I never imagined you’d actually do that! I like it, though. I could see the rider requesting the gun and the mount hands up the grip so he can pull it out and use it.
Necromunda The ballad of how I lost my mind and decided to paint a ton of stuff
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School started again, and getting up at 05:30 still sucks. Managed to do the base, and the first splotches of color are starting to appear.
So this step was weird, because I spent two hours painting most of the ostrich in a dark blue, and the robes a light blue-gray, only to slather everything in Contrast Black Templar. I tried this before on the Orlock Mastiffs, and over dark blue, it creates a nice near-black, which doesn't show up that well on photos. The robe was an experiment, and turned out a not very nice and somewhat splotchy grey-black. So I spent a few hours painting black. Oh well, you live you learn, going to put more traditional black on the robes tomorrow.
I am also almost finished with the onerous task of painting red over black primer. This model sure has a ton of hidden angles.
I am also almost finished with the onerous task of painting red over black primer. This model sure has a ton of hidden angles.
He is however looking very good. I did not realise how large this model is. No wonder he costs so much. He makesxa very nice cetre piece for a small mech group.
And that explains why I've been having so much trouble getting copies of the driver/rider torso.
Thanks, @Brendan Flynn , yes he's quite huge, and has oodles of details, but I am getting closer to done. Also I think I might be suffering from an exotic curse and will be giving up on the YakComps for a while. The last two times I entered I made good progress at first, and then something bizarre happened in my life that reduced my hobby time close to zero until after the deadline. Oh well, getting at least 2-3 hours of painting a week again now, so will finish him soon I hope.
Mostly done with the model itself, still want to add transfers and of course the base.
Mostly done with the model itself, still want to add transfers and of course the base.
Took another evening, but here is my cybernetic ostrich rider:
Will maybe take better pictures tomorrow, but couldn't wait to post the evening's labor.
Will maybe take better pictures tomorrow, but couldn't wait to post the evening's labor.
Been a while, hasn't it?
Much has happened, not the least of which was me now sharing the household with someone else and a small predatory animal, but I finally got around to finishing something again:
Wreckers! Arguably the best gang prospects in all of Newcromunda, amazingly taking the idea of using a jetpack indoors and not only making it work, but making it work WELL.
So this means I've finished the Orlocks expansion as a whole, as per this group shot. I think I'll try finding the Goliath expansion again next.
Much has happened, not the least of which was me now sharing the household with someone else and a small predatory animal, but I finally got around to finishing something again:
Wreckers! Arguably the best gang prospects in all of Newcromunda, amazingly taking the idea of using a jetpack indoors and not only making it work, but making it work WELL.
So this means I've finished the Orlocks expansion as a whole, as per this group shot. I think I'll try finding the Goliath expansion again next.
Starting the month of with a classic, I finally finished my Demon Slayer (or was it a Dragon Slayer?) after having this particular model for close to ten years:
Also went to a gaming night again, and tried out The Doomed. An interesting tabletop game with very loose rules where you fight together against a big beastie, but try to win a scenario at the same time.
Or beast in particular was a Stone Wyvern, played by a very enthusiastic D&D miniatures dragon, picture here about to snack one of my mate's troopers:
This was the final moment of the scenario, with my band leader (yes, that's my Cawdor boss, The Doomed is miniature agnostic) winning by playing keep-away with a guy on an undead chicken and being the first to touch a torch, while a dragon was unsuccessfully trying to eat his face:
Also went to a gaming night again, and tried out The Doomed. An interesting tabletop game with very loose rules where you fight together against a big beastie, but try to win a scenario at the same time.
Or beast in particular was a Stone Wyvern, played by a very enthusiastic D&D miniatures dragon, picture here about to snack one of my mate's troopers:
This was the final moment of the scenario, with my band leader (yes, that's my Cawdor boss, The Doomed is miniature agnostic) winning by playing keep-away with a guy on an undead chicken and being the first to touch a torch, while a dragon was unsuccessfully trying to eat his face:
More paint put on an old project, my Solar Macharius, used as an Uphive Noble or somesuch.
This is a very weird sculpt. Some of the detail is very good, some is very shallow. The chest eagle in particular is mostly flat, something many other painters worked around with freehands. Still cool, don't get me wrong, but the sculptor clearly showed he could do detail, but he decided not to in a very obvious area for some reason. Oh well.
This is a very weird sculpt. Some of the detail is very good, some is very shallow. The chest eagle in particular is mostly flat, something many other painters worked around with freehands. Still cool, don't get me wrong, but the sculptor clearly showed he could do detail, but he decided not to in a very obvious area for some reason. Oh well.
My man is coming along, still have to do the back of the cloak and some random touch-ups. Still no sure what to do with the base, probably going to ignore base size and give him one of the larger hive bases I have lying around.
I wanted to do "something special" with the cloak on Mr. Macharius, but couldn't think of anything, which stalled the project for almost a week. I finally decided to just paint it a nice blue and be done with it, then transferred him to another base, where he is currently drying after having his arm reattached.
While that is happening very slowly I made progress on another half finished thing, my Typhus:
While that is happening very slowly I made progress on another half finished thing, my Typhus:
Half an hour later, Not-Macharius and his base are finally dry.
You know me, I loves me some details on my models. But Typhus is one of the first ones where I admit he might be a bit busy:
And busy is what I still am with him, but he's getting there.
And busy is what I still am with him, but he's getting there.
I've hit the point where I put another hour into the model and saw hardly any change, which to me means Nurgle is telling me that the job's a good 'un.
I find it difficult to “like” Nurgle stuff as it gives me the heebie-jeebies…. But that is a well-painted model.
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