Monday 25 February 2019
Stompy Death Approaches
It has taken me the best part of a month and a half to get this guy built and painted, but the Stompa is finished. Packing more guns than sense, striding into carnage and featuring arguing crew as well as an angry commander with jaunty hat to complete the thing.
All the rockets are magnetized as well as the arms for ease of transport. I still need a box to get the body down to my local shop.
I'm eager to get him out for a game to see how long he lasts. Depending on my opponent it could end up being a one turn kill. Hopefully I'll get a few salvos off before that happens though.
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Productive Afternoon
Well the Missus was away earlier this week so I had a whole day to myself. No work, no interruptions, no muckin' about then!
I decided to throw everything I had into getting as many small projects finished as possible, so once the house work was out of the way it was down to some paint stripping in the shed and then on to varnishing the completed parts of the Stompa.
The big fella is coming along beautifully if I do say so. All that's left to paint is the smoke stacks and the chainsaw arm. Then I need to find a way to get him to the shop.
After melting a few brain cells with paint stripping and varnish work, I felt it was for a cuppa and some light reading. A quick brouse through the Kill Team book has me eyeing up my Night Lords army again. That particular project has been in painting limbo for a while so with new Chaos Marine stuff in the near future I think it's time to get some more paint on the gang of late night murderers. More on that another day.
After a break it was time have a chat with Kev from Deadstar about the upcoming events and releases for the year ahead. Plenty of good work from various creators in 2018 and 2019 looks to be more of the same. We're hoping to get out and visit some stores for signings (both myself and other creators involved with Deadstar) as well as our usual appearances at Cons across the country. Kev will be at CFCC in March, but I won't be about until Swansea Comic & Gaming Con in April. Keep an eye on Deadstar's events page to see where we'll be throughout the year. The main reason Kev and I had this meeting was to talk about the next step for Age of Savagery. The first call for submissions was a success and a proved a great example of Indy talent brought together. So naturally we always intended to do a second volume. Stay tuned to Deadstar's website as anyone interested in getting involved as an illustrator or a writer will have a chance to submit their ideas early next month.
Once Kev had left, it was time to get back to the painting board. I admit I've been dragging my feet with New Wasteland Fairy Tales the last few months. I could blame my hectic work schedule or real life concerns, but the truth is I've been procrastinating on other things (see giant stompy robot above). Well it would be mad to miss out on this continued bout of productivity and with that, two more pages coloured and finished and two more taped up ready to start. Finally looking at the first black & white pages against the coloured updates really shows how much better this comic would have been released in colour first time round. The reason it wasn't at the time was purely due to cost. Now, it's time.
To say nothing of fixing all of my spelling mistakes XD
I decided to throw everything I had into getting as many small projects finished as possible, so once the house work was out of the way it was down to some paint stripping in the shed and then on to varnishing the completed parts of the Stompa.
After melting a few brain cells with paint stripping and varnish work, I felt it was for a cuppa and some light reading. A quick brouse through the Kill Team book has me eyeing up my Night Lords army again. That particular project has been in painting limbo for a while so with new Chaos Marine stuff in the near future I think it's time to get some more paint on the gang of late night murderers. More on that another day.
After a break it was time have a chat with Kev from Deadstar about the upcoming events and releases for the year ahead. Plenty of good work from various creators in 2018 and 2019 looks to be more of the same. We're hoping to get out and visit some stores for signings (both myself and other creators involved with Deadstar) as well as our usual appearances at Cons across the country. Kev will be at CFCC in March, but I won't be about until Swansea Comic & Gaming Con in April. Keep an eye on Deadstar's events page to see where we'll be throughout the year. The main reason Kev and I had this meeting was to talk about the next step for Age of Savagery. The first call for submissions was a success and a proved a great example of Indy talent brought together. So naturally we always intended to do a second volume. Stay tuned to Deadstar's website as anyone interested in getting involved as an illustrator or a writer will have a chance to submit their ideas early next month.
Once Kev had left, it was time to get back to the painting board. I admit I've been dragging my feet with New Wasteland Fairy Tales the last few months. I could blame my hectic work schedule or real life concerns, but the truth is I've been procrastinating on other things (see giant stompy robot above). Well it would be mad to miss out on this continued bout of productivity and with that, two more pages coloured and finished and two more taped up ready to start. Finally looking at the first black & white pages against the coloured updates really shows how much better this comic would have been released in colour first time round. The reason it wasn't at the time was purely due to cost. Now, it's time.
To say nothing of fixing all of my spelling mistakes XD
Tuesday 5 February 2019
A Good Mek Always Blames His Tools
Continuing work on the Stompa this week with Getting the crew and some of the extra parts finished. I think the big fella is coming along nicely.
A model this big provides lots of opportunities to have some fun with the details. For me that ill always mean Grots.
Here's a few close ups of the Kaptain.
And finally the BIG guns. I still need to paint the rockets before the arm is finished, but the Grot crew really make this whole thing come alive for me.
Sunday 3 February 2019
Witch Hunt
Been working on this for a while in between other projects (Stompa, LOTR, actual job). Thought I'd share something different to the run of miniature related posts for a change. I've an update on the Stompa coming soon, but for now I have some Mordheim in watercolours. C&C always welcome.
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