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Slinky wrote:Nice sculpting!
Hope your back is on the road to recovery.

Cheers bud. Getting there gradually, much obliged!

aku-chan wrote:The armour on that rat guy is looking nifty!

Thanks! I used a greenstuff flooring roller and cut sections to suit.

RedSarge wrote:For some reason I pictured "Oni" from the Bungie game, but as a rat? XD

Well why not eh?

gitsplitta wrote:That's great work graven.

Thanks mate. I know you like your oriental adventures.

Right. Not painted much but had a brainwave: I'm going... old school for this month's dakka contest.



Not 100% but might paint these on sprue as retro space wolves and frame them for a mate. There is a gap on one sprue I might try to sneak an easter egg of some sort in.

That sounds like a fun project. I think I have a sprue of RTB01 tactical marines somewhere, but not the upgrade sprue. As always, I'll be following with interest.

That's a fab idea

I still paint on sprue sometimes. Particularly if it's detail parts.

All looking brilliant sir. Love the bobble head trekky crews.

JoshInJapan wrote:That sounds like a fun project. I think I have a sprue of RTB01 tactical marines somewhere, but not the upgrade sprue. As always, I'll be following with interest.

Oh thanks buddy. I might need to sneak an easter egg of some sort into the sprue gap.

Slinky wrote:That's a fab idea

Cheers!

Camkierhi wrote:I still paint on sprue sometimes. Particularly if it's detail parts.
All looking brilliant sir. Love the bobble head trekky crews.

Thanks buddy. They were surprisingly fun to do.
Felt like painting up some diggers is Decepticon, I mean Oscorp, colours:

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For whatever reason, I'm struggling to be motivated to paint the mcp, so easing back in.
Hey ho
Graven

Great work on making them look used!

Thanks buddy, I do like em mucky!

This month has been quite quiet - we call it Mad March in teaching as it's when we start to gear up for exams.
Meanwhile, my rtb1 sprues are just about done:


Now to frame them!


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The question is, with or without background?

In terms of background ... what would be a fitting one for a bunch of marine parts? the least distraction would be sheets of metal, riveted as a floor of a spacevessel?

Did you decide against the "easter egg"?

Viktor von Domm wrote:In terms of background ... what would be a fitting one for a bunch of marine parts? the least distraction would be sheets of metal, riveted as a floor of a spacevessel?

Good suggestions I was thinking an old WD page or a bit of blanchistu but that's a decent shout.

Slinky wrote:Did you decide against the "easter egg"?

No, just wasn't sure what to do initially; needed to dig into the old bitsbox

And framed!

Not bad. Not bad although my terrible photography makes the sprues look slightly squint

Looks badass framed... and with the colours of the bitz, a white backdrop is the better choice!

which makes me remember , I own a sprue of chrome coloured marines... there is an idea...

What a fun project. You really captured the feel of RT-era paintjobs.

You know... I've always been very confused as to the logic of painting anything on the sprue... but framed, that looks very cool.

Viktor von Domm wrote:Looks badass framed... and with the colours of the bitz, a white backdrop is the better choice!
which makes me remember , I own a sprue of chrome coloured marines... there is an idea...

Thanks mate, and look forward to seeing what you come up with.

JoshInJapan wrote:What a fun project. You really captured the feel of RT-era paintjobs.

Thanks buddy!

Gitsplitta wrote:You know... I've always been very confused as to the logic of painting anything on the sprue... but framed, that looks very cool.

Thanks pal. I'm not usually a fan of it but I think on this occasion it works OK

So, felt the urge a bunch of the rest of the terrain from the MCP core set, around the ruined Gas Station, and the matching Ultron Drone swarm.

Bit of detail, with the gas pumps:

I couldn't not do a bit of graffiti...

Love some freehand graffiti.

Added a Brutal Cities mdf AC unit on the side

Not forgetting the swarm

And of course the drones!


A fun time was had. I do enjoy a spot of terrain. Might even do big Ultron next.
Hey ho
Graven

OK... it's a stupid little thing. But I love the fluttering papers on the fan of the air conditioner. Just the perfect detail.

Gitsplitta wrote:OK... it's a stupid little thing. But I love the fluttering papers on the fan of the air conditioner. Just the perfect detail.

Ah! Thanks mate It's a touch I always try to add to my A/C Units, so I appreciate it didn't go unnoticed.

And now...
It's those notorious nezumi, those samurai skaven, sinister samurats... the Sengoku Splinters!

Mostly rolljordan minis, with some Mantic parts, gw oldhammer runner and catcher, and a generic superhero Hulk (plus a lot of gs) for the Rat Oni (and his little pal Remy).


Throwers

Linesmen

Blitzers

And gutter runners

Fun team Now to play the game
Takes me past 100 for the year so far. Not too bad
Graven

Those guys look great! The Rathulk was skillfully done-- he really fits the rest of the team.

I love rats. Wish the Skaven would come back to 40k... at least as an allied sub-faction of some sort.

