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Rogal Dorn would be proud!

I've decided I want to push myself, but I also want to play soon, so, as slow as I paint, I'll have to shoot for tabletop quality.

 Valhalla130 wrote:
I've decided I want to push myself, but I also want to play soon, so, as slow as I paint, I'll have to shoot for tabletop quality.

Make them tabletop ready for play, and when not in play, work on improving them to your ideal level.

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Looking good. Very yellow.

Thanks for your kind comments. I am still plugging away, but the job search has impacted my hobby time. I would have thought with all this free time, I'd have gotten more done, but I'm spending more time filling out apps than anything else.

I have currently lost my will to paint again. And I was so close to finishing one squad.

Hi valhalla, I've been a long time lurker on your blog and i just wanted to drop by and tell you not to worry about the lack of progress. As the proud owner of a guard army and a marine myself i know how draining it can be trying to paint all those models. I would recommend treating yourself to a special character or another model that you love. That will hopefully help inspire you when you go back to the grunts

Truly.. or try to get in a friendly game. Sometimes this helps re-motivate me.

Hey man, keep your chin up. Take a breather and refocus. and you know i'll play ya in a friendly game. I may grumble about getting spanked but you are one of my favorite opponents man. You got this. Gimme a ring if you need to man.

take care and take it easy

It's nothing major. Just bummed out because of the job search.

Eventually you will find something. We all go through the between jobs phase. Good luck with the hunt.

 Valhalla130 wrote:

Seriously, I don't really thin my paint, and I know that's a problem, but I'm actually not sure how to go about it. I don't use a pallet, I just dip straight from the bottle and wipe most of it off on a paper towel. It's a really soft paper towel. lol

If you keep your brush wet enough, that generally suffices for thinning many paints. Some people are way too obsessed about perfectly smooth paint. Like they are trying to make it look like plastic? Meh.

For thinning, try using some distilled water mixed with matte medium. Thin it down to milk consistency, or maybe a bit thicker. Use it to thin down the paint so it will flow smoothly, and you brush will wick it up. And spend some time re-learning to paint, because painting with thinned paint is an entirely different experience than painting with thicker paint.

Use a 3x3 ceramic tile instead of the paper towel. It's useful for mixing paint too. And easily cleaned. A drop or two of paint on the tile and then a drop of 'thinner' stir them together and paint.

Thanks! That's exactly the kind of advice I was looking for.

Been a while since I posted, but I am still making hobby progress, of a sort. I bought my third and final drop pod today. So I'm almost thru buying the things I need for the army. Just really need to start painting again. That seems to be my Mt. Everest right now.

Welcome back. As for the painting I'll give you the advice my friend gave me when I was struggling to paint my ultramarines. Take it one model at a time. Don't look at the big picture of just how many models you have to do. Just paint one at a time. Even if its just one model a week.

Thanks. That's definitely something I need to remember.

Okay, so maybe its time to paint again. I have added my two cents to a Bolter and Chainsword Imperial Fist Expansion commitment, and this is what I am pledging: to paint two tac squads a librarian and my captain by 12/15/15. Specifically these models:









Now for the purposes of the commitments, I'm not sure my first tac squad will count, since it is almost finished, but has been sitting for almost a month, if not more, not painting itself. IF that is the case, then the commitment will be to paint one tac squad, the libby and the captain.

Looking good!

All those guys are coming along great. Keep up the great work

Yay! Making a vow on the B&C forums to add to my IF has worked. I started painting again. So far, I've added some red to some guns. Three more figs to go for the initial red basecoat, then I'll put the brighter red over that tomorrow. Then I can touch up the black and metal colors on the guns, then glaze the red, and wash the metal. Oh, and the various skulls and eagles.

But getting dust off models is hard. I scrubbed with an old toothbrush and that dust just seems to be attached to the minis. I even broke off the banner on my sergeant. I glued it back on, hope it stays.

If I'm building an Ironclad dreadnought, and plan to drop pod him in, should I build him with a DCCW and Seismic Hammer, and two flamers, or Hurricane Bolter and Seismic Hammer, and melta and flamer?

I'm def using the seismic hammer, because I just ordered the eagle head battering ram one from FW.

Hm. I would recommend the hurricane bolter, I personally have had decent success with that loadout. That way he can soften up potential targets before he gets in flamer/charge range

This is slow-going for me. But the end result is worth it. I'm going to paint my captain next. He's cool, so maybe I can keep the momentum going. I still have to put gloss on them, then put decals on them, then dullcote and put static grass on.




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The flash makes them look really bright yellow, but they appear much more orange-y under the daylight bulb.

Very Nice. I like what you did with the sarge's helmet.

Looking great. I love the helmet on the sergeant

War Kitten wrote:
Looking great. I love the helmet on the sergeant

Thanks! I saw this in the Sentinels of Terra book. This was some specific character whose name escapes me now, but he was called a "Sternhelm." I haven't seen any other mention of this anywhere, but I like it better than the vet sergeants helmets being red, so I decided any vet sarge I have is going to be a Sternhelm and sport the black and white scheme.

 Solar_lion wrote:
Very Nice. I like what you did with the sarge's helmet.

Thank you too! Again, I really liked this look when I saw it in SoT, so I'm using it!


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I finally got my Ironclad dreadnought. I had to trade in a Leman Russ kit I hadn't started on to do it, but I think I now have the last piece of my army, unless I want to add in another librarian or vet squad to round out some of the formations.

My dreadnought seismic hammer came in the mail! And I'm painting my captain finally! Let me get a quick WIP pic!


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That Captain is looking badass. Can't wait to see it complete.

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Such a great figure!

That captain looks amazing. So much character