With an overnight cure for my primer (might be overkill, but why not be safe?) and an overnight dry for texture paint, I need to plan my miniature queue at least two days ahead of where I currently am. I like to have something I’m painting, something else ready to paint, and stuff to build […]
WIP it good: Narses and Squad Ultio Read More »
After cluttering up Narses’ scenic base a bit, I primed him and got to work on the base. (I always base first so that I can wash and drybrush without worrying about ruining the model.) I didn’t notice Yriel Yellow was a layer paint until I was already applying it, but it’s the color I
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After ruining my Scouts’ camo cloaks with overzealous highlighting, I thought about my options, slept on it, and settled on the path that sounded the most reasonable to me: Repaint them in Mechanicus Standard Grey, allowing me to leave their necks alone and helping hide any areas I miss For the camo, stick with Celestra
Fixed Squad Cain’s cloaks and finished them up Read More »
Over the past few days I worked on my converted Scouts, Squad Cain. The camo cloaks were an interesting challenge, and unfortunately they went from so-so to pretty good for my skill level to destroyed. These guys are new territory for me: The last time I painted camo was on model tanks when I was
WIP it good: Scouts on the painting desk Read More »
I built my first Blood Angel, Sergeant Karios, on March 11. I finished Squad Karios, 2nd Company, 1st Squad, last night, on April 8. My army is officially under way! Fire up the Emperor’s holy Auspex I’m experimenting with the white background in my lightbox, and so far I like it. These are the most
Squad Karios: complete! Read More »
I like being able to roll right from one painting project into the next, so my workflow always has a couple of tracks paralleling the main one — in this case, getting my Scouts fully based so that the models will be ready to paint when my tactical squad is completed. I let the texture
WIP it good: final three in Squad Karios, rolling on Squad Cain Read More »
I worked on two more Blood Angels from Thursday to Saturday and finally got them wrapped up on Saturday night. This was a weird, busy week without as much painting time as I’d hoped — but the painting time I squeezed in was fun, and I’m happy with these two Marines. Side note: When I
WIP it good: battle-brothers six and seven Read More »
Even though we’ve been in isolation for three weeks now, these past couple days have felt different. Stay safe out there, everyone — and by “out there” I mean at home, if at all possible. As ever, I fit in a bit of hobby time. With five painted in March, the rest of Squad Karios
WIP it good: on the back 50% of Squad Karios Read More »
March was a productive month for me, miniature-wise: I painted 16 miniatures! As far as I can remember, this is the most figures I’ve ever painted in a single month. Painted 11 Space Hulk Terminators, completing my set Squad Karios: painted 5 Space Marines, primed and based 5 Space Marines Squads Dolos and Ultio, Dreadnought
March miniature progress Read More »
I stopped painting in pure assembly-line style (like I was doing last month), moved to two at a time, and now am experimenting with a “soft” assembly line: two on the handles, the rest of the squad nearby to make sure no paint goes to waste. Do the gold on my main two, finish it
WIP it good: the “soft” assembly line Read More »
