THE HOBBY ADVENTURES OF KRUG

CLUB TERRAIN -Part 2

2011-01-14T19:57:00.000-08:00

Stage 2 :

I headed over to my local Lowes and bought several cans of spray paint and grabbed a card board box to use a make shift spray booth since the wind was pretty rough outside. I never prime after sunset, but I want them dry so I can paint them tonight.

I have never used the Valspar brand before but it coated pretty damn good. The pieces dried quickly and I was able to get the burn effect from quick blasts using a satin black spray.

I'm happy the way it turned out and later on tonight I'll paint the fine details and maybe add some decals. Still undecided as to what to use for top flooring or if I should use any at all.

CLUB TERRAIN

2011-01-13T00:50:00.000-08:00

Stage 1 :

I love cheap terrain as I'm generally broke all the damn time, so left over foam from appliances are a god send. I began by slicing off any unnecessary pieces so the foam would look more like bunker or fortress walls and not stereo or tv packaging.

I wanted to do battle damage , beacuse I often feel so much terrain is not " Grim Dark" enoughfor me. I used a small screwdriver to punch holes, batter the edges and tear it up to simulate lascannon or heavy bolter fire ete etc.

I then grabbed ye olde white glue to cover the pieces ( 4 total) to protect them from dissolving when I spray them with primer and dry brush etc.

I still want to add a few minor details, maybe some razor wire and Imperial icons as well as some flat surface for the tops of the buildings. They are pretty big and I wanted to show a size comparison.

Stage 2 tomorrow night !!!

2011

2011-01-03T22:20:00.000-08:00

Well, a whole year came and went with little hobby and gaming due to intense work schedule and family priorities.

I vow to spend less time drinking and watching tele and more time painting, converting and preparing to do battle !

I have some terrain that I am getting ready to donate to the So Cal Freebootaz so I will post the progress on that as well as the finished Pre Heresy Scouts that I got shafted on and some other random minis as I am not really working on any armies at the moment.

Cheers and Happy New Years !!!

THE WORK BENCH

2010-09-01T16:43:00.000-07:00

Just finished up converting a five man Pre Heresy Scout squad for a commission ( you know who you are ). As requested they will have the mohawk/crew cut/pony tail , like the old RT/Space Crusade era scouts and lots of shotguns !

I used the old plastic Goliath figures and the standard scout sprue and some Catachan heads with odd bitz here and there and minor green stuffing.

Still need to clean them up a bit but other wise it is time to primer and then get cracking on the next five. I really like the way came out and can't wait to paint them and use some the weathering powders.

THE WORK BENCH

2010-08-12T16:07:00.000-07:00

Currently working on this war jack that will be used as an enemy dred for an upcoming Pre Heresy campaign. Privateer press makes some nice figures and will make great additions to my collection.

Needs some fine detail work and some flock on the base.

I really like the war jack models and may have to add more for my enemies of the Imperium.

DISPLAY CASE

2010-08-12T14:49:00.000-07:00

WOLF GUARD TERMINATORS AND ARJAC

SECTOR 323 NORTH BAD ZONES

2010-07-31T00:45:00.000-07:00

Unknown gang members of House Vega captured on newly installed pict imagers near the Black Junction.

Pict taken one hour before a gun fight with a tribe of Scavvies near Coffin Heights in which the Scavvies were ambushed and shown no mercy.

House Vega is rapidly moving into Underhive from Hive Tianos- reasons still unknown.

All Enforcers be advised:

Proceed with caution; gang size unknown but well armed and dangerous.

- Arbitrator Rodrigo

I'm Back !

2010-07-22T21:59:00.000-07:00

Well sort of. I have been busy with real life as of lately- but have cleared the old man cave for some serious hobby time. The garage aka the game dungeon is also back to fully operational and I also have put a hobby station there as well so my friends can hobby while we game or vice versa.

By the end of the coming week I will finally sow my finished Space Wolves Wolf Guard that I started years...um.. months ago !

Cheers and cold beers all around.

