June 2016: Space Wolves, Orks, and a Lovely Couple I Met the Other Day

We start with my son's Space Wolves. His collection is growing nicely, especially considering they are repaints from traded figs.



Next we have the last of the Stormclaw figures which means the boxed sets I purchased in 2015 are now all up to date for all practical intents and purposes. We start with this nice trio of chaps who just want to give you a big hug.



Then there is Mister Storm Claw himself, whatever his name is. Truth is I really don't play Orks, I just like painting and converting them.



Five of his closest Nobs.


Some much-needed Boyz. I really only have about 35 or so; nowhere near enough for a true Ork army.


A Runtherd and his charge.


And lastly this bartender and his hab-wife. I plan on using them as part of my innocent bystanders collection.

Location Casting

Saul baby-good to hear from you; I was starting to get worried. No I wasn't hoping you vanished in a jungle or something! But if you did I'd be more than happy to take care of Margaret for you. Just kidding! What have you got for me?

Yes I remember-I wanted exotic but commonplace; something you find in any town but don't see much of these days on the board.

Your kidding. A rail station? For a retro future piece? Genius again Saul!

Okay, I see that dapper couple and their robot dog thingie there-looking good. Yeah I see the posters and the time table. Could be either 1929 or the 41st Millennium.







Okay, here are the various train cars. Yes I see the guy checking his manifest and the other one searching for, hobos or something. What's with the graffiti? Yeah I bet whomever that governor is he is going to be pissed! The names? No idea. Must be some inside joke or something.

















What's with the locomotive? Oh more retro future stuff eh? Yeah I don' think they had those in 1936 but whatever works!









Yep, six plus feet of straight track there plus some curved stuff ready if necessary. Good job Saul, not start working on my Orks!

Central Casting

Sid, baby, I'm in a pinch! I've got this time travel movie coming up and I need a bunch of weirdos. No of course they don't have a script yet-just a treatment and some rap star they want to tie it in with! Yeah no kidding. Okay, this is what I've got.

I need a futuristic guy, but he has to look like he's from World War I. Yeah I have not idea how that is possible. German looking? That would be fantastic!



Now I need, like a giant robot pilot or something, but not one of those anime ones. More dark future and stuff. A claw hand? Yeah that will work.



Brilliant! Now I need some snipers, but they need to be big burly types; yeah real manly men! What? Those guys are perfect! Keep 'em away from Margaret if you know what I mean though-heh just kidding!




Now I need a doctor. Well not a medical doctor but a guy who calls himself that. No he isn't supposed to look like a doctor; just kind of a geeky dude. You know just the guy?



Now he needs a travelling partner. No not romantic but there will be some weird sexual tension there. A redhead? You are mind reader Sid!



Now they need a dog. Or a robot. But it has to be kind of late 70's/early 80's if you know what I mean. A robot dog? Frickin' genius!



Don't ever change Sid-you are a lifesaver! Now how are you on location scouting...


As usual, apologies for the crappy photos.

My One Miniature for April

I call this titan Grimlock for reasons that should be obvious.









Here it is side by side with an old Armorcast Titan for scale:


Construction:

I remember seeing one in the store an thinking it has to be pretty close in size to a Reaver Tiran. I decided it wouldn't take an insane amount of work to do. It took a few long nights figuring out how to anchor the arms to the main chassis and there is some internal work that I did not get shots of; it was very important that the arms not be flimsy or fall off easily.












"What a lovely charms bracelet!"
"It is made of the Emperor's Finest!"

Space Wolves

As part of my parenting requirements, I am painting up a Space Wolf army for my son.







The love of a father aside, I am also cheap so mainly it is the contents of Stormclaw and repurposing existing unused figures from my collection. And trades for painting. The scouts are from repurposing classic plastic scouts with leftover heads and weapons. The rest is from mixing and matching with Stromclaw stuff as well as Bjorn in a trade.

February Catchup

Been a hectic new year and I have a lot of posting to do.

Start with a boatload of Ultramarines:









Quite a bit of terrain:









A Hastily shot photo of Quonset huts for Ryan:


Some Cars for the LVO Glory Road Kill Team (or something like that-they were for a Ryan who definitely improved upon them after I was done):


A couple of Apothecaries for David:


And lastly some Space Wolves for my son:



Space Wolves are the short term priority followed by some contract Ultras and some orks. Or maybe Nids. Or AM. Plus more of my Ultras. Did I mention some Chaos? Well the year is young.