Skrapbeasts...

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Time for a trip to the world of Tapu, also known as the Gutterlands. 

A scrap prospector stumbles upon a Skraprunt while checking out a potential pile of junk. In case you are wondering dear Reader, a Skraprunt is the young of the fearsome Skrapbeast, native to the world of Tapu aka the Gutterlands. 

"Gah, eat lead ya pesky varmit*" 

"MEEP! MEEP! MEEP!"

* the prospector could possibly be a descendant of Yosemite Sam. He is about the same height and has two six shooters! I think I will name this figure "Gutterlands Sam". I might have to ginger up his beard. lol. 

"RRAAH!"

"MEEP!"

An enraged Skrapbeast smashes out of a pile of scrap. Mummy to the rescue. 

The Skraprunt began life as a lump of spare Milliput. It was shaped and a mouth added before the putty set. The eyes are stick on decorative beads. The legs were made from wire with Greenstuff putty added. The teeth was made from Greenstuff putty. 

The Skrapbeast's body was made from DAS air dry clay. The mouth and jaw was added later from DAS. The legs were made from cocktail sticks. The leg segments were sculpted over the sticks from Procreate putty. The same decorative beads also make the eyes. Greenstuff was used to make the teeth. The scrap nest was made from the contents of the bits box. 

These Skrapbeasts were made to be hazards for the Skirm game by @billmakingstuff. There is a possibility in Skirm when looting scrap piles for one of these beasties to wake up and rampage around the table. Link to the FREE rules.  I decided to make the beasts from putty rather than breaking up toys like Bill. Mainly because I didnt have any suitable toys to attack and I don't want to be the weirdo mugging kids for their toys. 

I decided not to base the Skrapbeasts as they can be perched on scrap piles to add an extra air of menace. 

The Skrapbeast attacks Gutterlands Sam.

These Skrapbeasts would also make nice monsters for a Post Apocalyptic setting. This was a interesting project. I have learned quite a bit and used numerous new materials, methods and tools. I do have other (larger) Scrap beasts planned. There is also plans to create my own critters. 

Gutterlands Sam figure is a Dwarf Engineer by Heresy Miniatures. It is a nice figure that comes with 2 pistol arms, a pick axe arm and shotgun arm should you wish to pose the figure in a variety of ways.

Thank for looking, take care out there.

Sandtreaders

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And now for something a little different. 

A Sandtreader train nearly flattens a Tengun officer. 

Sandtreaders are a docile large lizard like creature native to the world of Delijellbi. They were easily domesticated and found to make excellent beasts of burden. As the Sandtreader is at home in a desert environment, Delijellbi began exporting the beasts to other arid frontier worlds such as Wolfden or Maddans world.

A Sandtreader rider. 

Wild Sandtreaders spook a Corporation operative on Delijellbi. Wild Sandtreaders quite docile but will become aggressive around nesting time or with young Sandtreaders. Sandtreader herds can be hazardous when spooked and will stampede. 

The Sandtreaders are resin models in Crooked Dice Miniatures' Sci Fi line. They are nice models and make great scene dressing. The Sandtreaders could also be used as a objective or tabletop hazard. 

Thanks for looking and take care out there.

Starport Scum #11

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We are returning back to the Wild Galaxy. 

Meet Ed Flangenut, available to hire as extra muscle for your crew. Ed started as a street ganger and matured to a Thug for hire. Ed is a old 40K Rouge Trader (Ed 1) pirate figure. For some reason they liked to sculpt them in that low crouch which makes getting decent pictures a pain. 

My Tengun Empire forces needed a officer. Although I suspect that will not make them any more effective on the tabletop (they have lost every game I have used them in). I use old Void Junkers, it seemed fitting to grab an Void Junker Enforcer (now carried by Seb games). This guy is for shouting at the down trodden Legionaries and executing anyone not following orders. Nice guy eh? 

Since putting together my Deep Space Engineering (DSE) corporation force I realised that they needed more bodies for those unpleasant encounters. As all the figures were male, I felt they needed some ladies for balance. This lady is the first female addtion for my DSE force. The figure is a old Grenadier future wars figure from Forsaken Games.

