PAINT WHAT YOU GOT 2025/2026

 Yes it's that time of year to start the next challenge, for anyone not familiar with this challenge it's all about getting models finished, so it doesn't matter if it the model is almost finished or brand new from a box you got for Christmas it's about finishing part of your hoard of models ! LOL Everything counts, single models entire armies ( probably talking smaller scales on that) scenery vehicles, if it's a model in your collection it counts, and whatever scale you prefer as well. The start date is the 26 th of December 2025, until the 28th of February 2026. Just in case you need some inspiration here are some of last years entries :

Hope you can join in and take part, even if it is only one model, it's an achievement, if you want to take part, leave a comment below, or email me at wargamesterrainworkshop.co.uk if I don't currently follow your blog, please leave a link to your blog. All that remains is to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, or whichever holiday you celebrate, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

LADIES NIGHT

 As I continue to work through the four boxes of Kroot I got for my birthday and just because my wife thought I needed some more models (not really, but I think she was trying to cheer me up, and move out of bed at the time ! LOL) I've added to the hound unit, which in my case are all female. To achieve this I trimmed their crest quills down and also used a more muted skintone, and Quill colors, as you often find in birds in nature.

I still would like to add another 3 to make this unit the second largest. I've also finished 3 additional headhunter kindred, these can use a acid spit attack in close combat, the throat crests were added with greenstuff.

I've also managed to finish the second basic Kroot squad, and it now is a full size twenty person squad, the models all came from the Kill Team boxset, but the arms were not ment for these bodies, I kitbash them around a bit, to add some variation.

Still another 1fourteen models to go, so expect to see more posts on these in the future, that's all for this post, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

DEADLIER THAN THE MALE

 Today I have Ventris from Star Wars the Clone Wars, this character has a long and complex history, she started as part of the Night Sisters, and was traded while she was a child, her master was killed, and she was rescued and trained by a Jedi, who was later killed, and then trained by Count Dooku in the ways of the Sith, until he betrayed and tried to kill her. After attempting and failing to kill Dooku, she became a bounty hunter, and after the start of the Empire became a Jedi protector, so going full circle.

The model I got for my Birthday, and depicts her time as a Sith apprentice, I constructed it with the arms lower than shown on the official sight as it looked more natural to me.

Here is a reference picture.

So where was I last week, I was in Scotland, visiting places we both had wanted to go to. Our first stop was Loch Ness, where I didn't see the famous monster, but did visit it's visitors centre.

We then progressed to Edinburgh to visit the castle, and my wife went to the Christmas market, and on the journey home we stopped in York to visit the Viking museum, the other two monsters I hoped to see was the British Big Foot.

And the Wild Haggis, but no luck on either, but we had a good time none the less.

That's all for todays post, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

JUST FOR FUN

 When we paint our models it's normally for a purpose, weather it be to get another painted unit for one of our armies, or to enter a competition, even just to be part of a blogging challenge. Well todays model doesn't fall into any of those categories, as I literally painted the model for the enjoyment of painting it. It's no secret I love painting, I find it relaxing and a great distraction on low pain days. So what have I chosen as the subject a Tyranid Canifex,  this was left over from a client project many years ago, but I thought it would be interesting with it's soft tissue areas and armor plating, I used a coconut crab color's as the basis.

I used it as an experiment with colors and using glazes to darken down areas to see how it would work, which I was pleased with the results, also played with contrast paints as a highlight, which worked but was very subtle, which was great for dark colors. Next week I will be away from the computer while I go monster hunting, so if I don't post on your blog or answer on mine don't worry, I'm off having fun, so until next time stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

SEASON OF SCENERY 2025 EXTENDED EDITION SHOWCASE

 Apologies for this being late, but due to it being extended and also me not able to sit at the computer until late September it conspired against me, plus some of you were very busy ! LOL The Extension was Azazael's idea, in the hope that I would be able to make more of a contribution but my health decided that wasn't to be, so any scenery that was posted in September was also included  in your entries.

azazelx 

lostdamnedstunted

gurupig

caveadsum1471

kuribospainting

justneedsvarnish

jonhobbydesk

thewargamingerratic

markamorin

stracmark

pmpainting

periodicpainting

rantingsfromunderthewargamestable

spacedinosaurminis

dagreenhorde

tllw

fantorical

oldschoolworkshop

convertordie

As you can see just about every type of scenery has been covered, a huge thank you to every one who took part especially as I was out of action for the duration of the challenge. Do check out the respective blogs for more pictures, and see what else all these wonderful bloggers have been up to. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave