Renedra American Church, Part 1.

The fever mists are slowly beginning to clear from my brain, and I've decided to do something about some of the many terrain projects I have bought stuff for over the years.

First up, my plastic Renedra Church. I wanted to use it for Von unaussprechlichen Kulten and Strange Aeons, back when I had finished painting 2 cults, but as I went through the parts on the sprues, one vital piece was missing.

Renedra sent me a replacement PLUS a sprue full of headstones, which I think is VERY good customer service - but the delay meant that I got my butterfly mind set on other subjects.

Now I've finally started assembling the kit!

It is a bit fiddly to get the side walls and gables aligned at 90 degrees right angles - I used one of the roof sides to align them against.

When I dryfitted the roof plates, I couldn't get a good fit. There are two of these 'tabs' on each side wall, meant to support corresponding tabs on the underside of the roofs, but in my case they prevented the roofs from sitting correctly on the building - so had to be removed.

Below is the same wall with tab(s) removed.



There are a few peculiarities to the kit - nothing that can't be overcome by the seasoned modeller, but I wouldn't recommend this kit for kids.

Example:

Renedra has opted to do the church bell in two halves.

Nothing wrong with that - BUT, why havent they made it a 'real' bell, then, instead of this pearshaped lump that results from assembling the 2 halves?

Another example:

The bell tower is made of four side pieces and a floor.

Nothing wrong with that, per se, but I had to put the roof/spire base in place and twirl a rubber band around the construction for the glue to cure, otherwise I could not be sure that the roof would fit after the glue had settled.

And, no, I couldn't glue the roof/spire base in place at the same time, as the bell has to hang from a rod inside the bell tower.

The plastic used for the kit seems the same as used for GW's building sets; it's prone to warping, and as you can see below, I had to put some weight on the front of the tower to make it connect with the roof pieces while the glue settles.

Conclusion so far:

It's a nice kit, with good texture and details, and I'm sure the  end result will be very good. The kit, although simple, is not for absolute beginners in the art of model building, but I think it will be worth the extra effort to get things to fit right.

I shall continue, and probably finish, the build tomorrow, and I shall, of course, round it off with part 2 of this little installment.

A Ghoul , Just in Time for Attic Attack.

A bit late, I know - but here are some pics of a Ghoul I readied for Attic Attack II:

I am very pleased with the way he turned out. There may be a small painting error or two, but all-in-all I think he looks very... nice?

I had to finish him so I could use him as the leader of one of my ghoul (Mantic zombies) units - but he should also see action in PSZ, Strange Aeons/VuK, and probably Gothic Horror settings, too!

It's a very old Citadel sculpt, and with this one I have now finished painting the contents of thjat blister (took me just about 20 years).

I have another blister of those guys, and I hope to paint them a bit faster ;o)

 Below, you'll find a couple of additional shots.

Some More Coven Pics

Well, I thought I might as well show the minis I added to the Coven line-up:

Another girl from Dark Sword Miniatures, one from Black Cat Bases, an unfortunate victim from Pulp Figures, and an old Grenadier demon.

Been busy with the greenstuff, also on the Witch and the Cauldron.

Below is a pic of two Heresy minis that are natural enemies.

I've had the big howler assembled and partially greenstuffed for quite a while, but I took the  opportunity to get the last gaps stuffed right away.

I ALWAYS get too much greenstuff mixed, and  you may have spotted an armnature for a tentacle or giant snake (I'm not quite sure, yet), that I'm going to sculpt with leftovers.

It'll be my first attempt at sculpting a wargame mini, and it will probably take a long time to get done, slowly building up the shape with little blobs of putty.

Who shall reign supreme in the Carpathians?

 Stay tuned for more...

The Coven Assembles!

Fillet of a fenny snake,   
In the cauldron boil and bake;   
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,   
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,   
Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting,   
Lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing,   
For a charm of powerful trouble, 
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.   

     Double, double toil and trouble;   
     Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Got the cauldron prepped and assembled, and found the 2 versions of the Dark Sword 'The Summoner' (by Tom Meier) that I have had in my possession for several years.

Darkness is coming....

More Heresy...

