Paint Table Saturday 198 - Spunk hauler and a pair of Ambulls

Hi All,

Busy week here. The weather has been hot and fairly humid for us, had an iron on label inside my hat melt and stick to my head a little. Not very pleasant. I also got challenged to a fist fight on Facebook, and lost it on the guy, so I'm only peaking in periodically over there to post pictures once in awhile. Quick in and out. You can still message me or email me if you really need to get a hold of me.

On to the minis.

So this was the next Colony 87 figure that I had on the table. It had been started and abandoned, like the other two recent figures, some time ago. I finished him on Thursday before heading off to San Soo class. Sort of a futuristic Milk maid if you will, I'm calling him the Ambull Semen hauler. I just realized I forgot to name him, so a quick trip to the Ordo Malleus Name Generator and we have Felipe Aloy. One of the names generated was Dick Kok, but that was too low brow even for me. ;)

The Ambulls, from Knightmare Games, were a late addition to the queue. I started assembling them on the 15th and finished them late last night. Very simple paint scheme. Slather everything black. Dry brush 4 increasingly lighter shades of grey. Use Glaze medium to add three brown/tan shades to bits. Use two more colors each for spot coloring eyes and tubes.

The right side seemed to be picking up a lot of glare from the lights, the varnish may not have been completely dry. My matte varnish also may be not mixed very well and be a tad shiny. This was my second time using glaze medium and I still don't really like it. It seems very gloppy in application.

Not totally sure what to paint next. I have a lot of basic household cleaning and maintenance to attend to this weekend. I still have those plastic dwarves handy, but I also have some Genstealers handy, Blood Bowl Orcs, Newhammer Zombies, Imperial Guard etc sitting primed. Finishing half started figures has felt pretty rewarding, but working with the Ambull scenario mojo has kicked it up a notch.

We shall see.

Thanks for looking.

Paint Table Saturday 197 - Matthias Mulders, Merchant.

Hi All,

Another figure finished. Instead of going to the gym last night I finished this guy.

Using the Ordo Malleus Hiver name generator, I named him Matthias Mulders. I was trying to figure out a particularly Rogue Tradery, Necromunda-y thing for him to trade but was unable to come up with anything. Maybe Ambull semen dealer?

I decided to give a back shot because he has some stuff going on with his backpack. You can see the mold line I didn't deal with properly on his hat. It's also on his arms. Once I get it in my head to plow forward I don't go back and fix things.

I think I started him with craft paints, but mainly ended up going over everything with reaper. I think the hat band is the only surface craft paint application. He also got the 4:2:1 ratio grunge wash all over.

No paint note book stuff today, I scooped up all the paints to photograph him and submit him on time for BeerMaw week 6.

So here's a bunch of stuff that is on or around the desk. Those two 80% done gretchin for Dave B., Makari witha chip on his base and his banner to finish. The Colony 87 water/petrol carrier. 10 plastic Dwarves that I unearthed recently. Reaper anniversary Grim Reaper. Space Raiders 2 BFO (Big Fucking Ork). My sons three Plastic Chaos Terminators, he has five but we haven't built the last two. Finally the milkmaid set for Curt. You can sort of see here I ruined the butter churn with a heavy black "wash."

I also had some dill hole call my post about spam, spam. A quick piece of advice. If you find yourself confronted with something on the internet on a group you are not a member of, keep your comments to yourself. Nobody asked you for your opinion. Shut up.

Thanks for looking and happy painting/gaming.

Paint Table Saturday 196 - Chochtoxtoc, Slann Merchant

Hi All,

This week has been odd. Fatigue mixed with 7 nosebleeds in 4 days sort of set the tone. I wasn't sure if I was going to have to get my nose cauterized, but I made it through last night without choking on blood. No idea where this latest round came from. As a kid I got a lot of spontaneous nosebleeds but haven't had one since high school. The last nose bleed I even had at all prior to this was when I landed on my face after being thrown in San Soo class, and that was several years ago.

On to the figure.

