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A quick break from the prevarication
The last couple of weeks have seen me quite busy producing stuff for our local school’s Christmas market.
So I have been making snowflakes, and getting glitter everywhere. Tealight holders, tree decorations, advent countdowns etc.
Just to have a quick break from all this seasonal work I knocked up the artwork for these and cut them this morning.
May I present the Corpse Containment Units. Useful for when dearly departed grandma has a little more life in her than expected.
And yes I’m still prevaricating.
Yet more prevaricating
Earlier this week we took a trip across the border (luckily nobody mentioned the war) to visit the Hans-Peter Porsche Traumwerk. A new toy museum in Bavaria.
Link here http://www.hanspeterporsche.com/
This was a really well laid out and beautifully curated museum, and as is typical of Porsche no expense was spared.
An unusual camouflage scheme which I imagine would be hard to do in real life
The lighting was a bit too subdued to take proper photographs which was a pity, but you have to also understand that they are also conserving the exhibits. Upstairs was a large collection of tin toys. This description does the displays somewhat of a disservice as the exhibits covered circuses, zoos, ships, a small amount of military, fire engines and of course trains. Lots of them.
There was a gallery looking down to the main attraction, a vast train layout.
Again this is an understatement. There were wall projections of clouds and a lighting sequence that cycled between day and night. Clouds passed over the mountains and an immersive ambient soundscape.
I’m not really a train person, but I wouldn’t mind tapping into that market, so the trains weren’t all that exciting. But the scenery was to die for.
Really well done, again it was attention to detail. You would look into the windows of a house and see that it was fully furnished.
Well worth a visit, but bring sandwiches as the restaurant was expensive (I’ve never had a meal that has been up to scratch in Germany) and the kids adventure playground was very well designed.
So how is the Dragon going I hear you ask.
Well…..
I am going to stick with the colour scheme, but I have been prevaricating. Again.
Continuing the Undead theme and the Bob Olley addiction.
So now I have a command group.
And this chap, sculpted by Justin Coutange from the Oldhammer community.
This was another entry to the Warhammer Salzburg “Spooky” painting contest. I finished him with a couple of days to spare, but I didn’t get into town to submit him.
Late news.
The figure that I did enter came second, so not too bad.
And finally this figure from Grimskull Miniatures. A bit T&A but I thought she would go nicely with my Raging Heroes Not DKK army.
So there you have it. Time to tidy the desk and knuckle down with the dragon.
Honest!
First splash of paint
Here is my first attempts at a colour scheme. I think I need to step away for a couple of days and re-assess it. The pale colour is a little bluer than it appears here.
Some more prevarication
Something I like to do, in the evenings (life permitting) is mucking around with sound. I want to make my gaming a little more immersive. This is one of my attempts. I am not able to post directly here, so here is a link to my website where I am hosting it.
http://www.payattention.altervista.org/Atmospheres/intercepted%20transmission.html
Gratuitous cock photo
Our little menagerie has expanded with the addition of four hens and a cockerel. I’m not sure all the neighbours approve, we are canvassing opinions. I’m not so sure of the 5.30 wake-up.
Anyway in all his glory is Brutus.
There’s something in the air
Mostly paint particles.
I decided to strike while the iron was hot and try airbrushing the wings. The set up for airbrushing isn’t quite right yet, but a few small tweaks should get it there. More practice is required. Firstly getting the paint to the right consistancy and secondly getting the airflow/needle balance right.
And patience. Take time and build up the paint slowly otherwise it runs.
Most importantly wear a mask.
Winter is coming
The leaves on the trees are changing from green to orange. The mountains have had their first snow. Our winter wood has been delivered and safely stored.
And now I have primed the Dragon.
So far I have only used a single action airbrush. Now it’s time to up my game and break out the double-action airbrush for the wings.
I really need to stop prevaricating around the bush
So the Dragon is glued and ready to paint. Am I doing anything about it? Am I heck as like!
The first distraction was in the form of a freebie figure from the revamped White Dwarf. I thought he would make a nice leader for my growing band of Chaos cultists.
