Valves and pipes and rivets

The Tide of Iron continues with some large bases for my Union light supports.  These are for Iron Horses and a Locust.

They are made from a variety of materials... plasticard, left over pieces of Burn in Designs buildings, sprues, plastic gears, and even glue caps!

The red material is the Oxide Paste, as usual.  That was used to seal off a few gaps or crazy areas.

I even included a few shell casings and tiny rivets for some extra details.

I want my Union force to look highly mechanized, so every figure is on a base of this type.  I already showed the smaller bases in a previous set of posts using the Burn in Designs scraps.

I will be painting these up over the weekend, so pics coming soon!

Geronimoooooo!

Hey, my Warrior Nation posse finally has a boss!  It's Geronimo!!

I knew from the moment I started filing mould lines that I wanted him to be a black bear.

Not only would that make it different from the standard bear scheme (and the official version), but it would offer all kinds of opportunity to do some fun color variations.

I mixed a number of subtle grays... in some places it was more of a tan, others more blue, and in other locations it was even pink.

When viewed as a whole, you get yourself a black bear.

The surrounding landscape was also a big part of this, as I painted the tree a much warmer (and lighter) shade of tan in order to make the bear look cooler and darker.

The ground was painted in cooler tones, not only to match some of the bear, but also create a contrast with the bleached skeleton (from Secret Weapon miniatures) and the bloody severed head.

I had a lot of fun painting this mini, and now he joins the Energy Beast and the Great Elk in the formation of my Warrior Nation!

All shapes and sizes...

With all the robots done, I was very curious to see some scale comparison shots.

The smallest base in this set if 40mm, so that gives you a pretty good idea of how colossal the Thanatars are!

Just like the Myrmidons and other related figures, the backs of each robot had a similar look.

I did have to ditch the wiring on the Thallax guys, since heating that up still didn't do any good.  At least the ammo feeds were large enough to let me melt them down with the hair drier and twist them in place.

Big brother and his siblings!!

It was pretty fun to carry the markings from one type to the next!

I believe more Thralls will be in the next Mechanicum set.

Magos Dominus

This is the first set of images of a very odd miniature indeed... the Magos Dominus (with Rad-Cleanser)

Everything about this was unusual, although there were common elements to some of the Myrmidons.

The next set of images will be from above and from a much lower angle, that will give you an even better idea of the approach required.

Never such a pair of sisters.

The Yi Sisters together at last!

These shots got lost in all the post Adepticon mayhem, but I finally remembered to process them :-)

So, in the coming weeks, get ready for much more from the Wild West!!

And that makes Three

Well, more like three of nine.  The other six will play out over the next few weeks.

It was very nice to see all nine of them together the other day, just like the nine Myrmidons.

These were a challenge to prep and build, but not as difficult to paint as the Myrmidons.  No cloaks, and fewer obscured sections definitely helped!

So, stay tuned for more Thallax, Thralls, and a special HQ figure!

All Creatures, great and small

Something remarkable for you to start the week!

This is from Creature Caster, created by the stunning talents of Jeremy Glenn.

Many of you will remember his past work on the fantastic Ultraforge demons.  Armed with all new sculpting techniques, the Creature Caster line was born out of a very successful kickstarter campaign.

http://www.creaturecaster.com/

This is just one test cast of the Vulture Demon.

Already you can see some of the old favorite elements of the previous incarnation... chief among them, not a pile of a bazillion tiny parts!  

Take note of the grooves that allow you to fit parts in position very easily.  This entire beast is being held together then nothing more than a few tiny bits of blu tac.

The grooves are made to hold these nice, big pieces exactly where they should be.  

No crazy, hollow "chocolate bunny" style figures that leave your hands covered in green stuff and glue.

No sitting around praying for glue to dry before your fingers either fall asleep or are also glued together.

In just a few minutes, and those tiny pieces of tac, we see him revealed in all his glory!

I believe that a few quick passes with the Vallejo Water Effects is all that I will need to rapidly cover any gaps which may appear.  Keep in mind that the pieces of tac are taking up some space in the joints.

It only gets better, as we see the alternate head option.  I am having a tough time choosing one, as they both look great.

Once all this is glued together and primed, I will take another set of images, some with figures of other sizes for you to make some judgments on scale.

Then  I will post a series of step by step articles on the painting process.

For old time's sake, I believe I will try to match this Ultraforge Demon which I painted years ago:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/03/ultraforge-greater-demon-of-tzeentch.html