After cutting the magnets free, I cleaned one up and glued it to the inside of the turret itself.
Then I cut a piece of a wire hanger to length...
...shoved some fresh greenstuff into the new barrel...
...and then secured the piece of hanger with superglue.
Voila! the turret is now stable and secure despite being completely unglued.
Next I did some painting, but by this time the night getting on and I was tired from helping my mom who was recovering from foot surgery. So I only got two more star bursts done.
Then I got some liquid greenstuff out and fixed the other barrel's gap.
Next week I will sand it flat again.
And now, just a little teaser of what I'll be working on next.
hey man
I just read your whole thread from start to finish. love your work, your p&m has some really pleasant eccentricities in it. BUT, I think that where you come into your own is your writing, if I'm perfectly honest I wouldn't have read 21 pages of thread if not for the fluff and backstories you put into almost every single guy. 12/10 fantastic stuff!
So you've just been offered a job to write for the MOTHER FREAKING BLACK LIBRARY?! dude. this would literally mean that you would be paid to do something that you love, and have exceptional talent for. please bro, look into it. I will buy every single book you publish.
just saying. opportunity of a lifetime.
STG wrote: hey man
I just read your whole thread from start to finish. love your work, your p&m has some really pleasant eccentricities in it. BUT, I think that where you come into your own is your writing, if I'm perfectly honest I wouldn't have read 21 pages of thread if not for the fluff and backstories you put into almost every single guy. 12/10 fantastic stuff!
So you've just been offered a job to write for the MOTHER FREAKING BLACK LIBRARY?! dude. this would literally mean that you would be paid to do something that you love, and have exceptional talent for. please bro, look into it. I will buy every single book you publish.
just saying. opportunity of a lifetime.
other than that love the thread
Thanks STG, but I should clarify. They didn't write me asking if I wanted a job. They're holding a contest to write for them.
No update about my models this weeks due to the Easter holiday (I spent most of it cooking), but I did submit my writing sample to Black Library. Keep your fingers crossed.
I am pleased to inform you that we are taking your pitch to the next stage, where it will be assessed by our editors.
Please be aware though, that you may yet hear a 'no' from us, and that there will not be any feedback if that is the case. Please be assured though, that no matter the outcome, you will hear from us (we do endeavour to respond to every applicant to ensure they know what the results are either way).
As our editors are extremely busy, it may be some time before we can get back to you with the next steps, we thank you for your patience!
Man I'm buzzing to hear from them! hope you get through!
i'm also honoured to be conscripted into such a prestigious regiment... looking forward to seeing what you turn STG into hopefully not a squig...
CONSCRIPT REPORTING TO GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEBACK SIR!
pretty unique colour scheme bro, I think it would look better if less black was showing through, DO MORE STARS!
good work though note to Mr. xXWeaponPrimeXx:
Spoiler:
sorry if I got all demanding with my character I was just super excited so don't worry about developing him too much
I'm still here.... just waiting for college to let out so I have time to actually do stuff. Then I'll get back to you about my character.
Ah, I don't miss college. Or school.... or work... Really I just miss bed. I need more sleep.
STG wrote:CONSCRIPT REPORTING TO GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEBACK SIR!
pretty unique colour scheme bro, I think it would look better if less black was showing through, DO MORE STARS!
good work though note to Mr. xXWeaponPrimeXx:
Spoiler:
sorry if I got all demanding with my character I was just super excited so don't worry about developing him too much
I wanted to go for a kind of muddy camo. I still have a lot to go. I haven't even started painting the other top of the tank.
I'm still here.... just waiting for college to let out so I have time to actually do stuff. Then I'll get back to you about my character.
Ah, I don't miss college. Or school.... or work... Really I just miss bed. I need more sleep.
STG wrote:CONSCRIPT REPORTING TO GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEBACK SIR!
pretty unique colour scheme bro, I think it would look better if less black was showing through, DO MORE STARS!
good work though note to Mr. xXWeaponPrimeXx:
Spoiler:
sorry if I got all demanding with my character I was just super excited so don't worry about developing him too much
I wanted to go for a kind of muddy camo. I still have a lot to go. I haven't even started painting the other top of the tank.
The semester is almost done, then I can pester you about my character some more.
alabamaheretic wrote:sir reporting back from fort couch...potatoes peeled btw...and new plastic snips accquired...looking good matey
War Kitten wrote:Conscript reporting for duty sir! Ready to roll!
Ah, there we go. Now! Onto the Hexblade!
So, I was looking at the tow hooks and I thought, what would a group of criminals use those for? LAUNDRY! But... since I don't know how to use greenstuff, I just stuck some old weapon bits onto them.
Those are oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold. From back when GW sold CC Weapons in blister packs.
And as you may be able to tell in that picture, I painted the tracks.
Then I was looking at my star bursts and though to myself, those lines are awful. I looked for my painter's tape and try to make them nice and neat, but.... well I couldn't find it. So I free handed it for now. Thoughts?
Interesting side note, the black undercoat is a different shade of black from the standard pot. Weird right?
And that's all I got done this week (hardly anything I know). In my defense, I got distracted by watching Christopher Titus - Neverlution.
looking pretty cool, I think you could make it look extra chemgog ish if you gave the thing some battle damage, or maybe something that makes it look as though there has been chemdogs crawling all over it, like tools, and sandbags etc to give it real character. nice one dude.
kinda like this
idk that's just how I picture chemdogs and their prized superheavy.
Looks great. Doesn't have to be neat bud, remember that half the time tanks are painted by the crew in the field to match there surroundings, often a tank can have many layers of colour. And considering this will have had the Chemdogs paint it, it will be a rough and ready job anyway, unless there is a Private Picaso Chemdog!
As said I know by the time you weather it up it is going to look brilliant.
Camkierhi wrote: Looks great. Doesn't have to be neat bud, remember that half the time tanks are painted by the crew in the field to match there surroundings, often a tank can have many layers of colour. And considering this will have had the Chemdogs paint it, it will be a rough and ready job anyway, unless there is a Private Picaso Chemdog!
As said I know by the time you weather it up it is going to look brilliant.
I wasn't feeling the tank this evening, so I decided to work one something else. Many of you might remember this.
Well, I was looking at it a few weeks ago and I decided that I didn't like it anymore. It didn't look good and the proportions were all wrong. So I decided I would do something about it.
I picked up two boards from my local Michael's. I was trying to figure out which to use and then I decided that I would use both.
I put white glue on the back of the smaller one and glued it into place on the other. Then I gathered my supplies.
The pillar from the first diorama.
And bunches of little plaster details my friend Jan, HI JAN, sent me for Christmas.
Then I spent about an hour working on the layout.
Man, look at the detail on these. Jan does good work.
I figured this is where the Imperial Icon would go. With offerings to the left and right.
Look at that, fits like a glove.
Doesn't the priest look right at home in front of it?
Then i added a few more details to the fire.
Here's an overview of everything all glued down.
Here's a close up of the fire.
An a close-up of the front.
Now, I need your help, guys. Tell me where I should put these. Bare in mind I still have about 11 dudes to place in the dio too.
Nice looking dio. You can layer up the sand for some interesting effects. Also rather than whole thing black, try washes into the wet sand. Dropper it in. You might be surprised.
Sorry for the lack of updates guys. Last Sunday was Mother's Day so I spent that cooking a meal for my mom, brother and dad. This Sunday I'm just dealing with some heartbreak and depression and couldn't bring myself to do anything. I'll have something for you next Sunday.
No pressure dude, I personally think its hard to get started, but sometimes it helps to just paint as it takes your mind off of whatevers bothering you.
don't stress about lack of updates its all good
STG wrote: No pressure dude, I personally think its hard to get started, but sometimes it helps to just paint as it takes your mind off of whatevers bothering you.
don't stress about lack of updates its all good
I've got something to post for you,. But, full disclosure, its not my Baneblade. My life is a little wonky at the moment (cheating GF) so I just wanted to paint something I could see immediate progress on. That in mind, I've got two little somethings for you. Neither is complete though.
The first is another sergeant for what will eventually be a playable army (I think?).
I dug out an spare plasma rifle and gave it to him as a trophy of war.
Then I started to slap some paint on him. Its a little hard to make out, but that's a bit of a teal/turquoise color.
Some Caliban Green for the armor plates.
Then I finished up by coloring some details and painting the pulse rifle its primary color. (It will match my unfinished Tau army [I had a REAL bad habit of buying boxed armies back in the day just for the limited edition figure]).
But at the same time, I spied another model in my pile of things to paint that I thought would be a nice change of pace. Some of you might remember this lovely lady.
That is the Kickstarter exclusive Female A-Bomb Abomination for Zombicide Season 3. Some of you also might recall the male one I painted up a bit ago.
This one seems a LOT less armor though. So, I started off with a coat of Rakarth Flesh to give her that look of the freshly zombified.
Then I thought, it looks like she's wearing a dress of some kind. I'll paint it like that.
Now here is where I probably jumped the shark. I didn't have the male A-Bomb so I didn't remember making all that armor plating gray. Also... that's probably armor on her chest.... but... well...
I mean... I can repaint it, but its kinda funny? Right?
Anyway, I used my finest detail brush and picked out the veins I could see in Liche Purple (or whatever its called now).
Then I gave her a liberal wash of Reikland Fleshshade
I'll go back and paint the armor plates gray next week, but what do you guys think of her bra? Should I leave it pink or turn it into gray plating with everything else?
I understand the hurt feeling, I had a girlfriend get knocked up (by another guy) while on vacation. I had bought an engagement ring for when she got back, but she kept dodging me until we broke up. Saw her and the baby 9 months later and figured it out . It sucks now, but I met my wife a couple years after that, so it all worked out for the better (so my wife says)
I understand the hurt feeling, I had a girlfriend get knocked up (by another guy) while on vacation. I had bought an engagement ring for when she got back, but she kept dodging me until we broke up. Saw her and the baby 9 months later and figured it out . It sucks now, but I met my wife a couple years after that, so it all worked out for the better (so my wife says)
Never anger the missus.
It just sucks. I'm apparently piss poor at picking girlfriends. They all end equally poorly for me. So for now, I think I'm done. I'm not gonna try and then I won't be hurt when more stupid bs happens.
And yes, painting the zombie did help. Its nice to see work progress quickly, whereas the tank has dragged on for so long now.
That's how I landed my wife , I stopped looking and started just enjoying my life, work and friends. Met her at work, dated 3 months, got engaged and married 6 months later. Just celebrated 15 year anniversary a few months back. When you stop trying so hard to please them then your real self shows and the right one will come along, or not but you'll still be having more fun.
Theophony wrote: That's how I landed my wife , I stopped looking and started just enjoying my life, work and friends. Met her at work, dated 3 months, got engaged and married 6 months later. Just celebrated 15 year anniversary a few months back. When you stop trying so hard to please them then your real self shows and the right one will come along, or not but you'll still be having more fun.
Congratz Theo.
Automatically Appended Next Post: So, looking at the old male zombie. I used antonian camoshade on it, not reikland fleshshade. Here's hoping I can overlap the two without much issue.
yea damn the woman thing for a while work on you bro. it'll happen when it happens.
I met my lady friend through happen stance and we been kinda stuck on each other ever since...and i been divorced seven years. and found mybetter half a year ago. so dont rush man like theo said enjoy life.
Just as a heads up. August I will be going to GenCon. While there I will be taking a Green Stuff sculpting class from none other than Joe Orteza himself. If you don't know who Joe Orteza is, SHAME ON YOU!
