Sunday 5 January 2020

From MattK: Titanicus for Burch's Bluff and Some Odds and Ends (70 Points)

To continue my journey inward onto the island I've headed in the direction of Burch's Bluff. I was sort of wracking my brain a bit on this one to be honest. I was debating what I wanted to enter for this spot and originally I was going to work on the forgeworld Rogal Dorn kit I purchased for my Imperial Fists but was a little intimidated to start on it. Then I thought maybe work on my Epic stuff or a Contemptor Dreadnought when I realized I had built this when they were released and never actually put any paint on them. A bit of Army Painter Gun Metal primer and a couple hours later and here we are.







Here's 2 of the Cerastus Knights for Titanicus. These were quick paint jobs but I'm pretty happy with them.

While I was trying to decide what to paint I worked on a couple other odds and ends for the other projects on my list. First up the new Saruman to go with War in Rohan.


This one was an absolute blast to paint. I had recently painted the old finecast one and was pretty proud of the paint job until an accident involving a bottle of Vallejo Warlord Purple took him and his white cloak out of commission so it was nice to get another Saruman Finished. Sidenote, if the paint doesn't come right out, don't keep squeezing.

Finally I painted some Anvil Industries Bomb Rats for my Cawdor. It's funny, my plan for the Necromunda stuff started at "paint the Cawdor cus theyre neat, who cares about the game" and now its "Matt, why do you own all of the models for a game you still haven't tried." I'm gonna roll with the the energy though. A couple people have asked whats next and the answer is Goliath. For now though, rats


These are simple little paint jobs. Unfortunately they didn't come with bases originally but that's nothing a trip to Thingiverse couldn't fix. I have some of the official models from Forgeworld on order but I can't imagine how many of these I'll end up needing.

So here's where I'm at for the island now



Next stop is "any figure bought AFTER the Challenge was announced (very shiny and new)." which shouldn't be a problem for someone with 0 impulse control.

For today,
15 points for the Cerastus Knights
30 Points for Burchs Bluff
15 Points for Saruman Mounted and on Foot
10 points for the Palantir and the Rats

Thanks

MilesR: Minions get cranky when they're asked to think (it's not one of our strong suits) but I'll forgive you (this time) because of the quality of the submissions.  For the Cerastus Knights, I'm going to count them as 28mm infantry BUT award 5 additional bonus point because they look big).  I'll count the Palantir as a figure and the tiny rats will be combined onto another.  That should net you a tidy 70 points

20 comments:

  1. Nice variety pack. Been there, done that, had the T shirt but binned it after squeezing the paint tube too much.
    Saruman v 2 came out nicely, I hope as good as or better than v 1 pre paint accident.

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    1. I was so upset! I havent binned anything yet and honestly saruman and grima are "salvageable" but whats the point, this one came out much nicer and is a better sculpt. Thanks

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  2. Very eclectic selection. Love the colour scheme

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    1. Thanks, It's a simpler version of what's on the Official GW box but I'm happy with it. The Challenge really benefits my ADD approach of jumping from project to project.

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  3. Great post, Matt!. Those Knights are excellent - the green and yellow are very sharp (I still need to build mine...). That mounted Saruman is new to me and pretty awesome. I laughed at your comment on painting all of Cawdor but haven't played the game yet. This is a very good thing. I usually shudder seeing bare/primed figures being pushed around tabletops at the local game stores (card-carrying paint snob).

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    1. Thanks, Curt! The yellow is actually a metallic gold but I'm still learning my way around better photography.
      The Necromunda project is becoming a whole other animal now. I went from 1 box i wasn't sure I'd paint to every box they make now. In my head I see a rather large convention style game with hidden objectives and backstabbing but that may just be a delusion of grandeur

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    2. My life is based on those...

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  5. Lots of variation in this entry. I like the LOTR models, white is not particuarly easy to paint and you have achieved a good result here

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  6. Very nice work - I am partial to the LOTR range and your Saruman models are superb examples.

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  7. A lovely mix of minis. The new Necromunda minis are too nice not to paint up and those bomb rats look like a fun addition to any gang.

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  8. Lovely mix of figures and cute bomb rats!
    Best Iain

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  9. Interesting selection of figures. I especially like the painting of Saruman, but the bomb rats are fun, too.

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  10. Titanicus stuff, so cool!! Great work Matt. Love those Knights.

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  11. Very well done on the Titans as well as the LotR figures!

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  12. That purple horror story will keep me up at night...

    Love the rats!

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