Fifty shades of pike grey- scifi models in 28mm

[Ragsta]

I love the Kroot and their glorious colours!! Your artillery is all the better for that basing, happy Xmas and new year to you!

[randycarter]

The skaven is exquisite!

[Andym]

Wow! Multi coloured Kroot! Fantastic! I’m trying to paint up a bundle of these myself, but I kept to a boring single green tone! I wish I had done this also!

The bikes and Ogryns are inspired, and the artillery is lovely!

[Freddy]

Thank you, guys! The colour scheme of the Kroot came from some very old figures of mine which were already painted when I got them. They all were of different colours so I just carried on the theme.

[Freddy]

Continuing the Borderlands figures: Nisha, Mr Torgue, Krieg and Moxxi.



oh, and this little pp for tyranid bases.

[hubbabubba]

I like the borderlands figs, well I' a sucker for borderlands basically.

What's your opinion on the quality of the figs, material, clean up etc. Are they worth a punt?

[Freddy]

I like the borderlands figs, well I' a sucker for borderlands basically.

What's your opinion on the quality of the figs, material, clean up etc. Are they worth a punt?

Thank you! I am also a big fan of the computer games, even if BL3 was a bit overdone.

The figs are made out of a soft plastic, and also have some mold lines, but nothing dramatic, they are easily paintable after a proper priming. The details are not up to todays standards, sometimes it is hard to figure out the details of the various gubbinz on the figures (all figures are cast in one piece, that is a limiting factor in detailing). On the other hand the sculptor did a great job, everyone is characteristic and easy to recognize.

For their quality the figures, especially of you want the entire collection, are very pricey, but one shall decide whether they need proper BL figure collection or not, there are no real alternatives besides yes and no. The board game is fun, it really brings the feel of the computer games.

Now you can buy all sets commercially (originally it was a KS project with only the basic box in retail), so you can have the entire figure collection save the KS-only megaphone Moxxi (but you have her in an other pose), my problem with the base set was that they left most of the characteristic Vault hunters for the supplements, it is really a cheapskate move, having a BL game without Lilith is a bit like a SW game without Han Solo. On the enemy side, most of the characteristic basic enemies are there. They are a bit short on the boss side though, Psychoreaver (from the base set) and the giant Skag (from the skag supplement) are not even in the top10 most memorable boss fights in the game.

[hubbabubba]

Thanks for the info Freddy.

[Freddy]

Borderlands project continues, MDF crates from Miniature Scenery. They are very usable to the game despite the set was released long before the boardgame.

[hubbabubba]

ha ha, they really look the part.

[MaleGriffin]

I gotta admit, when I read the Kroot were "colorful," I didn't expect them the way they are! Colorful is a very accurate description... Just not the "colorful" I imagined! 

[Freddy]

With the new IG codex out, I had to make some adjustments on my Leman Russes. With Geedubs frequent rule changes, I did not want to glue the new stuff on, so all the sponsons, missiles and pintle mounted weapons are magnetized.


Here are 4 of the tanks with their new stuff. One can never have enough Leman Russes

[Ragsta]

I love my Guard, worryingly I have 12 vehicles to for them 

Your tanks are the original kits too, I loved them so much.

[Freddy]

I love my Guard, worryingly I have 12 vehicles to for them 

One can never have enough

Your tanks are the original kits too, I loved them so much.

It depends, most of them are second hand models upgraded, converted and repainted, using mixed bitz, in general most of them are from the ,,old Leman Russ but with the new tank upgrade sprue" era. The one with the plasma sponsons for example was originally in someones Space Wolf army and sold it when the SWs lost it from their codex. You can see its original sponsons, now on another tank.

I have a new Leman Russ also (even a HH one, but it is not yet completed):


Also three Exterminators, there was a brief period of time when these were really good.




I have a Vanquisher too, with a T-55 style conversion.


But maybe my favourite of my Russes is the Iron Knight, an old metal turreted Demolisher, with additions from the Black Templar upgrade sprue (there was one like 21581253 years ago)


And I even have a traitor one

[Freddy]

Three renovated command squads:




A sculpted artilleryman:


An old Sentinel with new missile and chainsaw (both magnetized):


And the new MDF sponsons for the Leman Russ. I designed those to minimise the cutting/drilling/repainting I need on my older Russes. Sponson weapon on the lower part, heavy stubber+h&k missile on the upper. All magnetized as GW's next brainfart will surely make unwanted what the latest one made obligatory.






...and a new team of plasma guns: