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This arrived today:

So this showed up on my Facebook feed as a 'memory' from 2 years ago...

Facebook should know better than to remind hobbyists if the pain of building and painting droppods.

I'm assuming by the use of inverted commas much of what's in the pic is at the same stage of completion?

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Facebook should know better than to remind hobbyists if the pain of building and painting droppods.

I'm assuming by the use of inverted commas much of what's in the pic is at the same stage of completion?

EDC

haha No these have been long completed and I no longer have them.

January 26, 2016-

In an attempt to stay out of my head, I'm going to try to get back to doing more hobby work again.

Coming Soon:

Astra Militarum - I'm moving away from power armor and trying my hand at the brave Imperial Guard forces... specifically Cadians.
Xenos - now and then... to break up the monotony of working on just one army I'll throw in a little model or two from some of the following xenos factions: Orks and Tyranids.
Paradigm Challenge thread projects - aside from the above you'll see here progress for my entries in Paradigm's monthly challenge threads.

Pics of some things to come:

Going to tear into this box and bunch of bits to see about coming up with a potential entry for Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 12: February 2016 Subject Poll.



Another kit to use for a potential entry for Paradigm's challenge thread mentioned above.

Tools for some hobby work this afternoon. A couple cutters (1 citadel and 1 I got at hobbytown), mold line remover (citadel again... it is actually useful... expensive but useful), hobby knife with some extra blades (non-citadel; I forget what brand), and some glue (1 loctite professional liquid and 1 gale force nine hobby glue).


Stuff to be worked on this afternoon


Various bases from some Astra Militarum kits and a gretching/runtherd kit - we have some 25mm, 40mm, and a couple 60mm


Sheets of cork to be used on the bases; purchased from Target


Start with a blank base; remove any debris on top; you can even wash it if you'd like.


A chunk torn out from the cork sheet that is about the size of the base.


I applied super glue to the base; you can use whatever adhesive you feel comfortable with. I like going for super glue... I used to use just pvc or white glue.


the finished base; after this I'll maybe apply some pins or just build the model on it. After the whole model is built I'll then prime. You can do it any way you'd like this is just how I'd go about it.


Here is another base I did. Instead of using one big chunk I broke it up to give it a different, maybe more organic, look. Still the same stuff: Base, cork, super glue.


Another example of using multiple chunks for a base.


Work done so far this afternoon

Here are pics from work on a display piece

Gretchin/Runtherd display piece work:

Each model for the display piece I stuck on a temporary base to work on:


I used Citadel Imperial Primer because it is what I had handy and I'd like to use it up before getting a different brush on brand (also conditions are present where I don't feel comfortable with spray primer right now).


The models primed:



The base primed:


Primed! I'll probably start painting tomorrow on these.



INTERMISSION 1:


Astra Militarum work today started with a Lord Commissar:




After the commissar, I worked on a small unit of Bullgryn:




INTERMISSION 2:


Continued work on the Bullgryn:


Added pins to the models:





INTERMISSION 3:


Chimera time!








NOW TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT...

Brilliant update. Looks like you've made some excellent progress.

EDC

I love your Curious Cat. And, yeah, cool build

Put together some test models and started a bit of painting.

Put together some push-fit cadians to use as test subjects for color schemes I might want for my Astra Militarum



Here they are primed also primed a couple bases and the commissar




Next day did a bit of painting; started with flesh on the cadians


I got one done in a scheme. Predominantly green with brown for boots, packs, and armor.
I'll do another one in similar colors but maybe do something to give the brown and green a bit more contrast.
The ones I used on this model are toooooo close in shade. The pictures make it look like one color when actually I used 2.




Also did the skin on my Runtherd and gretchin



The Commissar got a bit of flesh paint as well. I did less shade on his face though than the cadians

Infantry bases for my Astra Militarum


Getting ready to continue on my display piece

Love your plog DJ! That cork base came out great from a few posts ago. I really like how energetic this blog is.

Also much love for the Chimera. They are up there with Rhinos for me. Lastly, were you happy with your DCM santa? I found another grav gun if you still need a second one for your marines.

Cadians are looking great. There's something incredibly satisfying about batch basing.

EDC

Did someone me painting today on my display piece.











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 Stormwall wrote:
Love your plog DJ! That cork base came out great from a few posts ago. I really like how energetic this blog is.

Also much love for the Chimera. They are up there with Rhinos for me. Lastly, were you happy with your DCM santa? I found another grav gun if you still need a second one for your marines.

I am most happy with it! No need for grab at the moment.

Big plan is to get a 2000pt army built for the regiment. Then I'll do a small group of loyalists marines as allies. Then after that come back to Nurgle to fight the imperial forces.

I totally love the chimera and rhino as well always fun to build those!

I have like 2 or 5 more chimeras to get depending how I go with this army.


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 evildrcheese wrote:
Cadians are looking great. There's something incredibly satisfying about batch basing.

EDC

Thanks! Tomorrow after I finish up the des play piece I'll go into factory mode to work on the Astra Militarum infantry.

Nice runtherd. I like it. The squig is a lovely shade of red.

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
Nice runtherd. I like it. The squig is a lovely shade of red.

Thanks! He is probably the 2nd ork I've ever painted.

I was excited to do the aquifer and made sure to try to get him right.

I ended up using Mephiston Red for base then a heavy wash of Agrax Earthshade. I then put another layer of red leaving recesses and some details alone. Did a couple light layers of that then did another wash of the Angrax Earthshade but a little lighter. After that I went over the model with a brush kind of soaking up excess.

Finished display piece

"We got'em Boyz!"




Other shots:

Sweet. The finished display piece is looking great. Very characterful.

The Chimeria, Bullgryns and commissar look great, especially the stubble on the Commissar and the weathering on the Chimeria.

EDC

Here is a new project I am starting:

Putting the display piece on hold for now...

Primed Typhus to start painting this week.


Prepping a Sentinel for assembly today.

How is the build on the Sentinel? I've never built one but they're cool models.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
How is the build on the Sentinel? I've never built one but they're cool models.

EDC

Actually this will be the first one I've ever assembled. I'm hoping it isn't too hard to keep standing.

You keep an excel painting log? That's awesome

 inmygravenimage wrote:
You keep an excel painting log? That's awesome

Spreadsheets are for winners.

EDC

 inmygravenimage wrote:
You keep an excel painting log? That's awesome

Off and on... Sometimes it'll be as simple as in this recent pic... Sometimes it'll be super micro managed with details like time allotted for certain things like color to use or time it will take for certain sections.

Started on Typhus...