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I've been having quite a few problems painting mostly because I'm bad but I destroyed my brushed and didn't really see too well.

I went today looking for two brushes (da vinci kolinsky) and bought a nice add to my setup (I hope)

So after a lot of time I'm spending the morning paiting (or at least tryin to)

I can see the huge difference between white and black base :O

I've recently successfully passed an exam so I had a little (very little) time for the hobby. I went to Ikea and bought a shelf because of miniatures and not only. I also painted my first ravenwing, I'm not finished yet since I've yet to use oils and highlights but I thought it would have been worse

As always here is the album with all the photos: http://imgur.com/a/V3EkS
and here a preview

So after a while (a big while) I ended up not postponing the 30k anymore. Yesterday I went to a friend of mine's house and decided the scheme for the RG.

I yet have to decide which base to use, since I already have Martian-like terrain on 40k I'd go for something else but it has to create contrast with the miniature and the "GSW"'s roll for fabric makes no sense atm... Suggestions?



The scheme is quite easy and relies on drybrushing and sponge so I won't take too much time for unit and have an appealing (at least to me xD) appear.

So it's been quite a while since my last post and I'd say I managed to accomplish more than I did in the last year (and even then I didn't do much).
 
To start with I built two tactical squad and painted one; I decided to name the first ever model Primus Editaeh and the sergeant Velka Orru, for the second squad the sergeant answers to Eitah Osai.
 

 
Thanks to a friend and member of the group I play with we decided to match a base texture based on sand and rocks, those are then undercoated with Celestra Grey and washed with Sepia, I kinda like the result ( the first tactical squad has the older one though since I didn’t plan anything in detail when I did that ).
 

 
Since we’re talking bases I made the Dreadnought ones even if I’m not totally sure I’ll be using these for the Raven Guard: the list I have in mind relies on hard hitting and fragile units and those (Deredeo and Contemptor) don’t fit that much, I’ll see…
 

 
The main event of the latest months though relies on the first HQ for my 30k, this is either a Chaplain or general consul (probably the latest since I forgot the Crozius) to deploy in smaller games: Velka Orru. I’m happy with the result but the skin, on my first try it came out as a more “raven guardish” tone but the fear of ruining the model makes me unable to fix it
 

 
I also tried to scratch build the praetor Artaasori Conirostris but I’m waiting on him since I’ll be deploying him with Jump Pack and I’d love to use a particular one (the winning idea is to use the JP from Astorath the Grim Blood Angel’s character and I’ll be using the body as a diabolist for my next legion). Kinda confused on the weapons too since I’d like to use the champion of the emperor’s sword (Black Templars) or a lance from the GK, I’ll be seeing that. (You’ll also find a photo with mk7 JP but that won’t be obviously used)
 
Yesterday I wanted to do something and cleaned and prepared the terminators cataphractii (kinda not the fluffiest choice but I had those and didn’t want to buy Tartaros) for primer.

 
In the end something had to be done for my productivity and oorganisation so lurking the forum the kanban flow has been discovered and I’m now trying to stick to these two workflow
 
Again all the photos those are not directly showed in the post are here
 
PS: I also fixed some Speeders and tried to unprimer some drop pod but failed at both: I’ll be trying again for the speeders and will primer the drop pod on a second layer.
 
PPS: We also made an event in Tuscany (Italy) for HH and this is our group

Just finished reading through your blog and I can see a definite improvement from start to here. I'm looking forward to seeing some more. Thanks for sharing!

 bunnygurl wrote:
Just finished reading through your blog and I can see a definite improvement from start to here. I'm looking forward to seeing some more. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for your kind words

I'm starting to like the things I do: I know they're still quite bad even for game purposes but I enjoy the (few) periods of time I spend painting, improving too is the best

As always I say one thing and do the opposite: I've been struggling at finding motivation for both paint and build, at the same time I didn't post the (very few) updates I did sooooo...

Tonight I decided I had to build a few veterans for my Dark Angels and then I did it: 1 was already build with power maul + plasma pistol, the  others ended up being 4x combiplasma and one having a force sword too. I liked the idea of having a small force able to hit at a medium distance and good at fighting as well. They will be on a razorback with an HQ or apothecary most of the time.

I also made a recon squad for the 30k army so they also will be posted (as always) in the imgur album These guys will be on a rhino (also built) with a multi melta looking for a tricky veihicle to hit and then die as valorous men
A rapier has been cleaned and half assembled as well, poor boys the only mk3 in the army (probably but a support later on)

There is a happy family photo (30k) all together with the things I built and painted in this year (or whatever time it has been )
 
So here is the album and attached is the recap of the things I did
 

Hi- I've read through your blog and see definite changes in your style and improvements in your skills. I think you're being very hard on yourself- your work is very interesting and your use of color is good. You have the basic skills and a steady hand and are trying new things- keep it up!

I wish I had more time for the hobby as well.

I look forward to seeing more of your work as we go along.

 Meer_Cat wrote:
Hi- I've read through your blog and see definite changes in your style and improvements in your skills. I think you're being very hard on yourself- your work is very interesting and your use of color is good. You have the basic skills and a steady hand and are trying new things- keep it up!

I wish I had more time for the hobby as well.

I look forward to seeing more of your work as we go along.