Round about the cauldron go;   
In the poison’d entrails throw.   
Toad, that under cold stone    
Days and nights hast thirty one   
Swelter’d venom sleeping got,   
Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot.   

     Double, double toil and trouble; 
     Fire burn and cauldron bubble.   

I only have to prep the cauldron, and then get me some putty to fill gaps in the man-bat, and the witch.

WIP, Overlord and Vampire

I need to get some new greenstuff, as my old supply has gone AWOL - but I am never the less doing progress on the minis I ordered from Heresy:

Next up is the Witch with her cauldron...

Howling at the Moon

Finished this guy earlier today, first painting done since Monday.

Another West Wind classic Vampire Wars mini.

He is going to be my last entry for the LPC at the LAF - we are almost at the 100 minis limit, and another painting club is likely to start April 1st.

I received 3 minis in the mail a couple of days ago, and I have to prep those for painting - and I have a kind of comission incoming that will take up a lot of my painting time the next couple of weeks.

Colours Used:

Primer: Black

Fur:

1. VGC Charred Brown + black
2. VGC Charred Brown
3. OC Scorched Brown + OC Dark Flesh
4. OC Dark Flesh
5. OC Vermin Brown
6. OC Vermin Brown + OC Vomit Brown

(Forgot the last layer on the feet - shall have to go back and add it)

Skin:

1. OC Bestial Brown + OC Dwarven Flesh  1:1
2. OC Bestial Brown + OC Dwarven Flesh  1:3
3. Old GW Dwarven Flesh
4. Mix of DF and old GW Elf Flesh

Teeth and Claws:

• Dark to light grey

Tongue:

1. OC Terracotta
2. OC Terracotta + OC Bromzed Flesh
3. OC Terracotta + OC Bromzed Flesh 1:2

Trousers:

1. OC Regal Blue + black
2. OC Regal Blue
3. OC Regal Blue + white

Belt:

1. VGC Charred Brown
2. VGC Charred Brown + VGC Beastie Brown
3. VGC Beastie Brown

It's Heresy, I tell ya!

Received this little order today:

Witch with Cauldron
Overlord
Vampire in Man-Bat Form

As per my self-inflicted restraints, I'll have to push these forward to get painted next. I do have a mini on my pain(t) station atm, though, that I need to finish first, and I have kind of a commission incoming, so I may have to delay them a bit.

I am pretty sure, I already have another piece of the man-bat, but its whereabouts elude me at the moment, and I need it painted for a cunning plan... Besides, who couldn't find use for an extra badass vampire, should it surface somewhen..?

Fishman Revisited

I had to go back and do a little work on the mouth of this abomination - and flock the base.

Nothing else to say, really...

Night Stalker.

Got this anemic fiend finished for the LPC today. I'm on a roll!

He is going to pose a very real threat for some unwary Treshold agents, that's for sure!

Model is a Vampire from Heresy Miniatures. It comes with 3 separate heads, of which I chose the most hideous one,

Colours used:

Primer: Black

Skin:

1. OC Kommando Khaki
2. OC Bleached Bone
3. WZ Legionnaire Flesh

Eye Sockets:

• OC Hormagaunt Purple + WZ Symmetry Violet

I think the light plays tricks with that right eye; it looks far more menacing 'in the flesh'.

Eyes:

• WZ Legionnaire Flesh

Lip:

1. OC Hormagaunt Purple + WZ Symmetry Violet
2. WZ Symmetry Violet

Fangs:

• White

Coat:

1. OC Shadow Grey + black 1:2
2. OC Shadow Grey + black 1:1
3. OC Shadow Grey + black 2:1

Coat Lining:

1. VMC Black Red
2. VMC Black Red + C Khorne Red
3. C Mephiston Red
4. A tiny bit C Evil Sunz Red

Gloves:

1. OC Scorched Brown + OC Bestial Brown
2. OC Bestial Brown
3. OC Vermin Brown

Boots:

1. OC Scorched Brown
2. OC Scorched Brown + OC Bestial Brown
3. OC Bestial Brown

I think I need to add some Tamiya Flat Base to that OC Shadow Grey + black 1:2 mix - it seems a bit shiny under the spotlights!