KRUG

1st Commission

2010-03-08T21:29:00.000-08:00

Ragnar custom for a fellow Freeboota.

This is for you Wolfy.

Wolf Guard

2010-03-08T12:10:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we had a UK Boota come down and hang with us So Cal Bootaz, was a fun day and I managed to get hobby time in. Since Space Wolves are my current project thought I might share a little teaser.

Hooray !

2010-02-21T23:05:00.001-08:00

I have twenty minions that follow my blog ! Thanks to everyone that check my stuff out, more on the way soon !

KRUG

DISPLAY CASE

2010-02-14T15:45:00.000-08:00

Ragnar Blackmane

Here is my converted Ragnar Blackmane that I will use for my Space Wolves army.

He's been made from tons of bitz and green stuff. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Custom Starduster

2010-02-14T15:43:00.000-08:00

Here is where I am at with custom Starduster figure, hopefully I can have him finished soon now that I have his gun and jet pack from a good pal Deadshot.

DISPLAY CASE

2010-01-12T08:55:00.000-08:00

Chapter Master Nisk Ran-Thawll

MENTOR LEGION

WORK BENCH

2010-01-08T11:07:00.000-08:00

I found these really neat plastic baskets at the local dollar store, I thought they would look great for 40k and Necromunda and could represent anything really.

These will be Generators

Power Converter

and a city of death building that finally has some paint on it to used or Necro or 40k.

I really like this color- dry brushed Ork Hide shade and then mixed a little Astronomicon Grey and dry brushed that again.

Not a whole lot else on the work station except for Ragnar WIP conversion and Star Duster JOE custom. But more to come soon.

INTO THE WASTELAND

2010-01-07T15:50:00.000-08:00

Convoy Assault

The Top Shelf Raiders were a bunch of scum dog, double dealing, back stabbing, PDF deserters. They had some goods that my tribe would greatly need if we intended on taking the fight to the band of Pit Slaves we encountered weeks ago. They had crates of ammo, food and water. I took the wheel of our transport and let the young Nomads ride in the open back end, guns ready for the fire fight to come. We came barreling down into the valley- the Top Shelf Raiders south west of us. We would make our mark and the swines never forget the Ghost Dogs.

The Raiders armored transport rumbled along the

valley floor,its walker guardian bringing up its flank.

Hitting the throttle on my engine, we raced

to cut off the Raiders but the walker fired

volley after volley of heavy bolter rounds.

Not much damage was done but Laz was unfortunate

and the bullets sent him flying over board

and he was left in the dust.

We exchanged fire , shotguns and lasrifle shots

ricochetingon each others wheels, tracks and

crew compartments.

Time was of the essence and so far the PDF bastards

were keeping us at bay with their gun power.

Soon they would be out of the valley -

but I could not let that happen.

I made a fast decision and turned our

vehicle in an attempt to come up alongside them.

It was difficult to navigate the valley floor with all

the rock piles, wrecks and detritus.

Coming along side them we opened up with our

Plasma gun and sawed off shotguns, killing one

of their crew and damaging its tracks.

We sped past them and it seemed we would have

the upper hand now.

But it was not to be as their walker's heavy bolter

rained death to my Nomads in the rear and also

igniting our precious nitro canisters causing

our vehicle to almost wreck.

Loosing control we spun around and we smashed

headlong into the valley wall, more of my tribesmen

thrown violently from their seats.

To make matters worse the Raiders rammed us-

further crippling our chances of seizing the precious loot.

They continued on their way as we lay

beaten and broken.

As they rode off we began looking for our lost brothers, they won today but we shall have our revenge.

Such is the way of the Ash Wastes.

- Hangman- Nomad tribe leader of the Ghost Dogs

GAME NIGHT

2009-12-31T12:04:00.000-08:00

Several weeks ago a few members of the So Cal Freebootaz got together at my house for some Necromunda, food and beer. I wish this could be a proper report but much drinking and lots od joking around stopped us from taking notes.