He's the mad genius capable of this.
Hopefully with this class under my belt I can truly get into some nifty customizationing.
you should practise as much as you can before you go, just so you have a strong grounding in the area of GS.
also I would say don't buy a sculpting tool, buy a clay shaper. 1000x better IMO
STG wrote: you should practise as much as you can before you go, just so you have a strong grounding in the area of GS.
also I would say don't buy a sculpting tool, buy a clay shaper. 1000x better IMO
Its a beginners class. He will also be giving us tools and green stuff to use.
Behold! I've got some more of the Banebl-... No... no I don't. I've got more other things for you. Before you string me up by my toes, I just want to say that it was entirely Cam's fault.
That said, I went back and painted the chest of my A-bombshell the same gray as the mail variant.
After that I made sure to put antonion camoshade over the entire thing and bloody it up a bit.
Well, a lot a bit....
But these things are pretty damn scary in the game. Takes A LOT to kill them.
Then I added a bit of nuln oil to the armor plates.
As well as a little bit of gold to pick out the detail.
Awww, look, she wants to hold your hand!
Then I finished her off with a healthy (or unhealthy) dose of Nurgle's Rot for drool.
I present to you, Vinz Clortho and Zuul.
Let's start off with Zuul shall we?
I added a health coat of Gothor Brown.
I think it really matches the brown of the movie well.
From there I gave the whole thing a healthy coat of reikland fleshshade.
And you can't really see it, but I painted the interior of the mouth a nice maroon purple.
Next, onto Vinz Clortho.
I repeated the process that I pioneered with Zuul.
Now I'm aware the mold line is really intense there, but I didn't want to risk damaging the model. So you'll have to bear with me.
Let's finish off with pics of the pair, shall we?
What should I paint on the base- Wait a minute... are Vinz's eyes glowing???
Hey there my lovelies! I am back and, before you ask, no, I have not resumed the Baneblade just yet. I'm still distracted by other things. And as always, it is entirely Cam's fault
So here's what I have for you this evening. I looked at my Zombicide collection and opened up my Very Infected Persons pack and retrieved these guys.
We have the nurse.
The goth.
The butcher.
And the Player in a Management Profession.
Naturally I chose the P.I.M.P.
I painted his pants Slaanesh Grey and his vest Liche Purple. I started to painted the fringe of his coat bestigor flesh but it didnt quite mesh with the concept art.
So I mixed a bit of some other color (can't remember) with bleached bone and got a much closer result.
The coat itself is straight bleached bone.
For the flesh tone I did a bit of rakarth flesh and one of my brown paints (again, its super hard to keep gw names straight) to give me a slightly darker sickly zombie flesh tone. The hair is straight Rhinox Hide.
Next I added some color to the details. The chains, the belt buckle and the belt.
Time to ink it up!!! Nuln oil on the coat and drakenhoff nightshade on the clothes.
And a bit of fleshshade on the flesh.
And lastly, a bit of BFTBG to tie it all together.
Oh, and lastly, a little teaser of goodies I got recently.
War Kitten wrote: That Zombicide stuff looks great! Now I really want to pick up some of those sets...
Miniaturemarket.com has some on clearance including the angry zombies. Also core sets are cheapest through Target.com or Walmart.com (yes I am an enabler )
War Kitten wrote:That Zombicide stuff looks great! Now I really want to pick up some of those sets...
Theophony wrote:
War Kitten wrote: That Zombicide stuff looks great! Now I really want to pick up some of those sets...
Miniaturemarket.com has some on clearance including the angry zombies. Also core sets are cheapest through Target.com or Walmart.com (yes I am an enabler )
Just be careful with the minis. They're not detailed for painting. And the player characters are identified by their bases, so make sure the color is discernible.
I find them perfectly fine for my painting skills, and when there's 40-50 figs on the table they look great together. You can always paint the base trims or the whole base in one color for survivors, another for zombies, another for toxic zombies, a fourth for berserkers and another for skinners. They definitely aren't FW quality sculpts, but for the price they are great.
Theophony wrote: I find them perfectly fine for my painting skills, and when there's 40-50 figs on the table they look great together. You can always paint the base trims or the whole base in one color for survivors, another for zombies, another for toxic zombies, a fourth for berserkers and another for skinners. They definitely aren't FW quality sculpts, but for the price they are great.
I just meant that the detail gets lost in the molding process. My (not)Leonard figure has a nearly smooth face. The finer details are completely lost.
evildrcheese wrote:Plenty of good stuff then. And enough models to keep you busy.
EDC
alabamaheretic wrote:thats good additions to the chem dogs. looking forward to see what you do with them like evil cheese said should keep ya plenty busy for a while.
Ideally I'll get back on track with my baneblade, but my camo painting is bothersome. I'm trying to paint it in such a way that when I swap out the bits between tank variants that it will still line up. If I just ignore that it should go a lot more smoothly.
So, after spending my workday working very hard at watching a lot of WarhammerTV's painting videos, I think I have a basic idea on how to really make my baneblade just that much better. And the start of that will be to spray the bastard black again.
Camkierhi wrote: Ah the "start again!" syndrome. Though I liked your camo idea, will wait and see how you go from here.
I liked it too, but it was going to take a very long time to cover the entire surface. All day friday I watch WarhammerTV's videos and one of the Advent videos was this one:
After watching that I rather liked the look. So I thought. Sure, I can do this. Here was my Hexblade as it stood.
So I took a pot of this bad boy.
And then I started to coat the tank in it.
You can still see the star patterns a bit, but that's because the paint was thick.
I think replaced the hull piece and started painting that as well.
The "Firin' Mah Lazer!!" turret will still be black, but right now I just needed to coat everything and it was a bit of collateral damage. As I was painting I looked at the rest of the bits and thought... that black just won't do.
So I spent the rest of the night apply the entirety of my Rhinox Hide to it.
Now that my all I have until after Father's day, but I won't leave you with that. Because I learned that my FLGS sells bits. So I helped myself to some.
Not only that, but I also helped myself to some paints as well.
Looks great. One thing to put in mind. My friend who is ex army pointed out that he repainted his tank 4 times in 2 years. So having a little of what came before coming through does not hurt in my opinion.
Camkierhi wrote:Looks great. One thing to put in mind. My friend who is ex army pointed out that he repainted his tank 4 times in 2 years. So having a little of what came before coming through does not hurt in my opinion.
Oh good! Then there's some grounding in realism!
evildrcheese wrote:Looking good so far. The final result should be awesome
Nice haul of bits too.
EDC
I am a pair of legs away from a complete Ork! I also got some nice Carnifex bits that I have an idea for.
You could go for a more yellow green on the green with the idea that the brown is shade/hard vegetation, the green is vegetation and the yellow-green is the sunlight coming through the vegetation.
And children of all ages (GET OUT! THIS BE NOT FOR YOUR EYES!)
Welcome to another update to my P&M blog.
Today I decided to start work on the alternate top of my tank.
With that in mind I decided I had to plan things out. I arranged the bits for the whatsit hammer (Really cant be bothered to remember all the names) and saw that, 'lo and behold, I hadn't painted the mega bolter! That simply won't do!
But that was a problem for later. First things first, camo. I couldnt figure out a way to do the camo stripe that would meld with both existing lines, since the whole thing moves forward. So I thought, What Would Corr Do? And I realized that Corr is the most responsible Chem-Dog and instead thought What Would Cally Do? With that in mind, I decided "Meh, close enough."
So I moved the turret back again and set to painting the various turrets as well.
After that, I painted up the imperial eagles and the various metal areas.
And overall I think its coming along quite nicely. Don't you?
I AM COMMANDEERING THIS THREAD FOR GENCON AND GENCON PREP
With that warning out of the way, I present to you my newest distra- CREATION! I meant creation.
So, I bought a pack of Stormcast Eternals. I don't particularly like the models. I plan to cannibalize them to make a terminator chaplain for my Black Templars. In the process of buying them, my FLGS was kind enough to explain the basic gist of AoS to me. I may even pick up my lizardmen army again sometime since they're still valid in AoS, but that's for another time. So, I built up an eternal and was looking at the body, and I thought, you know, that would make a nice Paladin. But humans are boring. I'm a human every day of my life and I know what that's like. So I decided to make a Dragonborn Paladin.
So then I took it my work table (my mom's countertop [don't judge ] ) and set to work. First I took a "dremel" and started to get rid of the stupid lightning bolts on everything.
Then I dug a Lizardman head out of my bitz tin and applied a bit of greenstuff to the back to give him a neck.
Time for the test fit!
Not too shabby if I do say so myself.
So I took my small metal file and, using the edge, pressed the greenstuff against the head and made sure that it went flush against the flesh. Then, when I looked at the diamond pattern side of my file and got a little creative.
Then I took out my liquid greenstuff and cleaned up the dremel marks on the model.
The next step was to spray a white undercoat across the entire thing. Then I coated the armor in Leadbelcher.
Then I set to work on the details.
I applied Mithril Silver (whatever its called now) to the newly flattened areas on the shoulder pads, wrist pads and shin pads.
Then I picked them out with some gold to really get the armor to pop.
Added a bit of blue to the cloth and some Relictor Gold to the sections in between the armor (Even if it totally looks copper).
And then to finish up the night, I painted up the head and glued it in place.
Thoughts? Opinions? Comments? Criticism? Anything, just let me know.
Tonight I have something that could potentially be LIFE changing for you (DISCLAIMER: Weapon is not responsible if your life is not changed by this post)
BEHOLD!!!
I picked up a new camera for Gencon. It has a macro feature, potentially it could provide me with better photos from now on. That said, the rest of the photos in this post are with the new camera. Please tell me what you think.
This is where I left off last week. A mostly complete paladin in need of some touch up.
The first thing I did was paint the scales on the sash gold. (I mean, paladins do the whole gold thing? Right?)
I also mixed up some green and blue and painted it across the plate on the top of his head in order to break up the blue a little bit.
Then I painted some of that green/blue mixture onto the scales on his cheek and then added golden yellow to his eyes with a bit of black for the pupil. As well as some of that new fancy blue gemstone technical paint on the gemstone in the axe.
I also added some blue ink to the ribbon on the axe.
And then I added some more blue ink to his face.
Then at the end I glue some sand to the base and added some red ink to the mouth to give it a bit of shading.
Questions? Comments? Criticism? Thoughts on the camera??
In terms of improving your photography, you should print out a background, the Bolter and Chainsword have a nice blue/white gradient background available to download:
Well he is looking pretty good, pretty being the operative word here. He is very pretty.
Great job.
On photography, lighting dude, it is a never ending pit photography, but getting a lighting set up does not mean money. just a few minutes and waiting til that right time of day. Not every shot has to be perfect, we are happy to see anything, but those final shots, those poser shots we need good.
In terms of improving your photography, you should print out a background, the Bolter and Chainsword have a nice blue/white gradient background available to download:
Camkierhi wrote:Well he is looking pretty good, pretty being the operative word here. He is very pretty.
Great job.
On photography, lighting dude, it is a never ending pit photography, but getting a lighting set up does not mean money. just a few minutes and waiting til that right time of day. Not every shot has to be perfect, we are happy to see anything, but those final shots, those poser shots we need good.
I don't know if the lighting is bad. Its only about 6 inches above the model in those pictures, the only thing that changed is I stopped holding the camera and set it on the table instead. I was thinking of picking up a photo tent from amazon. They're pretty cheap.
