So I've been spending a bit of time playing Eve recently. It has been fun, and I finally got me a Battleship. I also got PvP'd for the first time in I don't know how long today. For some reason I fond thist funny. Probably because the guy wasted his tome on me :) Or possibly because he did it in a frigate whilst I was in a cruiser. I really should have gone in with a core stabilizer, but oh well.
On th warhammer front I plan to get some more work done this week. We'll see how that goes.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Does this thing work?
So o thought that I would try out blogging from my touch. Seems to work, but I thought that I should actually try it and see :) So far so good. This is posted whilst I mine some ore in Eve. Gives me something to do.
Hope Christmas was good for everyone.
Hope Christmas was good for everyone.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Tale Of Painters - Fantasy/40k 09-10
Well, long time no posts. It seems that I'm really rather crap at this. But that's also a little true of any regular thing, where I have no deadlines or such looming over me. Well, for my painting, that has changed. I now have signed myself up for the Tale Of Painter, both Fantasy and 40k, on Warseer. This is going to be an interesting exercise.
Fantasy
I have organised myself a plan that covers the 2000(+) points that I need to paint over the year for ToFP. This will be 2000 points of Lizardmens, and will not include the unit of Saurus that I have already completed. There will be a wide range of units, but the core will revolve around blocks of Saurus Warriors.
Marching Skinks
Those are some of the first months goal, 24 Skinks, setup and waiting to be painted. Got the idea from someone else on Warseer who was doing Night Gobbies. These shouldn't be too hard to get done, and are all that I have atm. When next pay day happens will be buying a bunch of stuff, most importantly the Battalion box so I'll have heaps and heaps of new stuff to paint.
40k
For the 40k tale, I'm planning to do some tanks. That's really it. I want to expand my IG force to include tanks. At the moment I have 2 Leman Russ and a Chimera that I need to paint. All the turrets are FW ones, and I intend to make the future turrets for my Chimeras into Autocannon turrets. The success of this Tale is dependent on when I get my airbrush system set up. If, like I hope, its by the start of August, then we should be all good. If later, as I suspect, then bugger.
Armoured Might
Tank Construction
Other Items
This is mostly to show off my girlfriends painting. She has had, for many year, poked and prodded at Undead. I thought that I might show off those that are fully completed and based, as well as some of her Pirate Zombies.
Dire Wolves
Zombies
Pirate Zombies - WIP
Well that's it for now. Ill be back once I start up with the painting to show off how I'm going.
Fantasy
I have organised myself a plan that covers the 2000(+) points that I need to paint over the year for ToFP. This will be 2000 points of Lizardmens, and will not include the unit of Saurus that I have already completed. There will be a wide range of units, but the core will revolve around blocks of Saurus Warriors.
Marching Skinks
Those are some of the first months goal, 24 Skinks, setup and waiting to be painted. Got the idea from someone else on Warseer who was doing Night Gobbies. These shouldn't be too hard to get done, and are all that I have atm. When next pay day happens will be buying a bunch of stuff, most importantly the Battalion box so I'll have heaps and heaps of new stuff to paint.
40k
For the 40k tale, I'm planning to do some tanks. That's really it. I want to expand my IG force to include tanks. At the moment I have 2 Leman Russ and a Chimera that I need to paint. All the turrets are FW ones, and I intend to make the future turrets for my Chimeras into Autocannon turrets. The success of this Tale is dependent on when I get my airbrush system set up. If, like I hope, its by the start of August, then we should be all good. If later, as I suspect, then bugger.
Armoured Might
Tank Construction
Other Items
This is mostly to show off my girlfriends painting. She has had, for many year, poked and prodded at Undead. I thought that I might show off those that are fully completed and based, as well as some of her Pirate Zombies.
Dire Wolves
Zombies
Pirate Zombies - WIP
Well that's it for now. Ill be back once I start up with the painting to show off how I'm going.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Saurus Test Figure
Here is my first Saurus. I've gotten a ways through him, and am now just left to decide what to do with the contrast colour for the body. But lets have a looksee at him now.
This is after the first big step, covering him in red. First is a coat of Merchite Red, to gove a nice base to work on. Then comes a layer of Gore Red, which is heavily washed with Gryphon Sepia, to try to get a slightly browner ting. I don't think it worked like that, but it looks nice.
