Completed Commission

Took on a commission for a good friend of ours Chad, who had quite a bit of Warmachine Retribution he needed done for a upcoming tournament. This army included 23 small models and one colossal. We had a lot of fun with these guys, mixing a completely custom color to really make his army pop. After Chad received his army today he was was so thrilled he treated us to pizza, which was delicious. Here are some shots of it on the table right before he used it to wipe the table clean of his enemies =P

Malifaux Train Station

First we started with a 3x3 sheet of pink foam, adding two platforms on either side and a divider in the middle also with pink foam. We then covered the platforms and divider with a cobblestone mat that was purchased from Michael's the mat was first affixed with wood glue but the back of the mat was too glossy and pealed up, so we decided liquid nails would be much better. And it was.

Iron Man Space Marine

So I was sitting around before work and decided to work on my Carcharodons for Warhammer 40k. I have been working on and off with them for some time and just need to take the time to finish them up. Also I figured if I started posting them it would give me the motivation to do just that. We will see. The first I wana share is my Space Marine Assault Sergent in a classic Iron Man pose. Let me know what you guys think.

As Promised! Bases For Sale!

I made a few packs of steampunk bases last night, each pack comes with 5 different style bases shown here. I'm only charging 4 dollars plus shipping on these guys. Feel free to purchase right from the blog or send me an email with questions or other options.

Malifaux Scrap/Burrow Counters

For my army I have a few guys (most of them) that when they are destroyed they drop what are called scrap counters. One of the big guys I play known as the Soul Stone Miner drops two of these counters. Also the miner has the ability to burrow under ground and move across the field without being able to be targeted. So I decided to make some cool counters to use during the game to represent these.

What I did was take a fully intact model, and cut it up into a bunch of different pieces. Ending in 6 different counters to use during game play. Then added some paint and ended up with these guys.

Resin Steampunk Bases

After my last post I had some people e-mailing me asking about the bases my Malifaux figures were standing on and where they could get a hold of such bases. Well I was going to wait till I got the dyes I wanted to tint the resin but people want what they want. I made those bases, using a bunch of watch parts, some silicon, and two part resin. Cast the parts in resin, then cut the center out of a base and attached the edge around the resin watch parts. After making about 5 or so different styles I made a silicon mold of all five, a nice sheet of steampunk bases. These bases will be available for purchase soon on the blog store.

A Step Into A New Miniature Game

Hey it's been some time once again before I posted anything on here so I finally got some time to throw down some text here on the web. I started playing a new game lately called Malifaux, and I must say it has been a fantastic ride so far. The world the game takes place in is amazing, the fluff is fantastic and the models are the best I've ever seen for a game. Here are some pictures of some of my models with basic paint thrown on them.

Now one of the things I like most about the game is the lack of dice that is needed. The system uses a "fate deck" which is pretty much playing card you can pick up from anywhere. I could go into game play and talk about it all day, but just hit up the games main page @www.malifaux.com/

Showcase Project #1: D&D wall

So I got a new job two weeks ago at my local comic/wargaming store Showcase Comics. I have been going there for about 10 years now and finally acquired myself a spot among it's ranks. My first week there I took on an awesome project which is for the most part complete. Check it out.

Started with the wall where all the D&D stuff is located.

Riddler Cane

Reference picture given by the client.

Basic cut out of the question mark.
Cut out 4 of the same question marks, beveled the edges and attached it to some PVC with an oak dowel inside.
Added the handle and the spin top at the bottom of cane.Fresh coat of paint.
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-Shawn out.

As Promised!

As I said in my last post I was going to be finishing up the battlewagon I started a little over a year ago. Well, it has taken way too long but it is done! Here are some shots of everything put together where they belong. Both orks on the top platform are removable, as well as the turret and the grot rocket. I seriously can't wait to get this on the field and destroy some stuff. Also as promised I have been working on some non-ork stuff, that might end up going up later tonight or maybe during the weekend, haven't decided yet.

-Shawn out.

More Paint On The Battlewagon.

So I have had this battlewagon sitting in my closet unfinished for WAY too long. I decided to break it out and finally put the finishing touches. Chances are it'll be done either later tonight or early tomorrow. Take a look at what I have done so far. First image is of the grot rocket that slides on and off the track shown in earlier pictures of the painted wagon itself. Next up we have a shot of the turret that is placed where the big hole in the main platform is. As soon as the wagon is complete I will take some more pictures of everything where it belongs.

PS. I am also starting work on a few none ork related minis that I have had sitting about for a while that I have gotten to work on the past few days. Looking forward to seeing what people think.

