For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls

Howdy folks. Blog posting will be a bit sporadic over the next month (more so than usual) Reason being is Xmas is hitting home with full force this week and I'm loosing my free time to chores and 12 hour long shifts. I'll try and keep the TWITTER active for the sake of WIP stuff or quick doodles, but actual content for the blog will be few and far between.

Until things get back on track in the new year, I'm happy to have finished painting my Killa Kans before things got REALLY busy. So here's a few pictures of some of my favourite models of all time.

This one is my favourite out of the lot. A giant drill for making a mess, and a scrap launcing, over sized blunderbuss (Grotzooka) for making more mess!

Kans, Cars and Invisible Ordeals

Another short blog post this week. I've been dealing with the growing list of Xmas nonsense that's been building in work and so a lot of the fun stuff has had to be side lined for the time being. That said I get my brushes working when I can in the evenings.

So first up is the progress on the Kans. I love these models and the few games I've played with them have only increased my need to get them finished. If I get a bit of spare cash come new years, I'll see about getting another box as these models are awesome. Easy to put together and fun to customize, also my method of painting Ork vehicles is really quick so it'll allow me to get other stuff done before Xmas too.

Speaking of other stuff. I got the confirmation email today. My Gaslands bundle is on it's way as an early Xmas present to myself (cos I earned it, so there) and knowing that I need to get the rest of Cars ready for the wastelands. Team Read is already to go, just have to finish Teams Blue and Yellow

Finally for this update, a snippet of a finished commission for SHED Games. I still have a bunch of dungeon tiles from these guys. Perhaps I should make it my New years resolution to get them finished and get a game out of them. Ah well that's a Future Dave problem. Until then, here's a portrait of the invisible man in his Birthday suit. Enjoy!

Return to Pen and Paper

Feels so long since I had a chance to work with pen and ink. Nothing too extravagant, but still an enjoyable little project for SHED GAMES. I've decided to use the moody feel of the portraits as an excuse to muck about with strong lighting contrasts. I still need to tidy them up a bit though. They still have a few pencil lines that need removing.

Also, I finished a few more Ork Kommandos. I'll be breaking these out in the near future with the rest of the squad, so stay tuned for for that.

And finally a look forward to my next project: GASLANDS! The game is released at the end of the month and I've already pre-ordered the starter bundle. For fans of Mad Max or the GW Dark Future game, I can't recommend this enough. I was lucky enough to try it out last year in the demo stages of development and have been following the progress since. Once I get the book in hand I'll be sure to put up some pictures and a bit of a review. Until then have a good 'un.

Slow Week

So earlier this year I picked up a junk lot at a market of Space Marines and random bits. The original post is HERE for those that haven't read that far back. The results of this bodgit experiment was a fully converted Night Lords' Kill Team that is still receiving additions from time to time. Once again diving into a box of second hand junk, spare parts and abandoned minis I've managed to dig out a bunch of long neglected Chaos Terminators

Seriously, look at this guy. There's as much super glue as there is paint on this one.

So into the dip they go! the plan is to go to town on these models as I did with the original Kill Team. Another long term project that'll keep me busy.

At the moment though, I've been filling my time with my favorite painting project, Orks! I finally caved in and bought some new toys for the new addition. I can Killa Kan!

Magnetized weapons and ready for a few layers of rust and chrome before properly taking the field! I've also found the time to build some classic Kommandos and get to painting the Ork Kill Team I started a while back.

Blimey! I thought this post would be a short piece about how little I've been doing. Turns out I've been quite industrious, who knew?

Day-After Halloween Special

It's been a super busy old time the last few weeks. I've changed jobs again and been spending some time fixing up the ol' homestead, but now it's back to the brushes! In between mental work shifts and a never ending "To-Do" I managed to sneak in a few hours painting.

First up, the final member of my Night Lords Kill Team, The Shreaker. A Raptor convertion to round off the squad nicely I think. I still think Shadow War is a fantastic alternative to regular Necromunda, but with all the shiny new stuff being shown off for actual Necromunda I will no doubt find myself painting up a House Gang at some point.

I've final jumped back in to 40K. It took a while and a little inspiration, but I've started painting up some new addition for my Ork army to bring them up to speed with the new rules. Joining the painted masses is a Painboy, a Waaagh! Banner bearer and a new Mek Boy. I've since found out that Dreds are SUPER stompy under the new rules so I'll be getting a bunch of them

So that's been my efforts for the last week. Not a great deal, but progress nonetheless. I also managed to find time to crank out a pumpkin this year...

...and get a costume together.

Happy Halloween!!!