CommUNITy ROUNDUP

 I've left the roundup longer than last time to give everyone enough time to post up their entries, as last time I jumped the gun and missed a couple of Azazael's posts.

First is Simon's security troopers unit, you can check out these and other fine creations on his blog here fantoricalwargaming

Next is Roger's 15 mm Conan inspired barbarian army, you can check out these at rantingsfromunderthewargamestable

Next is Frank's Harpies, which would probably give most people nightmares, you can find these and some excellent battle reports nickelandimeproductions

Last and by no means least is Joe's Dark Eldar unit with leader, you can see these and a mighty fine atmospheric gaming table at joesavestheday

I might have painted a couple of models along the way as well, but this post is about what everyone else did.

That's all for this post, next time will probably be more of my Star Wars project, so until then stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

SCULPT, PAINT, REPEAT

 Carrying on with my original Star Wars project, I've got a few more characters for the cantina finished. First up is the band, when I sculpted the one for Jabba's Palace I took a mould so that when I came to do the cantina band I would only have to do conversions, rather than complete sculpts, one had a instrument the same as Jabba's Palace just needed to be painted in a different colour, the rest either needed just arms and instruments, apart from the sitting one which needed a lot more.

The one on the left is called Nalan Cheel, next is Doikk Na'ts, the one sitting is Tech Mo'r, next is  Ickabel G'ont, then we have Figrin D'an, and last in the row Tedn Dahai.

I've also got the two Jawas for the cantina finished, using the blank I made a while ago, so here is Het Nkik and Reegesk.

I've also painted Boshek for the cantina, this was a WOTC model which I repainted.

As you can see from the reference picture he also had a helmet, but I decided to not bother with this.

This next model wasn't in the cantina, but was in Mos Eisley an Asp droid

He appeared in the extended version thumping a smaller droid as the heroes entered on their speeder.

This last set today is a repaint of my own work, originally my Trondoshan Hunters looked like this, I wasn't overly happy with them but they were finished.

After watching an episode of Clone Wars, I found this reference sheet.

So I repainted my hunters to this.

I feel a lot happier with them now, as they are now based of of characters that actually appeared in the franchise. I could have converted the clothing to get them closer, but decided a relevant paint scheme would be enough.

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

Cheers Dave

THIS R2 UNIT HAS GOT A BAD MOTIVATOR

 This phrase turned out to be inaccurate as we found out later on, as it was in fact an R5 unit, at the time Luke was a simple farm boy, so I suppose we can let him off ! LOL

After working on Dark Eldar all last month, I wanted to return to my Star Wars project so decided to paint up a few more astromech's.

This first batch are all R5 units

On the left is R5-D4 who was first seen in episode 4 and was the unit that blew his motivator, in the expanded universe we found out he was a rebel spy, and recently he appeared in "The Mandolorian"

In the middle is R5-K6 who appeared in the original trilogy.

The last one is R5-U8 who appears in Star Wars Rebels.

Next up are some R2 units

On the left is R2-K2, this was first done as a promotional droid to help raise funds for Breast Cancer research, and has since appeared in Star Wars Rebels.

In the centre is R2-C4 and appeared in the original trilogy.

On the right is R2-A6 and also appeared in the original trilogy.

Last droid today is an R4 unit

I've based this on an Imperial courier droid that appeared in Star Wars Rebels, as my previous two selections ended up being ones I've already done, really need to pay attention to what I've already done ! LOL

This next model is a shapeshiffter like the one that appeared in Episode 2 " Attack of the Clones" this model had been sat in the pile of no idea of what to do with since I got it as I'd already painted one on the movie, until watching the Clone Wars cartoon noticed another shapeshiffter and while finding reference pictures found another two from the expanded universe.

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

Cheers Dave

HELL ON WINGS

 Managed to finish one last unit for the challenge, a unit of Hellion Skyboarders. This unit is all made from standard GW plastic kits, which has a wide selection of heads and arms to give plenty of variation, the only conversion work I had to do was to make some of the torsos female, as other than Wracks and Grotesques my whole army is female.

Originally the Hellions were part of the Wych Cult in the first edition rules, but by second edition they had become a separate cult. I wanted to keep a link to the Wyches so used a similar colour scheme, I changed the colour of the undersuit to a dark brown rather than black and left off the distinctive red face paint my Wyches have, but the rest remained the same.

I've named them the Pack of the serrated blade, and added suitable markings on the wings.

Originally I'd started making a unit of 5 skyboarders using a hoverboard I got from a cheap toy mixed with the engine from the original metal Hellions, I intend to still use these but will now be beastmasters, as they now ride skyboards as well. Above is the only one I've completed so far, made from an earlier version of Morathi from the Dark Elf range.

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

Cheers Dave