The Great Furniture sale!

New from Burn In Designs!  Come and get it... new furniture!

Play it again, Sam.

Pull up a chair...

Shall we recline?

Look how comfy that bed is!

Bunk bed.

Feeling safe?  Not even these Outlaws can crack it!!

Frosted Flakes for Dessert?

One more post for you showing some more modification of broccoli bases.

Oxide paste is set down first, to set the pieces of bark like mortar.

This one had far less texture on the original base, which left me free enough to do more than just fill in the blanks.

Mica flakes!  And old favorite returns.

It not only filled in the gaps between bark pieces, it also made a fun leaf texture.  I will be trying out some paper leaves on this one, I think.

A few touches of sand and gravel were just the final touch I needed.

Another Dark Sword figure gets the additional bark treatment.

Four figures, four broccoli bases dealt with!  Time for priming...

Carpathian's Creations...

Look what young Edison has brought with him!!!  It's the massive Creation 7, as well as the Yi Sisters.  This view shows you how huge that 4 armed monster is.

The Yi Sisters are very stealthy, able to approach silently right up to an unsuspecting target.

Edison's Sonic Weapon can deal out damage, or move objects and people around.  You saw that play out in the most recent battle reports.

Dealing with all these threats on the table at once will be no easy task.  Holy Order might have the most difficult time, since there are not many of them. 

The Spirit Aim could help against Edison, but the Yi Sisters are designed to get right up to you.  Let's say that they're mighty handy with those Katanas!

I have one more set of these figures which were taken in a nice setup with some Burn In Designs terrain.  Stay tuned!

You don't have to hate your broccoli

For all the fans of Dark Sword and even Reaper miniatures, working with the so called broccoli bases is a common occurrence. 

Most of the time, I use a razor saw to cut them away, and pin the figure to a different base.  However, this is not always practical.  The feet might be too fragile or small for pinning, or the texture of the original base is important to keep.

Never fear, brave hobbyists!  It does not take much to bend those broccoli bases to your will.

I used to take sculpey pieces and glue those around the base, filling in gaps with glue and gravel.

Now that I have bark, oxide paste and other tools, this process will be much easier!

As usual, the pieces of bark are held in place with the use of oxide paste and some glue.

The oxide paste fills in the gaps that the pieces of bark might leave.

I can also add some branches if I want, just as I have done on some of the Bark and branch bases that have been profiled here many times recently.

This straw like material is something I have been adding to my bases a great deal lately.  It started with my Wild West Exodus bases, but that has worked very well to simulate a variety of scrubs or tall grasses, depending on the scale of the figure.

After cutting out a tuft of the straw, I take the bundle and stick that into a dot of super glue (sometimes even set into oxide paste).

Almost ready to go!  Just some rocks and ballast...

And voila!  Broccoli base is now covered.  The overall footprint of the figure is still the same, since the original metal went all the way to the edges of the plastic base.

I have another post coming with a few more figures that I did at the same time!  Stay tuned...

Mechanized warfare...

I thought that I would borrow the Basilica Canis as the setting for the complete army shots of the giant Mechanicus army!

The gates of the Basilica tower above even the mightiest of tanks...

The more I looked at it, the more appropriate it seemed to be as a backdrop.

The interior of the hippodrome was just large enough to contain the massive host.

The towers were even taller than I remembered, especially when I saw how tiny those huge Thanatars looked standing on the top of them!

Everything in the army is in some strategic location. Even the Thralls line the walls.

I was surprised that the second level was easily big enough to carry the Castellax.

You can see some of the Thralls peeking out from behind the columns.

The Myrmidons were spread out across all three levels.  Some closer views are coming as well!!!

Cutting through a cloud of dust...

The Outlaws get themselves a nice boost with this light support vehicle making dust clouds across the Weird West.  It's the Dust Cutter!!

It has three different gun mounts.  Some are cheaper in terms of points, but are a bit less 'killy'.  You can even go with a flamethrower option on this speedy vehicle.

It also has the ability to drop down some mines, including an incredibly powerful monster that is strength 20.  Best not to fool around too close to one of those, or they are gonna carry you home in your hat.

It's one of the fastest non-flying units in the game, so it would be interesting to see a group of these on the table at the same time.  If you did have three or even four in a larger game, would it be worthwhile to have different weapons mounted.  That might be something to explore down the line.

Since this was quite similar in some of the shapes to the Flame Truck, I tried to treat the wheels in the same manner.  That is, the combination of Secret Weapon orange wash, Reaper Brown Liner paint, and some other burnt sienna type colors.

I think at least two of these at once would be ideal.  One is just too easy to take out, even with its high armor.  A pair of them roaming around the table herding enemy units into killing zones sounds like a lot of fun!!

I will also take some side by side shots with the completed Blackjack light support to show you.

Gambling on the rails!

Yes indeed, folks... Lathan has been VERY busy!

He has been creating epic new kits, buildings, furniture and more rail cars.

This is the 'civilian' version of the train engine, as well as a very cool casino car.

There are many amazing things about this rail car.  

Getting the rounded edges like these is a huge challenge... and Lathan loves challenges.  He eats them for breakfast.

But wait... you open it up, and there's even more wonders inside!

I love the pattern on the floor.  No need to hunt down rug patterns on Google and print them out!

But the real action is captured in the roulette wheel set!

Get your chips on the table and place your bets!!

I'm betting that painting this kit will be a BLAST!

This is one of a few new rail cars that I will be painting in the coming months, so stay tuned.  And stop by Burn In Designs and say hi to Lathan. :-)