Eldar - Guardian Defenders painted
Spent enough time painting tanks and other big things recently, so it was time to spend some time on the infantry! I have to admit, I'm getting tired of painting blue and yellow so it's about time to...
View ArticleBattle Reports - 4th (5th) of July Battle, 2013
My buddy Dave over at Ex Fide Vivo and I usually throw down for a game of 40k over the 4th of July weekend each year, though in this case it'll actually be on the 5th due to some commitments with the...
View ArticleEldar - Crimson Hunter painting in progress
It was a nice long 4th of July weekend here stateside and it was jam packed with fun stuff! Couple barbeques, a gig with the band, a game of 40k (for which my buddy Dave has done a great write-up) and...
View ArticleEldar - Crimson Hunter Painted
Braved the heat up in the hobby loft to finish up the Crimson Hunter after work today. All in all I decided to keep it simple, and let the red fade take center stage on the model. It is called a...
View ArticleEldar - The army so far...
Just a quick post today - Couple folks have asked for a group shot of the Eldar, so I laid them out in roughly the same setup as the painting chart and snapped a pic over my lunchbreak today while I...
View ArticleImperial Guard - Leviathan Command Carrier painting begins!
Summer is fully upon us and it's been pushing 100F day after day - which has made the hobby loft a thoroughly miserable place. However, we had a brief respite and I took advantage for a few hours over...
View ArticleEldar - Dire Avengers painting in process
Popped home for lunch and snapped a quick pic of the Dire Avengers in process while I had some good light. I went with a brighter blue than the Guardians to help differentiate them as an aspect warrior...
View ArticleEldar - Dire Avengers Painted
Had a surprisingly free Saturday for a change, and I was able to take advantage of the relatively cool morning to finish off the Dire Avengers!I took a couple pictures, but the white-background ones...
View ArticleEldar - Warp Spiders painted
In the home stretch now! Finished off the Warp Spiders this morning and snapped a few pics. I have to say that these are my least favorite models in the range - I feel the sculpts are just a little too...
View ArticleEldar - The last of the army; batch painting begins!
With just a double handful of models left to finish in the Eldar army I figured I'd do my usual batch painting process to get as many of the colors common to all the models done at the same time. At...
View ArticleEldar - Painting the wraithbone
A bit more forward motion on the Eldar this morning and this afternoon after work - finished up the wraithbone, and took some pics between each stage to show how I do it:Starting off I basecoat...
View ArticleEldar - Painting the yellow and general cleanup
Pressing onwards with the group painting - laid down the yellow and did some general cleanup of things I've missed on the first pass. My yellow recipe is pretty straightforward, I start off by base...
View ArticleEldar - Not exactly batch painting, but still...
No painting time this morning (the snooze button's siren call would not be denied), so just a little forward progress today. At this point in the process, I broke up the batch into smaller groups so I...
View ArticleEldar - Wraithblades painted
Disaster struck today when I didn't pay heed to my instinct that it was too humid and tried sealing some miniatures. Frosted the lot of 'em. ARGH.However, this isn't the end of the world, and I've...
View ArticleEldar - (subset of) The army going onto the auction block
With GenCon rapidly approaching, and the unexpected cost of a new pair of glasses cropping up last week, it's time to put the Eldar up for sale. I'd been waffling about what exactly was going up on the...
View ArticleBlatant Self Advertisement - Eldar on eBay
Time to stuff the pointy-eared gits into the webway and off to their next destination - the vast majority of the Eldar I've been working on of late are now up on the auction block to help pay for a new...
View ArticleSo what's next?
With the Eldar (more or less) behind me, it's time to consider what to work on next. I'm truly at an impasse as to what that may be so I figured I'd turn to you folks to find out what you'd like to see...
View ArticleImperial Guard - Medusa and Pask's Vanquisher
The imperial guard is the runaway result on the poll, so I popped open the painting chart before delving into the Closet of Doom to see what there was to work on. Not really all that much more to do...
View ArticleImperial Guard - Pask's Vanquisher and Medusa painted
As they were 90% done as of the last post, it was a simple matter to finish off the Vanquisher and Medusa! Pask got the lion's share of the work - the flag got a little more color and detail, as did...
View ArticleImperial Guard - Medusa Emplacement rebased
Pressing on with the guard, and went back to one of the old models to start the touch-up process. One of the units that needed updating to the current scheme was the Medusa emplacement. That is...
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