Greetings Terrans, how goes it? Phew, life after Conan eh? Well, I love having a project to do, but I must admit that it is nice to be able to just pick something whimsical up and paint it for the hell of it… This week is exactly that – a piece of whimsy inspired by this guy from the Conan set:

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This is a serious mini, but while I was painting it, there was a bit of me that couldn’t help seeing ‘it’ as a him, and ‘him’ as an old caretaker in a wolf-man costume. Inevitably, my mind took me here:

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These are the catchily named ‘HFN016 Gang & Dog’ from Hasslefree Minis – a lovely set of sculpts that were an absolute delight to paint. Here they are individually(ish):

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And a final action pic where either someone is about to not get away with it thanks to those meddling kids, or those meddling kids are about to get their throats torn out…

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That’s all for this week folks – short but sweet!

Greetings Terrans, I have a sneeky quick peek of ‘wot I dun painted on me hollibobs’ for you. I apologise in advance for the shit pics, sub-par painting, and general sameyness of the subject material – I’ve been working through the RT era orks I prepped for doing the Wolf Time campaign, so lots of 5 ork squads with 3 Bolters, a Heavy Bolter, and a leader with Bolter & chainsword! All the painting was either done on a deck in sunlight, or in a caravan… less than perfect lighting conditions! Still, it drove a certain approach to the process, which was basically to do the main ‘accurate’ stuff by day, and tackle the less fussy wash & drybrush by bulblight at night. I’ve deliberately left out the fiddly details – they’ll get added later & with better lighting.

Anyhow, enough excuses – here’s what I’ve got:

Yellow squad – Heavy Bolter (left) has a converted gun

 

Purple squad – again, Heavy Bolter (second from left) has a converted gun

 

Green squad – converted heavy bolter again (second from left), plus a chainsword weapon swap for the squad leader

 

Blue squad – as nature intended

 

A selection of characters from RTB02 – leaders in their own rights, but destined to be mere squad leaders under Governor Kulo!

 

And a final group shot – a great start to the project!

So that’s all for now folks, back to normal next week – i.e. a batshit crazy catch-up week with work, followed by a weeklong business trip, followed by who-knows-what!  Hopefully I’ll manage to get a few more Orks marched through the painting queue in and around the madness :-)

Peace out