MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL

 Please don't look into my soul ! LOL Yes I have painted up my new spooky mirrors, Ive put some details into each of the mirrors based on the background I listed when I showed the sculpts.

The mirror of the Dead has swirling souls in it's reflection, it's a bit hard to see as the translucent blue is a little dark, so need to lighten that up on future casts.

The Reaper's Mirror has the reaper's hand tapping out how long the soul has left.

The Demon Mirror has a demon revealing itself ( Not that way ! LOL)

While were talking of reflective surfaces, I've painted a fountain for my client, the water was basically a flat surface so I've painted ripples onto it, to help convey movement.

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

Cheers Dave

FEED ME MORE

 Continuing on with my plan to finish armies this year, I've got four Kroot that I needed to finish the last squad.

These models come from the Kroot Kill Team box, I was lucky enough to get for Christmas, For these four I wanted to give them Kroot Rifles to fit into the squad, below is front and back shots of each model.

Now the box has another six Kroot, and two Kroot Hounds in it, I'm going to make these into a retinue for the Dark Shaper, and think I'll give them some of the more unusual weaponry that can be found in the box.

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

Cheers Dave

ARCANE MAGIC

 I'm afraid I haven't managed to finish anything for the challenge this week as I've been busy with some customer painting, which I thought I'd show you all as well, first up is a Monolith, this is a 3D print which I've tried to imply different textures with the painting, so marble on top, stone at the bottom and a brass plaque.

Next is a wizard's desk and chair, these were also 3D prints, but had no texture for the wood, so I painted on the wood texture.

Next are some stacks of books, these are also 3D prints, and I have to say I found these extremely fiddly !

Next are some shelves with books or scrolls on them, luckily enough there was enough wood grain texture on these 3D prints.

Here we have another shelving unit, with a load of bottles and a crystal ball, I utilised the opaque nature of the prints, and used washes to simulate liquid inside.

Next are some simple tables and benches the texture worked well enough on these.

Last up for the sent items is a metal barrel, this took a lot more care getting the paint to stick being metal ! LOL

While doing this painting for my customer, I've also been making a couple of bits, the first is an Astrolabe, I had originally thought about making it moveable, but it proved a bit to tricky in this scale, and would have been more fragile, the whole piece is green stuff, except for the plasticard tile I started from, and the pin running down the centre.

Last up today is a telescope, this was a mixture of greenstuff and plasticard and tubes, I have included some construction pictures below.

That's all for todays post, hopefully by next week I can get some more challenge pieces done, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave 

COLOURFUL CHARACTERS

 Happy 2024 to one and all, yes we have all made another rotation around the big glowing orb hopefully finishing a few of those models we need to get painted ! LOL

The two models I have today are new from Christmas this year, so haven't even allowed the dust to settle on these before getting them into paint, the first is Dexter Jettster who was seen working in a restaurant  on Corruscant in the film " Attack of the Clones" I'm going to use him as a chef, but as my games are on Tatooine he will just be a Besalisk chef. I did base the painting on the character from the movie, and have included a reference picture below.

This next one you may not have heard of as it is a Dowutin, they have appeared periodically, one was an Inquistor, in the comics and books, one was seen in the bar in the 7 th movie, and recently there was one in Bad Batch season 2 as a crime boss. For this model I will probably have him as a cargo worker, as the model fits this role well with the big crate on his shoulder.

Now this was where this post was going to end, but I have some new sculpts for the business that I really want to show, some spooky mirrors, the first one is the Reapers mirror, legend has it that if you look in the mirror, the reaper will tap out how many years you have left ( I think I'll pass, and wait for the surprise ! LOL)

Next is the Demon mirror, legend has it that if a demon is chasing you, you will be able to it's reflection behind yours, when you look in the mirror ( I think I'm good not knowing ! LOL)

Last is the mirror of the dead, legend has it that you can see people you have lost in the reflection one last time( this one would be useful)

There is already 8 people that have signed up for the painting challenge, but you still have time if you want to join in, okay now I'm done, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

LAST OF THEM

 For my first challenge submission I really wanted to finish the last 10 mutants for my lost and the damned army, especially as this now finishes everything I currently have for the three Chaos armies, it also means they are finally cleared off my desk as they have been sat there since last years challenge.

From the group shot above the first three models were all sold as leaders from the scavvy gang for Necromunda, the one on the right was a 1 st edition and the other two were second edition.

These next two models were both 1 st edition gang members.

These next two were second edition gang members, and the sculpts were very similar, plus I've done the odd conversion.

These last 3 were also second edition gang members, but no conversions on these.

As you will notice the mutations on these are very subtle, rather than the usual mass of tentacles you tend to see, as I wanted to portray that all mutations are shunned by the Imperium, even though the living conditions for their citizens is often the cause of the mutations rather than the worshiping of the Dark Gods, but they would be the only ones to accept these people.

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

Cheers Dave

SOARING HIGH

 Before I start posting up challenge models, I needed to clear what I've got done before I start, with that in mind I've got some flyers today for the Lizardmen army, these first two were left over from a customer project I did a pair of Ripperdactyl's. To make them into a full unit I will need to get another box set, but that will be at a later date. The colour scheme I found on the internet, and I thought it was quite interesting, and the bases I made some dead trees to support them in the sky.

I also had some original Pteradons, that I wanted to use, but the wings were a little small in my opinion, so I lengthened them, below is the normal size.

I also used the spare bits from the ripper/Pteradon box set as well to give them a unique look, I also wanted to make their colours different from the Rippers so came up with this one.

As you will see above I used long grasses to hide the pins that hold up the models. Next post will be challenge models, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave