ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL

 Over 11 years ago I got a large box of models as part of a bigger trade, not knowing what I was going to do with it, it has remained just a box of miniatures during 2 house moves, until now. So what was in the box you ask, Lord of the Rings models, mostly from the evil side, but there was also some heroes in there as well. Now I haven't painted a lord of the Rings model, since it's original release, and even then I painted the few that the staff didn't want to paint, so not many at all ! LOL I'm currently deciding what to do with them all, but the first thing has been fixing any problems, getting rid of seamlines and generally prepping them for painting, at least they're not drenched in paint and need striping as well ! LOL I have actually got a couple already finished as well, first up is the big bad himself Sauron, even with the size of the model, there was no way I'd be able to do all the intricate scroll work that is covering his armour, so went with trying to get the darkness right to his armour.

Next we have Saruman the white, which was actually a pretty straight forward model to do, which totally surprised me.

These will all probably end up on Ebay, but if anyone spots a model they are interested in of the course of the posts, either leave a comment, or email me at the business email. That's all for today, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

PILLARS FOR THE COMMUNITY

 Today I've got the last of the pillars I did for my client, these were done a while ago, but I was busy posting up my entries for Paint What You Got, so are posting now. The first one is a nod to the classic scene from the original Conan The Barbarian movie when Thorgrim misses Conan's head with his hammer, and hits the pillar instead.

This next one is my interpretation of what happens when a minotaur misses it's target and hits a pillar instead.

These next two are intact pillars with snow on them.

The last six, are for an underground cavern, so no snow but with gargoyles decorating the tops instead.

The gargoyles come from my range which made it quicker to do than having to carve six new ones. That's all for today's post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

I'M SORRY SIR YOUR LUGGAGE SEEMS TO HAVE ENDED UP IN ANOTHER GALAXY !

For my last post for the challenge I have a couple more vehicles today, first is the Starspeeder 1000, now if any of you have been to a Disney theme park, you may recognise this vehicle from the Star Tours ride, and may have even taken a trip on one. The model is a 3D filament print that my wife got me for our anniversary, the colour scheme I've gone for is the version you see in Florida.

The model actually came with the European symbol on the front, but I covered it with some plasticard and greenstuff, and then painted the correct symbol on the front. I haven't gone with my normal weathered look, as the filament print was so rough that adding washes and glazes would have shown it up more. I've also got another speeder painted the V-35 that appeared in the original movie, and then had a bigger scene in the extended version of New Hope, as the filament print on this one was a lot smoother, I've weathered it up to look like the movie version.

That's all for todays post, I will be doing the challenge round up post in a couple of weeks to allow everyone time to get there last models posted up ( just make sure to mark it on your post that they were completed by the end of February) so until next time stay safe, and have fun ! 

Cheers Dave

DEMONIFUGE

 Back in the 1990's Games Workshop started a monthly comic called Warhammer Monthly ( original name ! LOL) it had stories from all their realms in it, some being single episode stories, while others ran over multiple issues. One of the stories was called Demonifuge, and in it we met a character called Ephral Stern, who was a sister of Battle, but with some questions about whether she had been tainted by Chaos. GW have released a couple of models for her for 40K the limited edition one I had I gave to a friend, along with all the other sisters models I had, when his army got stolen, so never got round to painting her, but I do have a collector series version by Forgeworld that is 4 inches tall ( or 100 cm) and decided to paint her for my challenge and also Fembruary.

Not much else to add, as there was no conversion, and painting wise, tried to do the best I could within the standard colours she is shown in, that's all for this post, hoping to get one more in before the end of the month, but will see how that goes, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

IS THAT A NABOO STARFIGHTER ?

 That's what it started of as ! Today I have the Madalorians starfighter, so why another vehicle so quickly, well as my wife bought me another vehicle for our anniversary and I've ordered another speeder, I thought I needed to get on with the two I had for my birthday. The Slave 1 needs a lot of work so I went with the N-1 as this needed a lot less conversion. The first thing I needed to do was remove the fixing lugs that the minifig models come with to bolt on additional weapons ( do children these days really need additional guns to want to play with these ? LOL) I cut off any part of the lug that protruded and then filled the remaining hole with greenstuff, plus fill any screw holes.

Next I moved on to the cockpit, and added a false floor with plasticard, and also made a seat more fitting for this scale using a piece of plasticard for the base plate, and then greenstuff for the seat itself, I also added the head cushion to the detail plate that was already moulded into the cockpit.

The only other bit I needed to add was some barrels for the top guns, this was done with plastic rod, drilled into the housing, the rest was all down to the painting, I've also included a reference picture below to show how well I've done or not ! LOL

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

Cheers Dave

EVER SINCE THE XP-38 CAME OUT, THEY JUST AREN'T IN DEMAND

 For me this isn't true, as soon as they released the X-34 Landspeeder, I knew I wanted one, and put it on my wish list each year, and this year I got one. I've gone with the colour of Luke's and adjusted the driver to look more like Luke, by adding his poncho, and changing the legs to match Luke's attire.

I've gone for the weathered look you see in the movie, and I'm happy with the end result. As I now have two sets of barriers that you get with the Legion core box set, I thought it was about time I finished the first set, there are two types in the box, and I've only done one with graffiti on it.

This next set of four is the other type, the one with graffiti in this set was painted a while ago, but needed the control panel on the back to be finished, and match the next three.

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

Cheers Dave

THIS IS NO CAT LADY

 One of the cool models I got for Christmas was this 3D print of the Togruta elder that appears in the series Jedi Tales in Ahsoka's village, for me I'm just going to use her as an old lady on Tatooine, I've painted her in the colours from the series, and have included the reference below.

Next today I have a squad of rebels from the Legion core box, as I've already painted a squad of these in the past, I swapped the arms round to add variation. I didn't look at the colours I used on the previous ones, and just used my normal palette of colours, I did give them all white gloves to mark out the squad.

Last today is a couple of Swoop Bikers, the kit comes with multiple heads and weapons, which will help on future conversions, the one on the left I used the head that closely represents the swoop biker that caused the Ronto to rear in the extended version of a New Hope. You can use the bikers as mercenaries or gangers, but I'm just going to have them as citizens riding around, probably scaring Jawas ! LOL

That's all for today, hopefully next time I should have the X-34 landspeeder done, but we'll see, so until next time stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave