That is a good question, or as the group 4 non blondes said it so well " hey hey hey hey hey, what's going on". The answer is: Quite a lot actually, even though this blog doesn't reflect it.
I know I've fallen way behind with pictures of my miniatures in here. I hope I can do something about that this weekend.
I have finished my dwarf Ironbreakers. It took several weeks longer than stated in an earlier blog entry (mostly because I did everything but miniature painting), but they are finally done when it comes to the painting. All that is left is fixing the bases and I hope to do that this Friday or Saturday.
I have also built and finished my first SpaceMarine Rhino, and I think it came out looking pretty good. As usual when building by the instructions provided by Games Workshop, there were a few suprises. But everything came on the right way and fitted pefectly (so nothing like the Land Speeder this time), and I think it turned out very well. I have put the Rhino up on the spot where I usually take my pictures, so as soon as I get the second lamp back in the workspace I will take pics of it (this weekend for sure).
I have decided that using decals to put on markings is not the way to go. I looked over a few of the old markings and even though the model has been standing still on the shelves the markings are coming off. That tells me it's nice that I'm even further behind when it comes to putting on the finihsing coat of protective varnish on my miniatures. If they don't keep their markings standing on the shelf, then they will surely loose them while being used for gaming.
I have an idea to paint everything on, and I hope I will be able to try this shortly. The idea is to make a template in thin cardboard or thin plastic and paint it on by using that. Most shoulderguards are the same size and my biggest problem is applying the Ultramarines logo. Also I might need a template to add company markings and Ultramarine markings to vehicles, but the decals seem to stick better on thise flat surfaces. But I'll see what I can do with it.
onsdag 13. mai 2009
tirsdag 14. april 2009
Future workspace
My wife and I have decided to do something with the basement this summer. The general idea is to make it look a little more like regular rooms and a little less like a basement just used for storage.
I have a small workspace in the basement today, and this is shared with the storage of paint used around the house, all the daily stuff not currently standing around the house (like a small pizza oven, flowerpots not currently in use, servingplates, and so on).
The idea is to remodel so that we get one room that we use for storage of "stuff" and one room that will be my workshop. The workshop will be brighter and more comfortable and inviting than the workshop is today. I will get almost three times the space of my current location, double the deskspace and a lot more shelves than I have today. Also I will get a glass cabinet to display the miniature armies in, and I'm working on finding a good solution to display my 1:35 dioramas that I work with from time to time. Hopefully in the new workshop it will be easier to work with my scale models alongside my miniatures.
I will document the work as it progresses, but it won't start up until late june/early july. But still I've already bought some of the stuff to go in the room. Arrangements for the glass cabinet is made, this will be bought second hand and I'm currently awaiting the owner to be home so I can collect it. Also I have bought and assembled a shelf to keep my paints in. This is really a large wardrobe drawer for ties and belts, but when I set it up against a wall it will give me plenty of storage space and easy access to both my Citadel and Tamiya paints.
I have a small workspace in the basement today, and this is shared with the storage of paint used around the house, all the daily stuff not currently standing around the house (like a small pizza oven, flowerpots not currently in use, servingplates, and so on).
The idea is to remodel so that we get one room that we use for storage of "stuff" and one room that will be my workshop. The workshop will be brighter and more comfortable and inviting than the workshop is today. I will get almost three times the space of my current location, double the deskspace and a lot more shelves than I have today. Also I will get a glass cabinet to display the miniature armies in, and I'm working on finding a good solution to display my 1:35 dioramas that I work with from time to time. Hopefully in the new workshop it will be easier to work with my scale models alongside my miniatures.
I will document the work as it progresses, but it won't start up until late june/early july. But still I've already bought some of the stuff to go in the room. Arrangements for the glass cabinet is made, this will be bought second hand and I'm currently awaiting the owner to be home so I can collect it. Also I have bought and assembled a shelf to keep my paints in. This is really a large wardrobe drawer for ties and belts, but when I set it up against a wall it will give me plenty of storage space and easy access to both my Citadel and Tamiya paints.
So, what has been going on?
There haven't been all the time in the world to work with the miniatures since my last update. I've been busy with work and other activities, but that's just how it is when you don't have any specific deadline to work toward. Still, the Easter hollidays have been very good for me when it comes to miniature work.
The Dwarf Ironbreakers are almost done, they will be done by Sunday at the latest.
Joseph Bugman is finished, based and ready to go to battle (or to the closest watering hole to test the local brew). He doesn't look too intimidating with the crossbow on his back and a mug in one hand.
King Alrik and his shieldbearers are based (well, only the shieldbearers really, as King Alrik stands on the shield they carry) and ready to lead the dwarfs in battle. They have been standing ready painted in the workshop since the last update.
The old sculpt of the Dwarf Engineer is comming along nicely, and is close to completion. I just need to paint his pick and helmet.
