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Fireknife Shas'el





Reedsburg, WI

Those are super cool. Especially like the gal with the stick bomb! Also agreed, like the extra shading on the boots.

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Thank you, Wyomingfox! I have to admit, these have been fun to paint up. I'm debating getting a miniaturist's visor (with the different strength lenses) to try to do more with the eyes and faces. With my glasses and a 3x power magnifying lens desk lamp I still just can't see well enough. Or try to use washes differently to highlight and contrast the facial features better. Lots more of 'em to practice on!

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Reedsburg, WI

So I picked these up early in the year and tried them out recently when painting the liches. They work pretty well and are cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W115T2R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Thanks very much for the tip, Wyomingfox- I'm going to try a set and see how things work out. I was looking through some photos in the galleries here earlier (I try to vote for something every day) and noticed that a lot of people who paint Aeldari/Elves have the highpoints on the face (cheekbones, foreheads, etc) in lighter color than the wash would create, so I'm doing to try some fine touch up on my riflecats and see what happens. I've also got a unit I painted a few years ago- the King's Own Space Borderers (based on my own Clan Leslie's King's Own Scottish Borderers) that most definitely need new face painting, so may give them a tryout as my practice canvas.

For tonight, the base colors for the second fire team of riflecats is about 3/4 done:



To try to speed things along, I painted the whole of the rifles flat black, rather than try to avoid the gun metal parts- and like the all black look better. I'll do some very light drybrush with silver or lead to show some weathering and then leave them alone. It's like hitting the UGG boots with some brown wash- now I've done some, I have to go back do them all.

More follows soonest, thank you for looking in.

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Second fire team is done, for a total of one TomCat, one 10 riflecat squad and one 8 Ranger scout-sniper detachment:

















The last two are of everybody:





I was thinking of moving on to another type of project with the completion of the rifle squad, but I've got a close combat veteran squad armed with shotguns that looks like fun and a battery of heavy bolters- what's a ground force without on-call hip pocket arty? Plus there are personalities to paint, and the command squad. I might be cranking out Doom Pixies for a little while, yet.

As always, thank you for looking in and for your constructive criticism.

More follows soonest.

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Oh, man, all those cat girls lined up on the back of the mech is hilarious! Very anime!

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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Thanks, Josh! The TomCat and crews were the first items I painted up and as I finished off both crews it seemed a shame not to use them both. Initially I figured to scratch build a jet cycle or something, but just sitting the second crew behind the first almost fit perfectly- it only took a little modification and it's as if it was made to be that way. And the four of them do look like they're having fun!

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Fireknife Shas'el





Reedsburg, WI

That's a hot looking squad you got there. The bases seem a bit plain for how colorful the models are though.


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I wonder what they would look like with some patches of straw colored grass of varying lengths glued on?

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Not where I should be

Merry Christmas bud




 
   
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Merry Christmas Cam! I always remember the quote, but always forget the speaker (but you do) , who said:

"usually when I close my show I wish that your God be with each of you; but at this time of the year I wish for our God to be with us."

Steve Allen(?)

Merry Christmas, Wyomingfox! I'm gradually maturing (50 years into the hobby!) and spending more time on all aspects of a miniature: at first I only basecoated, then I learned to drybrush and now use washes; started by painting faces brown, now have fleshtones and try to paint features; used to glue painted figures directly to base plastic bases and now try to at least paint them, if not texture, terrain, and customize.

I agree that the Doom Pixies' bases lack any oomph- I have some static grass and straw- maybe will jazz 'em up a bit to create more visual interest. And the CQB shotgunners will be in urban camouflage pattern, so a natural path to take for their bases.

For any who drop in- thank you! And may our God be with us always, as each of us understands.


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Reedsburg, WI

Merry Christmas Meer_Cat!

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Welp, I'm afraid tonight's entry is in the 'good news/bad news' characterization.

To try to put a good spin on things up front, I was finally able to get started painting the close quarters battle Winterguard (aka The Doom Pixies). I had a bit of a hiatus as I was able to take a proper vacation for the first time in eight years- spent Christmas until after New Year's at my family's farm in Pennsylvania. I didn't take any figures or paints with me as I knew there were a ton of things that needed catching up whilst I was home. I figured to return to living/working part-time in Northern Virginia and dive right into the painting again.

This is a small view of what I found when I got back to my little apartment:


Bearing in mind I just went through this last June, and this is the sixth time there has a been flooding bad enough to need mitigation.