So here is Chochtoxtoc, Slann Merchant. You may recall his fishmen bodyguards from last time. Once again the main impetus to completing him was waffling on color choices. I was going for a poison tree frog scheme that was a little different from the green tree frogs that dominate the internet.

Here we have the state he was in a couple of weeks ago when I planned, and failed to finish him and others for Week 4 of the Beer Miniature a Week challenge. I seem to be consistently off schedule by a day, but I'm calling him my week 5 entry. I'll try to have next weeks done by Friday.

I also wanted to welcome Jason Berman to the blog. I'm sorry I didn't notice when you started following. If you have a hobby blog you would like me to link to, just let me know.

And lastly, before I forget, I used the Lizardman Name generator from Fantasy Name generators here. I also found a web archive link to one from the GW store here, but I didn't like it as much.

Happy painting.

Paint Table Saturday 193 - Philomena Volapuk

Hi All,

Seems like a lot of stuff going on in the background but not much to show for it. I did, however, manage to just finish another figure for the Miniature a Week challenge.

Philomena Volapuk

I kept with the concept of her being a cyborg zombie and I think it works ok. The baby I painted up in my genestealer hybrid flesh scheme. I was going to do him with a harlequin patterned onsie, but it quickly got  unmanageable to finish today so I scrapped it.

Since I had him handy I thought I'd take a family portrait of the Volapuks.

Next up I think I'll be painting Bbblllggddp and Bob. I feel like they may go fast. The paint scheme should be a tad simpler I'm thinking Koi/ Oscar type coloration.

So for the paint notebook portion we have undead skin and tanned skin triads.

Philomena's Hair.

The gold and Silver colors used. I went with mid and highlight for the gold this time.

Baby accent reds, fur trim, robe.

My grey triad for the bases, also the top two for the "white" areas. Purples for the cloak and jewels.

Washes for the metallics, cloak, robes and fur/ruff. The purple was used on the baby skin before mids and highlights were reapplied.

Just a quick shot of the paint/photo desk. Lights a little farther away help. One of these days I'll get set up to use my DSLR again. The phone works ok if you don't get impatient. Sorry about the list to port.

Later.

Krakatoans arrive, Return to Colony 87 is live, and the Boar boyz are under way!

Hi All,

Lots of news to share. I'll have to do pictures at a later date because I'm not set up to take good ones right now and I'm dying to share this with you.

So the Dragon Bait Krakatoans arrived and they look great. The crab is a monster and the other Dragon Bait minis from their already released catalog are very nice. They're very whimsical sculpts. Take a look at their shop here.

Colony 87 has returned with a new Kickstarter here. I'll also have a widget on the side.


You can get all the new ones plus the old ones this time around, no one need to feel left out. You can see beautifully painted versions of these on JB's blog, Leadplague, and you can see my take on one of the first wave figures in my "Merchant of Venus" post.

Lastly, I've finally started painting those Boar Boyz (sorry Don).

The days seem to go by quickly, I'm putting more effort into utilizing my time more effectively and not put off various real life things I would rather ignore. Fingers crossed.

The Merchant of Venus XII et al.

It's way past Uranus buddy!

This is what I submitted as my first entry in the Sci-Fi side duel over on the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. It can be found here. I decided he had to be paired with the Minion Bots as they use the same Aerial technology. It's also probably impossible to tell that he has buttons on his front colored Red, Green and Blue.

Hopefully I did the Colony 87 sculpt justice. I don't know what the bright blue spot on his shoulder is all about. I missed it before posting. So there it is. ***EDIT: I did not mention it here but was in error as to who sculpted the Merchant. Colony 87 is the project of Jon Boyce of Magpie and Old Lead. However the figures were designed by Will Beck and sculpted by Michael Anderson (who seems to sculpt a lot but I can't  seem to find a website for him). Thanks to JB Asslessman of Leadplague for giving me the 411. /EDIT***

The gold to silver to gold transition on the staff is the multiple pieces I had to use to try and fix the staff. I "repaired" it three or four times. Hopefully it doesn't look to bad. The transitions are a combination of wire, aluminum and plastic tubing.

