Pelgarth Bloodmask - WIP 2

So still working on my Bloodmasks. The progress has been slow as I have been busy with summer school and distracted by H1Z1. I have managed to move forward on these buxom ladies. I have a lot of stuff on them that is incomplete.

Pelgarth Bloodmask - WIP I

So I want to try and stay up with my progress as I work on these models. I may bounce between simple progress updates and something more in depth. The pictures may not all be great quality either as I am more interested in getting the posts up than with great quality pics. Of course if there is something I need to show I will do good pics.

Getting something done: Salias Yesod

Well, if you have spent any amount of time reading stuff on this blog then you know my one true love is Confrontation. I love the way that game plays out, the feel from the setting, and I have had some of my most memorable moments playing that game. So where am I going with this....lets just say I have a lot of unpainted stuff for that game.

My entry into the challenge

WIP 2: Yu Jing Spec Ops, oh and a spew of random crap

That's right boys and girls, I am still painting. Not a ton of progress but I am working even though it is in 10-20min spurts. I am just having a lot of trouble maintaining focus for too long right now. At least I am putting paint on a model.

There may not seem like much progress, but trust me its there. Not only am I having to re-find my touch and technique, I am discovering that my eyes are starting to betray me. I am not "old" by any stretch of the word, but my eyes have never been good and after 33 years of glasses/contacts they are starting to tire. My eye doc suggested readers, but I am resisting that with every fiber of my being. Perhaps the intelligent part of my brain will cross the hall and slap the shit out of the stubborn side. For real though the more I paint the more I face that reality. My eyes take time to focus on the details, and at time I have to give distance to do so.

As a side note, this blog might move a bit away from just a hobby blog and into a more personal nature. The times I do get to leave something for you I tend to feel better afterwards so maybe there is some therapy to be had here. I will try to at least have something for you to look at, but it may be old stuff or something interesting I find online. Having said that, you might get post about minis, my rp group, World of Tanks (by the way, thanks to TSP for taking me into their clan), programming work for school, or in the future even some EQN Landmark (I can not wait for this game).

Anyway, I have continued on with the armor a bit and started to work more detail around the mini. The cloth is still pretty much basic and the leather has had some more work. As you can obviously see, I also painted the fins on his back. Now, I doubt this will ever get used in a game of Infinity, but in the game they have many minis that have those type of protrusions. They describe them as something that helps soldiers with a combat drop ability (kinda like a paratrooper but more high tech). It adds a bit of color distraction as is, but I am not sure I like it. I might change it or I could just say f-it.

That is about it for now. As always thanks for taking a look.

WIP: Yu Jing Spec Ops

Here are some WIP shots of the Spec Ops model I am working on for a RPG game. My character is a charismatic talker but not a slouch in combat. He is more than able to defend himself in a fight as well as use his charm or witt to best his enemies. Our group will be a band of mercenaries for hire so I wanted a muted scheme befitting of someone ready to undertake a covert op.

 What I have here is fairly preliminary. The green has had some highlighting and shading done, but is far from finished. The the rest of the colors are simply a base with some initial shades for definition.

Eldar Re-Paint WIPs

     My hobby time the past two years has been extremely limited. My decision to return to school as well as the birth of my son have cause quite a drain on my free time. That is probably the number one reason why I have had limited activity on this blog. This summer I decided to take a break after 2 full years (summers too). That should allow me more time to paint and hopefully put some stuff up for you all to look at.

     So, with the recent release of the Eldar codex I have enjoyed working with that army again. We have a saying locally "I don't paint like that no more.", and to some extent that is true. I am not trying to say there was anything specifically wrong with how I used to paint in particular how I painted my Eldar, I have just learned skills and techniques that will make painting new models much easier and reach a better result.

Infinity Terrain: Progress Update

Well, school and work has meant that I have extremely limited. I showed you all, in this post, some of the terrain I had started. This is what I have done since. Well, I did all but one of these. They are deliberately simple. The thought behind that? The last time we attempted Infinity, it did not hold. One of the main reason was that we knew the game required different terrain than we had, but we over focused on detailed, multilevel, modular terrain and in no time we were tired of waiting to get terrain done so we could play. 

 This time around, KISS all the way. Keep it simple stupid! The primary thought is getting a bulk of large LoS blocking terrain and worry about the details later. So now we have the basis of a great table. It is playable, and later it will look great. There are 3 or 4 more pieces not pictured here as I outsourced some work to another location...hehe.

More pics after the jump...

Working Away...Infinity Terrain

So there has been a movement at the local store with Infinity lately. I already own the models so I figured I would join in. We took a stab at this game once before, and the pull to other games as well as the terrain demands pretty much stopped it before it started. This time around, we all have an understanding of what it will take, and we are committed to using what we can until we get some proper terrain made. I played some games last week and we used card storage boxes as terrain. I always enjoy making terrain so I thought I would spend some of the little free time I have and take a stab at it...

"I'm not dead yet!"

