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MT and Gitz said it for me.

 Miss Dee wrote:
MT and Gitz said it for me.

Cheers Miss Dee

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Not much done this weekend I'm afraid, its well too hot in the room where I do my painting.

I managed to do my first Wargalley for my Man O War Empire fleet, was quite quick to paint although I had to hand make the masts and sails which took a good few hours today, this fleet is going to take a lot of time. I think I have 11 masts to do

Picture is a bit dark and you cant see the highlights on the deck but they are there



Yeah I cant freehand but I tried, it's supposed to be a scale as I want the fleet to be from Nuln, yeah I know Nuln isn't near the sea but

I also got the base coat down on the MW Destroyer squad, now its the hard part bringing the yellow all the way up to a nice bight colour like the other guy I did.



Thats all from me today.

Sail works alright...that looks like a set of scales to me

Some good stuff Gir! Really love the way your Dwarf fleet came out

Lovely work. Lmk if you'd like some uncharted seas dwarves to play with!

monkeytroll wrote:Sail works alright...that looks like a set of scales to me

Cheers MT

Nashbashem wrote:Some good stuff Gir! Really love the way your Dwarf fleet came out

Thanks Nash, working on the Empire fleet now

inmygravenimage wrote:Lovely work. Lmk if you'd like some uncharted seas dwarves to play with!

Thanks for the offer Graven but I've enough Dwarf ships for more than 1000 points worth now.

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Update time, I've been really slacking lately keeping things updated, I kind of run out of steam and lost all my motivation. Butttt I didn't stop just carried on tinkering away in the back ground.

Had a few issues with my computer which didnt help it doesn't like the heat which is normally ok in the UK But we are actually having a warm spell so it starts to overheat like a dog on heat! Seems to be ok now, it rained today where I am

So I had a chance to upload my pics I've been taking over the last few weeks.

I've mainly been working on my Empire Man O War fleet.

I also tided my painting area



I made, based and undercoated some Bane Thralls for my Cryx army for Warmachine. This is them just before I added the texture to their bases. They are now in the box of undercoated stuff for rainy days/winter when I cant prime outside. I need to add some more minis to this before the weather changes as its a bit empty at the moment there's some Swooping Hawks and a few guardians still left in there.



Next we move on to the Man O War Empire fleet.

Here they are al undercoated red ready for paint, this must have been three weeks ago.



I then started on the base brown for the wood and the black parts along the sides and cannons.



I'm now at the stage where all the ships are painted. Saturday was spent cutting all the masts for the fleet which was fun



Today I finished off the sails for the two wargalleys. I was hoping to have the fleet ready to play when I have some time off at the end of July but I cant see it happening as its takes ages doing the sails and I have 21 left to do.....



My other fleets are doing quite well I'm only one unit away from completing a Dark Elf fleet and two away from completing my Nurgle fleet. I've not seen any Skaven ships for months on ebay though so I've still just got half a fleet of those. Once I have all the models for a fleet they move onto my painting table.

I was also inspired by PDH and Neil101's thread for their Chaos Warbands and decided for a laugh to roll up some gifts for a few World Eater Lords I need.

The first got enormously fat and mane of hair while the second got Vampiric something or rather. Not the easiest thing to convert with Space Marines but never mind.

This is my fat dude before and currently in progress, I've since added a number of washes to both of their bronze armour parts and also some verdigris.





His horns got a bit mucked up with my rubbish liquid lumpy green stuff but I have a plan for those.

Then we have the vampiric dude





They are both looking much better as I've one a bit more to them since. Yeah I know they look terrible in the pics but they will be good honest

I also rolled some gifts for a Nurgle sorcerer as well, he will make a showing a bit further down the line when I revisit my Death Guard.

I think thats it for me a rather long post for a change with amazing not much in

Last thought of the day I also did some blacking out on my MW destroyer Squad, not ready for doing the work on the yellow yet.

Bane Thralls Kick ar%$

Lots to keep you busy. I didn't realize those ships were so tiny!

Nice work. Liking the ships and their sails.

