Dwarf Slayer

reposting for the Dwarf Berserker from Avatars of War... with the discovery of some old GW dwarfs over the holiday, he should have some friends soon enough... currently having some very old paint jobs stripped, I should initially have a small Songs of Blades and Heroes party...

Cyclops

first figure of the year is Heresy's Narbrott the Cyclops... I wanted a more animal look to it, so went for a darker skin tone, which as these things work in the animal world, meant dark fur and dark nails/hooves... end result, he's very brown (well I couldn't really do his loincloth a different colour could I?)...

38mm from hoof to head, 50mm to the highest point of the bone... lovely figure, begging for some monster bashing action... needs varnishing and some grass adding to the base to finish it off...

Blog Update

never satisfied and with a new year and all that stuff, I'm having a clearout on the entries... some older ones I've left as they are still useful, but as the mass rebasing project gets closer to completion, there will be new photos of everything and if nothing else, this will encourage me to get it done...

New Year's Resolution, at least one update a month...

The Star Beast

The cruel, the terrible, the evil, the Most High Beep of the Meeps....


The Meeps were an advanced and peaceful race, who lived in harmony and happiness until their natures were radically altered by their planet's orbit passing close to the Black Sun. The Black Sun radiation mutated them into an aggressive, expansionist species who began to mercilessly conquer and subjugate other planets. After the deaths of countless billions, the Meep fleet was destroyed by Wrarth peace keepers, but their leader, the Most High Beep, escaped to Earth where his cute and fluffy outward appearance hides his true nature as a malevolent, homicidal conqueror and dictator.

And yes... I now realise I got his ears wrong... took me bloody ages, and these were the third attempt and I was happy enough until I had another look at the comic and thought sod it, it'll do.... I'm no sculptor, but I'm happy with it... aside from the ears, the other difference from the comics is the colour, the original strip was black and white, but in the colourised reprints he has blue fur and purple skin... now I was happy with the sculpted fur, but to paint fur a non-fur colour and expect it to look like fur is asking a bit much for my sculpting efforts so I went with white... I think this fits him better and makes him more cute and fluffy looking in the eyes of humans than blue would... besides I seem to remember reading that Dave Gibbons based him on his cat (hence the tongue sticking out all the time)...

And a quick comparison with the 10th Doctor. Beep needs matting down a bit more I think.... God I miss Dullcote...

Saucer Project

I'll save you the trouble now... the pictures are shite... it's too big to fit in my light tent, the lighting is all over the place and I had to buy a sheet of paper big enough for it as well, so they are not up to my usual standard...

anyhoo... the painted saucer... very monotone really, it will be completely generic, the Dalek was just to hand and is likely to get the most use of it (the Dalek is part of the rebasing project so hence the mess around the base edge), but should be useful for loads of stuff... not bad for a couple of broken clocks...

after discussion on Frothers, went with the no landing gear option... the clear rod supports the saucer, the ramp actually gives quite a bit of stability and has a very small foot print... at 45degrees the ramp is a touch steep, so there are a couple of strips that stop figures from sliding down...

shots of the underside and the hatch (with a couple of ground defence lasers ), the ramp is left detachable as it will be easier to store that way...

WIP Time War Daleks

The first in progress shot of the Micro Universe new series Daleks. A bit quick and out of focus, but just to show the bendy plungers and gun arms have been replaced with good stiff wire and greenstuff suction cups - I'm considering greenstuffing the guns to get the ribbed wire effect, but not sure (it may not work, it may not be necessary) and I may yet replace the eyestalks with wire, but they are a little thicker and being shorter less prone to the bending seen in the arms. I've only gone with four Daleks for now for the Cult of Skaro.

Next the first go at the paint job on the 'bronze' Time War Daleks... at this point I was thinking I may need to go up to a lighter gold colour for the globes. The wire for the replacement gun was - well replaced... it's now a plastic covered wire with the plastic covering clipped back for the attachment and muzzle - replicating the wire look just wasn't working out, but this gives the weapon some bulk and should look fine painted up black (as will the plunger arm)... eye stalk and ear lights still to be done.


Finally with a lighter gold paint for the globes, the band and the panels... looks a bit yellow in this photo, but is a better match for the new look Daleks in the series...



I'm actually really liking these models now... I may have to get me some more....