...and now I've realised that the damned mammoth belongs on a 60 x100mm base, not a chariot base, and I'll have to get it off intact AND make a new base for it! Doh!!!
So, what's everyone working on?
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I thought about it, but I'd built a nice thick angle-edged base just like a plastic chariot base, and extending it will look odd. The other mammoth and the rhino are on flat MDF bases, so I want to make a new one to match. Good news is it came off the chariot base okay, and now I have a spare chariot base ready to go, if I think of another chariot sized project to do...
Me, I got the Total War: Warhammer on the release day. Spurred by the Vampire Counts campaign, I went and finally got myself the big baddie, Nagash, and one of the new "Get Started" -kits with a Mortarch in it. Still need to get two more of those so I'll have all three Mortarchs 
But I also started the Empire campaign, so now I've also got my huge Empire army on the work table... Hopefully I'll be able to take some good pics on Sunday of the work to be done and then get cracking
But I also started the Empire campaign, so now I've also got my huge Empire army on the work table... Hopefully I'll be able to take some good pics on Sunday of the work to be done and then get cracking
Annoyed to find that my Skeletal Dragon has turned into a really boring model - big bone coloured thing stood on a big grey thing. Hmmm, need a Plan B!
Have a look at @Mioum 's Walach on ZDragon. He managed to make a no-frills model look ace, might give you some ideas.
I know the one, it's a classic job. Mine has no rider, and not even wing-membranes to allow contrast. I could probably add a few vertical features to the base for more interest, I initially didn't want to distract from the dragon's outline though. Perhaps I should have used a bigger base - it's on a chariot base, which is practical, but I could have gone much bigger. Maybe a rider would be the best bet after all... Meantime, I think I finished the second War Mammoth, and I've assembled and based my Heresy Miniatures werewolf.
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At the moment I'm working on 10 night goblins, & a Dwarf miner cart from Skull pass
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@Shadespyre VC or other stuff?
@Eyeless You seem to be on a flesh eaters/ghoulish trip these days
Got my Black Knight test mini done and have started working my way through a few of those. Gladly there isn't so much bone to paint on these so they're pretty fun to paint.
@Eyeless You seem to be on a flesh eaters/ghoulish trip these days
Got my Black Knight test mini done and have started working my way through a few of those. Gladly there isn't so much bone to paint on these so they're pretty fun to paint.
@Farmer7574 now I'm curious - what don't you like in painting bone? I found it always an easy first step into painting a skeleton/wight 
I guess painting lots of anything gets boring after a while...?
@Farmer7574 mostly VC stuff, sticking characters on bases and so on, but I haven't done June's Empire mini yet so I need to choose that too.
@Farmer7574 mostly VC stuff, sticking characters on bases and so on, but I haven't done June's Empire mini yet so I need to choose that too.
@Borgnine It's not a dislike but I find it can be a little tedious at times if that's what mostly covers the mini (savage orcs' skin, skeleton warriors' bones, etc.). Grave guard, black knights and night goblins (these guys are half the size) are alright, they have a nice balance of different areas to paint
@Farmer7574 Oh yea very big haul, and i got a couple more months on them for sure.
Although I have taken a week almost off and just did some base coats, needed some time to be lazy ^^ And I'm not keeping up to date with people's blogs! Got much to check out!
Although I have taken a week almost off and just did some base coats, needed some time to be lazy ^^ And I'm not keeping up to date with people's blogs! Got much to check out!
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That horseman looks awesome! Never seen that model.
I'm over here assembling bits and bobs for my Dwarf/Chaos Dwarf army. 8 sets of 3 artillery crews, because Hella big gunline obvs, all in the past two days. Cork basing it up this evening.
I'm over here assembling bits and bobs for my Dwarf/Chaos Dwarf army. 8 sets of 3 artillery crews, because Hella big gunline obvs, all in the past two days. Cork basing it up this evening.