Miss Dee wrote:Bane Thralls Kick ar%$

Thats good to know

Solar_lion wrote:Lots to keep you busy. I didn't realize those ships were so tiny!

Yeah I like to have a good mix of minis otherwise I get bored easily. The ships are really small and fiddly, good models though considering how old they are.

Dr H wrote:Nice work. Liking the ships and their sails.

Cheers DR H, the sails oh the sails so many more to go.

Are the ships for a historical game?

They are for Man O' War an old GW game.

Back again this weekend with another update.

it seems some of my gallery images are showing as broken image links tonight so I'm hoping my new ones will be ok for you.

I finished my Empire Greatship for Man O War, the freehand isnt the best as thats something I'm no good at The middle bottom sail is supposed to be two crossed cannons, the sail you cant see at the back has a shield on with some squiggles etc.





I also started work on the next unit of Wolfships, they have lots of sails



Moving up in scale to something a bit bigger I also finished the two lords for my World Eaters, thy look a bit dodgy up this close as you can see the blending but never mind.







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I have more still, not bad for one weekend but that's all the finished stuff.

I started the blending up of the next Mantis Warrior as well, I think I'm going to do them one at a time as they take ages due to the amount of thin layers of yellow to get them to the right shade.



And lastly for those with eagle eyes, there are a few new minis in the back ground of the last shot for a project that's a bit further down the road.

Some Black Templars



I couldn't leave them as they were the metal ones....

That's all from me this weak, happy painting

Good job on the ships ! Your freehand skills aren't as bad as you claim though, the sails look great !

I also like the kitbash on the Khornate SM, did you use some WFB Marauders ?

I got warmachine mkII with Cryx and Cygnar .

Yggdrasil wrote:Good job on the ships ! Your freehand skills aren't as bad as you claim though, the sails look great !

I also like the kitbash on the Khornate SM, did you use some WFB Marauders ?

Thanks for the vote of confidence on the sails, I do try really hard with my freehand

The Khornate SM's are all made from various SM parts apart from the arm with the Axe which might be from a Marauder, I cant remember as I got it from a bits site.

Miss Dee wrote:I got warmachine mkII with Cryx and Cygnar .

Sounds good Miss Dee, I look forward to seeing you pain them , I have some Cygnar still boxed up must dig them out.

Actually you might be able to answer a question for me How easy is it to combine Hordes with Warmachine I don't really want to buy another rule book but know they are compatible some how. I think I know how the magic works as it mentioned in the Warmachine book but how about other things like their equivalent of jacks.

I'm really liking the new Jaga-Jaga mini and though it would be good to have some crocs running round.

For those that havent seen her



I'm also quite excited about the new Infinity starter set that's coming out Operation Icestorm.

I'm really looking forward to painting some non GW minis I'm just finding it hard hard pulling away.

Its easy but you will need a rule book for hords as its abit differant to wm mk2 but compatable

hummm.. in this order..

Nice job on the ships.
How very bloody on the CSM's
Your yellow is good. I like where you going with them. Are you going with a very 30K look?

Man those boats are fiddly little suckers aren't they dude! great job on them though considering the (lack of) size :-)

Miss Dee wrote:Its easy but you will need a rule book for hords as its abit differant to wm mk2 but compatable

Cool Cheers for the info

Solar_lion wrote:hummm.. in this order..

Nice job on the ships.
How very bloody on the CSM's
Your yellow is good. I like where you going with them. Are you going with a very 30K look?

Thanks Solar, My MW's will be a mix of 30k and 40k units, not legal or fluffy in the slightest since they weren't around in 30k but never mind

nerdfest09 wrote:Man those boats are fiddly little suckers aren't they dude! great job on them though considering the (lack of) size :-)

Yeah they are a pain in the behind when it comes to the sails and masts and don't go bringing size into the conversation its what you do with them that counts!

Boats are looking good still Loving the Chaos Champs, just hope you roll their bonuses on the table Yellow is such a to paint. Good to see your managing it

Cheers Nash, I find yellow ok to paint you just need to do lots of thin layers.

