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I may have already ranted about this in the past, but I fundimentally dislike many of the colour schemes used for Space Wolves. The standard Games Workshop scheme is far too ‘baby blue’ for what are essentially savage space marines. Grey is a popular alternative (I even used it for my 2009 Golden Demon entry), […]
Continue ReadingFor the first time this year I actually have a whole weekend entirely to myself! My Mum and Sister are both away from Friday, with my Sister not being back until Sunday evening. So much time what do I do? In all seriousness I’ve got a few things that I need to catch up on, […]
Continue ReadingI just chanced across this link to a long list of Norse names, I thought it was pretty cool for any budding Wolf Lords out there.
Continue ReadingI finally managed to get round to taking some shots of the Dreadnought that I entered as my Golden Demon entry. The paint job let the overall effect down, but overall I’m being positive in that it was a fantastic learning curve. I’ve begun to assemble a pack of Skyclaws now (jump pack marines), and […]
Continue ReadingI 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 > […]
Continue ReadingA couple more possibilities to add into the melting pot in regards to some kind of diorama. First off is a Warhammer Quest dungeon scene, but using modern models. A bit like the one Mike McVey did years back where the whole thing is split into a number of micro-dioramas with different monsters and party […]
Continue ReadingAs 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 […]
Continue ReadingHaving 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 […]
Continue ReadingMy first post of various musings.
Continue ReadingUnsurprisingly 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 […]
Continue ReadingQuick 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 […]
Continue ReadingStill 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. […]
Continue ReadingI’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 […]
Continue ReadingOk, 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 […]
Continue ReadingIt’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 […]
Continue ReadingSadly 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 […]
Continue ReadingI 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 […]
Continue ReadingJust 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 […]
Continue ReadingWhat is it they say “The best laid plans…”. It has transpired that we have some kind of blockage in the waste pipe at home, which resulted in a pretty substantial flood from our downstairs loo – the water from my sisters shower. This has meant that we’ve currently got the plumber in, dismantling our […]
Continue ReadingDeep breath moment… I’ve been concentrating on getting some websites finished off for customers as they’ve been outstanding for quite a while now. I’m writing my own PHP back office to provide content management and such like, so it’s been a major undertaking. Sadly this has absorbed most of my potential modelling time over the […]
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