Also more terrain has made it's way to the tables:
And yes I'm sticking to some very unrealistic color schemes with lots of wear and tear.
Sunday, September 24, 2017
More Yu-Jing
I finally have enough for an infinity army of mine own! I guess I should do some playing of the game now...
Also more terrain has made it's way to the tables:
And yes I'm sticking to some very unrealistic color schemes with lots of wear and tear.
Also more terrain has made it's way to the tables:
And yes I'm sticking to some very unrealistic color schemes with lots of wear and tear.
Thursday, September 21, 2017
New Army Eats Brains
When I was a wee young lad getting into Warhammer I settled on the undead army as my first army book (yes back when they were a unified book). That army was long since sold away to someone on Ebay whom I'm sure stripped it and started over (not that I blame them). Finally though I have a new army with a super fun swamp theme though!
The most time consuming portion of the army was getting more water effects in for the swamp bases because all the ones in the local store were dried up! I guess I'm the only crazy person doing water effects around here...
The wights mantic came up with are really an amazing model set. Wasn't sure how they would pull off a large infantry wight but they really hit it out of the park.
I decided to differentiate the revenants from the regular skeleton rank and file I would just make them Scooby Doo style ghosts. You can really paint up a good 2000 points of these guys in no time since it's a simple set of dry brushing and you're done!
The skeleton archers are a lot better looking than most out there. Really the only complaint I have about Mantic's skeletons is that they have so much more detail than the old GW ones I was used to back in the way way before time and thus require more time. Those old skeletons were literally just a wash and a drybrush then pick out the weapons!
The zombies painted up mostly in a single night so it won't be too hard to up them to a legion or even just another horde.
Finally we come to the only two non Mantic models a reaper lich and an old armored skeleton from GW as a revenant King.
The most time consuming portion of the army was getting more water effects in for the swamp bases because all the ones in the local store were dried up! I guess I'm the only crazy person doing water effects around here...
The wights mantic came up with are really an amazing model set. Wasn't sure how they would pull off a large infantry wight but they really hit it out of the park.
I decided to differentiate the revenants from the regular skeleton rank and file I would just make them Scooby Doo style ghosts. You can really paint up a good 2000 points of these guys in no time since it's a simple set of dry brushing and you're done!
The skeleton archers are a lot better looking than most out there. Really the only complaint I have about Mantic's skeletons is that they have so much more detail than the old GW ones I was used to back in the way way before time and thus require more time. Those old skeletons were literally just a wash and a drybrush then pick out the weapons!
The zombies painted up mostly in a single night so it won't be too hard to up them to a legion or even just another horde.
Finally we come to the only two non Mantic models a reaper lich and an old armored skeleton from GW as a revenant King.
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Terrain Extravaganza!
Lots of random today! First up a pile of Infinity terrain.
Outside of the weathering effects all of the painting was done with spray paint making the paint jobs quick and easy.
This giant warsenal cosmica was a major pain to put together but its a super sweet piece to have on the table!
Yes everything is in obnoxious 80s flavor!
Gotta have some walls right?
We now call this the disco room.
Next up is a new board: The Enchanted Rainbow Forest!
Why did I do this? I really don't know but rainbow river?
and candy mountain.
And finally I painted up the new Artackle super fast for a friend's salamander army:
The undead are nearly done but I'm still waiting on more water effects to come in as the two I had have dried up. So soon a new army!
Outside of the weathering effects all of the painting was done with spray paint making the paint jobs quick and easy.
This giant warsenal cosmica was a major pain to put together but its a super sweet piece to have on the table!
Yes everything is in obnoxious 80s flavor!
Gotta have some walls right?
We now call this the disco room.
Next up is a new board: The Enchanted Rainbow Forest!
Why did I do this? I really don't know but rainbow river?
And finally I painted up the new Artackle super fast for a friend's salamander army:
The undead are nearly done but I'm still waiting on more water effects to come in as the two I had have dried up. So soon a new army!
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
For-T-K?
Yep since we have a new edition I had to paint up a new demo for Warhammer 40k! I'm still not a fan of it at all but hey other people enjoy it and it's tough to demo a game without a worthwhile demo. Let's face it the last starter set was a 2:1 points ratio so that was no good even then let alone now.
