ByronM - Frogdog, Mole Preacher, and Stone Building ( 45 points)

Today I have a group of three submissions that are all vastly different.  Let's start out with my favourite and the oddest, most NSFW one, which of course means a Kingdom Death model.  This is one I have waited a while to get to and paint, the mighty Frogdog and her multitude of dogpoles. This is a huge model, being on a 100mm round base and towering a little over that in height.

This is one of the newer KD models and as is normal in KD, she is anything but normal.  This is a cross between what looks like a simian face and a frog/toad body.  To help add to the strangeness of the model, she has human breasts hanging underneath and 6 human faces on her back, each with a vagina for a mouth and is giving birth to more "dogpoles".  Only in the strange and inhuman world of Kingdom Death could this creature be a thing! 

In game, the monster likes hopping around the swamp from lily-pad to lily pad that it treats as trampolines, sending people flying through the air.  She also charges up her double sphincter before releasing the most noxious of farts (she even has a fart AI deck with various toxic odours ready to release) that cause you to pass out and potentially drown in the swamp.  All in all it sounds like a cool and different fight, which is what KD is all about (although definitely not for everyone!).

Next up I have a small addition for my Burrows & Badgers collection, a small mole preacher.  I call him Friar Tuck, since he reminds me of the outfit in the Disney Robin Hood animated movie, just not big enough or fat enough, but its all they have that is close in the line.  As with all my B&B stuff it is a pretty simple cartoony paint job, but looks good with all the other miniatures.

Lastly, I have a 3D printed stone house from the Greendale line that can be found on myminifactory (there is also an equivalent line called Grimdale that is the destroyed versions of each building).  I printed this on my Anycubic Kobra S1 that I got a few months back, and it did a great job for a filament printer.  

However it did really remind me why I HATE filament prints. The lines and textures are a pain in the ass to work with, and I would really rather have printed in in resin.  The only reason I didn't is that I have about 10 buildings to paint up in this line, and another 10 for the ruined versions, and filament costs about $5 a building to print while resin would be $30-$50 per building.  To be fair, once on the table and at arms reach you can not really see the lines, so while I hate dealing with them, its not really noticeable when you are playing a game with them. 

The building is 5.5" long, 3.5" wide, and 5" tall, making it fairly substantial.  I painted it a stone grey colour to start with, then went in with 5 different shades of tan and brown and started painting random stones different colours.  From there it was washed to mute the colours a bit and then onto the roof and all the details.  Honestly, it too WAY too long to paint and was not worth it in the challenge due to the huge time sink it was as I had to be careful to always wet-brush and not dry-brush for the print lines to show up.  It probably took me twice as long as the frogdog to paint!  I am still thinking of adding some flock and moss to the roof, but decided to leave it for now until all are painted and I decide if I am going to do snow or moss.

And providing a group shot with a standard space marine for scale.

 

Overall these models should give me a grand total of  45 points.  The Frogdog is equivalent to the King I posted earlier in the challenge and should count as a 40mm monster for 25 points.  The mole preacher is a 25mm model for 5 points. Lastly the building is equivalent to many others that I have awarded 15 points to, so am claiming the same for myself here. As always though, points don't really matter to me, I am happy to just be getting stuff done, so adjust as you see fit.

Great stuff here Byron and I'm glad that at least ONE of my Maniacs has a post for Monday! The Frogdog is suitably repulsive and disturbing, and we'd expect nothing less from Kingdom Death of course. I like your paintwork on it and how you picked out the veins in a lighter green, really nice work on a really gross model. The cute li'l mole preacher, what can I say, he is great. Holding forth on the principle that four legs are good and two legs are better, maybe? The Greendale house is a beauty, you've done a great job on the stonework!

Forty-five points duly added.

Dallas

 

From FrederickC - When Life gives you lemons.....

Greetings fellow Challengers.

I was recently contacted by fellow painter, and longtime friend, JP, who was wondering if something was going on, given that we were already near the end of January, and I only had a single post to my name. So if you will indulge me, I will bring you quickly up to speed with what has been happening with me over the past month and a half.  This is not a plea for any kind of sympathy, perhaps in a ploy to get more points (or is it? 😉). When I took my basic infantryman's course so many decades ago, my platoon sergeant correctly informed us that,"if anyone was looking for 'sympathy', could find it in the pages of the dictionary, somewhere between 'shit' and 'syphilis'." And what do you know? There it was. (Those sergeants know everything. 🤣)

 Anyway, just prior to Christmas I experienced a few motor control issues and a fainting spell that were serious enough to need to be investigated further. The end result was that while sometimes life gives you lemons, on other occasions, it's a brain tumour.  But no worries.  After an initial visit to my GP, I was quickly processed with CT and MRI scans, and admitted for surgery. The main tumour was removed after a seven hour operation, and sent off for a biopsy. I had immediate improvement to motor function once it stopped pressing on my brain. Improvement was so rapid that I was  released home after only 3 days post-op. By the end of this week I should have the results, and a plan will be in place for a program of chemo- and/or radiation therapy to deal with the second one that was unfortunately less accessible.  And then we will move forward from there. 

 

Titanium staples that will come out on Thursday.  

I have now been home from the hospital for just over a week, and am feeling much better, although a little tired now and then due to the frequent visits from friends and family who have been kind enough to visit, chat, bring food, etc. Thank you, one and all . I have several projects that are already in the works. (more Terrain - sorry, Byron. 😢, which I will putter at as time and energy permits, until the clock runs out. However far I get, will be how far I get.  

First day back - no need for cane or walker now.

 

The only down side at the moment is that I could kill for a pint of English brown ale, but until further notice it's, 'no booze for youse.' 🍺

 I am sending a big shout-out to the local Fawcett Avenue Conscripts, but most importantly to my lovely wife, Cathy, who has become my PA, 'night nurse', and 'Lord High Everything Else'. 💖💖

  

Cheers, 

FrederickC

It's Monday Again!

Bahamas - Lost in the Light

So on the recent Costa Rica trip my companion liked to play music in the morning. It was quite nice to listen to it while we got ready for the day. So one day I put my own music on, and she asked if I ever listened to any "modern music" - ouch. So I trotted out this banger.

Afie Jurvanen (known professionally as "Bahamas") is a Finnish-Canadian who was born in Barrie, Ontario in 1981. He's released seven studio albums. Bahamas' musical style could probably best be described as folk rock or "adult alternative" (eww). It's very melodic and mellow for the most part. While his music has been nominated for a buncha Junos and other awards, I'd never heard of Bahamas until the financial services company I work for licensed "Lost in the Light" for a television spot. When the commercial was unveiled to the staff I was blown away. To me it's one of those songs that can just bring you to tears, it's so lovely. The female backup singers particularly are fine. I hope you enjoy it.  

Anyway, on to the painting. There's only one lonely post for Monday, but it's a great one with some nice variety. You know if it's Byron there's gonna some disturbing content from Kingdom Death, but it is leavened here with a charming little mole from Badgers & Burrows and a very nice piece of terrain. 

Have a great week.

Dallas