Tigurius diorama wip shots and a Rune priest conversion.

I'm happy to say my chaplain has some bids on E-bay which has me relieved and motivated to try another mini out. I figure I can't go wrong making Sanguinary Priests because everyone has 3 of them, to change things up I chose to make a Rune Priest, something everyone also wants 3 of.

I also made a chooser of the slain marker to add to the package. The axe is from the Wolfguard terminators box, other than that all the other pieces came out of the grey hunters box. I added the psychic hood by following the tutorial found on from the warp.

http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2010/11/librarian-psychic-hood-conversion.html

Simple and effective, nothing too fancy on this conversion but I think it does the job and once painted will blend right in.

My Diretroll Blitzer is nearly complete as well. I've placed him on my 99% done shelf next to the other entries. I'm still waiting on some supplies I ordered from coolminiornot feb11th...come on guys I need that grass to complete my projects.

So with the Troll taking a break so I can look at him with a fresh set of eyes I've turned my attention to my final entry, or at least the only one I'll have time enough to finish. 

That's all for now, I'm going to see if I can't bust out a Rune Priest in the next day and a half :)

Dire Troll Blitzer Work in progress

I've been at this guy for a couple days now. He's finally getting to a decent looking point, I've established a solid basecoat on the skin using various mixtures of blues all based around shadow grey. Space wolves grey, regal blue, liche purple, white, and a 50/50 wash of asurmen blue to devlan mud.

I took a picture here to show the gradation.

I started the browns at the Chimera on sunday while Mike and John got to grips with some Warmachine/Hordes mayhem. Our buddy Adam stopped by as well (http://atomsmashing.wordpress.com/) Adam along with brother John and I have a bit of a secret project that's about to come to fruition in the coming weeks but more on that later. We'll be having a coke party with him and Eric at Adepticon... The browns are coming along nicely. I'm slightly cautious that this model may come out with too many dark browns and lack enough warm tones to create the contrast I want. We'll see at the end, I plan on adding plenty of scars and cuts to add some red as well as painting some light sourcing from the barrel of the minigun.

He still needs a lot of work, tomorrow I should be able to get the skin and teeth/nails finished off and getting the metals closer to where I want them.

In other news I bid farewell to a lady who shared my room with me for a short 2 weeks, goodbye Lelith. A buyer on Ebay contacted me wondering if I planned on re-listing her and offered to buy her straight away. Deal, she'll be hopping in the mail tomorrow where she'll be calling Indianna, nicknamed  "The Crossroads of America", her home. Farewell little Wych.

Now if my Chaplain would sell on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Blood-angels-Chaplain-Painted-magnetized-Warhammer-40k-/330539282828?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf5ad318c#ht_500wt_1156

Since he didn't sell the last time I've decided to add some extra lovin' to my baalin' baby boy. We'll see how Chaplain 2.0 goes. Well I mean I'll be watching and trying to make money.

At the Gates

I have much to do over the next 2 weeks to prepare for Adepticon. I say 2 weeks because my band is going on a 10 day tour march 18th through the 28th, which cuts into my painting time. So I basically have 2 weeks to finish 2 projects. But also I have to record 3 songs, finish the artwork for our new record and make some extra cash by doing a few tattoos. Much to do. As I see it I am at the gates, there are two paths.

One leads to success...oh I have no picture for that. 

One leads to fishhead stew.

Why yes I did go for a walk today.

Here are the 2 projects which are underway. One is for the duel category. This is the first diorama I've ever made. It's been fun and I enjoyed the massive amount of sculpting it has taken

The other is for the fantasy large category. It's also my first warmachine/hordes model. Very cool. So far I have the base done minus all the foliage I plan on adding. 

I'm very happy with how it came out. It started with a spurt of creativity. I had a few beers and started wet blending all over the thing. Later I went back and sealed the deal. This is probably my favorite base I've made so far. Those ruins from Scibor are fantastic. 

Here's the big lug I'll be mounting on the base after I paint a few hard to reach areas.

Well my friends, that's all I have for now. I'll keep you posted and wish me luck!

