Mutants

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A new pair of mutants to harrass the wastelands. 

Curtis over at Ramshackle Games is a good egg and always throws in an extra couple of figures (thank you Curtis). I always find them useful for conversions or trying out new or different paint styles.

Both figures were undercoated with white primer. The left figure was washed with my brown wash that I use for terrain (Brown acrylic paint, sepia ink, water and a couple of drops of washing up liquid). The models were painted with speed paints. 

I think the left hand brown washed figure has a warmer feel than the right hand figure. 

Thanks for reading, stay safe out there.

Thorgrim's Crew

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This crew of Dvarg are one of the many groups of refugees and survivors from the ORCS attack on their homeworld of Luxz VII. 

Luxz VII was located on the borders of GELF and Dvarg space. The hordes of ORCS invading, lead to the Dvarg King to order all his people to flee the world. Rather than lose the world to the hated ORCS, the King remained alone, deep beneath the surface of the planet. He activated a device that blew Luxz VII into little rocks destroying the ORCS hordes and the homeworld. It cemented his name in Dvarg legend and there is little doubt that the destruction of Luxz VII stopped a major ORCS incursion into Dvarg space.

The surviving Luxz VII Dvargs were spread across Dvarg space, the other worlds welcoming them with open arms. Some Luxz VII Dvargs scattered across Human Frontier space looking for work and oppotunites. 

Thorgrim's crew operate as a pirate raider prowling GELF space looking for ORCS or GROTS ships or settlements to raid. Revenge for the l9ss of their world is a high priorty for them. 

Bladun, Thorgrim, G4DLF (space werdio who gets everone into trouble) and Philly

Brawlyn, Gnori, Bommyr and Oywn.

Gloink, Bovver, Doric, Beefer, Kily and Oryn. 

Bill & Bilijo. Bill is a maintence and general maintenance robot the crew use for accessing derilict hulls. 

Many Dvarg worlds have small colonies of Halfer GELF's (Genetically Engineered Lifeforms) and Luxz VII was no exception. Bilijo jumped aboard Thorgrim's ship and is now hired as a cook and thief. Bilijo is successful as a thief as on the first wreck the crew cut into, he found a strange tech device on body. The device cloaks him from sight making him invisible to everything including electronic sensors. Bilijo has a clear resin version for the tabletop, but that has gone missing. *glares at the cats*

Thorgrim's crew are metal figures by Skull n Crown miniatures, Space Scrappers line.

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Starport Scum #13

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It's time for another installment of Star Port Scum. I can't believe we are up to the 13th episode. 

Dallas Shrimpton, the bounty hunter, comes from the frontier world of Wolfden. He hunts down people or GELFs for the right fee and really likes the "dead" part of 'Dead or Alive' bounty.

Fay Jaegir is an ex-military bounty hunter working wherever the contracts take her. Her military background has given her discipline and training, which helps her hunt down bounties.

Sly is a typical example of star port scum, born and raised in a space station, joined a lower decks gang and eventually skipped out as a stowaway. He now seeks employment as crew muscle. A little part of him fancies joining a pirate crew.

Sparkz is an augmented Cyborg. No one knows where he is from or how he became augmented. Like many 'borgs, once he had one augmentation, he needed more. Sparkz looks for work as a ship's technical officer; his augmentations give him an edge when dealing with technology and computers. 

Ted Cryptkey used to be a security crewman on an Outrim Confederacy warship. As one of the few to see the galaxy beyond the Outrim systems, he found himself (like other Spacers) treated with suspicion by those he left to defend. Cryptkey was unhappy stuck on the backward-looking planets, being treated with suspicion, and wanted to see more of the galaxy. He left on the first ship that visited (it was a bit of a wait) and now hangs around space ports looking to sign on to a crew. He doesn't care where he is going as long as it is beyond the Outrim systems.

All figures are metal, from the Pages range by BT3D.

Thanks for looking, take care out there.

Meet the Colonists #3

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This is the first of a batch of posts, catching up on the figures I finished last year. I am a fair bit behind with my blogging.

For now, get comfortable and get ready to meet the next bunch of colonists on the world of Corrosion. 

Mayor Minstum Leuien is a retired senior military officer from Brittannia quadrant. He wears the Mayor's hat of office (because someone robbed the chain and medallion) to show that he is the leader of the colony of Pusterom. Minstrum is armed with a exotic looking las pistol which was looted from the many piles of scrap across the world of Corrosion.

The figure is a Northstar Steampunk figure. The hat started life as a spare scrap of green stuff putty which I fashioned into a wizard's hat. It was just laying about and it seemed a good item to fit to Minstum. The shoulder eppulets are resin bits from Anvil Industries. I replaced the minsicule revolver with a dark eldar las pistol dug out of the bits box. He also gained a mantic Forge Father back pack.

Homer Caine is Pusterom's security leader and sherrif. He came to Corrsion after going AWOL from the Liberty Security Forces. His military background got him recruited by Minstrum as the town's securtiy boss and sherrif. The wanna be law man wears a fancy high tech helmet found in the scrap which gives him advantages targetting or locating hidden foes. Caine keeps an eye open for visiting bounty hunters as there is still a bounty on his head from Liberty.

The Homer Caine figure started life as a Northstar Steampunk figure. The eppultes are from Anvil Industries, the helmet is a spare Asterian Marionette Phantom head by Mantic. His weedy revolver was replaced by a plastic Void Viridian auto pistol. A sherriff's badge from Dead Mans Hand set was pinned to his chest. His whole ensable is finished off with a rather fashionable pair of grenades from a 40k Space Marine Scout.

