Chukka 'Nother Log On the Fire

This Naughty List assignment should have been an easy swing for me: rebase a couple of war machines.

But most of my painting time this week has been eaten up by travel, so this turned into a very close-run thing.

Painting by the seat of my pants.

Of course, no-one forced me to add a couple of bullies to the mix. That was my own silly fault.

A couple of landmarks with this set: they're the last of my 6th Edition Goblins to be rebased (a hardy little army that won a noteably victory over Kasfunatu's Ogres in WoffBoot III)

They're also the only Warhammer Fantasy Battle models I've painted this year (if you exclude the single Orc I knocked out to demonstrate how small they are compared to Ironjawz). 

A shame really, and I do hope we'll be able to generate the momentum to return to some rank n' flank battles (not least because I have four armies on squares). But you have to go where they enthusiasm is, and at the moment, WFB isn't getting a look-in.

Ironically, these are also going on rounds.
It makes it easier to pivot and aim them.

Back to my assignment: it wasn't anything much more exciting that replacing the bases and flock, and making the war machines look a bit more tatty with some Typhus Corrosion and Reza Rust.

I also added some more resin toadstools to each of the bases, and returned some of my makeshift bolts to the side.

I have no idea why he is wearing a Phrygian cap.

The crew got a clean-up, followed by a rust-up, and then sprucing up the black cloth (Incubi Darkness) and replacing some of the red cloth (less is more) with grey (Mechanicus Standard Grey).

Of course, it was only when I took the photo (why is that always the way?) that I noticed I'd forgotten to paint in one of this spear-carrier's eyes. So now he has a blind eye, which I really like.

And the next pair of goblin crew are exactly the same. I had plans to convert or mix them up, but there is no time for such frippery in the Advent Challenge - which is precisely why it's awesome for just Getting Stuff Done.

I then added a couple of Orc Bullies. Technically, I suppose they weren't required to meet the challenge. But when else was I going to paint them?

I've already painted the only official Orc Bully model, so these greenskin war machine supervisors are from the 41st Millennium. A pair of Rogue Trader-era Oddboyz with whips and no discernable technology made perfect alternative bullies.

Maybe the wrench is a bit anachronistic.
Let's say he stole it from a Dwarf. 

The one with the wrench is a Mekboy from the Hop Splat Field Gun (it sounds a lot cooler than it looked). His gretchin crew have already been co-opted to crew the Doom Diver, so maybe he'll catch up with them and box their errant ears.

The next bully is the Runtherd from the Squig Katapult (which would make a decent Rock Lobba, if only I had it). He needed a plastic arm, as many of his lead contemporaries did, so I gave him a regular Orc knife.

I love the detail lavished on these models: extra tools for the Mek, manacles for the Runtherd. He even comes with a money purse that you can see is stuffed with teef.

So this was something of a 'by hook or crook' submission, but a win is a win.

And to reward my duplicity, Santa gave me a roll on the Nice List!