IT'S JUST A FLESH WOUND

 Some of you may remember during the Unit community challenge I built some flesh constructs to use as Grotesques in my Dark Eldar army, as GW had only made the one model. Well I finally got them cast, and have converted up the first 3 using parts from the plastic Talos made by GW.

The first one I used a sickle blade syringe arm and mask, then added a back spine attachment that are similar to what you see on the wracks.

The second one had the longer blade, robotic claw hand and mask.

The last one had the spare arm from the Grotesque kit, mask and chain hand from the Talos kit.

Each model had the arms slightly converted to fit the GW parts, and a couple of the helms needed additional pipes to get them to the body. I distressed the flesh around surgical areas using red glaze, and purple glaze, and anywhere that had a pipe going in had some green glaze as well. I now have above the minimum size for the squad, but would like to make up another 6 including an Aberration to take it to full size.

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

Cheers Dave

I HAVE THE DEATH SENTANCE IN 12 SYSTEMS

 My children managed to find a couple of WOTC figures to add to my denizens of the cantina for Christmas. On the left is Cornelius Evazan who is the man responsible for the line above and saying it to Luke in the cantina,

On the right is Dannik Jerriko who was leaning against the bar at the entrance smoking. Both of these were simple repaints of the standard models.

Have finished the last unit of Demonettes as well, these are all mounted on steeds of Slaanesh and are referred to as Seekers. These are all 2nd edition models, and are standard models except the one with head plates on the steed which was a conversion.

Have also managed to finish the last 4 models needed for my Headhunter Kroot unit, the conversions were done back when I got the box last year, and I even started painting the, but then they got overlooked, so was good to get them finished, and an extra to my goal for the challenge.

Thought for the day, never name a child Will, they always aim for him first ! LOL

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

Cheers Dave  

MASTER OR PUPPET ?

 Count Dooku in the movies appears to very much be a pawn in Palpatine's game, but in the Clone Wars series you see he as lofty aspirations to replace Palpatine as Sith Lord.

I've gone with the colour scheme from "The Attack of the Clones " movie, originally I'd planned the " Revenge of the Sith" colour scheme, but didn't check as I went along and made a couple of mistakes, and this was the quicker fix. Now I don't normally go as far as painting eyebrows, but as he has such distinct thick black ones, I thought I had better include them.

I've also finished the third Demonette squad, to help define this squad I've gone with all bald heads. As all the squads are painted in the same colour scheme, they could be easily combined together to make a single large squad.

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

Cheers Dave

WHAT IS IT ?

 For anyone who watched season 1 of the Mandolorian, they will probably remember the two scout bikers who stole the child, and showed what great shots Imperial troopers are !

For my scout bikers on Tatooine I decided to use the colour scheme from above rather than the classic Endor brown bike. The dusty dirt was achieved with a glaze of Reikland fleshshade so it was more subtle than the standard shade.

I've also completed my second unit of Deamonettes as part of my clearing process, the unit has an Icon and instrument of Chaos and to define it from the first squad I've used heads with either top knots or mohawks instead of the wild hair from the first unit.

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

Cheers Dave

FIRST MODEL OF 2021 CHALLENGE

 Recently Ann set a challenge on her blog to show the first model completed in 2021, as I do like to support others challenges, I accepted. The model is a plastic Librarian that I've painted up in the colours for my Night Hawks chapter, I'm not a massive fan of these cherubs but decided to include it anyway.

This model was a gift from my In-Laws this Christmas, along with several other 40K models which will get shown at a later date. I hadn't intended to paint this one just yet, but while waiting for washes to dry I got it assembled, and then added paint as and when I felt like it.

I wasn't sure what model would be the first completed of 2021, as there is so many different projects sat on my desk at the moment, it just happened to be this one.

As this model wasn't in the plan for my own challenge, I feel I need to add a clearing unit to my list, so will endeavour to paint up a squadron of speeders on top of my current list.

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

Cheers Dave

DEMONS TO BOUNTY HUNTER

 Starting on my target for the latest challenge, I've completed my first unit of Daemonettes, these models are the plastic 3rd edition models, personally I prefer the second edition models, but they are now rather expensive to get on Ebay, so I opted for the cheaper option of the plastics.

The unit is numbered 6 as that is the sacred number of Slaanesh, and I have included a icon, and instrument in the unit.

Having finished my first unit of demons I then painted up the first of my new Star Wars miniatures Cad Bane. He is a bounty hunter from the Clone Wars era, and I really like bounty hunters so he was a must have ! LOL

That's all for todays post, there is still plenty of time if you would like to join in on the challenge.

So until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

PAINT WHAT YOU GOT CHALLENGE

 At this time of year, we often have a dilemma, paint our new additions to the ever mounting pile of metal, plastic and resin models or finish off those existing models in the pile. 

This new challenge is to help with motivation to finish up either so for someone like mark it would be more likely to work on his Conquistadores whereas Roger may want to paint up his new Elvira model he made just before Christmas.

As we all paint at different speeds, you set your own target, if you just want to paint a single model, then go for it, if you want to paint a vehicle, no problem, got a new piece of scenery, or one that's been collecting dust for years, paint away. There is no maximum target, and the only minimum is one model, you choose.

If you want to take part, leave a comment below, and list what your target is, the closing date will be 28/02/2021 so that gives you two whole months, why so long ? well with these ever changing times who knows how much time we'll have on our hands over the coming weeks, so 2 months should be plenty of time.

If you want to add to your target at a later point, because you've finished your first one, just add it to your reply below.

I will do a half way round up at the end of January, so we can all see each others progress, but you can always check out each others blogs and see as well.

So to start the ball rolling here's my target :

I was lucky enough to get some new Star Wars models for Christmas, but I have far too many unfinished projects as well, so for every new model I paint I intend to finish an old unit that needs painting, I currently have 3 units of Demonettes and a unit on steed that need painting (all of them are units of 6) so for 4 new models I'm going to clear 24 old ones. If I clear this then I will add to my target.

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

Cheers Dave