So it was that our first game was a typical Underhive battle going four ways. Myself , Janus Kain, Gamer Nerd 21 and Jimmy " The Jimster", shot it out over a few rounds of combat.

The Mighty Janus Kain pointing at something......

I can't remember exact details of what happened but I do recall I bottled out first and then Janus Kain was next. Somehow The Jimster pulled out a victory.

After more Sam Adams was enjoyed we discussed the forthcoming Ash Waste campaign and set up for a run through of the rules.

All I can say is that we had a blast playing NAW and the vehicle combat was awesome and the game play quick and brutal.

Highlights of the game were The Jimsters gangers being thrown from his bike from a boarding action, my gang being nearly destroyed in one swoop from a well placed plasma shot from Gamer Nerds boys - which took out the driver of my transport and ended wrecking in a rock formation.

Tons of fun and looking forward to this weekends first campaign game.

DISPLAY CASE

2009-12-30T20:52:00.000-08:00

Iron Warriors

Land Raider Forge Breaker

I present my completed Forge Breaker for my Iron Warriors army.

I had finished this some time ago but finally managed to upload the photos.

The idea for this beast of a tank is credited to Axinous of the 40k Radio Freebootaz , as he has been working hard on a fan mini-dex for the Iron Warriors.

The weapons are a demolisher cannon, twin linked heavy bolters and sponson mounted reaper autocannons.

Thanks for looking.

CUSTOM GI JOES

2009-12-21T23:06:00.000-08:00

A long time passion of mine has found it's way onto my work bench and display shelves.

I have finally put paint to some of my customized GI JOES. I must say that the GW paints are not good for action figures but it's all I have at the moment.

First up is my custom Steel Brigade officer. I always wanted to update the Steel Brigade and thought Wet Suits helmet looked pretty futuristic.

I used Dial Tone's torso and legs, Wet Suit head and helmet, Darklon waist, Tunnel Rat arms.

And here is Over Lord mild custom, no paint just swapped his torso with Cobra Commander. In the background is my version of Major Bludd possibly before he was murdered in Resolute- (sorry for the bad pics- will take better ones soon) as well as a Cobra Viper in Resolute colors.

Customs lined up to be completed are:

Mad Max - post Thunderdome

some Road Warrior style bad guys

Covert Ops Team with JOES and Cobra traders

I will continue with 40k and Necromunda related models in the next post- so think if this as a intermission. Please, questions, comments and criticism appreciated.

FREEBOOTAZ WEBZINE

2009-09-17T02:36:00.001-07:00

Issue Three of the 40K Radio Freebootaz webzine is out!

Check out some awesome art work by my buddy Nomad 77 , a great konversion tutorial by my Orky pal TxMaddog ( a tough 40k opponent as well), a 40K story by me, a battle report and loads of other really great articles.

Down load it, it's free after all.

BATTLE REPORT

2009-09-05T13:21:00.000-07:00

SEVEN GUNS FOR GOSHEN

Like many back water planets in the Imperium, lone settlements are prone to attacks by xenos pirates and human slave traders. So it was that hell come to the town of Goshen and the hard working miners of Elias x-14 were no strangers to the brutal slaver Hugo Dim and his band of killers. This time was different though, the miners had scraped together what money they had and hired men who lived by the way of the gun.

All they could afford was seven gunmen...seven to fight off thirty slavers. The miners hoped it would be enough............

Among the seven were two brothers who once called Goshen home in their youth...Cole and Roland Harrigan. They understood the consequence of being hired guns, but times were tough and the miners and their families had been kind.

Elias's double suns had just gone down and dusk was all around.

A few brave souls, hard working men, stood with what weapons they had and scanned the outskirts of Goshen alongside the seven.

It was Virgil Hawkeye that caught sight of the first slave gangers cresting the barren hills.

He fired a full clip of ammo with his las rifle , doing his best to make sure they kept their heads down.

Cole and three others, Luke Dead Eye, Al the Dog and Three Finger Bob manned the main gate and braced themselves behind the makeshift barricades.

A dozen slavers now came scrambling down the hills, firing wildly and screaming like mad jackals.

