Dreadnought Reborn
After another 2 days in the tube and some more scrubbing this is my result. Maybe a 6.5/10 . I am not to worried about it I think anything will look better then when it was just blue all over. I will take more pictures when I start to paint him up.
Long Road
One of the first Space Marin models I bought was a second hand Dreadnought. Now over ten years later I find that it was a bootleg unit casted by some guy at home. This unit you see has about 4 layers of paint. Cleaning this models is going to take a few dips in simple green. So far so good.
Scout
This morning I painted up one of the scouts. I used only a few colors and left most of him just black. I think they look better if I don’t try to paint detail. When I get better at detail maybe I will give it a try.
Make Your Own Ink
I don’t know about you but for me doing the face of a model is my least favorite part. If the face of a model looks off it messes up the whole model. I wanted to put some darker ink on the face of my scouts to make them look a bit deeper. I have not bought any ink so I made my own. I just got scorched brown mixed some dish soup and water in until it was very watery then I just dabbed on a bit. here is what I got.
Armorcast Base
This base was one that Mr.Lux sculpted. This is my first terrain base I have painted up. I think it has turned out pretty good. it took me about ten minuets from start to finish.
First Terrain Piece - On The Cheap
Making terrain is usually time consuming and buying it cost lots of money. Here is a great way to get started with some great looking terrain on the cheap. This house took me maybe 20 minutes to print , cut out, and glue together.
Steam Punk Dragon
A trend that seems to be on the rise is Steam Punk stuff. This has to be the coolest Steam Punk figure around. Only if dwarfs had an option to ride dragons this would be a no brainier. This unit was also thought up and sculpted by Mr. Lux.
Checkout the rest of his work
Weekend Spotlight: Mr. Lux
When I got together with Mr. Lux from Armorcast a while back he showed me a few models he was working on. This was one of them. This was so clever and creative I thought I would bring it to your attention.
Original Source: http://www.coolminiornot.com/223115
You can buy smoke blasts from the Armorcast website: http://armorcast.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=753
40k In 40 Minutes - Librarian Fast Attack Army Test
40k In 40 Minuets Army Updated
1 Librarian with The Gate of Infinity and Vortex of Doom and Vortex of Doom 100pt
10 Tactical Marines with flamer and melta 160pt
5 Scouts 75pt
Land Speeder with Heavy Flamer and Heavy Bolter 60pt
Reasons NOT to Play Warhammer 40K
Checkout this article. Read the comments.
” In which MetalJim tries to talk himself out of an expensive minis purchase…
Okay, folks, let’s get a couple of things out of the way at the start. The people who play Games Workshop miniature games are sort of a breed apart in the gaming world. To an extent, GW fanboys are despised by both the D&D fanboys and also the euro boardgame fanboys. The GW world is a different sort of geek hobby lifestyle. Is it a sport for spoiled rich kids? Or a misunderstood geek subculture?
Lately I’ve been a little bit obsessed with Warhammer 40K. Seems like something new to try out, even if it isn’t cheap. There are lots of reasons why this hobby is a bad fit for me (more on that below), but it’s definitely 40K that I’m jonesing for. I know I don’t want to play Warhammer Fantasy or any other wargame that involves painting minis. It’s 40K or nothing. “
I Have Returned
I had a great time in San Luis Obispo, CA over the weekend. We went camping on the beach. Good times. I recently read an article about 40k in 40 minits that I found interesting. here it is.
I think sometimes games can take to long so I thought this was a great concept. I am going to invite my Elder friend over for a battle. Here is my list, I know its over the point value but O well.
Librarean 150
10 Man Tactical Squad 170
Dreadnought 125
Hey guys. I am leaving for the weekend for my friend’s bachelor party, so you won’t be seeing much in posts for the next 2 days. I just wanted to leave you with some videos though. VaulSC does some great videos over at youtube. Check out his channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/VaulSC
Dreadnought Reborn
After another 2 days in the tube and some more scrubbing this is my result. Maybe a 6.5/10 . I am not to worried about it I think anything will look better then when it was just blue all over. I will take more pictures when I start to paint him up.
Long Road
One of the first Space Marin models I bought was a second hand Dreadnought. Now over ten years later I find that it was a bootleg unit casted by some guy at home. This unit you see has about 4 layers of paint. Cleaning this models is going to take a few dips in simple green. So far so good.
Scout
This morning I painted up one of the scouts. I used only a few colors and left most of him just black. I think they look better if I don’t try to paint detail. When I get better at detail maybe I will give it a try.
Make Your Own Ink
I don’t know about you but for me doing the face of a model is my least favorite part. If the face of a model looks off it messes up the whole model. I wanted to put some darker ink on the face of my scouts to make them look a bit deeper. I have not bought any ink so I made my own. I just got scorched brown mixed some dish soup and water in until it was very watery then I just dabbed on a bit. here is what I got.
Armorcast Base
This base was one that Mr.Lux sculpted. This is my first terrain base I have painted up. I think it has turned out pretty good. it took me about ten minuets from start to finish.
First Terrain Piece - On The Cheap
Making terrain is usually time consuming and buying it cost lots of money. Here is a great way to get started with some great looking terrain on the cheap. This house took me maybe 20 minutes to print , cut out, and glue together.
Steam Punk Dragon
A trend that seems to be on the rise is Steam Punk stuff. This has to be the coolest Steam Punk figure around. Only if dwarfs had an option to ride dragons this would be a no brainier. This unit was also thought up and sculpted by Mr. Lux.
Checkout the rest of his work
Weekend Spotlight: Mr. Lux
When I got together with Mr. Lux from Armorcast a while back he showed me a few models he was working on. This was one of them. This was so clever and creative I thought I would bring it to your attention.
Original Source: http://www.coolminiornot.com/223115
You can buy smoke blasts from the Armorcast website: http://armorcast.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=753
40k In 40 Minutes - Librarian Fast Attack Army Test
40k In 40 Minuets Army Updated
1 Librarian with The Gate of Infinity and Vortex of Doom and Vortex of Doom 100pt
10 Tactical Marines with flamer and melta 160pt
5 Scouts 75pt
Land Speeder with Heavy Flamer and Heavy Bolter 60pt
Reasons NOT to Play Warhammer 40K
Checkout this article. Read the comments.
” In which MetalJim tries to talk himself out of an expensive minis purchase…
Okay, folks, let’s get a couple of things out of the way at the start. The people who play Games Workshop miniature games are sort of a breed apart in the gaming world. To an extent, GW fanboys are despised by both the D&D fanboys and also the euro boardgame fanboys. The GW world is a different sort of geek hobby lifestyle. Is it a sport for spoiled rich kids? Or a misunderstood geek subculture?
Lately I’ve been a little bit obsessed with Warhammer 40K. Seems like something new to try out, even if it isn’t cheap. There are lots of reasons why this hobby is a bad fit for me (more on that below), but it’s definitely 40K that I’m jonesing for. I know I don’t want to play Warhammer Fantasy or any other wargame that involves painting minis. It’s 40K or nothing. “
I Have Returned
I had a great time in San Luis Obispo, CA over the weekend. We went camping on the beach. Good times. I recently read an article about 40k in 40 minits that I found interesting. here it is.
I think sometimes games can take to long so I thought this was a great concept. I am going to invite my Elder friend over for a battle. Here is my list, I know its over the point value but O well.
Librarean 150
10 Man Tactical Squad 170
Dreadnought 125
Hey guys. I am leaving for the weekend for my friend’s bachelor party, so you won’t be seeing much in posts for the next 2 days. I just wanted to leave you with some videos though. VaulSC does some great videos over at youtube. Check out his channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/VaulSC
