New Year, New Look

Hey all,

I'm going to be spending some time playing with the look and layout today and tomorrow.

Be sure to let me know whet you think!

Since no blog post should be without a picture, did you know that I at one point in time I played Space Marines?

Hinged top doors and a magnetized rear hatch, Forge World goodies too!

Home, Sweet Home

I hope everyone enjoyed the Holidays.  I know I did.  We flew home today, so I spent most of the afternoon relaxing and getting the last half a level on my priest.  Yay 85!

No painting updates today, I haven't had a chance to work on anything since the last post.  I am hoping to knock out that 25 pt list before the week's out.  I'm going to throw my Type A personality out the window, and just git 'r dun and call it good enough.  Here's the list, in case you don't remember:

Points: 25
Commander Coleman Stryker (*6pts)
* Lancer (6pts)
* Defender (9pts)
* Ol'Rowdy (9pts)
Journeyman Warcaster (3pts)
* Charger (4pts)


All that's left really is dry-brushing the 'jacks, washing the metals and then details and basing.  I'm crossing my fingers.


I was able to make quite a few updates to my Army Lists page.  I've settled on Rhyas 25 and 35 pt lists, a Saeryn 35 pt list and a 100pt 2-caster Rhyas / Saeryn combo list.  I also boosted my 35pt pLylyth list to a 50 pt list.  I have no idea how great these will be since they are untested, but I need to get rid of some Legion models in favor of some Khador, so making some lists will help with that.


Yes, I'm a faction-aholic.  However, however...  Khador was my first faction.  I'm allowed to return to my roots, right?  Remember:  The more diverse my collection, the more diverse the blog posts and tutorials!

I realize this post seems a bit bipolar.  I jumped around a lot, and I'm sorry for the lack of coherency.  So, in lieu of a picture (every blog post should have a picture for prettiness, according to Hadyn over at Lyoss is Burning (thecsharian on the PP forums)), I'm going to attempt to embed a Youtube video.  This a peek at what you're missing if you haven't experienced the new Tron movie:

I suggest viewing in 1080p, full screen, volume on full.

Happy 2011

Well, Happy New Year!

What's your resolution?  Mine is to play my Wii Fit for at least half an hour, 3 times a week.  I have a feeling that everyone in my apartment complex will be crowding into the little exercise room, so instead, I'll be doing Yoga, Hoola Hoops and other silly things in my pajamas!  This will go nicely with my wife's goal of cooking more and cooking healthier.  Hopefully that'll give my fat self the ol' one-two knockout!

In the Realm of Models, I'm over a week behind, but with lots of family in town, that was bound to happen.  I have gotten some done though.  Here are a few highlights:

Stryker!  I hit all the models I had done thus far with my Asurman Blue wash.  It added depth in crevasses and really shaded his cloak.  Unfortunately, it also knocks the shade of the entire model down quite a bit.  Thus, dry brushing!  I dry brushed most of Stryker with the base color:  Enchanted Blue.  Here's a before dry brush and after dry brush comparison:

After wash

After dry brushing

You can see how the dry brushing strengthens the high parts that would catch the most light.  It's subtle, but noticeable.

I also spent some time on Ol' Rowdy.  His big shoulder thing got quite a bit of attention:

I dry brushed everything that had blue.  I used a big brush for the legs,  gauntlet and shoulderpad and a smaller one for the head and body armor areas. Since I haven't done any washes or shading on the metalics, I wasn't too worried about getting blue on them.

The wash didn't give me the depth in the upper torso seams as I'd like.  I'll have to black line them and the seam that goes through the Cygnus.  The yellow will also need some touch-ups, and I'm not sure how I'm going to shade it.  I brought orange with me, so I may just try and work that in.


Lastly, I had forgotten that the Squire was part of my 25 pt list (or at least in one version) so I quickly put some color onto him.  He's just too cute!

The Cygnus' will be yellow, the sight on his side will be silver, as will his toes.  I had no idea that he had little leather packs on his sides, so I'll paint those in the same style I'll be doing the leather breeches on the warrior models:  Dark Brown (cheapo acrylic) -> Graveyard Earth -> Gryphonne Sepia -> Graveyard Earth highlights.

What color should I do for the little "eye" in the front?  I'm thinking a nice, bright blue!

My biggest problem with these models is the fact that there's 4 coats of primer on them.  There's so much detail that's been obscured.  Oh well.  I have to get over the fact that they need to be perfect the first time.  I need to get them done, on the table and then if I want, I can strip and re-paint one model / unit at a time.  Otherwise, nothing will ever get completed!