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Thanks, guys! Yup, risen from Torpor! And hopefully here to stay.

Decals are done, basing the scouts today, yay!

Now you're out of Torpor, we should be playing a game one of these days...

I have just finished reading through your blog and I must say your level of detail and results is truly stupendous. Definitely glad I came across your work and have thoroughly enjoyed catching up on it.

You are achieving a wonderful depth of colour and I think you are putting together a really amazing force. Definitely interested to see more of your work.

Greldinard wrote:Now you're out of Torpor, we should be playing a game one of these days...

For sure! Still available this week, otherwise next weekend.

Archer wrote:I have just finished reading through your blog and I must say your level of detail and results is truly stupendous. Definitely glad I came across your work and have thoroughly enjoyed catching up on it.

You are achieving a wonderful depth of colour and I think you are putting together a really amazing force. Definitely interested to see more of your work.

Words of encouragement indeed! Well, I'm definitely going to try to keep the rhythm going. This week's my last week of holidays but the goal is to at least do something every day after work.

From my experience even if you can get in 15 quality minutes the progress can continue at a great rate.

 Meph wrote:

For sure! Still available this week, otherwise next weekend. .

I must have Pics of this.. Epic

When battles are fought, pics will be taken for sure! And painting will be kept up in between

W00h00! They're done & based. The photos are not 100% but pretty close to what they look IRL. I mainly use natural light, augmented with a daylight LED lamp, but the weather outside is a bit dodgy, cloudy, not cloudy, cloudy so it was a bit of a hassle to set the camera just right. The little coat of gloss varnish on the lenses also makes them look a bit darker than they really are.




And I was also a bit sidetracked by this. A two-day quickie painting session to paint up the RPG crew of my mates & me. Warhammer Fantasy RPG, 2nd edition (the last of the WHFRP %-game systems).
Our GM also keeps a blog with out sessions & characters. Feel free too have a looksee on http://whfrp.weebly.com/

From left to right:
-Abelhelm Reichert; Gambler turned Highwayman
-Mandred Vogel; Celestial Wizard
-Lothar El-Kaloffi; Protagonist turned Racketeer-merchant
-Otfried Osten; Priest of SIgmar
-Gotrak Mittnachson; Pitfighter turned on the path of Giant Slayer after losing a Book of Grudges.
-Felix Vogel; bonepicker turned Cat Burglar


P.S.: I do hate painting flesh & faces. Long live helmeted Mahweens!

The Scouts look great, sort of Ghost Recon style to them.

The RPG figures look fantastic, really dynamic and I am so jealous you get to do regular RPG sort of gaming, I wish I could find a consistent group.

The scouts are amazing... some of the best I've ever seen.

Second/thirded about the scouts, the bases really do complete them!

The RPG stuff looks awesome too, nice mix of minis! The Sigmarite priest is fantastic! What make/range is the guy on the right (the Aragorn-esque Ranger fellow)?

Archer wrote:The Scouts look great, sort of Ghost Recon style to them.

The RPG figures look fantastic, really dynamic and I am so jealous you get to do regular RPG sort of gaming, I wish I could find a consistent group.

Cheers, mate! Yeah, I'm kinda lucky to have friends like that. We've been playing board- and roleplaying games with the same bunch for about 26 years now. Throughout the years more people have come and game, played in multiple groups but it slowly trickled down do a gaming group of 7. Can be a bit hectic around the table from time to time, 4 players & 1 GM being the optimum, but we manage quite nicely. Life and work make it hard to get together sometimes, too hard, so 6-7 ago years we just made the decision to roleplay the first Saturday of every month, no exception. This way the wives and girlfriends know what's coming as they are marked on the calendar throughout the year. And we also reserved a certain long holiday weekend as gaming weekend. Everybody leaves the women & kids at home and we lock ourselves up for three days somewhere in the Ardennes with games, beer, and booze, and no exceptions. Even so, there are always some anomalies throughout the year where one or two can't make to the gaming Saturday because of unforeseen circumstances or particular family holidays but we try keep to the schedule as much as we can. The gaming weekend is sacred though, woe the person that dares throw a stick in those spokes. Hasn't happened yet...

But without those strict agreements it would be next to impossible to get that many people together on a regular basis

Gitsplitta wrote:The scouts are amazing... some of the best I've ever seen.

Paradigm wrote:Second/thirded about the scouts, the bases really do complete them!

Thanks guys, yeah I must say I have grown very fond of them during the painting process. I like how the camouflage colour turned out to complement the Chapter colours and markings so nicely.
Especially considering I have been procrastinating to paint those guys for quite a few years. I'm very tempted to get a Land Speeder Storm, or two, to ferry them around.

Paradigm wrote:The RPG stuff looks awesome too, nice mix of minis! The Sigmarite priest is fantastic! What make/range is the guy on the right (the Aragorn-esque Ranger fellow)?

I got all models except the slayer from the Coolminiornot shop. They have a great selection of models suitable for 40k as well as awesome fantasy models.
Don't let the shop pics fool you, the detail on that mini is ridiculously tiny.
https://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/young-duel-wield-hedge-knight.html

Holy Gak they all look good.

Sorry been loitering around here since your return, been through your thread, amazing things happening here.

Just had to say, those Scouts are fantastic. Good to see some action here.

Cheers, mate!

I did put together an imgur collection with the original high-res photos of the minis.

http://postwarvandal.imgur.com/

This is top job mate! Congrats on everything, i've spent the last few days browsing through all the pages.

Really love your reds, and the bird conversion is amazeballs.
The only nitpick i'd have is that you need to be more careful with masking tape, as the painted areas are not always symmetrical. I've painted 1/32 scale planes before, so i know it's a pain and requires a lot of patience

But short of that, top job, well done and welcome back after the long break!
Keep it up

I wasn't sold on the head swap, then I went back and had a closer look. Actually a good call, they look very spec op's now and I am seriously considering trying to find some of those heads for the 15 scouts I will need to build in the future.

Love the blood angels.

The more I look at them the better the head swaps appeal to me. They actually look like a scout force rather than new grunts in lite armor.

ciuncky wrote:This is top job mate! Congrats on everything, i've spent the last few days browsing through all the pages.

Really love your reds, and the bird conversion is amazeballs.
The only nitpick i'd have is that you need to be more careful with masking tape, as the painted areas are not always symmetrical. I've painted 1/32 scale planes before, so i know it's a pain and requires a lot of patience

But short of that, top job, well done and welcome back after the long break!
Keep it up

Thanks mate! I admire the effort, in the meantime the thread has become quite the bible to read through, innit?
And you're absolutely right about the masking, especially the Baal predator is not 100% symmetrical, damn, that was a bitch to mask...

Knightley wrote:I wasn't sold on the head swap, then I went back and had a closer look. Actually a good call, they look very spec op's now and I am seriously considering trying to find some of those heads for the 15 scouts I will need to build in the future.

cgage00 wrote:Love the blood angels.

Solar_lion wrote:The more I look at them the better the head swaps appeal to me. They actually look like a scout force rather than new grunts in lite armor.

I admit, at first I chose the head swap for two reasons. 1, Aesthetics: I have seriously disliked those oversized heads, and because of them I never like the scout models in general. 2: Laziness: I have never liked painting faces and I have avoided them wherever possible.

But I must admit, the models have grown on me. The helmets suit the models quite nicely, although regret not having scraped off the little winged skulls as well. Those still have a teeny tiny bit too much of an IG feel too them, but it's still acceptable.
There is a seed growing in my mind to buy and paint up two Land Speeder Storms to shuttle them around on the table. Actually I have no idea if it's actually efficient in-game, but if I had actually cared about efficiency, i would have equipped my marines as they are. The rule of cool trumps deathstar-munchkin-ism, always.

But 2 Land Speeder Storms would mean more scouts to paint, arch!!

Base on what I've seen played your on the right track for the meta on scouts. Very useful In todays 40k. esp with a 10 company formation.

Cool, I think somewhere in the following week, I'll pick up a pair.

Alrighty, it's been a few weeks since the last update but there's a good reason for that.
The last few weeks I've had wood, lots of it, and it needed a lot of attention, sometimes with power tools.

Badum-tsh!

A small renovation project to replace my old computer desk (my rickety old drawing desk re-purposed many a year ago), and the current TV cupboard by bespoke, self-made PC desk/TV cupboard combo. The main tablets are 60mm MDF (that's 2.36 inches for you colonials) with wood veneer, and some thinner 24mm (0.944") shelves for the digital apparati and external HDD's. Sturdy enough for a twerking elephant, and theft-proof unless you have a couple of Scottish strongmen on hand to move it.



Anywho, that is just my excuse for not painting in a while and I should have it in place this weekend. As the DIY work started winding down, I picked up a brush again and slowly blacked out the details of the Vanguard Squad I've been working on.
With that tedious bit behind me, the fun stuff lies ahead again, the detailing, weathering, and finishing. Time to crack open the pot of home-mixed gold again! Yay!

Oh, and I also started to arrange/assemble the Sanguinary priest again, and today I've bought a librarian in terminator armour, just because I felt the need to drill out his face and replace it by a helmet. Damn straight, no helmet-less war hippies in my army!

Ah.. good the "red' returns.. very nice start.

Very exciting projects!

 Meph wrote:

Damn straight, no helmet-less war hippies in my army!

And for that, you have my utmost respect
I totally dig the same feelings towards unhelmeted

I'm looking forward to more progress on this

And I cant imagine how boring it must be blacking out all those details! It looks very tedious!

I have felt that I will do a space wolf army where everyone is showing his most amazing flowing hair and beard and then a sensible Raven Guard army with everyone sporting a Mark VI Corvus helmet.

Good to see you back on the brush. That squad is looking great!

Totally agree with you on everyone needing helmets... I mean sure in the far future you have force fields and other protection, but nothing beats a good solid layer of real armor between your head and your enemies...

Ah, seeing your reds is a pleasure

Cheers, guys!

Solar_lion wrote:Ah.. good the "red' returns.. very nice start.

Gitsplitta wrote:Very exciting projects!

Knightley wrote:Ah, seeing your reds is a pleasure

Zambro wrote:I'm looking forward to more progress on this
And I cant imagine how boring it must be blacking out all those details! It looks very tedious!

Aye! I'm hoping to get some projects done before the end of the year. After this Vanguard squad, I'm doubting to start either another tac. squad, the Sanguinary Priest, or even an old, metal Lemartes to paint up.

Unbought but tempting is a duo of Land Speeder Storms for the Scouts, and I also have a Storm Talon to convert into something resembling an actual flying craft. I've ordered some more bits over the past few weeks so an idea is slowly coalescing in my mind.

And as an afterthought there's also a terminator librarian to convert and the Shield of Baal minis.

Oh, and also an elaborate Deathwatch diorama, but for that I'll need some more stuff.

What to do, what to do,so little time...

ciuncky wrote:And for that, you have my utmost respect
I totally dig the same feelings towards unhelmeted

Archer wrote:I have felt that I will do a space wolf army where everyone is showing his most amazing flowing hair and beard and then a sensible Raven Guard army with everyone sporting a Mark VI Corvus helmet.

Ramos Asura wrote:Good to see you back on the brush. That squad is looking great! Totally agree with you on everyone needing helmets... I mean sure in the far future you have force fields and other protection, but nothing beats a good solid layer of real armor between your head and your enemies...

Yeah, with all kinds of bullets and death rays flying about, a thick layer between you and the word seems like a comforting thought.

Not much progress as of yet though, last weekend I sent assembling the that piece of furniture and putting it into place. And I'm quite happy with the result.

I've put a photo on imgur, as not to clutter the thread. http://imgur.com/VX6Tyfa

This weekend I'll be painting again though, w00t!

Looks good , but more entertainment/ gaming center than Painting. I assume you have lot of modeling and paint supplies. More tables?

Sadly, no. The great tragedy in my (hobby-)life is that I do not have the space for a decicated painting spot. Mainly because I don't have an extra room where I can just get up from painting and leave everything as-is, but out of sight.

So I am making do with a folded open newspaper on the living room coffee table. The only plus side is that it's in front of the telly.

As for painting material, If I would pack everything hyper-efficiently, all of it would fit in one of those standard foldable plastic grocery crates, and a half. So quite a bloody lot. (and this doesn't include the airbrush compressor)

That's also one of the reasons I paint as much as I'd like to. For a full setup it takes 15 minutes unpacking and 15 minues cleanup.

So usually what I do is to prepare a 'mini-set' of paints which I will need in the few days that follow, depending on what step of the painting process I'm in. usually about half a dozen or a dozen pots, some brushes, two water containers (shallow little jars, one to rinse off the paint, one to clean the brush of the 'dirty' water), some pieces of cloth, and whatever other tool is needed.

This allows for a quick setup. Keep everything in a little cardboard box, just fold open a newspaper, prep the water pots, unpack the half-dozen paints and away you go. Redcues setup/cleanup time to under 5 minutes. and doesn't take up a lot of space when left on the side of the coffee table for a day or two.

And frankly, it's also quite nice to watch some series with the gf snuggled up behind in the couch. Everybody's happy and no-one is confined to a room alone.

Of course, if you aàe in dire need of some alone-time, a man-cave is the best way to go.