I already started work on my next LPC entry; if all goes to plan, I'll be able to post it tomorrow evening - or Monday, at the very least.

Ready for Battle: Dagonite Cult for VuK.

As promised yesterday, here is my Dagonite Cult:

Composition, from left to right:

Cultist, Cultist, Cultist, Fishman, High Priest (Magus), Fishman, Cultist, Cultist.

Unlike the Cult de Ghouls, these are going to have quite a few peashooters, as most of then can have a .22 handgun for free. I may decide to give the guy with the revolver a .45 handgun for that extra punch. Then, when the opposition rushes in, hopefully they have been softened up for the Fishmen to rip apart.

I think this is my first 'unit/warband' ever to be based entirely on steel washers. Looking good, methinks!

The next project for VuK is a Death Cult, but it requires bashing about and rebasing some old minis, and I have a couple of other minis that I want to paint for the LPC at the LAF (and Stranghe Aeons), so it will have to wait a couple of weeks at least.

Now, I'll go back to the previous post to get that colour break-down done...

Oh, and I've spotted that I have forgotten to flock the base of the black-robed Fishman. Must mend later today!

Dagonite High Priest.

Finished this guy earlier today. I had planned to get him ready yesterday, but the current events in Ukraine had me turm my attention to the TV much of the day.

It's Pulp Figures' Weird Menace Weird Villains 01 'Crimson Scorpion'.

I painted him to match my Pulp Figures Evil Hooded Minions, that I use for cultists, so that I can use him as High Priest for my VuK Dagonite cult (which is now complete; line-up will follow tomorrow)

I'm too tired to write the colour breakdown right now, shall do tomorrow.

EDIT:

Colours used:

Primer: Black

Hood/Robes:

1. VOC Worm Purple
2. VOC Worm Purple + white 2:1
3. VOC Worm Purple + white 1:1
4. VOC Worm Purple + white 1:2

'Armour':

1. OC Shadow Grey + black 1:2
2. OC Shadow Grey + black 1:1
3. OC Shadow Grey + black 2:1

Gold:

1. VGC Charred Brow
2. OC Burnished Gold with black (dark mix)
3. VGC Polished Gold
4. OC Burnished Gold + OC Mithril Silver

 Skin:

1. Mix of OC Bestial Brown and OC Dwarven Flesh  1:3
2. Old GW Dwarven Flesh
3. Mix of DF and old GW Elf Flesh
4. Elf Flesh

Sash and Shoes:

1. OC Scaly Green
2. OC Jade Green
3. OC Vile Green
4. OC Vile Green + white 1:1 (?)

That should be it. Quite simple, actually, but I'm rather pleased by the way he turned out. Thepurple makes him blend in with  the Evil Hooded Minions (cultists), and the green ties a connection to the Fishmen.

Now, I have to fill out the rosters, and find a day for the first game.

Can't wait - but as the gardening season is slowly approaching (and I have been set back 14 days by my strained ankle in tidying up the vegetable garden after felling trees), the weather is going to be a deciding factor when finding time for gaming.

Still, I hope to get a game up somewhen here in March!

Ready for Battle: Cult de Ghouls for VuK.

I got the last 2 minis ready for my first finished VuK cult today.

Although it's meant for a game set in the 1920-30's, all the minis can easily be fitted into a game of Gothic Horror (some of them were, indeed, designed for Vampire Wars by West Wind Productions).

The culprits are, from left to right:

Cultist, Degenerate 'Vladimir', Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul King (Magus), Giant Vermin, Ghoul, Degenerate 'The Rat-Man', Giant Vermin.

The cult has little ranged punch, but up close and personal, they get really nasty.

I'll see if I can make a Lurker list based on the cult for our next game of Strange Aeons - could be really fun to see how they would fare against Treshold!

A Very Old Ghoul...

I suddenly realized that i had forgotten to flock the base on this.

Thus, I had to finish it before it could join my Cult de Ghouls.

It is an old Citadel sculpt from the late 80's or early 90's.

I painted it several years ago, so I don't remember the exact colours used; I do think, though, that the skin was painted using CdA Field Grey, then built up with white added.