Thank you man!
I hope being close to the end of my master and starting the thesis I'll be having more time for the hobby: I've spent enough to feel ashamed at my plastic and resin backlog :(

I haven't done much this week but by finishing the 4 tacticals I had left I finally have QG + 2 troops for starting playing
I must say I'm happy with the result, this is what I'd like to see for a gaming level of miniatures (for my standard)

A recap pic is attached and HERE the full album

It's been, as always, a very stressfull time because exams and other things so I didn't find as much time as I wanted, also I didn't feel that much into painting and ended up building/magnetizing quite enjoying it.

I built the praetor and magnetized a few units (assault squad sergeant) + contemptor, attached is a quick recap and HERE the full album
 


Obviously the contemptor has yet to be glued and that was just to check on the pose. Also I ended up giving a shot at necromunda giving sense to the dark vengeance's chaos cults and really enjoyed the time. I will be posting the images asap

As many times before here I am late recapping the latest months.
 
Unfortunately lately my dad got hit in an accident and I've been having a few moments to paint and build: here are the main things I accomplished these months
 
First of all I painted the support squad and the contemptor I built back in the days, finished a the two rhinos and managed to check-in at our group event playing a small team (500 points IIRC).
 
I also built and painted (latest additions) 5 dark furies, built 5 heavy support (missiles), 5 mor deythan (magnetizing a few combiweapons and looking for more) a Deredeo (magnetizing the torso as well).
 
Enough words being said here are some PICS and attached a recap image of all the accomplishements
 


This time double photo since I'm really happy of how my contemptor came out

The quest for 3k continues and since I'll be joining a 2k event in september I had to build a few pieces to get along my main army.

I finally built the dreadclaw (magnetizing the outer supports) and finished the 10 man assault squad, managed to get some time to search the missing rapier (that fu**er was hiding in the spartan's bag I don't even know why) and decided to change the praetor's look into something lighter (the sword I intended to use was the Emperor's Champion one but being made out of metal I was skeptical about the resin capability to hold such a weight) and ended up using the Korvydae's arms (a friend had those) with a blade in place of the maul

So here the recap and HERE the pics of the full album (I also uploaded a few pictures I took before the match I had, there is my army)



As I wrote I had a match last sunday with a few friends (RG and DA vs NL and AL) and I had a lot of fun: tactically speaking I'm not sure about what happened, a few errors here and there (3 fire turns to get the multi melta on the rhino to make a superficial dmg to a vindicator that kept ignoring me and such) but I liked the Deredeo that much I ended up changing my idea of 3k army

HERE are some pictures from the game, make sure to check them out since the other people's armies are stunning (DA's mostly but AL and NL are gorgeous as well).

Check you soon with the updated painted version, wishing for a clean and dry day to primer them out

I really can't stand continuity so here I am late again

During the latest months I've been quite struggling to find a few moments to dedicate to the hobby: I've played once KT without my miniatures, didn't proceed with the RG (but primered and painted Dreadclaw and rapiers) plus bought a few pieces for AT (reaver + 2 warhounds).

I managed to build and magnetise the reaver, didn't give the same attention to the warhound since I've first decided to pose it with a few ruins and then lost the will to do it once they arrived

The main update of the few months passed is a new project (a part of the AT) on my second legion in HH (I've a solid 2k of RG and all the pieces to reach 3k easily) basing the army on things I already owned plus a few additions:

Word Bearers.

Spartan (bought for the AL that I didn't ever started) + 2 Land Raiders (relics of my 2000s 40k years), a few cata termies (10), 10 gal vorbak (5 bought and 5 recycled from the DV's box), 10 veterans on a rhino and 2 quad mortars. This is the spine of the list that I' mwilling to finish for the next HH_Tuscany event

So enough words misspelled here is the usual recap photo and the album for further curiosity

Looking good dude. Your stuff already looks better than 95% of the unpainted trash I see in stores

People really underestimate the value of a good base. A nice, simple textured base makes all the difference in presentation quality. One thing I always recommend is to clean up the edges with black paint. Gives it a really clean professional feel and to be honest it's something I find highly rewarding for minimal effort.

 barboggo wrote:
Looking good dude. Your stuff already looks better than 95% of the unpainted trash I see in stores

People really underestimate the value of a good base. A nice, simple textured base makes all the difference in presentation quality. One thing I always recommend is to clean up the edges with black paint. Gives it a really clean professional feel and to be honest it's something I find highly rewarding for minimal effort.

Thank you for the tip in: I find bases as interesting as the model itself! Also this time I was going to mix real FW and proxied Gal Vorbak so I had to think about something to level them up in size

I forgot to add that the monopose guy was just for testing the scheme (but the base that was just to test the astrogranite I bought for AT's bases) and didn't bother to paint it black back

Quick update of the latest months, I've been doing many jumps from one project to another and ended up finishing nothing

To recap a little:
- Started painting the reaver, bought a warlord and 2 warhounds, got for christmas 2 IK from my girl and stalled the whole AT -.-'
- Built around 2000ish points of WB (mostly 2 land raiders, 10 terminators, 10 veterans, 2 quad mortar, 2 qg and 8 gal vorbak) but painted only 4 terminators + 5 veterans, the chaplain and primed the praetor
- Got sh*t done finishing the RG's building process: I now have built everything and need to get this project finished ASAP (5 dark furies, 5 mor deythan, 5 assault marines, 1 Fire Raptor and 1 damocles rhino) BUT I almost did the whole praetor
 
 

Here is the quick recap photo and then the whole album will be available here instead
 
Quick preview on the praetor too