Two very different WIPs

First up, here's my still-early Tankbusta Nob. The rest of the squad is a bunch of rookies, but the Nob is a veteran, with several wrecked vehicles in his past. One of his proudest achievements was ripping open a Leman Russ of a Cadian tank regiment. In commemoration of this destructive event, he fashioned himself a cape made from the tracks of the tank and wears it to this very day. And with every successive tank kill, he adds another link or two to the cape. Here's Sef and his Coat of Many Tank-kills:

Here's a better look at the cape, which should be sufficient to count as heavy armor. As you can see from the weak attempt at fashioning an arm, my greenstuff-fu is still not strong. Still to come: an acceptable boss pole.

And here's a different WIP. This is perhaps the most well-painted ork I have ever seen, even though the pink pants are not a choice I would have made. I'm guessing that this is as far as Harlie will take her painting career, but please allow a proud papa to beam for a bit before crushing his spirits. :)

Toy Story 3

This should be the shortest post of all time. OF COURSE TOY STORY 3 IS AWESOME. I'm not sure it tops Toy Story 2 at this point, but then again I haven't watched it dozens of times like I have its predecessor.

I wouldn't dream of spoiling a thing about the plot. What I will say is that I was pleasantly surprised at some of the places this movie goes and how DARK some of those places are.

Big shock: I had tears streaming down my face a couple of times and at the end I came away satisfied and impressed that somehow the best streak in moviemaking improbably continues unabated. I'm beginning to think that Pixar couldn't make a bad movie if they tried.

Scrap

Here's the newest memba of the 'Bustas, named after (and slightly resembling) one of my favorite G.I. Joe figures of all time.

Tankbustas a-go-go

Another Tankbusta down. That makes five. Hmmm, might be time to find someone to lead this merry little band of misfits...

A "Special" Tankbusta?

Finished up this guy tonight. I tried to get a pic that would capture the "oi, where duz dis fing go" look on his face.

A Trio of Tankbustas

Built three more Tankbustas because the humidity has been a little high for spraypainting. Enjoy!

Bombo Squigos

I've been messing around with fixing some of my old models instead of making new ones this week, but I painted up my last bomb squig. I used Dheneb Stone for a basecoat, added Iyanden Darksun spots, then washed liberally with Azure Blue. I hoped the spots would turn green (yellow + blue = green), but it didn't quite work all that well. No biggee.

So, you can take three Bomb Squigs in one squad of Tankbustas. I wonder what the other one is for....hmmm....