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The weekend allowed me to make good progress on the Wolf Guard Terminator that I'm painting.  The armour has come out OK, not as smooth as I'd like, but it has been a learning curve without a doubt.  The key thing I've learned is that I need to ensure that my highlights are thin enough else they have a nasty habbit of applying poorly.  The other item is that I need to ensure is that the mixes with Fenris Grey are mixed well enough because as previously mentioned that particular paint separates very quickly. I've now started painting the red on the Terminator.  I'm using a recipe that was shown in White Dwarf a few issues back when Space Hulk… Read More

I borrowed the Tomb King Warhammer Army book off my brother yesterday, although it's quite sparse on artwork there are some key elements that I could use for a possible entry for GD2010.  There is a really quite cool map/article that describes lots of traps encountered in a small pyramid. One thing that is interesting is that it's currently rumoured that the Tomb Kings will be getting a new army book during 2010 - in fact it's currently rumoured that it will be the army released after Beasts of Chaos - which would make it a April/May release I reckon.  On a positive note this means that should I decide to do this as an entry that I could add… Read More

I can't believe that there has been 10 days since my last post, it's true that the closer to the festive period you get the faster the time seems to fly past. I have however managed to get some painting squeezed into this last week and a half, so I'm thankfully not having large gaps in my hobby again.  I've managed to undercoat a Wolf Guard Terminiator with pair of Wolf Claws as I though that this would allow me to practice one of every item that my marines would have - wolf pelts, lightening weapons, face, armour, etc.  Overall I'm fairly happy with the progress that I'm making, modern terminators are really large models so it's taking quite… Read More

Well the weekend went quite well, especially considering I didn't actually do lots in the way of modelling.  I did however get all 14 Blood Claws assembled & based and also finished off the Scouts and based those as well (yes two dozen bases).  So all I have left to do is the 6 Long Fangs, 2 Wolf Guard and 1 Battle Leader, plus Wolf Guard for the Sky Claws (I'm excluding the various metal 'priest' models I have).  By using various old marine components I had around I've actually managed to do it without using any of the bodies that were in the Battle Force boxed set, giving me 20 marines with which I can play with to fill out existing… Read More

This idea is probably the first that I actually feel genuine enthusiasm towards.  As I may have mentioned, I feel that a lot of the recent diorama's that have won at Golden Demon have been small and don't have much in the way of 'battle' in them - they are however brilliant on technical and painting levels.  The category allows you to use a 1 ft cube (or 30cm for those who prefer metric) and I personally think that it's a shame not to use every available bit of this. So whilst I've been looking on the internet, I've always had in the back of my mind that it would be nice to have something suitable for this maximum sized cube - and I now think… Read More

I may be mad, but I've had a bit of a thought for a GD2010 project - a scratch build Thunderhawk Gunship.  Although you can actually purchase a Forgeworld model and GW have produced a metal one in the past (yes I remember that one - it came in a velvet lined oak box), it is still a fantastically impressive piece.  I'd likely make it in some kind of diorama carrying some vehicles or dropping off troops. One of the really nice things about what is in essence a Space Marine vehicle is that it doesn't need billions of rivets like a Imperial Guard vehicle would.  Although it would be a large project, the most complicated pieces are the two jet… Read More

I can't believe that almost two weeks have passed since any kind of post.  In my defense I've not actually done much in the way of modelling due to other commitments - yes mostly social :)  I always find at this time of year that November seems to be more busy than December as many of the people who I know tend to have family commitments so cram as much into November as possible. I have made a few in-roads into my army however.  The scouts are assembled, although they require extensive conversion and filling - the regular scouts (the ones with bolters) are bloody horrific to assemble.  The legs and torso's don't really tie up correctly which… Read More