-Shawn Out

Senegal Chameleon Enclosure

Time for the first project dedicated to my scaley buddies. A few weeks ago I attended my first reptile show in Hamburg PA. It was pretty awesome, lots of amazing animals, some fantastic people and TONS of ideas. I ended up taking home with me quite a few animals. Two savannah monitors, a leopard gecko, a beautiful female bearded dragon and a senegal chameleon. Thankfully I already had plenty of gear at home to set up decent homes for everything but the chameleon. After joining a chameleon forum, looking at setups done by some of the most creative people, I started work on my own reptile home. I started with an old broken spy sunglass case i got from work.

Video Game Kiosk

So it's been quite a some time, I haven't had a time to post anything in over 8 months! There has been a ton of projects I have started and finished in that time, I will have to get you guys up to date with all the goodness. Well a good place to start is with a bigger project I did for Bossman's storefront. I had a beat to hell GameCube kiosk I had gotten from a GameStop store almost four years ago that was just sitting down in my basement collecting dust and taking up space, with my family and I being forced to move into smaller places I decided it was about time to do something with it. I took it completely apart, pealing off all the stickers, stripping it down and gave me a clean slate to work with. One of the most popular games Bossman plays in his store is Blood Bowl, so I decided to theme out the kiosk to reflect an XBox 360 game based on this popular game. Using hand cut layered plexiglass I did with a band saw I was able create an awesome effect with the paint to make it look completely 3D. Added a few more details of cut plexiglass and the finished project turned out pretty awesome! Take a look!

Old Zoggy

So I have been flipping through the Ork Codex the past few weeks trying to figure out a new project to start... Yes I know, I have unfinished projects I should get done before going on to yet another. But honestly, it's gotten to the point where looking at vehicles is making my head hurt (more like my hands, popping rivets for 2 hours only to cover half a vehicle is sad). So I figured I would do a special character, no wheels, no wires, or rivets just good ol' fashion flesh and bone. I thought the fluff picture of Old Zogwart was cool, so I figured why the hell not. Went through all my bits, picked out a few things and ended up using the body of one of the bike boys, a head of a boy which I'm not entirely sure what it came from and just a normal pair of legs. I also used the arm of the boy throwing a stick grenade to use for his staff arm.

Painting is fun!

So this is gonna be a short blog post, after starting paint on my Battle Wagon, I went and painting up the one part of the stompa that was ready for it, which was the moon stomach plate that was made using the faceplate provided with the GW kit. Once again I used JoAnn Essentials, which as I stated earlier I got at JoAnn fabrics for about 98 cents a can. Good deal considering Army Painter is like 15 dollars a can. I think it turned out pretty good, comment and let me know!

Signing out,
Shawn

Scratch Built Battle Wagon

So took some time away from the Stompa to sit down and go through some old pictures of conversions that haven't been touched in a WHILE, it's been about a year now since I had worked on anything other then the stomp. A lot has come up but I got around to working on my scratch built battle wagon. It has FINALLY gone into the paint stage! But instead of skipping right to showing off the paint job since I have the pictures of the build I figured I'd show that off first

From the inside out!

After long debating with myself on if I should or shouldn't do an inside of the cockpit, be cheap and just leave it completely blank on the inside. I decided to go with setting stuff up inside so the top could be removed to show off all the orkies working to kill something. First I used some resin doors my buddy over at Bossmans's Bitz Box gave me to seal off the cockpit from the rest of the head. then using some wire and plastic card tubes did some other details here and there to give it more of a cockpit feel, since the inside of the battle wagon wasn't intended on being seen for the most part.

Stompa continues!

Thankfully when I was working on the project, I pre-thought out the idea of making it easy to transport. I made the head, and arms completely removable. After showing it off to a few people I was given the idea to use that for more then just transport. I have already started working on different arms and claws that could be swapped out to give the Stompa different equipment such as more shootas or even a large deff rolla to squish anything that gets in the way of my over-sized monster. The other arm at this time is just a mildly modified version of the guns that came with the GW Stompa kit I still have to build a whole left arm that is much more detailed and not as "weedy".

Putting the stomp, in Stompa!

I'v decided the first of my creations I will be showcasing is my Converted GW Stompa. After seeing a few of them built, I had come to the conclusion that it just wasn't good enough the way it was. Sadly I didn't take picture's of the start of my Stompa, but I'll fill you in. First I assembled the body as the instructions said. This wasn't the part of the Stompa I had issues with. I then proceeded to fill the gaps where the arms would of gone with plastic card. Blending the shapes to make it appear correct when it came time for paint. I also reworked the neck using PVC pipe so I could attach the GW Batttlewagon as the head. This mod was seen in March 2009's issue of White Dwarf.