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Cheers everyone, made a cheeky little visit out to my local GW this morning:







Am looking forward to painting her up. I also finished off my Ctan last night, in all honesty the pictures do not do them justice but I am very happy with them. The idea with the colour schemes was that the Deathbringer would represent the purple and the Deceiver would represent the green in my Necron force. No idea if they will be any use in the upcoming codex, but we shall see.











I also made a start on Sir Hector, with basecoat and wash done:



Thanks for looking.

I am not exactly in a slump, but things are slow going. The following 4 minis only take me to 14 painted for the month thus far, but after completing Indomitus i amhappy to going back to being a painting butterfly for a time...what exactly does that mean? Well 4 minis painted and from 4 different armies.

First up is Sir Hekhtur, no real rhyme or reason for him but i enjoyed painting him up:







Next up is the Biophagus for my GSC, he was just a fun mad scientist to paint up and a rare mainly white miniature for me:





I also got Sgt Ripper Jackson done, my first Catachan in an age. The sculpted face is a lot better than the GW painted example showed IMO. Just a nice fun piece to paint up. Went a bit different to the example that GW showed but nothing too out of left field:







Finally is the biggest piece of the week in the form of a Necron Triarch Stalker. No idea which gun I have armed it with though....this was a nice fun piece to do. I am happy I put it on a base even though it is mahoosive....all that crackled martion ironcrust looks great. The best bit I have another to paint up:









And a little WIP on some Tacticals from The Space Marine adventures game...with a following wind I may be able to paint up these by the end of the month:



Thanks for looking

 youwashock wrote:
C'tan do look good. Love the shading on Nightbringer's torso. What is up with Deceiver's left hand? Ripper looks great. Love her camo. Stalker is also fantastic. The weapon/sensor cluster is really good.

Good spot on The Deceiver...I basically think I accidentally threw away the correct arm on the finecast sprue so had to find a replacement...so i went with a GSC hybrid arm. Not ideal but it works from a distance...or maybe the Cult are that insidious that they have managed to infiltrate even the Necron star Gods???

Cheers Gobert, those Adventures minis were just staring at me so I had to bite the bullet.

A day late but work has been busy, so what are the scores on the doors?

I got my 6 Space Marine Heroes/Adventures miniatures painted up, I really like these more "action pose" sculpts that the monopose plastics provide. Obviously not a legal squad but it can make a nice 5 man squad with either a heavy bolter or flamer. And these 6 mean that I now have 100 Celestial Lions painted up. A huge number for the Lions as the Chapter fell below that after the betrayal on Armageddon.










All told in September I got 20 miniatures painted, taking me to 261 painted for the year. That means I just have unlucky 13 to paint each month to hit 300 for the year:



Thanks for looking.

Edit, here are my 100 Celestial Lions:

Cheers gents...

@Gobert: apologies it is 13 per month to hit the 300, so readily achievable. I have no firm plans but expect to see some of the new Necron and Marine stuff. However I would also like to paint some more Adeptus titanicus and ASOIAF minis as well...so many choices.

@YWS: Sparta! Indeed, I am very proud of my Lions. Such a cool chapter.

Anyway, thank you for the support gents, it really does spur me on. Saturday looks like a wet and windy one, so hopefully lots of hobby time...and maybe a pre order or two?

I think that one a day is probably not going to happen, and the only Marine pre order I placed was the codex. I did take account of (most, I excluded AOS and my unopened copy of Indomitus) my unpainted miniatures. The 40k stuff was a lot less worse than I expected, the ASOIAF...less so. Then again those units of 12 infantry add up quickly.

The scores on the doors:

40K 113 miniatures:

Chaos Knights:2
Necrons: 11 (this includes my pre orders of 2 new heavy destroyers and the Doomstalker).
GSC: 18
Death Guard: 27
Celestial Lions: 55

Adeptus Titanicus: 11

ASOIAF: 246!
To be fair that includes every faction in the game, but I think I will start making a dent in my Stark pile of 44 miniatures.

Conceivably I could paint the a couple of factions remaining models for 40k before the years end...
Wish me luck.

