Kurgan the Lurker

Yet another skill set that it will take some time to regain. These old Vultures decals were made long before Phobos/Reiver armor came about. So they are a little big for that pad.Some thin sections (like the Vultures neck) certainly add to the difficulty level for me right now. Too many years away.It will get better. I do have 3D pads but I need the decal practice.

Started in on the December Mini of the Month. Did a helmet and power pack swap. This will be a Vulture Marine serving in the Deathwatch. Base colors down only so far: Monument Hobbies Flat Black Spray Primer GW Chaos Black for the body Iron Wind Metals Steel (I've got some really old paint lines in the drawers) on the DW arm. VMC 814 Burned Red for the bolter casing. Ral Partha AD&D Paladin Blue for the base. Iron Wind Dark Brown for the leather. VMC 856 Light Orange for the Chapter pad. Camera work sucks. Eyes may need glasses at this point but this year the plan is to push through and get some skills back.

If this helps anyone, here are all the entries from the original 2003 contest:

Back to the Army from One miniature. This guy is for my Vultures Chapter. I have started with a prime in Colour Forge Imperial Purple and a zenithal of Colour Forge Convict Orange. Now when you sign up for the Army From One, grime.time.painting will send you TWO miniatures. One to paint and send back and one to keep. I think the current round has closed but this spring a new round with a new mini will start up. My good old potato-phone pictures.... So my second Phobos marine is for my OrksBane Chapter:

@Brother Christopher The Phobos Marine leaping the wall is part of the Army From One project that @grime.time.painting is doing over on IG. This first round has come to a close, at least in the sense of him sending minis out (I believe). But basically you pay the shipping, he sends you 2 of the printed minis, you paint one and send it back to him and then keep the other. He is going to have the next round starting late spring/early summer of '26. It will be a new mini.

Base progress for the Impaler's Apothecary.

I agree about the winged spear. It is good in concept but at least the spear is probably too big. I could maybe cut the wings off and file more of the back off to slim them down. Part of why I went with them in current form is because they confirm to the shin nicely. Not sure what I can do with the spear head though. Not sure anything in the GW range is smaller. The spear head is from a 20+ year old Undead Roman Legionnaires kit from Zvezda models.

Been working on a piece for the the_apothecarion charity even over on IG. My Impalers Chapter (BA Successor) and a totally not game legal Apothecary. Moving along and have lots of clean up yet to do on what is done. That said, I've temporarily blu-tac'd the jetpack and Apothecary tools in place as I'm unsure if I should move forward with the tools attached to the jetpack. From @the_apothecarion over on IG:

You may have seen this making the rounds elsewhere and after speaking with @Brother Tyler we've decided to add our weight to it. There is an 8 year old girl battling cancer in the UK and one way they are raising funds for her is by raffling off a Crux Terminator box set. You can purchase a raffle ticket here for that: https://raffall.com/401083/enter-raffle-to-win-crux-terminatus-boxset-hosted-by-tyler-lovatt or if you'd rather donate directly, they also have a go fund me going: https://www.gofundme.com/f/phoebeschallenge

JH goes more in depth into the Vallejo True Metallics today:

You would be correct! Good idea!

Yeah, Some bitz from the Night Lords Kill Team and you could have a great Raptor Lord with that head.

Been on a building/converting kick lately. I have the second #grimdarkexchange mini going but need a few more pieces to make it complete. I also turned Aethon Shaan into a Vultures character. Haven't decided if he will be a Captain or the Wake Master (Chapter Master). Simple head swap, removed the bigger Raven Guard emblems and put on a Mk. VI pad. If I had to do it again...and I just might. I would do more conversion work like changing the arms more. Claws just don't quite fit my Vultures Chapter aesthetic. I would also NOT use a Horus Heresy Mk. VI pad. That was terrible to work with. I'd rather use the older, single piece Mk.VI pads. Finally got around to the first of two of my #grimdarkexchange minis from @grime.time.painting for The Army From One project. This one will be from my Vultures Chapter. The other from the Orks Bane Chapter. New head, left hand and one 3d printed pauldron (thanks @hunting_heresy ) and a cast Mk. VI pauldron. All on a @dragonforgedesign base. Sadly the knife blade snapped off in transit so I'll just paint it up as a shattered blade. More angles once it's complete. Hopefully with better lighting.

In the past our banner were 250x800 and as you can see from @apologist banner, isn't doesn't need to be a huge swath of that space. Just enough to soften that edge.

@apologist Yes!