Things to Waste my Time on

 I finally started working on my pile of shame of forever WIPs. The first finished result is this. The Rat Bus. It started out as a diecast 1/72 scale model of a Mercedes-Benz coach. I did some heavy kibashing here. There's at least four different Hot Wheels and two Maisto cars that donated parts to this build.  I also tested some new painting techniques. For the cab I spray coated the whole thing in a rusty brown primer, then added acrylic color with a sponge on top of it. The graffiti is done with Posca markers. I used Citadel Technical Typhus Corrosion and Dry Rust for extra rust and stains. The Wheels come from a Maisto trailer and hot rod The interior is painted, but my sh***y iPhone camera doesn't get that Engine was kindly donated by a Hot Wheels truck called Rat Rig The Citadel rust effects make things much easier Me sketching some graffiti What I started with

 More stuff from my halloween special : WIP Quick Kitbash Two cheap deco pieces cut into pieces and combined in a new way. To show what kitbashing is Made from the same kind of cheap halloween toy as the zombie in part 1. Added some random pieces mainly from my bits box. The mouth piece is made from a soft foam sheet Black primer and some metallic acryl paint dry brushing. Added the same brown wahs I used for the zombie Brown wash on the spider rat and some red pigment on the steam punk cyborg.

So a family member married this weekend. She asked for some cash as a wedding present. Money to invest in a new VW bus camper. So we decided as the more creative branch of the family: let's at least present the present in a unique way.  The theme was: Built a diorama with a camper van and maybe a bit of references to marriage. I built a camper van and a base to stand on. My partner's daugther did some origami on the Euro bills the family collected. Here is what I built: The Terrain Piece: I started with coating a placemat with some Art Podge and paint to seal it. I coated the rock pieces I tokk from some old Playmobil sets with paper mache. The road is a piece of anti slippery mat. And then I made a texture paste from Glue and various grains of sand and rubble with paint. I pressed some monster truck tires into the soft paste.. Washes, drybrushing on rocks and road. A bit of static grass flocking on the greenery, some paint and grounded chalk pigments on the landscape, and it w...