Have made a relatively fruitful start to the month with miniatures from ASOIAF and 40k completed, I eased myself into my Stark pile with a couple of unit attachments in the for of Rodrik Cassel and an Umber champion.

On Rodrik:

"Ser Rodrik Cassel is Master-at-Arms at Winterfell and has trained many of its soldiers in the art of combat, as well as Robb Stark, Theon Greyjoy and Jon Snow, and formerly Ned and Benjen Stark. He is the primary military advisor to House Stark of Winterfell. House Stark are Lords Paramount of the North. The North is one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms and House Stark is one of the Great Houses of the realm.
Rodrik is a knight, which is somewhat unusual in the North where most of the population holds to the Old Gods of the Forest. He fought in Robert's Rebellion and is an old friend of both Lord Eddard Stark and Jon Umber, the Lord of Last Hearth. His nephew Jory Cassel also fought in the rebellion and is the Captain of the guards at Winterfell. Rodrik is much beloved and respected by the inhabitants of Winterfell, and bears a distinct "muttonchop" facial hair pattern."

Just nice, fun, quick paint jobs on these two:







And here is the umber champion with the rest of his unit that I probably painted the best part of 16 months ago:



Back in the world of 40k one of the big new winners for the Necrons seem to be the Triarch Praetorians, these guys seem designed to be Marine killers with their damage 2 rods of the covenant. These were a bit of a nightmare to photograph so group shots is all I have:





Finally for this update is another GSC character, this time in the form of The Abominant. A fun guy to paint up, I painted him the same way as my 2nd unit of Aberrants by starting with a wraithbone basecoat and two mediumed coats of Magos purple contrast. After that I just tied him into my army with the usual colours:







And here he is with his unit:



So all told 8 miniatures painted thus far this month, well on my way to my target of 13.

And do you like rough and awful WIP shots? Here are a unit of 12 Stark sworn swords for ASOIAF . The basecoats are not even done yet but they are on their way:



Thanks for looking.









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Extra! Extra! Update, what could this be?

Cheers gents, I had a productive weekend by getting Thanos done and starting work on my new Necrons (one Canoptek Doomstalker and 2 of the new Lokhust Destroyers.

Anyway, Thanos. No idea why I bought him, just though he looked like an excellent sculpt and seemed like a great miniature to have on display. He has a choice of grinning and more stern face, I went with the former. I also went with the Infinity Gauntlet over a standard one.

Painting was easy enough. Black and then Leadbelcher spray undercoat. I went with my traditional gold recipe and then used Leviadon blue contrast for the jumpsuit. A few details then he was done. Really happy with the result. It does make me think that maybe, just maybe Thanos did nothing wrong:













And with his throne:







Finally a size comparison with a traditional Space Marine:



I also started work on my Canoptek Doomstalker, he is a big boy:



Obligatory size comparison:



Very dull shot but the Destoyers are built and have a black undercoat. I slightly shifted one of the heads and the body at the waist for a bit of variation:



Thanks for looking.

Cheers everyone, I still have no idea why I bought Thanos apart from loving the sculpt...and the price still hits me with a bit of sticker shock (for US forumites his US dollar price is his £ price).

@Tzurk: Thank you, the green on the cloak is as simple as waywatcher green glaze and medium mix over my usual gold. All told I think my Lions are my favourite army.

@Gobert: The height of the thing shocked me, it towers over the Reanimator.

@Viterbii: well you already have pretty much everything else in the range!

@YouWasShock: apologies, it was Talassar blue rather than Leviadon. It is one of the contrast paints I find to be of biggest use.

@Captain Brown: Any cents are always appreciated, plus your presence always reminds me of a good friend that goes by the moniker of Captain Riot, so that is a great thing.

@Aku-Chan: thank you, I think so too.

Currently I am close to getting the Doomstalker done (stupid job taking my spare time!)and also plan to start the Lokhusts soon. Some Adeptus titanicus tiny Knights are also staring at me as well.

Hello, the progress train continues.

