Importance of new Equipment

After working with a small kitchen blade and grap $2 shop super glue i decided to venture out in search of some good equipment. I got some really good glue called Zap a Gap which comes with a very small tip to get glue into hard to reach places.

I also got a knife which is 100x better than my sad old excuse for a knife. It has a good solid handel so i wont be holding the blade again (the amount of cuts i usually have on my hands is rediculous), and comes with replacement blades (which are really cheap, $1 per blade) so i will always have a sharp knife

I have tested it out and can really tell the difference. Its so much easier to use and so much easier to cut with. Just goes to show the importance of having good/well maintained equipment.

Terminators Squad Finished

After getting fairly bored i decided to finish off a terminator squad. I do have a chainfist, but i just realised that it is hidden behinds the sergeant.

Painted just as all my other units and i think the face looks good on this one.

Stuffing around

Well i haven't got around to finishing off the captain, but i did do transfers and other such things today.

I have barely anything left to paint, which is an odd feeling, because i always have lots to do. The reason i haven't got much is that wayland games is taking a long time to send my order (the fact that it was $650 worth of stuff) but when it gets here i'll have so much to do.

I am waiting on parts from a friend so i can finish my captain with dual power fists which will be fun to convert. I don't really have much left to paint...
Captain with power weapon and storm bolter
terminator captain
12 terminators

Hopefully wayland games will send the order soon as i'm not really interested in painting terminators, but if i get bored then i'll finish them up

WIP - Master of the Fleet

Over last night and today i've managed to paint most of my Master of the Fleet. I used a variety of paints, which i have probably always used, but never noticed. Armour is my standard colour (enchanted blue w/Blue ink wash.) I painted the robes as i have with all my other models, Red Gore base, Scorched Brown wash in the recesses and Blood Red highlights.

The white hammer was first painted codex grey and then fortress grey, both of which looked nice and flat. But as soon as i put white on it, that all goes away. It's not perfectly flat and i'm not happy with it. The face was painted Bronzed Flesh, Scorched Brown wash in the recesses and highlight with Elf Flesh. It came out ok, but i got some elf flesh in the lips and under the right cheek bone. Another thing i'm not happy about.

I think i did a good job, but i can tell that i'm in no shape to fix up the model right now. I'll do some tomorrow, so stay posted.

Last Dread Finished and Orders Away

Well overall i'm very happy with this model, but if i could fix one thing, it would be the face plate. I couldn't get the old paint out of the crevasses without ruining the detail so i had to leave it.

Highlighting this model was fun as it slowly looked more and more real after every layer. I think the thing that makes it look the best is the base, don't ask me why, i didn't even spend that much time or effort on it either. I might go back and make it look better later, but for now i'm happy.

I have now finished all the dreads that i need for my apoc game with youngy. I will now be focusing on tanks as i just sent another, rather big, order off to wayland games. I'll be painting a rhino and 3 razorbacks rather soon and painting tanks in general is so much fun. Their quick, easy and look so much better than infantry.