Next comes the details. At this stage I've taken photos, but havent done a couple of things, notably the wrist guards. Since then they have been made into gold, like the weapons.
The bone parts are copied from the guide to painting Saurus on the GW site. The gold is Shining Gold, followed by Dwarf Bronze, followed by Gryphon Sepia. I think it turned out well.
All that I have left to decide on is the contrasting colour. I'm leaning to the foundation colour Ochre, washed with, possibly, the red wash, and then hightlighted with Blazing orange. I'll see how that turns out.
This is after the first big step, covering him in red. First is a coat of Merchite Red, to gove a nice base to work on. Then comes a layer of Gore Red, which is heavily washed with Gryphon Sepia, to try to get a slightly browner ting. I don't think it worked like that, but it looks nice.
Next comes the details. At this stage I've taken photos, but havent done a couple of things, notably the wrist guards. Since then they have been made into gold, like the weapons.
The bone parts are copied from the guide to painting Saurus on the GW site. The gold is Shining Gold, followed by Dwarf Bronze, followed by Gryphon Sepia. I think it turned out well.
All that I have left to decide on is the contrasting colour. I'm leaning to the foundation colour Ochre, washed with, possibly, the red wash, and then hightlighted with Blazing orange. I'll see how that turns out.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Lizardmen 500 pts
The Hunting Pack of Zotician
"Zotician waited. The Skinks hunted his prey for him, and soon enough they would be found. The scent in the air told him that those he hunted were afraid. So they should be. Acoatzatl said they had stolen something from a nearby temple. Impudence such as this would be punished. Zotician knew that he would be the Old Ones instrument of vengence soon. For now, he waited."
Heros
Zotician, Saurus Scar-Veteran, Burning Blade of Chotec, The Maiming Shield, 135pts
Acoatzatl, Skink Priest, lvl 1 Wizard, Plaque of Tepok, 80pts
Core
16 Saurus Warriors, Full Command, 206pts
10 Skink Skirmishers, Skink Skirmisher Brave, 76pts
Total: 497pts
Fairly simple here. I got me the basic heroes that I want in a bigger army, and a small core force. This will be easy to expand into 1000pts by expanding the core units, and maybe grabbing a special unit to bolster them.
"Zotician waited. The Skinks hunted his prey for him, and soon enough they would be found. The scent in the air told him that those he hunted were afraid. So they should be. Acoatzatl said they had stolen something from a nearby temple. Impudence such as this would be punished. Zotician knew that he would be the Old Ones instrument of vengence soon. For now, he waited."
Heros
Zotician, Saurus Scar-Veteran, Burning Blade of Chotec, The Maiming Shield, 135pts
Acoatzatl, Skink Priest, lvl 1 Wizard, Plaque of Tepok, 80pts
Core
16 Saurus Warriors, Full Command, 206pts
10 Skink Skirmishers, Skink Skirmisher Brave, 76pts
Total: 497pts
Fairly simple here. I got me the basic heroes that I want in a bigger army, and a small core force. This will be easy to expand into 1000pts by expanding the core units, and maybe grabbing a special unit to bolster them.
Where Have I Been?
Well, that's easy to answer.
Unemployed.
So there has been no monies for the spending, at all, let alone on plastic crack. But there's a little income now, and hopefully more to come. So I'm starting up a plan: $20 a week, and no more then that. As it stands I have $40 set aside atm, and by the middle of this week I'll have another $20. With the standard box of a Warhammer Regiment costing $55, that means I can get something this week. At the moment I'm tossing up between Lizardmen Skinks or Saurus. Leaning towards the later, as that is less things to paint, and gives me a chance to plan a nice start to my army. I'll come back later with the beginnings of an army list, for 500pts, and then for 1000pts. These will probably not be very good fighting lists, but they will have what I want to use in them, so that's all that matters to me.
This amount a week also means that I can look towards expanding my IG army when the new book comes out. First on the list for them is some (I'm thinking like 6) Chimeras, to make my current force entirely mechanized. Then we can work on other things. But I need to see what the book has to say, so I can decide on what it is that I'm building. I want the give the Chimeras Autocannons for turrent weapons, so that may require a planned purchase from Forge Worl, but thats a ways down the line.
