15mm Octopoid Cultist summoning attack squad with Tentacle Beastie

(Winged tentacle beast - from Reaper minis)

(Octopoids from 15mm.co.uk)

(Cthuloid cultists from Khurasan miniatures)

(Re-purposed Ion Age Vehicles)

 

This is my latest army idea for GRUNTZ. I was given the Cthulhu figure at Xmas from our local boardgames club "secret santa" event... I thought It would go well with the Khurasan Cultists and Octopoid dudes from 15mm.co.uk I already had... and I liked the look of the mono-bikes and weird tank sphere from Ion Age - The Cultists came with extra heads, so I swapped them on the bikes and tank. I would have liked to sculpt some flapping cloaks onto the bikers - but I wasn't confident enough  with my modelling skills for that... but I think they turned out ok...

Evil Skeleton bots and giant Skelly-Mecha....

 

I actually painted these guys just before summer started - they're old school 15mm miniatures from:

 

http://www.15mm.co.uk/HOF_15mm_Science_Fiction.htm

 

The folks at www.15mm.co.uk do all the old Lazerburn figures (and you can still get some of the rulebooks from them too)... and they've got a load of newer 15mm stuff in their HOF ranges... a lot of it I'm not that keen on personally - most of their figures aren't that detailed compared to some of the other ranges that are out there - But I do like these terminator style figures - (and I've still got a soft spot for the old Lazerburn models)...

 

 

Desert Army....

 

 

So it's time for a 15mm sci-fi update..... I've been working on these guys for a while now, it's my second army for GRUNTZ. This time I'm painting up a desert resistance force. It's a mish mash of models from various sources, but I think they're fitting together nicely so far...

 

The figures are the Rebel Minis "Sahadeen", and to add a bit of variety I've swapped a few of the heads for the GZG extra ones with gas masks etc.... The 2 vehicles I've done so far are Matchbox toys (see earlier post). The walkers are from Khurasan miniatures... the battle suit is from Critical Mass Games... the spider bots are also from GZG...and the little bot dudes are some old Peter Pig minis I've had lying around for ages....

 

 

This is my first attempt at hand painted camo.... I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out. Although I am tempted to get hold of some of the "MASK FX" products by CMG to try next time.... the finished camo effects look ace - but then again I haven't got an airbrush... bah!

 

 

 

 

These are the GZG headswap guys...

 

 

I've got some GZG and OLD CROW vehicles to work on next...

 

15mm Desert Army.... work in progress...

I've finally started work on my next 15mm army. I'm going for a human desert force this time. The little guys are "Sahadeen" warriors from Rebelminis. I've got a couple of light armoured walkers from Khurasan miniatures. Some spider bots, small wheeled bots and a V.T.O.L. gunship and troop carrier from Ground Zero Games, a bunch of vehicles from Old Crow Models... and a couple of chunky dune buggy vehicles which were £1 each from Matchbox! (Not sure how these will be used on the GRUNTZ battlefield - but they look cool!!)

 

As always - I undercoat everything with thinned down Humbrol matt black enamel.

This is my first attempt at painting camouflage - so I tried it out first on the cheapo Matchbox vehicles in case it was a disaster.... but seems to be turning out ok...??

 

The "Sahadeen" guys - skin and hair done. I've swapped a few of the heads with some extra heads I got from GZG for a bit of variation.

 

Old crow vehicles and GZG bots ready for undercoat... The objective marker is also from Old Crow (a Commcen turret on a turret base).

 

VTOL from GZG ready for undercoat.

Sorry Mrs.G I've taken over half the kitchen!!

 

Starting on the camo on the GZG spider bots..

A bit of a rough photo of the dune buggy thing. I spotted these for £1 in the toy aisle in ASDA - I really like the shape and the giant external suspension spring things - thought they would lend themselves nicely to a desert sci-fi army...

GRUNTZ - 15mm Painting competition 2012...

I came 4th!!! - Well chuffed!!

See the top 4 here.

Congratulations to Firebroadside for the well deserved 1st place. (check out his excellent blog here to see more of his handywork...)

Gruntz painting competition...

There is a painting contest over on the Gruntz forum. This is my entry.

1 - A squad of Vivipara Infantry (Critical Mass Games)
2 - A Gekotaa Armored Car (Critical Mass Games)
3 - A Kaamados Agaamid commander with twin slug throwers (Critical Mass Games)