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

LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME

 Last week my youngest son had work experience at my company, this isn't an easy way out, as I set the task of designing building and making a castable product in 5 days. We went through his ideas and he settled on a man eating plant, which we've called a Moon Flower, here is what it looks like

The background behind it is over the night time, it opens it's petals revealing it's bioluminescent centre, which attracts all creatures, once within reach the roots ensnare the creature and digests the flesh and fluids leaving the bones, which are pulled into the earth helping enrich the soil.

I think he's done an excellent job and it will make a great addition to my Alien Terrain section. Obviously I didn't have a huge amount of time for painting so finished off the last of the Kroot on my desk first is a Vulture Kindred which are effectively jump pack troops, this brings it up to a squad of 11 which will be as large as I go.

I also got 6 Kroot for squad 1 finished. This squad is in more action style poses.

I need another 6 Kroot to finish all the squads to the number I want, so at some point will need to get one more box to finish it all off. I also made a couple of trap markers using the man trap that you get in the kill team box, sure I need a few more so will have to see what else I can come up with, maybe some Punji sticks.

Bit of an eclectic mix today so hopefully you found something interesting, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave