Weekend Update

So, pretty busy weekend, but not much model progress.  Saturday started off with a miniature gaming swap meet - made some trades, sold a few things and made a few friends.  Saturday night saw my wife and I all dressed up and going to a local theater production of Oklahoma at Arena Stage.  Thanks for the free tickets Eric!  It was a blast, and was very fun.

Sunday started as a 'clean the house' day but was quickly derailed by going to go see Megamind!  A pretty funny movie, we enjoyed it.  Thanks for the free tickets Andrew!  (My friends are awesome!)  After some very tasty beef stew, I hunkered down with a pair of movies and finished the Circle battlebox I'm working on.

Sadly, the camera batteries were low, so I only got a few shots.  Perhaps I'll have better ones tomorrow.  Anyway, here's the last Argus:

And a battlegroup shot:

pKaya and the Feral Warpwolf have arc marking in brass on their base rings, but since the Argii have 360° front arcs, they don't need arc markings.  The three newer models need to get static grass, and all four need to be sealed, but I'll await final approval before the 'Ardcoat.

I think they all turned out pretty darn well!

More Orboros!

So, last weekend when I wasn't at the Rally to Restore Sanity, I was working on the Feral Warpwolf.  I finished him tonight, and I'm fairly happy with how he turned out:

I also touched up the Argus a bit more:

Lastly, pKaya's cloak got some subtle shading.  Sadly, it doesn't show much in the photos:

So, to finish this off, here's a group shot:

Rawr!  Just the last Argus to go!

pKaya and a puppy!

So, I'm painting a Circle Orboros warpack for a friend.   I already had an Argus painted, so I was effectively 1/4 the way done already!  He wanted a very traditional scheme, so I've been working on the warcaster Kaya in my free time (I've been tired and sick lately, on top of really trying to clean up around the house).  Here's what I am after about 2 nights of time on her (~4 hours a night with TV shows or movies on, so realistically 2 hours a night):

You'll notice I've bronzed the silver the Argus had last we saw him.  It really makes him pop - previously the model looked very dark and bland.  I'm particularly happy with pKaya's face (oddly enough, painted during an episode of Lie to Me).

Her cape will remain black, but it will get mild highlights.  I also need to do her base to match the Argus' base.  I will probably wait to do bases until I've gotten the other Argus and the Feral Warpwolf to that stage.  I'm thinking the Feral will be some nice shades of brown and the other Argus will be sort of beagle or collie colored - medium brown and white spots or something similar.  I just hope that doesn't look too gimmicky.  If it does, there's always the paint stripper!

Anyways, I owed the blog an update, so.  That's what I've been up to.

Oh, here's something else I was up to.  While sick with that nasty cold last weekend, I got all these based while watching a movie marathon (Batman Begins, Batman: The Dark Knight, Star Trek (2009))

Yes, I just took the picture as I'm writing this.

That's the Legion of Everblight Warpack, two Stingers (Thanks Andrew!), a pair of Harriers, a Nephilim Bolt Thrower, a Raek, and a Sorceress on Hellion.

Getting stuff done, yay!!

An Argus

Oh, look, puppy!