Wednesday, 15 May 2013

The end is nigh

So here we go we're almost there, which is good because it's throne of skulls is this weekend!
So I've added all the squad markings to the 2nd tactical squad and tidied up and added extra detail to the drop pod.
So looking good there and last night i finished the ravenwing squad here we are.




Not really happy with the wings yet, but they'll do for now. I'll revisit them if time allows.
Now onto the final squad the Deathwing knights, these are based coloured and ink washed, so tournament legal, just want to get them on a level with the rest, then i can check my army and make sure it's not missing any pieces.

Sunday, 12 May 2013

Dreadnoughts and Disasters

So i've been working away this week in the south west, which has been an unpleasant experience as the local  is deeply unpleasant and played merry hell with me. Anyway i finished tactical squad 2 all but the squad numbers and free hand.
And the sergeant who is the dark vengeance captain with a head from the veterans sprue.





Then i moved onto the drop pod that caused the biggest problem of the week and almost gave me a heart attack. So it started like this.
And i'm painting away, dry brushing on scorch marks   couple of pots of paint open(there's an error here)
and then the drop pod is quite suddenly like this.
And a pot of wurm green(really quite bright and vivid i use it for highlight) is propelled across the room and over my red hotel carpet.(i may have made a noise that defies the alphabet).  so thankfully it's scotchguarded so i'm pouring water onto the carpet and using my shirt to mop it up and its working, oh crap there's more over there and there how did it get that far. 
It's on my jeans and i'm slowly painting more carpet as i clean up these bits. So that realised off come the jeans, oh shit green footprints in the bathroom trainers in the sink wash them and finally done. Heart attack over. Time to put toys away.
Now i'm home so i've finished this guy bar the name scroll still waiting for that only two units left to do for friday.





Sunday, 5 May 2013

Lots of progress tonight

So quite a bit done this evening, first up the scout squad, led by Veteran Sergeant Namaan. I got him off ebay a while ago for my smurf scout army but  i decided that he should go to his home in the dangles in Godins army.
He has had a sniper rifle modeled of to satisfy any WYSIWYG nazis just in case, but they are thankfully a dying breed. probably due to the lack of breeding opportunities.
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And finally just to make a bit of progress with the new units the dreadnought ride.
One big lump of resin the forge world drop pod.
Outside needs a lot of work inside nearly done.

Saturday, 4 May 2013

Late night devastation

So been a while since i did this and hopefully much longer before i do it again but i had to finish these.
So here we have one devastator squad, this is four rocket launchers with the flak upgrade.( not a fan of these with my death budgies but hey ho)
And here a close of the sergeant
And the first two marines
and the last two marines 

at some point i'm sure i'll end up painting the rest of the squad(ablative armour) to complete the list

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Tactical Squad 1 and Kit Bash Dreadnought

So tactical squad 1 is complete and is shown in it's shininess below
And here is the sergeant close up
And the squad from another angle
and now to the dreadnought i came to make this dread  from the various bits of dread sprues i've had lying around for years, and couldn't find them all! COCK! Right then  i have a built dread missing pieces i have pieces, okay multi melta from black reach, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T FUCKING FIT ON A NORMAL DREADNOUGHT TORSO! COCK! Razor saw, twat around , cut front of sarcophagus off , cut legs of cut more bloody torso off, fit legs bend toes, find shin pads, turner hammer into scythe, BOLLOCKS NO HEAVY FLAMER ARMS! COCK! okay cut off bolter find heavy flamer in bits box stick fuel tanks on back. Oooooooh Chain , cool doesn't look twatty. right attach banner, yep that works  NEED Scrolls. Got them cool and that'll do.
And there you go welcome to my thought process.
Needs shin pads sticking on but they'll go on once the legs are painted.

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Command squad done!

So i finished the squad on sunday and i've now hot 4 squads base coloured and washed, or as Robyn occasionally tells me DONE!
 Now just to bring them up to table top and all that's left is the deathwing knights (working up to them) which are, the ravenwing bikes, dreadnought and drop pod(not built not even in the house yet) and we're done so here's some termies



And just for comedy value something i saw at work today, not sure how someone can use this much wood to build something this shit

Saturday, 13 April 2013

Dark Angels

I moved house last year in a rush, and a friend worked his arse off to make that happen. So this is his almost finished death wing command squad and librarian that will lead his army. I have to have the whole lot done for the 18th of may for throne of skulls. I'd better get a shift on.