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I like yer blog. The bear amuses me.

That bear is pure win!

Nice work on Teddy!

That bear looks like it ate santa, the elves, and reindeer.. Great job

Lol that bear.... Lol is everything i have to say

Long time no share eh? Been an interesting past year here with the acquisition of a bunch of snakes and my little guy growing up so fast. He's almost 3! Can't believe it. o_O

Glad so many liked the bear. I think that's the only humurous piece I've ever done.

So...not only have I been home sick from work for the past week and a half, I have two weeks of holidays coming up starting next week, so I figured I'd try to breathe some life back into this here blog. I haven't done much over the past year as work has knocked some serious wind out of me, but I do have a bit to share. Unfortunately pics will have to wait until I get a minute on the fancy computer that has a port for my camera memory card. To appease ya'll and hopefully interest a few I've compiled a list of all (at least I'm pretty sure I got it all) of the models that I have awaiting a spot of glue and/or a lick of paint. And here we go, ready or not...

Dark Vengeance box set Limited Edition
x5 CSM Warptalons
x5 Dreadfleet ships (yes I'm still plugging away on these)
x5 Hordes Circle Orboros Warpborn Skinwalkers
2012 White Dwarf model
2013 White Dwarf model
x3 TK Necropolis Knights
x3 TK Ushabti Archers
x3 Chaos Flamers
Nurgle Chaos Lord
Krell Lord of Undeath
Infinity Nisses
Infinity Guarda de Assalto
x1 Unit Skaven Plaguebearers
x2 units Clanrats
x3 River Trolls
Hordes Circle Orboros Warpack
x5 CSM Terminators
Hordes Legion of Everblight Warpack
Beastme Ghorgon
A bunch of HE and Skaven of the IoB set
Ork Deff Dread
x5 Ork Lootas
x5 CSM Havocs
Screaming Skull Catapult (which I want to sell as it's the metal one and I want the finecast one, so if anyone's interested I'll give ya'll a great deal)
Lizardmen Stegadon
Chimera
Eldar Walker
Eldar Avatar
I think I've got a unit of Eldar Guardians somewhere as well
x1 Ork Killa Kan

And take a deep breath....got my work cut out for me, no?

Thanks for looking and happy painting!


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And here are the pics. I`m really quite happy with my Daemon Prince. Thoughts?


Finished Daemon Prince, minus basing. Will do that in a bit.


Another angle.


And the other side.


The CSM Warptalons I`m assembling. Not enjoying this process here. There`s a fair few fiddly bits and I`m sick and have clumsy little paws.


My first Hordes unit assembled, though their weapons remain unattached for ease of painting. Excited about these guys.

Thanks for looking and happy painting!

Great to see you back posting. The Daemon prone is looking good. Looking forward to seeing the progress on the rest.

Wow he is almost three. Times goes so quickly.

Glad to see you're still here. Have fun with you time off. :-)

Good to see you back! I noticed you were posting again, so good to see the old thread up and running. Yeah, can't believe our little guys are nearly 3. Weird as.

Welcome back, Bunny! That DP is looking pretty darn solid! Just need to finish up that base for him

Just a small update. WIP of the next Dreadfleet ship.


Them triangles are quite fiddly. Only this half of the ship really has any progress, the other half is still mostly just primer.


Top view.

Thanks for looking and happy painting.

That green really pops! Nice job so far.

It's been a couple days, but I've been painting alot (at least for me it's alot compared to usual). Almost done another Clanrat unit, just 5 left plus checker patterns and basing, and finished another Dreadfleet ship.




I will base them all when I have the whole unit done. Just about there. I think only 1 more unit of Clanrats after this, then on to other Skaven stuff.


It's done though I'm not as fond of this one as some of my others. The triangles were annoying, yet I like how they look.




And the next in line.

Thanks for looking and happy painting.

Water's looking fantastic, and the touch of green is lovely.

Oh cool! You saw the green. I wasn't really sure how noticable it was. Thanks.

Took me a while but I've made it from page 1, your painting has certainly only gone up and up in quality since the start of the blog, practice really does make perfect! Plus the huge range of different models is certainly inspirational when you're used to seeing single scheme army blogs. I'll be watching with interest!

Thanks Ignatius so much for the support and taking ALL that time to float through my blog. Much appreciated. I know it`s far from short.

Here`s just a couple things I`ve been doing. Didn`t do any painting for most of the weekend as I went out of town for a mini vacation for a night. Spent an s-ton of money but I really enjoyed myself shopping and relaxing kid-free. On to pics.


This pic upsets me. It looks really grey and dull but in real life it`s got just the right amount of ghostly green hue to it. Probably doesn`t help I took the pic at 1am. I`ll try again tomorrow when the sun`s up.








