LET'S GET THE PARTY STARTED

 So today I have some models that were finished before the challenge, then I have some finished today, and also some models for a different challenge, so a bit of everything ! LOL Let's start with the pre challenge models, all four I received for my birthday, they just took me a while to get finished, first I have the customizable Imperial officer and agent, both come with multiple head and arm choices, and have both male and female head options, I felt the officer had more of a female feel in the chest area so gave her a female head, and the agent a male head.

Next up I have the customizable rebel officer and agent, again these came with many head and weapon options, I went with two alien heads a Nautoloid and a Togruta, which gave me some different colors to play with, while using my standard colors for the clothing.

Now we move onto my first challenge models, this model I started before my illness earlier in the year, but took me until now to feel comfortable enough to finish it, a model of Huyang that my son got for me as a thankyou, for helping get to uni and back, very kind of him.

The next model was a Christmas present from my older children, that arrived early, but got finished today, the Daughter of the Force, I've kept the colors similar to that character, but will be using it as a vendor for the clothes shop behind the cantina.

The last painted model today is the High Magistrate Greef Karga who was played by the late Carl Weathers, my daughter thought the model was cool with the little robots holding the cloak, and I have to agree. There is still two more from my older children to come, but they will take a bit longer.

Last today is an entry for Ann's model construction challenge which I decided to take part in, as I normally get models for Christmas, the above models didn't count as they were built before the challenge started, but today I have a Librarian Consul, a Mk IV Tech Marine, and a Saurus Astrolith Bearer, the two marines came from the Horus Heresy range, which still work scale wise with the older marine models, and were resin kits, the Saurus was a plastic.

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

Cheers Dave

CAN WE FIX IT

 With the challenge starting soon, some may wonder why I'm still posting up stuff, well it's not like I'm likely to run out of models during the challenge, plus I'm trying to move a lot of stuff out of my room at the moment, as were hoping in the new year to get my hobby room finished, with custom shelving and a bed which help my health a lot. So first up today is a Tech Marine on jetbike, this is actually version 3, 1 was okay but felt I could do better, version 2 never got into paint, but the front and mid section made it into version 3 with a new engine and wings, the tech itself came off of version 1.

Painted in my normal color scheme, and the grab was a lot of work, but worth it. Next is a Tech Adept, you may remember that in my background the Imperium are investigating my chapter, and sent a Inquisitor, I thought it would make sense that they sent a full entourage and a tech would make a lot of sense, the model is a Forgeworld one, not sure if they still sell it, as so many are now out of production.

Went with normal Tech colors red and white, with lots of metals. I've also finished another squad of Kroot reinforcements, these are for the Krootox squad, which now has 5 Krootox, and 17 Kroot, which is a pretty descent size.

These are all kitbashed and not as GW intended, but add some nice variation to the squad, painted in my normal colors just variations. Who knows I may have another post before the challenge, but until then have a Great Christmas, and stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

PAINT WHAT YOU GOT 2025/2026

 Yes it's that time of year to start the next challenge, for anyone not familiar with this challenge it's all about getting models finished, so it doesn't matter if it the model is almost finished or brand new from a box you got for Christmas it's about finishing part of your hoard of models ! LOL Everything counts, single models entire armies ( probably talking smaller scales on that) scenery vehicles, if it's a model in your collection it counts, and whatever scale you prefer as well. The start date is the 26 th of December 2025, until the 28th of February 2026. Just in case you need some inspiration here are some of last years entries :

Hope you can join in and take part, even if it is only one model, it's an achievement, if you want to take part, leave a comment below, or email me at wargamesterrainworkshop.co.uk if I don't currently follow your blog, please leave a link to your blog. All that remains is to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, or whichever holiday you celebrate, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

LADIES NIGHT

 As I continue to work through the four boxes of Kroot I got for my birthday and just because my wife thought I needed some more models (not really, but I think she was trying to cheer me up, and move out of bed at the time ! LOL) I've added to the hound unit, which in my case are all female. To achieve this I trimmed their crest quills down and also used a more muted skintone, and Quill colors, as you often find in birds in nature.

I still would like to add another 3 to make this unit the second largest. I've also finished 3 additional headhunter kindred, these can use a acid spit attack in close combat, the throat crests were added with greenstuff.

I've also managed to finish the second basic Kroot squad, and it now is a full size twenty person squad, the models all came from the Kill Team boxset, but the arms were not ment for these bodies, I kitbash them around a bit, to add some variation.

Still another 1fourteen models to go, so expect to see more posts on these in the future, that's all for this post, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

DEADLIER THAN THE MALE

 Today I have Ventris from Star Wars the Clone Wars, this character has a long and complex history, she started as part of the Night Sisters, and was traded while she was a child, her master was killed, and she was rescued and trained by a Jedi, who was later killed, and then trained by Count Dooku in the ways of the Sith, until he betrayed and tried to kill her. After attempting and failing to kill Dooku, she became a bounty hunter, and after the start of the Empire became a Jedi protector, so going full circle.

The model I got for my Birthday, and depicts her time as a Sith apprentice, I constructed it with the arms lower than shown on the official sight as it looked more natural to me.

Here is a reference picture.

So where was I last week, I was in Scotland, visiting places we both had wanted to go to. Our first stop was Loch Ness, where I didn't see the famous monster, but did visit it's visitors centre.

We then progressed to Edinburgh to visit the castle, and my wife went to the Christmas market, and on the journey home we stopped in York to visit the Viking museum, the other two monsters I hoped to see was the British Big Foot.

And the Wild Haggis, but no luck on either, but we had a good time none the less.

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

Cheers Dave

JUST FOR FUN

 When we paint our models it's normally for a purpose, weather it be to get another painted unit for one of our armies, or to enter a competition, even just to be part of a blogging challenge. Well todays model doesn't fall into any of those categories, as I literally painted the model for the enjoyment of painting it. It's no secret I love painting, I find it relaxing and a great distraction on low pain days. So what have I chosen as the subject a Tyranid Canifex,  this was left over from a client project many years ago, but I thought it would be interesting with it's soft tissue areas and armor plating, I used a coconut crab color's as the basis.

I used it as an experiment with colors and using glazes to darken down areas to see how it would work, which I was pleased with the results, also played with contrast paints as a highlight, which worked but was very subtle, which was great for dark colors. Next week I will be away from the computer while I go monster hunting, so if I don't post on your blog or answer on mine don't worry, I'm off having fun, so until next time stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave