I’ve been maintaining my hobby streak for miniature-painting (today is day 495), but over the past few months my pace has slowed considerably. I’m okay with that, and I stand by my philosophy on this: Any forward progress beats the zero progress I made for many, many years. Even if all I do is paint […]
40k army number three: Adeptus Custodes of the Dread Host Read More »
I’ve learned some lessons about drilling, magnetization, and efficient assembly over the past 14 months, and I applied all of them to “Ripfist” Gorg, my second Deff Dread for Moonkrumpa’s Megalootas. Had I done things this way with “Facepeela,” his build would have gone much more smoothly! Drill bullet holes before assembly Yeah, it works
I finished Da Fancy Wun last night, so while the varnish is curing I figured I’d post the WIP photos I took along the way. This is the final post in a five-post series documenting this Trukk. Assembly is in part one and part two, the color guide is in part three, and the finished
WIP it good: Da Fancy Wun, my Taurox Trukk conversion Read More »
I’ve been chipping away at some stuff, recovering from my sprint to wrap up my Killa Kan by the end of 2020. Remember when I said version 3.0 of my Warlord, Moonkrumpa, was his final form? I was wrong! I realized how off it felt to have the leader of an army of Orks with
WIP it good: puttering Read More »
Even though I built Moonkrumpa on November 16, I held off priming him because I couldn’t shake the feeling that he needed a bit more…something. That proved prescient, as I kitbashed him to good effect in December — but he still didn’t feel 100% done. Last week, I read a comment somewhere (Reddit, I think)
WIP it good: Moonkrumpa’s third iteration, first time magnetizing a miniature 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 »
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 »
While puttering away at this terrain, I stumbled across a battle report in White Dwarf #456 which features this same Manufactorum line. The view from above, unlike the photos on GW’s website, finally showed me what was going on with the middle of each ruined floor: hazard stripes! I laid down some 3mm Vallejo hobby
Hazard stripes on my Manufactorum ruins Read More »
Today I wrapped up three small terrain elements, a ruin and two pipes, from the Vertigus set — the first terrain I’ve ever painted. Weathering is a hoot. Applying Nihilakh Oxide for a verdigris effect just makes me happy. Rust (thinned-down Skrag Brown followed by spots of thinned-down Fire Dragon Bright) is surprisingly interesting to
My first finished terrain pieces Read More »
