Sunday 19 January 2020

From SimonM: "Warlord Games" Dalek (35 points) - Curtgeld

This "easy-build plastic" Dalek model is produced by “Warlord Games” and can be assembled from the plastic sprues found within either the "Doctor Who: Exterminate!" "fast-paced tabletop miniatures game" or the “Davros And The New Dalek Empire” Expansion Set. Created by Terry Nation (and Raymond Cusick) in 1963, this particular variant of the Kaled's Mark III travel machine is based upon their Time War shell and first appeared in the April 2005 BBC Television series story "Dalek".


Due to the Kaled mutant not coming with any base, the drone was first super-glued onto a 40mm lipped circular stand, and only then primed with "Vallejo" Heavy Sienna, before being treated to a double coat of Brass. The human-sized pepper pot was then washed with "The Army Painter" Strong Tone Quickshade, and given a hearty dry-brush of (more) "Vallejo" Brass.

With the 'basic' painting phase completed, I decided to slightly convert this particular Dalek by cutting off his control arm, and re-positioning it, courtesy of drilling a small hole in the model. This figure is to be my "Curtgeld" for the "Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge", so I wanted to make it a little different from the other 'off-the-shelf' Dalek's you can buy.

Once the piece was firmly re-attached, I ‘picked out’ the Kaled mutant's eye stalks, 'sink plunger' and multi-range variable power destructor using a combination of "Citadel" Ironbreaker and Nuln Oil. Finally, I pigmented its audio scanners with a dash of "Vallejo" White and Pale Grey, as well as tidied up the Metaltron's fender with "Citadel" Abaddon Black.


I have also turned my attention to another of the free miniatures “Lucid Eye Publications” have kindly sent me as part of my recent orders with their company. These figures all consist of the self-same wizard sat atop a dice whilst smoking a pipe, and whilst not quite as cartoonish in style as the manufacturer’s other “Toon Realms” sculpts, they certainly seem to still fit the genre quite nicely.

As before I’ve decided to utilise the models as statues/objective markers for my games of “Dragon Rampant”, and paint them so as to represent a variety of materials. For this version I wanted to try my hand at a somewhat waterlogged stone statue, in order to test out a possible palette for a much larger figure I want to enter into the AHPC.

The sedentary wizard was therefore primed in "Vallejo" Heavy Bluegrey and subsequently washed in "Citadel" Nuln Oil, "The Army Painter" Strong Tone Quickshade, and finally "Citadel" Biel-Tan Green. As a final step he was dry-brushed with more "Vallejo" Heavy Bluegrey.

Total - Dalek (5 Points) + Curtgeld (25 Points) + Wizard Statue (5 Points) = 35 Points?

JmilesR: Simon your pointology is, indeed, correct. 

24 comments:

  1. Super looking dalek and wizard!
    Best Iain

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  2. Great work Blax. I’m not sure of the wisdom of upgrading a Dalek.

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  3. That's a splendid dalek. Exterminate! EXterminate! EXTERMINATE!

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  4. Glorious golden dalek! Great brushwork Simon.

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    1. Thanks Curt. The all-brass colour scheme is nice and simple for a Dalek, imho. It's the ones with different coloured nodules which are the pain.

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  5. That Dalek looks fab!! The wee gnome fella is in trouble- unless he rolls a six? ;>)

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    1. Cheers Bedford. The wizard is a great sculpt but I'm not sure what else you could do with him except make him an objective.

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  6. Great Dalak Simon!! And nice effect on the Wizard.

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    1. Thanks Ray. The effect on the wizard will now be tried a something a bit bigger ;-)

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  7. A cracking "Ironclad" for any Weird WW2 British Army! :-)
    Great work Simon

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  8. nice job on the Dalek (although I am typing this whilst hiding behind the sofa!)

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  9. Excellent work! I've got some Daleks coming soon :-)
    Cheers, Richard P

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    1. Cheers Tales from Shed HQ. If you're painting their nodules a different colour from the shell, please let me know your technique? :-)

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