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A bit of a muse for me rather than a constructive post. I’m struggling to keep my mind focused on what I’m meant to be doing so decided to have a bit of a break and create a post on here as a light diversion. So… The past couple of years had seen some quite […]
Continue ReadingDespite the lack of posts, I have been painting recently. I currently have a conga line of miniatures in various states of being painted. Annoyingly I’ve one Grey Hunter that I need to finish airbrushing, which is why there are only 8 of them!
Continue ReadingWell the past month has once again flown past in a flurry of rather dull real life interferences. It was however Games Day and Golden Demon 2013 on the 29th September and I spent the Friday evening and Saturday prior to the day rebuilding the base of the Contemptor Dreadnought I painted for last year […]
Continue ReadingAlthough I still have my drop pod to glue together, on Wednesday my other half wanted some company whilst she did some bits on the PC so I did a bit of airbrushing. I have now managed to base colour another block of Space Wolves, including the remaining 7 Blood Claws of the large pack […]
Continue ReadingNot sure what happened but everything seems to have “come together” over the weekend. I’ve done all of the edge highlighting (and pushed that further than I normally would) and got a coat of varnish on everything. I spent a bit of time yesterday evening gently scraping the two pieces where the fins slot in […]
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There are times when you feel like people really do listen to your frequent grumblings and moaning. I have a very old (8 years) can of Citadel Boltgun Metal spray that I’ve sparingly used in the years since GW stopped making them. This is a nice dark silver colour that is in fact darker than […]
Continue ReadingWell the drop pod is almost at the point where I can begin to assemble it. All of the blue has been airbrushed and just needs some edge highlighting with a brush. The fins has have their red tips airbrushed and again just need a edge highlight. Once the edge highlight has been done I […]
Continue ReadingAfter changing my weekend around so that I had a bit more painting time today, I’ve ended up spending that time masking off the fins on the drop pod… The doors aren’t all masked yet either. However, here is a wip shot
Continue ReadingMy girlfriend is away this weekend so I’ve a bit of quiet to sink my teeth into some more painting. Just realised that sounds really harsh! I’m lucky in that my other half is quite happy for (and encourages) me to paint and model, but there’s just something about being able to sit down and […]
Continue ReadingJust a couple of quick snaps of what I’ve got to hand. You can see the extra bits of sprue glued into place and if you look carefully, should be able to make out the odd bulge that’s hiding a magnet underneath . And here is the central harness assembly, floor and top section. Pretty […]
Continue ReadingOk, perhaps a slightly inappropriate title considering how hot it currently is in the UK 😉 The past week or so had seen me beginning to put together a Space Marine Drop Pod as it’s been far too hot to paint or do very much at all. If you’ve never put a drop pod together […]
Continue ReadingThe UK is pretty well known for it’s wet miserable summers and even wetter winters. The country can’t cope with any kind of extreme weather either, too much rain will cause flooding and a couple of inches of snow grinds everything to a halt. We are currently in the grips of a mini heatwave which […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been giving a lot of thought recently to sorting out the characters that I need for my Space Wolf army. Space Wolves are unique in that they can have two character’s for each HQ slot in the Force Organisation Chart – meaning a normal game can have up to 4 characters rather than the […]
Continue ReadingWell although I didn’t manage to hit my target of getting a unit of Blood Claws painted (it was quite a difficult challenge if I’m honest), I did get in a really good game of Warhammer 40k 6th Edition on Sunday. A bit of a learning curve (I lost) and still plenty of rules that […]
Continue ReadingMy plan of ploughing into my Space Wolves has worked quite well although I would have liked to have got further than I did. I believe that I’ve finally managed to work out a simple, effective and straight forward way of painting up a Space Wolf to a decent gaming standard. It does have more […]
Continue ReadingOver the past couple of years, the subject of 3d printing has cropped up more and more often, with a mixture of opinions and attitudes. 3d printing is quite literally what it says on the tin, using a 3d image created using CAD or 3d sculpting software a printer “prints” layers of plastic or resin […]
Continue ReadingI cannot believe that it’s the middle of June and until a couple of days ago the only painting I had done was painting the kitchen! That said, the transfers on my Death Guard got done a few months ago and have turned out really nice, it’s worth taking the time to cut as much […]
Continue ReadingIn comparison to how long it normally takes me to paint, my first squad of Death Guard are progressing really quickly. As you can see from the above picture, I have got the airbrushing, initial details and varnish done on the first fifteen. I’ve done the washing on four and done the first metallic highlight […]
Continue ReadingWhere the hell has January gone? I can’t believe that four weeks ago today was New Years Eve and I was looking forward to a quieter year with more modelling opportunities crammed in… The last ten days have been really bizarre for me and a lot of the UK in general. My other half managed […]
Continue ReadingAs a miniature painter/hobbyist, I am constantly bombarded with numerous game systems and alternative manufacturers products. Some of them amazing and others not so. One thing that has become increasingly popular over the past year or so is companies putting up game systems on Kickstarter (KS) which, if you’ve never come across it before, is […]
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