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Absolutely love da killa egg.

Hexes look great too.

blockade23 wrote:Hexes are looking good!

Thanks dude!

Gitsplitta wrote:How did you paint the crystals?
Very cool stuff all-round graven.

Cheers! It's just Nihilakh Oxide, slightly thinned, then dry brushed with vj arctic white

Olthannon wrote:Absolutely love da killa egg.

Well then you should enjoy the upcoming nonsense

I'm loving the ork vehicle scratch bashes, great work! The quick and dirty look is actually really effective as well.

I love the ork stuff! The paint jobs are wonderfully cartoony... just like MY stuff! How big is that traktor? Small enough to be a grot tank?

PaddyMick wrote:I'm loving the ork vehicle scratch bashes, great work! The quick and dirty look is actually really effective as well.

Cheers chum, well then, another below!

Gitsplitta wrote:I love the ork stuff! The paint jobs are wonderfully cartoony... just like MY stuff! How big is that traktor? Small enough to be a grot tank?

Thanks Far be it from me to suggest that they are very much that tiny size and it's very definitely deliberate



Bit more tanky, bit more... grotty

And...
Hoth rocks!

Under each snow stack is a sprue nubbin, just to give the pile of VJ snow something to grip onto and hold.

Plus

Simple trench system. Just the AT-ATs to go!

So, are you going to add gretchin? It does make the tanks more fun!

Nice stuff!
I love the little blue tank, it looks like a grimdark tractor.

Finally, got an ork painted to meet graven's Ork-off challenge. Model, care of Solar-lion, inspiration care of graven! (thanks buddy)



*Note: I'm posting this here with graven's permission.

 inmygravenimage wrote:

Well then you should enjoy the upcoming nonsense

I do very much. After a hard day of krumpin you a bucket of veebs. Grot tanks look spot on.

Those are very good trench tiles for Hoth battles.

Gitsplitta wrote:So, are you going to add gretchin? It does make the tanks more fun!

Oh definitely, once I track some down, or print some.

aku-chan wrote:Nice stuff!
I love the little blue tank, it looks like a grimdark tractor.

Thx, it is very silly but great fun.

Gitsplitta wrote:Finally, got an ork painted to meet graven's Ork-off challenge. Model, care of Solar-lion, inspiration care of graven! (thanks buddy)



*Note: I'm posting this here with graven's permission.

I'm delighted to see you pick up a brush again! I look forward to whatever comes next

Olthannon wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:

Well then you should enjoy the upcoming nonsense

I do very much. After a hard day of krumpin you a bucket of veebs. Grot tanks look spot on.

Cheers! Might need to kitbash some more down the line. Quite fancy some sort of racer.

UR-025 wrote:Those are very good trench tiles for Hoth battles.

Thanks; sadly my attempts to print tiny AT-ATs have failed so ...

QAqq
I cut a Star Wars Rebellion AT-AT up with my jewellery saw, and hey presto! Granted, it's slightly smaller than the Hoth walkers, but it's a wreckage marker so I'll live. And its scales are all over the place anyway, the infantry are 20mm! However... This got me thinking: Rebellion AT-STs are perfectly in scale with the Battle of Hoth AT-ATs, and that's a scale relationship that does matter visually to me. Now there aren't official AT-ST rules but they were in the playtest version which is knocking about Reddit PLUS the advantage of Hoth being a Memoir '44 reskin makes it really easy to find an analogous unit.

Meanwhile, my lovely old cosplay chum TALONSWORD_FOUNDRY fdm printed me a little something:

I mean I say little. That's a chunky chapel right there. Venetian Chiesa for Carnevale, from their My Mini Factory store.

I have not, sadly, got much else done paint wise. Little miss has been unwell, and 9 hrs sleep in 4 days is not conducive to sanity, never mind painting. I've got the first washes and drybrush on, but that's it.

Mind you, some of my best ideas don't have anything to do with sanity

More oldhammer nonsense. Sniper and big shoota to flesh out the Kommando list. Plasma and a riot shield just i liked the idea. Lamenter arm on the ork just cos don't mind the minifigs BTW
Graven

Terror from Below!

Riff Tamson, Karkaradon Commander

Now that's what I call a Space Shark!


Nossor Ri, the Usurper

I've always had a soft spot for the Quareen as a race, I don't know why.


Aqua Droids



I really enjoyed doing the bases on these. I wasn't sure how the Kamino flooring in particular would turn out, but it's stark and simple.

And continuing the SW theme, some more scatter.

