From Millsy: Stormcast Eternals for my sins (28 points)

Hi All,

These are the last few minis from the commission job I posed about last week. Glad to have these off my plate.

I'm not a huge fan of the Stormcast, specially the overly large shouldered version 1.0 models. I also found the colour choices to be something I wouldn't do for myself  - too dark overall - but my mate likes them and he's the customer so it is what it is!

Photographed quickly as I was in rush to leave and drop them off...

4 x 40mm infantry = 28 points.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Millsy

Well Millsy, I'm not really a fan of "Sigmarines" either, but you've done a cracking job on this lot. I like the lavender colourway and you style is quite clean. Hopefully for your customer they'll fight as well as they look!

Twenty-eight points added to your ledger!

Dallas

From Millsy: Warcry Wildercorps Hunters (90 points)

G'day All,

This is a commission job for a mate. Ordinarily I don't do painting commissions but this joker is a half decent bloke and I've wanted to paint some of these for a while now. The infantry and four of the puppers are from the plastic box set.

They're absolutely beautiful miniatures, full of flavour and movement, and packed with extra kit and detail. That's both a plus and a minus. They're amazing to look at and a bit of a trial to paint. The muted blue/yellow colour choice was my mate's decision. It looks great but it's not how I see hunters, but makes no difference in game so it is what it is.

The rest of the doggos are resin 3D prints my mate purchased to allow him to field a full list. Extra doggos are needed because the Evil Empire deliberately leave you short of playing a full roster in pretty much every box set for every game to try to make you buy extra kit. To be fair plenty of other companies do this too but they invented the idea and have it refined to a fine art.

Free gratuitous pics of my doggos - husky x staffy. Stubborn x obstinate.

Bestest Boy - Al

Goodest Girl - Summer

7 x 28mm humans = 35 points

11 x 28mm doggos = 55 points

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,

Millsy

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Very nice brushwork as usual Millsy. I had not even recalled that "Warcry" was a GW product until you mentioned the packaging strategy - well done that 3D prints have been able to help fill the gap. 

As ever, it is the 1-to-1 scale dogs that will steal any show, however! Well met, Summer and Al!

And another 90 points for you...

GregB

From Millsy: Kruleboyz Marshscrawla Sloggoth + Army Shots! (35 points)

G'day All,

Here it is, the very last unit for my Warcry / Age of Sigmar Kruleboyz! I now have a complete Spearhead with extras and all that's left are big kits and stupidly expensive limited edition models so it'll be like this for a while I think.

The Marshscrawla Sloggoth is a gruesome monsta (sic) that the Grots (aka goblins or gobbos) ride like the wealthy members of the Raj once rode elephants with howdahs. There's certainly worse jobs going around if you're a Grot.

Chained and crawling low to the ground at all times so it's passengers aren't tipped out the back like a skip load, it's no wonder the poor beast looks unhappy with his lot. Even so, that's no excuse for poor personal hygiene. Check out that old man ear fuzz! Ewwwwww!!!

His Grot handlers use a range of man catcher type equipment to snare their prey and then chain them at the back for return to wherever they came from. Are these poor unfortunates prey food for their ride? Food for their larger Kruleboy cousins? Or is this all a pointless exercise and really just something to pass the time?

I've made a few upgrades to the out-of-the-box kit adding the shields to the sides and an extra head from my spares box. Without these it seemed a bit weedy and didn't have enough yellow to look the part amongst the rest of the army. There's also a sneaky Stormcast Eternal sinking inexorably into the mire on the base.

Points-wise I guess this counts as a vehicle and crew for a total of 35 points. What's 15% of a Stormcast Eternal worth, if anything at all? Only Sarah knows!

I'm absolutely stoked to have this final piece completed and ready for the table. Here's a few gratuitous shots of the entire force...

1 x 28mm "vehicle" and 3 x 28mm crew = 35 points.
I really need to make better choices when it comes to painting time ROI!

Artist: John Butler Trio

Album: Three

Artist: JOOF Editions Volume 6

Album: John OO Fleming

Artist: Paul Kelly

Album: Nature

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,

Millsy

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Hello Millsy

Oh wow, the Marshcrawler sluggoth is wondrously horrific and the whole combined force look quite fierce and I would think are also quite smelly. The extra bits added to the sluggoth definitely add impact and add to the storytelling aspect of the mini. Very cool!

-Sarah

From Millsy: The Last (Almost) of the Kruleboyz (62 points)

G'day All,

This is my penultimate Kruleboyz post for this Challenge. There's one monster left which couldn't be finished to make in into this post so it'll appear sometime before the end of the Challenge instead. Just TWO more of these crazy yellow shields to go thankfully...

Shaman Muranduh!

I have still managed to finish the final ten Gutrippaz though, bringing the total to thirty which is a decent chunk of core troops. There's also a Shaman and Pot Grot offsider to add a magical/mystical flavour to the swamp. Goodness knows what goes into the pot given the colour, but I'm 99% certain it's not blueberries.

The tally...

• 11 x 28mm infantry = 55 points
• 1 x 40mm infantry = 7 points

Total = 62 points.

Artist: Aphrodite

Album: Aphrodite

Artist: Human Traffic

Album: Movie soundtrack

Artist: Midnight Oil

Album: Red Sails in the Sunset 

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Millsy

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Honestly, I know nothing of the Kruleboyz but I do appreciate their skillz in accessorizing! I like all the bits&bobs of the Shaman and the Pot Grot dude is prepared for anything

Be strong Millsy, you CAN paint two more yellow shields  and beautifully too :)

62 points to your scoreboard

- Sarah

From Millsy: More Age of Sigmar Kruleboyz (75 points)

G'day All,

Back to the Kruleboyz again this week. More yellow shields. Yay.

A boss and his buzzard

This post is composed of limited edition special character Haggok the Gutrippa Boss, another 10 x Gutrippaz with various weapons and finally Daggok's Stab-Ladz, a warband from Warhammer Underworlds. I've somehow managed to mix the minis in together unfortunately but it is what it is. At least they're painted!

Thankfully I am nearly done with the Kruleboyz as I've picked a pretty time consuming palette and it's taking a lot long than planned for each batch but the results are worth it. Just 12 more infantry and a monster left to paint now.

15 x 28mm infantry = 75 points

Artist: Depeche Mode
Album: Violator

Artist: New Order
Album: Substance

Artist: Dodie
Album: Build a Problem 

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,

Millsy

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Ok, Depeche Mode and New Order I know and love from my punky/goth girl years ... but I do not know Dodie. Discovering new music is always a joy so I will be investigating! Thx

I'm not sure what these  Kruleboyz figures are ... other than frighteningly well painted! I can see how intricate the minis are and your paint job/colour choices are super. The shields are terrifying!

75 more points for you

Well Done!

- Sarah