I`m really enjoying painting these guys, but ya know what I just noticed.....a mold line down the middle of the howling wolfs nose....ARR! I`ll get you!


Nothing too special here. Just a back view with some fur and the very beginnings of a cloak. I have ideas for the cloak and hopefully it works out.

Thanks for looking and happy painting!

Welcome back BG! liking the progress

Hi. Just had a nose through your blog - the improvement in your painting is fantastic. Those dreadfleet ships are looking really good, I hope we'll get to see the whole fleet once they're done?

Thanks for the commetns. I can for sure post a pic of the whole fleet when done. I still have I think it's 3 ships left to do, but I seem to be rather distracted at the moment with my Hordes stuff. Haven't even built the next one yet, but suppose I could do that rather quickly.

Attempted to take some better pics of the Shadewraith using not sunlight, but my lovely LED lamp that I use to paint by. Let me know if ya'll think the pics are at least a bit better.




Probably my favorite part of the ship.


I quite like the sails as well.


I'm really quite fond of this guy and am having a blast painting him. Not quite done yet so forgive any chopping or streaky bits.



Thanks for looking and happy painting!

Well...I'm back again. Suppose I should probably stop falling off the planet eh? Had another career switch a couple months ago. Same company, different department. I now drive this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20735823@N07/7585920108/

Not my picture of my truck but I don't know how to transfer pics from my phone to computer so, alas, I borrow.

I have gradually gotten (more like dived) back into painting, but still only have a couple hours a day. I paint best while I have Youtube Game Grumps going in the background on the computer while I paint. Keeps my mind from getting too distracted. I only have a couple pics for you guys today as I've been focusing on my Hordes wolf guys.







Thanks for looking and hope to have more for everyone soon!

Great to have you back lady!

Thank you muchly! I missed it.

Did some more work. Got the wolfies done and worked on another Dreadfleet model, the Skaven ship.


The whole unit.


The champion guy.


The masked/helmeted staring wolf guy.




Base and top separated.




There's a flag to go in that hole on top but I haven't started it yet so no point showing it.



Thanks for looking and happy painting!

Welcome back BG, this 'real world' thing can be a real pain in the ass when it comes to hobby time

Not too familiar with hordes but the werewolf guys are looking great! good to see you're progressing nicely with those dreadfleet ships.

Thanks Leigen. I`m thrilled ya`ll didn`t forget me.

Holy waffles I stayed up too late painting (it`s 4am) but I was so close to being finished the Skaven Dreadfleet ship that I just couldn`t stop til I was done. Now...I`m done...but the freakin` thing somehow expanded or something stupid like that and I couldn`t get it to fit properly on its base. It`s got the big gap where one side of the body is stuck on top of the waves on the base. I don`t understand I dry fit everything before hand like I always do and then BOOM, it doesn`t fit.
I got so frustrated with it that I said 'fine, stick. See if I care'. I may pry it off at a later time when I'm not so tired and grumpy and try to find out exactly what the pitstick is wrong with it. But alas, pics.


Before I glued them together.




And here, notice the massive gap 'cause it's high sided on the waves...Boo....


Other side doesn't look so bad, but still didn't fit properly.


Frontal assault.


Didn't realize how fuzzy this one was til now. Not quite sure what the camera thought it was focusing on. May attempt to get a better one like this later.

Thanks for looking everyone. Happy painting and now I retreat to my bed not to emerge for hopefully a significant amount of time. Ta-ta.

Well, back to work on the Skaven. Nearly done another unit of 20. Just need the checker details, basing and we're good to go. Behold, average pictures of what's first for details and basing.









Thanks for looking and happy painting.

Hey-lo everyone. I fell off the planet again and it took this long for the gravitational pull to bring me back. Got mighty boring out there.

It's crazy to see how time flies. Last time I posted on here was in June last year! O_o Haven't painted since then until just this past weekend when I got slammed by the bug again. Life has been busy with work, gym, family, a house full of animals and starting a fledgling home business, but I have gotten it down to a fine art now I believe and have managed to make time and energy to get back to what I love and have missed for the past while.

Behold what I did over the weekend!


The Ellyrion Reaver Champ from the Island of Blood box set. I lost his head (that's what happens when stuff sits on a table for a year with a little guy wandering around) so I found a head from my bitz box and shaved and chopped and greenstuffed and I think it looks alright. I'm not too experienced at things like that.


The champs other side.


One of the normal guys.


The other three.


And the gang all together. I'm pretty happy with them but I'm not very good with white. I have plenty more High Elves to practice on though.

Thanks for looking and happy painting!

Looks really nice, you haven't lost your touch I'm glad to see.

Welcome back

The white looks fine maybe try a lighter grey in the shadows or more shades as you transition from grey to white.

Anyway welcome back

Great job, nice and crisp, lovely to see you back!