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inmygravenimage wrote:Great job, especially on iron shoes.

Thanks Graven! But can't take much credit for the shoes, just Leadbelcher base und then some Basilicanum Grey Contrast (great Nuln Oil alternative because it has another flow than a classic wash).

Captain Brown wrote:Nice save on the frying pan Viterbi.

Some nice LotR figures you have done.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown! That was a near miss, but if I learned anything from reading your plogs, it's that somewhere in every household there is a solution for a hobby problem
Although I only bought the Hobbits for Mordheim I actually got so excited that I plan on starting a Rohan force and than try to nudge my friends in at least trying out Battle Companies (which basically is Mordheim in Middle-Earth).

gobert wrote:Fancy monsters, the BFTBG on the wolf is cool

Thanks gobert! And had to think for a second what the abbreviation meant, but than got it

Yorkright wrote: Had a bit of catching up and I see you have been bus y. That gang of hobbits turned out great, love the bright colors and the pigs made my day. Perhaps you should have the big bad wolf chasing them during the Mordheim game.

Thanks Yorkright! Well there is the werewolf launching around, but he didn't encounter the piggies just yet

And the piggies are done, tried four different schemes, like both on the right best:


Had two fun games last Friday (maybe the last for the year) and played the portal mission twice. It's quite fun, there are six portals on the field and you throw a D6 to see what happens, when you go through the portal. Of course, no one of my friends rolled so that the monsters arrived and harassed them. Me on the other hand encountered them several times, but luckily got only a bit injured and not taken out of action.
First game was over pretty quickly with no one being able to hold off the vampire walking from the field of battle with the treasure box (you find it when you roll a 6 going through a portal). My pig may have had a chance to bog him down, but I forgot that you need a successful leadership test to charge most of the Undead and with leadership 4 that pig didnt charge anything :(
Second game was a Nailbiter. Orcs found the treasure pretty quick and near their deployment zone, but my hobbits got lucky and I was able to get several through the portal and into the ruined church where a fierce melee ensued. And I got to hand it to the little buggers, they did well, but in the end were overwhelmed by greenskins. And I forgot to send my ogre through the portal (he had landed in the furthest away from where he went in). He arrived a turn later and took revenge for his little buddies, but after two rounds I failed the rout test and he fled the battlefield. Our orc player managed in turn to successfully make several leadership 7 tests in a row and one lonely orc (his buddy blocked the way so he couldn't be charged) made it of the field with the treasure chest. And what a magnificent treasure chest it could be. You can get light armour, lots of gold and other objects. But you have to roll for them and what did my friend get... ONE SWORD He was a bit miffed after all the trouble he went through and most of his warband OOA. But he rallied quick and only had a few losses.I got more lucky and only lost the pig (which for hungry hobbits may not be a loss at all, but a gain).
And my thief nearly got the vampire melee beast down. He had missed his attacks on the hobbit and I hit him, wounded him on a six... and then we reread and because I could only wound the vampire on a six I was denied the critical hit with which I may have killed him outright. Next turn the vampire killed the thief and the brave pig that had followed him through the portal.

We didn't take many pics, but here are some impressions:


Hobbits charging towards a portal in the first game... where they didn't do much (expect killing the Necromancer with one fine bow shot and he failed his roll after the game and stayed dead ).


Orc boss charged happily through a portal, the rest of his warband didn't follow. The Undead feasted...


Brown cloth orc interrupted the ogre charge so blue cloth orc could flee with the chest and win the second game.

All in all much fun and the Hobbits did quite well for their size. With my LotR minis order this weekend I also ordered the Hobbit Shiriffs who will arrive shortly and get painted straight away so I have my warband and all options finished.

Also started to plan the rest of the year and will try to get the chaplain done for the painting comp (had planned other entries, but not feeling them).


Want to get my Retributors done, so I may start a crusade with sisters next year.


And last but not least my greatest bane of all... painting vehicles. The Impulsor is sitting around primed for a year and now I have to do something about this and selling was not an option

That looks like a lot of fantasy fun It's weird how vehicles polarise folk, I love doing them.

Game sounded fun. Always good to push the plastic around the table.

I like the concepts of painting vehicles, I like them on the table. But they are such a chore to do. I muster the enthusiasm to start them, but about halfway through it just turns into a slog. Keep them in sight, taunting you, and get paint on them a little bit at a time. Eventually the end will be in sight, and they will finish quickly. At least, that’s my plan.

Sisters are fun models, I need to finish up my lot by year’s end.

Woo games! And a hobbit killing a necromancer is very thematically appropriate, i think

Vehicles are a pain for me too, but the result will be worth it in the end, I'm sure.

Huzzah for Mordheim. Excited to see the Sisters and Chaplain. Vehicles are one of those things that seem so daunting, even if you have worked on things larger or more complex. It's weird.

