Ork Trukk!

Hey! So it's been a real long time since I've posted anything here lately. I've been incredibly bogged down and hit one of those creative road blocks after a recent bigger project finished. It left me absolutely drained! October was a KILLER month for me creativity wise. November, I just chilled out and played games for a change, and worked on this one little by little. Sorry it took SO LONG Matias. That's my bad. I hope what I have here though is awesome, and you'll love it.

Kroooooooooooooooooot!

Right! So after the elf I started on these guys. I'm trying yet another thing. I didn't paint these guys in pieces and assemble them later, instead, I painted them fully assembled. They didn't come out to bad to be honest. On top of that, I only painted 4 out of 12. Turns out, doing this really helps me focus on getting a couple of models done and not feeling like its a chore. Is it faster to paint 12 at a time? I think so actually, but will they look as good? Definitely not. So from now on I'm only going to paint 4 or so troop models at a time, and then paint a special guy or a small squad of something else in between. I'm hoping this will pick me up and help me produce more stuff! Not that I need that... =)

An Elven Druid

This was another commission for a friend of mine. They wanted an elf painted up, and when I looked at the model, I said "Sure, probably easy enough to do! There doesn't seem to be that much complex about her, just know that I don't really know how to do skin tones that well." Which, is true, and that was the learning experience for this model, among a few other things I came across when it showed up at my work place.

Autarch, Space Elf Badass.

Well, I'm going to call him done. I mean, he looks done to me. I really hate taking pictures of my stuff some times though, as that's when I can see a lot of problems. Sigh, I'm going to have to go back and fix his head dress. I swear I hold the thing as lightly as possible and paint STILL falls off the thing. Growl! Oh well.

So anyway, finished. This guy was a lot harder than I thought, and took me more time than I thought I'd take. I'm hoping I can call him done for now, but my friend will tell me what he thinks first. It took me some time to figure out how to do the high lights, and I'm not sure I'm happy with them. I look at the model picture and it's way different. Funny note, the blue I'm using seems to be morphic. Ya that's right, it changes. Both Graeme and I have noticed, that when painting with it, at times we think it's darker, and other times we think it's lighter! We can't figure out why it does this, but it does! He painted up 5 dire avengers using the stuff, and four of them look fine, while the last one looks darker. Go figure! =D

Drones for the Greater Good

I've created a squadron of drones now. Six of them little buzzing things. They remind me of an old movie called "Batteries Not Included." Well, they kind of remind me of it. Whatever! They're all painted up now and ready to fight for the greater good! Whether they register such logic or not.

Incoming Eldar Air Transport!

Incoming! It's another jet plane! This one however is far bigger than those other ones I painted up a month ago. This guy is meant to carry in the troops and drop them off into battle, as well as blow shit up on the way in. He was pretty cool, and fairly easy to assemble. There wasn't really anything complicated about this guy, which made him a relaxing vehicle to paint.

The Start of a New Army

And so I've finished yet more little dudes. I've picked up a new army box now, and as a test I put together the fire warriors and started painting those first. I really love this army, and their style. The iconic long barrel rifle is just awesome, and they all look so "techy" too which is a lot of fun. For a first, these guys are ok. I've learned a number of things now, and I want to test out some of these new thoughts on the paint colors with maybe a few of the drones in the box. So, those might be the next guys you see. Either them, or stealth suits.

Nightwings

 

Aeronautica Imperialis, is the new game around the office. Well, maybe not the office. It's the new game between my friend and me now. He arrived from Norway, and said "Greg! Look at this new awesome game! Yes! Planes! MUST PLAY! PLAY NOW! MUST NOW PLAY!" So, what did I do? I dumped money into airplanes! So here I have 3 eldar planes. There were 4, but you see, this monster by the name of ghost swiped one from the skies and devoured it! Ok, maybe not devoured, more like bat it around the house, removed its wings and tail fins, and was in the process of trying to get the elf inside but I stopped him before that. So, we have three.

