Warwitch Deneghra complete

New Picture!
(to show scale & and because she is so tiny!)


So I lied and uploaded both in order to show off the colors better/more matte. The model is matte as hell, no shine at all, I made sure the metallic paints were muted with washes, necromancers shouldn't polish their armor, they should be raising the dead steam-powered machines that fight for them.

For my first model of warmachine I decided to paint my warcaster. She came in 3 piece, all of which were painted separately. I spent about 5 hours of actual painting time, trying out different color patterns and such. These pics were taken in yellow light and therefore suck ass, I'm going to get a white bulb for that lamp tomorrow. Reason for this color scheme, she's a necromancer, shes cold and dead, very matte and dark scheme.





And one "in-progress" pic

WARMACHINE is here! Yay!

So holy crap what a good day. First I live blog at an event and get food at that and another event, then warmachine comes in the mail. Basically on a whim, just like with warhammer, we (I) bought 3 of the 4 starting armies, their paints, and their power decks. For the next 3 days, I will be updating with unboxing photos, assembly photos, and painting photos, as obviously you have to paint your miniatures before you can play them. Oh this is going to be so much fun! :D

Tyranid Hive Tyrant & Wings

Close Combat hive tyrant




The wings I purchased for him

Batrep & a rainbow

So tonight Tim and I (anthony) played our first real match, it was 2 objectives, my nids against his marines.

And now for the rainbow story. So it was raining and sunny out, it was an all around shitty day. Anyway, I go to the window and look towards Center City like I always do, and BAM!!!! HUGE ASS RAINBOW!!!

"Holy shit!," I said, "This is probably the gayest thing I've ever said, but that is one amazing ass rainbow, you guys gotta come see this thing!"
They came quickly and it was a good thing they did, the rainbow began to fade ever so slighty. I ran to get my camera and got it just as it was fading. Seriously, best rainbow ever.



Oh, and here are pics from earlier in the storm system when it was hailing outside pretty badly. The hail only lasted maybe 2 minutes, but that was a loud 2 minutes (even through 1" thick windows).






Battle Report

Seargent complete

So, update time. I've completed one more model in the free time I have these days :( This guy has 13 colors of paint on him. All I have to do is my my genesis chapter shoulder pad pieces and he's done. He has been clear coated with matte spray to prevent him from chipping, the shine is a lot more dull in person.

Back to Space Marines!

Well, in order to actually complete my Bolter and Chainsword librarium painting challenge pledge (mouthfull that is), I'm painting space marines. I have 5 completed, 5 that are red and need backpack+gun+heraldices. I will complete the painting of the bodies tonight and maybe post more pics before I go to bed. Here is what I have so far:

Update!

OMFG!!!! This is the 8th time I'm trying to post this...

Progress - Tyranids

So today I did some more tyranid work and I'm happy with the results. I don't know the name of the hive I'm painting, but it is an official hive and I think this will be a good army to help people learn to play as a strong offensive player.

Here is a picture of the detailing I'm attempting




I also figured I'd try a new trick I saw at the mall, hot wire cutting.
Now, I do not have a hot wire cutter, so I just picked a size 6 xacto blade and put it in a candle flame. Here are the results



So just to quickly go over what I did to get this clean cut and nice connection.

1. Cut a magnet into the devourer gun arm.
2. Cut a hole in the warrior torso that matched the angle and pitch of the arm magnet.
3. Put both arms in place, test fit position.
4. Applied plastic cement and super glue to the left warrior arm on both ends, sticking it in place to the gun arm (right arm).
   
5. I let it dry for 5 minutes.
6. Lit a candle.
7. Heated my blade for 10 seconds.
8. Place it in the spot shown above and pressed gently
9. Goto 7 until blade goes through arm.

At that point, since I had position the magnet very very carefully, I was able to place the arm back in place and have a near flawless reattachment, rather than having to magnetize two different arms. I like this result a lot and will do this from now on.