I'm buying a desk to put into me room. That way I'll have my own space to paint. Also getting a new bookshelf at the same time.Clean and efficient storage for all of them warhammers. That's proper English. Yup. Very much looking forward to getting that sometime this week or next. Will speed up the production of my painting no end.
Morbie out.
Sunday, 21 April 2013
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Oh golly it's some more pictures.
Hey again y'all.
I thought I'd entertain you with a few pictures.
First up we have an image of the area I'm currently using to paint in. Very messy. Also perched on the edge of the dining room table. Which is why it is messy. I have no room so it's all crammed in there. I'm getting a desk put in my room soon, so I'll finally maybe have some space of my own to hobby it up.
Next up we have a box of undercoated things! I went through literally all the remaining chaos black spray I had. Which is an issue. Especially as I missed a bit. Mainly on the scythes for the deathshroud.
So the full list of undercoated minis in here:
20x Legionaires.
1x Rapier laser battery (with 2x crew)
5x Deathshroud.
I thought I'd add in an image of Necron army too. Currently have 2 more immortals awaiting their baptism by oil. The Lord is still awaiting another looking at. Tomb Stalker has body work almost done. Then come the legs ._. And then we have a ghost ark to complete.
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Another pictureless update
Because I mostly find the time to update this when I'm not actually anywhere near the models, or a camera for that matter, still no pictures! (my bad)
At any rate, I thought a quick update was in order.
We're going to cover a few things such as current and future projects, paint schemes (many-other-colours) and actually that's pretty much it. Huh. Could have sworn there was more.
Necrons:
So first up we have the current projects. The primary focus is the Necron army commission. The current state of things is two squads of warriors done, along with the overlord. Though I'm not happy with the overlord. Looks too bland for an overlord. Might do a bit of gold work on it to make it stand out from the grey horde.
Two Immortals are done. One just needs its baptism by nuln oil. I hope to get at least one more immortal done tonight. Getting all of them done would be quite something.
As a way to mix things up a bit, I've started work on the Forge World Canoptek Tomb Stalker. Absolutely brilliant model to paint. Or the carapace body thing is. the legs may be a bit of a different matter. Have to do a lot of clean up on them. I'm going to be painting this model to a very high standard as it's pretty much the centerpiece of the entire army. Considering doing a lighting effect around the eyes.
The ghost arc will then come along after I've finished that up. I don't look forward to it. It will be hell.
On to my own projects!
Death Guard:
So if you don't know already, I purchased a Forge World army. Pre-Heresy Death Guard. I painted one legionary up, though I may revisit it an make it a much crisper paint job. Also have the Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought done. Mostly. A lot of weathering details need to happen yet. Other then those two, there's the following to go:
Rapier Laser Destroyer, Deathshroud terminators, Legion Champion and Master of the Signal, 29 more Tac marines.
I've been talking to a few other painters from around the world who are also starting new armies up, and we're grouping up to paint this shizzle up... yo. So each week over the course of a few months we'll have a different unit to paint, keeping each other updated on our progress.
Tau:
This is a possibility. Not sure if it's going to happen or not. But it might.
I like tau. They were my first 40k army ever. Battlesuits are cool. And although I've now lost/converted/sold all of my original Tau models, I still love them. Probably the only race in 40k who aren't massive wanks.
So anyway, I frequently stalk around in the background of a site called coolminiornot.com and there was a wonderful WIP thread showing the progress of a scratch built Tau Titan made from two Hammerheads, some plasticard, and a ton of skill. And then the crator put it on ebay. I've placed a bid. If I get it, then Tau army is a go! If not.. I'll probably look at commissioning one from him using Riptides as the base.
Now the issue is, that if I do get this, I need to paint it. Well. Because not doing credit to that model with a brilliant paint job would be a crime. I have some old fire warriors left over from a previous attempt to start a tau army from about 2 years back. So I'll spend some time this weekend trying out colour schemes and find one that will work on battlesuits well. I would like the force to be primarily battlesuits. Maybe purple. Possibly green.
On the subject of colour schemes, I'm dredging this picture back up.
Why? Because I'mma tell y'all how to paint it. Sorta. We'll do a more detailed one some time soon showing step by step pictures as well.
So The necron warrior!
I start by undercoating black, I suggest two things here:
Use spray.
Don't assemble the model fully prior to undecoating. You'll end up having to go back and get in gaps with black on a brush. and that's never smooth and thin.
After this I mix Abaddon Back and Lothern Blue and a bit of water to thin it down. Abbadon black is really thick.. It's pretty much a 3:3:1 mix.. This mix is that wonderful blue grey colour. If yours looks lighter then the picture, don't worry, it'll fix later.
