Luna Wolves WIP 8

Some guys painted recently.

Rhino #2, less weathered.

Forgeworld Rapier :D

Luna Wolves WIP 7

Doors?

Luna Wolves WIP 6

Baby needs a bath.

EDIT: its still WIP

Luna Wolves WIP 5

Sprayed white, washed, and minor detail.

First weathering - a 50/50 bleached bone/white low-light

Sponge weathering

Codex Grey in the big scratches

Fortress Grey in the grey scratches.

Luna Wolves WIP 4

I have been... well, I like to call it "painting" but "randomly putting thick coloured liquid on little space men" might be a better term... a bit this evening.


I have whacked some battle damage on a few bits and bobs...

And the below is the result.

I have 4 of these puppies for my army :)

The finished banner Sarge

A dude.

Some more dudes.

A dude, and the other banner Sarge.



C&C appreciated.

Luna Wolves WIP 3

A comparison of the 3 model "types" of painting so far.


Top: Sarge as above with another coat or 2 of white

Left: Completed Devestator with battle scratching

Right: Clean, yet to be battle damaged Tactical Marine

I need to re-yellow up the sarge for the dust/grime look, and then battle damage him to see how it all come up.
For the record, he was undercoated in White Gesso/Water 30-50/70-50 (ish)

Luna Wolves WIP 2

Been working on my next batch of marines

Haven't got the white as well covered as last time, which you can see in these pics, but one the weathering is complete it should be fine - I hope.

I did however have a win with the banner on this sarge.

I have to still black line the fist and probably do another white touch up around places.

Thoughts?

Luna Wolves WIP

This will be the start of a few posts in a row - me throwing up WIP posts of my Luna Wolves and the repaint they are going through.

A few of the models completed/WIP

The right 3 guys have NMM shoulder pad trims, Horus doesn't, the termie has a bit, an the banner sarge has NMM banner/bits but my standard from colour.

To compare models with and without NMM pads:

Banner sarge model:

DIY Stormshield test

So I put my daughter to bed at 8.20, she started coughing at 8.40 and I took her into our bedroom 45 minutes later.

So much for a good hobby night - or so I thought...
I am chasing some C&C on the demo storm shield for my possible Lone Wolf for my Loganwing.

Thoughts?
I know I need to do some detail to the back of the hand area, but apart from that?
Size OK? Style OK?

All I have done is shave down a Stormbolter hand and cut the shape from plasticard. I am thinking it might need some riveting around the edges, but I don't want it feeling too Orky in the same thought...

Oh, and to the other fathers out there - how do you manage Hobby Time with 2 rugrats. One kid I could do, but DS (dear son for those not in the know) has thrown a huge spanner in the works. I don't even have time to glue models together! Tonight was the first night in 4 weeks I managed to get something done - and even then it was a fight. Gah!

Da Horde Returnz

I feel terrible for not keeping the blog going, but once more life takes over.


I am going though the 6th month of my #2 bub's pregnancy (no, I'm the Dad not the Mum, but I still have to live with it), a new car we picked up on Friday, starting a new job in 3 weeks and a whole host of other stuff that really is neither here nor there, but all adds up to - I get 1 hr of painting every other night and I haven't seen the value in using it to write a blog post.


Anyway, without further ado, the reason I have been painting is so that I can re-complete the MVB list I am running for this year's Tourney Season.

0/10 Comp, here we come!

fester's ThunderKans

Well, ThunderKan # 1 is going to Brolo, as the Kans finally showeded up.

ThunderKan #2 went to Archnomad, as a gift and started for his army.

This means, fester has 0 ThunderKans.

Or does he?

Still more work to go, namely rivets and detailing, but that baby should catch some bullets :)

ThunderKan #2

Just a real quicky, I have like a day to paint this bad boy for the tournament, its 9.50 pm and my wife will turn up shortly asking for me to go to bed.

Kan # 2 done!

Hammering out my army for Cent

I haven't mentioned it here, but I am loaning my army to a guy for Cent and I had to make a few alterations and speed paint some things.

Brolo of 3++ fame is shipping me 3 kans that were supposed to be here yesterday.

Sigh.

Oh well, digging through a trade I found a new plastic Kan!

Winnah!

So to start on the last 3 models, I have whipped up this.

I dub thee, ThunderKan (I will always try to convince my opponent it has a 3++ save too :) )

The Challenge: Completed.

Finally, it's done!


During the last few weeks, as you all know, I have put some paint on this little fella and made a right mess of this wagon. OK, I lie, I've done a damn good job of it (for my own personal quality, anyway).

I smashed through an Ork a night to get this finished, and I am very happy with the results.

The only issue is that now I REALLY need to redo the rest (4000ish points) of my Orks, to this quality.

Challenge PIP: 97% done, just Orks left

So I have been slogging along with the Battlewagon...

But I couldn't be bothered taking decent photos, yet.

Here are some to tide you over!

The Challenge: PIP Part 1

Just a quick throwdown.

Painting has begun.

This is the base colour, weathering, darkening around the plates, and general mucking around to be done.

The only decision to be made is how do I do the racing stripe.

I am thinking a single stripe along the top left hand side of the cabin.

The Challenge - WIP 3

So I have started work on the front end of the Wagon, and realised that I have to pretty much stop work now, paint, and then continue modelling. I cant glue the Ram on without painting underneath, so it's tools down for a while.

Anyway, I have decided to mock up where I am at to get an idea of what needs doing... and I ahve one, a really, really bad one...

The Challenge WIP 2

 So to set the scene: We have 3 players.

1. Zog (here represented by my finger as this wont be glued until painted). He is driving the crane.
2. The Mek. In the foreground of the above picture, weilding a spanner and a "precision tool" - lump of steel pipe.

3. Grub (in green). A Mek's helper.

It goes something like this:

Mek: "Oi Zog, dis way!"

Grub: "Oi Zog, da uvva way!"

Zog: Huh?

The Challege WIP 1

Wow, just wow. I am in love with this Kit.

I have put together a Russ, a few rhinos and plenty of infantry, but nothing has been anywhere near the quality of this kit. It is astounding.

It's kind of like finding that amazing dish hidden away in the chinese restuarant you always ordered Mongolian Lamb from. You wonder where your life was before this point, and what you have to do to get it back so you can experience this more.

Anyway... WIP.

fester's Orks: The Challenge

So to my shame, I turn to my battlewagon kit, and break the shrinkwrap. This is the first Xmas present to see the modelling table.
Now, why do I do this to "my shame"... the music playing in the background is The Final Countdown by Europe.

The shrinkwrap comes off, and I get that feeling of awe cracking this baby open.
You see, in my gamin history, I have cracked maybe 6-7 actual boxsets for my 6-7,000 points of armies.
I have decided that I am not just going to throw this together, and that I am going to make the most of this kit.