Two new projects completed, two old projects to share. One "Gored" and one bsb.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Top Secret Miniatures
I finished two top secret minis last night. Both Jamo and Stiz's x-mas gifts are done! But that leaves me with a bit of a canundrum...i can't post pics on here, it would ruin the suprise...and i have at least two more top secret projects to complete. So do i just not post for a month or just post text updates? No way! How boring. That being said i dont have the time to paint more new minis...so enter the backlog. I have a ton of painted minis stashed away in figure cases or display shelves in the garage. So i have decided to share some of them everytime i finish a top secret miniature project.
Two new projects completed, two old projects to share. One "Gored" and one bsb.
Two new projects completed, two old projects to share. One "Gored" and one bsb.
Friday, November 15, 2013
Last Of The Minotaurs
So this week marks the last of my partialy painted minotaurs models being finished. This land speeder had been laying around partialy painted for over a year. After a few hours work, it is table top ready.
So my question now is what to do next? I have a lot more minotaurs i could start on, but my plethora of unfinished projects means my options are practicaly endless.
First up, i think i will paint some x-mas gifts. Minis for jamo and stiz, and a couple for my brother. But after that? Who knows...
So my question now is what to do next? I have a lot more minotaurs i could start on, but my plethora of unfinished projects means my options are practicaly endless.
First up, i think i will paint some x-mas gifts. Minis for jamo and stiz, and a couple for my brother. But after that? Who knows...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Back At It
Alright, alright. I slacked off on posting a bit. Lame, I know.
Self depreciation aside, I have made some decent hobby progress in the last few (2?) weeks. Lets start with the oldest news first.
These boys finally got some snow on their bases!
Well, I did this almost a month ago, but its progress all the same! The Secret Weapon Miniatures ground glass snow works incredibly well. The kit I purchase came with "Realistic Water" solution that can be used as an adhesive but I didn't want the snow to look too wet. I Just went with PVA instead. You can see some looking a bit mushier (like on the plasma cannon marine) and some looking a bit flakier. This came from adding more or less glue. Both seem to be staying on equally well.
Right. Next order of business, I completed my /r/Warhammer October Challenge on time! That of course being my Centurion squad. Here's a few pics of the finished unit.
This was definitely an eye opener in a lot of respects. Namely, I think I learned the value of planning a scheme. I'm one of those painters that loves going to town on a single miniature and kinda serendipitously choosing colors. That can make for really interesting models and painting sessions but doesn't lend well to painting whole units, much less armies. Because I had my scheme mapped out for this project, I got to focus much more on the finish and technique.
Now on to some new fun stuff! I made a magnetic figure case.
I made this out of an old toolbox my girlfriend found in one of Berkeley's various free boxes this past summer. I lined the bottom with some sheet tin secured by liquid nails and glued 1/4" magnets beneath the bases of my minis. I used a small amount of green stuff on each model to make sure the magnets reached the ground since they weren't quite thick enough to match the depth of the bases. You can also see where I've sectioned off all of my Centurion options. Gods know how long that will stay organized.
And finally, here's my work in progress Master of the Forge with a Conversion Beamer and both on-foot and Space Marine bike counts-as options.
This dude is a huge kit bash/scratch build cluster F. His arms and legs are the super dope posable cyborg arms and legs from Anvil Industry. His head is from came with the MaxMini Bionic Bits set. His bike base is also from MaxMini. His absurd mini tank body is from Hitech Miniatures. I found all of these third party bits down at Game Kastle in Fremont. The Conversion Beamer itself is the hell spawn of my bits box. I think I went a little over the top by basing the weapon on a tank-scaled gun. Awesome factor turned to 10.
I think I'm going to add a few of my green stuff cables to finish it up. Otherwise, everything is magnetized and pinned and ready for priming along with NYLE AND STEVE'S SUPER SECRET CHRISTMAS MINI SWAP PRESENTS.
Goals:
-Prime errythang
-Start on Nyle and Steve's presents
Self depreciation aside, I have made some decent hobby progress in the last few (2?) weeks. Lets start with the oldest news first.
These boys finally got some snow on their bases!
Well, I did this almost a month ago, but its progress all the same! The Secret Weapon Miniatures ground glass snow works incredibly well. The kit I purchase came with "Realistic Water" solution that can be used as an adhesive but I didn't want the snow to look too wet. I Just went with PVA instead. You can see some looking a bit mushier (like on the plasma cannon marine) and some looking a bit flakier. This came from adding more or less glue. Both seem to be staying on equally well.
Right. Next order of business, I completed my /r/Warhammer October Challenge on time! That of course being my Centurion squad. Here's a few pics of the finished unit.
This was definitely an eye opener in a lot of respects. Namely, I think I learned the value of planning a scheme. I'm one of those painters that loves going to town on a single miniature and kinda serendipitously choosing colors. That can make for really interesting models and painting sessions but doesn't lend well to painting whole units, much less armies. Because I had my scheme mapped out for this project, I got to focus much more on the finish and technique.
Now on to some new fun stuff! I made a magnetic figure case.
I made this out of an old toolbox my girlfriend found in one of Berkeley's various free boxes this past summer. I lined the bottom with some sheet tin secured by liquid nails and glued 1/4" magnets beneath the bases of my minis. I used a small amount of green stuff on each model to make sure the magnets reached the ground since they weren't quite thick enough to match the depth of the bases. You can also see where I've sectioned off all of my Centurion options. Gods know how long that will stay organized.
And finally, here's my work in progress Master of the Forge with a Conversion Beamer and both on-foot and Space Marine bike counts-as options.
I think I'm going to add a few of my green stuff cables to finish it up. Otherwise, everything is magnetized and pinned and ready for priming along with NYLE AND STEVE'S SUPER SECRET CHRISTMAS MINI SWAP PRESENTS.
Goals:
-Prime errythang
-Start on Nyle and Steve's presents
Monday, November 4, 2013
Meager Offerings
Well this was a busy week so not much time for hobby. I managed to finish the chariot and a beastlord i had lying around (we had a sunny day!). Not too shabby i think! I also assembled jamo and stiz's xmas gifts...but photos of those will have to wait till then!
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