Hive World Vermin!

   In my never ending quest to find new and horrible mutant beasties for my Gamma World gamers to fight, I've dug deep into my classic collection of unpainted figures. What better source for mutant weirdness than the Necromunda underhive?

A face-hugger by any other name...

   These ripper jacks are bound to get lots of use, if for no other reason than their distinct likeness to face-huggers from the Alien films. In painting these I used the new Army Painter Red Tone Ink, and it worked marvellously.

Millisaurs

   These little blue meanies are millisaurs. I used the new Blue Tone Ink on them, with similar excellent results.

Rats! Giant, mutant rats!

   And finally some giant mutant rats 'cause, 'duh', Giant. Mutant. Rats!

   Thanks again for visiting the land of S.M.H.I.T... And remember -- now that the thaw is coming the dead will be walking soon!

-Andrew

Bugs and snakes!

   Like snakes? How 'bout cockroaches? Well, who doesn't, really?

   Today's S.M.H.I.T. is a little smattering of more figures I have been working on for my ongoing Gamma World campaign. First up is a groovy figure from the SuperSystem range... a freelance super with the awesome, awesome name of The Glock-Roach.

Four-fisted justice!

From the SuperSystem rulebook;
   "Stalking the sewers of Steel City and fighting crime amidst the grime, the Glock-Roach provides an object lesson in the excesses of corporate research gone wrong. Once a mild-mannered lab tech for Tyber Inc., Ralph Roache discovered his company’s illegal experiments on homeless test subjects. Before he could blow the whistle he was thrown in a vat of mutagenic chemicals where his body’s DNA mixed with that of an irradiated roach who was sharing his “bath.” Ralph did not die, but emerged transformed, and as the Glock-Roach, took his vengeance on his ex-bosses. After alerting the police, he slipped into the sewers to begin his never-ending battle against crime of all kinds."

   Poor Ralph makes an excellent figure for Gamma World, but I also enjoy the SuperSystem, so he'll be able to do double duty. My go-to team for SuperSystem games is the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence. I rebased the B.P.R.D. set for HorrorClix and they've been great fun to play with. And seeing as it's Hellboy's 20th birthday today, here he is with the gang.

Bumping back!

   And, because you can never have too many snakeoids in your mutant-sci-fi-apocalypse role-playing, I painted up a batch of Koralons from the game Void.

Snakeoids!

   I picked these guys up on sale a few years ago. I don't play Void, but I knew these guys would be great as generic snake men in any one of a bunch of games.

   Thanks again for checking out my little corner of the web!

-Andrew

Boatses of the Dwarves!

   ...and we're back! Things have been quiet here on the blog, but rest assured -- at any given time there is always S.M.H.I.T. happening somewhere.

   My delay in posting was caused in no small part by my breaking of the second of my own six rules of painting -- Only paint 10 figures at a time. Full of piss and beans I started five different projects at once, then piled a sixth one on top. I painted solidly for weeks, but had nothing completed. This depressing state of affairs caught up with me, and everything kinda ground to a halt.

   The good news is I pushed everything aside and got back to focusing on one project. And so I present an Iron Dwarf fleet from Spartan Games' Uncharted Seas!

The nigh invulnerable Iron Dwarves!

   This was a gift for a young friend of mine whose enjoyment of miniature games far outstrips his abilities as a painter. I chose to emulate the basic colour scheme of the Iron Dwarves in the 2nd edition rulebook. Again I used Army Painter paints and sprays -- my go-to paint system for all projects these days.

Mortis-class frigates

   I got hooked on Uncharted seas back in 2011 by Jay Griffiths. Having painted a complete set of ships for all the races in Games Workshop's Man 'O War game I really wasn't in the market for a new fantasy naval miniatures game, but Jay's argument was convincing. It went something like this, as I recall...
  
Jay: Hey... wanna try this cool new boat-fight game?

Me: Ummm... Yes!!

Hammer-class cruisers

   My fleet of choice was that of the powerful and ancient Dragon Lords. They usually fair well, but last week I had the chance to try them out against these newly painted dwarves, and it went poorly. As it turns out dwarven ships are harder than Klingon math word problems.

Chisel-class destroyers

   In addition to their heavy armour, dwarf ships pack a heavy wallop of gunfire, and their little frigates sport turrets that allow them to race around the seas firing in any direction. Tough little buggers.

   Oh, and rockets. Did I mention rockets? Rockets. *shudder*

Forge-class battleship and Chainmail-class flagship

   Painting the dwarves for my friend has got me all frothed for boat fighting again. Luckily I have a big fleet already painted, and a pile of additional ships tucked away here somewhere in a box. I foresee lots more boats coming out of the Paint-A-Matron 3000!

Thanks again for visiting!

-Andrew