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I happily got home from work yesterday to find a jiffy pad containing a (slightly bent) Space Wolves Codex.  Though £15 is a tad steep for a book, the codex is actually very good.  As with most codices it's laid out in the familiar format of Background Fluff > Troop Fluff > Coloured Section > Army Selection.  I've only flicked through it and so far it seems pretty cool.  They've added lots of elements that have in my opinion been missing, such as some of the Rhino varients and Land Raider varients.  Jump pack Blood Claws are now an option which is pretty cool.  One complaint I have is that although there is a great variety of… Read More

As I'm still in the planning phase with whatever I choose to do for next years Golden Demon, I decided that I'd start to assemble some of the new Space Wolf mini's I bought at Games Day as it's my intention to have at least assembled a 1500 point army by the early part of next year. I've finished putting together a Wolf Guard Terminator with Assault Canon.  I will be honest and say that I'm very impressed with the new boxed sets, unlike some other plastics the tidying up is either straight forward or minimal.  The sheer number of weapon variations is also staggering - I think that you have around 3 pairs of weapons for every body so can kit… 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

Just a very minor update post.  Despite going to B&Q last night to collect carpet tiles (the growing saga of my brothers flat), I actually got a little more work done.  I've redrilled the hole on the base that will take the foot - this is the third time - and ended up with a much more balanced arrangement.  Basically I always felt that the model wasn't stood centrally on the base, but this latest tweak has fixed my concerns.  Instead of doing more filling on the gun arm, I glued a piece of plasti-card onto it.  Although filling is needed, this will give me a better finish with which to paint.  I do need to add some detailing to this… Read More