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Lamenters Update: The basing begins!
Here we go with all ten Tactical Marines painted and standing on their new bases. I just need to add their blood and gore splatters on the base, their greaves, and on the occasional combat weapon.Here...
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Lamenters Update: Death Company Tycho/Janus and other news.
Here he is, Death Company Captain Janus (my version of DC Tycho, thanks to Brien for the name). Constructed primarily from Sanguiary Guard bitz, he also sports a combi-melta that was cobbled together...
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Free Mars!
There are just under 24 hours to go in the Kickstarter campaign for the space-rock-opera comic written by my friend (and occasional nemesis), Dave Pauwels.If you like your sc-fi loaded with musical...
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Scratching that itch...
Sometimes you see a couple of models that just speak to you, and sometimes they beg to be converted. That was the case with the new Warriors Of Chaos Warshrine, or more specifically the two beasts that...
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Flames Of War - Late War Germans
Just recently I completed a quick(ish) commission for some Late War Germans. The client was very keen on the color scheme and we had a good chat beforehand about the approaches we wanted to take. The...
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No, he's not dancing...
I promised you some more yellow, so here it is. While I've been messing around with other projects too, I've also been slowly building up the paint on the Furioso Dreadnought for my Lamenters. As you...
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A Civil War - Guns of April-style
The 2nd Wisconsin Regiment, miniatures are converted Perry plasticsI just wanted to take a few minutes to point out the project that a group of friends (The Guns of April) and I are working on for...
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A time for Tradition
I hope you'll indulge me a little, in this post with no toy soldiers.The end of the calendar year is laden with tradition. Some folks celebrate various holidays, while others choose not to, but...
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Feeling the chill...
Snow StormSitting here in my basement, I can feel a slight chill seeping in under the door. Although we didn't get the projected 1-3" of snow, it did snow for quite sometime. Just perfect weather for...
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Happy Birthday Blog, and a recap of 2012
Yes, the Dreadnought is almost finished, more shots in the next post.Well, as f today, this blog has reached the grand old age of FOUR! I can scarcely believe it. It has certainly been a fun ride, and...
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And on into 2013...
Anyone ready to suggest a name for my Lamenters Furioso? And yes, I still have to add the pools and splashes of blood and gore.Well, I took a look back at my goals for my hobbying in 2012. Some of them...
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Adeptus Mechanicus... reborn
Back in November I showed you a couple of conversions I'd done using the monstrous bearers of the new Chaos Warshrine. Once I'd finished painting the servitor above, and after reading Graham McNeill's...
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The Hammer of the Emperor
While I work away at the projects I recently laid out for 2013, I thought I'd show you the finished photos of a tank I finished up last weekend. This is a Baneblade I painted up as a favor for a good...
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From the margins of the mighty tomes...
From the moment you open the 40K 6th Edition rulebook, you'll spot all sorts of cool (and small) servitors flitting around in the margins, and the same can be said for many other 40K books too. When I...
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Building something bigger
Continuing to use the "madness" of John Blanche (some might say "vision") as inspiration, here are anther couple of models I've been building for my Mechanicum army. This guy started out as a...
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And the madness continues...
Following on from my last two WIP posts, I present the latest strangeness to be added to the army.Obviously this image was the genesis of the model. When I took a closer look at this John Blanche...
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Tutorial - Making Cables
After my last post, quite a few people asked me about the cabling I've used on my recent Mechanicum models, and I figured doing a full post on it would be best. So here goes...On my recent models I've...
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Cold snap!
And now I have completed the Malifaux crew for my friend Thomas. I don't pretend to understand the game, but he told me the other night that all the models I had painted for him were those with the...
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New Mechanicum stuff, and a Kickstarter plug!
First up I have the latest construct in the growing ranks of my Mechanicum army. Another Tech-Adept, this time based off the wonderful Forgeworld Nurgle Daemonic Herald model. I was lucky enough to...
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Finally got around to him...
Despite converting him at the same time as his three-legged brother, it has taken me a little while to get this plasma cannon-toting servitor painted up. The flesh was painted at the same time, but I...
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