As a reminder, there will be no update this weekend of next as I will be gone for Gencon. Afterwards though, there will be a post to share pictures of both the con and the goodies snagged.
Hello one and all, I have returned from the humid hell that is GenCon and I have come to one, inescapable conclusion.
Dry heat is amazing!
It was miserable to so much as step outdoors there!
Thankfully everything was connected by skywalk and I didn't have to do that too much.
Hidden in the spoiler will be all the GenCon related pictures.
And below that we'll get right back into things!
Spoiler:
So, I have a bunch of photos to share, though I didn't nearly take as many as I thought I would. Next year I will.
First off I just want to share with you the horde.
To give you an idea, I'm 6'2" and I held my camera/phone up well over my head for these shots.
This right here is why zombie movies scare me guys. If they were all hungry for your flesh, there would be no stopping them.
By the way, all those people were waiting to go into the dealer hall.
I didn't spend much time outdoors (being a pasty nerd and all) but the few times I did it was vastly different from Tucson. So I snapped a couple of photos.
Buildings here aren't usually red brick, or so closely packed. I saw an alleyway that looked like the Waynes were murdered in it. It was bizarre. But I can't deny the architecture.
Or the people. Everyone was super friendly.
Here's the Will Call line for tickets. This is at the very end of the line btw.
This one is about the middle point in the line.
Here's the room where I had my first ever DnD session.
My character sheet for my Dragonborn Paladin, whom I dubbed Laird Setkhatt.
And my first ever DnD group. The two girls to the left are the two I was staying with. The redhead and the two guys in black and pale red were randomly assigned to our table and the man in the back in bright red is Josh, our DM. He was great! He helped me really enjoy my first RPG experience.
This is something called Cardhalla. People spent the entire weekend building things from donated cards.
I think on the last day you can throw money to knock them down. I'm not sure.
Can you tell which photos were taken near midnight?
GenCon is so big it even infiltrates local businesses. Like The Ram.
Scotty's is another place that gets into the spirit of things. They played awesome movies all weekend and sold Cthulhu Brew beer (I don't drink so I didn't get any), a Cthulhu Brew mug (I don't drink but I can totally drink whatever out of a mug [though I didn't get a picture of it]) and this little Ghost Goblin Minimate (disregard my collection of knicknacks surrounding it).
Now for some Cosplay!
This is by far the kewlest one I saw. This guy did great work!
Found some guardsmen patrolling the dealer hall. They walked past me and my friend Jan and we had to fight against the current of people to get them to stop for a photo.
These guys all put amazing work into their costumes. Again, had to stop them in the dealer hall.
Caught these guys standing around relaxing and asked them politely if they wouldn't mind posing for a photo. They were happy to oblige.
Spotted this Sabine Wren on a floor above us, and me and Jan had to split up to get to her before she moved. Jan got their first.
Passed by this Tali on the way back to the hotel room after making a foam sword.
And yet another great cosplay that was very funny (I am not responsible for your eyes!)
Jan has more, but I haven't received a copy yet. I will share them when I do.
I mentioned taking a sculpting class from THE Joe Orteza. Here's some photos of that.
Didn't get a photo of Joe... remind me to do that next year.
NOW FOR THE SWAG!! First off being the badge itself. Some events have these little adhesive ribbons that stick to it, I only got 3 total, but I saw people going around with some seriously long ones.
Planet Mercenary Dice! Planet Mercenary RIPP Tokens! Schlock Mercenary Pin! XDM Water Skin! Team Instinct Pin! GenCon Pins! GenCon Challenge Coins! Random Coins from The Stink! (annual pre-GenCon gathering). Scotty's Brewhouse die! Unlucky D20 (two 1's no 20's, also given out at The Stink).
Planet Mercenary Dice Bag!
(Note: I got all this Planet Mercenary stuff just for playing the game. I kickstarted it too and will have some other things coming eventually)
My new d20, my orange and yellow chessix ones failed me so hard I had to go to the dealer hall and get some new ones. This thing is huge and heavy and when I roll, people know it.
The rest of that dice set (including a normal sized d20.
A close-up of the Ultra Ball necklace.
And the things I wanted most from the dealer hall. Fantasy Arc's Bug Hunt Corridor Specialty Rooms!
All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for?
Breakfast in bed?
Another glorious day in the Corps!
A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm.
Every meal's a banquet!
Every paycheck a fortune!
Every formation a parade! I love the Corps!
So, as I said, I was really looking forward to picking up some Fantasy Arc Bug Hunt Corridors (seeing as how I'm a HUGE Aliens fan). So day 1 of GenCon I waded through the sea of people and found their booth and immediately snatched up a full set of the specialty rooms. And last night I picked one and started building.
They didn't come with instructions so I popped over to their website and printed out a handy PDF. The instructions aren't terribly intuitive (I was thinking more like lego instructions and less like Ikea) but I think I managed to understand things okay as I went about my building business.
First I laid out all the pieces. The detail work is REALLY great. I can't wait to paint this bad boy up.
It even comes with little wooden pulse rifles!
They're nice but I'll see about ordering up a bunch of these from Mad Robot to replace them.
So next I started to assemble to main room.
There's a minor laser burn but nothing that can't be painted over or patched with a tiny bit of liquid green stuff.
Did a dry fit to make sure the door was properly situated.
From there I began to glue the entryway together.
Next up, the gun racks themselves.
With the back piece attached.
And with the grate attached to the top. If you get yourself a set of these, be careful, I ended up breaking two of those supports as the wood is cut very thin there. But a little glue and no one is the wiser.
Dry fit the interior bulkhead door.
Finished piece. The armory doors are independent and can move freely (its wood on wood so it doesn't slide too well. Maybe I'll sand them a tiny bit to give them some breathing room. The whole interior room is not glues as well so I can place it as I need.
Then I had a moment of panic. I looked at the pulse rifle and thought they looked a little small. So I ran and grabbed a nearly complete stormtrooper that keeps getting pushed further and further back as I ADD on cool new things and put him in the set.
Aside from his sword, he seems to fit nicely. So, crisis averted.
Also, all this makes me very happy for the sculpting class I took. Maybe I can make some nice gooey looking hive bits and make it look like the facility has been partially taken over!
Thoughts? Comments? Criticism?
Automatically Appended Next Post: Status Report: Mad Robot Pulse Rifles (and a few other bits) ordered.
Camkierhi wrote: Looking great bud. Nice piece of scenery. Really like those pulse rifles.
Me too, Cam. But like I said I really need to sand the pieces some more to make them truly shine. And now I know to sand them before I assemble everything. I feel that once those interior walls are sanded a bit and the interior door a bit more then everything will be quite nice.
Hey there Sneshy! Sorry, I only just now saw your post!
Laird Set (as I have come to call him) is a Dragonborn Paladin, and from the art I saw in the 5e rulebook they don't have tails, so I just had him go without. Though I did take a greenstuff sculpting class while at GenCon, I can certainly try and give him one.
I decided that, having bought the heads and torsos last time, I might as well go for broke and complete the ensemble.
I also picked up some sanding supplies.
And then I splurged and got another Bug Hunt Corridor room and some terrain for it.
The crates I actually assembled right away.
Now, here are the step by step photos.
Then I screwed it up. I put the blue piece in to show my friend and it stuck to wet super glue with no way for me to get it out. :/ So It will forever have a brown background to it.
Next I started on the room again. I sanded down the walls and floor to make sure it would looks nice.
Then I set about repainting it.
And painted the other walls.
Then I started to assemble the USCM.
..
I actually have a 5th one with the flamethrower, but the arms were just not complying with me, so I got frustrated and put it away for next time.
I think the walls are holding the paint much better. What do you all think? Let me know.
War Kitten wrote: Looking pretty good, if I didn't have too many projects as is I'd consider getting some of those guys for my Guard. What scale are they?
I think they match up pretty closely to normal IG. I can take a reference pic sunday/
I don't know if you answered this already, but speaking of Guard, when are we going to get some more Chem Dogs goodness? I started using some of your fluff to help me write my own Chem Dog regiment in Dakka's Crusade of Fury thread
evildrcheese wrote:They are cool minis, and I really like them hex crates.
EDC
They are nice, I'm just disappointed by the piece I glued into place early, now its got a permanent brown background and I scratched it trying to pry it out with an x-acto.
War Kitten wrote:I don't know if you answered this already, but speaking of Guard, when are we going to get some more Chem Dogs goodness? I started using some of your fluff to help me write my own Chem Dog regiment in Dakka's Crusade of Fury thread
You mean fluff or models? I plan on adding the USCM to my Chem-Dogs and there's still the incomplete Hexblade. If its fluff you mean I haven't really written anything more lately or had any ideas. The most recent stuff I did was little files on specific people which is on my fanfiction.net page.
War Kitten wrote: I meant models, but your fluff was excellent as well
Just for you War Kitten, I worked a little bit more on my BaneBlade.
Here's how I left it off.
Then I took this here sponge.
And a generous helping of Caliban Green.
A little dab will do you.
And I started to dab at the tank.
Then I thought it needs some more brown.
Another little dab.
And then I dabbed it around the tank.
What do you all think? Your thoughts?
Now, in this spoiler section is a bunch of photos of me working on Christmas Gifts for my friends Miranda and Scarlet this year. If you are interested, feel free to check it out below.
Spoiler:
MIRANDA! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE THIS! GO! GET OUT!! NO SPOILING YOUR GIFT!!!![u]
So for a Christmas gift my for friends, I decided to make for them their DnD Characters.
This is taken from the description Miranda gave me.
Rhona, Illuskan human female druid:
She comes with the scent of a promised rain and the rustle of the wind through the trees. Her skin is a pale cream, resisting the attempts of the sun to bake her brown, and her hair is the dark red of the lifeblood coursing through us all. She stands at 5’7” and boasts the curves of Ehlonna herself, goddess of fertility. It has been long since she’s seen anyone, keeping to herself and the shrine to Goddess Ehlonna. As such, her hair has grown wild, tangling with leaves and flowers into a wild mane. Insatiable curiosity flashes out from her eyes, dark as pine needles at sundown, revealing that there is much she would do to uncover secrets of the past. Her druidic totem is never far from hand: a twisted circle of polished wood speared through with a white wood handle carved into the likeness of a unicorn’s horn. Shunning the metals of progress, a hide jerkin and leggings protect her skin from the wear and tear of the forest and its beasts. As caretaker of the forest around the Shrine to Ehlonna, it is sometimes her duty to clear invasive species, both flora AND fauna. Unable to bear the prolonged suffering of any creature, she employs a powerful scythe to quickly dispatch any intruders. The handle is nearly six feet of marbled bloodwood, wrapped with leather strips for a secure grip, and the head is a wickedly curved piece of blackened steel. She prides herself on the weapon’s upkeep, as only a sharpened blade will ensure a quick demise. The weapon was waiting in the shrine, a relic - though unmagical - of protection passed down through each protector of Ehlonna.
She was awoken in the murky pre-dawn light, alerted to an intruder in the shrine from the Goddess herself. She discovered a large...lizard...thing, curled up on the floor with a broken holy relic next to him. Mere moments from smiting the intruder, her dream came back to her. This was not the intruder she was meant to pursue. This was a miniature version and his threat was also miniature. The larger threat, quickly clarified in her mind by Ehlonna, was a threat to all the world. She would travel with this dragonborn, Roth, whose desecration had already been punished by the loss of his intellect, to seek an end to the Tyranny of Dragons.
So, with that in mind, I browsed a dozen mini websites and finally found this on Reaper minis.
