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 bantha_beast wrote:
Was rummaging through the stash looking for something else and found these fellows tucked away. An old ebay win that have been partly stripped but still need a bit of a clean up before painting. Also just realised that they're over the model count but will deal with that later.

Paint them all and choose the best 5 is normally how people deal with that.

Behold! An Imperial Knight built solely out of scrap.

I'm not really sure which Knight this is actually going to be, maybe a Knight Paladin?

Daia T'Nara - Brother-Captain Howell Fragman





(I named him Howell because, retroactively, that means the scribe recording his exploits was bored and entertaining himself with wordplay when he wrote "'Heresy!' he howled.")

The coat with leopard pattern looks great

I had some time on the weekend and completed the car, now it is time for the crew:

@Daia T'Nara - That leopard print cape is awesome.

 Daia T'Nara wrote:
Daia T'Nara - Brother-Captain Howell Fragman

Spoiler:

(I named him Howell because, retroactively, that means the scribe recording his exploits was bored and entertaining himself with wordplay when he wrote "'Heresy!' he howled.")

All these special Space Marine characters and GW still hasn't given us rules for Fragman.


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 ShadowsAndDust wrote:
@Daia T'Nara - That leopard print cape is awesome.

Notice how Fragman is upset about garish polka-dots, but some could argue that he himself wears garish polka-dots. That really makes you think about society.

I spent some time cleaning and basing the Skaven, and realized that I don't want to paint them this month. While I was cleaning them, though, I took a look in my alcohol container:



and remember that I've been pulling old models out of storage for potential entry to the challenge. I hit them with the toothbrush and here's what I found:



I'll clean and base this lot, paint up what inspires me and enter my favorites.

My Paladin Knight is coming along quite nicely (I think so anyway).

I'm about to start converting my entry for From The Scrapheap



Don't crucify me ; I'm using her for a Xenos Inquisitor in power armor

Painted the pilot and interior of my shuttlecraft.

Forgot to post this when I took the picture



A literal scrap heap, in amongst the other stuff I want to work on. There is so much Hivestorm Terrain in that box, it'll take me a while to get through. But no time like to present to get cracking.

The Snazzwagon is almost completed, there are just some minor painting corrections and a base to make.

Progress made here too! Focused on the Redemptor to get my layering right...



Still have to focus on the plasma gun then work on the gladiator.

I'm in with this lad. I feel like with the theme "From da Scrapheap" that as an ork player I should be taking on something more ambitious, but RL has been sapping my hobby time and motivation in a major way lately. So finishing one mini a month and getting this next squad of kommandos done slowly but surely is the priority these days. Ork rokkit launchas always look cobbled together from scrap to me so I figure he fits the theme at least.

Progress is progress, even if it's one model at a time.

I did some work on the Chaos Thugs. I'm not really sold on the NMM bronze. I'm going to set these guys aside for a bit and come back with fresh eyes.

The Ork car is finally completed. It was very fun to paint and build

halfling84 - Boomdakka Snazzwagon

Good to see some people are already finished!! After some cleanup i've finally got the plaguebearers based and primed for some paint.

Progress on the Eldar terrain.



Now it is a little monochrome...I want to make it quick to paint to be able to do several pieces. Eventually I have jewels to add, but not until painting is finished.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,

CB

 Captain Brown wrote:
Progress on the Eldar terrain.

Spoiler:

Now it is a little monochrome...I want to make it quick to paint to be able to do several pieces. Eventually I have jewels to add, but not until painting is finished.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,

CB

Perhaps using either a vine/Ivy or some tufts or similar to add pops of color? My Iyanden have black templar contrast bases, drybrushed a lighter grey (which pops against the yellow and blue of Iyanden) but I added fuscia pink tufts and suddenly the whole model pops more. You could literally use green stuff and just dry brush it when done (rough idea, haven't done it that way before but it is already green...)

Hey all

Picked this out of the little ebay scrapheap box I have

I picked up two of these last year and didn't get around to painting them. The other one needs a little more TLC, previous owner stuck the wrong roof on and looks like they tried to cut it out and gave up half way through, so I think I'll pick this one to save some time.

Finished and Decaled the Dred. I could theoretically call it a day but I want to clear the Gladiator too. Started work on him. Remainder spoilered for size.




Gladiator turret progress too - I finished the turret as it's all black so I went ahead and just did the highlighting same as the Redemptor. Took more time to work on the heat effect on the melta gun and lascannons. Turret by itself then on the tank.




Pretty happy with the progress so far. C&C always appreciated.

Well your gladiator plans are far more successful than mine... as I've gone for a sharp change of direction. I rescued these from a mate's failed print pile

5 at least should be salvageable

I haven't even primed my model yet; I keep getting option paralysis on the weapon swaps. I only have one of this model and I don't want to screw her up.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
I haven't even primed my model yet; I keep getting option paralysis on the weapon swaps. I only have one of this model and I don't want to screw her up.

I hate that kind of decision paralysis. Sometimes you just need to pull the trigger and go.

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About halfway through the month. Plan accordingly.

Also start tossing out ideas for next month.

I always enjoy JoshinJapan's WIP photos. It makes me feel so much better about my own desk's tidiness.

 Mr Nobody wrote:
I always enjoy JoshinJapan's WIP photos. It makes me feel so much better about my own desk's tidiness.

The only reason I’m not as bad is the fact that my hobby bench is stupidly large. If I didn’t have space to sprawl, I’d have a pile of clutter and just have like 3 inches at the front to work with.

@Graven - I mean, if it is really failed, just add some sculptamold and foam and call it an explosion. Good start so far. Just add blood.

WIP:

Still need to get some base work on these guys, but making gangbuster progress. Ignore the vampire, she got a couple days of a head start and is not for the comp. Next up is to get the bland and blood knights done. Half a month to go, but the blood knights need to go one at a time on the monster handle, and knights in general take a lot more time then footsloggers.


Top 5 will make the final cut.

 Mr Nobody wrote:
I always enjoy JoshinJapan's WIP photos. It makes me feel so much better about my own desk's tidiness.

I haven't actually painted anything on my painting station in many years-- every square cm is covered with paints, supplies, or WIP models. I do all my hobby work on the dining room table.

WIP of the ogre:


You can see another copy of the same model in the background. I painted him with TMM, and will use him as reference for the lighting on the newer model. Also, my go-to NMM steel recipe is really close to the blue skin, so I'll probably start over with bronze.