Its About Time...

Finnally got an update in my status. For some time I was using a few of the ruined minis as test models for paint schemes for the new chapter. Eventually I found one I liked and settled with it. Oddly enough it is based around the pre heresy Thousand Sons Legion's

I finished the first marine today of the Tac Squad, working on the Sergeant as I post this. I really like how this came out with such a limited scheme, though I am open to ideas.

One thing I did was change the company marking from the sholder trim to the right knee plate. I think on Mk VI armor it will be designated by a helemt strip however.

Anyway, no pictures really yet. I'll get some up soon. I'm back in business for now, lets hope the weather gets better so I can do some priming.

So Yeah...

So I've accomplished pretty much nothing during the entirity of November. I've lost my Camera so no pictures will be uploaded until I can replace it.

Eitherway couple of updates. Finnally got the Chaos Space Marine Codex. Got it via ebay and I'm a happy. Also got a couple of marines, one Chaos and one Loyalist from ebay as well.

Also might be doing a trial game soon. Set up a playable force out of what a friend had for guard, but I need to do the points counting and stuff to see how much I can use of my marines should he wish to play soon. I was fairly limited so there is not much besides guardsmen with flash lights.

Anyway, thats it for now.

Still More Writer's Block

So still having the same overall issues I had for last week's post over a week later.

I have no idea how I want to paint these marines and I keep thinking that perhaps I just want to do them up as more Black Consuls.

On another side I got in the mail today a miniture I ordered off of ebay. It was one of the old Terminators and I must say I am far from impressed. The nose seems to have been filed down slightly and old paint job was still on there to some degree, though I was expecting it to still be on there. Just a little upset about the nose, to bad I already submitted the feedback.

On top of that I seem to have found out the hard way that at one point Games Workshop did indeed increase the size of their models as he stands on a 25mm base instead of a 40mm and measures the same as a normal marine. I'm hoping to use him for bits, snaging the arms and sawing off the cyclone pack to mount on a newer terminator. I also wonder if the later metal terminators compare size wise to the newer plastic ones.

Incidentally due to Ebay I have been getting a small Imperial Guard Force. Want to have them support the marines for fluff purposes.

Sorry For The Delay...

As the title says I apologize for the delay in my weekly posting. Not much has been going on I'm afraid.

Due to the sporadic nicety of the weather I have been able to prime the next batch of marines, but I've been thinking that I wish to move away from Black Consuls. As I have said numerous times in the past (albeit I don't think I ever had here) I have wanted to do both Space Marines and Imperial Guard. However to be able to do so I'd have to work it in an apocalypse game. Makes sense but I also want the fluff to make sense too. Somehow playing a supposedly wiped out chapter doesn't seem to fit that bill.

Also I've gotten thinking that I want to work on this "Golden Bolter" competition put on by the folks at Bolter and Chainsword. Here is the link to the rules for the competition. I know I don't stand a chance compared to some of the people there but I figure why not? I have enough time and at the same time I'm not losing anything if I don't win. Also if I do somehow manage to win, then either I'm on the right path (as I doubt very much my stuff is golden demon quality) or some online game store really liked my submission(s).

Now back to the secondary issue with these newly primed guys. Their coat is of gray, not black. I could not find any black primer so I settled with gray as it is closer to black then white. However I believe that it might alter the layering so the black is not as smooth. Therefore I wonder again if Black Consuls are the good choice here?

Also I tried to do a little over up work on one of the models. It is an old blood angels Sergeant that the previous owner had filed down the chest blood drop to be even with the wings. Well I came up with the idea of snagging a skull off of a banner pole, cutting it in half so it's trimmed down, and using it as a replacement to the drop on the chest. Well I didn't trim it down enough and now it kind bulges out like a sore thumb. It would help if I had more bits to put on him to try and draw away but I fire that unless I get a vice, clamp, or something similar it's going to be a little over sized. I'll put up pictures eventually.

The more I think about it the more fluff I have pop into my head to draw these new guys away from being Black Consuls.

Anyway night all, and I'll try and post on time next time.

Laziness...

So I know I said I'd get pictures up in a day or so last week of my scouts but I was honestly lazy and forgot to. So they will be posted today along with this update.

Now after looking around several blogs and a couple of forums I discovered some ideas on what could have caused the primer to ruin the plastic. No real solid ideas, but I did get the idea of using automotive primer from somewhere. Sure enough the local store had some and so I picked it up. Then it dawned on me that I should probably double check. Looking around again I couldn't find anything on how well it would work on plastics. Metals I assumed would be fine, after all cars are mostly metal and it was also recommended in the case of resin as apparently you need a higher quality of primer for it. Not having worked with it yet I assume this is true.

So as today was fairly nice when I woke up I figured I'd try it out. Being cautious I first worked out if it would eat the plastic in a similar manner and I was pleased to see that it didn't for one of the ruined models. On two of the others I worked out how far I needed to be to get a good layer. Sadly I deemed my assault cannon arm for the dreadnought as "not salvageable" and decided to replace it's weaponry with the lascannon and missile launcher combo.

I'd also like to get both layers of primer off of the powerfist/flamer arm, if anyone reading this knows how to strip it from metal? First layer is the black enamel and the second is whatever this gray auto primer is. Unsure if simple green will do the trick or not. Maybe rubbing alcohol? Say something with that for paint stripping.

The only issue I had was not being able to finish due to it started to rain so I got next to no where. But I still did get some work done and figured out where I needed to be distance wise and such. So without further ado, the pictures I promised.