Great update, the Hobbits sound really fun to play with in Mordheim. They sound like they held their own quite well too! Nice plans for the rest of the year, I can’t wait to see them all done

Thanks for another bat rep I always enjoy seeing people’s armies in action. I feel your pain on vehicles too, love them but finishing or even starting them turns me into a procrastinator. I know that once you start it will turn out fine. Looking forward to some paint on the Impulsor.

inmygravenimage wrote:That looks like a lot of fantasy fun It's weird how vehicles polarise folk, I love doing them.

It's probably, because I seldom paint vehicles so the routine just isn't there. Add to that the different scale of what I'm used to and you get less motivation

Nevelon wrote:Game sounded fun. Always good to push the plastic around the table.

I like the concepts of painting vehicles, I like them on the table. But they are such a chore to do. I muster the enthusiasm to start them, but about halfway through it just turns into a slog. Keep them in sight, taunting you, and get paint on them a little bit at a time. Eventually the end will be in sight, and they will finish quickly. At least, that’s my plan.

Sisters are fun models, I need to finish up my lot by year’s end.

Games were very fun, we care enough not to give a game away, but mostly want to have memorable scenes and Mordheim is perfect for this.

amazingturtles wrote:Woo games! And a hobbit killing a necromancer is very thematically appropriate, i think

Vehicles are a pain for me too, but the result will be worth it in the end, I'm sure.

Tolkien already wrote, that you shouldn't come into throwing distance of a Hobbit, so it should have been clear to the necromancer, that coming into shooting distance is even worse

youwashock wrote:Huzzah for Mordheim. Excited to see the Sisters and Chaplain. Vehicles are one of those things that seem so daunting, even if you have worked on things larger or more complex. It's weird.

It's a really cool gaming system. I would love for GW to do some MTO for the old Mordheim minis. They look quite fun, but they are so hard to come by, if you weren't in the hobby back then.

gobert wrote:Great update, the Hobbits sound really fun to play with in Mordheim. They sound like they held their own quite well too! Nice plans for the rest of the year, I can’t wait to see them all done

They are Underdogs in the game, although the standard warriors and some of the heroes actually have human profiles. If everyone had just strength and toughness 2 it would have been worse

Yorkright wrote: Thanks for another bat rep I always enjoy seeing people’s armies in action. I feel your pain on vehicles too, love them but finishing or even starting them turns me into a procrastinator. I know that once you start it will turn out fine. Looking forward to some paint on the Impulsor.

I was really glad I could post some more pictures, because it seems this was the last action this year. But I got my last four hobbit minis and can paint them up for next year.

So, no new games, but also very little hobby progress. The kids had even more attacks of the sniffles and had to stay home while the wife and me had to work. And them's good kids, but the energy to do hobby in the evening was not really there until yesterday. So no progress on most minis, but I finally tackled the Impulsor a bit more. It helped that I realized, that my big brush is more than crappy, but my make up drybrushes are perfect for basecoating. That gave me my motivation back and I think I can have this bugger done the coming weekend.



Streaky basecoat with big brush, smoother basecoat with make-up-brush (funnily enough I saw an Impuslor basecoated with make-up-brush in the painting comp, so it seemingly is not a secret, I just found out too late ).



And started to tidy up and add other colors yesterday. And kids are in kindergarten today so may use my home office lunch break to get more done. Really excited once I got over the basecoat stage.

Seeing how my pile declined somewhat in 2020 I already filled it up a bit for 2021 and am going to start real Middle-Earth minis, not just for Mordheim. I love Rohan, so the box was a no-brainer as was some of the "while it lasts" metal minis GW sold a few weeks ago. Really excited and trying to get my friends to try out Battle Companies, from skimming the rules it's Mordheim in Middle-Earth anyway.



And was in the office Wednesday, because I gave a webinar together with my boss and while she had to go into a sales call afterwards, I went into the nearby Warhammer store and rewarded myself with Jakob Bugmansson. Just have to figure out how to paint the sloshing beer in his barrel. And a Jedi Knight is also in the pic, may try to get him done for the free round in the painting comp. Seeing as I don't play Star Wars I will try some OSL on him, because I effectively don't need that mini for gaming

Good to see real progress on the Impulsor. Is the young Jedi from IA? Looking forward to seeing you take on him, regardless.

Hope the kiddos have a germ-free Xmas. Tank is looking good already. Looking forward to SW and LotR goodness.

Sniffly kids is never fun (my eldest has just started sniffling next to me as i read about yours ). It certainly drains the energy of us adults! I might need to acquire some makeup brushes as I’ve seen a few people use them for painting vehicles. It certainly seems to have given a smooth finish on the impulsor. Good luck powering through her

Good update on the Impulsor, I was lucky and found one in gamestore about 50 miles from me so I did the trek and picked it up. Looking forward to see how the make up brushes work out. Pretty sure my wife wont mind if I "borrow" one.
Hope the kiddos are feeling better soon.

