Thunderbolts Rock In

So......

Firstly, hello to all and a happy new year.

Secondly this is my first attempt at blogging so please bear with me.

I'm going to attempt this year to keep this blog up to date with my progress through the

years modelling and painting projects....... no I WILL keep it up to date!!

So objectives for the year are:

1: Finish my 2000pt Thunderbolts list for SVA XI. (no choice there!)

2: Paint my approx 3000pt Thunderbolts drop pod army

3: Build a new terrain set (to cover a 6'x4' board) themed to my Thunderbolts arctic setting

4: Start collecting and paint at least 1 full unit for a Nurgle marine force

Should be a breeze!!

Slow but Steady Stompa progress!

Very much in theme with the Previous post I too have some solid Hobbying objectives... though, most of mine are somewhat restrictive in nature!

Last year, I promised myself I wouldn't buy any more models until I had painted the ones I had (for the record this was somewhere close to 10k of Dark Angels, 2k Sisters of Battle, 3k Orks)

sooo....

I painted 2k of Orks.....

.. Bought more Orks, Bought some Chaos Space Marines (about..., maybe 5k's worth?) Traded Sisters for Tyranids... and bought more Tyranids... (perhaps 6k in total?)

*ahem... *

anyway, this year, my designs are more modest (especially as I got some Elysians for Christmas!)

1) Do NOT start any more armies (I have resigned myself to the fact that I *will* buy more models, restricting it to current armies is at least a step in the right direction!)

2) Paint as many figures as I have made/bought. (to date this is 97 figures and we are still in January... :-O )

3) Build at least 50% of my City Scenery (I won this a couple of years ago in a store auction £100 box for £30, bargain! only, I've never built any yet... *sigh* )

4) Suck less at SVA. (This should be easy, last year I was 0/4/1 W/L/D )

I can't do worse.... (right?)

So there we have it, some Hobby related targets for the New Year!


Onto the update!



so it's been a month (ish) since the last update. I've made what I consider to b e good progress. (it will still be tight to get this Dreadmob finished, but I am beginning to get on a roll I think)

Last time, there wasn't really a single completed model... Well today I can exclusively reveal not one, not two, not three, but FOUR completed* Stompa-Kans!!!

(*when I say complete, I mean built and unbased/painted)

I have also constructed a Kilkannon and Rippa Klaw arm for a Mega Dread (this needs more work, pictures another time)

And furthermore completed all the Structures needed for every Kan/Dread/Mega/Meka Dread. and these shall appear as they are completed. (My wife is also very pleased as this means less blue foam being carved all over the house!)

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

so my progress chart (oh yes) now looks like this.

Meka Dread 0/1

Dread 0/4

Kans 4/15

Mega Dread 0/3

and these have to be ready by Feb 26th you say?

Back to the Mekshop!

2010 objectives NOW its 2011! HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hi All,

Well its the first day of 2011 time to wrap up 2010 objectives and set 2011's.

2010

1. Play 24 games in 2010 of 40K and Fantasy. (27 Games played)
2. Paint 100 figures. (only 56 models painted in 2010)
3. Build river and bridge (fully built see early posts for pics)
4. Compete in the most sporting manner possible (the most difficult objective to judge but i think on the whole ive improved and become more conscious of my opponents enjoyment of the game than ever before)

Score 3/4.

Not bad 2011's objectives are

1. Play 20 games in 2011. (this is less so i concentrate on the modelling side of the hobby)
2. Paint 120 figures in 2011. (10 per month an update on the blog)
3. Build a Mono rail terrain piece for 40K.
4. Build objective markers for 40k and fantasy armies

I would encourage all hobbyists to set themselves objectives for the year ahead. It certainly helped me achieve in 2010 and i hope it will in 2011.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ONE AND ALL.

DOC

Dread Progress

OK, so some more progress on the Dread Mob occurred last night as I managed to get a very brief step-by-step on Stage 1 of how I made the first Stompa-Kan, and then batch processed another 8 to that stage!

So. to begin with you

1) Take a cut piece of blue foam, my pieces are all (very) roughly 4.5mm x 3mm x 5.5mm (WidthxDepthxHeight)

2) Then, using a wide craft knife slant the sides of your box from top to bottom. For the top I use a 2mm x 2mm square in the middle and take this out pretty much to the width of the base, so that you end up with something along the lines of

top.
2x2
bottom
4/4.25x2.75/3
obviously, the height stays at 5.5mm

3) Once this is done, you are ready to begin!
(in this example below, I am making the Stompa-Kan with a Grotzooka, represented by a Belly Gun, hence the pipe, this is clearly optional, but just push in the pipe, make a space, and cut away some of the internal foam, and glue it in with some PVA)

4) Cut yourself two pieces of plasticard, one each for top and bottom, the purpose of which, is to give you something to put head and feet on, the rest will come together on it's own.

5) Prepare yourself a random assortment of Plasticard peices, or, if you are like me, and have an offcuts box, raid it mercilessly!

6) next, slather the foam sides (not top or bottom yet) in PVA and stick random assorted bits to the body to create the bottom skirt layer.
once these are positioned, then cover top and bottom in PVA and attach your pieces.

And then below is the progress I made last night, that totals 9 Stompa-Kan frames to work with, next begins the joyous labour of creating the arms and weapons for these bad boys!

Hopefully I will get the chance to do a bit more on these before Christmas day.. but it might be tight, so maybe in that comfortable lull between christmas and New Year :)

Dread Mob List

ok, so it's been a while since I posted, this is mostly down to running around after my wife and our new little snotling!

Anyway, early next year (in February to be exact) there is another SVA Tournament in Reading, and whilst myself and three other Code members played there last year (and MASSIVELY) enjoyed it....


I was on the end of several good hidings.

Stompnutz, to be blunt, wants REVENGE!


so, with the promise of Imperial Armour/Forgeworld army lists being allowed, I sat down and thought to myself

"What would a really, really angry Big Mek, with a particular fascination for Revenge, Stompin' and Gork (or Possibly Mork) build?"

The Answer, (at least in this part of the world) is a Dread Mob!

However, clearly not just any old Dread mob would be blessed by Mork (or Possibly Gork!)

Only a dread Mob built as Effigy's to the Great Orky God's of Kunnin and Krumpin' would do...


so, in short, the 'plan' (and I use this term fairly loosely you understand!) is to create an entire Dread Mob of Gork (or Mork) Effigy's.

1 Meka Dread
2 mega Dreads
3 Dreads
15 Killa Kans

all built around the Stompa Chassis, for maximum exposure to the Orky Gods.

I've started small, beginning with a Kan. Using a (solid) Blue Foam core, which I have layered in PVA Glue and Plasticard, I haved then built this up with a lyer of 'plating' whilst scratch-building the arms (Rokkit and CC weapon in this case) All that remains (I believe) for this one, is the power source and flue at the back, and a whole ton of Rivets.
Once this is done, I will mass produce (or at least, as quickly as I am able to do!) the remaining 14 Kans, Whislt I think about exporting and/or changing the design for the larger models.

I'll also do a step by step (although, in fairness, it shouldn't be hard to deduce what I have done here ;) )

and without further ado...

The First of Big Mek Stompnutz' Stompa-Kans!