The dwarf cannon and crew is almost done, just a few details and cleanup left before they are ready to follow King Alrik into battle.
Since I removed King Alrik and his shieldbearers and Joseph Bugman from my mobile workstation I had to add something new. So I went down to the basement and found myself a Dwarf Thunderer Lord sculpted by Avatars of War. I hope this mini will fit nicely into my dwarfs and be a great leader for my thunderers in friendly games. I might not be allowed to use him in some tournaments, but for most of the time my minis will be standing on display or being used for friendly games so I think he will be ok.
I've also added a new Space Marine Captain to be painted up. This is a captain from the Black Reach box and he looks relly powerful and fearsome. In a lot of ways he look a lot more like a commanding officer than my Commander, but I guess this can be explained with the fact that the commander has been more of an HQ type and not been in as many battles and therefore not decorated as much as the Captain.
The Devastators that I have painted have also been based, but I need to decide if they should have all-black gravel on their base or a mix of black and yellow-brown. I reacon I'll end up painting the brown-yellow black as this probably will look better than the mix.
I will make a decition on this in the near future as this will give me a little extra work. But everything to make the best look for the Marines...
I also based a small bunch of night goblins. Two squig herders, three squigs, a netter. the first two goblins of my second core unit and two figures that I suspect really is Chaos followers (one looks like a Goblin has been attending the KKK and the other look like a snotling walking on a new pair of stilts). Also I have finally based my Goblin King (an Avatars of War miniature).
The Dwarf Ironbreakers are almost done, they will be done by Sunday at the latest.
Joseph Bugman is finished, based and ready to go to battle (or to the closest watering hole to test the local brew). He doesn't look too intimidating with the crossbow on his back and a mug in one hand.
King Alrik and his shieldbearers are based (well, only the shieldbearers really, as King Alrik stands on the shield they carry) and ready to lead the dwarfs in battle. They have been standing ready painted in the workshop since the last update.
The old sculpt of the Dwarf Engineer is comming along nicely, and is close to completion. I just need to paint his pick and helmet.
The dwarf cannon and crew is almost done, just a few details and cleanup left before they are ready to follow King Alrik into battle.
Since I removed King Alrik and his shieldbearers and Joseph Bugman from my mobile workstation I had to add something new. So I went down to the basement and found myself a Dwarf Thunderer Lord sculpted by Avatars of War. I hope this mini will fit nicely into my dwarfs and be a great leader for my thunderers in friendly games. I might not be allowed to use him in some tournaments, but for most of the time my minis will be standing on display or being used for friendly games so I think he will be ok.
I've also added a new Space Marine Captain to be painted up. This is a captain from the Black Reach box and he looks relly powerful and fearsome. In a lot of ways he look a lot more like a commanding officer than my Commander, but I guess this can be explained with the fact that the commander has been more of an HQ type and not been in as many battles and therefore not decorated as much as the Captain.
The Devastators that I have painted have also been based, but I need to decide if they should have all-black gravel on their base or a mix of black and yellow-brown. I reacon I'll end up painting the brown-yellow black as this probably will look better than the mix.
I will make a decition on this in the near future as this will give me a little extra work. But everything to make the best look for the Marines...
I also based a small bunch of night goblins. Two squig herders, three squigs, a netter. the first two goblins of my second core unit and two figures that I suspect really is Chaos followers (one looks like a Goblin has been attending the KKK and the other look like a snotling walking on a new pair of stilts). Also I have finally based my Goblin King (an Avatars of War miniature).
mandag 16. mars 2009
Status update monday March 16th
There has been a long time since my last update. I admit (again) that taking the Pledge didn't work as well as I'd hoped for the update frequency for this blog. But it has helped when it comes to stockpiling miniatures, so all hope is not out. I haven't bought a scale model set in over a year (because I started buying miniatures instead, if I should tell the whole truth), and it is now about a month since I bought a miniature.
I haven't been that good when it comes to painting my miniatures either, but at least I paint a lot more than I did before. I have great plans to end up with more models painted than bought when 2009 gives way to 2010.
At the moment I am working on my first Ironbreaker unit (I guess there will be more of them in the big dwarf army I hope to build over a period of many years to come). The armor is painted, and all the minis are standing firmly and steadily on their bases courtesy of Green Stuff. The Ironbreakers have been a pleasure to work with so far, although I must admit I prefer working with the plastic models over the metal ones. One of the main reasons for this is that I feel the paint sticks better to the plastic. Given time it sort of chips off the metal if they stand a long time before they get coated. But after they are coated they are just as robust as their plastic counterparts, and a lot of the metal minis are more detailed and I love details (except at the exact moment when I try to paint them).
