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After 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 […]
Continue ReadingWell I’ve been trying to finish off a post for the past week but just don’t seem to have found the time – sorry! The fact that the blog ate all of the entry on Tuesday didn’t help… I have however managed to get a bit painting in. My second Death Guard tester went really […]
Continue Reading2012 is now firmly behind us and overall was pretty crap. That said I am on the whole an optimistic person and I did manage to get two very significant projects completed (the Stormlord Tank and Space Wolves Contemptor) and ended the year with enough cash in my hobby pot to collect most of a […]
Continue ReadingI took the first of my Forge World miniatures home last night and washed the first ten marines whilst my other half was doing some baking. This is the first time I’ve properly inspected any of the miniatures and overall they’re not too bad. There are some bits that will need to be green stuffed […]
Continue ReadingWell Forge World have really done a good job on the pre-Christmas delivery and I have a rather large box of resin sat next to me at work. Considering I ordered this last Friday, it’s arrived in less than three working days which is actually faster than I’ve ever received an order previously. Although I’ve […]
Continue ReadingEvery year Forge World do a Christmas jigsaw puzzle of one of the releases for the early part of next year. There’s been some discussion about what it is, but they’ve just released the last piece and it’s Mortarion’s favoured – The Deathshroud. And they’re lovely miniatures too, absolutely full of character and uniqueness. They’re […]
Continue ReadingI don’t specifically mean December either, the past month has been utterly awful in the way of “hobby time”. I’ll admit, that makes me sound like a complete diva, considering the last week of November I had a weeks holiday and went away! But the week before was busy with getting things ready & housework […]
Continue ReadingAs hoped I managed to get a bit of painting done last night. I didn’t start quite as early as I wanted but I did get a reasonable amount of time on them. I’m still working on the reds and brass colours currently and I’ve not really started on edge highlights, shading, silver metallics or […]
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