The new marines are possibly the most dull and un-creative models I've ever painted. The poses are uninspired (they all look bored) and other than some very minor changes to the armor they are just the same old sculpts blown up in a 3d cad program and re-posed to be less dynamic.
To top it off for me at least the 'reivers' or whatever they are called look the same except they have a little skull faceplate. Don't worry there is NO WAY that that tiny detail will be lost on the battlefield and just be confused for more giant sized marines. Seriously GW this is just lazy and frankly boring but others who have never painted marines in the past may enjoy them more.
Whoever did the nurgle sculpts on the other hand did a MUCH better job! Sure the poses are rather blah but try getting a demonic space zombie to be dynamic and make sense. The nurgle symbolism is carried throughout the model and there are plenty of little details all over the place. On top of this since they are nurgle you can go as in depth or as quickly on the paint job as you want and it will still look just fine! Major props to these guys they were fun to paint!
And these little pox walkers were equally a blast. It's like painting cultists but instead of wanting to tear your hair out over the boredom experienced you actually get to have a ton of fun painting little bits of tentacles and boils and all sorts of gooey fun. They also aren't so overloaded on little doo dads and trinkets that they look like anything but a basic rank and file minion so well done again.
So overall I think the new space marines are just another in a long line of 'how do we get them to buy another space marine army' cash grab but the nurgle stuff actually has a lot of soul and attention to details in it. Always fun to paint nurgle too!
The new marines are possibly the most dull and un-creative models I've ever painted. The poses are uninspired (they all look bored) and other than some very minor changes to the armor they are just the same old sculpts blown up in a 3d cad program and re-posed to be less dynamic.
To top it off for me at least the 'reivers' or whatever they are called look the same except they have a little skull faceplate. Don't worry there is NO WAY that that tiny detail will be lost on the battlefield and just be confused for more giant sized marines. Seriously GW this is just lazy and frankly boring but others who have never painted marines in the past may enjoy them more.
Whoever did the nurgle sculpts on the other hand did a MUCH better job! Sure the poses are rather blah but try getting a demonic space zombie to be dynamic and make sense. The nurgle symbolism is carried throughout the model and there are plenty of little details all over the place. On top of this since they are nurgle you can go as in depth or as quickly on the paint job as you want and it will still look just fine! Major props to these guys they were fun to paint!
And these little pox walkers were equally a blast. It's like painting cultists but instead of wanting to tear your hair out over the boredom experienced you actually get to have a ton of fun painting little bits of tentacles and boils and all sorts of gooey fun. They also aren't so overloaded on little doo dads and trinkets that they look like anything but a basic rank and file minion so well done again.
So overall I think the new space marines are just another in a long line of 'how do we get them to buy another space marine army' cash grab but the nurgle stuff actually has a lot of soul and attention to details in it. Always fun to paint nurgle too!
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Hippos and Beyond
So I found bags of glowing rocks which of necessitated the painting of my Yu-Jing Infinity...
And as a bonus the drakon horde is finished for the elves!
And as a bonus the drakon horde is finished for the elves!
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
How to: Swamp Bases
Project ADD has set in and its time to start a new army. As such it's a perfectly good time for a basing tutorial. This time we are making some boggy quagmire for the undead legions to rise from.
You will need:
Vallejo water texture (or some other water effect)
Paints
Cork
Plasticard (I'm using a 2mm thick piece)
Glue
Sand
suitably marshy flock (I used gale force 9 but there are plenty of options for this type of base)
To start off with I've taken broken up cork and glued it onto the plasticard. These will be the little spots of land between the swampy bog so be ready to leave room for miniatures to stand on both land and swamp. The stone monument came from somewhere in a bits box and was just added for fun.
After our usual priming of black I've gone back and painted all the land parts dark blue.
Next mix some blue in with grey and dry brush all the land. This should give you slightly weird and unnatural blue tint to your land. Hang on it's about to make sense...
Next we finish off the land parts with a sepia wash. This will leave the land looking suitably dingy and disgusting. On top of that the sepia over blue makes a fun weird color that's a little hard to pin down and thus may lead to further madness.
