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As a modeler I've really enjoyed the plastics over Wyrd's metal and their few resin pieces(the resin pieces I've had were pretty bad, almost finecast bad). 

Granted some of the plastic kits are a lot more complex than others. I do think maybe a complexity level on the boxes might help some people new to the hobby.

I have seen the scale issues. As far as those go I personally don't think its that big of an issue. From a gaming perspective (across the table) are you really going to notice that mini is slightly bigger? Is it going to really matter? Probably not. I do think wyrd has a QC problem there in China, but I'm sure wyrd is listening. Course if they were made in America....

From a painting perspective, yes, I can see how it would be annoying if you and your heart set on painting up said model for said crew for display. But then, folks are going to be looking at your paint job. That makes the mini, not how the mini makes the paint job.

As far as the models not fitting on the base size they are supposed to, I say, use some imagination. In the above post by Doctorlucky is a good example. Mine are set up in a similar fashion, but I'm too lazy to grab them out of the cabinet on the other side of the house to take a pic.

The skeeters? Well, to me, I think they are supposed to be air born. That's easy to do. Here are the two I have been working on:

They are both flying and from a game perspective, you wont notice the pins ( I used greening pins  and not paperclips due to strength ). You will also be able to pick them up and move them around without actually touching the mini, when they are done. I may do one of them slurping up a victim too. 

Now, I'm not a fan of Ramos, so I will probably never buy that kit. But if I were to do the brass arachnid, I'd slap a piece of foamboard or corkboard vertically on the end of the base and put him upside down, like he was crawling down a wall. The smoke coming out of the stack would look like it was going up instead of its side.

Just my opinion.

Excellent looking crew! I especially like the flames.

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the comments!

@dassenkop- I try to pin everything I can. The sizes I use most are 1/32 and 3/64. One for paper clip pins and the other for greening pins.

Excellent! I love them all! The flames are especially nice.

Hard to keep track of all the different wyrd names That is "miss erry"

Fantastic Wolverine. Good luck with the Zelda themed relic hunters, it is an excellent idea.

No offence meant to Wyrd, but I thought it was a mistake also. 35 bucks for a single model. Of a guy on a horse. The sculpt is rather boring as well imho, its a guild rifleman on a horse. Why does it cost so much?

I do like the idea's so far for redoing the relic hunter set. You could also turn the wastrels into zombies fairly easily and Luna into a canine remains as well, if you were doing a resser crew too.

Thanks everyone!

Thanks guys! Much appreciated.

This is a wonderful crew! I'm not a fan of the new McMourning crew "look", minus the nurses, but you've really made these shine. 

Thanks everyone!

I have numerous skin tone recipes, but for this one I used Reapers Sunburn Flesh (29821) thinned down in sever layers, then a wash of The Army Painter Strong tone. After that was completely dry, I went over it again with some SBF to start drawing out the highlights, Then mixed in some Reaper Suntan Flesh (29822) thinned down in several layers, then I took some STF on its own, then added a tad of Reapers Caucasian Flesh (29823).

The Cogs came from Dragonforge.com. His prices IMHO are pretty reasonable and the quality on his resin is top notch (better than most of the other "popular" guys stuff, at least from my experience). The cogs were white metal though, just saying.

The gears were from a bag of watch gears I purchased on ebay.

The tubes/pipes were from sprues from wyrds new plastics. The broken drill bits were actually used drill bits from pinning stuff....Oh wait I haven't posted pics of those models yet....

Very nice! Well done on the lighting effects all the way around.

Thanks everyone!

Wonderful crew. When I look at them I get the feeling they are attacking on a wintery night. Don't know if that was your intent but they are amazing.

Brilliant stuff! Your concepts are very inspirational, and fantastically creative.  The nintendo case was icing on the cake. 

Thanks everyone!

@Agermemnon- yes, but it was a pain. I used blue poster tac to help position her then glued her.

Thanks guys!

Primed and base-coated the bases and mounted the minis to them. Once everything is dried completely I will start with the metalics, details, and pigments. Thought I had taken a good pic of Mei Feng but I didn't. You can see her kinda in the railworker pic

Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! I love them! The free hand is brilliant stuff.