@Shadespyre Nice selection of characters you've got there.
@Adam_Barrow Do you have a PLOG for your Chaos Dwarves? It would be cool to see how they're coming along.
@Adam_Barrow Do you have a PLOG for your Chaos Dwarves? It would be cool to see how they're coming along.
@Farmer7574 At the risk of having /another/ plog that doesn't have any paint updates in yet, I've held back on making one for my Dwarf/Chaos Dwarf army. A few quick pics of the Ash Host couldn't hurt, though. As you wish!
That's almost everything I've got so far. The idea is to be able to field 2 armies for the price of 1, so (almost) everything can pull double duty as a Dwarf or Chaos Dwarf unit.
From left to right:
W'tf Destroyer
Whatever melee character he turns out to be
x2 Hobgoblin Khans on Giant Wolves
Iron Daemon (to be converted from that Steam Tank)
x40 Hammerers/Infernal Guard w/ Great Weapons (a mix of old metal Black Orcs and Ironguts)
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x40 Dwarf Warriors/Infernal Guard w/Shields
Deathshrieker Rocket
x2 Flamecannons/Magmacannons
Left to right:
Hellcannon
x2 Organ Guns
x2 Cannons
x21 Artillery crews
Not Pictures (because they remain unassambled)
x2 Gyrocopters and a handful of characters
It's a mix of Mantic, GW, and mostly Titan Forge models. The whole army's bought and paid for, just haven't built a few units here and there, and some others (looking at you Steam Tank --> Iron Daemon) still need conversion work. My favorite unit in the whole army is the Black Orcs as Hammerers/GW Infernal Guard. I love the old Black Orc origin story in the slave mines of the Chaos Dwarves.
That's almost everything I've got so far. The idea is to be able to field 2 armies for the price of 1, so (almost) everything can pull double duty as a Dwarf or Chaos Dwarf unit.
From left to right:
W'tf Destroyer
Whatever melee character he turns out to be
x2 Hobgoblin Khans on Giant Wolves
Iron Daemon (to be converted from that Steam Tank)
x40 Hammerers/Infernal Guard w/ Great Weapons (a mix of old metal Black Orcs and Ironguts)
Left to right:
x40 Dwarf Warriors/Infernal Guard w/Shields
Deathshrieker Rocket
x2 Flamecannons/Magmacannons
Left to right:
Hellcannon
x2 Organ Guns
x2 Cannons
x21 Artillery crews
Not Pictures (because they remain unassambled)
x2 Gyrocopters and a handful of characters
It's a mix of Mantic, GW, and mostly Titan Forge models. The whole army's bought and paid for, just haven't built a few units here and there, and some others (looking at you Steam Tank --> Iron Daemon) still need conversion work. My favorite unit in the whole army is the Black Orcs as Hammerers/GW Infernal Guard. I love the old Black Orc origin story in the slave mines of the Chaos Dwarves.
@Adam_Barrow Impressive collection you've got. I love the giant, and the use of a mix of different armies' minis is gonna look cool united in an identical colour scheme. I'm wandering how your Steam Tank/Iron Demon conversion is gonna turn out
I like your hobgoblin khans too - I see you've used the Fenrisian Wolves for them. Did you use standard goblin wolf rider legs for them? How well did they fit?
I like your hobgoblin khans too - I see you've used the Fenrisian Wolves for them. Did you use standard goblin wolf rider legs for them? How well did they fit?
@Farmer7574 Thanks! It's been a slow collecting process, but they're all in one place at least. The Khans are Fenrisian Wolves, Stormvermin bods, Goblin heads, and wolf cloaks from some Empire unit. I'm still going back and forth on color scheme. They're called the Ash Host, so grey is gunna be prevalent of course--in fact, I think I want grey on too much. I want the armor grey, I want them very pale skinned so purple up to grey and white, and they're gunna be standing on gravel bases. I'm gunna have to figure out how to break up all that monochrome.