The Guvna’ arrives

The new sculpt from Reaper arrived today and it’s a gem!

A 1/6 Orc veteran called The Guvna’, the kit consists of the main bust plus a shoulder guard and a sword hilt and scabbard for his back. There are also two spare tusks, but I’m not sure where they go so may or may not include them.

The scuplting is outstanding, you can almost smell the dust of the battlefield on him! Being an Orc, I really don’t want to go down the route of the typical Games Workshop green skin. Instead I want to base the painting around the old RPG called Earthdawn and plan to paint him up like an Orc Scorcher. I’ve started looking through my reference collection to see if there are any suitable pictures to base it on.

As it stands, I’ve added the sword and shoulder guard prior to painting, using a combination of CA and epoxy glue which will (hopefully) hold the parts on. I also have a couple of 1/6 skulls which might find their way on to the base (we’ll see).

Here are a couple of photos of the initial kit, before I ruin it …

More information can be found at Grymm Designs.

[WIP] Mond ’48 saucer gets painted

Hooray hooray for speed chargers!!

Pics ahoy:

Finished top of the UFO. Not sure if you can make out the two-colour pattern or the chipping/wear and tear. Basically sprayed with Halfords Matt Black and then a Halfords Silver (can’t remember which one) before brush painting the custom mix. After it dried I gently scratched with fine sandpaper to rub away the colour coat and show the silver. Made sure I always rubbed in the right direction (oo-er), towards the top centre, to get a feeling that it has made the trip to Earth and back to the Moon several times.

I then blobbed on ProModeller Dark Dirt wash, let it dry and then rubbed it off with a damp kitchen towel. On the second pass, I rubbed in the same direction (matron!) to get streaky burn-type effects.

And now a question: grille or no grille??

So far the opinion seems to be to include the grille – now I’ve just got to figure out how to attach it all on the inside …

[WIP] Mond ’48 UFO lands

The main kit for this build arrived yesterday – the Pegasus Hobby’s “Area 51 UFO”.

What a really simple kit: basically two saucer halves, plus the landing gear and green dome and windows.

Now, I’m sure there will be some modifications to the basic kit to make it more like something from 1948 and I want to light the central dome somehow. Time for some serious thinking …