I tire of our regular diet of well-dressed toffs and went with some dour (but preening) preachers this month. We've got an eclectic mix of systems with only one GW model and absolutely no 40k entries.
Kolony Militia (Tomorrow's War)
Quozl breaks turns his attention from creepy armed bears to some Pig Iron miniatures. These are those brave defenders of home, hearth and socialism, the much maligned Kolony Militia. From his email, he seems intent on converting 40kers to the joys of Tomorrow's War by creating a 28mm force to use against their existing collections. The yellow and red accent the industrial nature of the models and you can picture them fighting through a foundry. As ever, the lines on the model are incredibly crisp and consistent. He claims it's a home brewed wash, I say witchcraft. Burn him now.
King Apophas (Warhammer Fantasy)
Check this guy. Craftfeld impresses us with a really nice tomb king. The model itself is quite nice with the image of an insectile swarm thing being adequately conveyed. The painting is excellent as the head piece looks fantastic. I must highlight that very appropriate glowing rune on the forehead as I'm always awed by anyone messing with lighting effects.
He's also working on what appears to be a Shawn Morris-inspired board on his blog.
Epic Feora (Warmahordes)
The fire effect on the base is nice but it's the glossy red and white armour that appeals to me. The entire model has a rich hue that really pops against the darker fire lapping at its feet. I think a brighter flame would actually have detracted from the look of the piece. Just quality, detailed work, really.
Fianna Warband (Hail Caesar)
My own contribution is a historical entry. These are 15mm Scots-Irish minis and the entire force makes up a single Hail Caesar warband unit. The elites to the fore have the brightly coloured clothes that mark them as men of rank, the laggards are common warriors in the traditional colours. The progress of the entire force is being detailed here.
Preening Dandies
| Player |
Score |
| Lowry |
9 |
| Newbreed |
9 |
| Nosediver |
5 |
| Quozl |
5 |
| Trget |
5 |
| Sycopat |
4 |
| Welshman |
4 |
| Craftfeld |
3 |
| The Big BZ |
2 |
| Bristolscale7 |
1 |
| Crazy Aido |
1 |
| Frogdog |
1 |
| Jiggy |
1 |
| Maynard |
1 |
We'll be doing
another roundup at the start of February so get your works into
prd@onthestep.net before the end of January. As ever, our local tech adept states that photos above 5MB in size
tend to bounce back so keep your entries below that size.
Rules Refresher
1) Each participant may only send in one entry for a given month. You can send in multiple photos of the entry but only one will be used.
2) The entry can be a single model or single unit. The smaller the unit, the more detail in the photo so aim low.
3) The model can be from any game system. If it's particularly esoteric, we'd appreciate a covering note explaining what it is.
4) The entry must have been finished within that given month. You can't submit completed pieces from your back catalogue.
5) If you want us to include a link back to more of your work, we'd be delighted to do that.Labels: Community, Newbreed, Painting and Modelling, Preening Dandies