First up are my first Adeptus Titanicus miniatures for a good few months in a form of Imperial Knights. These boys are relatively tiny and were quite a challenge to paint up. Not much in the way of individual heraldry just due to the scale but their left shoulder pads do have individualised variation colours just to differentiate them a bit. I was shocked that the kit only provides one of each of the ranged weapons, but I like the variety:













I also completed the Doomstalker,I love this mini!









I also completed my original 2 Lokhust Heavy Destroyers armed with the one shot, strength 10, 3D3 damage Gauss Destructor. Fun note, I assembled the side plates the wrong way round, I only realised when I took a look at the box art. No issue as it looks fine to my eye:















And all three together:



Being an idiot spender I also picked up a few things last Thursday. First up is the McFarlane marine, he is a chunky boy and great for the price. Do I paint him as a Celestial Lion or another chapter?



I also picked up a third Lokhust heavy destroyer so I could have an Emnitic Exterminator and build him correctly:





Finally I could not resist picking up the Chaplain on bike...he appears to have gone over a 1 inch high bump and the book has"sadly" fell off his bike:



Thanks for looking, that takes me to 15 miniatures painted for the month so far.

I also picked up a

Thanks for checking in on the blog, have managed to get a bit more done this week.

First up is a unit of 12 Stark Sworn Swords from ASOIAF. You get two of these in the starter and this is the second unit I painted up, so I gave them gold wolves and a golden standard to represent a "Royal Guard" type unit. A pretty basic paint job on these, but good enough for a decent table top ready unit:







They have inspired me to start a unit of Stark bowmen though, just on the undercoat stage with them at the moment but expect to see them soon.

In an ever increasing set of pictures called "These Necrons look a lot better in person, honest" here is my latest Lokhust Heavy Destroyer, this time with the big Emnitic Exterminator, and *gasp* the plates on the correct way round. As ever, lots of fun to paint and I am now glad to have a unit of 3:







This morning also saw a small necron supply drop:



I have already made the C'tan Shard Of The Void Dragon, Darren Latham has outdone himself sculpting this demigod, what a miniature:





Finally I have painted up my McFarlane Space Marine, the big question is does he go towards my monthly total? Without him I am at 28 miniatures for the month thus far, what says the brain trust?

Ultimately I went the Celestial Lion route. I decided not to go too detailed as I do not think it is needed at this scale. But I am really happy with him:















Thanks for looking!

@Viterbii: I disassembled it a bit. I took the shoulder pads and legs off. Be aware that I found the legs a bit difficult to reattach. The main trouble with painting is the moveable joints as you will get some paint wear but generally it took paint just fine.

@youwasshock: Haha! Probably best to avoid that abbreviation and yes that gun is absurd.

@Gobert: Cheers, I do really enjoy my forays into ASOIAF it is nice to get a bit of sword and board fantasy action.

I think I will count him as one in line with my one base one miniature rule. And yes, my pile of shame exists but the new and shiny jump to the front of the queue.

Right got the Monolith constructed but given its size , and very rarely for me, it is in 9 individual sub assemblies for ease of painting. Hopfully I will take photos before starting to paint it. I have also started to lay some paint down on the Void Dragon tonight as well...wish me luck.

@Gobert: It was just the largest transfer on my already purchased sheet, and luckily it worked perfectly.

@Viterbii: Aye, there are plenty of guides out there.

So the Monolith was a fun build, to be able to fully paint it I will have to go the route of sub assemblies. All told I have broken it down into the following 9 pieces:



I also went all in to get the Void Dragon done over the weekend. His main body is silver with a mix of Magos Purple Contrast, Druchii Violet and Contrast medium and I am very happy with the results. I used a number of colours to tie it in with my Necron force namely the purple body, green energy trails and blue on the Canoptek construct tail. So here he is:













Thanks for looking.

Cheers everyone, looking back the lighting in those Void Dragon photos is really poor. So I took a few new ones, ultimately the more I look at him the happier I am, so that is a good thing:







I also started work on the Monolith, of the 9 sub assemblies I have now done 6 so the progress is good.