Solid start on the Impulsor, it will look great in your scheme.

That LOTR set may well be the best value thing that GW offer at the moment, so many figures including the cool Ringwraith and troll, so do not feel bad about adding to the pile...just the 100+ miniatures in one fell swoop!

The Dwarf is a fun little sculpt, looking forward to seeing what direction you go with him.

inmygravenimage wrote:Good to see real progress on the Impulsor. Is the young Jedi from IA? Looking forward to seeing you take on him, regardless.

He is from the Legion game, not the Starter Set Luke, but the single mini. Bought it on a whim when I wanted free shipping and was under the threshold for that

youwashock wrote:Hope the kiddos have a germ-free Xmas. Tank is looking good already. Looking forward to SW and LotR goodness.

Thanks youwashock! SW will be only Luke, but LotR will hopefully dominate next spring, really excited for the minis.

gobert wrote:Sniffly kids is never fun (my eldest has just started sniffling next to me as i read about yours ). It certainly drains the energy of us adults! I might need to acquire some makeup brushes as I’ve seen a few people use them for painting vehicles. It certainly seems to have given a smooth finish on the impulsor. Good luck powering through her

Thanks gobert! October to March is just horror with small children, even if there is no pandemic Hope your eldest has already recovered or it was just a dust sneeze

Yorkright wrote: Good update on the Impulsor, I was lucky and found one in gamestore about 50 miles from me so I did the trek and picked it up. Looking forward to see how the make up brushes work out. Pretty sure my wife wont mind if I "borrow" one.
Hope the kiddos are feeling better soon.

Thanks Yorkright! Just make sure, it is not an expensive make up brush The ones from the 1€ store probably shouldn't be put to a face anyway

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Solid start on the Impulsor, it will look great in your scheme.

That LOTR set may well be the best value thing that GW offer at the moment, so many figures including the cool Ringwraith and troll, so do not feel bad about adding to the pile...just the 100+ miniatures in one fell swoop!

The Dwarf is a fun little sculpt, looking forward to seeing what direction you go with him.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! And it's "only" 86 models in the box Although let's face it, the 20 Warriors of the Dead can be painted up in no time at all. I'm a little apprehensive on the horses, but have a lot of brown Contrast colors that will hopefully make the process easy.
Haven't decided how I will tackle Bugmansson, but he may be on the list for 2021 anyway, because...

...still very little hobbying, hibernation mode seems to have set in But Impulsor is at nearly 80%, need to do the big missile launcher for the roof, put some contrast on the metallics I have based (headlights and such) and worst of all: the tiny screens in the open section at the back. After that will have just waeathering left. But optimistic that it will be done by Sunday evening.

Sadly my eldest has developed a full on cold. Hopefully your kids are doing better and we’ll all be shut of it for Christmas. The Impulsor is coming along nicely, the colour of the hull is great and the highlights have worked well

In so much as it is possible for an impulsor to be"sexy", that paint job is.
Good luck with the kids. It'll all be over too soon and then you'll miss taking care of them when they're sick.
Well, sort of. Miss them, anyway.

Love the colour of the tank! I find the Impulsors kinda cute, but I'd be lying if the price tag put me off when they first came out. After seeing how yours is coming out, consider me now convinced

2020 year-end has been a real drag on the painting front. Glad to see you still working. Looking forward to the tank wrapping up.

Getting there, just a bit more and that'll be a rather sharp looking tank

Last time I played 40k a land speeder storm was the cool new thing. I don't even know what that tank is but it looks great!

She’s coming along nicely! A question, do you think the rocket launcher is the way to go?
Hope everyone is feeling better soon.

gobert wrote:Sadly my eldest has developed a full on cold. Hopefully your kids are doing better and we’ll all be shut of it for Christmas. The Impulsor is coming along nicely, the colour of the hull is great and the highlights have worked well

Thanks gobert! Hope the cold will be gone soon!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:In so much as it is possible for an impulsor to be"sexy", that paint job is.
Good luck with the kids. It'll all be over too soon and then you'll miss taking care of them when they're sick.
Well, sort of. Miss them, anyway.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! In truth "sexy" is not the first word I'm thinking of with a big and floaty box, but I appreciate it
Yeah, they grow up too fast, seeing baby photos makes us already nostalgic (but not too much once we remember all of it ).

WarbossDakka wrote:Love the colour of the tank! I find the Impulsors kinda cute, but I'd be lying if the price tag put me off when they first came out. After seeing how yours is coming out, consider me now convinced

Thanks WarbossDakka and welcome to the plog! The model grew on me too and having worked on it I might get a second one. I believe there is a new Blood Angels (?) box where an Impulsor is included. If you need some other Primaris might be a good deal for you.

youwashock wrote:2020 year-end has been a real drag on the painting front. Glad to see you still working. Looking forward to the tank wrapping up.

