Arachnaphobia

In an earlier post I mentioned I was working on a large Spider Army.  It's finally done and looks pretty awesome.  I made a total of 48 of them.  There are 4 different poses.  Each one is hand painted and comes on a fully customized base.  There are 4 different bases.  One with branches and sticks.  One with a human skull.  The other two have either a small or large rock on them.  No two are alike.

My original plan was to use them as a massive army allied with the Drow and/or Driders. I also considered them for some "Bugs" for a SciFi game. Unfortunately for me, I'm running out of storage space.  I think I'm going to put a bunch of them up for sale.  (Fun Fact:  Did you know a group of spiders is referred to as a clutter or cluster?) You can get these cool lookin' critters on Etsy or on eBay . Maybe you'll get caught in their web and buy a bunch.  Until then, stay safe out there.

Creepy Crawlers

Does anyone still remember those?  Does anyone still have burn scars from the heater thingy??  Good times!  These creepy crawlers aren't quite the same, but cool none-the-less.

The big guy is a repaint and slightly modified Final Faction Kharn Huntra figure from the Dollar Tree.  I closed the holes in the launchers with some putty.  I gave it a coat of carbon paint.  I then drybrushed metallic green over the raised areas.  The teeth were painted tan and the eyes metallic red.  When the teeth dried, I gave them a red wash.  When it dried, I came back in with a light beige to highlight them.  

The areas that I puttied were painted carbon.  I next gave them a light coat of the metallic green.  A watered down dab of lime green was gently applied to where I closed the holes and lastly some watered down black was added there as well.  The whole thing was clear-coated and placed on an oval base.  

The small spider is my prototype for my upcoming spider army.  The body was painted brown and the legs were painted with alternating sections of gray and tan.  When everything dried, I gave it a black wash.  Once it dried, I went back and drybrushed the legs and mandibles with a light beige.  I added a lighter brown to the body segments.  I then went back in with some black on the rear of the figure, were the segments meet, and were the legs attach to the body.  Lastly, some gold touches were added to the eyes.

Like the Huntra figure, this spider was clear-coated and given a base.  Not bad for a day's work.

What The Heck???

Spiders???  Dinosaurs???  Robot Cannons???  What the heck is going on on my hobby table???  The answer is that all of these things are part(s) of upcoming projects.

I'm going to make a large Drow/Drider spider army.  The Saurs will get some attention and basing (I got them for a great price at Wally World.).

The Bot-Cannons should be finished up by the end of the week.  They are modified X-4 Turret Guns from Final Faction.  I grabbed 4 of them at the Dollar Tree.  Pics to follow soon.

I'm going to need to clean up some before anything gets done.  No room to work! Yikes!!!