First up is the central section:





And the gateway:



So the first two bits are glued together:



I have also completed 4 of the obelisk like stone pieces that glue into the interior hull, so just imagine this one times 4:



So I am getting there, but i still have the rear Canoptek piece and the two massive side plates to complete.

Thanks for looking.

Thanks everyone, I have motored on and managed to complete the Monolith. After being initially reticent I enjoyed the sub assembly process, mainly because whoever designed the miniature did it with the sub assemblies in mind. All of the glue points are nicely secluded with lots of plug in points for the relevant pieces.

I was unsure of how the Martian Ironearth would look on the massive base but it actually worked out well and just needed a good thick layer and lots of drying time:





And here she is completed, I enjoyed adding the purple on the side panels to make it a bit more visually interesting than a solid silver block:













That leaves me with 31 miniatures painted for the month and 292 for the year. Best of all is my 11 Necron models weigh in at a solid 1205pts! I have no idea what my total Necron army is, I will have to add it up soon.

But with 4 games systems covered and an action figure i am happy with my month.



Thanks for looking.

Cheers Gobert, I was more than content with it.

Now just being 9 miniatures shy of my 300 for the year I am wondering what is the best route to take to get there?

Do I get units out of the way or tackle bigger projects? I have a Repulsor for my Lions ready to paint but am just find the big gold panels daunting to tackle. I also have a couple of Chaos Knights to finish...so many minis.

I also totalled up my painted Necron Army, I am at 2920 points. Not bad at all given I had not painted a single Necron until mid June.

Thank you everyone, it was a fun month to paint.

@Tzurk: Talassar blue is a great addition to the paint range, I love it.

@Mephisoles20: Thank you, I did want some brightness but not totally neon everywhere.

So the march to 300 continues, this time with a few character models.

First up is the Warhammer Day model in the form of Chaplain Tarentus, obviously I painted him up as a Celestial Lion. Initially I was unsure of this sculpt but in hand I thought he was pretty cool:





I also painted up the Daemonifuge: Ephrael Stern and Kyganil set. I used this as a bit of an experiment in contrast paints to see what I could get done with them.

First up is Kyganil: The base is Hexwraith flame and contrast medium over wraithbone base, I used yellow contrast for the hair and a flesh colour for the skin. The red is my traditional favourite of flesh tearers red contrast, with additional highlights. Any attempts at purple for the jacket were a total failure, as purple contrast is generally really bad, so that is traditional paint:





For Stern I used black templar for the armour, apothecary white for her hair and flesh tearers red for the cloth. All have additional highlights:







Overall I think they look pretty cool together, I used the Flesh Tearers Red to visually link the two:





So that takes me to 294 miniatures painted for the year, just 6 more to go for 300. Here is my proposed route to 300:

Hexmark Destroyer
Primaris Chaplain on Bike
GSC Truck
GSC Magus
Invader ATV
Primaris Repulsor

Thanks for looking.

Cheers everyone, I miscounted on my last update. After that one I was actually at 295 miniatures painted for the year, not 294. Today has seen me hit 299.

So what did I paint?

First up is the Necron answer to The Kellermorph, the Hexmark Destroyer. A super fun, fluffy robot killing machine armed not with a six shooter but six shooters:







I also painted up a second Magus for my GSC, this time the female sculpt. I really like the understated, natural and non heroic pose of this one. Not my best work really, I am not sure what it is but something is lacking...I may have to revisit her.







Finally are a couple of additions to my Celestial Lions, first up is the universally lauded and loved Invader ATV armed with Multi Melta. I am just waiting on a base delivery to finish it off but as sold this miniature is done:









Finally is the Primaris Chaplain on bike, I adore this miniature. I altered it slightly by removing the chained book from the bike, it was daft as he could barely see over it when seated, so let us just assume that he has a digital version on his person:













So a bit of a slow month as I have only done 7 miniatures thus far, but number 8 and also 300 overall will be the Repulsor that is slowly floating its way towards my painting table.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers everybody, am enjoying just pottering about hobby wise and have gotten a few things done. My base for my ATV arrived so I have done that, really improves the model IMO:







I also got miniature 300 done in the form of the Repulsor, my first Primaris tank. Lots of fun to paint, a pain to photograph!















