Currents and Backburners ...

I have finished models to show and some old projects that have - in best zombie traditions, given the time of year - risen from the grave. Or, in this case, risen from the back of the painting desk and nearby shelves.

To start with, I finished a second set of SAGA Shield-maidens and Villagers from Stronghold Terrain, plus one of two Frost Giants from the Conan boardgame by Monolith.
The Giants are part of the expansion set, Nordheim. As you can see from the photos, both are the same, but I decided to make them differ, giving one an obvious Celtic feel and the other a more traditional cooler, frostier scheme.






The SAGA Shield-maidens and Villagers will soon be joined by a selection of character figures - also from Stronghold Terrain. The two I've nearly done are Harald and Halfdan, but I'll be making a start on a number of others soon ... The Wanderer, Ivan, Ubbe Ragnarsson.



As well as the above, I have had a tidy-up of the painting desk and its surrounding outcrops in an attempt to make space and (finally) finish a few project that, for a number of reasons, fell by the wayside in the past months.
To start, the control room diorama has been primed and, after a little more filling here-and-there, will be getting painted soon. Then we have another basic diorama piece that I made in homage to the Youtube show, Another Dirty Room* Again, primed and ready for some colour, but there will be some grass and a dumpster to be added.




Finally, I have my 2000ad Venus Bluegenes conversion. The base figure was a Zombie Survivor Krystal from Dark World Creations, who I think closed up a few years ago now, which was a real shame, because they produced a selection of beautiful models and busts. Anyway, my conversion still has a fair ole way to go, but I've smoothed off her features a little more and given her an ear, having chopped away most of her original locks of hair. She'll also be getting a top at some point too!




Well, I think that's about it for now. Yet another update after a fallow few weeks, but, as always, I'll try to get to regular posting**


*Grim in places, but brilliant and funny throughout. Got watch it!
**Pffft

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