This is what just the kitchen area looks like now that water mitigation is complete again:


All the carpeting in the whole apartment had to come out, all the lower kitchen cabinets, all the baseboard and all the drywall to a height of two feet- everywhere except one narrow strip along the outer living area wall and the bedroom. The man came today and ran a camera down the drain and it turns out that the pipe has developed a 'belly' and will have to be dug up (from in the middle of the living room) and replaced. He can't see what's blocking everyone else's apartment drain lines that are backing up into my kitchen- so that may never get fixed properly.

I've asked to be let out of my lease, but the property management company is maintaining the position for now that they are fixing everything at great expense and there is no reason to move. My position is they can't troubleshoot where all the other water is coming from, or what's causing it, and I'm a sucker for sticking around so long as it is. Normally, to break the lease you have to continue to pay rent until the owner finds another tenant and I can't afford to pay two rents, so either they let me out or I'm thinking of calling the health department and having the unit declared uninhabitable.

So, CQB Doom Pixies are started (yay!) but apartment is destroyed worse than it has ever been (boo!).

Thank you for letting me vent a bit-I've tried to be very polite and patient with everyone I've had to deal with so far. More follows as soon as I can.

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Reedsburg, WI

Yikes, that's horrible. Wishing you the best in the weeks to come.

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Not where I should be

Bud I sincerely hope things get sorted ASAP. What a real pain. Wish I was there to help.




 
   
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Affton, MO. USA

. There are times when I would trade my life in a heartbeat...then I see stuff like this happen again.

Sorry Meer_Cat.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
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Thank you all for the support, it means a lot. I also apologize for including the pictures; my intent was not to garner sympathy, but to provide proofs of the bad luck I've had here. Many people at work hear the list of problems and look at me like I'm crazy (or stupid) for not leaving a long time ago. Perhaps they're right. But each time the property management company was (usually) pretty fast to get in and put things right, that my thinking was "wow, so- struck by lightning! What's the odds of that happening again?" And of course, as it turns out, the odds have been very, very good.

So, no more whining. I've got a square foot of painting table, some reasonably good brushes and some awesome figures to get on with. Here's first WIP shot of the 'Snow Pixies', Close Quarters Battle specialists, armed with shotguns:



On the right is Major Tanya; as I get subsequent units of these painted she will rise in rank from Fire Team Leader, to Squad Leader, to Platoon Sergeant, to Company Commander.

You can't really see it, but in addition to the skin being basecoated, the jackets are also, in a color called Dove Grey. I wanted a very light grey, and this one almost blends in with the Rustoleum Flat White (Primer and Paint in one) primer coat. I may try again with something a little darker. On the other hand, these are Winterguard, so there's that. I'm also toying with the idea of adding some flektarn type camo splotches- most of these figures have some good, flat areas of greyish/whitish coat to do justice to some camo. Major Tanya may be the test subject for that; she's carrying so much extra gear that if it looks good on her, it'll look great on the others.

Thank you for looking in. More follows soonest.

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USA

No reason to feel bad for letting us know what you're going through Meer, but jeez. The amount of headaches and stress water has caused in your apartment is insane. I'm sorry you've been having to deal with this for years. Doom pixies are looking good.

   
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Reedsburg, WI

They are cute! And the grey blue is very subtle but nice.

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Dude, I'm sorry to hear about your apartment woes. I hope you can get out of there soon.

You're right about the Dove Grey-- it's virtually indistinguishable from the white.

Now showing more Samurai Marines, Bad Squiddo Amazons, and an Oldhammer Chaos Thug!

Painting total as of 3/28/2024: 21 plus a set of modular spaceship terrain

Painting total for 2023: 79 plus 28 Battlemechs and a Dragon-Balrog

 
   
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United States

Thanks very much Syro and JoshinJapan. I hope to get some more painting in on Monday, but may have to delay until Tuesday, as they are planning, apparently, to tear up the floor to replace the pipe on Monday. They don't tell me, I just live there.

I'm thinking that the Dove Grey will give the effect I'm hoping for when the other primered areas- notably the UGG boots, are painted. I also have a grey wash from Scale75 to try, which should provide some contrast on the coats. Still debating whether to try a camo pattern or not...decisions, decisions.

More follows soonest.

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Not where I should be

Good luck with the housework!

Nice work on the girls. Off white was a good choice. All sounds good at mo. Not sure about camo though. I am sure you could pull it off. Just not sure it's needed.




 
   
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Thanks Cam! I got a bit of painting in tonight and I don't think the flektarn is going to work. I'll look to use it on a different project. Looking at the light grey/white jackets as other colors get added makes me think that I'll bases in snow, rather than 'city street rubble', like I first thought.

Still basecoating and still rough: UGG boots and web gear done and the zipper seam stripe on the coat:



I tried a light blue grey for the stripe and it was too close to the other colors- too muted, so I tried red, which I think is too bright. Maybe a grey?

