Kroot Huntress

Another RT character to explore the grim dorkness of the WH40K universe with =)

I sketched out the idea for this mini quite a while ago and built the main parts up but then, as usual, put her in a box and forgot all about it!

Here she is, scouting out in the wastes of Rigel's Ridge.

 This is the first time I have used a snow technique on a model - I'm really pleased!

Her rifle is made out of multiple Kroot rifles and a few bits of 2nd Ed Space Marine gear.

 This shot is a bit like 'Napoleon crossing the Alps'... if the alps were a sub-tundra swamp. And Napoleon was a female humanoid lizard from space...

Glowing blue balls and a hunk of meat. What else could a girl ask for?

 "It's not dandruff, it's snow...'

 I putty molded the skull of some past prey to adorn her head with.

Skulls are the universal attire of the bad ass.

Trying out a new back drop to compliment the bog of stench terrain, I think it looks suitably arctic!
I should probably model up a sort of polar fox or something for scenes like this... do I even have time for shit like that?

I'm not sure what happened to my camera's temperature meter?? Some of the shots came out a bit 'warmer' than I was going for? =(

Ok so that's that.
A larger scale project is all finished and ready for the next post - and I have been beavering away like a, er, beaver, on the three Focke Wulf's and will set up some progress shots of them soon =)

Stay frosty;

Ace

'Roxette'

Hey all, here is the latest addition to my Necromunda Goliaths - 'Roxette'

Roxette will be joining; Filthy Pete, Mr Goodbye, Rob the Sausage and Flopper in their exciting adventures with 'UltraMaim' (hopefully soon)

Sorry for the recycled photo, I'll finish a few more and then do a sort of 'Band Photo shoot' in the near millennium...

 I had a great time painting this one, like taking a Joyride - It must have been love...

 Spending my time painting minis like this seems Almost unreal. If you ever get stuck for a colour scheme you just Listen to your heart...

From any angle - He's Got the Look...

That's enough of that I think...

No HYBRID this week I'm afraid - Olgier is needed elsewhere so the minions of the Heresiarch will just have to shuffle aimlessly down empty corridors by themselves for a bit.

More terrain to come and the P51D is almost ready! Wally has his stick gripped firmly between his legs and err... 

As you were then.

Ace

Hybrid progress and some weird shit

Hello everyone. Look what I have for you today...

First off are the Seneschal and his merry band of Purifiers. The 'good guys' faction of the Rackham board game 'Hybrid'

The chance to finally get to play this game in the proper 'grown-ups' manner, you know with ACTUAL PAINTED MINIATURES, is almost here! 
There's still a handful of Griffin troops to go before I can sit down and get to grips with the rules - but it's so close, so very close...

Great models to paint. I cannot express how sad it makes me to think that this once awesome and passionate game company is now gone. I can only hope that Jean Bey and his team resurface in another effort soon!

And here are some of their adversaries...

The quick and slimy little Pests of Flesh. These were actually painted almost ten years ago! Time flies when you have to waste it working for a living!

The versatile Hybrids, again from my original attempt to finish the games mini's and play a decade ago.

Two of the big scary beasts; the Nemesis Clone on the left and the Aberration on the right. Can't wait to use these!

A few more angles...

Fantastic fun painting these up. I used to be quite frightened of tackling the large miniatures but actually find them easier to get to grips with than the standard 'human' sized figures now. That reminds me, I must do some more cavalry soon =)

Last but not least are my two Skorize Warriors - I believe I have already posted them, but I'll include them here for the sake of completion.

Scary. And awesome.

So, some weird shit then.
I never had an opportunity to play 'Rogue Trader' back in the day and have always wanted to give it a go, I just really enjoy the feel of the 40k universe as it was then - lots to explore and plenty of individual variety to the rules. I prefer games that are about playing WITH rather than expressly AGAINST another person/s, especially when the game has as much wacky shit going on as RT does!

So here are the first of many new additions to my figure collection for playing games from a more interesting GW.

I cant remember exactly when I posted the original 'undercoated' versions of these guys, here are the finished results.

From left - A Badlands Preacher venturing into the unknown to save the souls of the unbelievers. Space Marines Field Police, sporting ammonium veldt camo scheme and Plasma pistol. A rescued Space Crusade Chaos Android (seriously, you should have seen the painting originally applied to this guy...) now making his way through the wastelands as a rogue mech for hire. And finally my own original creation, a Jokaero mutant bearing heavy weapons!

Look at that monitor screen - any chance I get to use Scorpion green!

Cool, thats it for now - another round of painting should complete the Griffins and I hope to bring you a Battle Rep asap. More B17 has been played and hopefully a couple of 'big' projects will near completion soon. Also, Fighting Fantasy's 'Seas of Blood' play through is nearly there!

Now if I could just stop having to go to a job to earn money...

Ace

Freindly encounters in space

Are few and far between...

Very happy with my Tzeentchian lads. The devastator weapon was a bit of an ad hoc experiment and, well, I wouldn't want to mess with him! (Or use the gun for that matter...)

Off to the line dancing competition lads!

Where we kill everyone...

Ace

Chaos reigns...

Three of five new Chaos Space Marines ready for Rogue Trader!

I was originally thinking of using these guys as another team of marines in games of Space Crusade (so you could incorporate a 5th player like HeroQuest) I would still like to see what an extra set of Chaos Marines would do to the balance of SC... Maybe one day I can try it out?

One of my better attempts at a power weapon =) Just look at that lightning crackle! Lovely.

And there they go. Great, more Chaotic goodness next post and, with any luck, a book review!

Cheers

Ace

Quickie

Hey! Here's a quick photo of the desk this week.

Proper photos soon =)

Ace

Where am I up to?

About here...

Ah, the sweet smell of Dulcote... Nothing better than finishing off mini's and rushing off late to work in the morning!

Here's about half of the Space Crusade mini's all done, the front rank of my aborted High Elf spearman unit and a couple of my Post Apoc models. I started the Space Crusade stuff about 4 years ago so the painting varies wildly =) The High Elves are a current project that I have picked back up after nearly 10 years! Time flies eh?

Here's the only rank I have to hand (the rest are in varying states of completion in storage) Very much looking forward to finishing this army for a bit of WH action.

One of my 'Red Cross Gang' fighters. I never got a chance to play 'Dark Future' and have always been interested in Post apoc gaming so figured I'd get a few vehicles and guys together, then torture my friends into playing against me!
Originally this guy is an Italeri German Wehrmacht figure from an Afrika Korps kit (I think?)
I sometimes read that people think 28mm figs are close to the size of 1/72? Nah, not even close!

Here's a new thing! (and an old thing...) I've always wanted to make up my own sculpts at 28mm/54mm scales so I'm giving it a go! Very excited to see ho this turns out (probably eye hurtingly bad but hey...) Using one of my ANCIENT Eagle Warriors for scale, this is hopefully going to be a large alien for 28mm stuff or normal sized xeno/mutant for 54mm/1-35 stuff. This photo was taken about 2 days ago so the enthusiasm is still going strong, will have new pics of the progress soon!

(Look at the funny colour Enchanted Blue goes under my painting lights. No wonder I cant blend properly...)

 A few up and coming Rogue Trader mini's L-R Mutant Jokaero weapons carrier, Tiger Claws Space Marine Field Police, Wastelands Preacher.

 And some more! These guys were destined to be additional Space Crusade Chaos Marines but now will find new life in Rogue Trader as Renegades and Traitors. Lovely!

There's more on the table but thats all I will show for the moment. 'Temple of Terror' is going well (Fighting Fantasy #14) so will hopefully have a review next post.

See you then =)