As a rule I do minimum kit converting or kit bashes but did a little swap on a Necron lord and Noble, I just sliced them in half on the spine and mixed up the torsos and legs. I think they look pretty cool:



I was also lucky enough to get my hands on a set of the Space Marine Heroes 3 set. Just a few inter kit head swaps to differentiate them a bit:







Finally I did a couple of ASOIAF Stark miniatures, first up is one of the earliest and least regarded kits the Stark Bowmen. These guys are a bit shallow on details and a pain to paint, but they cost me £8 for the unit so I cannot complain. With these unit trays the overall visual impact outweighs that of the individual miniatures:





Finally is Brynden Tully, The Blackfish, a Stark attatchment miniature. He is an odd one, the scale is a bit off and seems a bit smaller than others in the range and the facial details are minimal so I almost had to paint his face on which looks a bit odd...but I like his pose and he is done *shrug*.





Oh and hobby diversion....

Blood Bowl should be arriving next week...oh yes!

@YWS: You certainly wouldn't miss it in the battlefield!

@Gobert, thank you Sir I certainly over achieved compared to what I expected. All of the plague marine heads are from the SM Heroes kit, just some swaps.

The champ is from the icon mini, the icon bearer head is from the plague spewer, and the plague spewer and grenade guy are from just bolter guys. Just a case of cutting off the locator nubs and putting them on the miniatures.

I was a bit too eager to get started in Blood Bowl so bought a human team, introducing my first two players for the Covenhafen Scramblers (alternatives to Scramblers are welcome...anyone?)

Solid suggestions gents, maybe the Covenhafen Cardinals or is that too much of a basebally name? Failing that I am liking YWS suggestion of clubbers as it works on the pitch and for the off the pitch entertainment the night after a tough game.

@Viterbii, thanks for the German lesson...I took French at school so German is an alien language to me. Looking at the etymology of the word haven it is old Norse so has pretty much the same naval theme everywhere, with the odd the odd Biblical reference thrown in. The irony of Covenhafen is that it is based on my city of Coventry...the furthest place from any coastline in the UK!

As ever my impetuousness has led to an ebay purchase...not my picture but here are Grak and Crumbleberry:

@Meer_Cat: The highlights on the bike were not that bad, plus black is forgiving to touch up any of the inevitable mistakes. I like the scheme as well, I think it work altogether.

@Gobert: I am still undecided as to a name...but the Coventry Blitzers may be a bit too much! It genuinely made me LOL though, thank you.

So I managed to get the human team fully painted up just in time for my end of month review. That is another 13 miniatures to the total, so 23 for the month and 315 for the year:

First up is the Big Guy, the Ogre. Looking at him I really need to not be lazy and add pupils to his eyes, but apart from that I love him:





And now the rest of the team, the throwers:



Catchers:



Blitzers:



And here are 2 of the 6 basic Linemen:



And Blur 'O Vision team shots:







I got my Blood Bowl Season 2 box on Friday and it is a cracking set and entry point to the game, I also picked up the Necromantic Horror team as they are real fun. They *may* be next on the painting table.

Apologies for the awfulness but the weather is terrible but here is my November group shot. Altogether some solid progress on my Celestial Lions with the Repulsor, ATV, Bike Chaplain and Terminator Chaplain, and apart from the BB team lots of Character models:



Thanks for looking.

Cheers everyone, have made a little more Blood Bowl progress to start the month.

First up is the Star Player Crumbleberry, Halfling cohort of the Ogre Grak. They come as a pair but I decided to start with the stunty half of the team. They are one of the few Star Players available to every team. I think I wanted to tie him into my Human team colour scheme but Christmas may also have been on my mind as he looks quite festive:





I also managed to paint up the first half of my Necromantic Horror team The Liche Angeles Lurkers (Basketball team I know, but who cares?). These are a really fun team full of great sculpts. I painted them mainly with contrast from a wraithbone base. So here is the team shot:



First up is a werewolf, Gryph Charger Grey Contrast was great for his fur:



Apothecary White did most of the work on the Wraith, replete with team socks on a washing line!