The bogwing seems to have got lost en route from Dagobah, but never mind. Poor little gonk droid! I do love the odd crates and critters in Shatterpoint, really helps it feel like a lived-in universe. These came with the outer rim Outpost, which is cool but getting upgrades.

By upgrades, I mean a Medge door and bits lol. Well, and a ladder.

And Chiesa has had a zenithal prime


So the buildings are probably next, though there's a fair few orks to come. Also Hondo and his pirates, finishing off Shatterpoint for now. 3D printer is acting up, but did get a dancing girl printed, who might be a good palette cleanser / chance to play about with transparent cloth techniques.
Ahem.

Graven

Wonderful job on the water sprites my friend! The shark dude is pretty awesome.

I hope the little miss is feeling better.

I've said this before, but all the SW stuff you paint fascinates me. I'm not familiar with anything outside of the films, so everything is exciting and new to me. Everything looks great, as always, but the bases on this set really stand out-- your water effects are top notch.

Gitsplitta wrote:Wonderful job on the water sprites my friend! The shark dude is pretty awesome.

Thanks! Yeah he's a nasty piece of work, and I love how they designed a dynamic aquatic base for him.

JoshInJapan wrote:I hope the little miss is feeling better.

I've said this before, but all the SW stuff you paint fascinates me. I'm not familiar with anything outside of the films, so everything is exciting and new to me. Everything looks great, as always, but the bases on this set really stand out-- your water effects are top notch.

Well, she's a bit brighter, if a moody wee madam. You're most kind, thanks - you can get a lot of mileage out a bit of VJ Turquoise, deck tan and snow effects!

I was chatting with Gits offline and I realise I've been on dakka nearly 20 years. Extraordinary.

A wee break from the orkathon - though in truth work on their skin has started - with more terrain!

This the Chiesa Cupola(church) from the Carnevale My Mini Factory (3D prints). Very pleased with it.

I think on balance they should've made the lanterna flat at the very top, it could've easily supported a 30mm mini that way.

However, i suppose the counter argument is it stops flyers stealing objectives and camping.

Of course, some flyers are bigger than others...

And a bit of SW terrain also, the finished Outer Rim Outpost

On the other side you can see where I've added the ladder

Stormtroopers for scale

Maybe even they'll hit with a gun that big :dakkadakka:

As noted, more on the orks next. Absolutely delighted to have placed 2nd in last month's dakka painting with the first batch of Ork raiders, and 5th for the year overall - don't think I've even made top 10 before. 2025 was about improving quality, and really do feel I have done so; hopefully will continue to improve. In the meantime, thanks for all your support!
Graven

As I told you in our chat... I absolutely love your paint job on that building. Everything is spot on! Well done my friend... it's very realistic and convincing (at least to me).

Here you go graven, OG ork #2.

Both the church and bunker are aces!

Gitsplitta wrote:As I told you in our chat... I absolutely love your paint job on that building. Everything is spot on! Well done my friend... it's very realistic and convincing (at least to me).

You have been a real support through all of this buddy! Many thanks!

Gitsplitta wrote:Here you go graven, OG ork #2.

I cannot stress how much I love that I have (re) corrupted you!

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Both the church and bunker are aces!

Many thanks mate!

Steady progress, but paint on a couple more bashed together Orks

A Blasta boy, or whatever they're called this week.

He's a Def Wing Orkinator (side note - needs hit with matt varnish)

He is Da Law!

Fun with the shield

You'll have to trust me that the plasma is super glowy. I used VJ Fluro Orange with Trans Orange over it. Instant plasma!

Both look a bit blobby in the dakka super pics. Not sure why, but they are pretty lazy photos. Ah well. 5 more orks in the current batch. Hope to finish them this month.

Next month's theme is Irregulars, so is going to feature one of this lot.
First up, these bad boys:

When life gives you cheap minis, make things! Warhammer Spearhead magazine issue 2 comes with 3 of these for £7 (instead of £38 retail!) and so 2 have been repurposed as BB Star Players. Not sure how I'll make the fat rat star player, but in the meantime there's these 2.

Need to get Fadhila done for Carnevale
****
Got her primed, at least. She is tiny! a reminder of how small 28mm feels. Annoyingly, my 3D printer is acting up atm for no clear reason - I have had all my prints fail over the last couple of weeks.

And finally - and most likely, I suspect - these Scoundrels for Shatterpoint:

Hondo Onaka, Gwarm and Weequay Pirates. After all - That's Good Business!

Hey ho
Graven

Love the creativity in turning a couple of cheap minis into something useful. Looking forward to seeing them painted up.

Gitsplitta wrote:Love the creativity in turning a couple of cheap minis into something useful. Looking forward to seeing them painted up.

