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 Red_Ink_Cat wrote:

morgoth wrote:
Sorry for your loss, but can you appreciate the happiness of all those who are not going to be gouged buying oop models ?

I can't wait for them to completely shatter the price on the metal Eldar Bone Singer.

Dammit... I had not thought that might happen. They are doing the recasts in metal though, right?

As far as I know ... yes. it would make a ton of sense from a production perspective at least.

Edit/posting podcast interview with Aaron Dembski-Bowden, rearranging 30K Death Guard into different troop/elite units to paint, reading some super secret review stuff, preparing for podcast interview with GW's Phil Kelly tomorrow re: his Damocles novel (& other work), and window shopping CSMs as I read the new FAQ and my willpower slumps

Right now I am trying to get back into painting. i find it too easy to get discouraged when i just can't get something to go on right, or when paints end up too thick or when I say, drop the guy i've been working on all day and he breaks into many sad pieces...

I have to just keep trying.

 amazingturtles wrote:
Right now I am trying to get back into painting. i find it too easy to get discouraged when i just can't get something to go on right, or when paints end up too thick or when I say, drop the guy i've been working on all day and he breaks into many sad pieces...

I have to just keep trying.

Check your paint. Compare it to other paints that you know are smooth, some paints have a certain graininess to them even if you water them down, usually when they've been dried out before.

Also, go out and get pinning supplies and some Privateer Press brown stuff. Those are all you need to never have to worry about assembly again. Pinning and filling will build your miniatures to last.

And today I am painting up some screamers for a burning chariot.

That is good advice and i will try to take it! It's just a pity that one of my favorite paints is grainy, but yeah, thinking back it totally got too dry once before.

Doing my best to annoy the history buffs by making a WWII-era Soviet APC to face off against my alt-history Germans (...and nothing to do with me having a spare T-34 just sitting there after I bought that kit to cannibalise the turret from to make a T-44 at some point).

I'm putting the very last touches on my Centurions, and assembling the Gray Hunters from Start Collecting: Space Wolves.

 Red_Ink_Cat wrote:
Finished off painting a third Harlequin, so now I have one red, one blue, and one green. I think the next one will be purple, but before I can get to work on that, I am goin to try to get through my entry for the Painting Competition - a Blood Angels Terminator Captain.

(How can the rest of you get so much hobbying done? I feel like I'm over here twiddling my thumbs to only be finishing one infantry model every week or so; while I see people finishing off tanks in a few days left and right on here.)

First, you're not allowed to post any more until you upload pics of those harlies

Second, I paint only to tabletop standard and I won't play with unpainted models---and to my benefit I don't play any 'systems' other than AoS.
Everything I paint is going to be used in one of GW's board games so there's a definite number (30-50 infantry guys or so).
Vehicles, for my standard, are actually easier to paint than a squad of infantry.

Before turkey food coma sinks in, priming and assembling some *beeeeep* models, reading a *beeeep* book for a review tomorrow night.

Painting demons, especially Tzeentch demons is not only timely but it is great practice as they are forgiving models and so diverse you can do just about anything. Whereas Nurgle models can look great by mistake or dumping too much yuckiness on them, Tzeentch is a riot of bright colors (usually) so keep at it, dude.

Not much giving today but I did get my Avalon Class Battlecruiser assembled for Dropfleet Commander.

Ordered a pair of Cygnar Grenadier wajacks that were discounted.

Now all I need is to find a Thorn...

painting up a kitbashed GSC missile launcher weapon team

Put a bit more paint on the shop bloodthirster today, and got beaten in spectacular fashion in 40k


I was using my Tyberos Sharks list, 1500 points, against a Smurf army of gladius strike force. I was already outnumbered, but the situation was made worse when, on turn 2, the terminator squad which contained the librarian and Tyberos both, decided to scatter into a building and roll a 1 on the deepstrike chart

Converting 30K Death Guard into new units; planning Thousand Sons purchases for when I can afford them, Painting some Space Wolves, recording podcast interviews for a special episode on Reflections: A Decade of Horus Heresy, in a few weeks.

Trying to write a battle report, which has turned into quite a challenge.

Built both BB teams from the box yesterday. Have the orcs primed black and hoping for a couple of non-rainy days to spray coat (I brush primered the orcs) the humans.

Half-heartedly painting the chaos wizard and SW lord from Prospero. My heart's really not into that, at all.

Giving my Panther II its third rebuild. Its a model which hasn't been prioritised much, so every time I come back to it I have another idea for it.

At this point only the lower hull and a bit of the front and back are from the original kit. The tracks are from the Tiger II, the turret's a resin one (itself covered in plasticard and extended at the back - with an infrared sighted MG42 on the cupola), it has a jet engine in the back and the whole thing's plastered in extra armour.

The end result looks very Predator like actually. ...Side sponsons would be a tad overkill though.

Today, I ordered the BB box. I'm enthusiastic about the new release.

Recording more Horus Heresy interviews, reading Master of Mankind (slowly ), working on splitting up 30K Death Guard into squads/unit types, painting some SW and hopefully a little skitarii, and reading new book to prepare this weekend's review.

My Conan Kickstarter finally arrived. Got to base and base coat the minis in it for (Eventual) painting extravaganza!

More reading, writing and painting skitarii & SW

Pinned and assembled one of my Cygnar Grenadiers.

Unfortunately may have a glue problem so may not be able to assemble the other one tomorrow night.

Today I am painting bases for a squad of cultists that I 'm taking for a some Kill Team play this Saturday. My Thousand Son squad needs some friends

Assembling some Vanguard Veterans for my Smurf army

Destroyer lord and his suite!

Discovered that my glue was still not quite dead yet, so I pinned and assembled my second Grenadier.

For construction, all I have left is the GMCA, and I need it to warm up a little and not be as humid so I can get some priming and then some painting done.

Painting SW, prepping Traitor Legions supplement for review tomorrow late late night. Priming if the weather gods be kind.

 VeteranNoob wrote:
Edit/posting podcast interview with Aaron Dembski-Bowden, rearranging 30K Death Guard into different troop/elite units to paint, reading some super secret review stuff, preparing for podcast interview with GW's Phil Kelly tomorrow re: his Damocles novel (& other work), and window shopping CSMs as I read the new FAQ and my willpower slumps

I'll have to listen to that! ADB is my super=fave GW writer.





As for me, I just built this Firestorm Redoubt over the Thanksgiving break, but it's too humid to prime right now. Sigismund is not amused with my lack of progress.

Got more m1a1's for team yankee.

struggling with camo.

patiently waiting for my battle foam bag to get here.

Today I have put together and painted two space marines. They aren't fully finished but that's a lot in one day for me so, hooray for accomplishment!