Finished! Deathwatch Unit

This was a recent commission, I finished it off about a week ago. I like the scheme. Painting a different Chapter on every shoulderpad really adds the knightly feel of Marines. It also breaks up the boredom of painting the same exact scheme 80 times or however many models you need to play in the new edition. I haven't caught up yet and I'm not sure I will..We'll see what the started box has to offer. I'll also stop this tangent and finally show the pictures.

First up the Captain. I was paid a bit more for this guy so he'd really shine, being a captain and all..

And the accompanying squad of death dealers. These were done to a tabletop level.

What you ridin' in?..A Rucking Rhino that's what.

Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf

I got up the urge to finally do something with that box of Thunderwolves I had sitting around. Painting up a Sturmwulf for baelor miniatures helped too. Boy I love cavalry models :) 

He's off the wilds of Ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/330762398749?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1202

Next time I'll have those Deathwatch Marines up, just couldn't resist showing this guy off the day I finished him.

One Sanguinor, 7 hours

I was able to paint this guy up in a day. A quicker job, about 6 to 7 hours. To add a real challenge it was 104 degrees that day. Somehow, Wisconsin managed to be the second warmest state in the U.S that day. Thanks to Kevin (http://myworld.ebay.com/teachermickeymouse/?_trksid=p4340.l2559) I was able to chill in his office most of the day. 

Many projects are on the way :) Most are done and I'm trying to catch up on the blogging. For last nights activities I went to brother John's house and got started on a a Sturmwulf for Baelor miniatures (http://www.baelor.com/)

You may also notice I was building a Wolflord for Ebay..We'll see where that one goes. I also have a Logan Grimnar conversion on the table.

Next up I'll have some shiny Deathwatch Space Marines to show off.

Finished: Ogre Kingdoms Firebelly

First off, apologies for the break from blogging. I have an excuse but that's doesn't relate to miniatures and the hobby. Now is not the time to break from my mission statement :) So without any delay I'm going to get back into the swing of things. As an apology I'd like to share a finished piece to get things rolling.

Overall an enjoyable model to paint. The fire didn't quite show as well as it could have in the pictures but I guess that means you'll have to get to Gamesday in Chicago to see him ;) I have just one more entry to finish by the end of the month.

Rock the vote:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/308610

Thanks for your patience, I'll be getting back on that horse now please.

Release the Boars

Just a little progress update. I've been a little busy for blogging lately. Also my new camera is sub par..eh, what are you going to do. I need to mess with the settings. So with the warning that these photos suck..read on..

I think I pulled in a little too close on these ones. I'll have some more official photos when the project is closer to the end. 

I've also started the humans needed to run the demo scenario. So far they all have their skin done and I pulled this guy off to the side to finish. He's about 75% there in this picture. He's missing a few highlights and bad ass Tattz..God I hate that word. All the more fun to use it.

Enter the Wreck Age

I was fortunate to meet Anton and Matt from Wreck Age over the Adepticon weekend. We hit it off and by the end of it I had every sculpt they have in print. Looking good has it's advantages sometimes.

http://wreck-age.net/

I'm happy to say I'll be painting a great deal of their starting line :)

To get the ball rolling they asked me to paint the figures used to run their demo. 4 Stakers and a group of outcasts: 3 boars and 2 men. 

Very cool sculpts. They have that whole true scale thing going on.

After priming them with the black and white I dusted on some khaki tan to set up my canvas.

Next up I started to sink my teeth into some bases.

I've decided to start with the boars. Correction, the boars with explosives strapped to them.

I've been painting away on them and should have some more pictures after this weekend's camping trip. Maybe I'll be eaten by a bear. Maybe I'll come back and make a blog post. The world is full of options.

Hive Tyrant on the way

This evening I finally found the time to finish off the Hive Tyrant from the previous post. He was difficult to photograph due to the size of this model but I wanted to throw up a little teaser shot.

I'll be sorting through the final pictures tonight.

To alleviate the tunnel vision I started painting a model from my Infinity collection. A great model, I was pleased that the body was cast in two pieces to avoid a large flat spot on the bottom of the coat. 

So far so good, just a quick shot.