NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

 Yet another tangent today, a Orc building for my sons Orc Killteam. I built the building a couple of years back, just never got round to detailing or painting. Styled after the old 40K buildings that used to be in White Dwarf, the difference with mine is I've added buttressing for cover points, and the doors are big enough for an Orc Nob to be able to get through.

It was made with foamboard, which I reinforced with cocktail sticks, on the joins, and covered in wall filler for texture. The details were made from plasticard, and the barrels are from my range, to add more cover spots around the building. My son chose Death Skulls as the faction he wanted, even though his models are Blood Axe commando's, and who am I to stop his creativity, far from it I will happily encourage it, and help him any way I can. I made the building, as not only a scenery piece for gaming, but somewhere he can display his models.

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

Cheers Dave

BARRICADES

 I thought I'd start the Season of Scenery with some quick simple pieces of scenery, first is a set of barricades from the first edition Killteam starter set (orcs vs Death Korp of Kreig) simple scenery, but I forgot I had them until emptying more stuff out of my room ! LOL went for a simple color scheme, with lots of chipping to tie in with the bullet dents to show lots of action.

I've also done the second set of Legion barricades from the original starter set, you may remember I painted a set a long time ago, but after watching Andor season 2 where they actually used barricades just like these on Gorman I decided to paint my second set to match them, below are the two types you got in the box.

I've taken a scale shot of the 40K and Legion one next to a Legion model so you can see the difference.

Hope everyone is having fun with their own scenery, that's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

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

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

NOTHING BUT MAMMALS

 Recently, one of my customers asked if I could paint up some Burrows and Badgers models for him, obviously I obliged, especially as he has been patiently waiting for my hand to get better so I can build his scenery requests. First today is the white mouse which apparently comes free with the rulebook.

Next is a Black Rat Witch, I did add brown and grey tones into the fur to match the reference. The spider I painted as a Red Widow ( yes it's a real thing who knew ! LOL)

Next is a Hare Warrior, I was surprised at how many different tones there are in a real one.

Last of the quartet is a Platypus, I had a bit of fun with the fur cloak, doing different colors, and also symbols on the inner side.

Here are all four for a size comparison

These were a great change of pace from my normal models, and they are already at my customers, for them to start enjoying. 

Tomorrow is the start of Monster May(hem) over on Keith's blog, if you want to join in the fun, just pop on through the link and leave a comment, and also your blog address. I'm hoping to get some of these Gnarloc Riders finished, and I've also ordered a couple of Star Wars monsters in case I fall short at the final hurdle getting these sculpted ( been working on these since last year ! LOL)

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

Cheers Dave