Then I got distracted by an old Bob Olley sculpt that I have had for about thirty years. I was inspired by seeing pictures on the Oldhammer Facebook group.
And finally my local GeeDub store is running a spooky painting contest. So I had a rummage through my bitz box and found this figure.
Perhaps it’s time to get my finger out and get on with the real job?
Dragon glued
Finally after much prevarication the Dragon has been assembled. There is a tiny bit of filling to be done on the two wing fingers. After that time to start painting the beast.
Well I found some plates
A few years back, when I was at CSM, the canteen was having a clear-out and I came across these plastic plates.
We used them in our greenhouse, back in London, to put plant pots on. But always in the back of my mind I thought they might be useful for something hobby related.
Over here now and getting settled. Time to start unpacking boxes and I came across them. Tick tick tick, hmmmm?
I laser-cut a base and some gubbins to make it a bit more interesting but I seem to have missed out photographing the base painting and the chipping.
Here we are masking the structure to add a white stripe.
Masking the whole structure to avoid overspray.
As you can see my airbrushing was not very successful. Instead of gently building up the layers I blasted away with the end result being this where the paint went under the masking.
This was remedied by adding a line of marker pen.
Adding rust streaks with oil paint.
The finished product. I wanted to provide a quick photo as I’m certain it is going to feature in more photos in the future.
If I can point you in the direction of this blog
http://port-imperiale.blogspot.co.at/
It’s Blogs like this that keep me on my toes.
Now that reminds me…. I’ve got some small flowerpots I picked up at Ikea because they had some plastic grass in them.
Rogue Trader Civilians
I wanted some civilians for my future games of Rogue Trader/Rogue Stars so it’s not just two groups of fighters slugging it out. I’m now trying to figure out some form of group dynamic. Maybe three or four influencers to roll direction/scatter dice for and everyone else following them. This might make life interesting for the fighters if they have a crowd charging towards them in the middle of a firefight.
The Patron, his Concubine, his Bodyguard and his Accountant. These are from Moonraker Miniatures
Colony 87 from their Kickstarter
Citadel Paranoia ‘bots and a certain melancholic android from Denizen Miniatures
Speeder Bike from Denizen, scratch-built easel and Painter Kevin from Foundry
Slave Market. Minions, not sure about them I got them in the 80’s. Naked girl and man with staff from Unfeasibly Miniatures. Kneeling girl from Brother Vinni. Bodyguard from Warlord Games.
These were from some freebie figures I got at Salute. Maelstroms Edge with bits from Warlord Games, Victoria Miniatures and Perry Miniatures.
A Fatty from Citadel’s Judge Dredd. Privateer Press and Ramshackle Games.
A Cartographer from Ral Partha Europe. Traders from Lead Adventures and a Gentleman from the Slaver set from Unfeasibly Miniatures.
Moonraker and Reaper
Reluctant to be photographed, Meridian Miniatures and Moonraker in the center.
Denizen
Denizen
My target is for about fifty. Getting them painted would be good.
And yes, I am prevaricating about the Dragon.
grumpyoldtin now on Etsy
I’ve now taken the leap to Etsy. The first steps to untold wealth?
It’s rather pleasant here Mavis, don’t you think?
Just one minor adjustment, just extending a cut line by two millimetres, and it’s ready to roll. I already have an order for three, so not too shabby.
Another brick (or stone) in the wall
Today has been hotter than yesterday, if that is possible. The cicadas are in full voice and the mountains are a pearly grey in the heat.
This mornings task was to glue some walls together that I had laser cut over the last few weeks using up old scraps of MDF.
These were inspired by one of GDubs scenery books where they made walls from thick card. I really did not fancy spending hours and hours with a knife cutting out card shapes. This is where a laser cutter comes in handy. Each wall section only takes a couple of minutes to cut and I have loads of scrap that I want to use up. The only pain is glueing it together.
By ten this morning I had to stop as the glue was setting almost immediately in the rising heat.
genuine grumpy old tin 