King Alrik and his two shieldbearers are done. Miraculously I managed to get the shieldbearers to hold on to the shield by only pinning one of them. I know how I can pin the second if he decides to drop the shield at a later time, but I hope he will hang on to it by the GW superglue he is attached with. At the moment I am trying to decide if I should glue (or pin) Alrik to the shiled or not. The advantage of glueing/pinning him to the shield is that he stands a lot better when played with, but if I don't glue or pin him on the miniature is much easier to carry around to tournaments or games. And I hope to do some of that in the future.
I have also added an old metal sculpt of a dwarf engineer to the workspace along with a unit of a plastic cannon with three crew. I'm told the latter is from the Battle for Skull Pass Boxed set.
Hopefully some pictures of finished models wil follow in the near future!
I haven't been that good when it comes to painting my miniatures either, but at least I paint a lot more than I did before. I have great plans to end up with more models painted than bought when 2009 gives way to 2010.
At the moment I am working on my first Ironbreaker unit (I guess there will be more of them in the big dwarf army I hope to build over a period of many years to come). The armor is painted, and all the minis are standing firmly and steadily on their bases courtesy of Green Stuff. The Ironbreakers have been a pleasure to work with so far, although I must admit I prefer working with the plastic models over the metal ones. One of the main reasons for this is that I feel the paint sticks better to the plastic. Given time it sort of chips off the metal if they stand a long time before they get coated. But after they are coated they are just as robust as their plastic counterparts, and a lot of the metal minis are more detailed and I love details (except at the exact moment when I try to paint them).
King Alrik and his two shieldbearers are done. Miraculously I managed to get the shieldbearers to hold on to the shield by only pinning one of them. I know how I can pin the second if he decides to drop the shield at a later time, but I hope he will hang on to it by the GW superglue he is attached with. At the moment I am trying to decide if I should glue (or pin) Alrik to the shiled or not. The advantage of glueing/pinning him to the shield is that he stands a lot better when played with, but if I don't glue or pin him on the miniature is much easier to carry around to tournaments or games. And I hope to do some of that in the future.
I have also added an old metal sculpt of a dwarf engineer to the workspace along with a unit of a plastic cannon with three crew. I'm told the latter is from the Battle for Skull Pass Boxed set.
Hopefully some pictures of finished models wil follow in the near future!
fredag 20. februar 2009
Dwarfs
I got a sudden crawing to paint up a bunch of dwarfs. As I've written earlier I found my box of King Alrik and his shieldbearers. They're almost done, and I'm working on pinning them together.
I finally finished and based the tall chandeliers with the caged goblins from the dwarf miners boxed set. The next plan with that boxed set is to find some way to base my grudge ponies and their miners carts.
At the moment I am working on two boxed sets of Ironbreakers; the command squad (5 minis) and the regular squad (5 minis). The idea is to make the Ironbreakers the elite forces of King Alrik, and then use Hammerers as the elite forces of the High King Thorgrim Grudgebearer.
I've aslo almost finished my model of Josef Bugman, just a few minor details left on him now.
I also started on a Bretonnian questing knight. I didn't quite like the knight himself, but I really liked the horse. So I decided to make it a test model for my comming bretonnian knights.
I finally finished and based the tall chandeliers with the caged goblins from the dwarf miners boxed set. The next plan with that boxed set is to find some way to base my grudge ponies and their miners carts.
At the moment I am working on two boxed sets of Ironbreakers; the command squad (5 minis) and the regular squad (5 minis). The idea is to make the Ironbreakers the elite forces of King Alrik, and then use Hammerers as the elite forces of the High King Thorgrim Grudgebearer.
I've aslo almost finished my model of Josef Bugman, just a few minor details left on him now.
I also started on a Bretonnian questing knight. I didn't quite like the knight himself, but I really liked the horse. So I decided to make it a test model for my comming bretonnian knights.
more Terminators
Here are 5 more terminators for my 1st company.
Four of them are from the same box of Terminators as the terminator I have posted earlier, and the one with the grey base came with an issue of White Dwarf last autumn.
Four of them are from the same box of Terminators as the terminator I have posted earlier, and the one with the grey base came with an issue of White Dwarf last autumn.
Chapter Masters, Master of the Arsenal
As the Master of the Arsenal, this Chapter Master has a lot of work to do. The 2nd Ultras have been given what equipment the Ultramarines could spare, but they also need to get some spare equipment from other chapters. The Master of the Arsenal keeps track of what the 2nd Ultras have and what they have on the way from other chapters. He works closely with the Techmarines that maintain the big equipment, but also keeps control over the smaller things like blasters, chainswords and rifles.This model originally came with a swordhand holding a sword with the tip touching the ground in front of his boots, but while cutting the pieces from the sprues I had an accident and managed to damage the sword beyond repair. So I added a chain sword instead. His helmet has black eyes as all the communications are tuned off since the helmet is in his hand.
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