The last couple of days I have been working on getting some sceneary finished. I touched up the hedges that I have (painted and grassed the bases), built a pair of silos ( started painting them), base coated a crater I had made a some stage, painted the little hill for a standing stone (the first thing I ever made for scenary) and stuck them togeather, and made the first attempt at a hay stack. Currently the hay stack needs to finish drying (put to much PVA on part of it me thinks) before I can undercoat it. Once Im finished I will make a step by step of how it's done, so that others can see how its done.
Well, off to work out my little Lizardmen Lists.
Unemployed.
So there has been no monies for the spending, at all, let alone on plastic crack. But there's a little income now, and hopefully more to come. So I'm starting up a plan: $20 a week, and no more then that. As it stands I have $40 set aside atm, and by the middle of this week I'll have another $20. With the standard box of a Warhammer Regiment costing $55, that means I can get something this week. At the moment I'm tossing up between Lizardmen Skinks or Saurus. Leaning towards the later, as that is less things to paint, and gives me a chance to plan a nice start to my army. I'll come back later with the beginnings of an army list, for 500pts, and then for 1000pts. These will probably not be very good fighting lists, but they will have what I want to use in them, so that's all that matters to me.
This amount a week also means that I can look towards expanding my IG army when the new book comes out. First on the list for them is some (I'm thinking like 6) Chimeras, to make my current force entirely mechanized. Then we can work on other things. But I need to see what the book has to say, so I can decide on what it is that I'm building. I want the give the Chimeras Autocannons for turrent weapons, so that may require a planned purchase from Forge Worl, but thats a ways down the line.
The last couple of days I have been working on getting some sceneary finished. I touched up the hedges that I have (painted and grassed the bases), built a pair of silos ( started painting them), base coated a crater I had made a some stage, painted the little hill for a standing stone (the first thing I ever made for scenary) and stuck them togeather, and made the first attempt at a hay stack. Currently the hay stack needs to finish drying (put to much PVA on part of it me thinks) before I can undercoat it. Once Im finished I will make a step by step of how it's done, so that others can see how its done.
Well, off to work out my little Lizardmen Lists.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
What's Heppening in the IG?
Yesterday I decided I needed to figure out what I had, and what state it existed, in my IG army. I went through all the different boxes and such, and categorized each model by what role it played in the army. Then I tried to make an actual army list out of them. Turns out that I must have organised them at some previous time, because I had just the right numbers to make a really small army list (below). So now I know what I have, what needs to be painted, and what needs to be based. That's a good start. Next on the list will be sorting out what I can still make up from all the bits and pieces I have floating around. I know I can make at least 3 Heavy Weapons teams up, and they are all going to be Heavy Bolters. I might be able to scrap togeather some Missile Launcher teams as well, but I'm also looking into being able to make something to put into my current, singular, Chimera.
Basic Army List (really really really basic)
HQ:
Command Platoon
Command Squad
- Officer
- Medic
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- Rifleman
Support Squad
- 3x Mortar
Troops
1st Platoon
Command Squad
- Officer
- Medic
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- Rifleman
Squad A
- Sgt
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- Heavy Weapon Team
- 5 Riflemen
Squad B
- Sgt
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- Heavy Weapon Team
- 5 Riflemen
2nd Platoon
Command Squad
- Officer
- Medic
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- Rifleman
Squad A
- Sgt
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- 7 Riflemen
Squad B
- Sgt
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- 7 Riflemen
As I said, its the real simple kind of army list. But I have all the forces that I need to actually field it, were I to choose to. I also have a Leman Russ (and another in a box that needs assembling sometime) that I could use to bolster the forces, but for now my goal is to get this lot painted up.
Basic Army List (really really really basic)
HQ:
Command Platoon
Command Squad
- Officer
- Medic
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- Rifleman
Support Squad
- 3x Mortar
Troops
1st Platoon
Command Squad
- Officer
- Medic
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- Rifleman
Squad A
- Sgt
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- Heavy Weapon Team
- 5 Riflemen
Squad B
- Sgt
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- Heavy Weapon Team
- 5 Riflemen
2nd Platoon
Command Squad
- Officer
- Medic
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- Rifleman
Squad A
- Sgt
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- 7 Riflemen
Squad B
- Sgt
- Radioman
- Special Weapon
- 7 Riflemen
As I said, its the real simple kind of army list. But I have all the forces that I need to actually field it, were I to choose to. I also have a Leman Russ (and another in a box that needs assembling sometime) that I could use to bolster the forces, but for now my goal is to get this lot painted up.
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