Teh Monkeh!

In a DND campaign I'm participating in, with that blue lizard named Kroxigan, most the other people in the group started picking up models as well. Afterall, you get experience for having a model! However, something strange happened. It was kinda nice, an honour in a way? To understand where I come from, well, I browse a lot of art work in a day and see what people get "commissions" for. To be honest, I don't EVER feel my work is worth the money. Don't take that as me saying what I do is "terrible" or "bad." I certainly don't think what I can do isn't amazing! It is, truly, but I never feel it's payment worthy. Therefore, I get really terrified when someone plops down a model and money to paint something! I mean... I really hope I delivered.

Smooth Riding

The next group is done, and I enjoyed painting these guys. Will I use them in an army? I don't know honestly, I may, but I'll need a whole lot more than 3 guys if I intend to do that. Maybe for my 500 point games, maybe, but I feel they're a little wasted. However, they're looking pretty sweet I think!

Buildings, finally.

I finished. Or more accurately, I've gotten so sick and tired of these things that I'm saying I'm done now even though they aren't at top notch. I think the next time I do any other "building" project, I'm going to make sure I build it in pieces that are easier to paint and I'm not going to spend as much time as I have on these guys to make them at least look ok. I say these guys, I suppose it's really just one, but ya. I'm so tired.

An Adventure in Terrain

And so I take an adventure into terrain building. This actually wasn't all that hard, and I'm pretty excited about how it came out. Not to shabby really! I have new ideas for sandbags, you'll see those improve as I continue to build minor elements like this. These pieces of terrain will be used in matches at the office hopefully. Simple elements to the battle field we'll be fighting across with our painted army men. Or well, at least mine will be painted!

Speed Paint!

This is Kroxigan. He's a lizard creature I'm playing in a D&D campaign. I haven't gotten to use him much yet, but I mean, he's a dragon wizard! So therefore, he's awesome inherently. After just one game, I've already bought myself a model and painted him up for the group game that happens every other Tuesday. I think he came out pretty cool! I suppose next, I'll need to paint myself a space wolf assault marine for the other game I play in. I'm in way to many games D=

Eldar Group Complete

So I finished the four of them. They were quite a challenge, each and every one of them. Robes are a new thing for me, though I'm getting better with each and every attempt. Apparently you pick up a style with some colors I guess. For my reds, my style seems to be firey or drastic color changes. This is at least what the games workshop guy told me, so I tried something different. Or more, what he told me to try out.

Eldar Return

So the silly space elves make a return to the scene. I picked up a few Warlocks, infact, a box of them plus a far seer, because at the beginning of this year I made a post on someone elses site that I wanted stuff crafted by them! In so doing, I had to put up a similar post on my face book and several people responded. I'm sure they knew what was coming to them by doing so! So now, I complete two of my commitments. Well, almost. I still feel like there's a little more work left to do on these guys, and I'll get to it this week some time. But for now, I think they're looking pretty ok.

Terminator Squad Complete!

 

So, they're completed! They've been sprayed to seal them and the grass added on after the fact. There's not a lot here to say about these guys, other than I'm pretty happy with how they came out. The touch ups compared to the last thing I did really brought them out a lot better. The eyes look amazing, for once, and I added some dashes to the pieces of paper adorning them. They're fantastic! I couldn't have done a better job.

Painting Again

So I've started again, and I'm kind of excited. It's been since last year in February since I've been able to work on these guys again. Finally, I'm able to. Working on miniatures is so relaxing! Well, kind of. I mean, it's nerve wracking too kinda! You're sitting there with a brush and this tiny guy and trying desperately to paint the fella, and not put a dink or a stray stroke anywhere it doesn't belong.

I've done that a few times, and as you glance through these pictures, you'll see where I've done that. I'm debating on how to clean it up. I could just paint over it again with the green, but then I might need to rehighlight, and worse, I need to put the wash back on.