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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?

Always great to see army shots and all those Lions together just look glorious! Fingers crossed on you keeping the pace and managing the 300 before year's end.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
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.

So it is! But at your rate of progress that should be early November, heck your average puts you finishing the year on 348, we’ll within reach of 350 or the magical 1 per day! Good luck resisting the Chaplain on a bike!

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?

Hammer time!

Also, I cannot wait to see Thanos.

Marvelous work, as always.

Yes we like rough WIP shots! Stark boys are already looking pretty neat though. The two ASOIAF minis look great too, especially the mutton chop guy. Can’t wait to see what you do with Thanos, obviously he needs to be wearing the infinity gauntlet!

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.

Holy dooly the productivity in here is outstanding. You are an absolute inspiration mate!

Been a while since I have checked in but the Lions are coming along absolutely splendidly. The scheme transfers really well to the bikes who are a standout. Love all the non-standard guys too, the reds on the ancient, the browns on the Judiciar, the armour on the chaplain. They are a really beautiful army mate, well done.

Necrons are exciting too! Another great force and worthy opponents for the marines. Some of these are new minis for me - that giant War of the Worlds walker is a lovely sculpt and your metallic work is gonna look fantastic on him. My favourite touch is the green on the gold cloak on the hero guy a few pages back...am I corrosion or am I a colourshifting alloy or am I magic? Any one or all three is great.

Speaking of metallics - that Thanos is a) ridiculously quickly painted and b) magnificent! Jumpsuit recipe is gorgeous and rich. I think smirking face was the right choice too...

I am glad I stopped by. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to more!

Nice one getting thanos done, he looks great in his shiny jumpsuit. The doom stalker is massive it’s going to be mighty impressive once done

Well thanks a lot, now I have to get a Thanos too Gorgeous sculpt and great paintjob, he looks good in metallics. And smirk was the right way to go, that self-satisfied grin is perfect.

You gotta be kidding me. Thanos done already? Plus the throne? And he looks awesome! Probably the best Leviadon results I have seen. Gauntlet looks superb. Grinning head is the only choice. Big mother, too. Makes the price seem more reasonable.

ListenToMeWarriors,

Thanos turned out particularly well.

My two cents,

CB

Shiny Thanos looks great.

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.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
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).

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

Yeah, I found that out too. I looked at some shops in the UK for Marvel minis, but they are pricier than in Germany (where they mostly aren't in stock so it's actually moot ).

And I only have the Core Set, but compared to the price for the expansions it is a damn fine deal with 10 minis and terrain.

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

Mate, I absolutely love what you've achieved here. I've enjoyed reading this entire blog from the start today. This gold marines are *chef kiss* and I'm loving your purple Necrons.

Thanks for posting, this is a great blog.

I love the design callout to the original Destroyer drawing on these new guys. All the new Necrons look awesome. Of course you should paint the biggun' as a Lion!

The new destroyers almost have a 50s sci-fi look to their chassis, if you know what I mean. Kinda smooth bulbousness.

How can you be considering painting the big fella anything other than as a Celestial Lion!?! Clearly that gets my vote, but I have no doubts it’ll look awesome and be done within a short period regardless!

That doomstalker is ridiculously tall! It looks great alongside the destroyers and I too would never have spotted the mistake of you hadn’t said anything. The baby knights look cool too, good idea to paint the shoulders differently. Do they come with transfers too. I knew you wouldn’t be able to resist the Chappy on bike for too long!

It's great seeing the Necrons come together so quickly, that color scheme is always so nice to look at.
Hopefully the books were the chaplain's own, otherwise there will be some late fees, if he manages to find them again
And how big are the AT knights? I'm thinking about buying Cerastus Knights and using them as Crusaders in 40k or are they too big?

ListenToMeWarriors,

Wow, loads of well done progress.

Way to continue to fight the armies of the unpainted.

Cheers,

CB

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!

Very excited for the Void Dragon, my favorite model of the new Necrons.
And lovely work on the big lion, he looks amazing. I got one today too, did you dissemble it or leave it in one piece? Did it take color well?

The BIG battle-brother is really cool. That Destroyer's cannon is absurd and awesome. Anxiously awaiting what you do with the Void Dragon. Was going to abbreviate that as VD, and decided against it.

The units for the Ice & Fire minis just continue to look great, their bases are really cool with the markings on them too! For a “basic” paintjob they look pretty cool to me.

The huge Marine looks immense! As to whether he counts, I’m thinking a bike will count as 2, so this guy is surely worth at least 10 given his size!

I can’t wait for next weeks instalment when you’ve painted up the void dragon and probably the monolith too. Do you even have a pile of shame?

@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.

Good luck!

Whilst I’m here, I meant to ask how you did the shoulder pad lion icon on the action figure? Did you print a transfer or a large stencil?

Thanks for the info regarding the big space marine. Browsing YT at the moment, there are some videos that show how to disassemble it.