Regardless of how it feels here on Every Store Needs One, I am not dead. The birth of my first child has stolen any free time I had. I have been working on some stuff, but just lack the time to post anything.

I am trying to reduce my collection a bit, and narrow my armies down to those I "really" want to keep and work on. Originally that meant that I was going to be selling my IG and my Black Templar, but the more I read in the Horus Heresy forgeworld book the more I think IG will be the only casualty. Eldar are one of old flames, and I have always been a fan of Emperors Children. So it seems I will be breaking apart my Templar and using what I can to make a loyalist version of Emperor's Children to mirror my current Chaos project.

Fiends of Slaanesh conversion: Need Some Input

Just like many in this hobby, I have many armies. One of my favorite to play, well used to be, was my Emporer's Children army. With the release of the current codex, the style of that army was never the same and I stopped playing it.

Fast forward to the release of 6th edition and the inclusion of allies. Now all those lovely Slaanesh daemons that have been taunting me, are now able to be included in a EC army. Even with the renewed joy of playing my Children, I still have a small problem. The current model GW makes for Fiends of Slaanesh are hideous. I can not state in words how much I dislike them. They have a great profile though. So I have to come up with a replacement. I decided to use Tyranid Ravagers as the base with a bit of work to convert them into some thing depraved enough. Here is the pics, afterwards my thoughts.....

More after the jump...

Wrath of Kings WiP: Part III

Managed a productive weekend of painting relatively speaking. Managed get the metallics finished and the back padding of the throne is done. At this point I need to decide what color I am going to use for the horns, tabbard, hooves, and body of the dwarf.

As for the metallics, I feel ok with where they are at. I am still learning the true metal metallic methods, and it is coming along.

 Of course, more pics after jump...

Wrath of Kings WiP: Part II

Here is some updated pictures of where I am at. I have not done much, but I am still making progress. I darkened the leather on the gloves as the consensus over at Dragon Painting forums was that the gloves were too close in tone to the skin. After looking at the model and the pictures I agreed so I toned it a bit darker. 

 More after the jump

Quick Wrath of Kings WiP

      I have actually been able to get some painting time in. Working on a model for Wrath of Kings. I am not exactly sure where this game will land, but I really like the models. For the most part the skin is done, as well as the leather on the arms, legs, and leather straps. Still a long way to go, but I am so far pleased with the results. Also note, there are a pair of swords for his back that I have removed for easy painting.

More pics after the jump

Rackham Animistic Shaman on a Brontops...WIP2

I managed to squeeze a bit of time out to get some work done on this model. I have not had a lot of time for anything hobby related so I really have not got much done. I blocked out a few of the colors and did quite a bit of work on the skin of the brontops. I still have much more to go. As you can see I have not done anything to the rider yet.

Rackham Animistic Shaman on a Brontops...WIP1

Well here it is in it's early stages. This a Animistic Shaman on a Brontops from Rackham (sorry Brent, maybe next one). I really love this model and it is one of my all time favorites.I think it might actually be my favorite mounted model.

This belongs to the Orcs of Bran O Kor which is an army I played for a while in Confrontation (god I love that game). We don't play it much, but it does get drug out from time to time when the locals get bored of 40K/WFB/Warmahordes or whatever we are pushing. I play Alchemist of Dirz most but I have a sizable collection of several other armies and this is part of that collection.

Dark Age Whisper: WIP....scrapped

So this model has been scrapped. The more I worked on it, the more I felt like I did not like it. Since I normally will force my self to work on models this one is going back in the box. I will push the base to the side for now and I may try to find a use for it later.

Big question now is what to work on.

Dark Age Whisper: WIP

Not a whole lot going on around here. Fighting the urge to start some WFB and struggling to find time to paint. I did manage to get a small amount of work on the Whisper model I am working on.

I finished building the base and I blocked out some of the color on model itself. Other than that not a lot to say.

New Project...and dumb mistakes

So I have been feeling a but lost working on my Black Templar. Normally I would push forward until I get to a point that I feel I have it worked out. Well I am at a place where I think I am happy with what I was doing with the black, and I am also kinda bored with messing with them. So I need something else.

I dug out a model that I bought from Dark Age. I bought some of the minis for this game and even at one time intended on playing it. The models that caught my eye to start are the Dragyri Whispers. I love the models and so I thought I would dig one out and have a go at it.

Learning Curve...black....I think I am getting it

Ok I think I have got to the point I am happy with. The unfortunate part is that I have not had that much time to paint so I have not got that far. I started to block out some colors so I can see what they look like with other colors on them. Maybe if I get some time this weekend I can get one finished for you to look at.

Learning Curve...black....getting there.

Ok I bet you are tired of seeing these posts. Trust me I am tired of doing them. Like I said in the first one I am hoping that what I am going through will help you out. Spending some time looking at some other painters, mainly those who are much more talented than me, gave me an idea of what I wanted. When I attempted to match their work using the steps I thought they would take, my results were less than spectacular.