Disaster And More Scout Work.

So it seems my laziness is followed up by bursts of hard work and half way decent work. It's been over a week since my last post partially due to my own laziness and another part due to work being so dominating recently.

Eitherway I had some progress over the past week.

First up is me being stalled on my project from the last post. I had borrowed a friend's primer as she had black for her Sisters of Battle and It met with some disaster. Besides running out after I barely started, anything plastic had a decent chance of melting in spots. I've been told I was to close dispite I followed the guidance on the can but eitherway I had no real loss besides the detail on three space marines that were extras. The dreadnought's chaingun arm also suffered some but it was on the side that connect to the main body (In fact this was the piece I realized it on and was noticed quickly enough that I was able to clear out the hole for where it connects). Sadly however the model most affected was an old Terminator Librarian that had come out of one of the expansions of the orignal space hulk I believe. I don't know if it is older than that but I seem to remember seeing a picture of it in the marines supplied with Genestealer.

Eitherway due to lack of effective primer and another friend getting a car at the end of the month I have decided to hold off on the new(er) guys until then when we plan on going and finding a Games Workshop.

Now because of this and some input I managed to finish that scout I started way back when. Not only that but I was able to get another scout to the same point I stopped at on the one before him. I'll have pictures up tommorrow, but I think he turned out pretty well all things considered and his companion is doing just as well. I think I'll round out the squad though I won't be starting on Sgt Tellion untill I can get some good files and other stuff to sutably convert him. I have found you can get a lot done when you have 12 hours set aside.

Anyway, till next time.

New Project

Well It's been a bit longer than I wanted to wait before posting again but here it is. Better late than never right?

Anyway to the point, working on something other than the scout. I'm almost finished with the first one (taken me long enough, I know) when I go and lose his head. So I'm putting that project one the back burner while I take care of this one.

It is mainly focused on getting my second Tactical Squad up and running. I borrowed some primer from a friend due to the difficulties in getting some here and plan on priming up a good chunk of the marines I got. And sing I'm at it I figured I'd kill multiple birds with one stone and take care of the packs for my already primed assault squad, an old Librarian in terminator armor, a random marine with bolter, a standard barer, an apothecary an old random sergeant, and my new dreadnought.

And now for some fairly bad quality photos of me getting the pieces ready...

Reinforcements

So before today I had a decent sized Army of about 1400 points for my space marines with more on order. That is of course when finished.

Now due to the order arriving I have no idea.

To highlight a bit most of the models are infantry and old. Rouge Trader era old and more than I thought it would me. Others are not so old but still a little dated where a few are rather new. Along with the infantry I have gained a landspeeder (still in the box of the 3rd ed make), another dreadnought (with several arm choices), and two pre-assembled rhinos.

Also making an appearance was a part I had not have been thinking about but am very happy to get. Supplied was one of the old, over the shoulder, Heavy Bolters. As such my job of using the same shoulder plates on one of my tactical squads has been made that much easier.

I know for certain I can produce two more tactical squads, an assualt squad, command squad, landspeeder squad, and dreadnought. Beyond this I know not what.


Incidentally these new models were giving me ideas of the possibility of a Machine Cult army but right now I am going to stick with my current one.

And now for a few pictures.

Captain Filler

So still working on the same scout model. I guess you could say I effectivly took a week long break before picking it up again. I started in on the rifle and I'm about fiftey percent done after only some hour or two's worth of work. Over fifty percent I think.

Anyway so it's not a solid loss I took some pictures of the Captain I have. I got him with the Assault on Black Reach set and have done the best I can with what I have for paints. When I get some new paints I plan on altering the purity seals to a better parchment color. No fluff for him yet, if at all. Looking at replacing him eventually.

And without further delay here are some pictures:

Scouts

So I've been working on my scouts of late and I hit a bit of a brick wall on the first one. Real simple solution but not so easy to accomplish. Simply put I need new paints. Namely its the gray I have been using.

Alright so starting from the beginning, I like to paint my models while I assemble them. To me it gives them a better quality job as I can get to those places normally hard for me. Well I decided I wanted my Scout's camo-cloaks to be of some sort of urban camouflage. I started the Games Workshop's page on painting Imperial guard with different camouflage however ended up botching it just a bit and going on with my own pattern.


However the base color of gray I used is extremely uncooperative. It is not a Citadel paint, instead being some other European company's and seems like it was meant for Fighter and Ship models instead. Never the less I got decent results but it consisted of me having to do two coats of that paint before I could do the other colors over it.

Either way I still have more scouts to paint and this one to finish but I'm stalling till I can find a replacement paint, preferably from Citadel, to replace it. Got some pictures for you too!

Here I Go Again

Well I here go again. This time I am actually going to make an effort to keep one of these things up and running regularly. This layout is completely new to me however so bare with me if these first few posts are a bit crude.

First things first, if your reading this it means you were linked to my Warhammer 40k work blog. I have my envy of other players to thank for it, with perhaps a little dash of ego.

Anyway onto the first bit of news:

Yesterday I recived through the mail my copy of the new Imperial Guard Codex. Now I've always been a big fan of your generic space marine and I decided to branch out a bit and try something new.

Only a few ideas of what I am going to do for army so far and chances are I will be able to finish my Space Marines before I even get any guard models in due to shipping times being what they are.

Anway, thats all for now. I'll post another update in a few days or so.