Almost perfect right?
Now for Klicker.
Roth Klicker, silver dragonborn male barbarian:
Roth is Rhona’s constant companion, bound to her by an ill-fated decision to sleep in a Goddess’ shrine. His natural tendency to pick things up and try to figure them out - often breaking them in the process - proved catastrophic when on top of defiling a goddess shrine with his male form, he broke a holy relic - a twisting wooden cypher. The Goddess Ehlonna stole his intellect from him, as well as his common speech. His honor is bound to his clan, which now consists of his druid protectee. The two converse in draconic, which Ehlonna could not steal from him though she tried, and druidic, a gift from Ehlonna that Roth has used to teach Rhona to speak draconic as well.
His form is intimidating at 6’7” with muscles more sinewy than bulging. His silver scales alternate between a reflective shine and a brushed, almost tarnished, gleam. The scales continue down his tail, with the underside almost completely covered in the burnished silver colour. Silver eyes flash when he releases his icy breath, chilling anyone in its wake to their very soul. A pale leather kilt and his maul, as long as a greatsword with a mighty hammerhead, are his only real equipment.
And again, on Reaper Minis I found this.
Being a fellow Dragonborn, I thought I would start with Klicker.
So after having cleaned off the flash and base coated it white, I whipped out some grey paint.
And I coated the entire guy.
Then I took out some leadbelcher and gave his scales a once over.
From there I painted his mouth and the stone of his weapon.
Next I added some color to the haft of the maul and the rope holding the stone there.
I then started to eyeball his chain and thought he needed a bit of bling. But he doesn't remember being wealthy, so its copper. Don't judge. I also picked out his teeth with bleached bone.
Then I added some brown to his loincloth.
Then I took some drakenhoff nightshade and brushed it across his back and shoulders, trying to give it a bit of color, but it looked wrong.
So while I pondered fixing his scales, I added bleached bone to the skulls on his belt and then agrax earthshade over them.
And painted his little bag of coins.
Then I washed some watered down nuln oil across his entire body and some carroburg crimson into his mouth.
Look at those pearly whites!
Then I realized I that his base was awfully neglected. So I painted it the same color as his stone weapon and then washed it with nuln oil.
Time to give his eyes a bit of color.
And to finish it up I have the stone on his weapon a bit of a highlight and then another wash of nuln oil.
And that's where I called it for tonight. Having repainted his scales watered down leadbelcher once more.
Hello there everyone, and welcome back to another installment of Weapon has ADD and stops working on his Chem-Dogs!
In keeping with last week I am working on Dungeons and Dragons gifts for my friends, so the rest will be spoiler hidden to keep their prying eyes off it.
Spoiler:
MIRANDA! SERIOUSLY! STOP TRYING TO SPOIL YOUR GIFT!!!!
There, now with that done, let's pick up where we left off with Klicker. I started by redoing his eyes.
Then I gave his back a watered down wash of Drakenhoff Nightshade.
And I finished it off by adding the pupils into the eyes.
And with that I think Klicker is done. Time to start on Rhona. I started by painting her hair.
Rhona is a druid so I figured she'd have rather drab clothing. So I started by painting a mixture of skrag brown and bestigor flesh onto her robe.
Next up I painted a bit of goblin green onto the base. I was going for a mossy look.
Next I made some kind of crazy mixture and painted it across all her bare skin.
Then I gave her hair a healthy dose of Carroburg Crimson.
Then I painted another brown mixture onto her top and finished it off with olive green around the middle.
And for the end of the night I took pictures of the pair together which came out SUPER dark for some reason.
evildrcheese wrote:Cool nice work on the big lizard thing.
EDC
Thanks EDC! The colors weren't of my choosing, so I hope it looks exactly like my friend described him.
Camkierhi wrote:Great work. Really nice figures.
I agree, Cam. Reaper makes some nice stuff. I also bought a knight that I might try to convert into an inquisitor or something. It was just too cool not to get.
Finally got a response to my short story submission to Black Library.
Hi,
Thank you for your submission to Black Library, and for your patience so far in waiting for a response, it is very much appreciated.
This year we received many hundreds of submissions, and getting to the second stage of the assessment was a great achievement.
Unfortunately, this time we have decided that we will not be taking your pitch forward. We appreciate that you may want feedback, however due to the volume of applications we have received providing feedback to everyone is not possible.
Once again, we thank you for your submission and patience, and wish you all the best in your future writing endeavours.
No Sunday update this week guys. Dealing with a rodent problem in my apartment and it really has me stressed out. Hopefully things will be better this weekend.
War Kitten wrote: That doesn't sound good. Hope everything works out ok!
Everything is better now, thanks War Kitten.
No update again, (clearly since I'm writing this on monday). My dad's 76th birthday was yesterday and after the celebration I was peopled out. Next sunday is my birthday and, much to my chagrin, there is going to be a get together for it (I would much rather not) and so I will probably, once again, have no update for you.
Its my birthday. And my FLGS has/had a promotion where you can earn Hero Bucks from your purchases and on your birthday you can use them to pay for up to half of your purchase.
So today I used that. I picked up a Start Collecting Militarum Tempestus box, an armored sentinal, some white primer and some more paints!
Happy Birthday! Good deal on that box. I'll be picking one or two up as well, then ordering conversion wheels from either Victoria or Zinge- probably Zinge. Victoria gak is nice, but stupid expensive.
Introverts Unite!
...occasionally
....in small groups
......for a very limited periods of time
.......Because we all just want to go home
dsteingass wrote: Happy Birthday! Good deal on that box. I'll be picking one or two up as well, then ordering conversion wheels from either Victoria or Zinge- probably Zinge. Victoria gak is nice, but stupid expensive.
Introverts Unite!
...occasionally
....in small groups
......for a very limited periods of time
.......Because we all just want to go home
I want the Victoria mini wheels, but I want to keep the tracks. Its a good thing I'm getting so good with magnetising stuff.
The Baneblade will be second on my list to all the models I got for people for Christmas for obvious reasons.
So after I arrived at my mothers she had me work on some things for her (scanning a picture and such) so by the time I started working on my stuff I didnt have much time left.
BEHOLD! My Valkyrie!
I bought it from one of our fellow Dakkamite (is that right?), It was mostly complete though it was missing some of the landing gear and a tail fin. So I contacted out lovely and talented Cam to craft me some new fins! And this is what he sent me.
Now, I admittedly don't know what the little bits are for, but I will find a place for them. But the big ones are not only fantastic, they are so much better than GW standard.
First things first. I cleaned up where the missing landing gear is to replace it.
Using bits from ebay I repaired my gunship.
Next it was time to attach the new fins.
I will be using the liquid greenstuff to fill the gaps.
They're lined up pretty well.
Now, I dont know if I'm using these as Cam Intended, but they look soooooo kewl!
Look at that x-foil!
Here's my question to you guys. Do you think I should line these up?
Now onto the Christmas gifts.
For my friend Sarah I got a Halfling rogue mini from Reaper.
I think it looks quite good.
Then I took the bases I ordered from GW and gave one to Klicker.
Its gonna need some detail work but I feel better that its now properly based.
Then I took a magnet and glue it into one of the circles in the base.
The reason for that is THIS!.
I got one of these chest for each Mini I plan on sending out for Christmas.
I want to drill a small hole in the base and put in another magnet so that I can better assure they travel safely. The only problem with that....
The base of the chest is super thin. I'll have to get another small piece of wood as an insert to strengthen the bottom. Also they look too clean. So I took some Agrax...
...and started to brush it across the top, but I don't think it looks too good.
I think I'll just try an actual stain.
Next up, my gift for Jan and Sarah's mom, Etria (nickname not her real name). Her wizard Thurmond Wrexham Smythe III.
For my buddy Ben, I have a Klukva minis Gutz figure (since he is a huge fan of Berserk).
And for his cousin Jon, A model of McCree, also from Klukva.
And lastly, here are the DnD models with their bases.
I also have Jan's wizard, but its missing an arm and I must contact the seller about a spare or replacement.
evildrcheese wrote:Many things. Nice idea for the Valkyrie for the S-Foils, it certainly looks cool.
EDC
I think so too. But do you think I should line them up? Or leave them as is?
STG wrote:your putting loads of time and effort into your gifts! thats really thoughtful, i'm sure whoever your giving them to will appreciate them loads.
Miranda, Scarlet, Ben, Jan, Sarah and Etria will. I'm rethinking Jon's gift if only because he doesn't seem to give two s#!ts about anything.
Would you guys believe that I had pictures all ready to post last week and didnt?
Yes?
Well then...
Anyway! Hello all and welcome back to Adventures in Painting with Weapon!
Lets hop right into things.
I am still working on completing Christmas gifts for my friends, so that is what will be featured. My baneblade is on hold until after the holiday season.
Lets start things off with a man I call McCree.
Picked this guy up from Klukva Minis. He was given to me free after a shipping error delayed my package. The seller was super nice and the sculpt is really good. I'm definitely gonna pick up some more stuff from him.
He was originally going to be for my buddy Jon, but I don't think he really cares about overwatch and this guy wouldn't fit into his Blood Angels army.... so... I guess I will have to fold him into my Chem-Dogs. Alas.
Next up is Gutz for my buddy, Ben.
Same seller, Klukva Minis. I highly recommend them. He also fits together really well despite the giant nature of his sword.
From there we return to Klicker, whose base was looking extremely empty. Even with a coat of green paint.
So with flashlight in hand I went outside and picked through the sand for some suitably sized rocks/pebbles.
And glued them into place.
Now I know what you're thinking. They look WAY off. And I agree. So I painted them to match the stones on the base. And lo-and-behold they look quite like what was sculpted into the base.
Now it looked better, but all those gaps between the rocks were mocking me. I tried a bit of nurgle's rot mixed with antonian camoshade to try and look like swampy muck but it didn't look good (you can vaguely see it in the above picture). So I went in a different direction by mixing some white glue, ice blue and drakenhoff nightshade and slathering it all over those open spaces.
When that dried I repainted the rocks that got a little too blue, inked them with nuln oil, and applied drakenhoff nightshade to the "water".
Then I went back to Rhona who I felt was looking a little off. So I started to paint all the little bits on her and repaint her robes.
Having re-read her description I remembered she was supposed to be pale. So I based her with Rakarth flesh since she looked too tan.
Then I made a mixture of rakarth flesh, kislev flesh and skull white to try and give her some color without getting too dark. Then I added some color to her lips and some ink to her clothing. (Sorry about the picture quality, still getting used to my new phone).
Then I added a thinned down reikland fleshshade to her skin to give her some shading.
And, regretfully, I tried to paint her eyes. I will definitely need to try and fix them this coming Sunday.
I'm back again and I have some more progress to show you!
As you may or may not recall, I had a model for my friend Jan, but it was missing an arm. Well I finally got the replacement from the company (that was very pleasant and helpful!)
So then I assembled her and she is lovely! Meet Valerie.
She is a beautifully detailed model. Big shoutout to Dark Sword Minis and their amazing work!
So I took her and the halfling thief of her sister, named Onnya, and their mom's wizard, Thurmond.
So while they were drying, I decided to fix Rhona's face.
I've decided that faces aren't my thing... So I went back to Valerie's outfit and finished the night there.
Q: What are the official rules regarding specific base sizes for specific models (if any)? A: The rules assume that models are mounted on the base they are supplied with, but it’s entirely fine to mount them on whichever base you think is appropriate. Sometimes, a player may have models in their collection on unusually modelled bases. Some models aren’t supplied with a base at all. In these cases you should always feel free to mount the model on a base of appropriate size if you wish, using models of a similar type as guidance.
