Steam Tank Ironblaster and Ogre Bright Wizard Done

The clock is ticking. I really only have 2 available evenings left before Rumble in the Bronx. I'm beginning to think I won't get every model ready in time. Fortunately all of the remaining characters have back-ups, but if I have to fall back on them it might break my theme a bit, so I'm still hoping to avoid that.

Anyway, I spent a fair bit of time at the painting table last night, and my Ironblaster and Firebelly are all done!

My Steam Tank Ironblaster, ready for battle. Behold the scratchy highlighting on the cannons and splotchy washes on the hull (both are more obvious in the photos than in real life). A true masterpiece.

I've seen the double-barrelled cannon idea used once before for a converted Ironblaster, and it makes sense to me with the re-rolled bounce. Of course, I didn't want to commit 2 proper Great Cannons to the cause, so instead it's done with 2 left-over Steam Tank cannons plugged into Mortars.

I had plans to make a really engineer-ish looking driver, but I was running out of time and just grabbed a Leadbelcher head and stuck it on. Then I went back later when I had some leftover green stuff and gave him a hat and feather.

The view from the right, complete with battle-damaged hull. I had trouble working out how I wanted to decorate the thing. Turns out my plans for this model were really only half-formed.

A lower angle, so you can see more of the Rhinox. It's really just a glorified chariot, much like a proper Ironblaster.

The driver scored a sash to break up the amount of metal on his back (and make use of more leftover green stuff).

There's not much in the way of accessories on the model. I gave him a pile of reserve cannon balls, which are carefully stacked in such a way that they would doubtless start falling off the back at the first decent bump in the road. I thought about some of the other tools cannon crew carry, but couldn't think of a neat and quick way to do it, so gave it a miss.

The chassis is not yet glued down, although I think I will want it to be before the tournament. This is what the Rhinox looks like when he's not completely covered by the hull of the Steam Tank.

And from the other side.

When the Rhinox was not hooked up, I caught the Ogre standing in his customary position, pretending to drive the thing around and making "vroom vroom" noises.

And here we have the finished "Bright Wizard" Firebelly. When it came time to paint him, I really didn't know what colour to paint which bit. There was a little trial and error as I worked it out.

From a slightly different angle. The zig-zag pattern is sculpted onto the original human model, but in this case the sculptor was a lazy hobo and the work was done with a paint brush. The yellow highlight was also an attempt to give those areas a bit more shape - the edges are very round.

He has a fairly impressive cloak, but apart from the collar you can't see it at all from the front. This is consistent with the original model, but in hindsight I might have preferred to make it billow a bit.

From the left side, where you can see his little personal lantern, stolen no doubt from the Ironblaster Steam Tank.

A better view of the staff top. Like all of the sculpting, it's a bit rough. The wings look good, but then those are plastic. Altogether it does the job.

So where does that leave me? I need to work out what I'm doing for my Tyrant, BSB and Hunter, then build and paint them all. In 2 nights. Could be a big ask. We shall see...