2018 is here....

Well a new year and I have like every year the intentions to post more which never seems to happen every year I say it.

Its kind of a sad place my blog now like so many others which used photobucket as there third party poster of choice. If you didnt know after years of using the site for free photobucket without warning cut all third party links unless you pay something like a $400 a year fee.  Honestly I say its there site so let them. My issue is more like the now warning it was going to happen and its not the eaisest site to download your pictures back off..

Maybe my resolution should be the fix up the blog and its picture's.

Well this year of 2018 I have somethings I want to do.

In no real order..
1. Complete death guard from new box set.
2. Paint up mortarion.
3. Paint up new necromunda minis.
4. Do a diorama.

Learn to use my air brush is there too..

Well 2018 lets see what happens.....

Gloomhaven

I was lucky enough that someone liked my painting and had a few gloomhaven mintiures which I happliy got to paint.

The scoundrel

The mindthief

 Gragheart

I worked up the bases with some textured paste trying to make them different and the same at the same time.  I found a painting tutorial on youtube which as awesome so i did a three phased grey blend on the base.

I am looking forward to trying this with a few different colours and shades.

Finished Sons of Horus Contemptor

Not only has it been some time since I have posted the whole issue of photobucket changing its system has left all my previously posted without there original pictures. So with all of this I will go back when I have time...

Now I have finished my first Contemptor and I will show a little of the progress I had before the final.

This was fun to do with the rusting effect althought I am not 100% happy with the main paint colour its only its lack of shading which I will fix the next time I paint Sons of Horus.

But truely for me I am happy with the final outcome.

Dark Angel Dread

Well as I seem to be in a bit of a groove hobby wise at the moment I thought I was use the rusting effects that I am using for the Contemptor on a Dark Angel Dreadnought.

I bought second hand a AoBR Dread and did a little conversion work on it.

So when I converted up this little fellow I did so not knowing what chapter he would be for but things go as things go and Dark Angels it is.  I want to do my Dark Angels all rusted and corroded as if they are fighting on a world either corrupted or toxic..

I did the three step rust paints I have from Vallejo and then salt chipped it. In the end the main armour I love the look of.

I Still have to paint up the metallic parts and details. I also have to figure out a good basing effect to give it a toxic world look.. 

Sons of Horus Contemptor Part 2

Well after some things and considering that I did to the resin in acetone I thought a damaged rusted look was the way to go. So after diving into YouTube for a while I found a way of starting what I was and adding the rust for the first paint coat.

 With the three colours of rust from the Vallejo Panzer Ace range I got the effect I was after.

Now all I have to go is the salt chipping...

Sons of Horus Contemptor

I had a friend find a Sons of Horus Contemptor at a convention two years back I think it was. ON our way home he thought about it and offer it to me for what he paid for it so I said yes.

I had this one sitting around and I thought it was about time I did something with it so I worked on the legs and based them.

The torso which is just sitting on the legs in the picture I realised that the shoulder pads had been glue on the wrong sides so I had to figure out how to remove them to fix up this issue.

I used nail polish remover to get the shoulder pads off the miniature. I had a spare foot which I left in over night with no issues to the resin. After 30 minutes of the torso being in I touched it and damaged the top of the exhaust on the model. I pulled it out right away and the up shot being I lost the ridges around the exhausts a some of the fine detail got a little smudged but got the pads off..

Must be the fun of buying second hand goods..

Guess I am going to have to up my game and try rust, salt chipping and battle damage..

Still have to get some magnets too as I have never tried that before...

Orlocks Underway

Well the Orlock Necromunda gang I am painting as a gift for a mate is started and the first 10 are complete.

I am happy with the way they came out just about 18 more to go.. So glad I love Necromunda..