twisted moon's 2024
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symphonicpoet
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Looking good twisted moon. Those Culverin models look nice on your table. I keep looking at some of their tanks. That'll be a heck of a table when you're done. 
twisted moon
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i gave a bit of a preview on 11th march.
i like my collection to be reasonably eclectic and aa have some nice ranges.
thank you.
thank you too.Looking good twisted moon. That'll be a heck of a table when you're done.
i think there's still a few days on their 20% off sale, so now's the time.
meanwhile, i've painted the ghosts i didn't manage in deadcember, due to the weather preventing spray painting.
a gw voucher (i've forgotten which one) caused me to get these ubiquitous glaivewraith stalkers, which really needed a spray undercoat due to their tortuous construction / sculpting.
i was under the impression the figure in the middle was the last of my essex miniatures order, but i can't see it on their website. my fallback option was alternative armies, but i can't see it there either.
twisted moon
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thank you; clearly i didn't look hard enough.
twisted moon
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they look good.
i've got all my ethereal undead on 25mm round bases. as such i didn't use the ones provided with the glaivewraith stalkers kit, which i think are 32mm. i was hoping to be able to remove them from the molded terrain, but it was apparent that would be an extreme test of my skills for limited gain.
i've got all my ethereal undead on 25mm round bases. as such i didn't use the ones provided with the glaivewraith stalkers kit, which i think are 32mm. i was hoping to be able to remove them from the molded terrain, but it was apparent that would be an extreme test of my skills for limited gain.
twisted moon
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some space pirates armed for close quarters action and a guard for the legacy warband challenge.
a metal alternate stars figure from alternative armies on the left.
the others are mash-ups of plastic frostgrave barbarians and stargrave mercenaries / troopers. i've cut the legs and bodies apart and mismatched them for the pirates, then added heads and arms to taste.
the guard is a barbarian body with mercenary arms and head.
currently i'm considering the priates to have carapace armour all round and (from left to right) shotgun pistol, shotgun pistol and knife, auto-pistol and two daggers, heavy bolter, hand weapon and knife.
here they are on an isolated asteroid about to raid a research facility.
a metal alternate stars figure from alternative armies on the left.
the others are mash-ups of plastic frostgrave barbarians and stargrave mercenaries / troopers. i've cut the legs and bodies apart and mismatched them for the pirates, then added heads and arms to taste.
the guard is a barbarian body with mercenary arms and head.
currently i'm considering the priates to have carapace armour all round and (from left to right) shotgun pistol, shotgun pistol and knife, auto-pistol and two daggers, heavy bolter, hand weapon and knife.
here they are on an isolated asteroid about to raid a research facility.
sewers.of.estark
Baron
These look great! Always love a good kitbash
twisted moon
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an addition to my kaiserzwerge navy.
steam 19 the nautica from ironclad miniatures with blotz hatch and ice cream stick name plates.
i had intended to scratch build a submarine based on the spray bottle build by miniature hobbyist, but wasn't too convinced by my mock up, particularly around the conning tower.
instead i asked for this for my birthday last month.
named the diving beetle to complement my paddle steamer, the water beetle. i extrapolated the dwarven runes from those in dwarfs: stone and steel.
a scale shot. in pirates 3! terms i think i'll class it as an orca, medium submarine as the small ones (sharks if i recall correctly) hunt in pairs.
and here it is alongside said paddle steamer, which will be classed as an ironclad of some sort.
hoping to get a game of pirates 3! in this sunday.
steam 19 the nautica from ironclad miniatures with blotz hatch and ice cream stick name plates.
i had intended to scratch build a submarine based on the spray bottle build by miniature hobbyist, but wasn't too convinced by my mock up, particularly around the conning tower.
instead i asked for this for my birthday last month.
named the diving beetle to complement my paddle steamer, the water beetle. i extrapolated the dwarven runes from those in dwarfs: stone and steel.
a scale shot. in pirates 3! terms i think i'll class it as an orca, medium submarine as the small ones (sharks if i recall correctly) hunt in pairs.
and here it is alongside said paddle steamer, which will be classed as an ironclad of some sort.
hoping to get a game of pirates 3! in this sunday.
twisted moon
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thank you. there are a couple more on the paint table at the moment.These look great! Always love a good kitbash
symphonicpoet
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Oh fun! Great use of that Ironclad Miniatures sub. Has a very nice, steam-dwarf look about it. I've even been tempted by their tanks for 40K, on occasion. (I figure a few of them could make suitable frontier transport for some sort of revivalist preacher or other.)
twisted moon
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do i detect a pattern emerging?
some more space pirates today.
on the left are another couple of frostgrave barbrian / stargrave mercenary kitbashes, then three diehard miniatures.
catweasel has a stub gun, knife and handweapon, reed a stub gun and knife, sister vigilance and drew each have a stub gun and chainaxe, (counts as chainsword), tanta-4 is a bombot.
here's the whole crew together.
i got some money for my birthday, hence the diehard miniatures purchases. more to come at some point.
i also got a gw voucher; anyone know when the new skaven are due to be released?
twisted moon
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having a game of pirates!3 caused me to finally sort out the sails for my ratman ships, which i'd painted many years ago (long before i started posting on here, probably before the forum started).
the rules distinguish between full, half and no sail for the purposes of speed and the models come with sail templates, which i've scanned and printed.
the box set came with a sloop and gunship, which are crewed by my undead.
i picked up this galliot and galley separately from gamers' quest, who used to be the uk distributors.
i might shorten the masts, but this does allow for easy crew movement on deck.
the rules distinguish between full, half and no sail for the purposes of speed and the models come with sail templates, which i've scanned and printed.
the box set came with a sloop and gunship, which are crewed by my undead.
i picked up this galliot and galley separately from gamers' quest, who used to be the uk distributors.
i might shorten the masts, but this does allow for easy crew movement on deck.
Padre
Lord
Very cool. Do you know if the models are available now? If so, do you also know where from?
I have some model boats (charity shop purchases and a cigar box rush job) but nowhere near as good as those re: space for models. The best I could do for a recent video which needed a shot of a ratmen ship were 'film-set' style mock ups of the rowers on a galley and the engine inside a steam ship ...
Actually having whole ships for them, and even perhaps getting a naval battle into the campaign, would be great!
I have some model boats (charity shop purchases and a cigar box rush job) but nowhere near as good as those re: space for models. The best I could do for a recent video which needed a shot of a ratmen ship were 'film-set' style mock ups of the rowers on a galley and the engine inside a steam ship ...
Actually having whole ships for them, and even perhaps getting a naval battle into the campaign, would be great!
twisted moon
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thank you.
i don't think they are. they were manufuctured by flagship games, who shut up shop a few years ago. there was talk that they sold their ranges, but i've heard nothing to suggest anyone has brought these ships and associated ordnance back. which is a shame.
some fantasy miscellenia next.
reaper bones basilisk and a couple of giant centipedes, a diehard miniatures cockatrice and a wargames foundry / warmonger miniatures faerie.
the faerie may become a familiar for my other wood elf / sidhe magician. the others are primarily for use as random creatures in frostgrave.
twisted moon
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thank you.
i scratch built / trash bashed some transport for the space pirates ...
... and painted it in a complementary scheme.