I have now finished 3 of 4 ghouls from that blister (and I kinda regret not to buy more back then - but, heck, there's a lot of nice sculpts to choose from).

Evil Cultist... well, Cossack...

Finished painting and basing this bugger today.

He's the last model I needed for my Cult de Ghouls for VuK (which, apparently, originates somewhere in the Carpathians), and he is going to pass as a cultist.

Primer: Black

Bearskin:

1. OC Graveyard Earth with a lot of black
2. OC Graveyard Earth with less black
3. OC Graveyard Earth with even lesser black
4. OC Graveyard Earth
5. OC Graveyard Earth with some OC Bleached Bone

Cap Plaque:

1. VMC German Grey + black
2. OC Codex Grey

Skull and Eye:

• WZ Legionnaire Flesh

Eye Patch:

1. Black
2. OC Codex Grey

Skin:

1. Mix of OC Bestial Brown and OC Dwarven Flesh  1:3
2. Old GW Dwarven Flesh
3. Mix of DF and old GW Elf Flesh
4. Elf Flesh

Beard and Boots:

1. OC Shadow Grey with black mixed in 1:2
2. Same, with less black 1:1
3. Same, with only a bit black 2:1

Coat:

1. VMC German Grey
2. VMC German Grey + OC Codex Grey 1:1
3. VMC German Grey + OC Codex Grey 1:2
4. OC Codex Grey

 Musket Barrel:

1. VMC German Grey + black
2. VMC German Grey
3. VMC German Grey + OC Codex Grey 1:1
4. VMC German Grey + OC Codex Grey 1:2
5. OC Codex Grey

Musket Stock:

1. OC Graveyard Earth
2. OC Graveyard Earth with some OC Bleached Bone
3. OC Graveyard Earth with more OC Bleached Bone

Tunic:

1. VMC Black Red + C Khorne Red
2. C Mephiston Red
3. C Evil Sunz Scarlet

Knife Handle:

• Dark to medium grey

Knife Sheath:

1. F Rawhide Shade
2. F Rawhide
3. F Rawhide Light

Sash and Breeches:

1. OC Regal Blue + black
2. OC Regal Blue
3. OC Regal Blue + some white
4. OC Regal Blue + more white

Degenerates/Evil Henchmen

The last couple of days I have been able to sit normally without my foot starting to throb. Thus, I have been able to slab on a bit of paint, and I have finished these two:




They are Victorian/Gothic Horror 'Evil Henchmen' from West Wind Productions Classic Vampire Wars range, but for now I'll use them as inbred degenerates for my VuK Cult de Ghouls (and maybe for Strange Aeons Lurkers, too).

Not my best work, but they'll do...

Toady:

Primer: Black

Skin:

1. OC Dwarf Flesh
2. OC Dwarf Flesh + OC Elf Flesh
3. OC Elf Flesh
4. OC Elf Flesh + white

Hair and Shirt:

• Medium to light grey

Eyes and Mouth:

• OC Terracotta
• WZ Legionnaire Flesh

Trousers:

• Dark to medium grey

Socks:

1. OC Terracotta
2. OC Terracotta + OC Bronzed Flesh

Boots:

• Black to medium grey

The Rat-Man:

Primer: Black

Skin:

1. OC Tanned Flesh
2. OC Tanned Flesh + OC Pallid Flesh
3. OC Tanned Flesh + OC Pallid Flesh, 1/2
4. OC Pallid Flesh

 Hair:

• Dark to medium grey

Shirt:

• C Ushabti Bone with progressively more white mixed in

Waistcoat:

1. VMC Black Red
2. OC Scab Red
3. OC Red Gore

Trousers:

1. OC Dark Angels Green + black
2. OC Dark Angels Green
3. OC Dark Angels Green + OC Snot Green

Boots:

1. OC Scorched Brown/VGC Charred Brown + black
2. OC Scorched Brown/VGC Charred Brown
3. OC Scorched Brown/VGC Charred Brown + OC Bestial Brown/VGC Beastie Brown
4. OC Bestial Brown/VGC Beastie Brown

Another Giant Vermin.

