Monthly Archives: August 2018

FRAG! “Space Marine” Kitbash.

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For those who aren’t aware, FRAG! is a multiplayer PVP boardgame based on old-school FPS (First Person Shooter) games like multiplayer DOOM, Quake, Unreal Tournament and so on. When I first got this game, many years ago, I decided to build a couple of models especially for it – so this guy is OLD. I’m not sure where the others are, but I found this guy recently, and updated him to 2018 spec with a new base, so here he is! I could update him further, but (with the exception of the new base) he’s a bit of a time traveller from a certain time in my life, so I don’t want to mess with him any further. Basically, I’d rather just build a new, better one rather than fuck with this model.

Basically, he’s made from plastic Catachan Guardsman parts with a non-aquila Space Marine Torso and a weapon from the WarZone spare weapons set, painted in homage to the sorts of muscle-bound badass “Space Marine” types that game developers gave us to play as back in the day. Yes, his shoulders and their proportions (especially in light of his neck) appear egregiously bad, but that’s part of the charm of this figure to me (and they don’t look quite so bad in hand, somehow). And shit, look at the two models his parts come from! The idea for this guy came about based on the detailing on the backs of those original 40k 3rd edition boxed set torsos (that is no longer on the newer ones) and the particular head (I think it’s from a Sentinel crewman) with shades, chewing on a cigar. He’s on a Sedition Wars base, painted with a touch of Necromunda Blue, so he can always have a secondary position as Hive Scum or a mercenary or some such…

Neglected Model September ’18: Community Painting Challenge

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With a week left to the end of the month, it’s time to announce next month’s Community Challenge – As with February and May, September’s Community Challenge for whoever is interested in participating will once again be “Finish a Neglected Model”. Simply complete a single model (or more if you want) that you started painting at least 6 months ago, but still sits unfinished.

Yeap, at this stage, all those models that you started but didn’t complete for painting challenges in January and February (and March, if you want to stretch it) now count as valid for this month’s challenge, so it’s time to dust them off and finish them off!

This challenge is designed to be Super Easy, Barely an Inconvenience. Way back in February, ten of us managed to finish a figure or a few that had eluded completion for a significant amount of time, and by doing so, de-clutter the world’s collection of half-painted models by at least a small amount. In May, we also had ten contributors to cleaning up the world’s supply of half-painted and abandoned models.

Can we hit eleven this coming month? Simply by finishing off that annoying single goblin or space marine on the end of your desk, you could be the one to take us to new heights of neglected participation!

So if you’re keen for it, no need to sign up. Just pick a model that’s been neglected and during the month of September, make it into a completed model. If you’d like to be included in the wrap-up at the end of the month, it’s super helpful if you post a link in the comments section of THIS post, so everything is in one place when I go to stitch it all together. Because someone’s work always gets missed, at least initially!

And if you want some inspiration, just go and check out the wrap-up pages from February and May!