to try something little bit different.

While this theme is absolutely right up my street I've jsut finished painting most of my flashy exodite HQs! Drat :S

I'll have a think of what I can throw together though I have a couple of ideas...

Really looking forward to what people come up with for this one

I always have trouble remembering to take WIP shots...probably the main reason why I haven't really gotten into the whole blog thing yet

well, I'm mostly on the home stretch now really, just a few more details to do, maybe some touch-ups, then glue it all together I guess...here's where I'm at:

That is Damn awesome, ZoBo! It's funny though, the mushrooms look more realistic in the WIP shot, lol.

Looking forward to seeing it done.

As for me, Conan still sits on his throne, waiting for paint!

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
the mushrooms look more realistic in the WIP shot, lol.

I know! I was almost tempted to leave them as they were ...but I just couldn't resist the urge to do the traditional red, spotty, "fantasy forest" style with them, with the squigs, and the goblin and all

Posting here to announcce my intentions of entering, and hopefully I'll pick up a box of Saurus Knights today or tomorrow. I'll post an entry picture once I've assembled my 40k Ork Dino Ridas.

 KommissarKiln wrote:
Posting here to announcce my intentions of entering, and hopefully I'll pick up a box of Saurus Knights today or tomorrow. I'll post an entry picture once I've assembled my 40k Ork Dino Ridas.

aww man! I wish I'd thought of that! ...looking forward to seeing them!

 ZoBo wrote:

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
the mushrooms look more realistic in the WIP shot, lol.

I know! I was almost tempted to leave them as they were ...but I just couldn't resist the urge to do the traditional red, spotty, "fantasy forest" style with them, with the squigs, and the goblin and all

Oh I heartily agree they need to be red with white spots. I just thought it was funny they looked like actual mushrooms in the scorched white.

Hoping to get some paint time in this weekend and get some shots of Conan. Hoping...

good work Ninjapirate, the green and gold is a nice combination.

wow Zobo thats some pretty impressive stuff. These last 2 entries have been some real top notch work.

The mushroom technique is very inventive and works brilliantly, thats going in my note book

 ZoBo wrote:

 KommissarKiln wrote:
Posting here to announcce my intentions of entering, and hopefully I'll pick up a box of Saurus Knights today or tomorrow. I'll post an entry picture once I've assembled my 40k Ork Dino Ridas.

aww man! I wish I'd thought of that! ...looking forward to seeing them!

You know I actually put an orc rider on a cold one with some warbike guns as a test piece for this theme but really wanted to do the chariot idea so went with that. Looking forward to seeing your entry KommissarKiln.

My fingers are cut and superglued, and my nerves are shot, all from building these five. This is about as Primal as you're going to get from me, though.

Mechanicus Cyber-Assassin Team. Please ignore the painted models in the background, and the Avitarius.

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Count me in. Trying my hand at another bomb squig sculpt (what's more primal than running straight at the enemy in order to detonate yourself?). Sure it looks like a demented chicken right now, but you won't be laughing when it blows the treads off the centerpiece in your armor division.
Proof:


I'm determined to keep it to a 25mm base and in proper scale/proportions this time, so he'll probably have different 'splody bits (the stikkbommz are just a bit large for the little fella), but you get the idea.

Dragons! Squigs! Alligators, Dinosaurs, and... Wookies! This promises to be another good month!
It's weird taking a month off, feels like a lot longer. Maybe next year I'll have to paint something for the spehs mehreen challenge.

yay! more squiggy goodness!


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allrighty, well, I think I might be done already ...it's been a real fun little project honestly...I kinda want to just keep doing diorama stuff now, or at least big models with big roomy bases or something

I guess there's a chance I could think of something else to add to it over the next 3 weeks, but at least for now, I'm calling it done

"final" pics:

Thats a funny little scene Gratz

ZoBo that is awesome .

Omg ZoBo that diorama is incredible! Do you have a YouTube tutorial on how to make those mushrooms? I make pointy toadstools out of greenstuff for my fantasy bases, but would love to make some flat ones too!

Once again I started painting something which fits this category...and forgot the before pic. I quit!

Gonna go for the Slaughterpriest this month so dug out a spare copy of white dwarf with the free one on it. Heres the proof.

 Bottle wrote:
Omg ZoBo that diorama is incredible! Do you have a YouTube tutorial on how to make those mushrooms? I make pointy toadstools out of greenstuff for my fantasy bases, but would love to make some flat ones too!

thanks! ...no tutorial that I know of, and I don't have the equipment/space/know-how/confidence to do youtube stuff myself ...but, it's realllly super-easy, trust me

here's a halfassed little pic-tutorial


...this diorama was the first time I'd ever tried it, just sitting at my hobby desk messing around ...but it's so quick and easy and works surprisingly well!...and they come out so realistic too, because each one will be slightly different, and the edge of the cap usually curls in a little on the underside, because of how the melted plastic spreads out when you press it down...it's just perfect

Amazing! That tutorial is all I need. I'll pick up some of these rods from a local model train shop I know and try these on my next project! Thanks ZoBo

 Bottle wrote:
Amazing! That tutorial is all I need. I'll pick up some of these rods from a local model train shop I know and try these on my next project! Thanks ZoBo

...actually, sod it, I've been curious about how hard it'd be to make videos for a while now, so I just gave it a quick halfassed go, stuck my phone to my desk lamp with some blutack, and recorded a quick little demo - it's awful, came out sideways with massive black bars, and I didn't say a word...and the mushroom I made in it isn't my best, but it does show how super quick and easy it is I guess

Ok, I'm in with four aberrants and a patriarch:

If this can be snuck in, neat. If not, I'm here in spirit.

I put this fella together and painted him over the past three days - only undone picture I have is one from my cell phone after priming and starting on some base coats.



The end result:





I suppose that's as primal as it's going to get this month! Generic beastie for Mordheim/Necromunda/Dungeon Crawls etc.

Darn I love these new (old) genestealer sculpts; they take drybrushing really well!

Real sad I started my Slaughterpriest earlier, woulda done him. But, I do have a plethora of Dryads to get done. I'll start with 3, but if I have the time I might add 2 more. That OK Para?

My WIP, I've built the thing this morning, and damn, there are so many breakable parts on it! There is no way that this thing would survive being stored in foam, I see magnets in my future, lots of magnets...

So, first a shot of my new workspace under the loft bed in my parnters' flat...



Those spindly things look soooo breakable...



But the result is very impressive, now on to the hard part: painting...

 ZoBo wrote:

 Bottle wrote:
Amazing! That tutorial is all I need. I'll pick up some of these rods from a local model train shop I know and try these on my next project! Thanks ZoBo

...actually, sod it, I've been curious about how hard it'd be to make videos for a while now, so I just gave it a quick halfassed go, stuck my phone to my desk lamp with some blutack, and recorded a quick little demo - it's awful, came out sideways with massive black bars, and I didn't say a word...and the mushroom I made in it isn't my best, but it does show how super quick and easy it is I guess

Spoiler:

You the man, ZoBo! Can't wait to try this out

Current progress on the cyber-assassins. Surprisingly easy to paint, due to their nature as Mechanicus models.

Orc and goblin nearly finished. Just minor details and their bases to go. Fimir isn't far behind.

@Para: Going to change my entry... I think this is -much- cooler.

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