This is applied to all the raised armour plates of the model, gun included.
All joints, pistons, blades, back-of-the-head, are then given a coat of Leadbelcher. (I still think 'Boltgun Metal' sounds better).
The hexagonal shape in the center of the chest and the energy coils on the gun are coated in a slightly watered down coat of kantor blue.
The raised surface on the hexagon is gently painted with lothern blue. I suggest using a small amount of paint and the edge of a fine detail brush to accomplish this. The energy coils on the gun are also highlighted with lothern blue, as are the eyes.
Now then, the tricky part. The barrel of the gun. It's hard enough to get the thing undercoated black due to the type of plastic it's made out of. Definitely need spray paint for it.
Now there are two ways to do it, one is just an extra step longer, and was only done for the test model above. On the finished product, you really can't tell the difference at all. So we'll just go for the quicker way this time.
Start by using slightly watered down kantor blue, and painting it in thin, wiggly lines along the barrel, branching out and stopping, merging with others etc. I then took watered down Altdorf Guard Blue and painted along these lines. When I say along, I mean inside of. Leaving a bit of kantor blue on the outside makes it look that little bit more special. Lothern blue is then watered down, though not my much, and is used in the same way the Altdorf Guard Blue was.
Finally, (and this is where the model would be fully assembled) I take out me pot of nuln oil and go to town. Not to the point where the wash is dripping off the necron, but a good even coat is applied over the entire mini. This serves to tie all the colours together, tone the sharp Lothern Blue back a bit, and give an overall grimdark appearance to the model.
So there you go! How to paint necrons, made easy. Although, most necron players just slap some leadbelcher on and call it a day...
How to paint necrons that look unique! Made easy.
That's all for me today... unless I manage to get pictures up. Ha. Wouldn't that be something.
Morbie out.
At any rate, I thought a quick update was in order.
We're going to cover a few things such as current and future projects, paint schemes (many-other-colours) and actually that's pretty much it. Huh. Could have sworn there was more.
Necrons:
So first up we have the current projects. The primary focus is the Necron army commission. The current state of things is two squads of warriors done, along with the overlord. Though I'm not happy with the overlord. Looks too bland for an overlord. Might do a bit of gold work on it to make it stand out from the grey horde.
Two Immortals are done. One just needs its baptism by nuln oil. I hope to get at least one more immortal done tonight. Getting all of them done would be quite something.
As a way to mix things up a bit, I've started work on the Forge World Canoptek Tomb Stalker. Absolutely brilliant model to paint. Or the carapace body thing is. the legs may be a bit of a different matter. Have to do a lot of clean up on them. I'm going to be painting this model to a very high standard as it's pretty much the centerpiece of the entire army. Considering doing a lighting effect around the eyes.
The ghost arc will then come along after I've finished that up. I don't look forward to it. It will be hell.
On to my own projects!
Death Guard:
So if you don't know already, I purchased a Forge World army. Pre-Heresy Death Guard. I painted one legionary up, though I may revisit it an make it a much crisper paint job. Also have the Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought done. Mostly. A lot of weathering details need to happen yet. Other then those two, there's the following to go:
Rapier Laser Destroyer, Deathshroud terminators, Legion Champion and Master of the Signal, 29 more Tac marines.
I've been talking to a few other painters from around the world who are also starting new armies up, and we're grouping up to paint this shizzle up... yo. So each week over the course of a few months we'll have a different unit to paint, keeping each other updated on our progress.
Tau:
This is a possibility. Not sure if it's going to happen or not. But it might.
I like tau. They were my first 40k army ever. Battlesuits are cool. And although I've now lost/converted/sold all of my original Tau models, I still love them. Probably the only race in 40k who aren't massive wanks.
So anyway, I frequently stalk around in the background of a site called coolminiornot.com and there was a wonderful WIP thread showing the progress of a scratch built Tau Titan made from two Hammerheads, some plasticard, and a ton of skill. And then the crator put it on ebay. I've placed a bid. If I get it, then Tau army is a go! If not.. I'll probably look at commissioning one from him using Riptides as the base.
Now the issue is, that if I do get this, I need to paint it. Well. Because not doing credit to that model with a brilliant paint job would be a crime. I have some old fire warriors left over from a previous attempt to start a tau army from about 2 years back. So I'll spend some time this weekend trying out colour schemes and find one that will work on battlesuits well. I would like the force to be primarily battlesuits. Maybe purple. Possibly green.
On the subject of colour schemes, I'm dredging this picture back up.
So The necron warrior!
I start by undercoating black, I suggest two things here:
Use spray.
Don't assemble the model fully prior to undecoating. You'll end up having to go back and get in gaps with black on a brush. and that's never smooth and thin.
After this I mix Abaddon Back and Lothern Blue and a bit of water to thin it down. Abbadon black is really thick.. It's pretty much a 3:3:1 mix.. This mix is that wonderful blue grey colour. If yours looks lighter then the picture, don't worry, it'll fix later.
This is applied to all the raised armour plates of the model, gun included.
All joints, pistons, blades, back-of-the-head, are then given a coat of Leadbelcher. (I still think 'Boltgun Metal' sounds better).
The hexagonal shape in the center of the chest and the energy coils on the gun are coated in a slightly watered down coat of kantor blue.
The raised surface on the hexagon is gently painted with lothern blue. I suggest using a small amount of paint and the edge of a fine detail brush to accomplish this. The energy coils on the gun are also highlighted with lothern blue, as are the eyes.
Now then, the tricky part. The barrel of the gun. It's hard enough to get the thing undercoated black due to the type of plastic it's made out of. Definitely need spray paint for it.
Now there are two ways to do it, one is just an extra step longer, and was only done for the test model above. On the finished product, you really can't tell the difference at all. So we'll just go for the quicker way this time.
Start by using slightly watered down kantor blue, and painting it in thin, wiggly lines along the barrel, branching out and stopping, merging with others etc. I then took watered down Altdorf Guard Blue and painted along these lines. When I say along, I mean inside of. Leaving a bit of kantor blue on the outside makes it look that little bit more special. Lothern blue is then watered down, though not my much, and is used in the same way the Altdorf Guard Blue was.
Finally, (and this is where the model would be fully assembled) I take out me pot of nuln oil and go to town. Not to the point where the wash is dripping off the necron, but a good even coat is applied over the entire mini. This serves to tie all the colours together, tone the sharp Lothern Blue back a bit, and give an overall grimdark appearance to the model.
So there you go! How to paint necrons, made easy. Although, most necron players just slap some leadbelcher on and call it a day...
How to paint necrons that look unique! Made easy.
That's all for me today... unless I manage to get pictures up. Ha. Wouldn't that be something.
Morbie out.
Saturday, 30 March 2013
Gee Whizz! A post!
I'll start this up with an apology for not putting any blog post up sooner. It's been pretty hectic recently. Full time job + painting a commissioned army + Forge World order arriving + Bioshock Infinite coming out + managing a youtube channel + being a moderator/community events runner for Guns of Icarus Online.
Call me ladies.
Before my mind blows up would be nice.
Aaaaanyway. A few updates. Minus the pictures.
I'm currently in Wellington. Capital of this tiny country I call home. Met up with the wonderful Harpreet and Ashton. We played LoL. Kicked bum too. It was excellent.
As Harpreet is the one I'm painting the necrons for, he got to take a first hand look at what his money is getting him. Seemed pretty pleased about it too.
For the other two people that read this.. I assume that's all there is at any rate... The two squads of warriors are done. Necron Overlord is... sort of done. I pulled an all nighter prior to coming down to Wellington and painted him up along with one of my pre-heresy Death Guard. Still not happy with the overlord though. Not unique enough to be a unit that commands the entire army, so I'll be revisiting that once I get home. The Death Guard looks excellent however. I was also bored yesterday and painted and assembled my Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought and it looks godly. Can't wait until I get two more.
While at Games Workshop, we played a three way (giggity) game. Necrons v Marines v Guardsman. Small armies. Two troops and an HQ. Somehow I managed to break my curse of only rolling 1's and 2's, and even pulled off a win. Somehow. Ah well, I won't complain.
It was rather hilarious however, the guy running the Games Workshop... really intense. Especially about the new Tau. Yes, they are very cool. No, you do not need to get 3cm away from my face to tell me to abandon all other armies to play them. I'll probably get the Fireblade model. It's awesome.
Heck, I may even look into actually starting that Tau army up properly. I have a few models already that can be seen earlier in the blog, I could just go back to them after I finish wave one of pre-heresy. Well... once I have 2000 points.
I'll be getting some pictures up of the so far completed necron army when I get back home, along with a painting guide, because that will probably be a good thing to put on here.
Also pictures of the Dreadnought, because it's huge. And awesome.
God that was a long blog. This is what happens when I don't blog for a while. Once more, sorry about that. mind has been in overdrive. Holidays are nice. Work on Tuesday is going to be hell.
Morbie out.
Call me ladies.
Before my mind blows up would be nice.
Aaaaanyway. A few updates. Minus the pictures.
I'm currently in Wellington. Capital of this tiny country I call home. Met up with the wonderful Harpreet and Ashton. We played LoL. Kicked bum too. It was excellent.
