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Thanks Styro.. I'd love to try that on my Lamaneters. Mine seem to be extremely clean.

Thanks Git. I'll leave the basing to YB since I don't know what he prefers and painting his guys is fun and generous enough.

On the Adepticon front, I'm got to do six more Marines for my Gladius formation. I also should do a Capt. Vale model. Need to research him in the IA books so I got him 'wysiwug'.



Whoo hoo 50 pages!

50 pages of wonderment and artistic grandeur! Congratulations SL!

Fifty pages. Good number

Grats on th five-oh!

Fantastic works I am just beginning to go through, so much goodness.

Awesome stuff as always Solar and congrats on the 50th page. I think we should celebrate by witnessing you paint some yellow with black and white checkers!

LAMENTERS GO!

Thanks Ice.. I have some backlog to get too for sure, Namely some Special weapon Inf and those Contemptors. I got a lot of terrain ordered as well. Namely Space Marine themed pieces.

Lots of shopping at AC as well.. I'm behind on the HH books.

Be nice if you and Moon could make a day trip up to AC !! Trying to get YB to trip it as well.

Ah yes - happy 50th! Now, to celebrate, perhaps ... a portal?

Congrats on 50 pages Solar, here's to 50 more!

Space wolves are looking great. Especially those pods. Wow.

EDC

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Ah yes - happy 50th! Now, to celebrate, perhaps ... a portal?

You set the direction my Friend! I'll follow.

Thanks WK and EDC.

I'm Playing my Badab army tonight against YB's SW Ragnar formation ( 9 DP's all turn 1 drop ) list. While pulling the figures I need for my Gladius Formation I have realized I don't have enough Tactical Marines. Oddly this hasn't been a problem as there wasn't much need to field them but for only the two troop slots in prior editions. Plus I usually play them as BA, so I have more Assault troops than normal. So Looks like this weekend I'll be building and painting Lamenters. I blame Ice for Hexing me with his voodoo.

I'm also considering replacing the 10th Co. scouts formation in the 2nd Badab game with the ( can't recall the formation name ) LS and Whirlwind formation. If I decide to do that I'll need to add 2 Rhinos/Razorback and a LS kits to the list to do. ( I already have the ML And several boxes of LS).

Do able in 3 weeks... NP. Least I'll have more than Ramos.

Love it!

Welcome Chaz.

Glad to see the Lamenters getting love elsewhere! I've been lurking on this thread for a few weeks now and it's actually given me the drive to actually register and throw mine into the fray!

Thanks for the inspiration

Excellent.. Another lost company reunited. Glad to see some more Lamenter players.

Spent the weekend finishing the 9 additional marines I need to wysiwyg my Gladius formation. 3 additional Tac Marines, 2 Assault Sgts. 3 Tac Sgts and my Commander. I also had to finish the 10 SW Grey Hunter squad as they were currently using up my figure holders, so I had to get them off to finish my build.

All that's left for the Badab Games is to finish the bases of about 25 Inf. Finish painting 2 RB turrets and repair the basing on my flyers. I still have about 160 pts left to assign for the Seige (Apoc) game on Friday. Thought I maybe go with a dread or a kitted out Libby.

On the ZM front. I've got my HB Rapier to paint as well as the crew. I'll be looking at the list again to make sure I got all the points right and the right mix of figures.

On a bad note, I'm working with a poorly functioning AB. I've cleaned it multiple times and now getting nothing out of it or such poor spray I opted to paint some of my last figures by hand. Least to say I'm frustrated and not sure what next to do. Sadly I may have to purchase another as I refuse to do the next vehicles by hand.

2 weekend till Adepticon.

I'm on my second airbrush. It happens.

Me too... 2nd air brush and 4-5 needles and tips.. I really have to stop dropping the AB

Sadly .. mines an Iwata, so one would think paying that much would make it payout by lasting longer.

What brands do people have good experience with?

I'm loving my Harder & Steenbeck Infinity. Just don't drop it on the nozzle. Also when cleaning over a sink use a strainer over the drain, you will save money on small parts that love to go down it.

I still swear by my Paasche Talon. Only time its ever been knocked totally out of commission was when I snapped the tip off in it.

Have you tried different tips/needles in your brush? Full disassembly and cleaning?
Could always try contacting Iwata and seeing if they have any suggestions, too.

I dont know if it would help, but maybe I can take a look at it over Adepticon? Fancy myself a bit of a tinker...

If they have a Talon at the store. I may pick it up. I have disassembled it thoroughly. Even ran it through a Sonic cleaner. I'll run it again with just a squeeze or two of simple green in the water to see if it will respond.

