"Pulled from the murky depths with muck and sinew wiped off, an adaptive breaker is connected to the stowage and after some time a click and hiss welcome us to retrieve what was so eagerly sought after by the client."
THIS BLOG!
Greetings dear kitbashing creatives, hobby enthusiasts and super glue hoarders (maybe just myself) we return to a hopeful regular scheduled of posting here in the VVird. But to kick things off and get inspired for this revival I wish to showcased and explore a small crew of minis i built and painted in mid to late 2024, which were a combination of Warhammer, Tamiya and North Star mini kits plus some arts and craft bits too. They are the Corpse Divers which I only settled on that name as I was drafting this post.
I believe the Divers came about the time of @Apocrypha_Now's Scabz was released, the idea of using aluminium food tins to create vessels in a grimy setting similar to that of Swill however I have plans for the scab to be used for Munda28 equivalent rulesets/settings. Every vessel needs a captain and crew so they say.
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| The Crew |
From left to right we have,
The building for these five was a lot of back and forth, figuring out what each of their roles were and ensuring that none of them seemed too similar as they all shared the same head choice. A metal bead from my mother in laws arts and crafts collection, as I was to rummage through the various containers and came across a bead that reminded me of the copper diving helmets from the mid 19th century. It shared a similar visual language that I was inspired by to which I got some flatback bedazzled gems and inverted them I had created the finished look of the helmet. Resulting in something that seemed like it was meant to exist in this fictional setting for their roles, which was sick.
I still go back to certain videos and get inspired by them time after time, both legends in the community I reckon.
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| The three with questionable aquatic mutations |
Anyways then the painting came and I was after that textural and visual look of "oh they've not seen a shower years" and "they definitely don't maintain their equipment", whilst also an uniforming scheme of colours too. The drab military green and pops of colour with the barnacles and yellow coats on certain metal elements. Now prior to this project I had used Citadel's Ratling Grime contrast paint but with this lot I heavily experimented by glazing thin layers, stippling just straight from the pot in certain areas to build up grime and muck (its literally in the name). 10/10 magic muck in a bottle.
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| More armour and Blue Steel |
Now for the life of me and being 1.5 years since these fellas were complete, I don't 100% recall the paints I used so if I were to add more to this crew I'd have to A) figure that one out, B) find more of those beads which honestly I don't know if I saved any and C) eventually keep saving bits up for this lot to have new recruits. However that is future Meeps eventual project to deal with, but like stated at the start it was a kick up the rear to get back into gear for posting and making again for this year.
- Two Door Cinema Club, Tourist History
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