Rebel Troopers Part 1

 I'm actually really excited to paint these... for now! Two squads at the same time though...

I did three levels of priming on these for an end-result zenithal highlight. I primed them black, did grey at 45°, then white from the very top. If I was doing a monochrome scheme only, I'd be tempted to keep it just like this!

Primaris Intercessor vs. My Very First Model Part 2

 Well, I power through this model tonight.

I'm mostly pleased about how it turned out. The colour choices I made in 2001 are just wack though!

I still need to matte finish the model... especially that red section on the back, but I think the idea comes across.

Primaris Intercessor vs. My Very First Model Part 1

 I started playing miniature wargames with Warhammer 40,000 back in 2001. I came across my first ever model last month (I'm so glad/surprised I kept it).

Someone online suggested that I paint up a new model at my current painting skills. Challenge accepted!

I'm using CK Studio's airbrush method... I realised two firsts though:

1. First time painting an intercessor (wow!)
2. First time painting yellow.

There was a learning curve and I had to start over once.

It was looking really ugly and then I started the filter phase... I might have overdone it. However, I'm not doing Golden Demon here and I'll just keep trucking. It still will look better than back then!

Comparison

Ugly Phase Front

Ugly Phase Back

And are we too washed out now?

Blitzbowl - Orcland Raiders Part 4

 And we're done!

I really think the basing saved the day... it was getting very drab, but the greens in the grass and the white-painted lines really come through.

Blitzbowl - Orcland Raiders Part 3

 Wow, it's been a while. Went camping for a week and now back to school has ramped up (I'm a teacher).

I finished the models tonight minus transfers and basing. I'll do that hopefully tomorrow night?

Blitz Bowl - Orcland Raider Part 2

 It's funny how much time it can take to put into 6 models! I only got the skin done tonight, but it took about 2 hours.

I did do two heavy washes in between the lighter shades to tone it down. I think they turned out quite alright!

Blitz Bowl - Orcland Raiders AND BLACK RECIPE

 Well, I've been meaning to start on my Blitz/Blood Bowl armies for some time now. I got the Blitz Bowl set last summer and it's taken this long to get to it. It's only 6 models per side right?

Since I'm such a huge NFL fan, I've been wanting to connect my teams with the colour schemes of actual NFL teams and match the flavour for each team.

Of the teams I got:

Human team 1: Philadelphia Eagles
Human team 2: Atlanta Falcons (I have 2 human teams)
Elves: Seattle Seahawks (my favourite team!)
Dwarves: Minnesota Vikings
Skaven: Jacksonville Jaguars
Undead: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Orcs: Las Vegas Raiders

I've been working up to getting my black airbrush recipe tight, as I have Deathwatch and Ulthwé Eldar coming down the pike, so since I'm going Raiders, I have to get this perfected!

I think I did?!

1. Prime black
2. Vallejo Model Air Anthracite Grey all over
3. Mix (roughly half and half) of Daler Rowney Payne's Grey and Anthracite Grey - spray just the shadows
4. Vallejo Model Air Sea Grey - just the highlight areas
5. Vallejo Game Air Cold Grey - narrower highlighting
6. Vallejo Game Air Stonewall Grey - even narrower
7. I take a little mixing cup and I cover the bottom of it with Citadel Contrast Black Templar and then really really water it down with water. I filled my Patriot cup twice for these 6 models. I use a hairdryer in between each coat.

The Colour Team!

After all the highlights

After the water-down filter (everything wasn't totally dry when I took the pic)

D&D - Gnome Monk Redux - Part 2

 Managed to find some time to finish this bad boy off!

I'm super happy how it turned out. I just have to matte spray it, as the Vallejo black is really shiny.

Just in time, as the campaign starts in less than a week!

D&D - Gnome Monk Redux

 I wasn't that happy with the other model, so I ordered one from a site called Hero Forge. Lots of customisation and then they 3D print it on a resin printer. This one was more of my vision for a gnome monk.

It was hard to pick a paint scheme... tempted to go with the Shaolin monk orange, thought about like a hermit desert scheme, but picked a blue in the end. I think I'll have some whites to go with it and some dark greys as belts and gloves.

I wasn't going to airbrush this, but my Krome was so so good. Love that brush. I decided to really do the CK method and trust the process through the 'ugly phase' and it totally panned out. I'm really happy with the tones, shades, highlights, etc. I don't usually take too many in-process pics, but I did today. I can't wait to finish it and I think we start the campaign next week!

D&D - Orc Fighter

I'm really not happy how this turned out. From arm's length, it looks pretty good, but of course, photographed up close, I'm not too thrilled.

The shield... ugh... I don't know how to shade stars! It looks blotchy. I probably wasn't going to glue it on anyway.

D&D - Gnome Monk

Man, this thing is so tiny, it's smaller than my thumbnail!

Obviously, I couldn't airbrush this. I'm not entirely happy with it because it doesn't look like what I envisioned, but I have another model coming that hopefully will look more the part.

D&D

I've never played D&D but I've always wanted to.

I recently joined a group and we had our character building session the other night and played one encounter.

I decided to go with a gnomish monk which will be interesting. I got this model from Stonehaven miniatures. I also got an elven ranger and a half-orc fighter as possible characters down the road (and funny enough, those two exact race and class are in this campaign!).

I also splurged and got a custom one from Hero Forge miniatures. It's 3D printed very finely but Ilif the rendered image on the screen comes to fruition, it'll be exactly what I envisioy character to be. I like this model but he doesn't have the quarterstaff that I want.

Terrain - More Platforms!

I think I'm starting to get the hang of airbrushing black. I still have a ways to go on the filter. I've been using roughly 1:1 black templars contrast with water. It might be a bit too much black.