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No update this weekend I'm afraid had some normal life stuff to do and just found it too hot to sit at a desk and paint so I ended up playing some Magic the Gathering online to waist away the hours and my money....but it meant I could play down stairs with the windows and doors open so it was nice and cool.

Oh I just remembered I did do something kind of hobby related, I backed my first Kickstarter for the new Wolsung expansion. I only went in for the rule book though, I'll pick the minis up at retail, there are some fantastic models coming out for it though.

I also pre-ordered the new Ultra Street Fighter IV for my 360 cant wait to get it in a few weeks. I've loved Street Fighter ever since I was a kid, I'm not such a good player now days though

Nice work on the chaos marines Gir... they're looking good.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Nice work on the chaos marines Gir... they're looking good.

Cheers Git's I missed your comment.

Well things are moving sort of forward on the painting front. I've finshed the next unit of Wolfships for the Empire Man o War fleet and another MW yesterday but the curse of technology took over and my PC has finally given up its soul to the dark mechanicus

So that means no pics for a while until I get a new one sorted out, on a possitive note it happened just after I ordered the new Infinity Operation Icestorm starter so I have something to look forward to at the end of the month.

Painting will continue through these dark times....may the Emperor bring us light

I'm back

Well its been a hard few weeks getting the new computer all up and ready but its finally done, haven't had much hobby time what with that and working all the hours under the sun.... and moon recently.

But and its a big but I have this week off!!!! unless I get called in but that shouldn't happen. This is my second attempt at my summer holiday the first was cancelled, the weather forecast is looking good for this week with rain and rain true British weather

So I'm hoping to get some painting and a bit of playing in. To be honest my hobby mojo has gone down to a real low again at the moment, I think its due to not having anyone to play so have no targets to get things painted for. There is a 40k event due towards the end of October not sure If I'm up for it to be honest its getting really hard to keep up with all the codexs that are coming out, my Space Wolves need both of the new ones really for my Logan wing but thats a big investment and has kind of put me off, well done GW. I will give them a spin later in the week if I get time so see how the new basic codex handles.

Painting wise, hmm I finished both units of Wolfships for my Man O War Empire fleet, so thats the whole fleet finished now

I even tried them out against the Dwarves yesterday so there will be a sort of batrep going up this week.







An update on the other fleets I'm collecting.

Dark Elves - Only need one unit of Doomweavers, unfortunately I nearly had them last week but was out bid by someone who wanted them ALOT more than I did on ebay.

Nurgle Fleet - Only two units left for these, not bad going really.

Skaven - I haven't seen anything for these in along long time

Other news I'm still painting my Mantis Warriors Destroyer squad, these guys have taken months and there's only five of them, 3 left to finish which is my task for this week.

I painted another mini yesterday but haven't had good enough light to take a pic yet, but I'm not going to spoil what it is.

More will follow shortly

No love for small boats

Well I have something else for you today an old model but one which has just become very relevant and now has its own codex.

I present to you one of the Emperors deep field operatives a Vindicare Assassin of the Officio Assassinorum



I should be able to keep you all going with updates for the next few days

oh dear I seem to have lost all my followers

Onwards and upwards though.

Tonight I bring to you the next squad for my Mantis Warriors, the Tranquillity Pattern Destroyer Squad. Technically they cant have these as they are pre-heresy but you should never trust a MW, once touched by Huron......

So you saw the fist guy what must have been months ago ago now here's the rest of the squad and a group pic at the end.





This is a very naughty MW equipped with Rad Missiles dont let the Inquisition see.



Mr close and personal





I've still got more to show you, I've been really busy this week so another update tomorrow if not Saturday.

I knew there was another thread I meant to come back and comment on. I'll comment now, so I don't forget again.

Good job on the little boats. Look good all together.

Nice work on the assassin chap. Looking sneaky.

And good work on the Mantis Warriors.
Is that Rad missile launcher thing an official GW weapon (old, I assume)?

Cheers Dr H

The Rad missile launcher is a Forge World thing for 30K.

That explains why I haven't seen it before then.