I haven’t posted here for a while; Mrs. R built me a Facebook account, so I’ve been sucked into the Infinite Hole. But I thought I might report in here, and let you guys see my latest model projects.
An outfit out of Australia called Miniature Scenery makes some interesting steampunk kits in Warhammer scale from laser-cut MDF; they’re generally well-engineered and go together without any stress. My first kit from them was their Scuttlebug transport (Little R’s boyfriend says he’s thinks it’s “Nurgle”, whatever that means.):
Flickr album here: Scuttle Bug | Flickr
Next I got involved with their “Chastiser” Battle Church conversion for Games Workshop’s Rhino kit; I was almost sucked into the Charybdis of Warhammer, but managed to stop, heart pounding and wallet smoking, on the brink of the abyss:
Flickr album: Chastiser Battle Church | Flickr
Their “Ursula” Heavy Mortar (Mrs R hates the paint job):
Flickr: Ursula Heavy Mortar | Flickr
and the “Steel Wyrm”, a bit more fiddly than their other kits:
I also discovered the website of Ramshackle Games, out of England, and bought their charmingly clunky “Gnu” Military tractor. I couldn’t bear to build another dirt-and-grass-tufts base, so I set it in an exhibition hall and painted up a little Hasslefree Games figure to go with it:
Flickr: Gnu (Ramshackle Games) | Flickr
…and I’m slowly continuing on the spaceliner Aetilia Gargantyr; she’s in primer now, waiting for me to mix some paint and crank up the airbrush:
Flickr: Spaceliner Aetilia Gargantyr | Flickr
It’s been a really productive couple of months. While glue is drying on one project, I can do something on another (and, if the hiatuses aren’t too long, I can usually remember where I was!).
