Off to prison and the Chain Gang...

Here we have the next installment from Victoria Miniatures!  This batch is called the Penal Guard.

http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/product/penal-guard-10-man-resin-squad

This set of 10 makes an excellent Penal Legion squad.  As usual there are 10 figures in all, with many different options.

First, the legs:

There are a few torso options, including a few for leaders/command.

A number of 'lasgun' options...

Then more heads, some shivs, and other items!

There were many ways to put these together, but I wanted to use the helmet version on one figure:

Chain gang!  Get a move on!

And then a few shots of the whole squad.

I didn't do anything to the figures themselves except file mould lines, wash them off and glue them together.  So, this really represents them right out of the package.

Finally, some images of the individual prisoners.

I am trying to decide if I want to go the orange jump suit route, or more 'standard' ripped up Guard uniforms.

These guys would make a fantastic addition to any Imperial Guard army.

Happy New Year Blog!!!!

OK loyal Wappellians!  We ring in the New Year with post number 1702!!

As always many thanks to all of you who take time out of your day to explore the madness that is my world.

I can't stress often enough that none of this happens without you.  It still amazes me that anybody wants to keep listening to my wild rantings :-)  Hopefully some of it ends up being useful.

So many things are planned for this new year.  As much of a transition as 2013 was, I believe that 2014 will eventually complete that transition and lead to so much more.  Very hard work still awaits... and this first part of the year is going to be quite a challenge... but knowing the goal could be attained keeps me scrapping for that extra yard!

Shiny!

I have been posting 30 minute preview videos to You Tube for a while now.  I think there are about a dozen... hopefully giving a nice sample of what is coming!

Here are some links:

These cover Object Source lighting, a variety of non metallic metals, some flesh tone videos, and even a basing video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_8Yo1Jt9Xc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnvuDEKF_ts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njwlQbWCvYs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ECKlL3hNjE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVDGSWdBUlU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD4HUSYIEd4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvAu51YMREA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEP1ILxyGcs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g1XrbBFeCg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXqIo-UMSr8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myke97g1D_4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRgUO6I5CdI

There are now similar piles of PAL Dvd's to go along with these NTSC versions!

All hail the King

Finally!  The Gnoll King from Reaper Miniatures.

Once more, fun with muted browns, reds, and greens.  Let a little more green show here... even a little purple there...

Even a touch of blueish gray in places.  Since he is pretty huge, there were plenty of areas for fun subtle transitions.  I also had to add the blood, to get in a nice accent color, and something that was a bit more high chroma, or saturated.

As usual, lots of eays to establish contrast!

More slime...

Back to the Nurgle guys once again.  This time, another rotter.

This is one of the rare beastman rotters... there are many more of all races.  Those will be coming up later this week!

Lots more of these slug bodies to paint...

Here he is with his buddy.

Sluggin' on!

You look a little green...

Here's a collection of figures with a variety of green flesh colors.  Three of them were part of the kickstarter videos.

The two Reaper Trolls were used for the Painting Green Flesh Tones video.  The Raging Heroes Ork Warboss was used for the Shaded Basecoat video.

As you look at these, you will notice that the color varies here ans there.  Some greens are warmer, some are cooler.  Also, some of the greens are very muted, or "grayed down".  That can be done by mixing in some red or brown.

Other colors are more pure, or 'saturated'  This is discussed a lot, especially in the Green With Envy color theory video concerning greens.

It does not really matter what the size of the figure is, or what type it is... making more variations in those green flesh colors can make anything seem more elaborate or interesting.

I try to have transitions in the color across a single figure.  The trolls are a very good example of that.  You get the whole range of warmer and cooler greens, as well as the more muted colors on the back.

Mixing in purple of one shade or another with the green also yields some interesting results!  That is a favorite trick of mine.

This is just a drop in the proverbial bucket when it comes to greens and skin tones made with them.  Hopefully this gives you a few ideas!

The long road home

Hi there folks!  I hope that you have been having a great Holiday season!  It has been incredibly busy here, as you might imagine.

I apologize for the lack of posts yesterday, but the 8+ hour drive, packing and unpacking, etc., made that impossible.  I had these images saved to post for today.  Soon I have another Victoria Miniatures post, the Gnoll King from Reaper, and other things.

This was the very first scratch built Chimera that I made.  The other 3 were much easier to construct.  I did all of the side panels and the treads from sculpey.  The turret that you see here was not the original turret.  I made this one for a campaign setting that needed some cleansing fire!

It was fun to be able to create an entire fleet of these vehicles from nothing more than sculpey, plasticard, and matboard!

The scale was exactly the same as any 'regular' Chimera.

At some point, I will add further markings.  I am still tempted to repaint this in the green color scheme of the new all girl IG army...

The view from above.  Again, lots of plasticard in this area.  The rest of the lower hull was created with scraps of matboard.

The flamer option never really worked as I had wanted it to perform.  It was part of the huge 4-part warpgate campaign.  In the final climactic battle, a massive city fight was undertaken.  I had hoped to dig out certain hidden troops with it, but that was never really possible.

There were too many angles from too many nearby structures to get at them.

So, time to get the studio back up and running!!!!