Cultist's car with mysterious passenger (coloured in) TSG's Cultists thread.

[Bravo Six]

That's great news! Thanks Mark.

I can't remember if I asked you this (I'll blame it on old age if I did) but did the tribals also get delivered?

[terrement]

Hafa adai yan buenas Terrement. That was a complete surprise. You wouldn't reside in the Marianas would you? Asked most hopefully.

Once upon a time (a long time ago in a galaxy far far away...) I did.  But sadly in terms of being a local gamer, I'm not.

I'm sure things are much different in many respects from the early '70s, but at the same time, many things are likely still the same.  When I was stationed there, you could depend on phones working, but not properly, any time we had a (daily) good rain.  Calls would connect, just not to the number you dialed.  The roads were built with crushed coral in the mix that when wet (during the regularly scheduled daily rainfall, as well as during storms) the roads would be almost as slick as ice from the seepages from the coral.  We had huge frogs that sweated poison, and hordes of snails whose shells were bigger than a golf ball but not quite tennis balls.  There was one stretch of road going up the hill to where I lived which every night would be (for some strange reason) a massive amount of said snails crossing the road.  Sounded like driving over eggshells.  Next morning, the seagulls would eat to their heart's content.  That night?  Another crossing, similar results.  Repeat.

I think we had one of the first quadrophonic broadcasting radio stations.  We had, at the time, the world's largest McDonalds.

The last Japanese soldier surrendered just a few months before my arrival.

And without trying to explain to folks who have not been there, there were lots of OOG (Only on Guam) stories.

John

[Bravo Six]

This little off topic discussion about Guam has been VERY enlightening. I've learned more from one post than I ever did ever in school! 

[aircav]

This little off topic discussion about Guam has been VERY enlightening. I've learned more from one post than I ever did ever in school! 

I know exactly what you mean 

[Bravo Six]

Hurrah! 1st Corp has released the tribals, altar and Yeti! In the shop now.

I looked for those thatch huts you made almost that many moons ago Mark, but didn't see them listed anywhere. I figured almost certainly listed under WW2 German Paratroopers category. 

[tin shed gamer]

It's  been a while since I've had down time or even time for LAF.
I've spent today( minus the obligatory BankHoliday food shop,)
Speed painting some cultists for this weekend's game.Theyre no oil painting .But they'll do until I've got time to tweak them.

The Yeti was painted back in March. So its not as much work as it seems.

[FramFramson]

Love these guys, Mark!

[marianas_gamer]

Nice painting Mark I like what you have done with the masks. It looks similar to what I am attempting with mine. I hope that I can pull it off nearly as well as you have. I have however been sidetracked by painting a bunch of 3d printed trees. Cultists are next up again though.

[tin shed gamer]

They're not as tidy as I'd like. But they're coloured in enough for now.
Mind you the Mrs face was a picture when she walked into the living room to find me looking at the underside of rug with a miniature and paint brush in hand.
"Do I want to know?"is all she said as she walked through.
In pretty much the same tone as the "what are you thinking of using that for now?" comment I get when I'm looking at something when we're out shopping.
It's tone that only a married man with many years under his belt knows,and is beyond the comprehension of a bachelor.

[Blackwolf]

Love your painting Mark,you have an unique style which is a very good thing 

[Bravo Six]

Those look PLENTY tidy painted Mark. 

[Andy in Germany]

Those look PLENTY tidy painted Mark. 

Agreed; I'll be pretty happy if I ever achieve that level.

Also finally understood the "Masks" discussion. Those are some pretty strange cultists there.

Oh, and I also work in Psych. health and I know about the "homing beacon" effect.

[MaleGriffin]

These figs are fantastic! I love the masks!

[tin shed gamer]

Thanks Guy, I would so much call it a style as a minimalist approach borne of necessity. As the majority of time I don't actually use my workshop. As we've always got a meteor sized chunk of life dropping on us at some point or another in the week.
I tend to paint and sculpt from an arm chair in the living room with everything piled on a folding sidetable. I honestly can't remember the last time a I sat at a desk or table to work. Which is even more wounding as I've two of them in my workshop.
When it comes to painting I'll throw enough paint in roughly the right places.So they pass at arms length. Then and if time allows I'll go back and add a little here or they're. ( infact I've just recently tweaked and rebased my Marauder giant and that's been painted for years! Similarly with the Empire Griffin  I only painted that a year ago,and I've revised it with a few more highlights. )

The idea behind the Cultists is something that'll  sit just as comfortably in the European countryside as Egyptian, East Africa,Afghanistan, and India.
Plus by doing masks it mean that any figure can have an association to the cult simply by virtue of wearing a mask.
That's why I've done a set of separate heads some with turbans but most without. Plus a set of figures just wear masks.

Andy, ear buds and hands free phone calls have turned a walk down the street into a minefield. No longer do we magnets, have the luxury of a long range warning of incoming 

[blacksoilbill]

These look brilliant. They are fantastic sculpts and they've painted up very nicely.