Still Alive

So just wanted to make a post to say that Im still here. Ive been working and kinda off point, doing a little at a time. In fact right now im letting some paint dry before I finish up the last of my "original" troops. The ones that were originally plastic ultramarines, are now going ot be my Dark Knights. The reason these are taking so long is because I have to be really careful that none of the paint shows through. Tommorow morn I ll have some pics up.

Oh, and i got some suprises instore for the army as well.

From a sinner to a saint (Rise of a Chapter Master)

So the goal was to create a unique figure to have in my space marine army, not only to serve as an hq, but as a chapter master. What I needed was a starting point. I wanted to use a Space Wolf Logan Grimnar, but to remove what I wanted to do, i found it would be too much work. So I looked at my fall back. My favorite figure has, and probably always will be (now more so than ever) the emperors champion. So i descided to use him as a starting point. I had some bits left over from termies from my AoBR set, so i did some cutting and plopped them on the shoulder pads... It was a start, but no where near enough. Then I dug around and found an iron halo and cape from a Celestine the Living Saint figure that i picked up for a buck. ( the bits not the fig ). A bit of cutting and positioning, and bam. I think we had a winner. But something was missing. I couldnt place my fingers on it, but he was lacking something. This chapter master was supposed to be a godsend, an an... That was it. He needed wings, but where would i get wings from.
Then it struck me...Dark Angels Grand Master Azrael's helm had nice wings that i could steal. The only problem is his little buddy had them and wasnt int he mood to bargain. So, i did what any other reasonable man would do.





I bartered.








So now I had my wings, and with somethinking, and some positioning, so did my chapter master.







Whats sad is im gonna have to take him apart to paint him, and im also going to have to pin the halo and cape on, because hes very abck heavey, but on the upside. He looks pretty bad ass.

Infiltration, (Building an Army pt 6)

Ive been really depressed lately. Probably not something you wanna read on a crappy little 40k painting blog, for those that actually do read this. But you have to get it out of the system sometime. I think thats one of the reason that ive been so involved with painting. Used to could I would raid alot in WoW, but im kinda taking a break till the expac, so i need something else to occupy my mind. Problem is, is that everthing is so worry some. I need to take my copentency tests so I can start looking for a job for a teacher, but im so paranoid that I might fail the test that Im actually afraid to sign up for one. Add on top of that the lack of hrs at bestbuy and the lack of jobs for subbing, money is running low. And then lately ive just been really lonely. Truth is there is someone that I am totally in love with, I cannot be with her. And, well it drives me insane, because as far as im concerned, its kinda not fair. But im ranting... and I just needed to get that out, and to get it off my mind.

So today I decided to prime all the rest of my old figs and get them ready to be painted. I also decided to undertake probably the reason why I didnt even want a certain unit in my army. My scouts.

So naturally they had to be primed, but the question was what direction did I want to take with them. I wanted them to have some depth and not just be 2 colors. Well in the end they were only 2 colors, but damn did they take forever.





Ive been taking a layering technique out for a spin to see if i could get figs done faster, and so far it seems to be working. The first step was the pants, this i did in 2 steps. I started off with a unique color I made by mixing some other colors, then putting down a alayer of commando khaki.

Then came down for the leather accents, I think this took the most time. Then after wards I went with the faces and my first real attempts at eyes. Some of my troops as a result do look like they came in on the short bus, as does my cmdr. But not bad for my first attempt.



After the leather accents and faces came the layers of gunmetal and black to touch up the mistakes. In the end they came out pretty nice. Up close not perfection, but from the standard distance they look pretty nice. I gotta look at the brightside, this is one of the few things that bring me joy. Things are hectic in my life, and I really just want them all to calm down.

By Fire Be Purged (BoA pt 5)

So, one of the reasons these are always posted at like 3 am, is because i tend to post them after i get done with whatever I decided to do. In this case I wanted to work on project Ragnaros.


That is a small 5 man devestator squad, or a purge team. The squad itself consists of 2 multi-melta's and 2 flamers, with a commander that is armed with a power swd and a plasma pistol. Basically a bunch of guys playing with fire.




While i was working on this squad, I thought of a little lore behind it. Basically a squad each of whom has been close to the fire and seen the light of god in that flame. If they had no helms, they would more than likely be burn victims if you will.




I was glad that I had enough beakies to work with. I actually really like the beakies, they bring a nice level of variety to the table.






Now as far as the sgt, I did the same thing with him that I will more than likely wind up doing for a lot of my bits, and that really just some minor modifications. He was made from, what I think was a blood angels mephisto (a bit of irony there). I clipped down the collar and mutilated his head for the skull helm. If i had better tools i might have been able to so it quicker. But in the end, im happy with it and that all that matters.

I also took a few lil terrain pics also. One day Ill have to work on a display board so I can take some nice pics. Oh and I managed to get some WS snow the other day, 8 bucks for the large shaker. So, I will be rebasing my dreads, bikes, land speeders, and termies soon.

R2P (Building an Army Pt 4)

So yea, todays goal was actually met.
Get all my infantry ready to paint. And i did it.
I also played a little game called how many times can I glue my fingers together.

I won.

Heres a vid recap of everything, sorry about the quality, ill post some decent pics as the units get done.



I know i said the quality is bad in the vid, but its more like piss poor.



And here is a better quality vid, it had no sound so i put some weezer into it.

Im melting!!!!

THE SNOW

Its flaking off something feirce.
Well it looked good for like 12 hours. Hahaha
Gonna pick up a can of compressed air and clean them off.

Looks like i might have to hunt down some WS snow after all.

nutbunnies

Flocking Bases

See what I did there, it like the f-word but its...
bah



Anyways, so the termies are all done, as is my sample bike as well as one of the 2 landspeeders. All based and flocked with snow. One of the things I decided on doing was putting some snow on the dreads like it piled on there naturaly. And im happy with they way they look. And really in the end isnt that all that matters. That you are the one happy with they way they look.


Been trying to get more done, I was working at a really good pace, but lately Ive just been really depressed and havent really had the heart to do anything. And its a combination work and some personal stuff. I dont know how any of this is going to turn out.




I found some terrain peices that im gonna prime and use on the display board for my army. I think they were from the old 3rd ed starter set, because god knows I never bought any. I think im gonna buy some, or snag at least a handful and buy some of the GW and woodland scenics snow for comparison over what im using. I like what im using, but i would also like something that doesnt brush off when touched even after matting.