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This year, I have decided to make a blog of stuff that I'm working on. Last year, I completed several terrain pieces, a handfull of D&D minis, and knocked off a random assortment of HH Imperial Fists, Black Templars, Imperial Guard, Chaos Space Marine, and 1 fething Space Wolf. Perhaps if I take pictures as I go, it might motivate me to focus on something and get it done

So, for Christmas, I got this dude. This is now waiting for the humidity in Chicago to drop below fething 65%. Forecast looks good for this happening on Wednesday or Thursday. Fingers Crossed!

The Plan:

I watched Duncon (Duncin, Dunkin', Dunkirkin?) paint this fether on the GW How to Paint Warhammer 40K gak and Stuff YouTube feed. He primed the big boy separately from his armor pieces. I liked that idea, so I'll be doing the same.

Sub Assemblies:




The big dude.



Additionally, I have to decide on dudes to take with me on business trips. I have a small BattleFoam hobby bag that fits in my large suitcase. It can hold a handful of minis, paints, brushes, and my magnification visor. I travel 30-40 times per year, and I will make every effort to do more hobbying on my trips.

Available for this, I have, in order of preference:

A handful of Crimson Fists that I can mix with my 30k Imperial Fists to fill out a Gladius Strike Force
Unassembled box of Prospero Burns that will be the start of my Thousand Sons army once the FW book comes out.
Black Templar (Terminators and assault marines, mostly)
Chaos Space Marines (Deciples of Horus that I'll eventually run with my Thousand Sons as some sort of Chaos Battle Company, or whatever they're called.)

A Kronk blog? I was expecting more booze and debauchery. I guess you just started, we’ll see how it turns out.

Nice Magnus. Looking forward to seeing you paint.

Progress!

I am following the WarHammer TV How to Paint gak and Make it Look Cool and gak Guide to Magnus the Red.

Here is after the Red Basecoat, followed by different red dry brush, followed by different red wash!



And here is that same different red dry brush again! Yay, I'm doing stuff!

Nice start with the reds.

you know what this blog needs???
more cowbell!!!

good start, brother...
great model to kick things off with!!!

cheers
jah

Thanks! Should be a fun mini.

Hes coming along nicely.

Looking sweet kronk!

If you're feeling brave and want to go a bit further on his skin, feathers and armour, I'd check out electriceve's VODs on Magnus; it's still not finished, but boy is it amazing!



Looking forward to seeing how yours turns out

G.A

Good start on Magnus. Are you going to do progressive highlights to make the skin lighter?

 lord marcus wrote:
Good start on Magnus. Are you going to do progressive highlights to make the skin lighter?

A little bit lighter on the hands and face. I'll wait until the armor is on before I do.

Progress from Sunday!

Wings!






Hair! Fabulous! Basecoat and Wash, before highlights.





Base Coat on Tabbards.

I dig the blue highlights on the feathers! It's looking real good.

Coming together nicely.

I had to put Magnus on hold this past week. My AdptiCon army was short on points so I bought a Shield Generator!

Nice progress on Magnus and nice work on the Void shield, it's looking pretty damn cool.

EDC

Thanks! That middle piece and those poles were a pain to align.

nice job on those wings, Kronkington
i didn't even know you could paint...
i guess those 408 gallery images should have been a clue

your ghetto wet palette looks like a psychedelic monkey took a technicolor dump on a plate...
better to fling paint than poop

it looks like you are enjoying the big cyclops, but i really want to see this mysterious lone Space Wolves dude you mentioned...
any pics of my favorite Puppies???

cheers
jah

Your Magnus is looking very nice, great job on the wings especially, I bet they stretched your patience

 jah-joshua wrote:


your ghetto wet palette looks like a psychedelic monkey took a technicolor dump on a plate...
better to fling paint than poop

You meant the blue one in this picture? That's just my dry brush pallet. I just gob on whatever paint I need when I'm drybrushing. Before magnus, I only used drybrush on wood, fur, and terrain/bases. I'll take a picture of my wet pallet on my next update!

 jah-joshua wrote:

it looks like you are enjoying the big cyclops, but i really want to see this mysterious lone Space Wolves dude you mentioned...
any pics of my favorite Puppies???

cheers
jah

Magnus has been fun. I'm ready to get back to him, now.

Sadly, this is the only picture of the Space Wolf I have. It was from the Prospero box set and I sent him to a friend that plays space wolves after it was complete.

i meant the plate in the shot of the Void Shield Generator, from the top down
just ribbing you, anyway

nice job on the Space Puppy...
i have The Fell-Hand on my table right now...
did you use one of the Citadel Technical paints on the base???
it looks good

cheers
jah

Yep! The Agrellan Earth? Then a dark wash and a few dry brushes.

I painted him in assemblies: his head, backpack, bolter, and the rest.

Just finished this display case. Lights are literally on a slow boat from China, so this is dark for now.

Back to Magnus, I pinky swear!

I promise I'll get back to Magnus. However, at AdeptiCon, I picked up some fun little terrain bits, so I'm knocking them out.

Finished the big guy! I need a better camera.

The base is a Secret Weapon miniatures base with the Secret Weapon miniature's snow stuff. It's crushed glass and glue. Goes great on cake.



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I have been doing a lot of terrain. 8th edition has made me excited to play 40k again.

Rusty Pipes. That was my band name. We had 4 bagpipe players and a harpist.










Mysterious containers! What's in them? Probably pr0n...








The GW Terrain kits are fun to kitbash. I bought the Imperial Sector at GenCon 2016 for a song and finally put it to use. I had a few other buildings already and bought a bunch of bits (mostly floors) from that guy that sells bits at GenCon and AdeptiCon. Toledo Games? dunno. I wanted some larger pieces for my table. I have a few more already built not shown here.

Building 1:











Building 2:







Building 3:












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Some Objective Markers. I got these at AdeptiCon 2017. I can't recall the vendor, but these are laser cut wood. The bottles came with those containment kits. I put in a few reaper minis from my Bones I and Bones II collection, and a pink horror I got from somewhere.

I really like the Necron ones. Easy to assemble and paint.


















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For the Star Wars Imperial Assault from FFG. I painted these for a buddy that owns the game for his birthday. He's a good GM.

Wow, that's some great looking terrain. I like the checkerboard floors of the ruins!

Thanks, Polo-Loco!

Here are some D&D minis for Friday night gaming.

First up is Reaper's Stone Golem. It's from Bones I or II. Dunno...







Here is the "FREE" mini that came with White Dwarf 1.










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My Elven Cleric with a bow. I've always been a trend-setter. Reaper Bones.








Female Barbarian with BAS. Also a Reaper Bones.








Half-Ork ranger with 2 axes. Originally, this mini had a sword and dagger. I cut off his hands like he stole something and then attached a pair of axes and hands from an OLD Chaos Knights kit I still have bits from. Otherwise, Reaper Bones.








A gnoll named gnort. Reaper Bones.

NIce work, sorry I haven't seen this thread before. How do you find the Bones material to work with?

Nice stuff. Good mix of things painted. Always fun to see a variety. I think my favorite is the thing in jars.

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
NIce work, sorry I haven't seen this thread before. How do you find the Bones material to work with?

Priming is a pain. I no longer spray prime bones minis. I wash them with simple green to remove the mold release agent that seems to coat the minis and mount the mini on a wine cork. If you touch/handle the mini too much, the paint on primer rubs off a bit.

It's hit or miss. Washing helps tremendously in my experience. It's not horrible, but they aren't as great to paint as the metal minis. Also, once done and matte sealed, I have yet to have a problem with paint coming off and they get handled a bunch when we play.