I do believe this official ruling from GW states that I can use Papa in my army!
Camkierhi wrote: Nice work on the gifts. Love that purple. Very nice looking model too.
Don't play so can't comment on bases, but personally I go with what the model tells me. I am very flexible with the rules though.
I asked back when I first made Pops if most players would consider him okay for regular play, the general consensus was no. This makes me very happy because he is a cool model that I want to show off.
On a different note! Guys! I went to the allergist yesterday, and he told me I need to stay in and build models more often. Like, all the time. Not... in those words per se, but... my allergy test came back and told me that I am legitimately allergic to everything that grows in my state. And dogs... and cats... horse... pretty much everything.
So! I decided that was reason enough to break out one of my crappy little folding tables and build a sentinel!
Like all of my stuff, I wanted this guy to be magnetized to better optimize it for play (and so GW doesnt get all my money). So I drilled out the area where the weapon mounts.
Then I looked to the weapons...
Snipped of the bits in the way...
Mounted magnets...
And voila! One perfectly (almost, I ended up reseating the magnets later) mounted plasma cannon!
I then repeated the process on all the weapons.
Next up! The base. I popped by Michael's while heading home from the doctor's office and picked up a little cork.
I broke it into little pieces and glued it down on the base wantonly. Then I broke my foot.
My greenstuff abilties need some work. But I think once painted up no one will pay much attention to a little bit of a messed up toe.
Then I did the rest of the legs.
Apologies for the next few photos, they rotate 90 degrees on the upload and I'm not sure why. So I began building the cab. I want to pain the interior, but I don't want it open topped I decided I would magnetize the top in place so I could pop it off and reveal the driver.
Then I put another magnet in (roughly) the same spot on the back of the chair. I ended up having to reseat this one too.
Now, this simply wouldn't ifit into my chem-dogs without a personal touch. Enter the bits I snagged months ago.
Carnifex Carapace is surprisingly hard to cut through...
But I got it eventually.
Enter my second sentinel, the one that came with all the tempestus sc- Stormtroopers and the gunship I got a bit ago.
Look at that beautiful bit of detail all nicely put in place!
But... how would they keep it there?
Hmm....
HMMM!!!!
HMMM... oh... I guess I didn't take any pictures of the piece chained in place.... whoops... Anyway! Onto the next thing. I dunno what nid this is from, but it needed a bit of green stuff to look a little more.... trophy-ish.
I pressed it into the gap.
And teased it around until it looked sufficiently gross.
Hey! Found the chain picture! There's beads of superglue holding it in place all over. After priming it I'm sure I can paint it up to look like its been welded to the carapace in those spots.
But what about the other shell you ask? Well, once I was more confident in my green stuff ability, I decided I would fill this one in too. By the way, green stuff from august is hard as gak to knead. Forewarned.
That made me sad, cuz this meant I had to knead out some more.
Twenty minutes and some sore fingertips later.
Not too shabby, especially since it will be mostly hidden by the Sentinel.
Then I glued the cab in place. I'd say its pretty much done for now and read for spraying. Sadly, that won't happen until after I get all my Christmas stuff done.
Also, I think I'll have to seat once more pair of magnets inside the cab to hold the top on tight, its a little crooked and wobbly on the dry fitting. Thoughts? Opinions? Comments? Criticism?
Put the GS that you want to mix in warm water no packaging. This will make it easier to mix. Only takes a few seconds. Try with small amount for a trial run.
Camkierhi wrote: Put the GS that you want to mix in warm water no packaging. This will make it easier to mix. Only takes a few seconds. Try with small amount for a trial run.
I'll give it a shot Cam, thanks.
No update from this last weekend, I was tasked with painting more religious statues from my father and couldn't get any real work done. Hopefully this weekend I'll have something to show you.
I'm still alive folks, and believe it or not I have a ton of pictures to upload! I housesat for my mom again last weekend and painted for a solid 3 to 4 hours (it was more like 6 but I spent at least 3 on the religious statue for my dad).
It was well after lights out in the camp. Trooper Denton of the Brakkan 53rd was on his third lap of the compound so far this night. Coincidentally he was
also running out of songs to hum. The night watch was terribly boring this far from the front. Not that Denton wanted so see the xenos scum up close, of
course. The filthy xenos were not to be looked upon. But, he was awfully curious. I mean, he was expected to shoot at them, so surely the God-Emperor would
not mind if he were to look upon them. Strictly in a tactical sense.
He let out a long low sigh as he shuffled along the perimeter. That was when he spotted it. A shadow slinking among the mechanicum tents. Denton stopped and
narrowed his eyes as he unslung his lasgun and gripped it tightly. The figure had a box or something in its grip. As he watched the shadow looked left and
right and disappeared into a large pre-fab building.
Finally! Denton thought as he rushed forward and braced himself against the wall. He checked that the safety was off, that the power cell was fully
charged, and that his torch was on. Then he took a deep breath. As he let it out he twisted, kicked open the door, and aimed into the darkness.
"FREEZE!" he shouted as he aimed his lasgun at a trio of men sitting on some up-turned crates in the center of the room. They each clutched a bottle of amber
liquid, and between them was a small crate marked 'Officer's Only' with a Departmento Munitorum brand.
"Oi! Keep it down! Ya wanna bring da Commissars down on our asses?" one of them said as he took a big swig from his bottle. The others chuckled, shook their
heads and resumed their drinking as well.
Denton faltered and the muzzle of his lasgun dipped a bit. "I... what? What's..." He raised his gun again and aimed it at the soldiers once more. "What are
you doing in here? This is a restricted area!" he said, alternating aiming at each one of the trio in turn.
"Settle down, boyo. We's jus' havin' a nice drink. Care to join us?" another of the trio said.
"N-no! Put the bottles down! This is a restricted area and that," he said, shining his torch on the crate, "-is for officers only!"
"C'mon lad, don't be a buzzkill." said the largest of the three. "Ain't no one gonna miss one case of amasec. Besides, me and the boys here had a rough
couple'a weeks at the front. Why not cut us some slack?"
The barrel of his lasgun dipped again.
"Th-the front?" he asked, sounding like a curious child. "You've been at the front?" The big man smiled and nodded, and Denton's lasgun lowered a little
more. "W-what's it like?" The big man smiled and, with one arm, hauled over another crate.
"Aren't you the eager pup." he said as Denton hesitantly moved over to take a seat. "Sit yerself down, grab a bottle and we'll swap stories, ya?"
*****
Denton was on the verge of tears with laughter. He wiped at his eyes and lifted the bottle to his lips again to take another swig as the big man continued
his story.
"So's, me and the boys here are in our Sentinels, and we just says 'frag it' and charge. Our lascannons were half out of power and those Carnifexes were
healing almost as fast as we could blast'em." said the big man. Who had he introduced himself as? Volden? Or was Volden the one sitting across from him?
Whatever, it wasn't that important. No, maybe that was Kryztanten. "An' I swear by the God-Emperor himself, I saw them Carnifexes gak themselves." Volden
reached over and clapped his buddy on the back roughly. "Ol' Zyndec here tackled one to the ground and blew its head off with the last of his lascannon
shots."
Zyndec mock bowed, complete with an elegant twirl of his hand at the wrist. "T'weren't nothin'." Denton gave the man his due applause, spilling more than a
little of his drink in the process. I looked down at the stain on his normally clean uniform and frowned.
"I think I drank to mush..." he slurred. Volden laughed heartily and clapped him on the back, nearly knocking him off of his seat.
"Nonsense, the night's still young. There's still more drink to be had and more stories to be told, pup."
"Well..." Denton said as he tried to focus really hard, "...one more couldn't hurt." He brought the bottle to his lips only to discover that it was empty. He
tilted it over and gave a shake before frowning. "Wish I could see and do the things you guys do." he mumbled as he gestured for Volden to hand him another
bottle. He was too drunk to notice the smiles the others were giving him.
*****
"TROOPER DENTON!"
Denton jerked awake and blinked his eyes blearily.
"S-sorry guys, I jus-"
"Trooper! What is the meaning of this?!"
Denton blinked some more and peered up at the figure standing over him. The tall, angry looking figure that was wearing the same uniform as his boorish
commanding o- oh gak...
"C-c-captain Langstrom!" Denton said as he scrambled unsteadily to his feet. "S-sir, we were just-"
"We trooper?!" the Captain barked.
"Yes, sir. W-" Denton said as he twisted to indicate the friends he'd made last night. The friends who were nowhere in sight. He felt his stomach lurch and
he turned to look into the angry red face of his captain. Langstrom's hand lashed out and grabbed Denton roughly about the collar and he started dragging him
from the building.
"I knew you were a worthless lout, trooper," he barked as hauled Denton away from the supply building. A small audience began to form as his captain dragged
him through the camp while berating him loudly. He touched upon his upbringing, his lack of willpower and even mention a lack of faith in the God-Emperor.
After several minutes they arrived at command tent and he was roughly deposited in a folding chair set before a large table. "Normally," his captain
continued, having finally pausing long enough to take a breath, "such gross disregard would be met with death." Denton blanched and his stomach gave another
violent lurch. "However, you are able-bodied if grossly stupid. Lucky for you there is a penal legion deployed on his world. Effective immediately you will
be folded into their ranks and I will never see you again." The captain stamped several sheets of paper with what seemed like more force than necessary and
handed them to Denton. "Trooper, take this garbage back to your camp, immediately." A large, meaty hand clamped down on Denton's shoulder and he tensed.
"Sho thing, Captain." said a very familiar voice. Denton whipped around and stared up at the smiling face of Kryztanten.
"Welcome to the Chem-Dogs, pup."
That was when Denton threw up.
Automatically Appended Next Post: And also, because tis the season.
'Twas the night before Christmas,
And all through the house,
No food was a-stirrin',
Not even a mouse.
Stockings were hung round
Dad's neck like a tie,
Along with a note that said,
"Presents or die."
Children were plotting
All night in their beds,
While the wife's constant whining
Was splitting his head.
But daddy had money
This year in the bank,
Then they closed up early,
And now dad's in a tank.
All of a sudden,
Santa appeared,
A sneer on his face,
Booze in his beard.
"Santa," I said,
As he laughed merrily,
"You do so much for others,
Do something for me."
"Bundy," he said,
"You only sell shoes,
Your son is a sneak thief,
Your daughter's a floose."
"Ho ho," Santa said,
"Should I mention your wife?
Her hair's like an A-bomb,
Her nails like a knife."
He climbs up the chimney,
That fat piece of dung,
He mooned me two times,
He stuck out his tongue.
I heard him exclaim,
As he broke wind with glee,
"You're married with children,
You'll never be free."
I'm still alive folks, and believe it or not I have a ton of pictures to upload! I housesat for my mom again last weekend and painted for a solid 3 to 4 hours (it was more like 6 but I spent at least 3 on the religious statue for my dad).
I will upload them as soon as I am able.
I'm in college. What is this "money" you speak of?
Camkierhi wrote: Thank you for that, nice work. Really enjoyed it.
Where's these pics you promised?
Uhhh... well, you see...
Right here.
So here are the goodies I picked up on Black Friday.
Picking up where I left off, here is Valerie.
I started here off by painting some druchii violet onto the gem at the end of her staff, which was just the white spray coat.
Then I took some Balor Brown to paint her golden tresses.
