Busy busy busy...

Life is just that, very busy. I have still been hobbying fairly regularly, when I haven't been sick that is. I'm also at a new job site that tripled my commute time and shuffled the hours of work. They work there isn't bad to do, but getting there and the mud are frustrating.

But hobby stuff! I wanted to test out the colour scheme for the Thousand Sons. I converted the model from the Dark Vengeance Chosen Champion. The watcher is from the Dark Angels Deathwing Knights kit, given the mace for his master. This model can be a Dark Apostle or a Sorcerer and when I finish the other Watcher with the sword so that he can have a force sword.

Following the completed Dark Apostle, I quickly finished 17 Bloodletter. They're not amazingly painted, albeit the camera makes the red look worse, but they're done and that's worth something.

I took a bit of a break after the Bloodletters and then finished the Herald of Tzeentch in about a day. Sometimes the paint just goes nicely. I'm also please because it's an inversion of the colours in the Dark Apostle. Same pallet but flipped.

And then pulling up the rear I decided to work on the Forgefiend/Maulerfiend. The Howdah is to make it look original and the Dark Apostle just happens to kit up there for luck.

Wow, so much hobby in 1 month!

Cultists are done!

So this morning I finished up painting all the cultists. The bases are not done yet but I always do my bases as a complete army to keep consistency. This was by far the intensive group to paint for model count. I wanted to keep them dirty and grimy looking.

Because they're a horde of rabble I just used the same colours repeated over all the unit but in different spots. Once they all had their basecoats done I washed them with a brown wash. I then went back and made the green brighter, highlighted the champions, and added the weathering and blood.

I like this colour scheme because it can work for 3 different chaos armies. They can be for a Tzeentchian force, Alpha Legion, or even as a Tyrant's Legion force from Imperial Armour 9.

Pre Wash

Autoguns and a decapitated Wolf

4pts/model and look awesome!

It rubs the Chaos on it's skin or it gets the hose again!

With the ICs 2015 Hobby Progress Challenge now kicked off it's time to unveil the latest additions to the Chaos forces.

So first on deck with have 43 Cultists. I primed them black and then drybrushed them grey. So far I painted one test model. I'm really to emphasize the dark and dirty nature of Chaos troops. So here goes nothing...

What a year in the hobby

As I had previously alluded to, I finished the Hobby Progress Challenge. In addition to that I had also worked like a mad man to finish off my Daemons for games. After the last minute push to complete the HPC,  I took a few days off from hobbying. But you see,  the thing is that I'm now in a routine of daily hobby. I work in construction,  then come home and I'm Dad to 3 kids 5 and under. I don't spend a lot of time sitting down. I have found that if I'm going to watch any TV,  it's either with the wife (0 hobby allowed) or watching Netflix while I paint.

Now,  with the HPC complete,  I wanted to get a shot of all the models that I have painted in the last 6 months. Add to that all the terrain that I've built in the last year,  I feel like I'm cruising through projects at a good rate. Some day soon I will bust out the entire Brazen Fists chapter so far abd get a picture of it.

For now,  it's back to messing around with Green Stuff and making gross looking Ogres.

HPC and some Nurgle Ogres

It's a travesty,  I know. 8 days without a new blog post. I am ashamed. I have been in full hobby mode. The ICs HPC finished on Sunday night at 11:59PM and I pushed it right down to the minute. Are all of the models 100% done? No, but they do look pretty good. I'm really happy with the progress on my army. Since June I have paintes another 2000pts of Brazen Fists, 3.5 gaming tables, and 1800pts of Daemons.

I will come back to the Scouts and Centurions, but for a few days I need a break. Painting every available minute, including waking up at 5am to hobby. A note on the scouts is that other than the sergeant, none of them have progressed to full Battle Brother status and therefore do not have a red glove

To take a break from the Marines, I started messing around with some Ogres and greenstuff. I've got bits in the mail and they should be here in a week or so. This is my first real attempt and seriously sculpting. It's going to take some learning.

Next up is a game for WEDNESDAY NIGHT WARHAMMER! And a game on Thursday Night as well. Once thoseare done the campaign can progress further.

Campaign Turn 8

Turn 8 is here. I received all of the orders in less than 3 hours. I'm impressed. People must be excited.

Turn 7 saw some interesting games,  4 of which resulted in Tabling. As per the scattered rules of the campaign,  those banners returned to their HQs. As alliances change and the Skaven/WoodElf contingent continues to press it's attack into Daemon territory,  we have a paltry 2 games to play. As the Daemon General,  I am still undecided as to how I will spread my advantages in the upcoming battles.

Also,  on my painting desk I have 6 Centurions. I am amazed at the size and detail of these models. I'm still not sure if I will have then done for the end of the month and the ICs HPC. I've got about 4 hrs in on then already and it hardly looks like I've done anything.

HPC continues

I have taken a break from the daemons for a bit. It's not that I wanted to stop painting them,  but I have committed to finishing the Independent Characters Hobby Progress Challenge. The goal of the HPC is to paint a 2000 point army over the course of a year. I started in June and it end at the end of November. To complete the challenge, I  need to paint 10 scouts and 6 Centurions.

At this point in time I need to paint 8 boltguns, do battle damage and all the bases for the scouts. Last night I got the Centurions up to the point where they are ready to be primed.

Wish me luck because I keep getting pulled to do the Daemons some more.