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an anonymous comment left on the blog nine
days ago: “The K’Daai Destroyer looks amazing! Do you have some better pics of
the guy?”
The
model he’s talking about is the monster that scared the general of my Middenheim
army off the table in turn one of the Bunker’s first ever battle report.
Ask, and you shall receive:
John
converted and painted this pretty little princess for his Chaos Dwarf army, and
in classic John fashion, he called it Mary, after his grandmother (“she didn’t put
up with any crap”).
The
model is essentially a kitbash of the plastic Balrog and the Balewind Vortex
(one of the arcane fulcrums in the Warhammer scenery range). It’s been said
that John’s not afraid to go off-piste now and again. Other examples (of which
I’m lacking photos) include Stompy the Treeman, who was made of about five
citadel trees and like four kilos of greenstuff (slight exaggeration) and
Precious, the Brettonian Drag-Damsel whose haircut, in the tradition of all the
most splendid drag queens, was a three-foot purple beehive.
The
Bunker may well be seeing more of John’s wee men in the coming months; his High
Elves have entered our Hochland Campaign, and have sworn that their
opening gambit will be to scour the Drakwald Forest of goblins – specifically,
Rhagat. Look out, Jeff.
Well,
Mr Anonymous, I hope this is what you were hoping for. If there are other things folks'd like to see, throw a comment our way.
~Charlie
Thank you very much Charlie!! The conversion and paint job looks pretty good.
ReplyDeleteI really like this model. Can't wait to start building my own.
But the paint job will be really hard for me.
John will be chuffed to hear that you like the model. Re: painting difficulty, it's the hard paint jobs that improve your skills. You can achieve a great deal if you remember to keep your paint thin, your brush properly loaded (i.e. not too much paint, but also not just a wee speck of paint right on the tip), your breathing even, and your grip relaxed.
DeleteMaybe someday I should put up a video on basic brush techniques, since even intermediate painters don't always know how much easier life can be with decent palate technique.
Good luck!
If you talk about a model called "Precious, the Brettonian Drag-Damsel" and then fail to include pictures - your Karma (trans. your future score in all games) will suffer. Horribly.
ReplyDeleteCan we see a picture? Two?
(please)
DeleteI'll ask John :)
DeleteCool :)
ReplyDelete