Lenny Magnusson got lucky one day out in the Corrsion wastes, finding a fancy pants energy weapon on a rusting killbot. After dragging it back to Pusterom he spent a good while trying to find a way to use it. The solution was a bot targetting system, a battery and a back pack. Now, when out prospecting in the wastes, Lenny just zapps anything trying to mess with him.

The figure is a old OOP Warmachine mechanic. I added a backpack and scratch built the pack mounted energy weapon from beads, sequins and foam clay power lines.

Postie arrived on Corrsion and found he wasnt much good at salvaging. In the piles of junk he found an ancient postal trolly. To earn an living he started work courioring messages and packages across the town of Pusterom. It was amazing just how many folks didnt want to speak to each other in the town face to face. The Pusterom Postal Service was born. Postie keeps a pair of cats he saved from a crashed ship and they travel with him while he does his rounds. It is rumoured that at least one of the cats is a PSI Grynx cat.

The Postie figure and cart are unconverted resin figures by MEP Miniatures.

Thanks for looking, take care out there.

The End of January at last!

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It’s the end of January, so it’s time for a catch up.

I don’t know about you, but for me January this year feels like it was 4 months long. It’s been a busy month with one thing and another.

As you might have noticed, I still haven’t caught up with the blog posts from last year. I will get there. The half-written posts on my device are annoying me.

Hobby wise the fantasy bug is still gripping me. I assembled some Lasers and Blasters Fantasy villagers. The box has 60 figures which will flesh out my setting. There will be another post as soon as I get some of them painted.

I have also started some fantasy terrain, mainly village houses. These are made from corrugated cardboard.

The chimneys are made from some blue foam I had laying about from another project. Drinks stirrers and cereal packet card make up the beams and roof tiles respectivley.

The roof tiles took most of the week to cut up and assemble. I thought it would be a rather tedious task, but I found it strangely therapeutic.

Now, I have the fun parts left to do – the details. More terrain posts to follow.

Thanks for reading, take care out there.

Happy New Year 2026 and my hobby plans.

Happy New Year to my readers. 

My hobby plans for 2026 were originally to continue with my current themes: Wild Galaxy, Starport Scum, Skrim, Colonials for Skirm/Corrosion, and possibly rework some of my old terrain.

I also have three of four blog posts frpm last year to catch up on. I just need pictures. Time and cats permitting. 

As Christmas 2025 approached, I found myself thinking about fantasy gaming again. Mainly because looking at the lovely Fogou models I painted last year made me realise I had enough crumbling buildings to play Frostgrave. 

A few years ago, my Mytharth fantasy setting stalled. I managed to make a start on putting together warbands for Frostgrave, mainly getting a few wizards and a couple of Wizard's Apprentinces finished. There were a few witches too. Peering at the figures, I still need to put some warbands together. 

The big thing for me will be building fantasy terrain. It is a new genre of model making, so I am excited to make something different and learn some new skills. 

I will be continuing with my Sci-Fi stuff where I can. I still have a pile of Fogou Desert buildings to Sci-Fi up and finish. There is also Fogou scrap buildings to paint up as part of my Post-Apoc table. I am going to miss Fogou. Part of me also wants to go through my terrain collection and rework some older models, putting the skills and knowledge I have acquired over the last couple of years to good use. 

Another plan for the coming year is to make a 3 x 3 foot board. One side will be sand/desert. I am tempted to do the other side as mud/grass for fantasy games.

As usual, these plans are subject to change without notice when something else grabs my attention. 

I wish you all a very good, safe, healthy, and prosperous new year. I hope 2026 is good to you.

Cheers, take care of each other out there. 

Hobby Review 2025

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As the end of the year approaches, its time for me to look back on 2025. Like many of you, there has been some highs and some lows. I did manage to sort out a major peice of repair/maintence work to be done to the house, which hopefully will allow some further work inside (where I will learn if I am any good at plastering!). There are some odd jobs that need sorting outside, which I hope to get handled next year.

I managed to convert my motorbike to alloy wheels vastly improving the handleing and safety. The whole thing took a bit of head scratching, but I have learnt alot about Truimph wheel and brake disc sizes, offsets etc. I got some happy rides in this year, and I hope to get more next year.

My reading has vastly increased. There has been lots of time sitting waiting this year. My usual amount is 6 to 9 books. I have managed 25 books this year. Mostly Sci Fi but I did manage to re-read a couple of my favourite Discworld books. They have fed my imagination and have given me some ideas for the table top. 

Hobby wise I have also had a very producitve year, managing to paint 178 figures, not including reworks or the terrain that I worked on. That's three times the amount that I usually manage.

So lets take a look back...Get comfortable, grab a brew and relax. This is going to be picutre heavy. 

The Skirm rules landed on my doormat in early January, this led to a year of kitbashing and conversions. 

I got a teddy bear fur mat in African Savanna colours. Fogou's Battle of the Farm set also got painted.

I even managed a game of 5 Parsecs. 

I think that the Milki Tours expedition vehicle is the highlight of my hobby year. I am really pleased by this trash bash.

A WIP of a monster I am working on.

The end of the year results are: 

Figures painted = 178

Figures reworked = 13

Vehicles finished = 1

Vehicles reworked = 0

Figures bought/arrived = 77

Vehicles bought = 0

I was hoping to get some pictures taken and get my last three blog posts up before the end of the year, but I seem to have been kept occupied over the holiday season. 

Right I am going to be off until Next Year (these old worn out seasonal gags just keep kicking, well maybe not kicking - more like twitching possibly) when I will be back to detail my hobby plans for next year. 

I wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year. I hope 2026 is a good one for us all. 

Thanks for reading and Take care of each other out there.