Re-shoot: Lelith Hesperax

Just a quickie this time. After staring at the photos I posted of Lelith I was disappointed that you couldn't see all the white dots on her. Mainly her booty, and as connoisseur of that subject I simply could not let the old photos stand. And also because if all goes well she'll be auctioned off on E-bay and all I'll have left is are some regrettable photos. So I took another crack at it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Master-painted-Dark-Eldar-Lelith-Hesperax-Warhammer-40k-/330535061338?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf56cc75a#ht_500wt_1156

And the Coolmini link

http://www.coolminiornot.com/272670

That's all for now, I'll have some goodies up soon though.

Finished Eldar Combat patrol and Lelith Hesperax

Whew, it took a while to master these photos. Finally it's finished, a monumental weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I know Adepticon is still a month away but I have many projects, well basically I'm going to be painting as many as I can before the con, and having this one finished leaves me a decent amount of time to finish some pieces. If you happen to be in the combat patrol tournament, look out for these bad boys.

First up the Dire Avengers

They'll be accompanied by a mix of War Walkers

and Jetbikers. We used the dark eldar bikes and underslung the Eldar weaponry. Nothing too fancy but it's effective. Converting Eldar to represent Eldar wasn't that hard.

Finally done! :O

To break things up a bit during long painting sessions I worked on Lelith Hesperax to sell on E-bay. It's hard to part with this model, I'm very happy with the way she came out. Hopefully she goes to a good home.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Master-painted-Dark-Eldar-Lelith-Hesperax-Warhammer-40k-/330535061338?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf56cc75a#ht_500wt_1156

Eldar, finished and in progress

I've been a little quiet lately on the blogging front due to the project, next to my real life, that has been consuming my time for the last week and beyond. I'm happy to say though that after tonight I should have it finished. This leaves me with a decent amount of time to paint more entries for Adepticon which of course has me feeling good. Here's a squad of jetbikes that may be skimming by the combat patrol tournament.

Kevin was undecided about what his list would be exactly before the tournament so had me paint up a few options which is why I say these bikes may be at Adepticon. The commission was for 6 bikes, 6 War Walkers, and 10 Dire Avengers. Oh and a display base for the whole force. At this moment all the bikes and walkers are done. All my efforts are on the avengers which are coming along nicely at the moment.

They should be done in the coming hours, me and these eldar have stayed up past midnite many nites this week and I look forward to having that last date tonight...I'm getting all sentimental, so much pain, so much joy, the high times and lows we've shared...

Tomorrow I will roll out of bed and finish this baby, followed by a long photography session so I can present all the personnel in their stardusted glory. The idea for the overall look on this army was to make them look very foreign to their environment. I chose dusty clay bases punctuated by rusted bits of our human technology and smooth cool celestial colors on the models. 

I'll be sharing a whole mess of finished photos in no time. The Eldar are not alone with me in the night, one of their dark cousins has been watching all the while coming to life slowly beside them. But more on her later :}

Finished stuff! Ruins of Osgiliath and Astorath the Grim

This piece kicks off a lasting relationship between the Chimera Hobby Shop and I. It was fun to do something from lord of the rings as a first, this is actually the first lord of the rings model I've painted.

Tonally I kept it to a sandy burnt marshmallow tone much akin to the Deathwing I've painted. A thin layer of green followed by some chestnut brown was added to the lower edge of these pieces to add a bit of a mossy look.

These were some cool pieces and I look forward to seeing them at a tournament. Here are some top views.

I've also completed and mailed out another Astorath the Grim. This one is going to my new pal Christophe in Switzerland. Fun Fun!

Hopefully he arrives in one piece. He's sufficiently pinned but this is the first international shipment I've sent and I naturally fear the worst. 

Adepticon is creeping around the corner and I'm already nervous about it, Firstly I need to finish my friend Kevin's army he's taking to the combat patrol tournament. The project is well underway and I should have it completed in a week. I wrote out a schedule and I'm already ahead! However I still have entries that I need to paint for the crystal brush! Not all of them, I'm happy to say 2 are done but I have 2 more on the way and my band is going on a short 10 day tour march 17th through the 28th. This cuts 10 days off of my painting time! I'll be ok, after all there are 24 hours in a day and sleep is for the weak! :)

For grins here's my band. what does it have to do with miniatures?..I'm in the band. The drummer if you're curious, enjoy. *warning* this is very radio friendly.