As Harpreet is the one I'm painting the necrons for, he got to take a first hand look at what his money is getting him. Seemed pretty pleased about it too.
For the other two people that read this.. I assume that's all there is at any rate... The two squads of warriors are done. Necron Overlord is... sort of done. I pulled an all nighter prior to coming down to Wellington and painted him up along with one of my pre-heresy Death Guard. Still not happy with the overlord though. Not unique enough to be a unit that commands the entire army, so I'll be revisiting that once I get home. The Death Guard looks excellent however. I was also bored yesterday and painted and assembled my Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought and it looks godly. Can't wait until I get two more.
While at Games Workshop, we played a three way (giggity) game. Necrons v Marines v Guardsman. Small armies. Two troops and an HQ. Somehow I managed to break my curse of only rolling 1's and 2's, and even pulled off a win. Somehow. Ah well, I won't complain.
It was rather hilarious however, the guy running the Games Workshop... really intense. Especially about the new Tau. Yes, they are very cool. No, you do not need to get 3cm away from my face to tell me to abandon all other armies to play them. I'll probably get the Fireblade model. It's awesome.
Heck, I may even look into actually starting that Tau army up properly. I have a few models already that can be seen earlier in the blog, I could just go back to them after I finish wave one of pre-heresy. Well... once I have 2000 points.
I'll be getting some pictures up of the so far completed necron army when I get back home, along with a painting guide, because that will probably be a good thing to put on here.
Also pictures of the Dreadnought, because it's huge. And awesome.
God that was a long blog. This is what happens when I don't blog for a while. Once more, sorry about that. mind has been in overdrive. Holidays are nice. Work on Tuesday is going to be hell.
Morbie out.
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Test painting!
Ok, no instructions on how to paint the necrons today. But I have got an example. Seeing as I have never painted a necron in this colour scheme. Or even a necron before (ermahgerdwhatamIdoing?), I have decided to just take one of the warrior units, and paint it up as a test.
So here we have an image of the necron warror in-progress. I decided to paint him up in parts like this to get a better feel for the necron warrior as I've never painted one before. 5 Paints were used to paint this happy chap, I'll list them when I do a step by step for how to paint them.
Now for some finished shots! Wuhooo! Hilariously, the only way I could get decent shots was by holding the warrior up outside. So enjoy the nature in the background.
So that's all for now.
Will start mass production on the warriors tomorrow.
Morbie out.
I like nuln oil.
So here we have an image of the necron warror in-progress. I decided to paint him up in parts like this to get a better feel for the necron warrior as I've never painted one before. 5 Paints were used to paint this happy chap, I'll list them when I do a step by step for how to paint them.
Now for some finished shots! Wuhooo! Hilariously, the only way I could get decent shots was by holding the warrior up outside. So enjoy the nature in the background.
Will start mass production on the warriors tomorrow.
Morbie out.
I like nuln oil.
Friday, 15 March 2013
Undercoats and brain damage
Alrighty Ladies and Gents. We've done a quick sub assembly of the necron warriors, making the torso and gluing it to the legs, and the legs to the base. Then using a dash of PVA glue on the base and putting some basing...stuff... on it. I've then laid all these sub assembled warriors out on some old newspaper along with the sprues that contain the remaining parts. Generally I like to get some blu-tack and put them on a ling piece of wood (think paint stirring sticks), but given a recent move, I no longer have any of that. So I've snapped a few images of pre-spray and post spray for yah.
I see these necrons and I want to spray them black.
no colour anymore I want to spray them black..
I don't know how common it is to put the basing...stuff... on the base prior to spraying, but I felt it could be easier then going in there with a brush later and having to worry about the possibility of getting black on the painted warriors. It took a pretty concentrated spray to actually get the bases done though, and I may have to go over it with a brush at any rate. Not sure if I'll use that technique again on the rest of the army.
And there you have it. Sprayed necrons. Only just managed to get them done prior to it starting to rain. That was lucky. Sadly I don't have any mask or anything to use when I spray them, so I have to play my second favourite game of all; Hold your breath, whenever I want to undercoat minis. This is of course followed by my favourite game; Remember to start breathing again. I hate to think of the amount of brain cells I just knocked off. My head certainly hurts in one location now. Might have to look into something there.
I'mma professional!
Tomorrow we paint!
Morbie out.
I see these necrons and I want to spray them black.
no colour anymore I want to spray them black..
I took my spray can and then I sprayed them black!
Ok, I've run out of ways to continue to kill The Rolling Stones. So here's some images of the necrons Post-Spray.
I'mma professional!
Tomorrow we paint!
Morbie out.
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