Then I added some brown to the rest of her staff. As well as some copper on the fixings or whatever they are.
As well as some around her waist.
I also added some gold to her bangle.
Then I painted the things around her hips Screamer Pink and added yellow glaze over the hair.
Next, a TON of Druchii Violet onto the robes.
And while she dried, I moved onto Gutz.
First up, time to metal up his armor.
Then I added a bit of black to the clothing.
Time to add a little Steel Legion Drab to the leather.
Then I gave him some skin.
Lastly I added some brown to the details on his arms.
Then it was back to Valerie where I picked out a few more details before calling it a night.
That was last week.
THIS WEEK I started with the some chests.
I got these to ship all these wonderful minis I've been painting across the country to their proper owners. But they look kinda bland (save the two I tested this goop on). What goop?
This goop.
Its actually white vinegar that I poured over a piece of steel wool. And it WAS clear. The longer it sat it turned black.
So with some time, a towel I didn't care about destroying (stained beyond fixing) and some gloves, I proceeded to rub it into the wood.
On the interior I am going to make small pillows and hot glue them into the base and top to make sure they're nice and secure. It will also hide where the stain wouldn't affect the wood due to glue.
Next up, back to Valerie. Her face was lacking some detail so using my smallest brush I painted the whites of her eyes and added some pink to her lips. But I realized that I had nothing smaller to do pupils. But to my luck, she's a wizard. I cracked open my pot of Soulstone Blue and gave her eyes and the palm of her hand a coat.
I think it looks great.
Then I went back to Gutz and started picking out the little details.
To finish him up I glued on his coat and bathed him in Nuln Oil really make him look like he's been through hell.
To finish up the night, I put a nice bit of 'Ardcoat on Valerie's gemstone.
I'm in college. What is this "money" you speak of?
Nice little story too
I never said money. Barter is the oldest form of trade you know.
Camkierhi wrote: Dude, fantastic work.
Figs are looking brilliant. Great step by step, love the home made stain, very cool.
Thanks Cam. Once the chests have dried I will take another picture of them. Also, the vinegar smell dissipates about a day or two later (In case you try this yourself).
Afraid I traded most of my soul away already, though what is left is yours War Kitten, anything for a fellow Dakkanaut, plus I want to see more of that conversion work too.
He doesn't need his soul really, I'm sure he won't mind
Camkierhi wrote:Afraid I traded most of my soul away already, though what is left is yours War Kitten, anything for a fellow Dakkanaut, plus I want to see more of that conversion work too.
Cam is a kind and generous s-
He's already traded the -oul.
shasolenzabi wrote:Poor trooper Denton, that is an evil way to get more men in the ranks of the Chem-dogs! well played, but evurl!
Trooper Denton should not have been drinking on the job!
Guys! Its crunch time! I didn't get the last of my Christmas gift models painted last night. I will attempt to finish it tonight in order to mail them tomorrow. Wish me luck.
Oh... you're still here. Well I guess you're looking for some more pictures of my works and such.
Well, sorry to disappoint but I'm done with all that. So, go on, go home.
Go.
Chicka chicka
Just kidding. Hi guys. Hope you all had a lovely couple of holidays. I got super bogged down with family stuff and the like and as such this is really the first chance I've had to breathe. Sorry for the delay in getting the (almost) last of my Christmas gift pictures posted, but here they are.
Thank you for your patience.
Where the hell did I leave off???
Oh, right, I had finished up Valerie.
RIGHT! So, in order to get these treasure to my friends I picked up those little wooden treasure chests. Well, putting a mini in there might normally be safe, but when you combine that with the post office, it leads to broken minis. So, I thought to myself, needs some padding.
Not the prettiest work, but certainly very plush and secure.
Next I needed to differentiate whose chest was whose. As you can see, pencil did quite cut it.
But that's why I picked up this bad boy.
We will not ask why Scarlet's has a black line down his!
With that done, I still had two minis that needed paint. The first one on the chopping block, Sarah's halfling rogue, Onnya. Regrettably, I did not take pictures of her mini completed... I feel kinda dumb about that, but here's what I have minus one super blurry image.
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Lastly, I had Etria's pretentious mage Thurmond. He seemed like a super rich, super uppity snob from his description, so with that in mind I let myself have a lot of fun with this one.
Started simply by doing the base.
From there, I had to add some royal colors to his clothes.
The robe had these little raised bits that I felt would really stick out nicely if painted a gold color. So I did.
Next up, a bit of skin tone.
Etria described him as blonde with a goatee, so, blonde he is.
Time to give him a nice mahogany staff.
But it would be so pedestrian to have a staff without gold and jewels affixed to it.
I'm quite proud of it. I painted that new Soulstone Blue on the top of the staff to make it really pop out and it looks great. I also covered it with 'Ardcoat when it dried.
I think he came out rather nicely.
And to finish him up and give him the same kind of magical effect I did to Valerie, I used Waystone Green and painted it over his eyes to give him that ethereal look.
Camkierhi wrote: Great work, bet your friends were very happy christmas morning.
Yeah, they were very pleased
I'm sorry for my lack of updates lately guys. I've been deal with some personal daemons and its left me drained. I have about 3 weeks of photos (not as many as it sounds) to upload, but I'll do that tomorrow night when I finish painting more.
Before him stands a door. It is coated in an equal measure of dust and rust, having not been opened for countless ages. Tentatively, he reaches out and thumbs the flickering red rune on the keypad. With the groan of ancient actuators the door shakes loose sediment build up and opens. Stale air spills out and the figure steps inside. The room is largely bare save for a table, upon which lay the tools of his trade. Slowly, a smile creases his face.
"Its good to be back,"
Hey kids! Did you miss me? Cuz I missed you! That's right all of you! Snuffy, Al, Leo, Little Moe with the gimpy leg, Cheeks, Boney Bob, Cliff. I missed all you knuckleheads! (Bonus points if you know what that references!)
I am back, and feeling better than I have in a while.
I even have some stuff to share with you! Check out what I got!
Now technically its still Christmas gifts. (I know, I'm terrible....) But I thought I would spoil myself and get something for my long neglected Chem-Dogs in the process.
Firstly, we have another sniper to go with Briggs' group. No name yet, but time will tell.
Next, I have a couple of flametroopers to add wherever I please! (1 is for me, 1 is for my dear friend Shawn)
The sculpts are nice, even if I think the sniper's cigar broke off somewhere long ago (no biggie). I started by gluing the flamer hose in place.
Then once I got the sniper assembled, I took a quick shot of them together.
Lookin' nice!
With all the ladies assembled, it was time for a nice undercoat.
First thing's first, the Burner Babes (Copyright/Trademark) needed a bit of color on their.... coats! Yes... their coats....
>_>;
While that dried I decided to get creative with the sniper. I applied layers of Waywatcher Green to the undercoat to color her shirt. (Also note my poor attempt to replace the cigar [looks way too big and I lose it later])
After that it was time for some Death World Forest on her pants.
It was not easy to get her painted fully after I glued her down. I recommend doing all this before that point.
All-in-all, that Waywatcher Green looks really nice. I'm gonna need more of those glazes.
After that, I applied a heavy coat of Agrax to...well... the heavy coat.....
Once I'd given it a very long time to dry, I then decided they couldn't go through life as pasty eldar and had to give them some color.
Then I applied some color to the flamer itself.
Then back to my unnamed sniper! I painted her boots, gloves and gun. I also added a bit of paint to the skulls and bones on her base.
Then I thought; "Ya know, that glaze worked so well on its own, I wonder if I can do the same with inks in successive layers." So, I started with some Agrax for some nice brunette locks.
Then I added some nuln oil to darken it. While that dried I went to town and finished up on some details here and there (without pictures, sorry). I added another layer of Waywatcher to her shirt and then I thought; "Her hair needs a personal touch." So BAM! orange streak. This is the end result as of last week.
Not too shabby for a lot of experimenting. BACK TO THE BURNER BABES! I pried them from their bases so that I could better get at their... boots.... I was totally thinking boots!
I touched up their legs while I was at it.
Originally the redhead was going to be mine (I have a type, don't judge). But I texted my buddy and he said he likes red hair, pale skin and blue eyes. So... looks like they'll both be red heads.
I still have stuff I need to paint, but at the same time I have a cosplay outfit I need to get ready by the time GenCon rolls around. That said, all my painting will likely be tabled for the time being.
prime you became a seeamtress in my absence?? well cool on you hope your cosplay turns out well. still looking for to chem dog goodness your guys are looking notch like normal....now if I can just find my mojo.....I think you stole it from me lol.
alabamaheretic wrote: prime you became a seeamtress in my absence?? well cool on you hope your cosplay turns out well. still looking for to chem dog goodness your guys are looking notch like normal....now if I can just find my mojo.....I think you stole it from me lol.
Long time no see Bama! How you been?
I dunno about seamstress. I can managed to cobble together something vaguely clothing-like.
alabamaheretic wrote: eh not too shabby tinkering with odds and ends of my iom army. just refound my love of the game again so yea been doing some painting today.
plus packing for a move across country
well if you get brave enough to show us I'm sure it'll be fantastic!
Hope the move went smoothly.
I am now sad. Photobucket suddenly decided that after using their service for 12 years I must now pay to embed the photos I've uploaded... Well screw that noise. I'll take all my pictures down and find some other website.
alabamaheretic wrote: eh not too shabby tinkering with odds and ends of my iom army. just refound my love of the game again so yea been doing some painting today.
plus packing for a move across country
well if you get brave enough to show us I'm sure it'll be fantastic!
Hope the move went smoothly.
I am now sad. Photobucket suddenly decided that after using their service for 12 years I must now pay to embed the photos I've uploaded... Well screw that noise. I'll take all my pictures down and find some other website.
Yeah they've screwed everyone with that bit. Lots of great blogs are lost now, some are rebuilding.
alabamaheretic wrote: eh not too shabby tinkering with odds and ends of my iom army. just refound my love of the game again so yea been doing some painting today.
plus packing for a move across country
well if you get brave enough to show us I'm sure it'll be fantastic!
Hope the move went smoothly.
I am now sad. Photobucket suddenly decided that after using their service for 12 years I must now pay to embed the photos I've uploaded... Well screw that noise. I'll take all my pictures down and find some other website.
Yeah they've screwed everyone with that bit. Lots of great blogs are lost now, some are rebuilding.
Let that be a lesson kiddies!
A little heresy leads to a metric butt-ton of retribution and hatred!
alabamaheretic wrote: eh not too shabby tinkering with odds and ends of my iom army. just refound my love of the game again so yea been doing some painting today.
plus packing for a move across country
well if you get brave enough to show us I'm sure it'll be fantastic!
Hope the move went smoothly.
I am now sad. Photobucket suddenly decided that after using their service for 12 years I must now pay to embed the photos I've uploaded... Well screw that noise. I'll take all my pictures down and find some other website.
Yeah they've screwed everyone with that bit. Lots of great blogs are lost now, some are rebuilding.
Let that be a lesson kiddies!
A little heresy leads to a metric butt-ton of retribution and hatred!
And soon to be bankruptcy. Which is why chaos marines can't have the cool toys as most of their stuff was repossessed by the emperor.
Included is a video of the Dealer hall opening day, the Will Call line the day BEFORE the convention and some other goodies (including a picture of my finished costume).
I apologize ahead of time for how dark some of these are. I didn't have my flash on for most and I didn't hold the mini like last week. Lessons learned for next week.
Painted the sniper's base and her rifle stock first. A lot of browns on this one.
