...And Now for Something Completely Different - Part 1

Dog Bowl Five is fast approaching.  I've been working on my Stormcast and thought I needed a break or two.  We are organizing a Blood Bowl 7's Game in the Chaotic Realm to be played as a one-off for those getting to town early.  Randroid and I have been running the Dog Bowl since 2013 and we wanted to throw a wrinkle into this one.

We are painting up some old school metal Chaos Warrior models to represent the Chaos Gods.  Randroid is doing Tzeentch and Slaanesh.  I am doing two, Nurgle and Khorne.  These are old models so I had to strip mine first.

We decided to give the miniatures some additional flair so I decided to do some modifications.  The Khorne Warrior will get horns and the Nurgle Warrior will get some tentacles.

Here are some of the steps I took:

Nurgle added tentacles

The yellow protrusions coming out are the thin wires (stripped twist ties) used for support and shaping of the greenstuff.   I used a file to get a texture of sorts on the tentacles but I'm not sure it's enough.  I've seen a comb technique I may try.  We'll see.

Khorne added horns

The horns were from some extra bits I had laying around.  I also added a skull to the base, why not.  I need to do some clean-up on that line on the right horn.  I did some damage to the left horn to hopefully make it look "used".

I will be cleaning up the sculpting and such this is just to get a start on them.  The tentacles are going to get suction cups as well.

I Have a Plan... Sort Of 8/10/15

Ok, ok, it has been forever since I've done any hobby stuff.  My ideas and motivation for terrain and Mordheim stuff have ground to a halt and with them went hobby stuff entirely.  I haven't played a game of anything in almost two months.

I have Chaos Cup coming up in early September and had a small burst of motivation stem from that. An idea I really like has popped into my head for a new BB team.  The chance of me getting it done in time for CC15 is very slim.  I've signed up for Chaos Cup with an existing team of mine and a generic roster just to get myself registered. At the very least I'll play them.

I decided to do a test model for the team.  (This is the easiest thing to do since I don't have models for any other player.)  Once again, as is my custom, I'm going over my ability level, trying to put what is in my head down to the model.  My experience level with what I want to do is very low.  Here are some stages of my test model.  It all looks quite sloppy but I'm learning as I go.

I started with a miniature from Impact! from the Pharaohs of Something-or-other.  Obviously, he was painted previously so I sort-of cleaned him up.  I used a file to remove or lessen some of the original sculpt's features.  I got bored of this step so I moved on without completing it.  That's a theme so far with this mini.

I moved on to making him a green stuff tie and collar.  I tried making them off of the model and transferring the on.  That didn't work for me at all.  Finally I used small balls of green stuff and built up some basic shapes right on him.  Before this step looked good I got bored and moved on to the next step.

Then I made the small balls of GS into strips and made him some suspenders.  Staying true to my previous work on the model I stopped before this step was done.

There is still a lot of clean-up work to do one him; more filing, cleaning up the GS, and giving him a coffee mug to hold in his hand.  Before I did any of this I made a very rudimentary bitmap drawing of him.  I think when I finish the model I'll post a picture of that to see how the actual model works against what's in my head.

Mordheim Update 8/11/14 - Green Stuff Sculpting (Almost Done)

Whew.  I'm so close.  Just a few more steps and I'll be ready to prime and paint the warband heroes.  All of the capes and hoods are basically done.  I think I'm going to try to add some folds via green stuff sausages, using a tip I saw in a video.  Also I still need something to bring the warband together.  I have an idea for that.  I would like to get that done soon.  Here are the last of the basic hoods and capes as well as an almost finished version of my favorite miniature, Brat Khresti.

Witch Hunter Captain

I can see already I made him hard to paint

Witch Hunter

Blank spot on base may get filled by a "ruin"

Warrior Priest

Brat Khresti

I've been getting faster at things so I am better able to take advantage of small windows of time.   I'm still undecided on the skulls on the warrior priest, hmm.

Mordheim Update 8/8/14 - Green Stuff Sculpting

I didn't think I'd get the chance to do much last night.  Turns out I sculpted two capes and one hood in one hour.  I only have one cape and two hoods to go!  I am finding it a touch easier to sculpt and I am definitely getting faster.  I've got an idea of what to do to tie the warband together.

This model will have a hood.

The hood is down on his back.

I did my first hood and think it has turned out okay so far.  I realized as I was writing this post that this is the first appearance of the warrior priest.

The hammer is from a chaos warrior box.

The torso is from a Blood Bowl human lineman.

I think I'll remove the skulls... maybe.

Getting closer, I think the September deadline will be doable.  Please leave a comment on your opinion on the skulls and such.  Thanks.