I have another that fits the force in the paint queue. With some luck I will get it painted soon. 

Thanks for looking and take care out there. 

New and old Wastelanders

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I have managed to get a few more Post Apocalyptic figures finished. 

As mentioned in a previous post I feel my Wastelands needs more mutants. 

Here is Gribble, he scavengers the Wastelands looking for items to trade at the local townships. Gribble is a Ramshackle Games figure of the same name. 

" I am just here for the guzzoline....have you seen my teeth?"

Old Max...the now aging road warrior is still out there wandering. I couldn't resist buying the figure. I am afraid that I can't remember who makes the Old Max figure, even Google has proven fruitless in finding the manufacturer. .

Here comes Levi, playing the backing track to life in the Wastelands (as if life wasnt tough enough!). Levi is a another member of the Robot and Android Liberation Front (RALF) and tours the wastelands looking for robots and androids to "liberate". If the .bin or .exe file and pamphlets won't free the machines from a life of slavery, then there are many other RALF members happy to do it by force. Levi is painted in the same colours as his RALF brothers and sisters. Levi is a Ramshackle Games figure of the same name. 

Thanks for looking,

Take care out there. 

Rustlords and Skrapknights additions

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We are back on the Post Apocalyptic world that is known as Mattblackgod’s world. I have been slowly fleshing out the Skrapknights and Rustlords factions. 

Patrols of the Rustlords and Skrapknights clash while random scavengers look on. 

Rustlords Warriors. These resin figures are Vulcan and Staveley Ramshackle games. They have been left as Curtis intended. I decided on green flesh for the Staveley figure as I think the Wastelands needs more mutants. 

Skrapknights Warriors. These resin figures are Orbseer, Staveley and Vulcan by Ramshackle games. The Orbseer figure will be the Skrapknights version of Merlin. Staveley had the shield swapped out for a fantasy skeleton's one. The axe was replaced by a 40K space Marine powersword. A Space Marine Scout biker shotgun holster was added at the waste to give the figure a potential Boomstick. The Vulcan figure had the helmet replaced by a Void Plastic Junkers one. I have decided to paint the Skrapknights robes in a more colourful fashion in the style of medieval knights, which should help distinguish the two factions on the tabletop. 

There will be more additions to both factions in future. 

Thanks for looking and stay safe out there.

June Hobby Progress

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Time for my hobby Progress update for June.

June has been a busy month in the real world. Birthdays, chasing workmen, trips and a new car. It has left little time to get some Blog posts up. There is a pile of figures waiting for pictures and writing up.

Hobby wise, it has been a plate spinning appoach with several things on the go at the same time. I bet it isnt a surprise that there wasn't much finished. I did manage to paint some random figures.

There has been a lot of scratch building. A couple of scrap beasts and more junk piles for Skirm. Speaking of Skirm, I pushed on to make a Rusters force for Skirm. It is still work in progress as this is taking a lot longer than I anticipated. I have been working on them for nearly two weeks now and they still aren't finished. I am also looking for a suitable figure in the pile to make a leader for them.

I am waiting on Forlone Hope (some extra figures for the Rusters, I must be mad making more), Heresy and Ramshackle orders.

Some old figures have had a dettol bath, they are all earmarked to become either members for my planned Alien Zoology expedition team or colonials for Skirm or my Corrosion setting. Luckily the figures should be useable for all of these settings or games.

Figures finished* = 0 (total 7) *Figures that needed bases finishing from 2024

Figures painted = 10 (total so far 70)

Figures reworked = 0 (total so far 6)

Vehicles finished = 0

Vehicles reworked = 0


Figures bought/arrived = 2 (total so far 46)

Vehicles bought = 0

I got a Mantic Forge Fathers Iron Ancestor and Artifactor Juggernaut figures for my Birthday. These two additions will be to provide support for my various Squat/Dvarg forces.

That's all for now.


Thanks for reading and take care out there.