15mm ACW Union

Here is a small collection of 114 15mm ACW Union.  I have no idea where the figures are from.

Interestingly enough, the majority of the paint work done on these was with craft paint. It just goes to show how a nice paint job can be achieved without breaking the bank.

Cheers!

Dave

15mm ACW Union

Here are a few pics of some ACW Union guys I am working on.  There should be several hundred in the works, here are the first few.

I apologize for the yellowish pics.  I did not have my good lamp down.

Thoughts?

Thanks for dropping by,

Dave

Cronos Redux and Mandrakes

Recently I have been working on some Dark Eldar and have had the chance to repaint the Cronos to match the rest of the army.

As you can see, the typical black carapace has been replaced with the Necron Abyss/ Ice blue scheme.  I feel like it holds it all together.

Additionally, I have had the opportunity to paint some Mandrakes.

Please forgive the basing, I was in a bit of a rush and did not have time to base them before they were due.

It was fun to paint some of these for a change. The I feel like the blue skin brings a cohesiveness to the army.  With these I was worried that black primer would lead to them being to dark, so instead I used Armory Grey Primer.  I feel like they came out well.  As with most of GW's higher end kits, I would have liked more than 3 poses.  I suppose I can just place them carefully :P

Until next time,

Dave

Yes Ladies and Gents, I am not quite dead yet.  I have however been painting like a fiend this week, and most of last week.  Come to think of it, I have been painting..... as the title indicates..... like a fiend.

Now, in describing this fiendishness lets take a quick recap of what has been painted the past two weeks and what will be competed by this weekend. 

Space Marines

38 Tactical Marines

Devastator Squad

10 Terminators

2 Rhinos

1 Razorback

2 Vindicators

2 Landspeeders

1 Land Raider

1 Dreadnought

1 Drop Pod

1 Predator

This is what is on the table for this week and will be finished in time for Saturday's 2500 pt. tournament 

15 Scouts + Tellion

3 Scout Bikes

10 Assault marines + Chaplain

Chaplain Cassius

Librarian

3 Scout Bikes

5 Sternguard

Captain Sicarius 

My to do list consists of

8 Chaos Terminators

8 Bikes

8 Bloodletters

1 Bloodthirster

1 Daemon Prince

4 Rhinos

1 Landraider

2 Dreadnoughts 

And then various other bits and bobs

On to the pictures!!!!

The Work In Progress Ultramarines

Chaos in various stages

A Bit of Freehand I tried

More Freehand

Chaos Star on a Landraider

For this chaos star I used Dave Taylor's tutorial.

Work in Progress Bloodthirster

Test Bloodletter

Daemon Prince of Khorne

Two Dreadnoughts

Dreadnought Number 1

And number 2

Ad Hoc Multimelta

Well there you have it, my weeks work.  I hope that in the future I will have time to slow down and work on a few different projects with less volume and more time.

Until next time,

Dave

Space Marines: Ultramarine Elites

For all of you regular readers out there I suppose you are about ready for some hobby related content.  I have been super busy the past two weeks, painting like a fiend.  I have progressed quite a bit on the Ultramarines Project and will have it complete by tonight. In an attempt to do one of those neat National Geographic photo stories, I present

My Week In Pictures

Monday and Tuesday were spent painting up some terminators.  While the original project called for 5 I found some spare bodies lying around and the owner gave me some lightning claws.

What's better than an Assault Terminator?

10 Assault Terminators!

Assault Terminator x 10

Here are some individual shots.

Lightning Claw Sergeant 

Side Shot

Several assorted shots.

Thunderhammer Sergeant

*Note* I was able to get ahold of some shoulder pads from The War Store. I have to give those guys 5 stars.  I ordered the pads on Monday and I had them on Wednesday evening.  They made this process possible.

Late Tuesday I was able to tackle the Dreadnought and the Landspeeder

For those of you who like group shots.

For the last three days I have been working on The Blue Tide: Parking Lot Edition

These will be finished by this evening.

Stay Tuned,

Dave

Space Marines: The Blue Tide

This week I have been immersed under a blue tide.

Not quite, but you get the picture.  This week I had the bright idea to attempt to paint around 38 Ultramarines. Taking the approach that while one is good, two better, I scaled it up to far to many and attempted to batch paint them.

The Blue Tide

At this stage, all of the labor intensive work is done.  They were sprayed with Army Painter Royal Blue spray and then washed with Asurman Blue, followed by a highlight of Enchanted Blue.

Two paints I have become well aquatinted with

Working with a pre-primed or sprayed force was a new experience for me.  The color is brilliant, and is incredibly smooth.  However I was slightly put off to find that I could not get the same color in liquid form.  I tend to wash models and then bring them back up to the original color. This aside, Enchanted Blue was able to pull through and save the day.

When batch painting, I have found it nice to take a break between every step or two steps, depending on the number of models painted, and work on something completely different. 

In this instance I chose to work on Chaplain Cassius .  This is a very work in progress picture, only the flesh is done, and I will probably repaint it.  I feel that it lacks contrast.

Cassius

The Chaplain, who before I got ahold of him, was feeling rather blue. A few moments with a brush and he was in a black mood. 

Color puns aside, I expect to have these 38 guys done, along with their transports, by this weekend.  

Stay tuned and thanks for dropping by,

Dave

Dark Eldar Commission: Venom Challenge Complete

Much like the Incubi of a previous post, I was in such a rush with the Venom Challenge that I forgot to take pictures.  However, I was able to grab a few shots this past Saturday at the Hobby Chest. So, without further adieu I present the final pics.

I do apologize for the bad pictures, I will be sure to get better ones in the future.

Thanks for looking,

Dave