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Having flicked through the Warhammer Online collectors edition art book, I think that I've come up with a potential concept for my Golden Demon entry next year.  Within the book (and indeed the game), there is a Tzeentch bridge, simply put it has a path leading upto and out of what can only be described as an upturned pyramid, which is floating in the air.  At the top of this structure is a large Tzeentch eyeball, surveying all that come and go. What strikes me about this as a project is that it's going to be pretty unique.  It's a massive modelling project in it's own right and lends itself to a significant portion being airbrushed.  For… Read More

My first post of various musings. So then, whatever I decide to do for next year Golden Demon has to be bigger, better painted, better planned, more colourful and generally the mutt's nut's.  Easy then!  Now in reality I probably spent a total of three 'average' months on my model (i.e. 12 weeks) - I reckon I put in a but under 90 hours work in total.  So lets reckon I have 45 weeks with which to do things before the next Golden Demon (giving me 7 weeks for things like Christmas, leaving home, holiday, etc) - that's between three and four times the amount of time, putting in 7.5 hours worth of work for each of those 45 weeks - 330… Read More

Unsurprisingly I didn't win anything at Golden Demon yesterday.  Despite staying up until 11-30 on Saturday evening getting my entry done.  My basic problem was that I ran out of time and rushed the final parts of the model.  The red elements was litterally splashed on, the metals weren't finished off to a high enough standard plus the base and cloak got whacked out in an evening - far too short a time to do them justice.  This meant that I didn't even receive a single sticker for my entry :(  - which was my goal.  However the fault lies squarly on my shoulders as I should have spent more time on it when I had the opportunity and for not… Read More

Quick post before I go out for the evening.  Here is the almost fully highlighted torso.  I'm going to work on the feet once the piece is fixed to the base.  I'm also not happy with the powerfist - stupidly I should have left it unpainted and done it red!  Mind you, there's still time I suppose. Read More

Still running behind and hit my first hiccup.  I think that I've tried to highlight up too quickly.  By that I mean that I've gone stright from the Codex Grey base coat (which is dark as it's layered on top of Adeptus Battlegrey) to Fortress Grey.  The end result is a pretty poorly blended highlight.  Sadly as I painted this with an airbrush it's too late and complicated to repaint that… Read More

I'll add a progress shot up tonight, but yesterday I actually did get paint onto the main Dreadnought assembly of my Golden Demon entry.  I'm getting the hang of the airbrush as well, which should make things much easier in the long run.  I begun to shade and re-undercoat the various bit last night as well, though my eyes were starting to go fuzzy so sadly had to stop - mind you not that surprising as I'd been airbrushing in the garage, where the light isn't that fantastic. My deadline is still very tight (verging on the impossible), as the base needs to be painted and the cloak finished, both of which could feasibly be classed as a model in… Read More

Ok, not everything is, but in principal the bulk of the Dreadnought is now assembled and ready for paint, despite the "don't let him get it finished gremlin" making the carpet tiles at my brothers flat take longer than I want (not even finished yet). I've still got the fur on the cloak to finish (not that much left to be honest), and the Chaos Space Marine on the base to give arms :D Overall I'm happy with how it looks.  Had I of had more time then I would have added more detail onto both arms and now that I'm a bit more adept with creating fur, likely would have had small patches of fur over various areas.  Right, off to get dressed and then… Read More

It's daft just how quickly you progress when you get a decent block of uninterrupted time.  I've just spent an hour and a half (or so) on both arms and they're almost completed now.  I'm probably not going to add any extra armour plates on due to time restrictions, but the gun arm looks pretty much exactly what I was after.  Given more time I'd have actually crafted a proper gun block, but… Read More

Sadly my afternoon & evening didn't go as well as hoped.  I didn't start until later than I'd planned and got interrupted with a problem from work, so even working till 11-30 I didn't get the mini to a position to spray.  However with a little bit of work this morning the torso is now primed.  As expected, there are a few bits that need green stuffing to tidy them up and a few glue seepages that need… Read More

I started off yesterday evening with the best intentions.  I cleared an area to work in, got my rivet maker out, lit a candle for the heat and got a load of sprues ready.  All I can say is that if anybody can get a Greif Rivet maker to consistantly make uniform sized rivets, please tell me how the hell you do it.  I spent over an hour and a half faffing around and managed to make around twenty 'OK' rivets. So… Read More