Then I painted the belt across her chest and waist.
GAH! The light! It burns us, precious!
Next I felt like the ribbon on her helmet needed some color.
Something to break up all the browns.
Then I added some copper to her rifle.
Next came the ink washes.
Then I flocked the base.
That's where I left her for the evening.
Next step, I brought out my very thoughtful gift that my friend Mimo got me.
And it really REALLY looks good.
And my Burner Babes, one of which is LOOOOOOOOOONG overdue as a birthday gift. :(
Before Gencon last year I decided, "Hey Weapon! You know that GMing thing seems like a lot of fun. Wouldn't it be fun to run a game of this, that or the other thing?" and then I turned to the side and said "Yes it would Other Weapon. Yes it would."
So following that line of slightly off-kilter thinking, I managed to rope four friends into a game of MASKs that had been scheduled for Tuesday nights. The first session was a mess, and I learned a lot about GMing (mainly what NOT to do). Then we scheduled the second session for Sunday at 4.
That's where the delay comes in. Sunday is usually my day for working on my army and stuff of that nature. Well... needless to say I didn't. BUT! I had a lot of fun GMing the second game.
And now weekends are best for my players.
So every couple of weeks I most likely won't have an update as I will be GMing.
Excellent that you have found a new path. GMing can be really rewarding, it can also take up more time than you think. In the meantime give us some pics when you can. Loving the last batch, really interesting to see something different.
Camkierhi wrote: Excellent that you have found a new path. GMing can be really rewarding, it can also take up more time than you think. In the meantime give us some pics when you can. Loving the last batch, really interesting to see something different.
Thanks Cam
I really want to find a local DnD group. I'm dying to play a character past level 3 (the highest I can achieve at GenCon). I want to get in on the ground floor of an epic campaign.
Before Gencon last year I decided, "Hey Weapon! You know that GMing thing seems like a lot of fun. Wouldn't it be fun to run a game of this, that or the other thing?" and then I turned to the side and said "Yes it would Other Weapon. Yes it would."
So following that line of slightly off-kilter thinking, I managed to rope four friends into a game of MASKs that had been scheduled for Tuesday nights. The first session was a mess, and I learned a lot about GMing (mainly what NOT to do). Then we scheduled the second session for Sunday at 4.
That's where the delay comes in. Sunday is usually my day for working on my army and stuff of that nature. Well... needless to say I didn't. BUT! I had a lot of fun GMing the second game.
And now weekends are best for my players.
So every couple of weeks I most likely won't have an update as I will be GMing.
Just thought you guys might like to know.
Just remember "Rocks fall everyone dies" and " blue lightening bolts fall from heaven and 'one person' dies" and you can never be wrong as your the GM!
Just remember "Rocks fall everyone dies" and " blue lightening bolts fall from heaven and 'one person' dies" and you can never be wrong as your the GM!
I haven't had to RF,ED anyone yet. They've been pretty good. But I do punish them for their rash decisions. Last session one of them got a little to gung-ho and infiltrated the warehouse they were scoping out early. So I "detained" him and the rest had to rescue him.
Hello one and all!
I wanted to let you know that Sunday I wasn't able to get an update done because I was GMing my MASKs game.
And boy did my players throw me for a loop.
Additionally, it was my birthday yesterday, so I have a new set of goodies that has cut to the front of my painting line. But I'm sure you'll all approve.
"Hi there sports fans and welcome to another glorious pre-season of BLOOD BOWL! Tonight, members of every race from across the known world, all howling like banshees in anticipation of the upcoming season! Oh, and yes there are some banshees... Well, let's go over to your commentator for tonight, Jim Johnson, for a recap on the rules of the game before batle commences. Good evening, Jim!"
"Thank you, Bob! Well, good evening and boy, are you folks in for some great sporting entertainment this season! First of all though, for those of you at home who are unfamiliar with the rules, here's how the game is played.
"Blood Bowl is an epic conflict between two teams of heavily armed and quite insane warriors. Players pass, throw and run with the ball attempting to get it to the other end of the field, the end zone. Of course, the other team must try and stop them, and recover the ball for their side. If a team gets the ball over the line into the opponent's end zone it's called a touchdown; the team that scores the most touchdowns by the end of the match wins the game! Of course, it's not always as simple as that..."
"It sure isn't, Jim! Sometimes the easiest way to win a Blood Bowl match is simply to ensure the other team is ground into the turf before you! Like those poor saps that got between the ogre and the snack bar!"
"I saw that, Bob. It was like a slaughterhouse. I hear that when the dust had settled he was approached by no less than three different team managers."
"Wouldn't surprise me in the least. You can't let that kind of talent for carnage just walk away!"
"Bob I'm getting word that the Bad Bay Hackers are shaping up to be one heck of a team this year."
"I've heard that too, Jim. But not as good as the Orcland Raiders. Those big, green players are literally foaming at the mouth waiting for this season to start."
"Foaming though they may be, the Bad Bay Hackers have themselves a new thrower this season. A young man by the name of Dunk Hoffnung! Here's hoping he can pull himself together and really lead his team to victory."
"I hear you, Jim. But my focus is on the Hackers' heavy hitter, K'thragsh M'grash."
"He's big, he's mean and he represents the proud ogre people and our tradition for carnage and mayhem!"
"He certainly does, Bob. He certainly does. I can't wait to see what happens with the Hackers this season. We need to take a short break, but we'll be right back, after a word from Bludweiser."
Just finished reading your whole blog. Took me about 4 daysto get through it all but I was hooked lol.
If I'm honest I probably wouldn't have been as engrossed if it wasnt for all the back story's you gave your many miniatures. You have a very good writing style and can't wait to read more. Sorry to hear you didn't get anyway with black library.
I will be waiting in anticipation to see how your blood bowl team comes out.
Just finished reading your whole blog. Took me about 4 daysto get through it all but I was hooked lol.
If I'm honest I probably wouldn't have been as engrossed if it wasnt for all the back story's you gave your many miniatures. You have a very good writing style and can't wait to read more. Sorry to hear you didn't get anyway with black library.
I will be waiting in anticipation to see how your blood bowl team comes out.
Thank you very much for the kind words! I know my painting and modeling isn't quite as impressive as say Cam's or Klaus', but I appreciate you sticking through it! It means the world to me.
Yes, I do was disheartened by the Black Library denial, especially seeing as how I would love to become a published writer, but, such is life.
Thank you very much for the kind words! I know my painting and modeling isn't quite as impressive as say Cam's or Klaus', but I appreciate you sticking through it! It means the world to me.
Don't be silly, your painting and modelling is very impressive, my painting standard is that of a 11 yr old. I'm hoping one day I can paint my models to half the standard of yours. Although you have taught me a few things. Love the step by step photos you put on this blog to, it's nice to see the transformation take place.
Read this stuff, can't get enough. Hope you have time to add a few more chapters to "it's a dogs life" want to know how they do it and if she finally takes he's hand lol.
Thank you very much for the kind words! I know my painting and modeling isn't quite as impressive as say Cam's or Klaus', but I appreciate you sticking through it! It means the world to me.
Don't be silly, your painting and modelling is very impressive, my painting standard is that of a 11 yr old. I'm hoping one day I can paint my models to half the standard of yours. Although you have taught me a few things. Love the step by step photos you put on this blog to, it's nice to see the transformation take place.
Read this stuff, can't get enough. Hope you have time to add a few more chapters to "it's a dogs life" want to know how they do it and if she finally takes he's hand lol.
Thank you very much Staggsy. I have plans to finish that story, but for now it is on the backburner. I promise to post here when I've worked on it again.
Hello boys, girls and cultists of all ages!
Sorry for my absence, but in my defense there was a holiday and then I had a guest from Michigan that for some reason finds my desolate wasteland interesting.
So, I have a little bit of work to show you. Nothing too special. I started on the paint scheme for my Blood Bowl Human team. I am taking a queue from the book and making them the Bad Bay Hackers.
So, with that in mind. BAM!
AND WHA-BAM!!
That's as far as I got before my company arrived.
Now, onto this years Christmas mini. Behold, Malic (the human) and Thoth (the dragonborn)
So, Thoth is mine, let's just ignore him for now.
Both minis custom built on Hero Forge (starting to love that site WAY too much).
This is their new white plastic.
Its nice, but once it was sprayed I could see the print lines pretty clearly. Though, not in my photo.
So after a night's painting, here's where I left off with Malic.
His owner likes red and black, so....
The red in the coat is actually mithril silver with the souldstone red overlayed onto it (to try and vary the red and black a little).
You can still see it on the shoulders.
I also painted the floor with rakarth flesh and reikland fleshshade. Next time I'll put some agrax earthshade on it.
Then here's the work I did on Thoth (again he's mine, so its not a lot).
Hmm.... I don't think that's supposed to happen...
Nah man, don't you worry your pretty little head.
Oh... okay voice I've never heard before now. Anyway guys and gals, I'm back. Sort of. I know I haven't posted in a while, and that's entirely on me. But I plan on fixing that and getting back in the swing of things. Starting with a list of project to complete, IN ORDER, so that I can make sure all goes according to plan.
First on that list, finish painting the Baneblade! Voice, will you keep track of these?
Sure... I guess...
1) Finish that BaneBlade
Second, I have a Manticore that needs to be finished.
2) Finish the Manticore
Third, Gotta finish up them fliers.
3) Do you think he's paying attention to what I put here?
Next I should probably work on that Taurox and box of Tempestus I got.
4) I don't think he is.
After that I picked up some Eisenskern a bit ago that wouldn't look too out of place amongst my Chem-Dogs.
5) This chump. Watch this. KLAATU!
And then we can add to Tanis and Kneives' groups with a new box of Necromunda Eschers.
5) BARATA!
Nikto.
I have been paying attention to everything.
......shit...... sorry. Just having a little fun with my newfound freedom.
That's fine. But don't screw up that list. I want to get actual work done now.
Theophony wrote:Welcome back....and welcome new voice to o the choir in my head. Now in technicolor .
Camkierhi wrote:Hi, welcome home.
Hey guys! Thanks for the welcome home!
I had uploaded some images last night with the intention of classifying them and stuff while I was at work, but now they're not there. So... I guess all that will have to wait until my lunch hour when I can reupload them.
Finally got those pictures sorted. Let's start with what I painted for GenCon this year before going full swing back into the Hexblade.
You might remember this guy.
This is Thoth, my Dragonborn Warlock for DnD this year. I have posted pictures of him before, but I decided I didn't like the colors I was working on and resprayed him black to cover it all. I started by painting his staff gold.
Then I painted his robes a nice dark green. I already liked this much more than the orange I was working with.
Then, in true fashion of me not remembering I have a P&M Blog, I forgot to take a bunch of pictures. So here is how he wound up.
I really like how he came out. But my warlock needs a familiar. I thought I'd flex my green stuff muscles and sculpt it. So I took a ball of green stuff with the intention of making a mini Cthulhu thing (My warlock is a great old one patron). But I couldn't manage to sculpt it. I couldn't get it to hold shape as every time I went to scratch in an eye I turned it from a sphere to a peanut by holding it too hard. In the end. I went with something a bit more manageable. I decided my familiar would be a quasit that looks like a big slimy leech.
So I started with a mixture of chaos black and rakarth flesh for a skin tone.
Once that was dry I used purple ink to ink the whole worm. It came out very splotchy, but since its supposed to be a leach I thought that would be okay. I also put some green on the scales to make them pop.
