This past weekend I found myself in a funny spot: Excluding Commander Dante, who’s still on his sprue (I’m not ready to mess with resin quite yet), 100% of my other models to paint this month were drying or curing and couldn’t be painted…but I was in the mood to do hobby stuff. My backlog […]
WIP it good: Death Company and fun with bases Read More »
I finished listening to the audiobook of The Devastation of Baal last week, and then over the weekend — while naming my Sanguinary Guard — realized that I now know something else about my Blood Angels army. Before that I had two bits of lore/flavor around my army: They all wear helmets, no bare-headed models
Weekend work in progress roundup, army lore, and 500 Read More »
I painted 16 miniatures in March, a personal record — but I managed to top that number, by one figure, in April! 5x Space Marines 5x Scouts 5x Terminators (below!) 1x Librarian Dreadnought 1x teleport homer Last night saw Squad Ultio, my first Terminator unit, through to completion. A big part of my motivation to
Closing out a record painting month with Squad Ultio Read More »
Since I started my Blood Angels army in March of this year, I’ve had bits scattered across little baggies, the boxes in which they came, other boxes…it was mess. The other night I wanted to add a couple purity seals to my Rhino before priming it, which entailed looking in like eight different places, and
Putting together a proper 40k bits box Read More »
Narses has been sitting on my desk, fully painted save for one tiny bit of highlighting in a single color, for several days now. But that last color (Baharroth Blue) finally came, and with that done I could varnish him, glue on some tufts, and add him to my Blood Angels army. I think the
Finished my first 40k Dreadnought, Narses Read More »
I’ve been making some progress on Squad Ultio, my shooty Terminators. I decided that I’d lean into silver as their primary accent color, and unify them with silver Crux Terminatus emblems on their left shoulders. Sergeant Ultio is getting more gold, but with silver accents. I used to start with the most prevalent color and
WIP it good: Squad Ultio, turbo priming, hazard stripes Read More »
I like to maintain my painting momentum by always having something ready to paint, which means planning ahead. Right now my pace is about one miniature every two days, which is a decent data point for building a queue. I also like to have some options for my hobby time, including a mix of assembly,
My painting queue for May-July Read More »
Two of the three blue paint pots I need to finish Narses came in the mail yesterday, so I tackled 99% of his highlights last night. He’s so close to completion at this point — but “so close” also equals 18 colors of highlights. Two hours of layers and highlights later, and he’s nearly good
WIP it good: Narses almost done, Ultio underway, and it’s Rhino time Read More »
I’m no expert, but I’ve done a good amount of painting over the past two months, and tried a bunch of different brushes, and I figured it was time to write a post about brushes. When I got back into painting minis in February of this year, I already had a small stash of brushes:
Thoughts on miniature-painting brushes and brush care Read More »
Narses finally has his base coat done! I assembled him on March 19, started his base on April 9, finished his base somewhere around April 12, and started painting his body in earnest on the 15th. It’s not that long, but it feels like a long time. That’s probably partly down to having completely finished
WIP it good: the refrigerator box of death is nearly done Read More »
