Safe Priming

The cold weather is here and priming outside is no longer an option.  What you need is a warehouse and a tarp.

My Grand Ambitions

Aaaaaahhhh... the Internet: where hopefully my motivation will live on forever. Here is just a sampling of what I aspire to accomplish in the next month.

The Great Work laid out.

Painted General Adept Nemo

Woot! General Adept Nemo joins the Commander Adept in the completed pile of painted warcasters/warlocks. I'm 22 away from my goal still, but Artificer General Nemo is part of it. I'm also 16 models away from having fully 50% of the warcasters/warlocks that are available painted! That's freaking awesome! I'll be very happy to cross that threshold and never get less than it again.

Here's some WIP and fully painted pics.

WIP Caines

I'm working on painting both Lieutenant Allister Caine and Captain Allister Caine. The models are pretty much identical in gear, making it easy to paint one, then paint the exact same color in the same place on the other model. This is two of the six basic colors on the model, not including flesh, hair, or eyes (which add 5ish colors).

Kraken, Bit By Bit.

For the last week now, I've been working on getting my Kraken fully painted so I can play it. I'm really excited to use it more with Asphyxious the Hellbringer but also with Warwitch Deneghra and Pirate Queen Skarre. The Kraken has so many uses and is really versatile in its operation. I'd like to get more playtime with it, but it needs to get painted before it can see any table time (new rule this year).

To paint it, I kept the Kraken in 4 parts. I had the legs, the body, and the two claws separate. The body prevents me from getting to some angles on the legs and the legs prevents the same to the body. The claws/arms prevent access to both. It was just easier to have everything separate and paint it that way. It is a lot lighter as well.

Finished Woldwatcher and WIP Druids of Orboros

I finished my second Woldwatcher after getting the Woldwrath done. Going from the Woldwrath to the Woldwatcher was crazy...I finished all the colors up in less than 2 hours and I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Woldwrath WIP 2

Continuing with my Woldwrath from before, I'm much further along then before. I've finished all the green in the groves across the entire model. I've also got the layer of wood down to get a drybrush and it'll be finished. I really just have to finish the ropes, that last drybrush, and clean up all the little mistakes I've made along the way. I'm pretty happy with him currently.

Current WIPs: Woldwrath, Woldwatcher, Gallows Groves

So I haven't done any painting at all since a few days before Gencon. I felt burnt out and a bit of a slacker. I finally shook that off today. Today I spent 7 hours painting the initial base coats of stone for the Woldwrath (that I picked up at Gencon), my second Woldwatcher, and 2 of my Gallows Groves. Next up on the list is getting the drybrush on, then either painting the wood or going nuts on the green inlay for all of the runes. Either way, it'll be a lot of work and a lot of fun!

Converted Phoenix - WIP

Take this as a grain of salt: I'm not a converter. That's what drove me to Warmachine and Hordes first over anything Games Workshop. I hate not having options for each model build and I hate having the scratch sculpt something to work well.

However, Nathan (PG_Rydiafan) convinced me that my second Phoenix had to have a two-handed grip on her sword. I was a bit nervous because the model was plastic and I really didn't have the bits to fix any mixup. The glue and bond time on the plastics from Privateer Press are super short, so if you screw up, it is really hard to change. I'm glad I got it mostly right on the first try.

Painted Soulhunter, the Test Model

I'm currently working on a group of Soulhunters for a tournament in 2 weeks. I'm still trying to be fully painted at all events I go to (that are reasonable, expecting 5 lists is not reasonable). I think the model is 90% done. All the base colors are on, but it is missing something. Devlan Mud has been suggested, but I'm not sure if it goes on the entire model or just the flesh, bone, and muscles. I've also been suggested to use a brown/blue wash on the muscles (red) to make them look bruised. Any other suggestions?

Painted Lord of the Feast - WIP

One of the original character solos for Hordes, the Lord of the Feast is an infantry-murder machine. I dread playing against him and I'm very happy to field him against my foes! He's a big part of my anti-infantry strategies in Baldur2's Theme Force as I want Baldur casting more Roots of the Earth and Rock Wall rather than Crevasse. Reach, a semi-Thresher like ability, and a teleport, who could ask for more?

The Lord of the Feast needs a dip yet so he's not complete. That's why the bone looks so flat. The dip shades that just the way I really enjoy, so I'm going to be doing that this week.

Painted Celestial Fulcrum 2 - WIP - Now with more moons

After LGS night last night, I decided I could spend some time getting the moons in shape to be glued onto the Fulcrum. Mind you, I still have plenty of detail work to do on the model. This model is really shaping up to be something special for me and I'm happy to have been working on it.

Painted Celestial Fulcrum - WIP 1

So I've been painting my Celestial Fulcrum since Sunday, trying as best I can to get it done. I've decided to build it in parts as they'll be the easiest to paint. I put together the base, the druid holders, and the holder for the orb itself and orb. I then painted this part. It took a long time due to the amount of detail as well as the size. I realized afterwards that doing it this way was a bad decision as I had a lot of difficulties painting the bottom part of the orb due to angles of the brush to the orb. If I was going to do it again, the orb would be a separate piece. After finishing those parts, I worked on the remaining two pieces of the main orb as well as the three smaller orbs. The three small orbs didn't get done in time for the pictures.

Painted Shifting Stones and Sentry Stone - WIP

For New Year's Eve, I stayed in while Johnny and Kate slept. I decided that I should get painting, putting an awesome year of painting in 2011 down and getting into 2012 right.

Instead of painting more Blindwater (which I'll get back to soon), I've decided to paint Baldur the Stonesoul's Theme Force Hour of Reckoning. To start with, I worked on my Shifting Stones and Sentry Stone that I've had primed for awhile. I knew they'd paint up quick and be pretty easy for a night of relaxing.

Painted Pendrake, Croak Hunter, and Swamp Gobbers - WIP

Here's my last post for 2011 and one that should be three separate posts! Here are the final four models I've got painted for 2011. They are Viktor Pendrake, a Croak Hunter, and the two man Swamp Gobber team. I'm happy with how they all came out and can't wait to see them dipped.

These 4 models put my total for 2011 to 61 models. My goal for next year was 75, but in light of the last month and a half, I'm raising my goal to 100. I should be able to do it and I've been really enjoying playing fully painted armies on the table.

Painted Thrullg 2 - WIP

So, instead of painting my Bog Trogs yet again, I decided to finish my second Thrullg. To separate the two on the battlefield, I took Seraphsong's suggestion and painted this one green. Simple scheme just the like the last one and it painted up quick.

Painted Thrullg - WIP

As I work on trying to finish my Bog Trog unit, I've been working on a Thrullg when I get bored. A Thrullg has a pretty simple color scheme, so I finished him rather quickly.

Painted Bullsnapper #2 - WIP

Here's my second Bullsnapper. He was mostly painted at the same time as the last one. After having one done, they are very easy to crank out in short order.

Painted Bullsnapper - WIP

Here's my painted Bullsnapper, following the same color scheme as my first Gatorman Posse unit and Blackhide Wrastler. I really like the motivation train I'm on right now cause I am cranking out the models.

Painted Blackhide Wrastler 2 - WIP

After painting up my first Wrastler and having some time during a conference call, I decided to start up my second Wrastler. He's painted a little differently to tell the two apart: grey underbelly instead of yellow, green back instead of grey, and grey cloth hood instead of brown. My opponents should easily tell the two apart. I'm applying these differences to anything that I have duplicate in Minions. I'll need to find something for the triplicates though...

Here's the pictures!