Necromunda Baffo's WIPs (picture heavy)

[Baffo]

Greetings fellow Hivers

I am Baffo, an obsessive-compulsive converter/hobbyist with hoarding issues, which are not helped by the fact I am also the local Necromunda group arbitrator (so I get excuses to buy/convert even more random monsters/vehicles/NPCs). As you will notice from my albums I have general urge to convert every model I have at least a little bit (and in some cases I don't really know when to stop), but my main problem is then getting paint on said models; I am a decent painter and really enjoy the Highlights and details stage of the painting process, but find the early stages of painting (blocking in the colours neat and tidy) an unbearable slog, so I usually prefer getting on my next conversion/sculpting idea...

In the usual spirit of overly-optimistic 'New year resolutions' I decided to finally take pictures and upload my current Necromunda gangs/projects to maybe motivate me enough to get at least some of my gangs (or at least some models) painted in the upcoming year.

I have several Necromunda gangs and various extra conversions and scratch-builds, that I will eventually photograph, compile and post up in here, but to start the year off with a proper bang, here is my primary (and most heavily converted) necromunda gang: the Lords of the Red Sands - a Pit-fighter/Khador themed Goliath gang...

Baffo's Goliaths WIP

• Baffo
• Jan 1, 2020
• 10

Album about the work in progress on the Lords of the Red Sands, my Pit-fighter+Khador themed...

Added on 01.01.2020

Baffo's Critters and Mechs WIP

• Baffo
• Jan 1, 2020
• 7

This album is for my Critters and Nests (for the Pest extermination custom scenario) and the...

Added on 01.15.2020

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Baffo's side Gangs WIP

• Baffo
• Jan 15, 2020
• 13

Just some pics of my other 'side gangs'...

Added on 01.23.2020

Enforcers Judge Dredd Color scheme

• Baffo
• Jan 23, 2020
• 3
• 2

Added on 04.04.2020

Goliath Reinforcements and Rogue Mech Cawdor

• Baffo
• Apr 4, 2020
• 5

Hope you like them and happy new year

Edit: Added the links to other albums as I upload them; cheers!

 

[ClockworkOrange]

What are you waiting for then? Get them finished.

Id say welcome but I see you’ve been around a fair while! Pass friend.

 

[Chaos Moomin]

I wonder, Baffo, have you tried the underpainting/glazing method of painting?

Get your values/highlights in early in grey and white (after a zenithal undercoat), and then simply glaze your base colours in over top quickly. It's something I'm looking to do more of for speed reasons, and sounds like it'd suit your preferences perfectly.

Nice sculpting work by the way.

 

[cainex1]

Hey! I recognize you from Dakka and I too love to build and convert but I don't know if I would call myself a good painter.
Great looking stuff though.

 

[Baffo]

Ok, added another small album of pics of my custom Critters for Pest extermination scenario and the WIP on my Looted/Reclaimed Mech suits for Necromunda (link in the opening post).
Cheers!

 

[SuboptimusPrime]

Well, if those aren't the neatest Goliaths I've seen in...ever, actually, those are easily the best Goliath conversions I have seen, period.

Are the arms on the bolter champ sculpted too, or did you convert pre-existing arms?

 

[Baffo]

Well, if those aren't the neatest Goliaths I've seen in...ever, actually, those are easily the best Goliath conversions I have seen, period.

Are the arms on the bolter champ sculpted too, or did you convert pre-existing arms?

Thanks
The 'base structure' of the arms for the Bolter is from the original Goliath kit (the arms usually holding the Stub cannons, but one arm from each of the 2 pose variants), however for most of my champions I had to file down and re-sculpt the muscle structure of their upper arms and shoulders when visible, since my coats add quite a bit of width to the model's shoulders and without corrections they would look obviously deformed.

 

[Baffo]

Here are some more pics of my other 'side gangs', besides my main Goliaths (link added also to opening post):

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Baffo's side Gangs WIP

• Baffo
• Jan 15, 2020
• 13

Just some pics of my other 'side gangs'...

They are not as heavily converted as my Goliaths, but there are minor reposes/kit-bashes and head-swaps to give them all a bit of a spin on the stock models
Hope you like them and cheers!

