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I’m still running behind my ‘schedule’ but by going to bed at 2.30am last night (technically this morning) meant that I got all of the oil washes onto the dreadnought which means by the end of tomorrow they’ll be dry enough for me to varnish. I also ‘drybrushed’ black and brown oil paint onto the […]
Continue ReadingUnsurprisingly my “perfect weekend of painting” ended up not so perfect. Due to numerous phone calls, chores and other interruptions I lost around 7 hours worth of painting time. I also managed to balls up the application of the larger custom decals – I should have gone with my gut instinct and gloss varnished first. […]
Continue ReadingFor some reason I woke up this morning at 6.10am. It’s not a time I’m particularly fond of as it means that I should be asleep for another 35 ~ 60 minutes. However as I lay in my small 1/5th of the bed (it’s a ladies prerogative to utilise 80% of a mattress regardless of […]
Continue ReadingWell the Dreadnought has progressed quite significantly since my last post. Pretty much all of the main airbrush work has been completely (with the exception of a few touch ups) and I’m fully onto brush work now. True to form this isn’t going as quickly as I would like although some of that can be […]
Continue ReadingDue to a long weekend at a LARP event (Thursday to Monday), I’ve not got as much done as if I were home, however quite a bit of progress was made early last week. All of the Dreadnought (including knees, elbows and arms) have received the base colour. The red knee pad has been base […]
Continue ReadingAs forecast, this weekend saw a decent amount of progress on my miniature. As you may be able to see from my Flickr Pool, the base has had quite a bit of work done on it and I’ve finally pulled my finger out and got some more of the cloak done (though there is 60% […]
Continue ReadingWell that’s got your attention 😉 And this post is about is airbrushes rather than ink… Gravity fed-airbrushes are lovely pieces of kit, very efficient on paint and able to spray at very low pressures. Now one thing that you must always do is to thin your paint down to the consistency of semi-skimmed milk. […]
Continue ReadingDuring the past week I’ve managed to make some substantial progress on my entry, though not as much as I’d hoped I would as I got less done during the weekend than I’d planned (but more during last week). The base and body have now both been finished from a modelling perspective and both have […]
Continue ReadingWhere has the last month gone 🙁 In fairness I can actually answer that for a change – insulating and stud walling the garage (and slicing my finger open with a stanley knife), tidying the house for visitors (and them visiting for a weekend) and going away this past weekend to a LARP event. Although […]
Continue ReadingWell this weekend I made a really good amount of progress. The Kheres Assault Cannon has been glued together and with the exception of a little filling and gluing the gun onto the shoulder, is now finished. The claw arm now has an appropriate genestealer head and I’m trying to bid on a Space Hulk […]
Continue ReadingI’ve done a little bit of research in preparation for painting the Dreadnought as I like to spend a good chunk of time working out what I’m painting and how. The first decision to make is what colours to paint the dreadnought. In principal he’ll be the stereotypical blue grey colour that is universally recognised […]
Continue ReadingMy 100th blog entry! *queue a fanfair and confetti* Well as expected the new arms for my Contemptor arrived last week. For reference, the Contemptor Claw arm actually comes with a normal set of “fingers”, but a different ranged weapon – a Graviton Gun and Plasma Blaster (which the rules are only in Imperial Armour […]
Continue ReadingI’ve finally relented and just ordered myself a new set of arms for my Contemptor – a Kheres Assault Cannon and Close Combat Claw. As I mentioned in a previous post, I wasn’t very impressed with the range of movement that was available from the Heavy Bolter arm and after spotting one of the heavy […]
Continue ReadingWhere have the last 3 weeks gone to? It seems completely unreal that I’m sat here, typing this and it’s the middle of June – especially considering the awful weather the UK has (and still is) having. With the exception of ten days or so of lovely weather at the beginning of May, it’s been […]
Continue ReadingWell as predicted my Contemptor Dreadnought arrived in the post and what a lovely miniature it is. A few odd bits that have needed filling, but my usual 50/50 mix of Green Stuff and Superfine Milliput sorted those out. The miniature comes as individual components, allowing each item to be angled just as you want […]
Continue ReadingWell the Stormlord is very nearly finished, only a bit of drybrushing and painting of the shrine beside the engine pipes left to do and then I’ll call it a day. I’m not going to pretend that this is 100% perfect – or even 80% and I could happily tinker away at this for the […]
Continue ReadingJust thought I was overdue a picture of the latest progress of the Stormlord:
Continue ReadingWell last night saw me applying the rust elements to the body of the Stormlord. A process that was actually a lot more difficult than you would expect. The basic concept is you mix some rust coloured pigment (or in my case ground chalks) with some Burnt Umber oil paint and a little white spirit […]
Continue ReadingIt might be a few weeks since my last post but the Stormlord project is finally on the last road to completion. There is still a lot left to do, but I’ve got to the point where I can complete a step in an evening rather than having to spread it over a number of […]
Continue ReadingI think the subject line says it all. The Stormlord is progressing slowly and so far I’ve only had two small problems. The first is that the little bit of hull colour I had left has separated and dried out a little. This means that even if I shook it up, it would be a […]
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