Tap's Workbench

[Spinal Tap]

I've had a busy and productive couple of weeks, back to my Zona Britaniya campaign, meeting up tomorrow night to play Frostgrave, made some men in bags and painted treasure chests for the bone wheel I made a while back, painted some Victorian zombies and finally finished off all the furniture for the Museum (next room will be much easier as it's a small kitchen).

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[snitcythedog]

Very well executed all around. 

[Grumpy Gnome]

Loving it all mate! 👍

[Pattus Magnus]

Now that is just spectacular! The bone wheel looks great and those museum cabinets are brilliant. I’m a little jealous of everyone who gets to play in games you host.

[marianas_gamer]

Excellent! Nice aesthetic.

[Spinal Tap]

A friend of mine plays Warhammer Fantasy using the Warhammer Army Project rules and I caught sight of the Albion book, instantly falling in love with the Fenbeasts and wanting a couple of my own but I had no use for them.

Now I'm developing my own Albion and intend to solo it using Sellswords and Spellslingers, there was room for at least a couple so I set to Googling images and finally settled on roughly how I wanted them to look.

I needed a couple of 60mm plus bulky bodies and settled on Dark Alliance War Trolls, specifically the catapult carriers so I only got 2 for my £7.19, not 4 as in all the other Troll packs.

They weren't pretty but they were ideal.

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For the first Fenbeast I selected this model and set to work:

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I had to cut him up a lot so I could re-angle his legs and body, remove his arms and lower his head, then reassembled using some arms from a GW demon and the feet from the Brontosaurus I used to make my Hydra earlier in this thread.

Then added greenstuff, skulls, rocks and bits; his head being cut away and replaced as I couldn't get it to work out.

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The second Fenbeast started here:

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He only needed his right forearm removing and his left arm trimming to provide a frame for the branches to attach to.

Using oak twigs I had collected and dried earlier I gave him new arms, added a bit of greenstuff to attach rocks and skulls to and cut off the lower part of his head and jaw.

Then a huge greenstuff session lasting a couple of hours to get him finished.

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Here they are finished and I am very proud of them, especially the second one who looks exactly as I imagined.


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[snitcythedog]

Very nice build.  Looks great painted up. 

[Pattus Magnus]

Those are brilliant! For some reason, I find the second one especially appealing, maybe because of the face. I really like the colour palette you used, too!

[Grumpy Gnome]

Genius work mate! 🎉

[marianas_gamer]

I didn't think that I would like the conversions at first but your painting totally changed my mind. Nice work!

[fred]

Great work. Wasn’t quite sure from the early stages, but the finished model is fantastic.

Seeing how much you have added, I’m not sure you really needed the trolls as starting points?

[Spinal Tap]

Thank you for the comments everyone.

Seeing how much you have added, I’m not sure you really needed the trolls as starting points?

This was the first time I'd attempted sculpting with greenstuff  and did initially consider building fully from scratch.

However, I bottled it a bit and thought my task might be easier if I had a fleshed out mannequin to start.

Might go from a wire frame base when I gain a little more confidence.

[Spinal Tap]

A small number of figures build and painted this week.

5 Snakemen which I needed to complete a warband and keep not doing. Had just enough paint and wash left from the first batch for these five and have put it off so long they were drying up.

Pushed me into getting them finished asap.

Also 3 Otherworld Miniatures Mongrelmen and a Ratcatcher from the same manufacturer.

Finally done a little furniture making from card and wood bits to go with the kitchen furniture I've had in boxes forever.

Made a bit of greenstuff foods and will paint in the next few days then on to the next room in my castle and dungeon.

So long since I bought these kitchen bits and some other stuff that I have no idea where they're from; if anyone knows can you shout out?


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[snitcythedog]

The models are nice but the furniture is very impressive. 

[Spinal Tap]

The models are nice but the furniture is very impressive.

Thank you.

Here's the Castle kitchen finished


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