 

[cainex1]

Ridiculously cool. I just got the last of my Puppetswar heads for my Enforcers, I'm doing berets, no helmet (including the 2 from the kits) and 2 variations on the Dredd theme

 

[Baffo]

Ridiculously cool. I just got the last of my Puppetswar heads for my Enforcers, I'm doing berets, no helmet (including the 2 from the kits) and 2 variations on the Dredd theme

I might have gone for that look as well, if I did not already use the Tempest scions Berret heads on my Orlocks (would look too similar), so I ended up converting a stock helmet head from the basic enforcers kit to look more like Dredd's helmet and recasting it in resin for the entire crew. I made my own Subjugators with custom Shields (again converting a Brettonian Man-at-arms shield and re-cast in resin to duplicate) and 'normal patrolmen bodies', before we knew the 'official' subjugators were coming out as their own plastic kit, so I decided I would use the newer Subjugator bodies to make my Officers (Captain and Sergeants) instead and added the more Dredd-like Shoulder pads to the kits to better differentiate characters from 'gangers' (and they are on the bigger 32 mm bases).

 

[cainex1]

I set aside some riot shields I had in metal for the task and I was going to do much the same. Luckily, I have too many projects and worked on something else in the meanwhile.
Speaking of, I just got my FW order in and need to take care of all that. Most of it is in good enough shape to not require hours of repair or replacement (literal crapshoot with them).
Anyway, I'll probably be using some of your ideas down the line.
Keep up the good work!

 

[SirFrog]

Wow. Are all those armour plates (on the shotgunners, for example) individually hand-sculpted, or do you have some kind of bluestuff cast? I can see that a few of those weapons have been recast, but there's some impressive consistency in that greenstuffing.

 

[Baffo]

Wow. Are all those armour plates (on the shotgunners, for example) individually hand-sculpted, or do you have some kind of bluestuff cast? I can see that a few of those weapons have been recast, but there's some impressive consistency in that greenstuffing.

Thanks
All the Green stuffing is individually hand-sculpted on each model; the trick of 'keeping consistent' is to use fairly simple geometric shapes and to build up details in multiple layers/sculpting sessions (as in sculpt the base layer, let it dry completely, then add some details on it, let those dry, and so on).
Another 'design trick' is to make all 'extra armour/shoulder pads' similar in design aesthetic but intentionally not identical - if I tried to make them all exactly the same the small inconsistencies in size and shape would stand out, but if you make them all slight variations of the same 'theme', minor mistakes and asymmetries do not look quite as out-of-place.
When I want to be 'truly consistent' I make silicone moulds and recast in resin the bits I need to be exactly the same (like the custom weapons and coats of the Goliaths or the Helmets, Shields and Shoulder pads for the Enforcer officers for example). There are some other advantages/tricks with resin casting (like the 'wavy' textured Goliath coats or the Gene stealer Adept's cloak), but exact consistency is the main factor usually.
Cheers!

 

[SirFrog]

I guess I'll just have to work on my sculpting, and up my recasting game. I'm still using good ol' bluestuff recasting, which while simple is far from perfect.

 

[Baffo]

For a change of pace I decided on a whim to try out my intended colour scheme for my Enforcers:

Enforcers Judge Dredd Color scheme

• Baffo
• Jan 23, 2020
• 3
• 2

As you can see I went for the 'classic comic-book' Dredd look and made a conscious effort to keep it relatively simple and 'quick' (as I have a tendency to overly complicate most things).

What do you think?
Cheers!

 

[Chaos Moomin]

Looks good to me, though highlighting some of the edges on the black would help bring out the detail I think.

 

[Baffo]

Ok, I finally got some more conversions done:

Goliath Reinforcements and Rogue Mech Cawdor

• Baffo
• Apr 4, 2020
• 5

Finished some 'reinforcements' for my main Goliath gang (in the form of one Stimmer and 5x Forge-borns) and most of my newest Rogue Mechanicus themed Cawdor gang, with custom Juves and Brute.

Hope you like them and cheers!

 

[Blood Donor]

The Stig Shambler (I mean the whole lot, but) looks outstanding. These will look awesome dressed in paint, really excellent looking builds

 

[Draconic]

Bloody great conversions Baffo. Your a master with the green stuff! Any tips on how to improve to the level of sculpting your own mini parts with it?

 

[cainex1]

Dude, you are a very excellent sculptor.