Distractions or Senility can be FUN!

[tauster]

As always Alan, your work leaves me ...speechless.

The sculpts, the poses, the painting, the decoration, your distinct style that emerges from every single one of your works... If, in a few years of continued crafting, I get anywhere even slightly close to your level of skill, I would be happy.

[deafnala]

Jan 25, 2017 16:45:43 GMT SpielMeisterKev! said:

Howdy,

Seriously... those pumpkin dude minis need a kickstarter!

Somebody get castings and start production,
Kev!

Thanks for the enthusiastic reply, Kev! I'm delighted you like the Pumpkin Guys.
The kick starter would land me in a lot of trouble. These are kit bashed miniatures. I could avoid using Reaper's Jack O'Lanterns by only using my own sculpts, but I doubt if G.W. would go along with using their plastic parts, out of production or not. I can, however, make them as one off miniatures for other Folk.

[deafnala]

Jan 25, 2017 19:06:58 GMT tauster said:

As always Alan, your work leaves me ...speechless.

The sculpts, the poses, the painting, the decoration, your distinct style that emerges from every single one of your works... If, in a few years of continued crafting, I get anywhere even slightly close to your level of skill, I would be happy.

Thanks for the kind reply, Amigo! I am happy you enjoy the stuff.
I have no doubt that you will leave me in your dust eventually. You have the potential & the drive to achieve it.

[sgain]

AMAZING!

[deafnala]

Jan 25, 2017 22:31:07 GMT sgain said:

AMAZING!

Thanks, sgain...I'm glad you like it.

AND while I'm at it. I received a Vulture Man from & created by one of the Guys on Lead Adventure Forum, ZeroTwentyThree. It was bare clawed originally. Zero had added the G.W. Mordheim Accessory Sprue Lantern to his. SO I did the same to mine plus I made mine a bell to give him the Town Crier look...he's the Blight Crier.
This is the W.I.P. Crier:





...finished:




...AND making his rounds:














...more to come.

[Sam]

Nice! Shouldn't the lantern hang perpendicular to the ground?

[margaret]

Clearly it was caught in mid-swing!

[deafnala]

Jan 26, 2017 3:23:43 GMT Sam said:

Nice! Shouldn't the lantern hang perpendicular to the ground?

It would most definitely if he were standing still. Since it would have been an extreme pain in the lower regions to reposition it, I opted to view it as swinging with his(?) stride. That aside, thanks for the reply, Sam. I'm happy you like him/her/whatever.

[deafnala]

Jan 26, 2017 5:41:55 GMT margaret said:

Clearly it was caught in mid-swing!

Thanks for the reply, margaret I appreciate your defense...I borrowed the excuse.

For you while I'm at it: I started this Steam Punky Witch (Reaper) back in '12 for my erstwhile friend, Susan. She moved away t distant Houston before I finished it. It sat until a couple of weeks ago, when I took an hour or less to do the last little bit of work on her. SO here's Suzy The Witch:







...more stuff in awhile.

[deafnala]

In a similar vein as Suzy The Witch, I made a base that was not really for any particular model, but it looked like the Mordheim Free Lancer might be destined to occupy it. Then I got this cool Grenadier Goblin Spider Rider sans the spider. About a year later one of the Reaper Forum Guys posted a "Terror Bird" (Reaper 03092 Axebeak). It looked like The Perfect mount for the Goblin AND the base seemed like it was made for the two...which it wasn't. SO before I can get diverted again, here are too many photos (I couldn't make up my mind which to leave out) of the Big Bird Rider:



...from various angles:












...with some photos of the base details:






...AND a better look at The Rider:


...be warned: there is still more to come.

[margaret]

the woods have eyes! that is really creepy.

[deafnala]

Jan 26, 2017 17:38:35 GMT margaret said:

the woods have eyes! that is really creepy.

That is an ongoing theme throughout most of the things I've been making for the last dozen or so years. It is creepy, but with a certain charm all its own...admittedly a eerie sort of charm.

Thanks for the reply, margaret.

[deafnala]

Today was a less than a flurry of activity...more like an ooze of productivity. I did manage to paint some bases for the Pumpkin Heads Gangs.

The Witch's Hunters: Witch & Pistol Packing Persons:


 


 

...AND Von Kurst's Hounds:


 


 


 

...I have great hopes for tomorrow & the weekend...I have a lot of silly notions.

[deafnala]

Getting sidetracked can be fun & worthwhile on occasion. While I was looking for an errant piece for the Red Brotherhood, I found an cute Old Couple: Spook & Molly. They were a bit worse for wear & Spook had a damaged pike. SO I did a bit of a make over/touch up/pike repair & took some photos of the results. Spook is a out of production G.W. Night Goblin with some modifying. Molly is one of my erstwhile friend, Dirk's creations. She is a S.O.U.S. = Squig of Unusual Size:


 



 


...last seen hopping down the Bunny Trail.

[deafnala]

It has been awhile & things have gotten done. The Witch's Hunters are progressing nicely...in an evil sort of way:
































...AND The Witch:






...my favorite part; i.e., the Group Update Photos:






Another Witch/Voodoo Girl, Spooky Old Alice:










...a slightly better view of her Mushroom Associate:




I wound up doing a photo shoot of my Old Night Goblin Army last week. I post some photos soon.

[deafnala]

TADA! The last Pumpkin Head in The Witch's Hunters Gang is now done. Only some possible Hench Persons remain. SO...here he & they are:








...AND, surprise, The Group Portrait:



 


...there you go.

Next I'll take some artsy photos around the Witches,/Goblin Village.

[deafnala]

In The Great Swamp of Gwahr, attached to the Witches' Isles of Langerhans, & adjacent to The Haunted Graveyard of St. Lascivious, is the Shanty Town of the Witches Goblin Minions. This is the home base of The Witch's Hunters; the nemesis of the self Righteous Order of Witch Hunters aka The Old Lady Burners. Less some Hench Persons, these are the Gang that I just finished & am about to inflict on you.

 

For those who have hitherto been spared any knowledge of The Shanty Town, here are a few photos to spoil that state:


 

...this bridge leads to The Isles of Langerhans:


 


 


 

...The Witch's Hunters, possibly defending the Town from the Forces of Unpleasantness...or not:


 

They get a mixed reaction from the Storage Tank Guys at Hooligan's Hooch:


 





 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

,,,there now that wasn't all that bad.

[deafnala]

One more time to finish off the day, the first of Von Kurst's Hounds is done:


 


 

...one more to go.

[deafnala]

The last of the Hounds is done, which completes the Von Kurst Gang save some Gypsy Hench Persons.
SO without further a do The Hound & Company:




...The Pumpkin Head Shaman has been promoted to the exalted position og Master of the Hounds; his Bone of Contention came into play here:




...AND the entire Von Kurst Gang:






...I'm sure some artsy photos will appear later...or not.

[Tattered King]

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN