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A bit late but this was Saturdays update.

I was planning on finishing the Dwarf Man O war fleet but only managed a squadron (not sure if thats the right Naval term) of Monitors



Cant believe how long they took to paint as they are so tiny but I do like how they turned out.

The next squadron is nearly finished now as well, hopefully they should be done today all being well.

Oh and I'm off work all this week as well so I'm hoping to get some work done on my Empire fleet as well, I need to make masts and sails for them though which is going to be interesting!

I'm still struggling to pick up models for my Skaven and Plague Fleet, I will hold off painting them until I have a full force for each which could be years at this rate

I know, I know not much love for Man O War

Well here's some more

The second unit of Monitors is finished



I also managed to finish off the three Ironclads as well although they dont look as good.



Most of you will be glad to know that only leaves the two Dreadnoughts left which I'll start on this afternoon, I'm not finding them very exciting to paint either but never mind nearly done

I also had a few distractions to help me get through the Dwarf ships

The first is a Malifaux Westral mini which I tried painting weetystyle.



The second is the second Vindicator for my World Eaters and yep its going to have a flashing gun barrel like the other one!



I'm be going back to slow painting mode after the weekend again as my holiday has finished

So a quick run down of my current painting list order

Man O War - Dwarf Dreadnoughts
Mantis Warrior - Destroyer Squad
Mantis Warrior - Librarian
Man O War - Empire Fleet
World Eaters - Vindicator

Of course there's lots more but they aren't in any particular order

That's all from me for now hopefully another update should follow on Sunday

The barrel conversion is truly awesome. I don't really like Wyrd's stuff (which is a shame cos I quite like the game itself) but I like what you've done with it a lot. The red on the MoW stuff is cracking.

That malifaux mini looks really nice Giraffe. I like the pink especially and the base is warm and vibey. great job.
Cheers
BB

Ships look nice. I don't know enough to comment further though.

Weety-style chap is good. Nice work.

Tank looks interesting too.

I know where that cannon on the vindicator is from .... I have one just like it...

inmygravenimage wrote:The barrel conversion is truly awesome. I don't really like Wyrd's stuff (which is a shame cos I quite like the game itself) but I like what you've done with it a lot. The red on the MoW stuff is cracking.

Cheers Graven. I've not picked up the rules for Malifaux yet but I've heard a lot of good things about it.

bebopdrums2424 wrote:That malifaux mini looks really nice Giraffe. I like the pink especially and the base is warm and vibey. great job.
Cheers
BB

Cheers BB, I must get the other minis out of the box ready for painting.

Dr H wrote:Ships look nice. I don't know enough to comment further though.

Weety-style chap is good. Nice work.

Tank looks interesting too.

Cheers Dr H, the ships are really small.

Miss Dee wrote:I know where that cannon on the vindicator is from .... I have one just like it...

Oh I bet you do Miss Dee

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Some more minis completed today well two in fact which are the last two of the Dwarf Man O War fleet the Dreadnoughts.



They are the biggest of the Dwarf ships.

Here's a couple of shots of the entire fleet they just fitted on a piece of A4 paper.





I'l quite proud of them now they are finished, the Empire fleet will be quicker to paint but I have to make sails and masts for those so will be interesting.

Next weekend we go back to Space Marines

In other news I heard that Infinity will be getting a new core rulebook at the end of the year, I haven't read the current ones I bought a few months ago yet, really hate it when that happens.

Also the guys behind the Saga game have just released a Gladiator game called Jugular which looks quite good, don't have much info on it I'm afraid though. It is card based rather than dice and is played on a 8*8 square board.

That is a nice fleet

Hi All

Just letting you all know that my blog may be very quiet for a while, for some reason my inspiration has dwindled away to nothing on the painting front.

Some of it is due to wanting expensive FW toys that I cant justify spending money on, that and the immanent release of 7th edition hasn't helped much either.

I'm pulling out for a break now before I get the urge to bail out totally which happened before in my last hobby (used to be an event organiser and weekly writer for a Magic the Gathering Online website).

So I'm just going to be chilling for the next three or so months, going back to playing some games on my Xbox 360 I'm about 5 years out of date so new games for me cost about £3 on ebay

I'm also playing MTGO again as well as a casual player.

Saying all that I could be back sooner than later, I have some Cyrx I want to paint as I'm quite interested in Warmachine after watching a cool intro video on YouTube. I'm still buying miniatures so its not like I'm missing out on stuff just putting a hold on GW stuff until 7th comes round I think.

It all feels a bit random at the moment, but I will still be on dakka checking out all of your blogs so I don't want any slacking going on

Going to miss your fantastic work Gir, but I understand completely. Enjoy your break!

I think 7th is going to be one of those things that will move us into the Magic or D&D mindset of playing different formats. Not just Unbound or Battle Brothers (or whatever), but I think we will see folks stay with 6th, and maybe even go back to 5th.

Anyways, do hope to see you back. The variety you show in here is always fun.

With hobbies it's important to do what's fun. That is the point of hobbies.
A break will do you good and you'll soon miss it and it will feel fresh when you come back.

Go forth and have fun.

I think we are all holding or respective breaths about the 7th ed. So good time to re-evaluate and recharge. We will look forward to your return.

Gitsplitta wrote:Going to miss your fantastic work Gir, but I understand completely. Enjoy your break!

Cheers Git's I'm going to try not to be too long out as I dont want to loose any of my painting skills.

whalemusic360 wrote:I think 7th is going to be one of those things that will move us into the Magic or D&D mindset of playing different formats. Not just Unbound or Battle Brothers (or whatever), but I think we will see folks stay with 6th, and maybe even go back to 5th.

Anyways, do hope to see you back. The variety you show in here is always fun.

I think people are just scared of change as you say they are probably just adding in some new formats, I'm expecting to see Kill Team in 7th as well.

I could never paint the same thing all the time I don't know how people paint whole company's in the same colour, would drive me insane.

Dr H wrote:With hobbies it's important to do what's fun. That is the point of hobbies.
A break will do you good and you'll soon miss it and it will feel fresh when you come back.

Go forth and have fun.

Cheers DR H, I shall do as the good doctor says

Solar_lion wrote:I think we are all holding or respective breaths about the 7th ed. So good time to re-evaluate and recharge. We will look forward to your return.

Cheers Solar, I'm hoping it wont be too long.

Just ordered my second attempt at getting the right thickness of cork for my Cyrx bases 1mm was way too thin so I'm going for the opposite end and have just ordered some 6mm. Also put in an order for some sand bags off a guy on ebay, been waiting for him to cast some new ones for a few months for my Eldar basing.

Still got my finger in the pie

We will always be here as will you take the time to reflect

Take the time man and don't feel bad about it! :-) we're (well me at least) aren't going anywhere! maybe some blog checking will help inspire you? maybe some blog checking if I gt off my a$$ and do finish your Celestial Lions Termies! would help? :-)

Yeah, feel free to give even non-Hobby related news !

I still haven't sold my 360 due to unfinished (well, "unbegun" would be more accurate) games !

Inspiration can wax & wane, just be sure to catch up when it comes back !

Miss Dee wrote:We will always be here as will you take the time to reflect

Cheers Miss Dee

nerdfest09 wrote:Take the time man and don't feel bad about it! :-) we're (well me at least) aren't going anywhere! maybe some blog checking will help inspire you? maybe some blog checking if I gt off my a$$ and do finish your Celestial Lions Termies! would help? :-)

Yeah blog checking is always good for inspiration thats for sure. There's no rush on the Lions Damo you have lots of cool projects on the go, I want to see that knight finished

When my quest for the right cork is complete I'm sure thats going to inspire me to get some things out the door.

Yggdrasil wrote:Yeah, feel free to give even non-Hobby related news !

I still haven't sold my 360 due to unfinished (well, "unbegun" would be more accurate) games !

Inspiration can wax & wane, just be sure to catch up when it comes back !

Cheers Yggs, I have a pile of games that I haven't played and just picked up more to add to it

I have a box of Eldar that's growing that needs to see point at some point.

Don't let your hobby become a chore. Enjoy some away time!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Don't let your hobby become a chore. Enjoy some away time!

Hows a week?

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Well I'm still kind of doing model related stuff

Yeah I cant keep away, although I'm taking it real easy at the moment.

I had to varnish my Dwarf Fleet this weekend as I didn't want to leave them in case they got chipped or dusty.

So with that done I still had a bit of time left before lunch (this was Saturday) so I thought hmm well I'll do a little bit of painting while I'm here and started on my Mantis Warrior Librarian he's going to be joining the Destroyer Squad so I reflected the tranquillity pattern in his robes I got an interesting effect with the blue as well so let me know what you think. It has a very pearlescent look to it in sunlight.





Then after getting that far there was a knock on the, the postie had a small parcel. It was a very exciting parcel to some and very "what is this and why?" to others as my partner opened it. Some people will never understand the excitement of getting a small sheet of cork in the post, I cant see why not but never mind...

So I busied myself will pulling bits off and generally getting carried away, I had been waiting for the right thickness for ages after a failed attempt last month.

I then preceded to base my Cryx and much joy was had, they are ready to be primed now



That's as far as I got but its an update none the less

Hopefully if the weather is ok I should have them primed and may do a bit more to the libby as he's kind of looking a bit rude with just his bottom half painted at the moment!

Make sure the meal bits are tarnished .....


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I miss warmachine

Will do Miss Dee

"Take a short holiday... did you enjoy it?"

Nice blue. So how did you do it?

You paint more while not painting then I do normally.....

Dr H wrote:"Take a short holiday... did you enjoy it?"

Nice blue. So how did you do it?

The blue ah yes all Vallejo

Base coat of Model Air Metallic Artic Blue
Then highlight with a 50/50 mix of Model Air Metallic Artic Blue & Gun
The final highlight of Model Air Metallic Gun
I then finished by painting over it with Transparent Blue, not really had much use for it before but it worked out quite nice.

whalemusic360 wrote:You paint more while not painting then I do normally.....

WM My painting table is shared with my xbox, my models sit right in front of the monitor staring at me, its hard to ignore them!

where do you get the cork from?

I got it from eBay, if you search for 6mm cork sheet you should find it, it's sold in square pieces rather than a roll.

ok thanks

I thought that pattern looked familair.

The satiny blue on the legs looks really cool.

 GiraffeX wrote:

Lets talk about this for a second GiraffeX. Is there another shot of the white marine with the jump pack and what appears to be a heavy weapon? Is that one of those death shroud super soakers? Looks awesome!