BUGS!

I found my 10/15 mm Xenomorphs from Pendraken and Khurasan; I want to get a lot of them painted for a gaming aquaintant's sci-fi adaption of Sellswords & Spellslingers (working title: Starships & Gunslingers), and plan to buy a handful of USCM-proxies to use as the heroes.

I need to finish my Greek Archer project, and get some more minis off the prepping station, first, though, but as I am starting my five days off period today, I should make rapid progress over the next week!

I originally purchased these to make a 15 mm God of Battles proxy T'lekkan army, and that project shall of course be re-animated at the same time (which means that I shall also have to dig out my 15 mm Copplestone Barbarians in a not too distant future).

15mm Xenomorphs/Aliens (GoB T'lekkan Proxies) WIP 4

My Pendraken order arrived today, and I can now begin to finally plan in details what sort of unit I am going to use the different kinds as.

Although these are nominally 10mm, they are more than big enough to use as 15mm creatures, thus giving me a lot more options to choose from.

And, yes, there are both Facehuggers and Eggs!

I think I am going to use the small crouching ones as 'Drones', and as they are really small, I may put two on each 15mm washer base; they are a Formed unit, and by randomizing the way they are glued to the bases, I may be able to create a 'swarm' look to an otherwise dull square rank-and-file unit.

Well, we shall see about that.

For now, I need to concentrate on finishing a couple of older projects, so the T'lekkan list will have to rest for a week or two.

15mm Xenomorphs/Aliens (GoB T'lekkan Proxies) WIP 3

I finished assembling my 'princelings' this evening. I have found that it is easier to fix the heads in place first, then adjust the wings to fit behind/under them.

Tomorrow, I shall put some greenstuff in the gaps under the heads, and them I am all set to begin painting this unit.

I am going to prime them black, then dryprush with a blue-grey, pick out details, and then use clear varnish all over the models.

I have not worked out how I am going to do the unit leader, yet; I may do one in another colour (greyscale or boney white), or maybe use another kind of model - we shall see about that when my Pendraken order arrives.

15mm Xenomorphs/Aliens (GoB T'lekkan Proxies) WIP 2

I arrived at work late yesterday evening, just to find that I had been given last night and today off (SO stupid, we cannot acces our work schedules online!!).

So, I went home, sat down with a half bottle of mead, watched Die Hard With a Vengeance on TV, and afterwards bunked in my eldest daughter's room, as she was sleeping in my bed (Anna and Lea take turns to do so when I am working).

While I had this unexpected extra day off, the May weather showed itself from its absolutely best side today, so I spent most of the day in the garden, mowing some grass, and readying another small bed for roses in the middle of the lawn (where our flagpole used to sit - it broke in a storm a couple of years ago, and the concrete block in the ground is still there; we shall need a powered breaker hammer to remove that).

So, I did not get much hobby time, but I managed to finish assembling two of the winged Aliens.

The prone creature will need a little putty on the neck, and I am not quite sure if it is due to bad fit, or a wanting preparation job on my side; I shall pay more attention with the next one...

The bases are, by the way, 18mm steel washers I found in Bauhaus yesterday, when I went there to replenish my supply of 15mm and 20mm washers, and to buy a new splitting maul.

New GoB Project: 15mm Xenomorphs/Aliens (T'lekkan Proxies)

I recently plunged in and ordered a bunch of Aliens from Khurasan Miniatures, and Pendraken Miniatures respectively.

The Khurasan 'Space Demons' arrived a couple of days ago:

I did not unpack the critters until today, as I was busy preparing for a game of JDMG Tuesday (which will be reported soon), but Took a closer look, and started prepping and basing the winged creatures, which are going to stand in for 'Princelings'.

They are very nice sculpts, but 2 of the 3 different poses have problems with the undercut for the right arm, so some carving and filing is required.

I hope to find time for doing the last 2 of the flyers tomorrow, and maybe get some wings attached, but I am starting my 5-night work week tonight, and time is limited, as I also have to attend to the real world...