Cheers man!

Little miss is once again ill. So, naturally, being MASSIVELY sleep deprived is the best time to paint, right?! More orks! ... morks?

OG Ghazghkull. What a mini.

A little Mentor Legion nod there IYKYK

Classic snakebite runtherd, now with beer!


Snazzy boy with Lamenter arm. Sorry Solar_Lion

One of the many silly upgrades you can get in Space Gits

Classic Goff...

...Big hat.


And a Sniper Boy, for the Kommandos

He got some Ter-Killa, I reckon.

Just need to make a Breacher Boy for the Kommandos now. No idea what to use as the base mini though, want to keep it Oldhammer.

And, with the advent of the new Space Gits KS, threw together some more junk terrain

A postbox, a signpost and an Ork-cade machine. Oh, and an explosive barrel.

So a nice way to round out the month. Might get the terrain done before the month is out.

Can't lie, liking some of the Adepticon reveals. Ridiculous bike boss appeals to me. Reminds me that I also need to build some big/modern orks. In Space Gits, these count as Bullorks (as in, a load of...), the space equivalent of Black Orks: bigger, harder, hittier. ONWAAAAAGGHRDS!

Graven

Let's have some more scatter, shall we?

Love a bit of junk modelling.

Gnork City Sign


A very British post box

We have no idea what it does in game yet. Not stopping me from making one though!

Space (Marine) Invaders

This is almost entirely mdf offcuts, plus a NYC brownstone Window and a resin gaslands panel


Well, that was highly entertaining
Graven

The Oldhammer Orks are great. Those checks must have been a PITA to paint.

I look away for a couple of days and there's just a pile of awesome here. Ghazgkull looks spot on, such a great mini.

JoshInJapan wrote:The Oldhammer Orks are great. Those checks must have been a PITA to paint.

Oh, they really were thanks pal!

Olthannon wrote:I look away for a couple of days and there's just a pile of awesome here. Ghazgkull looks spot on, such a great mini.

Aw cheers buddy! Much obliged.

Quiet morning, got Fadhila, the seductive Houri for Carnevale, painted.

She is less shiny irl. Another print. The last one that worked

Going to go build me some more orks...

OG Gaz is the greatest!!

I am not disappointed by your pain jobs on the random bits of terrain my friend. Excellence on display!

Gitsplitta wrote:OG Gaz is the greatest!!

I am not disappointed by your paint jobs on the random bits of terrain my friend. Excellence on display!

He is a truly great model. Sometimes there is something wonderful about the older, flatter poses. Speaking of which, thank you for the many, many retro minis you have sent my way (you are a terrible troublemaker!)

Hello gang. It's been a fairly quiet start to April, as is often the way. For Easter, we tend to spend a few days at my folks which was nice: lots of walks, lots of grub, and a fair amount of board / card gaming (even got my mum to re-teach me Cribbage!). Then, back home and occupying the kids, plus build up to wife's birthday. So not masses of hobbying done, at least by my standards. Headspace continues to not be great, so have deleted social apps. We shall see how that pans out. Still, a bit of painting has occurred.

My entry for this month's Dakka contest, IRREGULAR.

Rat Ogors are certainly far from regular, especially when converted for Blood Bowl (and as Star Players, no less).


Kreek Rustgouger

Hakflem Skuttlespike

What else?! It's a load of Bullorks! Yes, time to build some big fellas (amongst other things).

As mentioned, one of the cleverest things about Space Gits is the way it deals with scale difference. Modern, giant gw orks can be considered to be Bullorks - space black orks, essentially - who are slightly tougher, a bit stronger, and a lot meaner. My mate runs a gang led by them, and they're a PITA. So a couple of heavily tooled up ones, and a basic one also. I also threw a grot together, as I don't have one for my gang atm and you can get randoms joining you.

I also decided that we needed a BIG, stupid vehicle to be a Scrap Tank.

The wheels were harvested from a kid's dune buggy. I'm trying for humvee vibes. Not completely finished the build yet (like any proper mek) but you get the vibe.

The designer has revealed a couple of new scenario from the expansions. In the first, there is an unoccupied Deff Dread in the middle of the table, the aim being to be the last one in it before Da Law turn up. The other, The Drunk Tank, uses a beer mat in the middle of the table. If you fall over you're teleported there and have to be booted out. Now, if you can find him at a con, he'll give you a custom beer mat to use! Very cool. I have plenty of beer mats as it is, so i imagine i can knock something up.

I also got a massive drop of stuff through Gitsplitta including oldhammer orks, Marines and eldar, so expect even more retro nonsense in the months ahead!

Graven