By the Comet's Light

In my world, the Old Worlde still exists, and that includes the jungles of Lustria!

In that jungle resides Tette 'Ekko, or Baby Babo, as I always referred to him.

That was a scratch built figure that always went with my Skrox army.  Yes, tons of skinks and Kroxigors!!  This close up shows the Skink Tank.  Back in the day, this unit could take down monsters on the charge with its poison javelins.

I had a number of these "Skrox" units, which I called my foot cavalry.  They moved almost as rapidly as some heavy cavalry.

The regular small units would each have a little surprise inside... some kind of skink chief with a sneaky weapon, etc.

It was Baby Babo's job to drop down comets from the heavens.  I would often choose to re-roll the entry of the comet, so that its delay increased its power!

There are a few articles on the blog which shows some WIP images of Baby Babo, along with dozens more on the various skink units.  Check out some of the battle reports to see them in action!!!

Come over here...

I forgot how much fun these classic Dark Elf figures are to paint!  It's been at least 8 or 9 years sinceI last painted one.

Most of the metal figures I have like this were converted into Hekatrix Blood Brides, but I still have a few in "original condition" ;-)

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/321843071967?

Coming out of your shell

I wish that I could get more chances to paint Bombshell Miniatures, sculpted by the always fantastic Patrick Keith.  The faces are always very well defined, and easy to paint.

The poses also have a dynamism that makes them very appealing, but they are still one or two piece casts at most.  This is very helpful for a lot of reasons.  Less time to prep, and less things to break!!

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/321842462053?

A Rumble in the Jungle

As I compile more of the large format Hangar 18 backdrops, I am offered more and more opportunities for these types of "glory" shots, as I like to call them.

I have a new 16 x 23 green/grey backdrop, and I have been itching to have it for a while.  The brown/grey misty backdrop has been great for Wild West Exodus, but it is too desert or wasteland in appearance for a jungle setting.  Also, that backdrop didn't match the hills I had created.

You can see what a nice blend this new backdrop is!!  Perfect!

The next color I need to secure is more of a misty concrete blend that will work for sci-fi shots, or even Zombie invasions!

For now, it is the reign of Saurus and skink!!

This unit always made me very sad.  As most of you who know how I roll dice, you would not be shocked to hear that they went 'stupid' on me five turns in a row in a single game.  A bit like falling down the stairs juggling chainsaws while trying to prevent a nuclear fission cascade while also baking a cake.  And setting fire to a winning lottery ticket.

In any case, it was fun to set up a few of these shots at long last.  Once I secure the greyish backdrop and finish off one key piece of terrain, I will be able to do more 40k style glory shots!

I'm also going to shoot images of the Engines of the Gods, the Temple Guard unit, and the Carnosaur on the new backdrop individually.  There are a few new Lizard monsters under way which will also be very nice in this Hangar 18 backdrop.

Stay tuned, as I show some massed amounts of skinks on the next series of images!  And be sure to check out Hangar 18 photo backdrops...

Orky baby...

Here's a fun Reaper figure!

I was painting this while listening to hours of documentaries about the two sieges of Vienna.  I guess that's why I used so many earth tones... all I heard about were sappers. :-)  That and the Kahlemburg...

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/321840291074?

An axe to grind...

The Red Box army grows larger and larger.

As usual, I'm having lots of fun taking colors such as the yellowish green of the loincloth and putting that on the shadow areas of the skin.

Getting these types of greenish colors into the skin really help to make the tiny little 28mm fig have more 'scale' to it!

Spilling Blood

I've been waiting for quite a while to put a figure on top of one of the Secret Weapon skull bases!  Finally I had my chance.

The idea was to fill in the 'open' base areas with pools of blood, as they were inset.

I gathered a few of the usual suspects, including the Realistic water, red liner, and Ruby wash.

The colors don't have to be that exact set... it only has to be close.

Most important is to have something dark and transparent to mix in with the Realistic Water.

The Clear Red was added to make a lighter version of the blood color, which could be smeared or spread along the sword blade.

This view sort of gives you that sense of transparency.

A few layers of this mix filled in those depressions around the skulls.

The finished result!

It really was the prefect miniature, as both the sword and severed head would be the perfect "source" for that pool of blood!

I created an entire 100 minute long video as part of my kickstarter series called Bloody Mess.

She's also here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/321840198043?