Finish it! - 2nd Stargrave Pirate finished

 Started: September 2023 for the painting, unknown when I built it.

Another one down thx to the impetus from Scrapjacks.

Stargrave Soldier body, grenades and flashlight on the helmet are from Space Marines or Guard. Drilled out the face and put in a Necron lower chin. Oxygen backpack is a Adeptus Mechanicus piece, shoulder guard is a old Chaos Warrior something part? The rest is stock Stargrave. Decals: Star is from 1-94, Screaming Eagle from Warlord and the marking on the front of the redcap is a fuel filler marking from a German aircraft kit. 

Background is that these are Pirates from The Numberd, they all carry a yellow shoulderpad with a number on it and they only refer to themselves as a number. Unknown is how many there are, and if it is just a ruse to appear more powerful. And the why, who knows....dead men don't talk. 

And together with his buddy, finished in 2021.

2nd Crew for Scrapjacks, number 5 and 6 WIP

 Number 5 is a generic Spacer with knife and pistol.

Number 6 is a Yarddog....but I feel he might need more gear on his belt. Pose is a bit lame but this makes it easier to paint him. 

 Need to go over all of them, add magnets to their bases, and run them through their (coloured) primer. 

2nd Crew for Scrapjacks - also sidehustling as Baddies? WIP

 Right, the Flu is hitting me hard, all my joints hurt like a MF. Breathing is like mud. But staying in bed all day is making me feel even more miserable, so....

(I tried painting to finish the first team but that just doesn't work when coughing a lot and wielding a small tip brush. Now, a scalpel, much easier.... /s)

I made another Torch, this time with a overly agressive cutting saw and prepping a Det-Charge. The saw is a cut down Stargrave Rifle, with a saw like handweapon glued against and on it. After that I removed the ribbed part of the handle and slotted in a Warlord PIAT trigger to be used as the second handgrip for the saw. Anyone who ever used a disc sander or cutter knows you don't do that single handed unless you are going for a Darwin award. 

Another Rigger, also with a tech gizmo in her hand and on her belt, and a pistol at the ready. The ....lightpole(?)... is the gun of a really old 1/76 Airfix Saracen. Recycle kids!

Either a Generic or a Patch, that will depend on the paintjob I guess. All tooled up with plenty of pouches etc, and a pistol.

A Generic, hauling around tools, ammo and what not in the various pouches? Pistol in hand.

I need to make 2 more, and these guys will get a more unified colorscheme compared to my current team that I have dubbed the Power Rangers. 

I found some robots that are useful too, even if they might look a bit too cute. We will blast them anyway just to be sure. 

Generic Cultists WIP

 Tonight we have a playtest for Verrotwood and I have grabed a few of my Frostgrave sprues to make 2 sets of 9 Cultists with the various loadouts as listed in the rulebook. No special conversions as these are meant to ge generic and to get used to the game, that can come later. 

 Both sets contain, from L to R:

• Generic Leader model with Heavy Blade (not needed in Verrotwood so can just double as a Heavy Blade Cultist)
• Crossbow
• Bow
• Pole (in this case a spear and a halberd)
• Heavy Blunted (A big hammer and a giant mace that I shaved the spikes off of)
• Light Blunted (a mace and a hammer)
• Heavy Blade (Identical curved blade)
• Light Blade (I gave them both 2 knives)
• Improvised (Meat chopper and a bone with a iron nail in it....you could argue the Meat chopper is a Light Blade but to me it feels more like something they grabbed from a better equipped kicthen of the Cook joining in )
  
  

Everyone has a pointy hat except the 2 Leader figures. They also have a slightly more exposed face and will get more time in the painting que. They are all from the Cultist and Cultist II box for Frostgrave, with the occasional part from other kits tossed in. I still need to do the basing, add pouches etc.

Colourwise....I just dunno. Lot's of washes to get them done, not a single conversion except a few weapons swaps already done. Either Dirty White, Dark Red or Dark Grey Black feels like a good colour....I just can't make my mind up yet. I will make another set of 9 or more with WW2 weapons, as I have plenty of spare sprues with Warlord Russian etc weapons, so I have options. I'm also looking at making 9 or so armed with muskets but I don't have any spare ones atm. I think. 

This way I'll end up with enough Cultists for Pulp, Silver Bajonet, Horror etc. 
 

In this case, they don't need or want them to be perfect. Better to have a decentish paintjob and get them to hit the table instead of languishing like some of my poor Stargrave figures are doing for years now. Then again, best laid plans and all that.... 

A WIP here, a WIP there

 Had a pleasant night of painting after having a week of coughing fits, always fun. WHile being sick I started to drag boxes of old stuff, tossing out the unneeded crap and picking up a few half finished models.

Finally sytarted work on the 2nd Pirate for Stargrave to make sure I can have a game before 2100 AD. Also trying a new scheme from Mediocre Hobbies with a toutch of me to get a Kill Team done. Should be a evening or 2 to get these done.

And made a sign to go with the Airport COntrol Tower (or anywhere really) doe my 15mm AK-47. Needs some bushes, crap but other than that pretty much done.

And my desk is a mess again. Need to fix that.

Blue eggs special

 Decided to give my new punch, bought a mere 2 years ago, a try (I'm slow, sue me) and I like the results. 

North Star Stargrave loot token on a 25mm base, also useful for Mordheim/Fantasy/DnD as Dragon eggs or whatever the story requires.

 

 

Miniatures painted: 1

Tokens: 1

Isn't he the cutest?

 Oh yes he is. So much I've gave him the mark of a character instead of just a black trim for just a object. Dunno what he will do, or what he will be, but he looks adorable.

(white stripe is what I use for frontage these days, LOS, you know. Saves you trouble when you need to work it out.)

 Northstar Stargrave loot marker.

A pirate and a dog...

 Crisis averted and I finished something. Double win :)

Pirate Jack Kennov is done and ready.

 

 

 

 

 

 And so is a ....well, I'm calling it a dog and I'm sticking with that. Let's call him Spot.

 

Now to paint up even more and a few bits of extra scenery :)