Next I have taken my finest cheap paint (walmart acrylics even!) and painted all the water purple.
Without waiting for it to dry mix a little black and purple and start blending it in to begin making the deeper portions of the bog. Remember it will get deeper as we move away from the land masses and thus darker.
Again without waiting for it to dry start mixing more and more black in until you are happy with the overall coloring. The transition won't have to be super smooth as our water effects will mask imperfections later.
Speaking of water....
It's easiest to put your miniatures that will be partially submerged in the swamp down first before we do water effects. Once their glue is dry apply a thick coat of water texture all over the water areas. If you are using vallejo water texture it will go on white and (trust me) eventually dry clear. Thicker areas may take upwards of 24 hours to fully dry.
Once the water is dry (and only after it is dry) add some flock to the land areas for a little variety and done!
You will need:
Vallejo water texture (or some other water effect)
Paints
Cork
Plasticard (I'm using a 2mm thick piece)
Glue
Sand
suitably marshy flock (I used gale force 9 but there are plenty of options for this type of base)
To start off with I've taken broken up cork and glued it onto the plasticard. These will be the little spots of land between the swampy bog so be ready to leave room for miniatures to stand on both land and swamp. The stone monument came from somewhere in a bits box and was just added for fun.
After our usual priming of black I've gone back and painted all the land parts dark blue.
Next mix some blue in with grey and dry brush all the land. This should give you slightly weird and unnatural blue tint to your land. Hang on it's about to make sense...
Next we finish off the land parts with a sepia wash. This will leave the land looking suitably dingy and disgusting. On top of that the sepia over blue makes a fun weird color that's a little hard to pin down and thus may lead to further madness.
Next I have taken my finest cheap paint (walmart acrylics even!) and painted all the water purple.
Without waiting for it to dry mix a little black and purple and start blending it in to begin making the deeper portions of the bog. Remember it will get deeper as we move away from the land masses and thus darker.
Speaking of water....
It's easiest to put your miniatures that will be partially submerged in the swamp down first before we do water effects. Once their glue is dry apply a thick coat of water texture all over the water areas. If you are using vallejo water texture it will go on white and (trust me) eventually dry clear. Thicker areas may take upwards of 24 hours to fully dry.
Once the water is dry (and only after it is dry) add some flock to the land areas for a little variety and done!
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Yet More Dwarves
This is now the project that never ends: The Abyssal Dwarf Army....
But progress has been made, slowly.
Since I had an odd man(thing) out I decided to do a small conversion to make an Abyssal Halfbreed Champion out of the Mantic halfbreeds. The flag is just plasticard bent under a heat gun and the hashut symbol on top was a butchered khorne symbol (surprised GW never resolved that thread when they blew up the world).
I hope all abyssal dwarf/chaos dwarf players are thanking Russian Alternative because they have done a fantastic job providing amazing looking evil dwarves at a more than fair price! They of course make up my blacksouls.
I decided I needed an ode to a 'friends' army in this horde so I made a prisoner that's being dragged rather unwillingly into battle. He's done up in his armies colors and looks rather pathetic next to these strapping and battle worthy dwarves.
Finally I finished up a new troop of half breeds. The painted portion of the army finally outnumbers the unpainted part!
But progress has been made, slowly.
Since I had an odd man(thing) out I decided to do a small conversion to make an Abyssal Halfbreed Champion out of the Mantic halfbreeds. The flag is just plasticard bent under a heat gun and the hashut symbol on top was a butchered khorne symbol (surprised GW never resolved that thread when they blew up the world).
I hope all abyssal dwarf/chaos dwarf players are thanking Russian Alternative because they have done a fantastic job providing amazing looking evil dwarves at a more than fair price! They of course make up my blacksouls.
I decided I needed an ode to a 'friends' army in this horde so I made a prisoner that's being dragged rather unwillingly into battle. He's done up in his armies colors and looks rather pathetic next to these strapping and battle worthy dwarves.
Finally I finished up a new troop of half breeds. The painted portion of the army finally outnumbers the unpainted part!
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