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I think you’d better do what he says, Mr. Kinney….

06 Thursday Oct 2016

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Greetings fellow humans, two posts in a week eh? Well, I need some advice – I’m a bit excited, but also need a sanity-check, because my Dreadtober effort has hit that ‘is this working or not‘ point. I think it is going ok, but I want to share a few WIP shots with you & sound you worthy specimens out. I’ve taken some liberties in the definition of ‘Dreadnought’, and assumed that a Dread-sized robot counts, (though this would works as a ‘Dread, an exo-suit, or whatever). I have one built, and another in progress – this is where we are today:

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I really hope that the inspiration behind this is clear, but if not, you need to check this out… do it now people – you have 20 seconds to comply.

(Dakka dakka dakka!!! Poor Mr. Kinney) Better? Good :-)

I have to admit, ed209 was the very first thing that popped into my brain when I saw the gun arms on the Kastelan robot kits, and I’ve been planning this idea over ever since. I haven’t seen anything in this vein on the interwebs, and I’m actually really surprised about that… I mean, those guns are just perfect, right? A bit of fettling with the Sentinel legs and some jiggery pokery with the Kastelan body gave me what I consider to be a reasonable approximation of everyone’s favourite Enforcement Droid… Here are a few more angles for you to consider:

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Ok, so I know it isn’t an exact replica of ed209 – the canopy is too small, the legs are a bit skinny front on, and there is too much going on up top to be considered a faithful reproduction… I think that there is a touch of the classic Space Crusade Chaos Dreadnought in there as well(?), but hey, this is the grim dark future after all…

That said, I’ve deliberately avoided any obvious Imperial iconography, so no skulls, eagles or other Gothic jizz-jazz. I may play around with some Kastelan armour on the legs to smooth them out and beef them up a bit from the front, and I’m toying with the idea of shortening the upper arms a bit, but I think that the essence of ed209 is in there… What do you folks think? Am I barking up the right tree here? You know the score peeps, comments & feedback are always welcome… you now have five seconds to comply :-)

March of the Tick-Tock men…

03 Monday Oct 2016

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Greetings mortals! I’m happy to report that my latest little side project is complete – an additional three ‘tick-tock men’ to join the one I put together last year. I’ve been meaning to get around to doing more of these for quite a while, as they are quite a versatile little mini. Firstly, the weapon loadout is such that they can stand in for counts-as Kastelan Robots in modern 40k. Secondly, they work for Rogue Trader as a table-top, (robot maniples of four), and as a more narrative driven game. Thirdly, they work perfectly for Frostgrave constructs – particularly the four ‘fire-throwing medium constructs’ needed for the final scenario in Dark Alchemy… All in all, quite a versatile little group!

I followed the exact same build and paint scheme as for the first one, (although, I do seem to have weathered the newer three more extensively in places). This was a bit of a challenge, as three of the group all share the same base mini. I put slightly different arms on one, and applied some heavy battle damage/repair to the other to differentiate them a little. So here they are – the three new ones and the original at the end for comparison:

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And here they are as a group, with Techpriest Schlan acting as Datasmith:

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I think these gangers are bang in trouble!

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So there we go folks, I hope these tickled your collective fancies. Next on the bench is a little something for Dreadtober – not that I’m taking part per se, but it’s a good excuse to tackle a project I have been mulling over for quite a while. Here’s a sneaky peak – see if you can guess where this is going:

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And no, it ain’t a Sentinel – nothing that obvious my friends ;-)

Guess who’s back!

24 Friday Jun 2016

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Hello folks – just like Arnie, I’m back! Yey!! Man… I can’t believe it has been almost 2 months since I posted my completed Techno-Barbarian village – our house has been upside down in all that time, making painting, modelling etc. practically impossible. I have really missed painting and blogging in that time, though luckily, I have been able to closely follow a number of excellent blogs out in the Noosphere, (yes… you know who you are), and so I have been getting my kicks second hand. I have also managed to get in a fair few games of Frostgrave these last months, (my techno-barbarian warband is now up to level 16!), but nothing to really satisfy my creative urges.

Anyhow, I am really pleased to report that a) the house is finished, and we have a cracking new kitchen & downstairs layout to enjoy, and b) I have picked up the brushes again. You know, it’s weird, but I am feeling incredibly rusty on the painting front, and strangely timid about ‘getting back into it’. I don’t know if anyone else has had a similar situation, but it definitely feels a bit uncomfortable… Ah well, got to start somewhere, right?

So… I’ve been pondering what to work on for my return, and (as you can imagine) I have a number of options. For starters, I have the Silver Tower game to sort out, plus several lovely Kickstarters that shipped recently. Also, I want to expand on the techno-barbarians, I have some Frostgrave creatures to sort out, and I have a number of small Confrontation collections to tackle as well… Such decisions! In the end, I decided to finish up my pit slave conversion, just to get my eye in, so to speak. He’s based on the AoS Slaughter Priest, and we last saw him in this state:

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Now he’s finished, and he looks more like this:

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And a little diorama to show just how big this guy is!

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I worked really hard on getting a nicely weathered look to the armour, and even harder on the blending & washing on the flesh… it did not feel like a very graceful or natural process at first, in fact, I found it to be quite mechanical and robotic at times… kind of ‘painting by numbers’ so to speak. Happily, the process has blown out a few cobwebs for me, and I’m pretty happy with how he turned out in the end. So what next? I have a few Oldhammerish odds and sods lying around in their undercoats, so I’m going to work through them just to sharpen up my brushwork a little bit more… I’m not sure after that, but the main thing is that normal service is resumed at Leadballoony – thank you all for your patience, it’s good to be back.