In 2020, I became a miniature-painter. Prior to February, I was a guy who sometimes painted miniatures and generally didn’t especially enjoy it. But this year I painted more minis than I had in my 30+ years of sporadic painting prior to 2020 — almost twice as many, in fact. So I’m still a beginner, […]
My 2020 in miniature painting Read More »
With an hour to spare, I finished a wild push — a week worth of painting in about two days — and wrapped up my final miniature of 2020: Mukkit, one of the Killa Kans in my Deathskulls Ork army. This is the best miniature I’ve ever painted. It incorporates everything I’ve learned this year,
Final miniature of 2020: Mukkit, a Killa Kan Read More »
Happy new year! I’ve got a little flurry of posts planned, and this one happened to be ready first. My recipes for Deathskulls Killa Kans are almost identical to the ones I use for Ork Boyz, but with some tweaks and additions at the weathering stage. Deathskulls blue armor/plates: Pick a recipe: Macragge Blue > Nuln Oil >
Killa Kan color guide Read More »
I’m in my sprint to see how many minis I can book in 2020, and this ruin — the largest piece of terrain I’ve ever painted (although it’s a medium-sized piece) — brings my December total up to 25. I’m not sure how best to photograph terrain. My lightbox wasn’t going to work because the
First larger Manufactorum ruin finished Read More »
I wound up working on a box of Gretchin at the same time as five Boyz (not my usual approach; it’s too many at once!), so they got wrapped up on 12/27 as well. Do Gretchin know they’re adorable? Like the Orks I painted at the same time, these Grots use three different skin recipes
Runt-Eata’s Grots finished up Read More »
Having made the questionable choice to work on the “back five” of Skrudd’s Krumpas at the same time as an entire unit of Gretchin, 12/27 was a record day for me. (The Grots have their own post, just to keep things organized.) Wot’s dat funny light? First, the new five on their own: And then
My first full Ork unit finished: Skrudd’s Krumpas Read More »
Currently working on a few too many Boyz and Gretchin at once, so I’ve been taking breaks to do some assembly. First up, a Killa Kan: Mechanically, Killa Kan mobs don’t have a leader, so perhaps it’s more apt to say that Mukkit considers himself the leader. I’ve heard these are terrible units, but damn
A wall-mounted paint rack and some WIP miscellany Read More »
I kicked off my Waaagh! by building my Warboss, Moonkrumpa, back in November, and ever since then I’ve been noodling about how to make him more Mek-y and Warboss-y (and whether or not to magnetize his wargear options). This morning things finally shook loose, and I busted out my bits boxes and kitbashed Moonkrumpa 2.0:
WIP it good: modifying Moonkrumpa, Lootas, and Grots Read More »
As I did with my Blood Angels army, I started Moonkrumpa’s Megalootas off with the backbone of any Waaagh!: some Ork Boyz. Six minis at once is about all I can handle, so I painted Boss Nob Skrudd and five of Skrudd’s Krumpas. I finished these Boyz on December 8th. Krump dat lightbox As an
Finished up my first Orks, Skrudd and five of his Krumpas Read More »
Picking up a second-wave Indomitus box marks the first time since I got into 40k minis that I’ve bought models outside one of my chosen factions. I know I could Ebay the Necron half of my set and plow those funds into Orks or Blood Angels, but I’ve been looking ahead to 2021 (much of
A strong contender for a third 40k army, Necrons, and a Yore milestone Read More »