I finished painting this little critter (actually the size of a St. Bernard). I didn't want to post it in the LPC, as it would be the second in a row, but as I need it for my Cult de Ghouls for VuK, I had to get it done while I still had the Secret Fire running in my veins.

As you can see, I painted a more realistic snout on this one (and I actually also redid the snout on the first one to match).

Primer: Black

Fur

1. VOC Shadow Grey + Black, 1/3 or so
2. VOC Shadow Grey + Black
3. VOC Shadow Grey + Black, 3/1 or so.

Skin

1. OC Tanned Flesh + OC Pallid Flesh
2. OC Tanned Flesh + OC Pallid Flesh, 1/2
3. OC Pallid Flesh

Eyes and Teeth

• WZ Legionaire Flesh

2014-02-19, Lovecraftian Painting Circle: Giant Vermin.

Got this little blighter finished today.

Pic seems a little over-exposed (or just taken with too much light, which I don't understand, as I used my usual setup).

The mini is a Warhammer Quest plastic rat.

I realized after painting it, that the snout should have been all pinkish, and not black, I may correct it alongside painting the next one, which I hope to finish by the weekend.

When the second rat is done, I only have to paint 2 degenerates, and I'll have the Cult de Ghouls I've planned for Von unaussprechlichen Kulten. I then still have to put a little more paint on the Cult Leader for the Dagonites (Pulp Figures Crimson Scorpion) that got stalled some time ago.

I expected to finish my Death Cult second, but the LPC is still running, and it was a great oportunity to get some monsters painted up.

Primer: Black

Fur

1. OC Graveyard Earth + Black
2. OC Gracveyard Earth
3. OC Graveyard Earth + OC Bleached Bone

Skin

1. OC Tanned Flesh
2. OC Tanned Flesh + OC Pallid Flesh
3. OC Pallid Flesh

Eyes and Teeth

• WZ Legionaire Flesh

2014-02-16, Lovecraftian Painting Circle: Ghoul King.

This guy took up all my hobby time for the last 11 days, so I'll just  let the pics talk for themselves for now.

This mini is a large guy on a 40mm base, so he counts as 2 finished minis for my tally. Only fair, methinks - I even put a little something on his base for decoration, which I'm not in a habit of doing...

Primer: Black

Skin

1. F Moss Shade
2. F Moss Shade + F Moss
3. F Moss
4. F Moss + F Moss Light

Exposed Entrails

1. V Black Red
2. C Khorne Red

Bandages

1. C Ushabti Bone + White
2. OC Devlan Mud wash
3. Light drybrush C Ushabti Bone + White

Exposed Muscle + Spine

1. V Black Red + C Khorne Red
2. OC Tanned Flesh
3. OC Tanned Flesh + OC Pallid Flesh
4. OC Pallid Flesh + White
5. White

Blood

1. V Black Red
2. C Khorne Red
3. C Mephiston Red

Meat Cleaver and Chained Hook

1. OC Tin Bitz
2. Drybrush VOC Boltgun Metal
3. Light drybrush VOC Chainmail

Nails and Teeth

1. Dark Grey
2. Medium Grey
3. Light Grey.

2014-02-07, Lovecraftian Painting Circle: Ghoul.

Finished this today (it had been sitting around primed for several years), for the LPC at the LAF.

Primer:

• Black

Skin:

1. F Moss Shade
2. F Moss Shade + F Moss
3. F Moss
4. F Moss + F Moss Light
5. F Moss Light
6. F Moss Light + White

Loin cloth:

1. OC Graveyard Earth + OC Bronzed Flesh
2. OC Graveyard Earth + more OC Bronzed Flesh
3. OC Graveyard Earth + even more OC Bronzed Flesh

Eyes and teeth

• WZ Legionnaire Flesh.

I have begun painting the Malifaux Killjoy figure to use as a Ghoul King, also using Foundry Moss, but keeping him in the darker shades, and thus my Cult de Ghouls for VuK will soon be ready to square off against a Dagonite Cult.

Can't wait to try this spin-off of Strange Aeons (and the ghouls will be very useful against Treshold, too!!)