New Scheme - Infantry

Another update, but this time with foot-sloggers!

IG Melta-gunners


IG Carapaced Veterans (In My Newly Made Crater)

New Scheme - More Vehicles

Going to fire off a couple of updates.

The first of these updates consist of some new IG vehicles.

Chimera (Apollo) in the new scheme.

Leman Russ Executioner (Promethius) in the new scheme.

New Possible IG Scheme

So I tested this new scheme out on a valkyrie I had laying around just base-coated. If nothing else I think I may do all of my air support in this fashion since frankly, I think it fits the Imperial Navy theme. I am debating on doing my whole army in this scheme as some sort of urban PDF or similar as well.

Here come the pics!

Couple of IG conversions

Just wanted to throw up my new carapace-armored vets with shotguns and a basilisk I turned into a medusa siege mortar using a highlighter...

Back to toying with plastic men

So I took a long break over the holidays, and am finally getting back into doing some painting and such. My wife and her mother helped my IG army grow and I have started toying with the idea of a Tyranid army. The cute little buggers will take awhile so I am looking into dipping them to get them on the table top quick and to a decent standard.

Below is my first attempt on one of the Space Hulk genestealers. I thought it would be a softer tone than it was, but I sorta like the look. Originally I was going for a Hive Fleet Leviathan look, but I may as well just make it my own and roll with it. I will of course knock the gloss off of the finish with a matte varnish after the little guy has sat for a good 48 hrs.

Space Hulk

So I finally broke down and ordered it! Now I just have to hope that my wife will get into playing it as I have no idea how hard it will be to play without experience with miniature wargaming. Here's to hoping I can get her interested!

IG Progress

OK, so I finally got most of my Imperial Guard infantry primed and ready to begin painting. I started with a new test paint for my basic infantry and LOVE IT. I didn't do any highlighting on the model yet, and I'm not sure how much I will do since its basic infantry, but I think I finally got the color combinations the way I want them.



I also managed to do get my company commander worked on. I am still not sure if I want to paint the flock and rocks and drybrush them or leave them as they are. I will probably add a bit of static grass to the base before I prime the model too.






EDIT: Added a pic of the finished basing. I think I like this look. I am kind of tired of snow as well as earthy looking bases.

Valkyrie body finished!

This turned out really well thanks to 2 cans of Krylon Camouflauge Fusion paint and some adhesive putty. My concern was that my lines would not be crisp, but it only happened just a bit, but its not noticable unless you stare at these pics honestly. I may or may not touch it up before I start detailing the valk and mucking it up.

Chimera basically done

Other than some touch-up's I need to do, as well as possibly decals/markings, the chimera is done.

It's good to have a renewed interest in painting..

The whole Imperial Guard army painting suicide I am sending myself toward has renewed my interest in painting. I am tapping a different aspect of painting... instead of worrying about every out of place dot of paint, I am going for sheer speed. The challenge of painting up a good 160-170 guardmen as well as tons of armor (as I can afford it) seems very overwhelming, but I really look forward to getting my teeth into this project.

Not to mention it reminds me of playing with the green plastic army men of my youth as well as the posable GI Joe's...

Another quick test paint

This soldier has a lighter shade of khaki for his cloth. This was about a 15 minute paint job so I'm not trying to win any awards here =p. I think this color lends itself to being washed with brown much better. I will probably try a drybrush test paint of a model as well trying to find the right time spent vs quality of the model on the table ratio i am happy with. The main reason for all of the short-cutting I am doing is because I have about 160 more of these guys to paint up and I hate playing with grey models so...

Yay or Nay?

Did a quick mock up. Let me know what you think of the colors, but remember its a horde army so I'm not going crazy on detail and it has to be quick and dirty. The second pic shows off the color of the cloth a bit better. I still think I may go a shade lighter though as I plan on washing everything with Devlan Mud (brown).

Getting back into 40K

I am not really sure why I wanted to get back into warhammer 40k, but somehow I am back. This time around I will be ditching the MEQ armies and opt for the Imperial Guard. I really like what I have seen and I just really wanted to paint a valkyrie!

I did hit one speedbump along the way in that the valkyrie I ordered came missing some small part that wasn't very huge in the assembly of the plane. I called GW on principle and the said they would ship me a new kit out. I wasn't going to argue with them...but I will argue with anyone who says they don't have good customer service!

