This is an homage to Buddy, the guitar-wielding ronin of Six-String Samurai. In the post-apocalyptic far future of 1997, Elvis has died and Buddy must travel to Lost Vegas to become the new king of rock 'n' roll. On his journey, he is accompanied by The Kid.
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| Buddy |
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| Buddy and The Kid |
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| The Kid |
3D prints from Imitation of Life.
These festive fundamentalists are 3D prints from Imitation of Life.
I'm trying out Speedpaint 2.0, with mixed results. Early days.
In which I try using some Vallejo 73.214 Chipping Medium.
I had some gothic shipping containers lying about, and sprayed them AP Chaotic Red, then stippled on some orange. When dry, I liberally slapped on Chipping Medium with a brush, let that dry, and sprayed it white. After that had dried, I attacked it with a wet toothbrush. It wasn't enough, so I also used a wire brush. Again, when dry, I added some details and transfers.
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| Undercoated and stippled orange |
It looks good, but I feel I can get a similar effect with a sponge much quicker. Furthermore, sponging on the effect gives me more predictability. It was a bit hard to control how much effect and where it would be. There's still room in my armamentarium for this.
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| What deathworld does this hail from? |
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| The finished containers |
The Tyranid slippery slope continues... so here's my Combat Patrol. I'm thinking of calling it Splinter Fleet Glaurung.
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| Tyranid Combat Patrol |
They're led by a winged Tyranid Prime. I'm neither a huge fan of winged big 'nids, nor this sculpt's original pose with the wings down like a walking bat. It was an easy conversion to a wings-up pose.
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| Winged Tyranid Prime |
The big beasty is a Psychophage, a gribbly that loves to feed on psykers and releases a corrosive ash from its digestive vents on its back. The original model has the smoke effects modelled on- it is easy to carve them off.
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| Psychophage |
There are three Von Ryan's Leapers, named after a throwaway line in the 3rd Edition Codex (2001). They look pretty cool.
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| Von Ryan's Leapers |
Another new gaunt variant is the Barbgaunt. There's a ganglio-parasite that pilots the main beast as it carries around a RPG-like organism that fires transfixing barbs. Targeted units are slowed down. Not my favourites, but nice to have them done.
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| Barbgaunts |
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| Barbgaunt |
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| Termagants |
I've just acquired Jon Hodgson's Sci-Fi Backdrops book, which you will be seeing more of.
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| Behind the scenes of the VFX at 20th Century Barks Studios |
I pulled my finger out and finished off the last miniatures to make a Sisters of Battle Combat Patrol- a Rhino and a Penitent Engine. I used some of the new-ish Army Painter metallic speedpaints, which were like using a watery metallic. They'll do better with a busy textured surface, and you could get some interesting effects with different undercoats. I used AP Dark Tone to add more contrasts to the silver.
The Penitent Engine has a lot of detail behind its tortured pilot- I just left it black and hope the shadows hide the omissions. I do like the overkill of combined circular saws and quad flamethrowers on a top-heavy mech. I like the subtly buried skellie on the base.
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| Penitent Engine |
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| Sisters of Battle Rhino |
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| The rare white Rhino |
These two vehicles give me a bona fide Combat Patrol, ready to burn out heresy!
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| Sisters of Battle Combat Patrol |
The blog continues for another year!
My Five Parsecs campaign has slowed as I try to reach a narratively satisfying climax within the random dice rolls, but I will knock it over. I'm keen for more Nordic Weasel games, as Ivan Sorensen has a good handle on what makes some solo games better than others.
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| A bad day for the crew |
I make no apologies for tumbling back to the 40K from my teenage years. Now I can afford paints and have amassed a bit of scenery, the setting calls strongly. The latest 10th edition of 40K is more beginner-friendly. I wryly acknowledge the long game GW has played on me over the last few years- well done.
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| I've really enjoyed writing the battle reports |
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| So many gribblies. |
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| Lamenters! I love their unlucky streak. The new terminators are great sculpts. |
I even got a half of the 'new' 2020 Blood Bowl in last week. I wasn't sure if I would appreciate the changes to a venerable game, but it gets a grudging thumbs up from me.
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| Elven Union vs Imperial Nobles |
The Analogue Challenge remains a highlight of the hobby year, and I hope to participate again next month. Contrast Paints and the new Speedpaints 2.0 are getting much more of a outing as I try to paint faster, sacrificing some perfectionist traits for model quantity.
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| So glad to finish this SST Brain Bug after many years |
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| Really enjoyed some Lord of the Rings work. |
There's more than a few lifestyle changes coming my way next year, but I can't see the underlying hobby itch going away.
Thanks, as always, for following along- the community is a great part of the hobby.
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| Hurrumph. |
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| How to paint chequers |
The Canoness- I tried to get an aged appearance to her face. You can't really see, but her leg is bionic- she's seen some action.
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| Canoness |
Skull-o-meter™: 29
Sisters of Battle, Adepta Sororitas, nuns with guns… I had the 1997 second edition codex many moons ago, and got some of the new plastics when they were re-released in 2019. I chose to punish myself with a white scheme. I painted the heads and backpacks separately.
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| Sister Superior |
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| Battle Sister with Storm Bolter |
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| Battle Sister with Ministorum Flamer |
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| Battle Sister with Simulacrum Imperialis |
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| Battle Sisters |
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| Battle Sisters |
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| Heads on sticks |
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| Backpacks |
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| Battle Sisters. Anna Steinbauer (2013) |
I painted these a few years ago, and there will be a few more SoB posts coming very soon.
Skull-o-meter™: 49
