OK, as I've mentioned in previous
posts, its not been a great year for me. I don't feel I can discuss
it here, but its coming to a logical end. Things may be improving
finally, but I've needed to get a new hobby to distract myself. As it
turned out, an old hobby. I went back to model making, something I've
not really done for three years. To provide context, like numerous
Nottingham nerds, I was a big fan of Games Workshop games. I played
Orkz, still have a quite expansive army, but I went off the hobby.
There are various reasons for this, but the main reason was the most
recent Ork codex, followed by the head-in-bum stupidity that was
their Warhammer reboot. I'm not quite over those things, so I don't
think I am gonna be commanding an army in WH40K any time soon.
However, after some light toy customisation, I found the process of
creation to be very relaxing. So, I rummaged through my still very
expansive bits box, and went to town.
Not to sound too much like a prat, but
its nice to remember you are good at something.
First off, is the bandit, which I
suppose in rules terms would be a Looted Wagon or Rhino. The main
hull is a Space Marine Predator, of the hairy-chested Space Wolf
chapter, if I recall correctly. While a Predator is a main battle
tank, for real life money reasons, its based on the Rhino transport.
The turret and guns were long gone, but it was only a matter of
filling the holes and bolting on new bits to make into an APC.
Several of the new parts, such as that big ram, come from a company
called Ramshackle Games. If I post more photos, you'll see more of
their stuff. Also had a happy discovery during painting; orange is a
great way to do rust.
Smokey here is however pretty much
solid Games Workshop. There are fairly modern plastics used here for
the head and shoulder pad, but its mostly old school white metal. I'm
still experimenting with paints and remembering techniques, so he's
not quite done. The armour is painted in the same manner as the tank,
more-or-less, but the skin is a “Vallejo Game Color Goblin Green”.
That was a little odd to work with, as it basically inks itself as it
dries. I need to remember how to do teeth....
Another project I'm working on is
“Tankie” here. Its much more a scratchbuild, in that while the
tracks are resin, the main body is lego, and the turret is off a cheap
tank toy.
More to come, if I feel like it.
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