I'll bring it to Adepticon.



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Now that most of my paint is on my figures .. See earlier posts. I'll have to make sure my ZM list is good to go. As you all know for reading Gits EC blog there are two 500 pts list needed to play. One below ground and one above.

Here is my Current lists.

Below Ground

Centurion with AA, Powerfist and Banestike ammo ( rending)
Tac Squad (13). Sgt with AA and Powerfist.
Contemptor with Autocannon and Hvy Flamer & Extra Armor

Above Ground
Centurion with AA, Powerfist and Banestike ammo ( rending)
Tac Squad (10). Sgt with AA and Powerfist.
Terminators (5). Sgt w TH, 1xHvyflamer
HB Rapier ( 2 Marines)


I'll also need to make up a 1000 pt list in case the first game see me on the ZM table. Hopefully I'll be able to make the list from what I already have.

SL, have you checked to make sure the tip (not the needle, the thing the needle goes through) is in good shape? If the end of the tip gets chewed up the brush won't work right.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
SL, have you checked to make sure the tip (not the needle, the thing the needle goes through) is in good shape? If the end of the tip gets chewed up the brush won't work right.

Yeah. I'll got 2 tips. Haven't looked through the magnifier to see what condition it's in. I have trouble getting the needle through the body, which leads me to believe it paint clogged still or the gasket/seal is bad. Either way it's not spraying. Probably should have gone with a less expensive brush and not so fine of a tip.

One of the tips i have is broken, So that's a problem. I've put in a New Needle as well. I got better results with spraying the cleaner through it but paint not so much. I'll give it a go again tonight with a new bottle of AB paint.

On the model count. I'm almost done with the last RB turret. Need to do some checkers on it and call it good. I'll need to finish the basing this weekend on everything.

Lastly the 1000 pt list for the Badab game on Thursday ( if I get the ZM table ). I went with mostly figures that I had in my 1850 list rather than try to put together something more substantial. This event is suppsed to be fluffy and balanced. So hopefully the other players will do the same.

Cptn w/ AA
2x Ten ManTac squads. w Flamer, Sgt w/PS
2 Ten man Assault Squads w Flamer, Sgt w/PA, MB
2 Dreads with MM and HF.

Only one figure I need to paint to finish out this list.

Smart. All of my MW lists are going to come from things I've already got painted.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Smart. All of my MW lists are going to come from things I've already got painted.

Yeah.. you seem to be doing a new army every month. Demons...EC...Tau in April....Genestealers Cult May?

No. 30k AdMech or Inyaden perhaps...

Got my HB Rapier and Crew together. I finished off what I had left from my BaC box set and put together 2 more Bolter Marines, 2 HB Marines ( I really like the HB on these guys for a change. Reminds me of the old 2nd ed. ones) and an additional Sgt with PS and PP. While I was in the building mode I put together my Sciarian Tank. Had some fit issues and so I had to do a bit of GS them. After I finish basing this weekend. I'll try to get some Alpha Legion painting done.

Weekend to do list
1. Finish Razorback weapon and 1 Assault Marine.
2. HB Rapier and crew.
3. Basing. 30+figures
4. Enchant a vessel to capture Ramo's Tears for Ice and Moon.

Got the rapier yesterday SL, thanks. My God is that thing tiny! It's soooo cute! I may just hand-paint the purple parts and use wet blending to bring up the highlights... though I will need build another crewman for it so Perhaps I'll just break out the airbrush.

Looking forward to seeing you finish things up. I'm not quite panicking... but I'm close.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Got the rapier yesterday SL, thanks. My God is that thing tiny! It's soooo cute! I may just hand-paint the purple parts and use wet blending to bring up the highlights... though I will need build another crewman for it so Perhaps I'll just break out the airbrush.

Told ya! I was almost tempted to strip it first. I also found a old Thudd gun that is also just as tiny. Some where I have a couple of mole mortars as well.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Looking forward to seeing you finish things up. I'm not quite panicking... but I'm close.

Your good as long as you don't get to fancy!

I also ordered some more bits. Some legs ( Not sure where I used up all the ones I had ) some HH Heads and 2 Valkyries for my Tempest. (Not liking the Taurox? ) At this point I'll probably buy another BoC set for my HH marines. I wish they would sell the spru's without all the other stuff. Not likely I'll play the game. And don't need another contemptor dread.

Weekend getting ready for Adepticon.
Alpha legion force for the Zone Mortalis Game.

Another view with new WIP tank

WIP


Worked on all the bases for my force. Including fixing the 3 Flyers. Here is the bases with the first step done.

All the remaining inf. Is done to this point. Just waiting till the glue sets up.