Happy New Year

Happy New year gamers! 

there is a lot in store for 2011. Here's a break down of what I currently have planned / in the works:

1. I've been working diligently on my Khador Army

2. Soon I'll have most of Khador painted and I'll be switching gears to WFB and starting to paint up my Skaven army. Can't wait for the new mini's this month

3. I'm reading Prospero Burns right now which is really getting me in the mood for some Space Wolves. I also picked up a few classic Space wolves blister packs today at the FLGS. The sons of Russ should be getting some love soon!

4. At some point, I need to put the finishing touches on Tzeentch army.

5. Need to assemble and paint my Circle of Orboros army.

6. I just aquired a starter for a Skorne army.


7. And finally, I've been thinking of starting something new....Maybe Blood Angeles or Grey Knights....Well that should be plenty to keep me busy. For a while at least......

WOC Tzeentch progress

Disclaimer - Nothing here is complete. All is still a work in progress, but I thought I would post where I'm at right now.

Since I began this project I've been painting the entire force pretty much all in one batch. My goal was to get the army to a point that I could play it and not be embarrassed by not having paint or a half painted force. For the most part, I think I completed that goal. I played a 2000 pt game this past weekend (more on that later).

 This is one of my favorite miniatures. I have it forever and just never got around to painting. I even pulled it apart stripped the primer off and did a better job of getting rid of mold lines, then re-posed / re-glued the dude. I ran into a small problem though. The model has such an extreme lean, all the weight was on the left ankle and it cracked. I filled in with epoxy and use the staff to help brace the model to the base. Hopefully this will hold in without further cracking.

 I love the wing span of this model. I think it looks way better then even the forge world greater daemon, which I think the wings look funny.

 this is the closest model to completion. Only thing left is to paint the gems, complete the base, and I think I'll add some kind of design to the robe. And I need to do something to make the eyes stand out more.

 I've decided that I do not like the standard that I put together for the marauders. It does not go with the rest of the army. I will be chopping this off and adding a more "flag" like standard.

I made the Tzeentch symbol on all the banners to look like the symbol of the the Daemons staff to tie them together.

So at this point, I have base coated, washed, and highlighted everything. Pretty much the only thing that remains is final highlights, completion of the bases, and some details to all the warlock purple banners/cloaks, I'm thinking some kind of flames on the bottom or something.

Tzeentch: Into the zone - Pt. 2

We are cooking with gas now! So my original goal was to get the armor and bases painted for the entire army, and have a somewhat fully "painted" army to play. Well, I've done this and then some!

The army as a whole has gone much quicker then I expected. I was originally thinking it may be a while before I got down to the details, but now I'm convinced that I'll be able to actually complete these guys before much longer. I just need to paint gold trim and weapon handles, and that will be it for all of the base colors. All that will remain is some highlights and well call it done! Oh wait......I need to complete the standards too.

I even brought them to work to paint on my lunch hour this evening. I'm on a mission!!! 

Painting the Changer of ways

I'm about to get knee deep into painting my WFB Warriors of chaos Tzeentch army. The army will be a combination of old figures and new plastic kits. To start off, I've refitted some old metal chaos marauders with larger bases, and gave the standard bearer some extra bitz. I had mounted my Hell cannon on a ridiculously large scenic base, which seemed like a good idea at first, but not so good in play. I ripped it off to make it more table top friendly. I now have 1000 pts primed and ready for paint now.

 test figures. one thing I tried with these guys was not painting all of the trim. going for a more random look. and it's quicker!

For this project I'm going to try something a little different. Rather then paint each unit in separate batches, I'm going to paint the Army all in one batch, but in stages. I'm going to start with my main color - Blue, and complete it along with shading and highlights. I'll then finish the bases. So at this point the army will be playable and painted (although just the main color). Then I will paint the rest in stages as time allows, i.e - Armor trim, fur, cloaks, etc.

I'm going to use a very bright palette for the army, fitting of the lord of change.

• Blue armor
• Purple Horses/hounds, with Fire fur/ hair
• White cloaks / standards.

this is one of my favorite minis. It has everything I love about fantasy - Daemon, warmachine, dwarfs.

I'm constantly trying to come up with new ways to get my army painted, we'll see how this one goes.

What new and interesting ways do you get your armies painted and on the table?

My Warhammer Tattoos

Got a fresh hair-do, so I thought I would show off my Warhammer tattoos. I see a Space Wolves tattoo in the future.

Imperial Eagle ~1990 by Mickey

Axe of Khorne ~1991 by Mickey

Tzeentch ~1993 by Corey Boobar