SEND MY GUARD SQUADRON INTO BATTLE

 My next set of models completed have been sat on my desk for far too long, I believe I got them for Christmas two years ago, so was really about time I got them finished. They are the Death Trooper box set for Legion, now I already have the four from Imperial Assault, so this will round them up to a full squad of 10. The Death Troopers first appeared in the film "Rogue One" as a security detail for Director Krennic, but have since appeared in the cartoon series "Star Wars Rebels" and the series "The Mandalorian" the worst part of them sitting there was I had done all the work just not the edge highlighting and the varnish, and every time I looked at them, I just didn't feel like doing the edge work, until this week where I just knuckled down and got them done, I did leave them a full day before adding the varnish so there would be no bleeds or erasing from the varnish.

I've also got a Twilek with missile launcher finished, this rebel came from the X-34 landspeeder set, which I stuck on a standard base, and used a little greenstuff to show her digging her heels into the sand to brace herself. I've based her colours on Numa, who appeared in the series "Clone Wars" as a child, and later appeared in "Star Wars Rebels" as a resistance fighter.

Next up will probably be more Imperials, or it might be rebels, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

WELL THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE A MARK !

 

When I got the crashed X-Wing for Christmas, I couldn't decide to paint it for this current challenge or wait for the Season of Scenery challenge, well as you can tell I ended up not waiting and painting it now, as it made a nice change from painting lot's of troops. Below is close up pictures of each individual section.

I had considered adding some dust effect, but in the end stuck with just the grime you see above. I've also got a unit finished as well, a squad of Stormtroopers I've gone with my normal dirty look, and added shoulder epaulets, I also changed the arms around on four of them to add some variation to the first squad I painted some time ago.

I've still got another squad to paint, and I think I will still need to add to my Imperial forces, as they don't have the numbers of all the rebels I have. That's all for this post, so until next time, stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave 

TWISTED SISTERS

 No I am not discussing Rock Bands but a couple of dark females from the realm of 40K, the models these are based on, originally appeared in the game Inquisitor which was a 60 mm scale and more of a role play game than GW's normal wargame style, below is the models that appeared in that game Severina, and Sevora the Death cultists

Later on GW released 40K versions, just titled Death Cultists and were an option available in the Witch Hunter army (Sisters of Battle) below is the models they released.

Originally I thought about converting the models to look more like their larger scale versions, but in the end decided to just do it with the colours as seen below.

Pretty happy with how they turned out, and another two off of the pile. That's all for this post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

YEAR OF THE DRAGON

 I thought I'd do a Roger and get two challenges done from one model (a very canny man ! LOL) this year Keith at angrypiper has set a challenge and you've got all year to complete it, and it's simple paint a Dragon, to coincide with the Chinese year of the Dragon, all Dragons count, so I was a little gutted as I'd recently painted two Coatyl's which are South American Dragons, so I was surprised last week when searching for a bit in the bit's box and found a third Coatyl body, I've no idea where this one came from, unless it was from a friend who gave me a bag of lizardmen bits and it was in there. I had a pair of resin wings that had lost a couple of feathers, which I thought would represent battle damage, and greenstuffed them into the body, I made up another tree to tie into the previous two pinning all the sections together to make it stronger to take the weight as I did on the previous ones.

And here it is with the other two.

I've also got a second Dragon done, one of my Zodiac Dragons. Haven't I already painted one of these, the answer is yes, but that one had a sad end at a show, when a young child decided to see if it could fly ! As I am no longer going to shows I thought I'd push the painting further so I shaded the blue with red, and highlighted with yellow. I've included a shot of the original painting below for reference.

While I'm showing some Fantasy bits I thought I'd show the latest bits I've done for my client. First is two more pits

Next are two columns I've done one fallen down with a crushed adventurer underneath.

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

Cheers Dave

CHIPPING AWAY

 Continuing on with trying to complete armies (as long as GW doesn't keep releasing new models for ones I thought I was at an end of ! LOL) I've painted up the last Raider I need for my Dark Eldar Wych army, this is the last section of the three factions that need finishing, I was lucky enough to get a new Raider for Christmas, and I've gone with the standard colours that I use for that faction mostly bone colour with weapons and details done in black and highlighted with green then gloss varnished.

I had to convert the crew to Wyches, as the standard model has Kabalite crew, but I think they turned out well. This now leaves 3 Khymerae to complete this army, which I have started to build, but may take some time.

You may have noticed my output for the current challenge has been lower than previous years, this is partly due to lot's of painted orders, not just the few bits I've been showing which are something new, but more standard stuff direct from my website, and also my children needing help with some bits for their Martial Arts entrances, for contests. They are allowed to give themselves fighting names, and use accessories for their entrances. My daughter chose the name Red Devil, and found a Japanese Demon mask on line, but the teeth and horns needed tidying as the painting on them was a bit sloppy.

My son chose the name Skullcrusher, and wanted a skull mask, when it came through, the painting was terrible, so I repainted the whole mask, also, my son liked the idea of having mirrored lenses behind the eyes, which I got from my favourite sunglasses that broke last year, I had to greenstuff these in as they didn't fit the eyes well. 

Thinking of putting black cloth behind the ears and nose sockets to add to the effect. That's all for this post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave 

SETTING THE SCENE

 I've been busy doing some more pieces for my customer, these first ones are pieces that he sent to me for painting. Up first 3 tables, these are metal.

Next is a bar, this piece is metal also and came in to pieces.

Next is a wood totem, once I'd shown him the picture he asked, if I could add a base to make this one more stable, and is in the second picture with the stone totems which are all 3D prints.

Next we have some tombs, the two on the left are actually ones that my company produce, and the one on the right is a 3D print which has two different internals.

Next is a pair of decorative suits of armour which are also 3D prints.

Now we get to some pits I've been making for my client, the first one has a bag of gold spilling out. The second one has a corpse on it, when my customer told me that in the scenario you could have a geyser erupt out of them I used a head that had most of the flesh missing with only a couple of areas with it.

Last today is a mistake on my part, as I totally misconstrued what my customer was looking for, so we have a dead horse in snow drift.

I have no idea if my customer will want this, so I could be flogging a dead horse if anyone is interested ! LOL That's all for todays post, so until next time, stay  safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave