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Greetings Earthlings! I come in peace, and have a quick post for you today – I’ve had a bit of a monster painting session over the weekend, and have no fewer than 18 painted models to show for it! First up are a couple of fishmen that I picked up at BOYL – quirky little sculpts, nice and easy to paint up:
They were fun to paint, mostly done with washes and a quick drybrush, so nothing too demanding. I have no specific plan for them, so they can just hang with the rest of my galactic scum. My league of Xeno adventurers is growing!
Secondly, I have a bumper haul of 16 Johnny Lauck droids to share, (you can see details about Johnny in my last post), hence the post title. Droids… chips… computer chips…? oh, never mind :-/ Anyway, I speedpainted them up with no great attention to detail – simple colour blocks, wash, drybrush, weathering, done. I plan to use them as scenery items or plot points rather than characters in their own right, so I treated them as such. I painted five up each in blue, red and yellow, and I singled out one chap to be some sort of protocol droid ;-)
Here, protocol droid ‘AR53’ attempts to diffuse a tense situation between Hraxi Jonas and a couple of fishy customers… apparently only one of the aliens appreciates Mum jokes!
I love these little critters, and was instantly hooked on these when I saw them available on the undead kickstarter. I really like the idea of little civilianised droids bumbling around the place… probably something to do with growing up a long time ago, with my head stuck in a galaxy far far away :-) Some of these guys do look weaponised, but they can equally be drinks dispensers, fire extinguishers, hoovers, fumigators, etc. I’ll go back and add fine detail as and when the mood takes me, but I’m calling them done for now.
So that’s it for the time being – what a productive weekend! I have an assignment to write over the next couple of weeks, so painting time is going to somewhat limited for a while. That said, I’m sure I’ll manage a bit of painting here and there ;-) Catch you sucker DJs on the B side
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Damn, you’ve exploded the paint count !, it’s great to have a load of models like this with a little less character (theyr’re robots) to make the others stand out more. Watermelon man looks even better with his sidekicks now.
Thanks dude – yeah, Watermelon man’s posse is getting big! Must be the intergalactic Herbie Hancock vibe he’s laying down ;-)
Impressive! A good load of robots to hang around in the background can’t go astray in any sci-fi setting :)
Too right mate – shame they aren’t a thing in modern 40k, but perfect for a wretched hive of RT scum and villainy ;-)
2nd edition 40k, and especially the Necromunda rules, lend themselves to odd scenarios; they are what you make of them I guess. I must admit though I rarely play much other than normal battles…
Jesus, sixteen models!?! Impressive.
I didn’t know for sure that Johnny Lauck still had those robot moulds. I have painted about half of them over the last few years and what theyou lose in crudityour they more than make up for in personality.
Did you get husband Alien Bar set?
Similar goofy, pulp style and pretty basic sculpting along with oodles of character. They would fit into your RT setting extremely well.
Thanks dude – yeah they are a bit crude, but so goofy, and perfect for a quick and dirty painting session :-)
No, I didn’t see the Alien Bar set… I now have to seek it out on the interweb!
The droids look great! They will add to your games no end :)
Are they available separately though?….I always miss out on these things when they pop up :(
Cheers.
Thanks mate, that is my hope… I already have plot points in mind (with numerous gratuitous Star Wars quotes no doubt!)
I believe they are available separately – you’d have to check with the vendor. Shipping from US to UK was a bugger though, copped a bill at customs :-/
Brilliant mate! Let the robot rebellion begin.
Cheers mate – resistance is futile! ;-)
Good job on getting so many done mate. I’ve been flat knacker cranking out models too. I really like the bots or droids. Well done.
Cheers dude, ’twas a fun little project :-)
What have you been working on?
Well I want my 100th post to be a special one so I started trying to finish my Judicators project. Then fate came in to play and all my mates wanted me to host an epic battle at my place. As in the only one with miniatures and terrain I had to get to work on finishing off enough factions so everyone had an army to field. Over the last few weeks I’ve finished off my Cadian Regimemt, my Chaos army, some Orks and Tau/Kroot army. Plus I’ve put together some basic modular terrain. Now my 100th post will be all about the big battle which is taking place this Saturday. It’s been good motivation having a deadline but I’ve also made sure I haven’t rushed the painting. So hopefully on Sunday there will be a rather large post from me hehe. If I don’t fall in a pile from exhaustion that is haha.
Sounds awesome dude, can’t wait to see the bat rep.
Should be good. The modular terrain is fairly basic but I’ve created some interesting Rick formations by melting foam haha. There will be lots of pix!
Wow – busy bee! Sounds epic dude, wish I could be there :-/ Have fun mate, really looking forward to hearing all about it – don’t forget to take pictures! ;-)
Cheers. Ohh there will be plenty of pix. If you ever come to Oz we’ll have a game hehe.
And likewise if you’re ever in blighty :-)
Crikey that was fast!! Nice work on these dude!
Cheers dude, they were fun :-) So many fun scenarios in mind!
Looking good mate – the simple paint scheme really suits the droids, taking the focus off them in comparison to the characters without leaving them looking unfinished. Rather taken with those fishmen as well, in fact the whole band of aliens has developed a suitably B-movie charm :-)
Thanks dude – yeah, they are gaining in strength! I have the goofy aliens from the Iron Claw space pirates to add to the group as well – it’s only a matter of time before they cause trouble I reckon! Glad you like the droids too – I’m ridiculously pleased with them ;-)