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Vik, Adam - Thanks! They've been pretty fun to paint.

They have just been put on the back burner as I have found out today that my shop is having a Kill Teams painting contest!

I didn't find out about it when it was first announced bc I was in the hospital and they have not been doing a good job of talking it up.

I'm going to build and paint a unit of Tyranid shrikes with lash whips and bone swords.

I have two weeks to get it done.

I'm not sure if my snail's pace is going to make it but I am going to give it a try!

I'm hoping to get them build tonight and then hit them with the primer fairly early tomorrow so I can be painting by tomorrow afternoon.

I got the new uberbrush that GW put out - the artificer. It's a nice brush. I wish they made one in a larger size as well. I guess I'll have to order one of the nice ones from Dick Blick or someplace where I can get a couple of sizes. I'm looking forward to it!

good luck then with the builds!

Those Beserkers are great models, well painted too. You have done great pairing the green, purple and red as well, I do not think I would have the guts to go that bold.

Any Harlequin progress yet?

Let us know how the new GW brushes are too.

The relic Knights models look really interesting and a little risqué. I like.

Good luck with the painting deadline. I always did like kill team size games.

Thanks Thraxas! I think I lean towards bold colors. My Orcs and Goblins all have bright red skin as well.

I only got the 1 GW brush, the artificer brush. I LOVE it. I've never painted with brush of that high quality before. It held it's point beautifully! I wish they made one in a bigger size.

I haven't worked on the Harlequins in a while, I still plan on finishing them though.

Archer, the main knight chic is definitely only wearing a ribbon with some sleeves...

I'm working on my Tyranid Warriors for the store's painting contest. I'm not sure I'm going to finish because I still don't have them built.


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Ugh, so there's not a chance I'm going to finish my warriors before the end of the month.

I started painting one of my older ones just to see the paint scheme and I hate it.

I really like the orange carapace but I'm digging the green undersides. I'm not sure if I'm dumping in the stripper or if I'm going to work on it to see if I can get it to something that I like a little better.

I'm definitely bummed though.

I worked on the spear chukka bases some. I used puffy paint to interesting result. I'll post some pics once I paint edges - probably tomorrow.

Great job on the relic knights.

Don't get down too much. Although it would have been great to make the painting goal sometimes in creative pursuits it's just not meant to be. Far better that you work out a scheme you are happy with and it will be far easier to paint the whole group than have to put up with a scheme you aren't happy with.

Whenever my enthusiasm for painting or whatever, I try breaking it down, so instead of painting 5-6 models at a time, I just try one, or I move to something else for a time, or just generally do anything but that. I usually find myself crawling back to my desk to finish it, even if it does take me a year

I know how hard it can be to work out a scheme, see if this helps you: https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/

Thanks Carlos! The Relic Knight have been fun to paint. I'm considering getting another set just to paint them.

Archer, Yeah, I just have to work out a different scheme. According to color theory it should work together okay. I think I just need to find a different shade of green. I'm super happy with the orange though. Maybe I'll take a pic of the ugly test mini as well.

Thanks for the link OMN! I already had that one bookmarked specifically for my my tyranid project. I think I'm going to strip that guy down and try again.

I messed around and let it get to dark for pictures today. I'll try again tomorrow.

I don't know what I want to paint right now. I need finish the Relic Knight and the harlequins but they aren't calling me right now. Maybe I'll see what goblin stuff needs to be worked on.

I should probably just do my school work and then see if there is still time in the day to paint.

Hi, great blog - have made my way through. It's so frustrating when you can't make progress with models isn't it?! Just plug away quietly is the best I find.

Anyway, I'm all subbed up and keen to read more

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Hi, great blog - have made my way through. It's so frustrating when you can't make progress with models isn't it?! Just plug away quietly is the best I find.

Anyway, I'm all subbed up and keen to read more

Yeah I know the feeling myself. Never make the progress I want to or find quite as much time as I would like to paint. Still great when you finally finish something though

 carlos13th wrote:

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Hi, great blog - have made my way through. It's so frustrating when you can't make progress with models isn't it?! Just plug away quietly is the best I find.

