CODE BREAKER !

 The Dark Shaper Kraw bustled around his dwelling looking for the DNA he'd been saving to increase the strength of his spawn handlers, when his underling came bursting in, screeching.

++ UNIVERSAL TRANSLATER ENGAGED ++

"Sire they're hatching !"

"I have lot's of creatures hatching, which ones are you squawking about ?"

"The Gnarloc's sire"

" Grab my bag, and follow me"

At times he wished he'd given himself wings, but didn't want them getting in the way when doing delicate work. He approached the nest cautiously, not to spook the mother, and watched the hatching, the first thing he noticed was the change in color, being predominately red, which was new, then he noticed the head and beak increase, plus the size of the claws was almost twice the size of normal. He whooped with glee, which surprised the underling, who'd never seen his sire show anything resembling happiness !

"Run to the Master Shaper, and tell him I've managed to unlock the locked strain, so hopefully we can do the same with the hounds and Krootox !"

Today I have finished the last two Gnarloc Riders to finish the squad, both have Kroot Rifles, pistols and blades, as their main weapons, but each holding different arrangements, I've used the same colors again, but varied the patterns again, to coincide with the above background, which I've done to explain the difference between mine and the Forgeworld ones.

Here is a group shot of all five.

This will be my last post for Monster May(hem) as regards to finished monsters, but I might have another sculpt post, will have to see. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

AS KEITH SAID

 Recently on Keith's Monster May(hem) update, he said I'd done multiple Gnarloc riders, so I thought I'd better make that accurate as soon as possible. So today I have two more Gnarloc riders, the first one is armed with a Kroot Rifle and pistol, plus many blades he could choose from, I've varried the pattern on the Gnarloc as well.

The next one is armed with a grenade launcher, I also included a bit of smoke on the launcher to add to the effect, this was achieved with super gluing cotton wool around the grenade, then teasing it to the desired shape.

Below is a group shot of the three finished ones.

While I was at it, I've cleared the Kroot Hounds that were sat on my desk, from the Kill Team box, and the two small hounds from the Carnivore box, that I put on one base to count as a larger one, the larger ones, had additional equipment added to change the look of each one.

I've also finished sculpting option A of my Swamp Beast.

and already started option B

I've still got two more Gnarloc riders to finish before the end of the month to finish the squad. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

CLIMBING THE WALLS !

 I have another Star Wars beastie today for Monster May(hem) a Varactyl as seen in " Revenge of the Sith" movie, in the film it was ridden by Obi Wan Kenobi, but this one is being ridden by a Utai, which were also seen on Utapau, I thought they would look cool roaming the streets like the Lugga beast, I showed last time. This model is a 3D print I got from the usual trader I purchase from on Ebay.

Once I painted the greens and blues on the creature, I gave them a coat of gem paints to give them the metallic look, rather than normally using silver as the base color, I wanted deeper colors.

I've also painted up a unit of Juggernaut crew for my Imperials, they are 3D resin prints, that I got from a new trader I found on Ebay, these appeared in the series " The Mandalorian" but this is not the only type of Juggernaut, there is the one that appeared in the series "The Bad Batch" and also in the film " Rogue One", so at some point I would like to get one of these vehicles, or maybe two, to also add to my Empire forces.

If I had named a post after these it would have been where's my spanner, as the open case on top is empty, with a spanner symbol inside the lid ! LOL

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

Cheers Dave

LUG THIS

 Today I have a Star Wars monster size creature to show for Monster May(hem) a Jawa riding a Lugga Beast, now if you don't know this creature you can be forgiven as they appeared in Episode 7 of the Star Wars movie, on the planet Jakku, now I have zero interest of adding most things from the Sequels, but this beast will look right at home walking through the streets of Mos Eisley, or Mos Espa.

Tried to match the reference as much as possible, with stippling, washes, and wiping washes, the model is a 3D resin print. I've also painted up a R1 droid, that I have wanted for a long time which will add to my lineup of droids and is also a 3D resin print.

As you can see in the reference picture I still need the short domed droid, as I haven't made one of them yet ! LOL

I have some news to share today as well, I had the results of my latest scan back this week, and the fluid in my lung has continued to recede without being drained, and also the thickening has also reduced in size, which is the best news I could have got, now if I can fix my hands which are getting worse I'll be doing great ! LOL

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

Cheers Dave

FIRST OF FIVE

 I know 10 days into a challenge and only now I'm showing a completed monster, what can I say I got distracted, and instead of concentrating on one, I've been busy working on all 5 Gnarloc riders. Today I've focused on the Shaper, to get that one finished, as he was the closest to being done. I've gone for a well equipped look on the unit, as it's got extra room on the mount, and being the shaper a set of skulls for DNA would be useful.

I've changed up the look of the Gnarloc's making them predominately red with dark blue markings, just to add some variation on the theme, That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

NOT MY FAULT !

 The model today is really Roger's fault, which means the delay on getting my first Monster May(hem) post up is also his fault ! LOL The other week when I showed Jaxxon, Roger said was I going to do Amaiza, which was one of the others in the group, that Jaxxon was constantly trying to chat up, now before you see her, you have to remember it was 1977 and Marvel were renowned for not covering the ladies in proper attire.

As you can see high heel boots, short shorts and bra isn't really going to do much in the order of protection ! LOL 

I have actually been working on some monsters, I've got 3 of the 5 claws finished sculpting on the Gnarloc's so hopefully they should be finished soon, the monsters I've ordered should arrive mid month, hopefully I have enough time to paint them. I have however finally finished sculpting a Gigan Brute, this has been in the background for the last two years, with the odd bit of work every now and then.

The premise I had was in the Alien franchise they keep using humans as the basis, but when you take away a humans weapons we don't fair well against predators, so this is based off a alien ape.

I've also started on a vegetation creature, I guess you could use it as a shambling mound or Fen Beast, this is going to be a swamp beast in my games, a creature that is made of vegetation, and as it walks around it picks up seed and spores which start to grow on it, helping it blend into it's surroundings, there will be two, with the same body but different arms and heads.

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

Cheers Dave