Friday, 25 September 2015

Low output - Beastmen and other stuff


Hello! Welcome back, it's the end of my holiday season (if only work would stop ringing me during said season) and my miniatures are getting some well deserved attention so I have got back to the task in hand and finished some more Chaos Beastmen, speed painted a classic Citadel limited edition miniature and got caught up in a Yogi frenzy (see below).

First we have preslotta C38 Chaos Beastman 'Horseman', well not much to say about this miniature other than it's a naked bloke with hooves who you would struggle to outrun, I remember as a teenager tittering with my rocker mates at this miniatures todger, I'll leave it at that :D
Horseman - side
Horseman - front
Horseman - side
Next we have a CH4 Chaos Beastman 'Vrak', I don't think he was meant to be based on any animal in particular which seems to be the case for many of this range and he even has a true Beastman name 'Vrak' departing from the old names like 'Koala-man' (if only he existed :D), the miniatures were very bestial a precursor to where we are today I think.  For the shield I did not have time to paint it so I dug out a arcane armorial decal (another example here) and stuck it on and in this case the gum was faulty so I had to set it with Microsol, a must have for any serious painter/modeller as it sets the decal, sinks in and follows the contours it is adhered to. 

Vrak - side
Vrak - side
Then I had a day off and was sorting out the thousands of slottabases into a new box I purchased from Aldi and low & behold I found the missing foot to Tinman (mentioned here in the comments back in 2013, thanks Orlygg :D) stuck to a 40x40mm base so after breaking off the crudely sculpted replacement and a bit of pinning and medium Superglue he was good as new.  Tinman was a limited edition miniature (LE14) who appeared in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle scenario 'The Crude, the Mad and the Rusty' with his maker 'Oxy O'cetylene' the dwarf engineer (I am not a big fan of dwarves so I won't be painting him in a hurry), I went on to paint him aiming for a heavily corroded look, I was testing the new Citadel Nihilakh Oxide techinical paint as I don't seem to be able to find a good copper oxide colour, for the normal rust I used my tried and tested method detailed here. Overall I am happy with the results and to compliment the rusty colours I added some Autumn tufts with leaf fall, which are widely available on ebay.
Tinman - front
Tinman - back

The last miniature on today's post is 'Yogi Yakamoto' from the Citadel Judge Dredd range JD13 Sky Surfers, he appeared in the Judge Dredd story 'The Midnight Surfer',  I painted this miniature after being inspired by several pictures of this miniature on the Oldhammer Facebook group. I copied the colours he was in the comic strip except I accidentally painted his chest which should have been flesh coloured. More will follow as I enjoyed painting this miniature.

Yogi the Sky Surfer with original Citadel flying base
Banzai! Yogi's Sky Surfboard

Here's my new box from Aldi with all my spare slottabases neatly organised, we'll see how long that lasts, plastic shields next. :D


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J
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12 comments:

  1. Asslessman25 September 2015 at 09:19

    I reallly like what you achieved with the tinman, he really looks corroded just the right way. I'd also like to thank you for teh microsol, I didn't know such a hing existed but I'm sure it will be of great help (and it's quite cheap on top of that).
    Great post !

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    1. Jason Fulford25 September 2015 at 10:10

      thanks JB, I have just been outside as it's a lovely sunny day and varnished Timan with good results. As for MicroSol it's a great product and has saved me lots of agony with shield decals over the years, I have done literally 1000's of Ancients transfer on round shields curving outwards and the MicroSol gets rid of any bubbles and buckles in the decals, I have loads of great modelling products and tips if I think of any more I will post them up, cheers J

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  2. Mr Papafakis25 September 2015 at 13:15

    If I had a dollar for every miniature I painted flesh where there should have been something else I'd be an ever so slightly richer man :D

    It has happened to me quite a few times over the years though.

    That surfer dude & his board look great. Never get to see them done up much at all.

    Good show :)

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    1. Jason Fulford25 September 2015 at 13:41

      thanks alot, I aim to do Cuba next and then Chopper :)

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  3. Don Hans25 September 2015 at 13:42

    Great too see more C38! Keep 'em coming! /Hans

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    1. Jason Fulford28 September 2015 at 18:37

      Thanks Don, got a few more cooking at the moment, stay tuned :)

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  4. Ace26 September 2015 at 04:01

    Cool minis =) Vrak is awesome!

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  5. Jeg26 September 2015 at 07:25

    Love the Beastmen mate. Can't seem to pick up any of the CH4 Beastmen as they go for a stupid amount on ebay. By the way, your package arrived so many thanks for that. Hopefully, you'll receive yours soon too.

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    1. Jason Fulford28 September 2015 at 18:39

      Thanks mate, just got your package of goodness, you will see Birdman gracing this blog soon :)

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  6. Suber27 September 2015 at 17:17

    Really nice! I love what you did there, but particularly the Tin Man and Vrak the Beastman, those are sweet!!

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    1. Jason Fulford28 September 2015 at 18:40

      Thanks Suber, your appreciation is a honour indeed :)

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