Saturday, June 13, 2020

From Barks: A rude hut

I, too, have slowed down my output and been neglecting my blog. Here's a 3D printed hut I painted to keep the juices flowing. This is from Printable Scenery. You get a huge range of pieces- walls, windows, doors, floors, roofs etc- with connecting clips, and can plan and print away to your heart's content. This is a test building for a 4x4" footprint. The door swings and there is an interior with fireplace.




From TamsinP: Block Gang for Judge Dredd


With the forces of law and order (maybe disorder in the case of the Citi Def) painted, it is time to move on to the criminal elements of Mega City One.

With the high unemployment rates due to automation, boredom is rife among the teenagers and young adults of the city. Combine that with wanting cool stuff but not having any money, it is hardly surprising that so many turn to petty crime. Every block* has at least one gang and their rivalries and grudges frequently spill out into violent confrontations. It is quite common for two or more gangs to agree to have a rumble, sometimes over "turf", sometimes just for the sheer hell of it.


*the megablocks house tens of thousands of people each, and most people live in these.


Block Gang:


These eight figures come with the starter set, but are also available as a stand-alone pack.








The chap with the chain most have leaned over while the superglue was curing - I've fixed him since taking the pics.

 Block Gang Reinforcements:


These three figures are available as a separate pack. I ordered these at the release date, so I actually got metal ones (Yay!) rather than Warlord's nasty new resin. It seems that the resin shrinks more in the mould than the metal does - these three are noticeably taller and "fuller" than the resin ones.







I'll be working through the rest of the criminal elements over the next week or so, and will post them as and when a group are finished.




From JohnS - First Post - Yes, It's been a busy few months

Hi all, it is difficult to believe that this is my first post in this Challenge as I was very enthusiastic about the idea. Apparently everybody in Australia decided they needed new paints, brushes and miniatures about 5 minutes after we started this challenge. Work has been a bit frantic.



I started these ten Dwarf Ironbreakers to follow on the few I did in AHPCX and to round out the unit to 30 for WHFB 8th edition. My plan was to quickly knock out these simple paint jobs and move on to building some ancients. There are Carthaginians calling my name.


Well, best laid plans and all that. I work for War and Peace Games down here in Australia and we have just been slammed. So much so that the last thing I wanted to do after packing hundreds of paint orders is play with more paint and figures.
Anywho, life is returning to somewhat normal, I even got to play outside in the sun for a couple of hours today.
I hope you like my little chaps. I may give them a run in those new Oathmark rules, I have some sabot movement trays somewhere. In the meantime, I'd better get to those Punic types I bought back in March and haven't opened yet. Cheers