A big bastard the miners called Dundar swept his heavy bolter madly, pinning the three hired guns for a moment.

The murderers came in waves and from all sides of the settlement, forcing the seven to split up and the miners that had the stones to stay and fight followed their protectors.

Roland and Pistol Pete ran for cover, dodging auto pistol and shotgun fire as they made their way for a small depot of water barrels.

They stood guns blazing, dropping the gangers they raced towards the gates.

The seven did their best to defend the miners, the town was surrounded.

Hugo Dim now assaulted the south entrance with his top killers.

A few miners held their ground and managed to kill a few slavers.

though the gang was now jumping the walls and barricades and some now ran from roof top to roof top, taking shots at the gunmen.

The seven closed in to the center of Goshen, trying to keep the savage killer at bay.

A few miners were knocked senseless and dragged off in the dark.

The gunmen locked in brutal close quarters combat,they could do nothing for those poor souls.

One by one the seven began to fall, first Luke Dead Eye...

and then Cole Harrigan....

Then, when all seemed lost Hugo Dim raised his battle sword and gave the signal for retreat...

The slavers had left as quick as they had appeared.... and what was left of the seven was horribly wounded....

Four miners had been captured but none were killed.....the slavers left their dead where they fell, riddled with bullets or burned by lasfire...

Goshen was safe though many men died as they had lived- by the gun.

WORK BENCH

2009-09-02T23:27:00.001-07:00

Okay. not a whole lot going on this week as it is my daughters birthday real soon and the weather here has been too hot paint even with the A/C on full throttle....

I have decided to paint a few more units of Orks and then give a it rest for a few months since my army for World Wide War is done.

My Savlar Chem Dogs and my Iron Warriors are on hold until I get my bases from Dark Art and some goodies from Forge World and need a few more boxes of Cadians and Catachans. Not much painting has been done on my Sons of Horus but as always building and trading for bitz still going steady.

That said, I did manage to finish one of my many terrain pieces:

Here is the Arbite statue/ shrine in all its Underhive glory!

The water effects gives it a nice touch I thought..

Here's a little teaser as to what I am working on for Necromunda......

Slavers!

Another terrain piece...

And last but not least, I picked up this at a yard sale for 50 cents...what a bargain!

He will make a great addition to my Mordheim and Border Town Burning collection.

Well, thats it for now...soon I will post a battle report that I played a few months ago but never posted and hopefully I will have some Iron Warriors too show you.

Thanks for looking.

DISPLAY CASE

2009-09-02T23:21:00.000-07:00

Harlequin

Here is a Harlequin from the Rogue Trader days...I had stripped him of his original metallic red and yellow that I was so fond of back in the early 90's and gave a him a fresh look....

Straight Out of the Wasteland: Part 2

2009-08-25T16:16:00.000-07:00

Okay, high time to update this. Here is the finished Ash Waste vehicle.

Here is another vehicle I'm working on for my Ash Waste Goliaths ( or Techno-barbarians)

I really enjoyed building this one, especially because it's all from random bitz. I started drybrushing the cab with a 50/50 mix of dheneb stone and knarloc green and then drybrushed the undercarriage and metal parts with tin nitz. Not much progress made but looking forward to some hobby time on Sunday.

I recently ordered some Forge World Renegade Militia upgrades and plan on using them to make another Ash Waste Gang. Here is a WIP ganger that needs his Chaos logo filled and smoothed with green stuff and some more gear.

DISPLAY CASE

2009-08-14T22:29:00.000-07:00

I present to you, Chapter Master of the Dragon Hawks Space Marines:

Lord William Matthias

Keeper of the Blades of Hate

GW PERTINENT

2009-08-08T22:52:00.000-07:00

Okay here is my entry for the GW Pertinent Contest : Old School Minis 40k!!!!

I'm pretty sure this model is from 1987 looking through the old catalogues....but here he is...has not seen much 40k action as he used to but still makes his way into the Underhive from time to time....

