Carving a name for himself

Bit of a confession here. I wrote the blog post with pics of my Sicaran about a month ago, and hadnt really painted since. Im writing this one about 12 hours before normal post time. Lets see if I can get my buffer going again.

I decided recently that I wanted to play Thornfall Alliance for Hordes, so I jumped in feet first. Ive got a lot more to paint up, but finished up Lord Carver today.

Going with a quick and easy scheme for painting, since they are just piggies... ;)

Nothing but Contempt

Next on the 30k Death Guard list is my Contemptor Dreadnought. Not happy with the assault cannon barrels, but figured they showed over-use, at the very least.

 

The base was something a little special. Still using the cork sheet like all my 30k models, but I layered it up in the front so he could prop his foot up. Side note: the Contemptor body/hips do not like being propped up like that.

Typhon all done!

Continuing my 30k Death Guard trend, Ive got First Captain Typhon all painted up!

He was a fun model to paint, just a bit fiddly to get the brush in at all the right angles.

As a bonus, all my completed Death Guard at this point!

Been a bit busy...

So, I made a goal for 2015, and I am roaring into it. For now.

Here is my second unit of Death Guard Terminators for my growing 30k force. Since I built this force around the "Pride of the Legion" Rite of War, these guys count as troops. Eventually I will expand both units to 10 models.

Monthly update!

Whoops, been a month since my last post. Ive not been slacking though! Ive painted all the remaining Tyranids from my last order, and ordered a few more (just a brood of Hive Guard, for now). Also rearranged my computer room, now its a proper hobby room!

Anyways, on to the pics!

The Trygon. Im mostly happy with him, though I am considering redoing some of the red plates. Maybe darken up the rattle a bit more as well.

The Tyrannofex. A few small issues with how the red and purple ink settled on the carapace, but overall I am pleased.

 Tyranid Warriors, in a generalist layout.

 Hormagaunts, I put them on washers because they are infamously front-heavy.

 Genestealers. I only did the top of the carapace red, top and bottom makes them look like they are wearing a sweater. Yes, the scything talons are in the wrong spot. I didnt realize until Id started painting them. Oh well.

Couple of objective markers from the Genestealer sprue, these were easy and fun to do.

So, what is next? That unit of Hive Guard. Adding a glass cabinet to my hobby room. Painting more of these Circle Orboros models Ive got all over the place. Maybe something Nurgle themed...

Circle Photodump

Been a while since I posted, huh? Ive been busy though!

My Wold Guardian, just finished today... In this pic, I still need to add the grass, and finish that little stone on the base. I am actually not happy with the recesses of the stone, far more green then I wanted.

Cassius and Wurmwood.

One of my units of Woldstalkers, the other unit looks the same.

 My fuzzy warbeasts, from the battle box. Im waiting for the plastic set to paint Kaya.

 Light wold beasts, front...

 ...and back.

 Megalith just wants a hug. I painted some of the wood green, to show it more alive...

 Sentry Stone and Mannikins. Yes, one is missing an arm.

 Shifting Stones and Stone Keeper.

 Pretty sure Ive shown Baldur, but here he is again.

Two of my happy little trees. The other two still need assembly.

Still on the table, a unit of Druids and Baldur2. :)

Weekly Hobby Update #5

Another week, another couple models worked on.

Cryx got a bit of love. All of the "fleshy dead" models got a few layers of rotting flesh, and then washed with green ink. Ill be adding other color ink washes to them sooner or later. The Withershadow Combine got a bit more work, got the brown and grey started.

I primed the 15 Red Scorpions that had been sitting on the shelf in their bare plastic. Then I gave them the basic grey brushdown. Next up for them is a wash of chaos black.

Lastly, I did the metal work for my Grey Knights. My entire force except the Librarian, Captain, and Stormraven is sitting at this stage. Those three have gotten their first coat of Boltgun Metal, and are awaiting the black wash, like the Red Scorpions.

Next up, Ill probably do a quick drybrush of chainmail, then move on to details.

Thursday morning I finally assembled my Khador box set, and during the evening I got most of the Skorne set put together. Planning on getting them finished this morning, leaving just the Circle box to finish, and I hope to get them done this weekend. Finally.

On a side note, I am loving my new camera. ;)

Weekly Hobby Update #4

Hobby work was a bit slow this week, I converted one of those new plastic Necromancers into a Nurgle Sorcerer.

I also did a bit of work on my Cryx, all of my unfinished models are sitting at the "greasy metal" stage. I did manage to finish my Wraith Engine, and would you look at that, I actually have some pics!

And since we were talking about it on Twitter this morning, I have a picture of how I store about half of my paint bottles... The other half are off to the side, out of sight. After I took the picture, I went through checking the bottles. About 20% of the bottles were dried out, and got tossed.