In the last post I waxed lyrical about the overall amount of terrain required for a good game, terrain types and ensuring a gaming table includes a good mix of those …more
Canopy Transfers and Sticky Resin
I’ve spent the last week or so painting all the parts for my Guardian bikes in sub assemblies. There is not much to say about these. As usual with the …more
How Much Terrain?
In planning the one day blitz the question occurred of how much terrain, and of what types, I’d need to make. It’s something I’ve always liked the idea of formularising …more
A week of molding and casting
This last week has involved a lot of casting and molding in an effort to get the bikes ready. First, I cast up 4 left and 4 right pilot arms. …more
Zooming off the Production Line
The 40k campaign that will be kicking off soon has massively reinvigorated my interest in my Eldar. I’ve selected an initial 500 points that includes multiple models I haven’t painted, …more
Manticore, Part 2
After gap filling I moved on to how to attach the wings. The resin is very thin and the wings are large and in the case of the left one …more
Taking Stock
RIGHT! It’s been over a year since I actively worked on this project, but a new escalation league at my club (which I’m running) is bringing it back onto the …more
Chaos Manticore Part 1
Thanks to my amazing mum I received the Raging Heroes Manticore for Christmas. I’ve been away from home for a couple of weeks and every day has passed with me …more
Sculpting Chaos Warrior Tassets (Hip Armour)
In the last post I mentioned that one of the Chosen sculpts already has Chaos Warrior style hip armour which I would need to replicate on the other Warriors, as …more
Pre-Sculpting Shots
I’ve progressed 4 Chaos Warriors to the point where they now need detail sculpting on them. Yes, 4! Nobody ever said this would be a quick project. Although I dislike …more
Marauding We Will Go
Once my Dark Vengeance Chosen kits arrived, fiddling with potential Chaos Warrior conversions definitely distracted me from the Marauders for a while. Recently though I’ve been paying attention to the …more
Chaos Warriors, Part 2
At the end of the last post I mentioned that the walking Chosen legs were posing me the most difficulty. I think that’s because they are very similar to the …more
Chaos Warriors, Part 1
(Note: I used to have links to the mentioned GW kits in this post, but Games Workshop has a very nasty habit of changing their URLs without implementing redirects, leading …more
Marauder Concepts
As established in the intro to this log the Chaos Marauder models are very old and have a number of flaws, in particular: Essentially only two leg poses, neither of …more
Inspiration
I’m beginning this plog with an inspiration post. This will be a “living post” that I’ll update with new links whenever I find something. Armybook Artwork Disparity between the …more
First test bases
The jig appears to work well. I first sprayed the entire bases black, using Army Painter black primer. The Army Painter primer in my experience is tougher than Citadel spray …more
Shambling off the Production Line
The first Necrons in identifiable anthropomorphic form are up and shambling around on my desk. The less said about the amount of time it took me to get all these …more
Robotic Rust
With the Wood Elf Blood Bowl Pitch safely behind me I’ve turned my attention back to 40k projects. Some converted Fire Dragons got a lick of paint (they won’t be …more
Making a Painting Jig for Bases
Fresh from finishing my blood bowl pitch, I was pretty eager today to get back into some 40k modelling. Like most gamers I have tonnes of unfinished projects, the most …more
Completed Pitch (More or Less)
It’s now reached that point in a project where I have really run out of energy and I am just looking at the things I don’t like about the pitch. …more
Pouring the Stream
One of the end zones in Wildwood Meadows is a small forest creek or stream. The stream bed has been prepared for ages and this weekend while visiting Cardiff I …more
Painting Gorfragg’s Gitflinga’s
While most of my attention in the last couple of months has been on finishing Wildwood Meadows, I’ve also been chipping away at the Orc team now and again, mostly …more
Basing the Case
I painted the inside panel of the case in off-white emulsion. I used a bit of crackle glaze to “age” the panel, but not too much as the transfers I …more
A Proper Case
The large magnets are enough to hold the pitch together quite comfortably when closed, but for further reassurance I attached a couple of spiffy looking clips. And, of course, our …more
The End Game
Since yesterday’s post I have very much entered the home stretch on my custom Blood Bowl pitch. I know I’ve said that before in this log but as I write …more