Space Raiders are coming

Hi all,

I just wanted to make a quick post about an ongoing Kickstarter Campaign that all fans of classically styled figures and sculpts by Kev Adams need to be aware of....

...The Space Raiders 2 Campaign

This, second, Space Raiders Campaign is centered on a group of five truly inspired Ork sculpts by Kev Adams...these guys are heavily armed and armored and are each very impressive.

...here are a few

In addition to the Orks there is also a very interesting "super" Gretchin...which happens to look something like a space version of everyone's super fat, regenerating, Goblin hero...

As you can see the level of detail and character in these figures clearly display the talents of the Goblin Master, Kev Adams.

And if that wasn't enough there is also the ability to add-on figures from the first Space Raiders KS Campaign which includes a wide variety of classic sculpts.

If you want to see a few more take a look at the campaign here:

Space Raiders: The Orcs are Coming!

But don't hesitate...there are only 4 days left!  the campaign ends on Monday June 13th.


The Campaign is doing great and additional figures are being added to the campaign as Stretch Goals...If you like what you see stop over there and support this fantastic project!

Cheers,

Blue

Chaos Renegade #7...Moon Moon Moon...Shining Bright...

All right!  I'm finally back with another Renegade to share.

You may recall that I mentioned that Renegade #6 was one I had to paint to take my mind off of this guy ...which took forever to finish...in fact, I have to admit that this one nearly drove me Bat Shit Crazy. I tried multiple different blues for the armor plates and at least three different colors for the edging before settling on this combo and just pushing it out...it was a long slog.  I'm still not 100% satisfied but I'm just glad that its done so I can move onto other things.

The figure in question is one of the most unique Renegade sculpts in a range known for its weirdness.
And here he is...

...Yes its a Moon-face Renegade with a Fungus body and a big ass Power Glove...you don't get much more Renegade-y than that.

When I started the long journey toward deciding on a color scheme I flailed around aimlessly for inspiration in my normal fashion...basically I searched randomly on the internet.  Eventually I managed to land on this picture of a crescent moon rising above a sunset...

Using this broad spectrum of colors as a beginning pallet I started trying to apply these colors to various portions of the model...and...well...here is where I landed...eventually...:)

Here he is with the rest of the squad...Individual pics below.

Chaos Renegade #6

Hi all,

It been a bit longer than I had hoped since my last post...but here we are again with a continuation of the Chaos Renegades that I have been working on lately. 

This was actually supposed to be Renegade #7....but I got so frustrated with the other one I have started that I had to put it down and pick this one up in its place.  As it was the complex colors on the other that were driving me crazy I opted for colors that I have a better handle on for this one.

Red and Grey are pretty straight forward right!?!

So here he is with his mates....individual pics are below.

Get out of the Basement and Go meet a new friend!!!

Hi all,

Just a quick post to support the new effort that is being put into the Oldhammer Opponent Finder (OOF).

"What is the Oldhammer Opponent Finder?" you ask...?

Well listen young padawan...The OOF is an amazing tool that will help you to break out of the endless cycle of painting armies (or not) and never having an opponent to field them against!! 

Basically the OOF is a Google map on which Oldhammer types from around the world have marked their location in hopes of finding someone near by to game with.  This effort dates to the Earliest months of the Oldhammer Movement and was started by Skarsnik back in the days before the FB group.  It was used by many of the OG Oldhammerers but as the community expanded and "oozed" across the many social media platforms available its usage slumped off.  Thanks to some persistent effort by Sean of Sean's Wargames Corner this map is seeing a resurgence in usage and I want to support that effort as much as possible...because I too am always looking for new folks to game with.  This is particularly important here in North America where the Oldhammer Community is quite wide spread.

Anyway...here is a link to the map...I'll also add it to my side bar.


If you haven't already take a minute and get yourself listed on the map....and who know you may have someone to Oldhammer with right next door!

Cheers,

Blue

Chaos Renegade #5: The Bald Eagle Marine....

Hi all,

Back with another Chaos Renegade Space Marine for you today.  This one was sold as a Tzeentch Renegade and comes with the obvious Tzeentch trait of a birds head.  But...as I have explained before I do not feel constrained to limit my painting to the prescribed color schemes of the four Chaos Powers....and I certainly didn't follow the "rules" with this figure.

...instead, in this case, I looked to nature for inspiration.

Chaos Renegade #4

Hi all,

My wife flew the coop this weekend for a well earned weekend away as a Mother's day treat.  That left me with a couple of long days managing my two kids...but it also left me to my own devices Friday and Saturday night...and that means that I got some painting done.

Renegades are still proving a treat to paint so I carried on with Renegade #4.  This is a really bad ass looking figure.  His helmet is in the form of a Bulls head and he is holding is mighty power fist in the are.  For colors I opted for a rust red for the main armor plates edged with a light green-grey.

Here he is with the Squad to date.  Individual pictures below.

Chaos Renegade #3

Hi all,

Quick post today to share the third Chaos Renegade that I have completed for my slow growing squad.  For this one I picked one of the Khorne Renegades but decided to give him a completely un-Khorne-like paint job...for the reasons described in my previous post.

This one was knocked out fairly quickly while I was completing a long online training for work...I'm not 100% pleased with how the blue bits turned out...some of the ribbing seems a bit rushed.  But...its done...varnished and based so there is no going back now...:)

Well...here he is with his buddies...and individual shots below.

BTW....I still hate painting these terrible backpacks.  I have only carried on with these because they were already glued on and primed....and I'm a lazy man...:)   I can't wait to move onto my Renegades that have the metal or more modern backpacks...these are such a Pain in the ass to paint.

Anyway...

Cheers!

Blue