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About to Finish off all the layers on 30+ Bits before washes and highlights get done.

Took my Blood Axes out for their first actual game since I started them in.. um.. 2009...

Suffice to say mistakes were made, its time to draw a line under this sorry episode and move on

Finished two of the oop metal Eldar Guardians from Rogue Trader days, only three more to go and then I will either return to the War Walker or work on Striking Scorpions.

Cheers,

CB

Built 3 inceptors - thought I had lost one of the grav chute fins, only to discover later to my horror that is had someone fallen onto another part of the chute and bonded, leaving me unable to detatch the piece with pliers

Going to paint 3 intercessors with my son tonight. He's three so it'll mostly be helping him spread paint.

Built 7 Objective Markers,Made a couple more industrial mesh bases.

Finished the last three of the oop metal Eldar Guardians from Rogue Trader days. So all the troop choices finished for my OOP Eldar. These have been a long slog, but now that the unit is compete I can either run two 10 model and support weapon squads or one 20 model and 2 support weapon unit.

Cheers,

CB

Received forge world box so put those soaking. Took out sicarran turret from freezer and GOT THE GUN OFF! Yes! I screwed up assembly on this big time resulting in one gun pointing UP. Been bugging me off. Good thing after being on freezer the super glue let go...

Continuing on this put warhound weapons into freezer. Those (I bought 2nd handed) are assembled fine but would like to figure if I can make them swappable.

And started glueing cork board to board. It's bit hard for the canal part though as it's 90 degrees up so glue side is sideways......Ah well. Trying to put some heavier items keeping it tight if it works.

base painted a few more orks in a couple of colours, assembled another Custodian, based the gold on a different one with the first wash added.

Gold highlights added to a chaos predator, tomorrow should see bits masked and the clear candy red over then 24 hours to cure

My son painted 75% of his new intercessors in caidan green. It's a strangely aquatic look with their blue plastic underneath.

Going to finish painting strips on my vehicles. It's not going well but I just have to hope I can fix the mistakes in touch up

Bolt Action night at the local shop. So my US Army forces are marching tonight!

Painting four 6mm Soviet aircraft at once. Would get more finished sooner if I'd just do them one at a time.

Started on a group of six oop metal Striking Scorpions from the Rogue Trader era.

Cheers,

CB

I've been trying to learn how to paint an acceptable dungeon looking base, just freehand, and it's a challenge. i think i've read here about people using little strips of tape to get straight lines, but i don't know what kind of tape to use?

I'm running my Starfinder game tonight, so time to hobby will be limited to doing a few highlights on the Sisters of Silence squad I'm currently working on.

Built Another 5 Objective markers.

Finished my Plagueburst Crawler!!! :-) Deep joy.
Few more stages on my 14 Shoota Boyz - bases, cloth wash, toes caps and wash

I just need to do:
- eyes,
- final edge on the skin
- edge on the armour
- top knots and helmet fur, second layer
- final teeth layer

So on the home stretch and very excited!

Contemplating what to do to replace the Crawler...and the Orks.


UPDATE: did the eyes, half done the top knot, armour edging and teeth, did the helmet fur.

Also primed Typhus and a Weird Boy
Need to order to some paint.

 amazingturtles wrote:
I've been trying to learn how to paint an acceptable dungeon looking base, just freehand, and it's a challenge. i think i've read here about people using little strips of tape to get straight lines, but i don't know what kind of tape to use?

Painters tape so that it does not remove paint from the base in areas you have already painted?

Cheers,

CB

Applied the first layer of white to my custom Stormtroopers, I really should have primed them white, but oh well.

Started painting first piece of terrain board and assembled 15 MKII assault marines for blood angels. Remaining 5 needs drilling to arms since weapons will be magnetized to cover all but power fist and lightning claws(which would require swapping entire arm rather than just hand and extra blood angel shoulder pads)

Finished my Prosecutors (except for some basing) and started the Vigilators.

Captain Brown wrote:

 amazingturtles wrote:
I've been trying to learn how to paint an acceptable dungeon looking base, just freehand, and it's a challenge. i think i've read here about people using little strips of tape to get straight lines, but i don't know what kind of tape to use?

Painters tape so that it does not remove paint from the base in areas you have already painted?

Cheers,

CB

That makes sense! thanks!

Ordered some paint.
Top knots finished on boys. Just waiting for paint so can do last edge highlight on 14 Shoota boyz.

I used green stuff to attach magnets to the bases of all my GSC models. I normally super glue them, but they are based on the Imperial Sector bases and the undersides aren't uniform. The GS was relatively painless, so might use this for all future magnets.

I sorted out all the biscuit tins where I keep my models. Broke out the labelling machine and labelled them all up.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/924703-Storage.html


Washed the GSC weapons with nuln oil and skins with Druchi violet.

 amazingturtles wrote:
I've been trying to learn how to paint an acceptable dungeon looking base, just freehand, and it's a challenge. i think i've read here about people using little strips of tape to get straight lines, but i don't know what kind of tape to use?

Standard blue painters tape works well provided the surface doesn't have too many raised bits on it. You can also do good things with paint markers if you have a steady hand.


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I can't seem to stop buying and assembling those termagaunt 5 packs. I have like 30 of the things now.

I have about 4 magnets left for bases and then am going to return to fixing up the stripes on my hellhounds. At least I finally assembled my Neohpyte Hybrids. They've been partially assembled for a few weeks now after I went on a primaris/tyranid quick assembly box rampage.

Primed an oop Eldar Jetbike just before the rains came.

Cheers,

CB

Working on another box of Oak Boyz and a box of Gretchen to take my Grot to a block of 30 and Orks to two blocks of 30.

Just about finished five Custodians as well.

Putting some planning in on how to convert a Nob into a Big Men with KFF

Putting the final colour of grass and some snow effect on some Prosecutors and painting the base armour onto a unit of Vigilators.

Halfway through painting 32 plastic Warlord Indians for the French and Indian War and the American War of Independence. Have primed and based another 20 metal Indians from the Warlord range and they'll be next on the painting line.

Received my paints....put i n drawer... stored the GSC models.
Desk, shelves and mind much clearer than they have been for a long time!

Yet more progress on orks, slow going..

Working on oop Eldar Striking Scorpions.

Cheers,

CB


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Painting oop Eldar Striking Scorpions today.

Cheers,

CB