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Waaagh! Nikkaz – Grot Bandits

14 Tuesday Mar 2023

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, gobbos, Orks, Uncategorized

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freebooterz, grots, oldhammer, Orks

Three posts already this year, not bad going. I don’t feel like I’m getting more leisure time than I was, I still feel overwhelmed and unable to cope, but I’ve clearly been able to do a bit of painting and modelling so that’s something. There are so many things I want to do, so many projects and protests and archives and DIY and learning and books to read and hobby ideas but no time to do any of it.

So Waaagh! Nikkaz. Nikkaz obviously has ambition, ten grots is hardly a waagh! These goblin pirate miniatures are lovely, proper oldhammer-esque. I’ve thrown in a few properly oldhammer grots too and another Makari as I seem to have Makaris out the wazzoo! No Ghazghulls, mind, just Makaris. A nice fun little project, and now I’ve only got four more squads left until I’ve painted every squad in Freebooterz.

Canine companions!

02 Thursday Feb 2023

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work

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canine companions, dogs, zombicide

Another post so soon? How did that happen? Mostly because these doggos just didn’t take that long. I considered servitorising them, maybe I will one day, but for now they’re cybernetics-free and happy that way….

Veteran Squad Moleab

25 Wednesday Jan 2023

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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40k, resin, space marines, Steel Guard

I’m still alive, as busy or busier than ever but still getting to slowly grind out some finished miniatures. Here we have a Sternguard Veteran Squad, intended as a part of Chapter Master Melmoth’s honour guard. I used Contrast paints mostly, and the grey is much lighter. I think next time I am going to use the normal Mechanicus Standard Grey and use the Contrast paints to shade it. This is the Armour Through The Ages resin reprint of old lead miniatures and has recently been on Made To Order. This surprised me because I hadn’t realised it had been taken off sale in the first place. Its a bit sad when things you’ve bought have been removed from sale and them brough back again as classic one offs! Nice to get it painted finally. I really wanted to paint the Thunder Warrior, a mini I had when I was a lad. Its a proper 80s mini that should really have been painted in neon colours! I hope you are all staying Covid safe still. Its not over, and it might cause your immune system to go crazy and disable you, even if you’ve been vaccinated.

Genestealer Cult Land Train

28 Monday Nov 2022

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, genestealer cults

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genestealer cults, land train, oldhammer

Oh my how busy I have been recently! Caring duties, union activities, an ongoing rat invasion that we just cannot seem to shift, buying and selling transformers on the internet to try and bring in some money, and of course firework season (in our house we call it canine nervous breakdown season). Eveything is fithy, many things are broken. The outside is moving inside via giant lurcher paws. What an Autumn! Instead of my usual three painting projects I am down to a single project, plus I am slowly working on the coaching inn from WD 143, and working through my giant tub of sprues to turn them into miniatures ready for painting or selling.

This is a land train that I picked up on Kickstarter a while back. It looked great on the internet but up close I wasn’t that impressed. The 3d printing grain was far too large, leading to smudged designs and a generally cheap look. The plastic didn’t stick properly with superglue, pva glue, plastic cement, or carpenter’s glue. Bits are always threatening to break off. In general I would not recommend it. But when I saw it I remembered a piece of art and some flash fiction from way back, about some raiders who attack a caravan and get a nasty chaos genestealer flavoured surprise. So I had to have it! Since this was made there is now an official Warhammer equivalent, the Cargo-8 Ridge Crawler. Though a Ridge Crawler and two carriages would be over 120 quid!

Grinding out the cult (pun intended)!

25 Sunday Sep 2022

Posted by terryshithole in genestealer cults

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40k, citadel miniatures, cultists, genestealer hybrids, waiting for the star children

A vehicle for the cult. I have also bought a land train so as to add something oldhammery to the cult. Of that, later! I’m pleased with the mud spatter on this one, though maybe some weathering would have looked good too.

A revolution brewing…

06 Tuesday Sep 2022

Posted by terryshithole in genestealer cults

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biophagus, cultist, genestealer cults, genestealer familiars

Somehow I’ve been dragged into Genestealer Cults. Not sure how that happened, but here’s a biophagus…

Bad photo, no cookies…

Kid appeal on the tabletop! Transformers Bumblebee

27 Wednesday Jul 2022

Posted by terryshithole in transformers

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Autobots, Bumblebee, G1

Some time ago I showed off a Megatron miniature that I had painted, now to go with it I’ve finished a Bumblebee too. These miniatures are based off the G1 cartoon so are very simple and uncomplicated. Nice and easy to paint, but I’d like something a bit more gritty. The cartoon was never my bag, we just didn’t ever see it over here really, or it was on at 6.30am or something silly like that. I prefered the Marvel comic Uk stories and art which child me felt were more serious!

Corpse-Grinder Cult, the Cuttyboys

15 Wednesday Jun 2022

Posted by terryshithole in Chaos, Finished Work, Necromunda

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40k, chaos, cultists, khorne, newhammer

A digression into newhammer, I painted these guys because I like the miniatures so much. Full of detail and bursting with ideas. I like the idea that this is how some people slip into chaos worship, without even realising that they’re doing it.

Arbusculus the Bloody-Handed, Night Lords Captain

25 Wednesday May 2022

Posted by terryshithole in Chaos, Finished Work

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40k, chaos marines, night lords

Returning to the leadpile in search of a chaos character I find this chap, ideal! This is a great little miniature, mid-period GW, neither silly nor especially grimdark (given that he’s a Night Lord, for whom grimdark really means something). It was a pleasure to paint, although I chickened out of trying to paint lightning bolts all over him because my life is still hectic and my nervous system can’t handle the intense concentration that learning new painting techniques can take. It’s still an hour here or there really. Painting is like meditation in that the busier you are the more important it is to try and find some time to do it! I hope you’re all doing well and are enjoying the gradual return to normal. Remember that covid is still out there and some people are medically vulnerable so take care of yourselves and each other!

Some quick and dirty Daemonettes

10 Tuesday May 2022

Posted by terryshithole in Chaos, Finished Work

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chaos, daemonettes, newhammer

Pun intended. I tried to copy the Citadel Paint App instructions but they looked awful so I tried to grimdark them up a bit. To be honest they’re pretty crap but there you go!

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