Anyway, I'm all subbed up and keen to read more

Yeah I know the feeling myself. Never make the progress I want to or find quite as much time as I would like to paint. Still great when you finally finish something though

Hear hear!

TP - Nice to have you over here!

I have not been making progress lately. School has got me completely bogged down. So much reading!!!!

I did find a bunch of orc boyz that I had stripped down. I think I'm going to prime them up and maybe work on them.

I can't remember what the final list for my fully painted 2000 points of orcs and goblins looked like. I don't think I was running boyz to be honest...

I want to get them done so I can have a fully painted army for once.

If I can remember where I was going with my final list that is what I'll paint, otherwise I'll paint the orc boyz so I don't lose all momentum.

After working on my Tyranid warriors for a bit, I can tell that the bugs are on the back burner. I think the harlequins might be too.

I don't think I'm ready to face Sir Wyatt the Knight yet.

That only leaves me with a ton of half started projects but most likely orcs and goblins!

I just read through your progress on the OnG, and I wanted to say they look nifty. I agree that your neon green spider is shocking and terrifying, and the little guy with the big hat looks nifty to my eye. I can't wait to see him painted!

I had a lot of trouble taking photos as well, so I ended up backing this kickstarter. It should be easily replicable, all you need is white all around and some sort of indirect lighting (i.e., not shining directly on the mini).

Thanks for coming by Josh!

I will have to see if I can get something like that Foldio for my pics. It looks perfect for my needs.

I'll have some more orcs to show soon. I just got the red skin painted on a few guys today.

You probably don't need to buy a special photo booth. Just build a box from white foamcore or card, aim a light or two at the sides or top instead of directly at the minis and that should work well enough.

I have a couple of different plans on how to build a light box saved on my computer. I guess I could just look at those.

I got the Standscan light box thing. I do not know how to use it correctly. So far my pictures are just brighter. I'll have to figure out how to use it.

Anyway, a random pic of the goblins from t he spear chukka team. These are the ones I used puffy paint for their bases.

The puffy paint isnt fancy but it is fast and I have about a million goblin bases to take care of to count the models as complete.

puffy paint is awesome...i even made rivets from that...period^^

Rivets from puffy paint... Good to know!!

Easy fantasy bases - paint brown, glue green craft sand in patches. Done.

I just used green and brown puffy paint.

My night goblins are supposed to be mining gold so I will use brown or green and then the glittery gold puffy I paint.

I already tried it on one of them, it looks pretty good. I can't wait to finish the others and knock them off my painting table for good!

I like the red goblins. They make me wish I hadn't done mine in green.

Red Gobbos is a great change from the traditional green. Can't say I could bring myself to do it. But it's refreshing to see someone try something different.

Thanks Josh!

Archer, I have 2000pts of red skinned orcs and goblins! I wanted to do something different. I have enough unpainted models that I could probably do a whole separate army painted the appropriate green 2000pts or larger. I'm gonna do do them all red though!

You should post a whole army shot sometime. Would love to see the whole group together.

I haven't done an army shot before, have I?

I'll have to do that, perhaps this week I'll have the time the pull all the guys out and give them a photo shoot. Maybe I'll even take them over to the shop and photo the army on one of the table with terrain and stuff!

(I'm not promising that...)

The guys have been trying to get me back into 40K. I haven't wanted to paint my Tyranids yet and the harlequins aren't speaking to me either even though I really like them. I think however, the new Cult Mechanicus stuff has gotten my attention. I can play my Knight with them as well... I picked up the codex today so we shall see...

Good luck with the 40k, the goblins look nice. Although you can tell the crew is the reason for the low BS, I mean look at them bending the bolts before they ever reach the chukka

Lol Grimdork, you're right about that! These goblins are the worst. I can't pay them to hit anything. Maybe now that they are painted, they will do better...