DISPLAY CASE

2009-08-06T03:01:00.000-07:00

Hello again, thought I would share one of my favorite models in the GW range, the Dragon Ogre Shaggoth.

DISPLAY CASE

2009-07-26T00:31:00.000-07:00

I issued a Challenge months back on Toms Boring Mordheim Forum to see who could come up with interesting duels in the setting of Mordheim and Border Town Burning.

I finally finished my Duel. It can now sit in my display case..when I build it...

BORDER TOWN BURNING DUEL

OGRE OF NIPPON VS. WARRIOR OF NIPPON

The Work Bench

2009-07-25T19:14:00.000-07:00

Okay, thought I would give a quick update before I head out for vacation with my wife and daughter. I will be gone for a week with no possibility of painting or converting at all.

I managed to finish a good number of the terrain and just need to matte varnish it now. The Only piece that needs more time devoted to it is the Arbite statue.

First we have an abandoned water reclamation tower

A wrecked waste land buggy

shanty town power generator

rock formations

and ruins

I have been meaning to try and make some Heresy era back packs but have always frowned upon the time it would take to do a whole squad, but I gave it a shot as my Sons of Horus always need more Marines.

I really love the Khorne Berserker " Boba Fett" helmets. Once the "ears" are clipped and the helm is shaved, it really lends to the whole Crusade feel of the original Space Marines.

I have been collecting bitz for my Pre-Heresy madness and these plano boxes really help keep me organized. I recommend them highly for anyone that has never used them.

The Work Bench

2009-07-21T03:02:00.000-07:00

So right now I have approximately five pieces of terrain that are all base coated! I love terrain, mostly because it can all be dry brushed and washed and your done, good to game. I do have one piece to the far right that will need a bit of extra attention- the statue/ shrine of a Arbite Judge...thats going to get at least three layers of paint and some water effects to make it stand out.

Here is a large number of models in need of paint in various stages, some of which are Ash Waste Nomads, Sons of Horus, Penal Squad for Imperial Guard and a Border Town Burning duel as well....

Also a unit of Storm Boyz and a Assault Squad for Sons of Horus, waiting for the basecoat

treatment...

Straight Out of the Wasteland: Part 1

2009-07-20T10:59:00.000-07:00

Those that know me can attest to my love of all things post apocalyptic. I am a huge fan of Road Warrior and comics like Fist of the North Star and Just A Pilgrim. Ash Wastes Necromunda is my dream come true and Necromunda being my favorite table top game ,I was really excited when the Ash Waste supplement was released as it allowed my imagination to run wild with gang conversions. The key elements that separates Ash Wastes from Underhive is vehicles and terrain. The new Ork battle wagon is a great kit to convert or use as is for Ash Wastes.

So here is one vehicle that I built months back and began painting today...

I began by over brushing the entire model with GW Foundation Charadon Granite,

after a good black prime job.

Next I dry brushed lightly Tin Bitz, to begin giving it a metallic feel.

I wanted this vehicle to look different from my Ork ones,

so instead of a rust scheme I chose to stipple a 50/50

mix of Dheneb Stone and Gnarloc Green. It really

gives a feeling like it has been trucking through

the Wastes for many years...

Finally, I did a light dry brush of Boltgun Metal to bring out all

the bolts, studs and metal edges the model has.

All thats left to do is the details and wash some of the

areas with Devlan Mud.

So far so good.

So it goes...

2009-07-20T01:21:00.000-07:00

Hello, my name is KRUG and I have a sickness....I am addicted to collecting, building, converting, painting and playing with war games models. I have more models than I care to admit and I hoard bits the way a dragon hoards gold.....

For a long time now I have been active on the Eastern Fringe and Toms Boring Mordheim Forum and have recently become a 40K Radio Freeboota. I enjoy posting my various works in progress that pertain to Necromunda, Mordheim, Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000, but often get sidetracked by another idea and never get around to finishing them. I would also like to post non GW models as well as some homebrewed scenarios and games.It is with this log that I vow to finish what I start.

By the Dice Gods I will keep my word......