Ghoul Runner:



Flesh Golem:



And the best of the Zombie Linemen:



Thanks for looking.

Oooofph, a fortnight since I last updated. Apologies all but a job in food retail at this time of year will do that to you.

But there has been progress, I am actually tracking at a miniature a day for the month so that is not too bad. It starts with a little 40K and then it is all Bloodbowl-O-Rama.

First up is a Terminator Captain for my Celestial Lions, I have always loved this sculpt:









I also completed my small Necron Lord and Noble torso and leg swap:







So that leads on to Blood Bowl, last time I showed off Crumbleberry...here is his Star Player partner in crime Grak.





And here are the happy couple:



I also painted up my first miniatures from the new Season boxed set in the form of the Elven and Dwarf referees, I really liked painting these and loved the fun of painting on the referee stripes:







I also painted up a Treeman for my Old World Alliance team, this is a heady mix of humans, Dwarves, the odd halfling and either a Treeman or Ogre as a big guy:





One of the delights of the Treeman kit is you get an optional Squirrel...this Squirrel can be used to make the insane Star player Akhorne The squirrel...think the bunny from Monty Python and the Holy Grail and you get the idea. Here is my take on the furry maniac...just insane fun.



I also got the two re-roll counters for my Human team done, they have integral bases but I mounted them on 32mm bases for extra stability:



Finally are the 3 Halflings i got in the Middenheim Maulers Old World Alliance set, basically a sprue each of humans, dwarfs and halflings...these are great characterful sculpts, I mean the running one has a stoat or ferret down his trousers:







So my Blood bowl from the past weeks, a motley crew!



All told that is 21 miniatures done for the month. Thanks for looking.

Cheers everyone, work has been a killer so progress has been slow.

I painted my final 3 miniatures of the year, taking me to 24 for the month and 339 for the year. The final three were more necromantic horror team members in the form of a Golem, Wraith and Werewolf:









I am also rather ashamed to show off my Christmas miniature haul...phew:



So at the start of the year I made a number of hobby resolutions:

1: Beat last year's total of 208 miniatures painted. Over 12 months that works out at 17.33 miniatures a month so it is readily doable. The obvious pitfall is trying not to diminish quality in an attempt to get things done. Nailed it.

2.: To help meet 1: an update post at the end of each month as encouragement. Yep, did that as well.

3: To buy less new stuff before painting the old. Errrr...best not to talk about this.

4: To continue work on my current armies and to maybe "finish (is that possible?)" a couple. I definitely continued some, I certainly did not finish any!

So month by month:

January:


February:


March:


April:


May:


June:


July:


August:


September:


October:


November:


December:


So all told a fun year of painting for me. Highlights were Katakros, more Celestial Lions, starting a Necron army and also beginning to paint Adeptus Titanicus and Blood Bowl:



















Thankyou for indulging me, and may all of you have a far better 2021.

Cheers everyone, it has been a slow start to the painting year for me so far. But Maharg...400 minis this year? Not a chance. I am giving myself no targets or resolutions this year, I am just going to take my time and enjoy what I am doing.

To that end I turned 39 yesterday, a nice low key lockdown birthday with a few miniature based gifts from my wonderful better half:



The 40k needs no explanation, but I got a number of Warlord Games Dr Who minatures to paint up as well as K9 and a Tardis.

Anyway I got my last 4 members of the Liche Angeles Lurkers painted up and the 2 re roll counters painted up as well:









And the team:



In line with painting up projects I enjoy I decided to make January Adeptus Titanicus month, so set about making the 11 kits I had left to make up:

1 Warlord
2 Reavers
2 Warhounds
6 Cerastus Knights

Thus far I have got my 2 Warhounds painted up, one for Legio Mordaxis and the other for Legio Astorum. First up the Mordaxis:







And here he is with the other one I painted February last year:



And my Astorum Warhound:







And with the other from last year:



So 8 miniatures for the year thus far, and I will leave you with a couple of Astorum WIPs:





Thanks for looking

@Gobert: Thank you Sir.