Oh and the bots are named HU-E, DU-E and LU-E after the bots from Silent Running.


I'll be sharing the first picture at the Emporium at some point. Somehow we'll get them into a game of Rogue Trader.

Re-repair of Mr. UHF Antenna Staff

Since my post to he Analogue Hobbies Painting challenge hasn't gone through yet I'll show you my latest repair of Mr. UHF Antenna Staff.

The latest break had really compromised the white metal so that I was having an issue fitting things back together. I also didn't care for the glue selection so I had to go to the super market to find my preferred glue (Loctite Super Glue Gel). I had hoped to also find some plastic coffee stirrers to use as a sleeve to join the bits together, but no luck.

I ended up cutting a piece off a ball point pen ink tube. It was too large so I ended up cutting wedges from the ring and gluing them on.

I managed to somehow apply them and not glue my fingers together, but it was a major pain in the ass. It's gone from being a fairly slick repair to a total cluster pretty fast. Perhaps he knows an Ork with an ARC welder who did a quick repair for him out in the wasteland.

I hope to get some primer on him later today and maybe start painting him tomorrow.

I need to find something to wedge in my transport box to keep the figures immobilized.

Back to painting.

Space Staff repair, Krakatoans funded and welcome.

Hi All,

Still flailing about, falling further behind. I know, same old story.

As you can see I used blue tack to hold everything in place while the glue set. I then decided that I needed to trim the pin on the top, and promptly snapped the whole thing back off.

And here he is back together again.  Looks pretty good from the front.

A hair wonky from the side, but hey, the guy is using some kind of Sci-Fi UHF aerial as a walking stick.

This is also my new interpretation of the 40K base work I'm trying to achieve. It needs a second layer of PVA over the grit and gravel. Instead of clean steel paneling or wires, my idea is to have moon rock and dust. Sort of Space 1999 inspired.

I also wanted to say thanks to all of the other people who backed the Dragon Bait Indiegogo. I have no idea if my postings swayed anyone, but the thing went from 60% to over 100% funded in the last couple of days. Doesn't really bring me any added benefit, but I'm glad they hit their goals.

I'd lastly like to welcome Bill of Dice, Doubloons, and Random Musings. Bill is a fellow challenger this year annd has an interesting blog. I've only read a couple of posts, but he has a D&D game with a Dwarf utilizing a Cosmic Cannon. I really want to ask him what that's all about.

Back to the Salt Mines.

Preparation AHPC

Hi All,

  Once a year a condition arises that calls for treatment with lead, plastic, paints and varnish. It usually comes about in late December but clears up by late March. Side effects may include blurred vision, solvent induced hallucinations, and the potential for being hit by sandbags. If these symptoms persist longer than 90 days, please consult your doctor.

  Ok, silliness aside, I've been preparing for the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. As per usual, I have waited till the last minute to do the bulk of my prep work. So the usual holiday frenzy has heightened my sense of panic about the challenge.

  I like to keep my work leading up to the challenge close to the vest, so to speak. Not because I think anyone will gain an advantage, but because I like to debut the pieces fully painted and follow Curt's rule of first shot at the pictures.

  Suffice it to say I'll have a healthy dose of my usual 20mm (1/72) and Fantasy 28mm. I've also amassed some Sci-Fi 28mm of late. I had a few when I, foolishly, signed on for the Sc-Fi side duel. I've since acquired some more because I was worried I didn't have enough models to even compete.

  Anyway here are a few shots of my ongoing repair of a Colony 87 figure.

So my idea was to essentially pin the top of the staff back on but I decided that it might be sturdier if I put a spacer around the pin using aluminum tubing.

Above shows how the pin and tube fit together.

Aside from showing you my manicure, this is meant to show you how I drilled the staff ends to accept the pin.

I've since glued the pin and spacer on, but didn't have time to take a picture. Five hours to get the boy to do his homework took it out of me. His ADHD is getting to be a serious issue. Happy Holidays to one and all. I'm supposed to be playing out another Talomir battle. I'll add it to the list.