The Stargrave Plastics continue. It seems like an endless pile of plastic for me to play about with various combinations. I decided to try and make some of them have matching uniforms so I could use them in a slightly larger skirmish like the forthcoming Xenos Rampant rules (can't wait till they arrive next year.) So I have gone for what looks like a budget knock off Empire Storm Trooper look. The wash on the white of their armour has a gloss look to it that makes then look nice and plasticky. They have a real 90's Rogue Trader look to them too, especially the two in cool shades. (Remember when all 28mm sci-fi and modern models wore shades?)
It's been fun trying out some new random colours. There is a danger normally when I paint to stick to various shades of brown, especially in historical or fantasy models. I've been loving throwing some brighter colours on models, it's not all grimdark in my sci fi.
The chap on the left has a maul from my bits box (I think it is Frostgrave), the chap in the middle has stolen his gun arms from the Great Escape Games cowboys sprue. If you look at the weapons in a lot of early sci fi movies, a lot of them are basically disarmed real guns with tin foil and plumbing parts glued to them.
The guy on the left reminds me of Taserface from Guardians of the Galaxy, the guy on the right looks like he has stepped off the set of a seventies Doctor Who or Blakes Seven.
I found myself taking another brave leap in my online hobbying world and signed myself up to the analogue painting challenge. A group of hobbyists from around the world all sharing their progress in the hobby by a very clever point scoring system and league table created by a generous chap called Curt. It's all friendly competition and more about beating your own target than each other (unless you want it to be). I have set myself a (hopefully) achievable target of 500 points with no aim at all of getting the highest score. I think if I just don't get the lowest score at the end I'll be happy. The chaps from the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy podcast take part which is where I first heard about the challenge, bemoaning about their progress each year. The challenge starts December 20th but you can have your models built and primed beforehand, so all my Salute purchases are being put together this month in preparation. (Completely against my normal instincts of only preparing a few models at a time before painting them, see previous post.)
Finally, one of my dear wargaming friends is off on an Antipodean adventure this month so I had to say goodbye. Not before he very generously gave me a case full of models he couldn't take with him, so my leadpile has no danger of running out any time soon! He shall be sorely missed (I wouldn't know the Illustrious Opponent if it were not for him) Not least because he has been an encouraging hobby buddy, but also a dear friend. However I'm sure the Internet will keep us in touch.
"The chap on the left has a maul from my bits box (I think it is Frostgrave)"
ReplyDeleteFG cultists from the look of it.
I'm thinking about getting some of these, they do look fun.
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