Long way back

I have been very distracted and all but forgotten this poor little blog. I have mostly taken to other social media to share my love of the hobby. My exploits can most easily be followed here My Instagram. Since my last posts I have ditched the Hirst Arts molds moved to 3-D printing for my terrain needs.
Enter the Monoprice Select! Now, there is a bit of a learning curve to printing. I have however enjoyed the process and I think the results speak for themselves. I DO NOT claim to be an expert as far as 3-D Printing, but I feel like I learn something every time I turn the thing on. 

 

 These incredible models are available through Printablescenery. Gorgeous stuff!


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 These are signs I created just using Tinkercad. Quick and easy...

They paint up, fast and easily. They mix in very nicely with all of my resin and laser cut scenery. These have detailed interiors and create a nice variation to all my existing stuff. 

The Doctor is in!

Dr. Justinian Von Coggleson is a strange man to say the least. First you must get past his bizarre appearance - his head covered in wrappings to cover his disfigured face, his blue-glassed goggles and the huge gauntlet on his right arm. Then when you speak to him, you are met by his thick Swedish accent that is further hindered by the wrappings over his mouth. If you can deal with these things however you find a truly brilliant tinker who has the ideas to build the most fanciful machines that would rival the ideas of Dr. Darius Hellstromme himself!

The tale of Dr. Von Coggleson is sad to say the least. At first he and partner Dr. Richard Reeds were working towards some of the greatest inventions ever imagined. However Dr. Reeds quickly realized the ideas and plans were all from his partner. Through jealousy Dr. Reeds decided he needed to make a change. He sabotaged an experiment Dr. Von Coggleson was working on, the first of his many plans that he was attempting to create. Dr. Reeds left Von Coggleson to his work until an immense explosion engulfed the lab and left Dr. Von Coggleson near death. After the explosion Dr. Reeds gathered as many of the blueprints and plans that he could and bid his partner fair-well as he left him to die.

When Dr. Von Coggleson awoke at a Doc Hubbard's office in Abilene he remembered only bits of what had transpired. One thing that did weigh on him was that he was infected with lycanthrope! In reality this 'infection' was a figment of his imagination, but when he was well enough his first order was to concoct a cure for the disease. The 'accident' at the lab left Von Coggleson horribly disfigured and led him to keep his face wrapped at all times - looks at his strangeness were far less biting than the looks he received before he wrapped his wounds. Now he struggles to remember his old plans, though he has plenty of new ones. The one thing that has been brought back to his memory is the visage of his partner turned enemy Dr. Richard Reeds. He doesn't mention it but he longs for the chance to get even with him.

Randomness

Here are some of my other minor projects to distract from my other more major projects...to ensure nothing ever gets done.

 An Eladrin Wizard (from the GW Mordheim line, I think it is a great mini) But, it just couldn't take all the tough love we had to offer and some where along the line his arm got lost. So, some metal wire and some green stuff later I am a sculptor. Bob Ridolfi and Bobby Jackson I am not... But at a distance it will do.

 These will be Steam Automatons to attack the Posse at some point. Mage Knight figures with GW skulls and not much else at this point.

The Strange Case of Doctor Von Coggleson

The Good Doctor Coggleson in his search for a cure for his lycanthropy, a ghost-rock induced delusion. With the "help" of one Doctor Richard Reeds, Dr. Von Coggleson was unaware of the impending betrayal by Reeds. It left Von Coggleson permanently and horribly scarred (ugly as Sin, in game terms) But worst of all with out many of the blueprints to his amazing inventions. 

Mini by Steve Jackson Games, Hand by Games Workshop, Head by Pulp Figures and Hair by Green Stuff.

I promise to try and take better pictures in the future...

The Bench...so much work to do.

I hate slot bases. I just can't stand them. I am a strong believer in the washer. I just like its lower profile and the heft it gives a mini. Granted it makes a long process (for me anyway with two kids, a house and a wife) even longer. The New Deadlands minis by Reaper have started coming my way and with a Deadlands campaign finally at long last starting I have had to get it in gear.

Here is the good Doctor Von Coggleson and his wondrous gauntlet. 

 More of the Doctor. The Ghost Steel makes it so light you hardly know you are wearing it. (Mini by Steve Jackson Games, Gauntlet by Games Workshop.)

High Noon in Ghostwater

 Brodie Buchanan hears trouble brewing

 Cat Abernathy has her street howitzer ready

 Out come the hero's from the saloon

Isaiah "Black Hand" Iron's and Running Blood with a gunhand

 The Mormon Kid is ready to clear leather

Zip's got a good spot as well

Brodie's seen this coming so he's staying put for now

The town freezes, but ready to strike!

another gunhand emerges (this is one of my favorite minis that I have painted.)

 The bad guys are set and ready

 Mormon Kid steps in to even up the numbers

four against four seems fair enough

 Oh wait there's X

He's plenty in the mix from there

One of the gunhands goes for the marshall - bad move!

Shannon takes out the rest

 a two for one special

That just leaves Isaiah Irons and Atwood Dunbar

He might look dirty, but Atwood never had a reason to worry

Shannon O'Conner

The Preacher

Atwood Dunbar

Mr. X

The Second Photoshoot

Here's a second early attempt to photograph some miniatures

The town breaks out the artillery cause something weird is going on

 

 Gunslingers from beyond the grave

 That's a lot to bite off there preacher!

 "There's somethin' spooky out here boys, keep yur eyes peeled!"

Doc Vermillion and Slick Nick Wright, true professionals

It's quiet boys...

too quiet - LOOK ALIVE!

 There's a bear in town and he's a maneater!

 Big Griz!

Even the renegades are spooked and out monster hunting

 The medicine man, he see's something...

What's the old chieftain pointing at?

 Ah yes, the Hangin' Judge

"We're here to commence to clear this prairie of these abominations!"

Devil Bat ambush!

They're everywhere!

 

 Boys all I hear is screamin!

Webster Black, the lone wolf

 The Earps hot on the trail

Perhaps these are the men behind these strange goings on

 Alright boys we'll be luck to get out with our lives after this night!

 Los Banditio's

Mind the glare off that tin star

 The Colorful Kid has a bead on something

The Colorful Kid and Miss Ellie

 

 WEREWOLF! I hope you ain't Ma!