Then I used some Nurgle's rot on the mouth to give it some nice shiny slimy teeth. And finished the whole thing up with a healthy coating of 'Ardcoat for sheen. I don't have another photo to really show it off, but if people are interested I can post them up in my little photo studio for proper pictures.
NOW!!
Onto the HEXBLADE!
First up, a little reminder of where we left off. I got this monster for my birthday two years ago and immediately decided I wanted to magnetize it to get it all I could out of this very expensive model.
And you know what? Mission accomplished.
It wasn't the easiest, but it was doable and I am rather pleased with the results.
You know what I realized after I started taking all these pictures?
Aside from repairs I need to make from this being stuffed into a storage bin [like that antenna].
I was mostly done painting it save to picking out some details.
I guess I got farther than I thought I did.
All the magnets were still in place.
My terrible frankstein parts are still together.
And BAM! It still works well!
Here's the change over to the other variants.
This piece actually has a paperclip piece on each side for the magnets to grip.
Since that piece is reversible and needs to go in back.
And lastly, here's all the little parts that need work.
SO! To start off, I needed to add detail on everything. First thing I worked on was the Mega Bolter. Liberally applied some silver to pick it out. Nothing major, just enough to make it pop.
Next it was the heavy bolter front panel. same deal.
Demolisher cannon got a hint of gold on the winged skull, and some silver.
For our first bit of real color, I moved onto the back panel. Lots of wires here. They needed to be picked out.
Threw some silver on the bolter turret.
And then some silver and wire coloring onto the BIG turret. Gotta think of something to paint on the random tau bits I glued onto it the front.
Finished with some hinges on the big main piece.
And that's what I got done. I'm quite proud with how its turning out. I have more details to paint (there are a ton of hinges on this thing that need silver paint) and some trophies sitting in the tow hooks that need color too.
But what do you guys think? Anything you want to see? Lemme know. Man it feels good to be back!
Hello all you wonderful people! Sorry I'm a little late on the update, but I am still getting into the swing of things. I don't have as many pictures today. Detail work is time consuming and doesn't lead to a lot of pics.
So, continuing where I left off, I resumed painting hinges. Namely all the hinges on track guards.
Then I painted a couple of hinges on top along with some squares on the smoke launchers.
Moving to the back of my tank, most of this detail was done already. But I needed to paint the trophies on the tow hooks.
Moving onto the turret. I added some more yellow to the spotlight, painted the aerials silver and picked out just a few more details.
Next I moved onto the lascannon turrets that go on the sponsons.
Then to wrap up the night I took a picture of the whole beastie so far.
Gotta say I'm pretty impressed with it. Its coming along nicely. What do you all think? Lemme know in the comments below!
Hey guys, forgot to post this sooner. No update this week (obviously). Took my dad to the hospital over last weekend (don't worry, he's okay now) and then spent the rest of the week coming down from the stress.
xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote: Hey guys, forgot to post this sooner. No update this week (obviously). Took my dad to the hospital over last weekend (don't worry, he's okay now) and then spent the rest of the week coming down from the stress.
Normal posts should resume next week.
Good luck man, scary stuff. Will be awaiting the update.
xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote: Hey guys, forgot to post this sooner. No update this week (obviously). Took my dad to the hospital over last weekend (don't worry, he's okay now) and then spent the rest of the week coming down from the stress.
Normal posts should resume next week.
Good luck man, scary stuff. Will be awaiting the update.
Always look forward to seeing what your upto, but it comes as an when bud, no worries, still listening.
The Hexblade is looking pretty sweet bud, survived storage well by the look of it. Think one day I will scratch up one of these, and your lovely detailed pics will do nicely for reference.
Theophony wrote:Hospitals suck.... I work at one, and doctors and nurses are dirty nasty people.
Camkierhi wrote:Hope you are feeling better soon.
Always look forward to seeing what your upto, but it comes as an when bud, no worries, still listening.
The Hexblade is looking pretty sweet bud, survived storage well by the look of it. Think one day I will scratch up one of these, and your lovely detailed pics will do nicely for reference.
Thanks guys!
I figure one more week of rest and I should be back to my usual 98% (never been 100%). Cam, I expect detailed build pics of a scratch-blade!
Also I'll have to make a slight addendum to my list. My buddy is sending me a Helldrake (He and I both think it looks too awesome not to try and paint) so I will be working on that after my hexblade/as soon as it arrives.
Continuing sore throat and coughing aside, I still live!
And look, here's a baneblade.
And I missed a few details during my last paint session.
Time to fix that! These looked more like tubes to me than cables, so, they became metal.
This got the wire treatment though.
And using the same green I added some details to the tau bits I stuck on.
Next, the tanker needed some finalizing.
Starting with the helmet and pads.
While that was drying I had the idea to put some 'ardcoat under the turret to protect it while together. You can already see the wear from test turning it.
Some strategic flesh, gold and yellow later, I think we can all the tanker done.
And this is what I have left to paint to claim this bad boy as done. The shells, the sponsons and the heavy stubbers.
Then I took a break to dig through my stuff to find my drill (You cant put a large bit in the new ones in case you were wondering). While doing that, I managed to find the sentinels I'd modded AND some Tyranid bits. And then I remembered my bit of fluff regarding this tank. They find it while fighting Tyranids. WELL! That's good enough for me.
Doot!
Doot Doot!
Dootily Doot!
And some purple for the chitin (my Tyranid army colors).
Then I figured out where it would go...
...fished out some chain...
And set to making it look haphazardly attached to my tank.
I wrapped it across the top and secured it top and bottom with glue.
And when I hit the bottom, I started back up, adding more glue at the intersections and pressing it down with my paintbrush handle.
Beautiful. Isn't it?
That's all the work I completed this time guys. But here's a little supply drop.
Can anyone tell me how to use the new technical paints? I can't even find them on the GW website.
That's all I got this time folks. Catch you later!
I know I missed last week's update, but I didn't sit around and do nothing!
I actually, get this, FINISHED the Hexblade
Whaaaaaaaaat????
I know, right?
So, tonight, I will be taking glamour shots of the tank in all its completed glory as well as fiddling around with an Anvil Industry supply drop before starting on the Heldrake my friend sent me.
As of last week, these were all I had left to paint. (Save for like the shells and tools and stuff I didn't include on the tank)
Added some silver to the hinges.
Added some color and detail here.
Some gunmetal here.
Then it was time for the twinlinked sponsons. Coated them all in black and set them aside to dry.
While they were drying I started on the stubbers.
A nice bit of camo to them.
And while that camo started to dry, I went back to the bolters.
Then back to the stubbers again! (MAN! I was all over the place last week) Added some gold to the aquila's. PRAISE BE TO THE GOD-EMPEROR OF MANKIND!
The final details on the bolters.
And the flamers
Straightened out the colors on the stubbers.
And painted and inked the barrels.
Next I.... wait.... is that it??
Oh my god guys... Its... its done...
ITS DONE! GUYS! AFTER TWO YEARS! THIS BEAST IS DONE!
Showcase of Pics in the spoilered section!
Spoiler:
It's here where I saw that the carapace throws off the turret a bit. I might need to fix that.
Oh yeah. It really messes with the demolisher cannon. Gonna need to fix this.
MOVING ON!
Quick update to show off a supply drop that came in today.
I've never got Anvil Industries minis before, but I spent at least 2 hours looking through their stock and deciding what to get. So I got a 10 man squad's worth of bits.
Capes and great coat legs.
Some special weapons!
A nice supply of lasguns.
And some magnets to make the special weapons interchangeable.
So I pulled the legs out of the bag (tonight!) and picked a set at random to test.
I snipped off the little tab so it would fit in the provided slotta bases and then set investigate the chests. I got two types. With breather and without (since the special weapons have a backpack of their own. For the test, I went with the breather pack.
Then I looked at the arms. Luckily a pair had broken off in transit across the ocean, so I decided to use it. Make things easy on myself.
Also, look at the heads I got too!
Here's all my choices together.
Legs!
As you might have noticed the legs have a little peg that fits into the bottom of the torso, makes it real easy to put together and matches great.
Added the head.
Similarly, there are also pegs and sockets for the arms too.
Looks great!
Even added a bayonet from the sprue and a spare powerpack.
I'm definitely getting more of these!
AND lastly for the night, I started on my Heldrake. I took it outside and sprayed it down with leadbelcher.
Then I started to piece the beast together. Didn't get too far, but man is it super easy when you aren't magnetizing everything.
And that's all I accomplished tonight. What do you all think?
Questions, comments and criticism are always welcome!
I have some more build pics in my phone of the Heldrake, but I haven't taken the time to get them off.
What with the holidays coming and going and me getting ready to move, I simply haven't had time.
But what I did do is go through and update my It's a Dog's Life story that I had been posting here. Made some edits to bring up to my current level of writing and changed some minor things. I'll post it here soon.
Sorry for the incredibly long bout of silence, but I recently moved.
You'd be surprised how much stuff you can accumulate in a 1 bedroom apartment over the course of 10 years (on a related note if anyone is interested in a sizeable g. i. joe collection, hit me up).
The good news is I am now done moving and am currently in the middle of the unpacking phase.
By this time next month I should be fully unpacked and ready to dive head first into painting once more!
I know its been awhile. Moving. Unpacking. Work. Sickness. House-sitting. And general laziness have all impeded any actual work getting done. Hell, even now. I'm currently sitting at work on my computer (shhh, don't tell on me) and decided I had some time to kill (also my boss left early) so I did some tinkering on heroforge. They recently added shackles to their gear and I though "Ya know who would wear shackles?"
With that in mind, I made up 5 different lunatics that might, one day, join my army. No names yet. But I really had some fun with the new posing mechanics they added. Now if they only had some more guns or gun additions to mess with.
First up, a scumbag with a mock salute. I really like how he came out. Can almost feel the disrespect.
Next up, a ganger girl with her eye on the prize.
Now, an emaciated psycho with a penchant for blowing things up. I REALLY like this one. Looks a little like Krieg from Borderlands 2 to me.
Following him is a big gal with a crazy look in her eye I simply call, Bertha.
Lastly, we have a big man. Hard to tell from the screenshots but he's nearly two feet taller (scale wise) than the others.
I also mocked up a bunch of snipers to fill out Brigg's squad of my counts-as ratlings. If you all like these, maybe I'll share some screens of them.
I should have some actual painting done up soon. Just need a chair for my painting table and to... well... move all the crap off my painting table.
I know, I know. Another post without anything to show for it. It happens sometimes, ya know? Things get in the way of plans.
As you know (if you're reading my posts at least) I moved. I have most of a painting set up... set up. All I need is a chair and to move some boxes that I can't bring myself to unpack out of the way and I can resume my hobby.
As I'm sure you guys know, any new home has its fair share of problems. Mine is spiders. Big frickin' spiders. And guess what I learned about myself. I have arachnophobia. Three times now I've been minding my own business when big honkin' spiders make their presence known (once by my dining room light, once in my frickin' shoe, and one big mutha that scurried up my wall!) and each time I have freaked out and murdered it with reckless abandon!
Pest control came and went, and I have a bit of piece of mind now.
Its not all spiders mind you, just the ones where I feel its too big for me to smash it without a tool of some kind.
So, that's my update. How are all of you doing? No comments on my last post sharing some heroforge stuff I mocked up. Hope you're all okay.
looking forward to seeing what you turn STG into 
. It sucks now, but I met my wife a couple years after that, so it all worked out for the better (so my wife says) 
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Dude, fantastic work.
