A FISTFUL OF MINIATURES

 As I continue to work through my Weird Wild West miniatures for Ann's paint the crap you already own challenge, I've managed to get some more finished.

The first one is an Orc chef, the model comes with a vegetarian option of a turnip as well, but I went for the squirrel. Not sure I'd want to eat anything this guy made, but I'm sure with enough hot sauce ( the bottle in his belt) it might taste okay ! LOL

In Minaturemen's second Kickstarter they wanted to add in some female models one of which is the female orc above which they named Annie Orkly, was fun to sculpt, and paint.

Next we have one of the Dwarves, this one has a farmer vibe protecting his land.

Last today is the female blacksmith, because dwarves are associated with forging we decided to do a female as this was less common.

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

Cheers Dave

WEIRD WILD WEST

 With all the fellow bloggers working on Wild West models, I've felt the need to get on with some of the kickstarter models I did for Minaturemen. This also fits in nicely for Joe as he wanted to see more of the range, and also they will count to Ann's paint the crap you already own challenge.

First up today is the big guy, on the kickstarter he was painted up as a rare giant orc, but I fancied doing him as an ogre, with a world full of orcs, goblins and other various creatures, you need someone with size and firepower to keep the law !

Next is Ma Gwimm the matriarch of the Gwimm brothers, not so much a sweet old lady, but one with an attitude and a blunderbuss. Decided to push my skills here by having a go at gingham pattern, still room for improvement !

These next two Gwimm brothers are Bograt on the left and Scrapper on the right. Not the brightest bulbs in the box, as they can't work in the same direction pushing an orc coffin !

Here we have two more brothers Slick on the left and Nugget on the right, enjoying a friendly game of cards.

If so desired the brothers can be combined together to make this little scene.

Next we have Howling Odolf, riding his longhorn, I see him as a cattle rustler/robber, so feel he needs a gang to support him . . .

so have started work creating the gang first is a Racoon sharpshooter, haven't thought of a name yet for him, if all else fails I can always use trash panda !

The next 3 are all variations on the lizardman theme, the first one is based off a Gilla Monster.

the next is based on a Regal Horned Lizard.

And the last one is based on a Gator, as every gang should have some muscle, thinking of calling him Gator Hundee.

This last gang member is based off a rattlesnake, this is the female of the gang ( her buttons are on the other side on her waistcoat) 

This last picture is for Joe to show the original orcs, as I painted these a long time ago, so don't count for the challenge. I still have a lot to paint as I have 7 mounted orcs, 4 more standing orcs and 9 dwarves, that's before I come up with any new models.

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

Cheers Dave

ANN'S NEGLECTED MODELS CHALLENGE ROUNDUP

 To make life easier for Ann for her challenge roundup, I've collected all the models into one post for her. Not to just show what I already have done already, I have 4 more models to show first. First up is the first Landspeeder Tsunami, that has been sat waiting for far too long to have colour.

Next is a unit of basic landspeeders that I have modified for the sleeker style I prefer.

I had hoped to finish my last large flyer for my chapter, but ran out of one of the colours, I had ordered with time to spare, but still waiting on delivery of the paint, oh the joys of Covid ! LOL

The rest are the Battlefleet Gothic ships I have shown over the last month.

That's all for this post, next time will probably be some weird wild west pieces. So until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

TWO FLEETS TO THE WIND

 Continuing on with finishing my fleets I've got two major parts done for two of my fleets and will all count towards my entry for Ann's Neglected Models Challenge. First up is my Night Hawks.

This first model is the Space Marine Battlebarge, my fleet only has one, as in the background two were lost to the warp on they're maiden voyage ( a full strength fleet has 3 Barges). The only addition I added to this model was the hawk at the back, which came from one of the Imperial vessels.

Next is the four Strike Cruisers ( normally 6 in a fleet, but two lost to the warp) each model had a hawk added coming from multiple sources including one scratchbuilt.

The above are the three classes of escort ship that Forgeworld produced to use instead of the Imperial escorts, fleets don't have set numbers of these, but I only got round to picking up one set of each, so these will have to do.

Next I have the Desolator class Battleship for my Emperors Children fleet, this is a completely standard model, which I've done in my normal pink and black colour scheme.

Above are the 5 different heavy cruisers that I made out of the plastic kits, a couple have small conversions to make them look more like the artwork in the rulebook.

I have started work on some Fighters and bombers for both fleets, I'm using the Forgeworld Thunderhawk Gunships, of which I have about 20 of, but may make some smaller fighters based off of one of the other flyers they can use. 

The Chaos fighter and bomber are based off the 40K versions Forgeworld released, got the basics done but need to add some more detail.

I was never a fan of the Chaos escort ships they released so I'm going to build some based off the Harbinger that Forgeworld released for Aeronauticus as I like the shape a lot more and fits with the fighters and bombers.

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

Cheers Dave