JoshInJapan wrote:Those guys look great! The Rathulk was skillfully done-- he really fits the rest of the team.

Thanks man. He's definitely a reminder that I wish my painting was up to my gs work, but such is life. He looks the part, and that's what matters. I do have an old confrontation wolfen that I'm going to paint up for the team too, so I can use the Oni as the Star Player rat ogre if need be.

Gitsplitta wrote:I love rats. Wish the Skaven would come back to 40k... at least as an allied sub-faction of some sort.

Well, there's always Mantic veermyn
I mean they could work as Beastmen i guess?

Let's start the month with an extra:

This is a Wulfen I started... 15 years ago maybe? He's another Rat Ogre for the team now, more of a ninja vibe.

The gs work on the cowl is not as good as now but still, does the job.

Still, a fun model and means I can use the Oni as the Star Player.

I was inspired to do this because this month's dakka contest is Let's Finish This!
Here's what I'll be doing:

Cap and Bucky for sure. We'll see about the rest.

Graven

Always wonderful catching up with you.

Nice to see old Confrontation models....I still miss Rackham some of the best models ever produced.

Camkierhi wrote:Always wonderful catching up with you.

Thanks man

Llamahead wrote:Nice to see old Confrontation models....I still miss Rackham some of the best models ever produced.

For sure. The game was a bit of a mixed bag but lovely figs.

More progress on these in a hour than in months previous! Hurrah for dakka motivations.

Of course, watching XMen 97 may have helped

How very interesting. By laying down all those blues, it looks like you are batch painting, but all of the minis are unique. You're blowing my mind.

JoshInJapan wrote:How very interesting. By laying down all those blues, it looks like you are batch painting, but all of the minis are unique. You're blowing my mind.

Cheers mate. Yeah, i do this a fair bit when I want consistency or, like, spill paint
Here, I did it because I want a reasonably consistent set of blues, reds and yellows for a comic vibe, as if a single colorist had done them all.

Speaking of which, it is time...for the Age of Ultron!


Rather pleased with this.


Might tidy up a bit around the blast, but basically done.

And with his drones.

Progress on the rest of the gang. 5, hopefully, will be done by end of the month! Cap and Caps pretty much there, tbh. I'd like to get Bucky done though as feels thematic.
Incidentally, Iron Man wasn't done in the batch reds as I'm planning to use a different process for him, more of an orange base note.
I've run out of GW sepia and fleshshade. Any recommendations? I think I'm going to move away from the GW washes. Too darn pricey.

Have started, finally, playing Blood Bowl with the Elder Spawn. Damn, it's good fun. Having not hit the gridiron in 30 years, was a little wary, but it's just as stupid as ever. Sadly, he gave my oldhammer chaos a runaround with the pesky elves, but not without getting a good few properly murdered. Happy days
Graven

Got a bit more work done, to my surprise.

And some individual shots

I enjoyed this very stoic cap sculpt to paint, even if he's a less dynamic model.


And, well... I say individual...

I like that binary form gets it's own mini at no appreciable extra cost.

I marginally prefer how this one's turned out.

And group so far:

I may well just stick to the Age of Ultron motif, but one of the versions of Carol Dancers might make the cut of the final 5. We shall see. Winter Soldier is pretty much a must, especially as I've added a Cap shield to him, and the other strong contenders are Spidey and Doc Ock... but if I have Ultron, Iron Man must surely be in there... oh no!

In other news, enjoying blood bowl after 30 year hiatus. Managed to track down the other classic blocker sculpt for a steal off ebay (currently using the retro sorcerer for #3) so he'll be added to the Retro Raiders line up soon!

Hey ho
Graven

That's great work graven. Cap and Ultron are looking especially spiffy! Really good work on the blasts too.

Looking awesome bud. Love the blast effects. Been looking at BB myself lately. Will look forward to seeing your take on it.

Gitsplitta wrote:That's great work graven. Cap and Ultron are looking especially spiffy! Really good work on the blasts too.

Lol spiffy. Can always rely on you chum. I suppose that, to be strictly MCU, it should just be Ultron, Cap, Iron Man and Widow.

Camkierhi wrote:Looking awesome bud. Love the blast effects. Been looking at BB myself lately. Will look forward to seeing your take on it.

Thanks buddy. Slaaneshi Norsca next! Because drinking and fighting seems very to me

Next wave of Marvel done!

Crossbones. Fun sculpt. Lot of black though.

Bucky, reposed and with addition of Shield.



Doc Ock. All about the science.



And spider-man (and friend)

And just for fun...

Looks good on the scenic

So now need to decide on final 5... assuming I don't get Iron Man, Black Widow, Red Skull and Baron Zemo done too

But I'm keen to get the Norsca built and painted, along with a 3rd oldhammer Blocker I got for a quid off ebay... 16hrs in greenstuff world stripper, and good as new!

Am aware that boardgames, and instagram, take up more of my nerd life than here now. Still, thanks for sticking around!

Graven