Oh, and this is what the rest of the place looks like:



The property management company had gotten everyone in to get their estimates and were going to get started repairing the pipe and fixing the apartment on Monday when the condominium association entered the chat and want their own pet companies to give estimates. I think the fight between the owner's insurance company and the condo association's insurance company has started.

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Good start on the snow pixies

By this time you'd think that the local Home Depot or Lowe's would have all the items for redoing your place saved on a file.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
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Reedsburg, WI

Liking the pixies, I think my favorite pose is the one on the far right.

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Thanks Warboss! It took some time, but I got to where I wanted to do something other than step around things and watch the original Avengers (Patrick McNee!) on DvD. I think part of how energetic they're being this time around is my stating that I expected to be let out of my lease, and when can we telecon to set a move out date? I've been having a lot of fun with these Winterguard- anime is fairly different for me to tackle, although I did do the Chibi Ponies....

Theo- that there is funny! They should have all my paint colors, carpet colors and depth and baseboard dimensions on speed dial- heck, probably a macro key on their computer inventory keyboard. The property manager guy was polite but a little disbelieving at my demand to get out of the unit this time, until I explained that this was the sixth flood (the fourth requiring water mitigation and carpet replacement), the HVAC has been replaced completely twice, it took seven service calls to fix the washing machine and there was a 'low grade, smoldering fire' (language of the fire inspector) in the ceiling due to a short in the halogen living room light. Then he asked me why I'd stayed so long. You really think that after you get past any one of these you've used up your bad karma for awhile, you know?

Thans wyomingfox! I'm not feeling my mojo yet with this set, like with the others I've already finished- part of that is changing color schemes, I think. I'm also getting my steady hand back, after nearly a month not painting. The figure on the right is a separate personality piece named Major Tanya- she's a one-cat whirlwind berserker of destruction, apparently. I've placed another order with the seller on Etsy and noticed that the prices of some things have gone up (some, like the TomCat walker, by a lot) and some aren't offered anymore. I got a set of three personalities for about US$5, now they are still offered but US$4-6 apiece. I'm wondering if I promoted them too well and now everyone wants them? Or, as the seller is a resin printer of various lines, if the on-hand stock is now low and scarcity dictates price, until he gets more made up? Dunno, but glad I grabbed what I have when I did.

I found a 'wind tank' on Etsy and ordered it; I plan to use some of the extra Winterguard heavy weapon crews to man it, which means probably executing a different uniform color scheme. Not problem for today, though.

I was by Wallyworld today and picked up some inexpensive craft paint shades of grey to try on the jackets. I may or may not get some painting in tonight, but will update the post if I do. Thank you all for looking in! More follows soonest.

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Got some decent painting time in tonight- here's a WIP:



Basecoating is almost complete, then the touchups and washes and drybrushing. I'm liking these a bit better, but my hand still isn't settled back down yet. Wanted to keep at it though, as I was on a good roll before Christmas, want to get back there again.

I made a start on the shotgun shell holders on the forearms of the shotguns- it's a really neat detail and I want to do it justice. This is a start, with a great deal to go.

Also, have a great idea for a sweet ride for these cat-ladies, anxious to get started on that next. Been a little bit since I took on a vehicle project (the Skidoo BA-64).

More follows soonest.

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Not where I should be

Girls are looking great. Can't wait to see what you come up with for transport.




 
   
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Thanks Cam! Just gotta stay focused and have some fun with what I've got. The rest of lif will catch up with the hobby sooner or later!

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Some progress on the Snow Pixies tonight- lot of time spent on hair touch up, ears, tails, scarves/bandannas, head work. Part of which was discovering that painting the inside of the ears made for some nice contrast with the grey fur. So had to go back and retro-fit the whole kit and kaboodle:



Closer-up (for me, this is outstanding photography!):



You can kinda-sorta see the new coloring on the inside of the sniper's ear. I also note that I need to drybrush some faded green on everybody's Hello Kitty tactical bag- the WWII US Olive Drab is nice but too uniform.

I also got a supply drop in from Greenstuff World in the form of a whack-ton of weirdly colored flocks and grasses for basing (the Martian Colors), so I reckon to add those to Rangers and regular infantry. I will probably do the CQB (shotgunners) bases in urban or Arctic.

I like the group shot (in mass lies perfection) and how overall the force is shaping up. I should have these CQBers done tomorrow night and then will either do the other five or start their transport.

I'm excited by the ideas of have for their ride, but don't have a lot of space to work with at the moment in the partment- no place to set up my airbrush. But the first phase is assembly and customizing, so may do it anyway.

Thank you for looking in; more follows soonest.

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