Here are some pics of Valkyrie #1. The kit is pretty insanely detailed. I was surprised to see that the heavy bolter sponsons could swing out and the side doors slide open. Its nice that I can model the heavy bolters if I opt to use them, but if not I can retract the guns and close the door.

So I am finally doing a new update

I have been fairly lazy lately, but I am finally getting around to doing an update on what little I have been working on. I had a real problem getting motivated after the painting league, but all of the work I got done was great and I would have never gotten it all done if not for the league. Since then I have stared long and hard and the High Elves and I am not sure I really will enjoy painting them other than the dragon which I totally enjoyed painting. I am kind of at an impasse with them until I get inspired.

My Warriors of Chaos army is still growing, however, and here is a taste of what I have been working on over the last week or so since I have gotten back into the swing of painting.

The big nasty Jugg!

The beginnings of a unit of Slaanesh-marked warriors.

A troll I will probably never use, but I really like the models with the skin sloughing off.

Test-paint for my Swordmasters

So I have finally started to get my but in gear and start painting my High Elf Army. I want to get at least a little bit of it done before the Grail Quest Tournament at Sci-Fi Genre on May 23rd.

My biggest problem has been in finding a good paint scheme that is darker and more brooding for these guys. The overall theme of the army is dark and gritty...kind of like Pre-Sundering Nagarythe armies.

After a bit of trial and error I have found something I think that I like. Please note that none of the detail work is really done nor the basing of the model. This was just me churning out ideas and then stripping to try again.

Dragon Update

OK, so I got more work done and got the rider worked on as well. The only thing I am really lacking is redoing the flowing robes from the rider as I screwed them up and started repainting them, so I guess just ignore that. The gems on the rider also need to be painted. As far as the big gem on the head, I tried to use the gem painting scheme they suggest in the army book, but from some angles it looks kind of weird but from the overhead shot it looks really good. Undecided if I am going to keep that look or not. I may just go back over teh gems with gloss varnish.

Elven invasion of my painting desk!

OK, so for starters I am beginning work on an elven army for Warhammer Fantasy. I am kind of burned out on painting my warriors of chaos and I also kind of want another army to change things up with now and then. Sadly, thanks to Bartertown I have a much larger High Elf army than I do Warriors of Chaos! I have a feeling the elves will end up being my tournament army for the upcoming tourney at the end of May.

So for starters I have begun work on the centerpiece for my army and the only piece that was actually purchased. My wife got me the Lord on dragon box set as sort of a wedding gift which I thought was cute (Yep, she's a keeper!). The rest of the army was fully obtained in trades for my daemon army and some space marine stuff.

So without further delay...the dragon! Bare in mind he is not near completion yet, as none of the gem-work has been done, and none of the gold. I also need to go back over a few areas and the base of the model is only base-coated. This project is going to take a long while. Heck, the riders aren't painted or magnetized yet either, but I just couldn't resist getting started on the painting.





I am going for a much darker, more muted look to my elven army. I am not a big fan of big, bright colors and the book Malekith has kind of drawn me to make a sort of Nagarythe-inspired army.

I'm still painting when I can...

I forgot to add this update awhile back. It seems I am starting to get slack with updates, but hopefully that will change soon. Here is my Sorcerer of Nurgle. There are a couple of things I would like to do to him yet such as the eyes and perhaps embellish the base more, but for now he is good enough for table top.

Nurgle Warriors

I finished these bad boys right after I got back from my honeymoon and forgot to post pictures of them up.

Back in the saddle

So...now I am married to a wonderful lady, and the blog posts can recommence. We are finally settled since getting back from our honeymoon and it feels good to be back in the swing of things.

As far as my Warriors of Chaos project, I have been working on several things at one time, but I will share with you what I completed last night.

Warshrine of chaos

The Warshrine of Chaos was a simple conversion I did as GW does not make an actual model for the unit. I simply took a chariot I already had and removed the crew and the scythes. I then took a lamp post from a 40k building set and a banner-topper from the bloodletter box set and combined them and placed them on the chariot. I went with some fluffier snow this time and inserted hoofprints and a trail behind the wheels ... none of which is evident from the photos it seems. The model has a nice table-top look and I feel it will compliment my army nicely.