Well would you lookie here. It's been a productive few days for painting little war dollies.

I was able to get the first coat of paint down over the hairspray. I tend to let the hairspray dry for about 24 hours before painting over it. It probably doesn't need nearly that long but hey better safe then sorry.

I used P3 Hammer Fall Khaki as my base coat because I am going with the paint job from the Mercenaries book. After this I'll be adding things like Chrome and Steel for the boiler, piping, joints, screws etc.

I also started on the base. I am using Secret Weapons Miniatures, Urban Rubble Base for this guy. I primed it black as I will be making it look really dusty and dirty using SWM Pigments and a grey dry brush for the rubble. You'll notice a pin sticking out of the base, its just a marker for me to find the hole that the pin in the bottom of the Jacks foot will fit into when done (pro tip....take time to try it out before drilling into the base......) Also the pin is a great way to hold onto the base while working on it.

You have to be really careful the next stage as you can't really use the airbrush (well I haven't figured out how to that makes sense for this stage) and you want your paint to be thin but you can't have too much on the brush because the moister is what is going to loosen up and dissolve the hair spray underneath when it's time to pull out the rust.

So yea....picture time.

Wow, time really does fly when you have 4 kids, a wife, and a crazy job.

I realized that it has been a good long while since I updated this blog, but then it's been a really long time since I sat down and actually painted anything.

So for this installment of "What has his ADD butt painted" I started working on the one and only Wroughthammer Rockram from Privateer Press. This is a Rhulic Warjack from the Merc's faction. I got this model used, and he was not treated with love. I had to soak it in Simple Green for a day, then scrub him, then soak him again (repeated a few times). The next fun and exciting phase was super glue removal. It was like chipping marble and I really wasn't sure if I would find Michelangelo's "David" when I was through. Next it was time to pin. I went big, like 1mm thick brass rod big. for the arms, legs and torso.

He has been primed, a few shades of brown added for the rust effect, gloss coated, and hair sprayed.

You can see that I did 4 different shades of brown on this one. I am trying to vary it like you would see on real rust this time.


So here are the starting pics. I hope he comes out great.

Hey sports fans! Its been a few weeks but I am back.

I'm not gonna lie I hadn't even been down to my painting area in over 2 weeks. Life just gets in the way sometimes. But it can be good too. My batteries are recharged and the creative juices are once again flowing.

I decided to go big and paint a unit. I'll be working on Alexia and the Risen from PP. I love the Alexia model its just an awesome pose and a really well done sculpt. And really, who doesn't love a model on a skull base?

Here are some pictures of the first base colors being laid down.

I got the cape based and the first set of highlights added.

Here are the Risen I love how PP made them look like soldiers from the other factions. That's just stinking cool to me.

And here is group shot. Cuz why not.

What a crazy last two weeks it has been!

I live in the godforsaken state of Michigan right now. And we had this wee little ice storm. 

I lost power the Saturday before last and just got it back on yesterday!

So as I move the family back into the house. I believe it is time to start thinking about painting again. 

First thing I am going to have to do is see if a 9 days of below freezing temperatures has ruined my paints. 

Anyone ever had an issue with this? 

So next week I should be back to normal and posting crappy pictures of decently painted models. 

Till then lets all just pray the power stays on. 

Keep warm out there. 

Well hello good people of the internet I am still deciding on what to work on next. I think its going to wind up being a single 28mm figure probably the Mercenaries War Caster Broadsides Bart, or maybe Damiano.

So while I play eeny, meeny, miney, mo. I cleaned up my painting table and got most of my stuff organized. I used Vallejo and P3 mostly which makes having just one solution for paint storage nearly impossible.

I found a solution that I really like. I found The Iron Bow on Etsy.com, He has some great laser cut wooden paint racks I got this one for my Vallejo and Reaper dropper bottles and a large stand one for my P3. The larger one also has the bonus of paint brush storage. Sadly as of typing out this entry the larger pot version is no-longer being sold on his site.

The assembly was pretty easy on these and even though they are laser cut MDF they are quite sturdy.

So hats off to Kelly at The Iron Bow, If you need paint storage go check out his stuff (no I am not a paid or sponsored sales person, just passing on what I found).

If you're anything like me you tend to have paints all over the place by the time you are done painting something and I find that this helps greatly, also helps you keep tabs on what you have and what you need. Don't be like me 3 years ago and buy the same bright orange 3 times in 3 trips to the store because you cant keep your paints strait.

So yea that's my rambling about paint storage.

Here is a picture of the Dropper Bottle Storage

And this is the one that I use for the P3 pots.

Now you know, and knowing is the half the battle......

Well now that the Galleon is done it's time to work on a new project. Only problem is I don't really know what to work on next.

Should I go Warcaster, Jack, or a unit?

So help me out good folks and vote for one in the comments.

I am your humble puppet, make me work for your entertainment.

It's done! It's finally done. After all this time the Galleon is finished and I gotta say I think it is by far the best model I have ever completed.

So no more words here it is in all its "glory"