Friday 23 March 2018

Thing a Week 32

My first stab at the unambiguously post-apocalyptic for the AHPC, with this guy.


He's a scavenger, he has a rusty pipe, an a la mode scavenged wardrobe and he is ugly as shit.

I painted him with colours that just happened to be on my palette while painting other items. Other than the neon orange, a recent acquisition from Model Box. I decided to give him a modern climbers rope and somehow it managed to throw the entire scheme off. Not that that's a huge problem, he's a post-apocalyptic scavenger, not a hipster.


So my mother says I'm hard to buy presents for. It shouldn't be that difficult, I give her access to my amazon wish list, and a request not to buy novelty key-chains or tat.

Come play with us human...
With that in mind, here's a tatty, novelty key-chain that she got me for Christmas. I decided to re-purpose it as a miniature, perhaps an animatronic mascot at a long abandoned theme park, or even just a piece of art.

It lights up it's eyes and makes a tinny meowing noise when you press the button on it's head. Just what you want going off in your pocket all the time. This is where our planets precious finite resources are going people...



Come play with us... forever...

Friday 16 March 2018

Thing a Week 31

Anyway, here's a giant scorpion.

Give him a hug!
Despite it being a fairly rushed job, I'm actually pretty happy with the way it turned out, especially with the way the Vallejo quote unquote matt varnish glossed it up a treat.


I basically had no idea what I was doing when I started out, but a few washes in and he started to look quite gribbly.

I based the paint job on a yellow-tailed scorpion; the UKs only resident scorpion, that, thanks to global warming, has been thriving! You're welcome fellow Brits!
 
With an unlucky scavenger, for scale
I drilled the claws, but not the legs; I suspect that I may live to regret this decision.

Friday 9 March 2018

Thing a Week 30

For your delectation, a small child with a crowbar.



As painting continued, I realised he looked a little bit like Donald Trump... I decided this wasn't entirely inappropriate.


For scale, here are two repainted dogs. I really wasn't happy with two I did previously.

Turns out one of them was supposed to be a German shepherd...

Monday 5 March 2018

Gaming Roundup

From the recent City Of Games festival in Bristol

Vikings the Megagame - beware summoned serpents and portals to wizard realms

Watch trees grow!

Play as a cave!

8 Minute Empire, now in 80 minute form!

Monopoly - Highland Clearances Edition

Best game!

Collect albatrosses and make your enemies flee