EVERYONE SCATTER

 Carrying on with all the Kroot I currently have, I have finished the scatter gun squad, you may remember I did 5 quite a while ago, even though it's not in GW rules as a squad, but since when did I follow the rules ! LOL The first 3 are made following the instructions from the Kill Team boxset.

These next two are Kill Team bodies but Scatter Guns from the Carnivore box set.

The next 3 have got there pistol and blades out and scatter guns sheathed.

These last two are Kill Team weapons, on Kill Team bodies that don't normally have them.

I had fun with the conversions using parts from both Kroot kits, but there is a couple of things that have become apparent, the locating lugs or lack of them on the Kill Team kit is poor, also the detail on both sets of sculpts compared to the original kit is really shallow especially in the face detail, both of these are probably due to them being 3D sculpted, for a seasoned hobbyist, it shouldn't be too much of a problem, but may cause problems for people new to the hobby, or with physical impairments. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

TOOK A WHILE

 These are my first completed models since the 4 th of July, bit slow for me, but hopefully I can start to remedy that going forward. First up today is a Kroot Trail Shaper, this will be part of a shaper court I do.

The model itself was a recent Birthday present, I still think that £25 for a single figure is too expensive, no matter how nice the model is. Stuck with my normal color scheme.

The next four models are additions to one of my existing squads, three of the models came from the Killteam box, and the fourth from a Carnivore box, trying to make each squad have a mix of these two boxes, and the original Carnivore set.

The launcher is only shown with running models in the instructions, but as this squad is more static I used one of the standing bodies. the only other conversion, was the bird on the rifle, as that's designed for another model, but I liked it ! LOL That's all for today, hopefully more soon, as I have another 36 Kroot to get through, so until then, take care, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

PLEASE DON'T MAKE MY SUPERSUIT GREEN OR ANIMATED

 If you don't know the above quote it comes from Deadpool 1, when Wade started his treatment, as he fought his cancer, so I felt was quite fitting at this moment, as my treatment is going well, have had the first two courses with no adverse side effects (although still waiting for my super powers to kick in ! LOL) with the very long list I was given to look out for, I think I'm doing well.

A huge thank you to all who have left me comments, sent me emails, and left messages on their own blogs, really helped me through a very difficult time, I've been pretty much bed ridden, since I left hospital, until this week, but continue to improve each day, so hopefully will now start commenting on your blogs again from now moving forward. Talking of blogs I will be doing the Season of Scenery roundup soon, as I wait for any last posts for the extended edition to go up (if you don't know what I mean, you'll have to wait for the roundup ! LOL)

I have an update on my hand as well, apparently I've damaged a nerve in my elbow, just waiting to see what the next step is which should be the beginning of November, so will keep you updated as I find out.

In my last post I mentioned I was having a downstairs bathroom fitted, which has now been completed, and making life much easier, as I haven't been able  to use stairs for a long time. here are some pictures

Not the most interesting of pictures, so hopefully will have more interesting ones in future posts, as I have started to get back into my painting, it's been a long slow road. My wife got me Kroot models for when I got out of hospital, and it took me over a month just to put them together, 10 minutes here, then the next 10 minutes might be 4 days away ! LOL Luckily this week I've actually managed two days painting for a couple of hours so hopefully will have something cool to show you next week, so until then, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

UPDATE

 Greetings, firstly my deepest apologies for not commenting on any of your awesome sites, I have been reading them all and they very much have helped keep me entertained during my absence. I may well be away from the computer for a while longer, but while I had this opportunity I wanted to give an update as many people had been asking on their blogs, or in comments, or emails, all very much appreciated.

So what's been going on, well about a month ago I got a pain in my ribs, didn't think too much about it, as I get ghost sensations of broken ribs with my Fibromyalgia on a regular basis ( been fighting this horrible disease now for 18 Years), over the week I found it harder and harder to catch my breath, saw my Doctor the following Monday, who sent me in straight away for tests, turns out I had fluid on my left lung, over the next two weeks I had over 5 liters of fluid drained from my lung, and need to go back in again, to have more drained. Yesterday I got the results from the biopsy that was taken, and the tests on the fluid, and I have Cancer, that was caused by Asbestos, I have already been referred to Oncology, and just waiting on their recommendations on treatment, and when we can start. This form of Cancer isn't curable, but can be held at bay with the right treatment, so I should still be around for a long time, as we have caught this early, and the Specialist said with my age being younger (who's he kidding I'm in my 50's ! LOL) and my strength ( ! WTF ! LOL) we have a good chance of stopping it advancing, so I'm not out of the fight yet.

What does this mean for Season of Scenery, well my output maybe very slow, especially as My disabled bathroom is being started next week, and likely to take three weeks, but much needed. Keep posting up your fantastic entries as there as been so many already, and I will do a summary post at the end as always obviously giving everyone time to get their final posts up, so until next time stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave 

BRIEF UPDATE ON MY ABSENCE

 Some of you may have noticed that I haven't been commenting on your mighty fine blogs, or even replying to comments on my own blog, there is a very simple answer to this, For the last week, and this coming week I have been in and out of hospital, I have a procedure booked for Wednesday, where they will hopefully be able to drain two thirds of my left lung of fluid, and also find out the cause of this. Hopefully then everything will return to normal and I can catch up on all your great content. The ones I receive by email I have been able to read, which has helped keep the sanity, while undergoing so many tests, exams and scans. Hopefully talk soon, so until then stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

DON'T DRONE ON

 Back when I started my Night Hawk army, I spent a long time thinking about what there Dreadnoughts would look like. As The army was mostly flight based, I thought a flying dreadnought would fit, unfortunately my opponents weren't too happy with a very quick dreadnought that had two heavy weapons with a pair of rending claws.  To be honest I can see there point, but what to do with the first one I built, with my recent painting of this project I came up with a new idea, what if I made it into a drone, now this would mean weaker armour than a dreadnought, and also no rending attack as they would be landing claws only, also I thought that having a controller on the board for it would give two ways of taking it out, as if the controller was killed the drone would no longer have any function.

This is a repaint of my original one to bring the colour scheme more up to date, the V is because I have another four of the old advanced space crusade chaos dreadnought to transform into more drones. I have a question which I'd like your opinion on, should the controllers be Servitors, Marines, or tech Marines ? I can see arguments for each so would value your opinion. That's all for today, so until next time stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

TOTAL FAIL

 Yes it's true I have failed a painting challenge for the first time in my blogging history, even worse it's one where conversions and sculpting are key, which is kind of my go to, no excuses from me just couldn't get it done in time so how far did I get, the  bulk of the body is done, just missing some details, the legs are in varying states, and only one completed. the brain is sculpted and painted, still need to cast the color resin around it, so all in all about 50% done.

Will have to do way better next year as it's the 10 th anniversary of Forgotten Heroes, as I always try to beat my score from the previous year, that's another fail this year, but sets the bar low for next year ! LOL That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun ! 

Cheers Dave