The "problem" was hitting my goal already in November But as Vejut said on his plog, it's a hobby not work so I try not to feel bad, if I paint a little less. Hope you find some more motivation too, your Exodites stuff and fluff is just great!

Sherrypie wrote:Getting there, just a bit more and that'll be a rather sharp looking tank

Thanks Sherrypie and just scroll a little further

theCrowe wrote:Last time I played 40k a land speeder storm was the cool new thing. I don't even know what that tank is but it looks great!

That has been some time ago I remember some of the old stuff, but I only played a short period in the early 2000s. Back then I had a combined Witch and Demon Hunter force. Which explains my love for Inquisition and Sisters, only Grey Knights have lost their appeal to me. And before I start rambling, this floaty tank is an Impulsor, a Grav-Rhino if you will. Holds six Primaris and let's them move after the tank has moved, which is quite unique in the current edition.

Yorkright wrote: She’s coming along nicely! A question, do you think the rocket launcher is the way to go?
Hope everyone is feeling better soon.

Thanks Yorkright! I actually don't know, if it is a good weapon But it's not glued on, so I can switch with the 5++ shield dome (which honestly is worse than some extra shots imo). It also has some kind of satellite dish that I may use on another rhino.

Ok, the weekend was a productive one. First up is the finished tank. Not happy with the pigments on the grav... stuff. It says rust on the bottle but looks more like dirt. On the other hand it worked well in the back of the tank (although have to brush of some of the snow seeing my pics close up), Space Marines apparently don't wipe their feet
Really wanted to do more fun stuff with the monitors, but it was a pain to get in with the brush and not hit other stuff. Gonna see how I handle it with the next one.







Yesterday I tested if Contrast would work on the Contemptor Dread and yes, it does. So he became a surprisingly quick palette cleanser. Not sure what he can do or which weapon I actually gave him, need to read up on him in the codex.






And because Contrast paints have to dry I switched between the Dread and my entry for the painting comp, Luke Skywalker. Wanted to test myself with him, because he is wearing black clothes, a black belt and black boots. I mean what the Luke? His right hand should be black to because it's the cybernetic one, but I just couldn't be bothered. Not entirely happy with the sculpt, face is great, the rest a bit meh, especially hands and lightsaber. Did no OSL, because the sword is too far away so it would need to be reeeeeeeeeally subtle and I don't think it's one for a first try But was brave enough for real eyes.





So in the evening I did not paint more, but prepped the last 5 Hobbits for Mordheim. Gonna get them done this week and be done with that particular warband.

Funny you should say that about the Blood Angels box, because that's something I've just ordered for my Crimson Fists! It was perfect for filling out some parts I didn't have in the army. Great minds think alike clearly!

Nice to see you had a productive couple days. Looks like the Dread came together real fast!

Contemptible dread looks like a real tankbuster with that loadout. Assuming that's a melta weapon. Again, I have two dreads and they're both solid metal soooo I prob shouldn't assume anything.

Those hobbit bounders though, great little minis. Enjoy them, they won't take long to paint at all either.

Like the dread, love the tank (especially the interior), but it's the SW that makes my heart sing (or possibly vvwing!) Is that the Legion Luke? Eyes look great, but I would say just go for it with the OSL - realism isn't necessarily a good thing lol.

Tank looks fab my man! The interior is great and the dirt on the floor looks realistic. Dreads load out of multimelta makes it a great tank buster, not sure what you did with the powerclaw hand but a melta or flamer are both good options and he looks great too.

Those hobbits are some small figs, looking forward to how they turn out. Skywalker turned out good too, a little osl might be the way to go, since the model is mostly black it should be easy to fix if you dont like it.

They're some tiny little hobbitseses!

It's always neat seeing tank interiors painted up.

I had no idea the impulsor was a convertible! Or is it a spider if it has no roof at all? Looks good either way, the dirt on the back looks really good, I like the idea of marines bringing snow with them.

Mighty impressive how quickly you got the dread painted, and he looks good for it too!

Good job on Luke! Black is one of those colours that’s hard to highlight and still read as black but you’ve managed that I feel. For me though his saner is a bit dull, a bit of OSL would be cool, but if not a brighter, almost white green would be goog imho

As someone who works in the compliance team of an insurance company I have to say that Happy Recompliance Day banner is a hoot.

As Obi Wan once said, Skywalker looks good, from a certain point of view. Har har, jokes, he looks great. And I think that old Ben might has been talking about someone else anyway.

But I agree that green on the light saber could benefit from a harsh highlight.

Productivity burst! The tank and Dread look good. Luke is rad. Just figure this is from before he gets shot in hand and has to cover up the gubbins. I will echo the suggestion to punch up the saber.