@YouWasShock: Yeah, I love the constellation marking as well, sadly the much better GW transfer sheet for Astorum is long gone so I am stuck with the basic ones.

@Captain Brown: I know, it is literally all she got me.

So January rolls on and there is more progress. First up is a bit of a curve ball in the form of The Brewmaster Jakkob Bugmansson XI, just a fun sculpt that I bought and painted for no particular reason. Not an amazing job but he looks good enough:







So Adeptus Titanicus crunches on with more Knights and Titans. First up are a pair of Cerastus Knight Castigators to go with my other Knights:









I also completed my Legio Mordaxis thus far with my final Reaver Titan for them, I love him but he is a pain to photograph...ho hum:







That gives me all of these Mordaxis Titans:



So spurred on by my Mordaxis I decided to finish up my Astorum as well, first up is a Reaver with a bit more of a fluid pose than the last stoic one:









Finally that leads me to my Astorum Warlord, Celestial Hammer. I am really happy with the work here and how he turned out, the blue and yellow scheme is just so striking:















So that leads to my Astorum group picture:



And War!



Thanks for looking.

Cheers everyone, always great to see you pop by as well Tzurk.

So the end of the month has rolled around already...phew. I have not been too productive but I have gotten a few things done in time for the end of the month.

First up is the Funko Pop! I bought last year...maybe 2019...who knows? Like the Mcfarlane he is obviously a Celestial Lion. Nothing too detailed, nothing too dramatic but fun. Only real thing I done different is a bit of gloss varnish on the eye lenses for added sheen.







I also did a few of the Warlord Games Dr Who Miniatures, what else do I start with but the T.A.R.D.I.S?



And the Thirteenth Doctor in her initial gear, the face is a bit meh but the casting of a decent face is difficult on a real 28mm sized miniature:





Finally I painted up little K9! It looks crap in the photos but fine in real life:



They are off on an adventure together:



And finally a size comparison with a Primaris Intercessor:



And finally my final 4 Knights for Adeptus Titanicus, 2 Lancers and 2 Acheron's, some in Blur O Vision!









That brings me to 24 miniatures painted for the month and my final month picture is this motley crew:



Hang on...what is that behind the Warlord?





A quiet monarch may well be on his way...

Cheers everyone, not really a painting update as Sunday through Wednesday night are my work nights but a tiny WIP on some more Adeptus Titanicus.

It just felt unfair that my Legio Astorum had one less Titan than my Mordaxis, so I bought a Nemesis Warbringer for them. I tried to make a little more movement for this one compared to the stoic pose on my Mordaxis one. I also used a Gatling blaster from the Reaver kit to replace the laser blaster, luckily GW built them to be modular with each other so it was an easy process:




The raised leg striding over a huge rock:



I also bought a box of my favourite Knights the Acastus Knights Porphyrion, as I am never going to have a full sized one...so 2 more teeny tiny ones is fair enough:



I was also gifted with a late birthday present of some Blood Bowl star players from Forge World, so now have Zug, Morg N Thorg and whatever that ace looking Zoat is called. So I expect to be giving them a soapy water bath and clean soon.

Thanks for looking.

Erm....where did February go?

So I have been unintentionally AWOL for a month but here is February in review.

In total I managed to get 23 miniatures done, not great but not terrible either. Here is the months shot:



So what is in there? First up is The Mighty Zug for Blood Bowl from Forge World. I really like this sculpt and enjoyed painting him in my human team red/green and grey scheme:









I also delved into Adeptus Titanicus a bit more with another Warbringer Nemesis Titan, this time for my Legio Astorum:











I also painted up another 2 Acastus Knights Porphyrion:



I also managed to paint up my first Celestial Lion of the year in the form of a Firestrike Servo Turret with autocannons, this was a pig to photograph so apologies for that:









Finally is my Necron overload, so deep breathe, here we have a:

Psychomancer
3 Ophydian Destroyers with a Plasmacyte
3 Scarab Swarms
10 Necron Warriors, my first armed with gauss reapers:













Thanks for looking, I will try and be a bit more active in March!