Apologies 2.0 and Good News

Well kids I am finishing up a 36 hour shift and then home to get the clients models and finally deliver them to him tonight.

Now to the next project and something that I am excited to paint.

I will be working on a GW Imp Knight Titan. I don't play $40k but I have wanted to try my hand at this one for a while. A really good friend sent me it to have it painted and I a mean really how could I resist.

As of now the plan is going to Tzeentch it up. I am thinking purple/red with lots of dark browns and oranges for the rusted out nasty look. And hey I'll get to play with my orange oil paints for rust effects.

The base I am thinking about will be a Chaos Star kinda alter dripping blood from the points with Pink Horrors being "summoned" around it (so a few fully on the base. maybe a pair of arms or two coming out of the ground) and one or two getting squished under the Titans feet.

Stay tuned we are about to come in hot.

Apologies are due.

 I have not put up anything on this blog in a very long while. I have been working 2 full time jobs trying to keep my family indoors and fed.

That does not excuse the fact that I have been working on a commision for about 3 months too long and I need to get it to the client. My goal is to deliver his models in the next few days with no other charge.

Because of time constraints I will not be taking any other commissions. I can't give clients the time they deserve and are paying for so its better just not to do it.

On a bright note. I get to work on stuff that I am passionate about at a speed that does not add stress to my life (do I paint or spend the few hours that I am home with the wife and kids?)

So stay tuned. I am not done yet! Just a bit slower.

Thanks for reading my apology.

Oh and give Jay Larson over at DiscountGamesinc.com some love. Jay's store and everything he does for the wargaming community deserve your money.

Retribution Battle Box 1.0

I first want to apologize for how long it has been since I updated last. I would like to give you at least 2 updates a week, but sometimes life just gets in the way.

OK now that they humbling is out of the way lets get down to why we are here. Painting and pictures (well that's why I am here anyway).

So I have been working on the PP Retribution Battle Box. It was given to me used and already "Primed" two were black which looked to me like GW Chaos Black and one was coated in some white stuff.. A soak in Simple Green and the two Chaos Black models were ready to go. The white though....... Oh the white one. Not sure what the stuff is but its just not budging. So everything was washed and dried and a nice light coat of Vallejo Grey Surface Primer was applied using the Badger Patriot 105. The color scheme for the clients Ret is the same as Hyperion in the "black" Silver, Red.

Lets get to the pictures shall we? Here is the Big war jack. I don't know its name but its big broad and this is the one that was covered in the white stuff.

More to follow soon.

Thrall Warrior.

I did this one fast and dirty, I was looking for something easy and quick to paint up after spending hours and hours on the Hyperion. I wanted something fun that I could do and make look good in under an hour.

The paints for this one were strait forward. Vallejo grey surface primer, then I covered it in VMA Aluminum (as most of the model was going to be the armor. Jack bone was the base for the skull, followed by a highlight of the old GW lines Bleached Bone (gonna miss this bottle when its finally all used up). Then washed with the old GW Devlin Mud (or magic in a pot as they used to call it). The Green on the cape is VMC Russian Green.

It's funny how much you miss on a model until you take pictures of it. I didn't notice the extra wash that stayed on the sword or the bit of paint that made it onto the rim of the base.

As to the base.... This is one of the skull bases I had been working on. It got a brown wash and them some Secret Weapons Miniatures Real Water to give it that wet nasty blood look.

On to the photos......

Ret Cav 1.0

The Hyperion was dropped off tonight and the client was very happy. So happy in fact that I now have some more shiny models to paint up for him. I am going to be working on the Ret Cav unit and eViros (the Ret Cav Warcaster). Over the next several weeks. The paint scheme on these is going to be "black" armor and the swirl things will be a really rich red, with a touch of silver to round it out. Not sure what I am going to do with the bases yet but hey that's part of the adventure right?

So have a few shiny, bare metal pics.

Hyperion Finished.

Well its finally done. I think this one turned out pretty well. I would have preferred a different color scheme but its not my model so its all good. 

I learned a few things on this paint job. First and foremost if you are going to mix custom colors WRITE DOWN what you did. Its a pain in the rear to try to recreate a color from scratch. Second, ask for models not to be assembled prior to giving them to you. Lots of weird angles on this one to work around. 

So whats next? I am going to finish up my pAlexia and the risen than another Hyperion for the same guy. 

Here have some pics. 

Hyperion 6.0 - So very very close to being finished.

Oh yea. I was able to sit down for a few hours today and knock out just about everything that needed to be done on this project. I was able to get the gloss coat on and add the reds (I honestly think that an electric blue would have looked better but hey its not my money). I was able to get all the silvers finished up and cleaned up the spots around the white.

The base is looking pretty darn good. For my own models I use Secret Weapons Miniatures resin bases. This one came on what the owner wants so I got to make it up as I went along.  My understanding of the Iron Kingdoms (PP fluff world) is that they really don't care too much about pollution or other junk like that so I went with a dirty nasty look. I added Secret Weapons Real Water to make it a more realistic water base. The Real Water will take about 24 hours to cure and there will be some shrinking as it drys so tomorrow I will have to add just a bit more and it will be done. Well it will be done after a satin coat of varnish.....