Did my first job with greenstuff today, it seemed to work pretty much like blu-tac, except apparently it sets and goes hard. Will inspect it tomorrow to see how it turned out.
For next time I'll have to remember to shave off much less at a time and bake it together. It started setting quite fast and I only had time to use about one third of it.
2010-11-09
2010-10-20
Washes and stuff
The boyz are all washed now, looking great! The paint smoothes out mistakes, enhances shadows, and makes the colours much more alive. Now I need to get to the nobz and bosses...
I am using the Boltgun Metal instead of the Gunmetal for the nobz and bosses. Compared to the Gunmetal it's a dream. Comes on smoothly, doesn't need constant stirring - hardly any stirring at all in fact - makes a nice, even surface full of lustre.
Well, it makes sense for the nobz to have better looking weapons. They're nobz after all!
I am using the Boltgun Metal instead of the Gunmetal for the nobz and bosses. Compared to the Gunmetal it's a dream. Comes on smoothly, doesn't need constant stirring - hardly any stirring at all in fact - makes a nice, even surface full of lustre.
Well, it makes sense for the nobz to have better looking weapons. They're nobz after all!
2010-10-11
What's worse than waiting for paint to dry?
What's worse than waiting for paint to dry? Waiting for glue to dry. Especially when you have to sit there and hold the pieces of the model together until it's hard enough to stick. Especially annoying when you're almost guaranteed that the piece will just fall apart again seconds later when the glue sets enough to become brittle.
This is another reason working with the tin models is a pain in the ass. Not only do they not look as good as the plastic ones, you can't get the parts to stick together properly either. I contemplated using a soldering iron to warm the surfaces up a bit and then get them to melt together, but the potential disasters in that plan kept me from it.
This is another reason working with the tin models is a pain in the ass. Not only do they not look as good as the plastic ones, you can't get the parts to stick together properly either. I contemplated using a soldering iron to warm the surfaces up a bit and then get them to melt together, but the potential disasters in that plan kept me from it.
2010-10-07
Quotes #1
Why purple? It's a question that keeps coming up, so I'm gonna let the orks themselves reply.
Boss Fingsnik:
Why purple? Coz everyone in da warp wears purple ya git! Da pointy 'eads wear purple, an' dem beakies wiv de horns wear purple, an' dose things wiv all da claws...
Runtherd Gobmop:
...An' the gene sneakers dat we make the clothes of is purple too. Dats a good reason.
Ugwask the Kommando:
Because purple is ded sneaky, dats why. Didja ever see a purple kommando? Didn't think so. You don't sees us 'til it's too late.
Mek Kogshok:
Red wunz go fasta, but purple ones are warpier. Even a grot knows 'at.
...and there you have it.
Boss Fingsnik:
Why purple? Coz everyone in da warp wears purple ya git! Da pointy 'eads wear purple, an' dem beakies wiv de horns wear purple, an' dose things wiv all da claws...
Runtherd Gobmop:
...An' the gene sneakers dat we make the clothes of is purple too. Dats a good reason.
Ugwask the Kommando:
Because purple is ded sneaky, dats why. Didja ever see a purple kommando? Didn't think so. You don't sees us 'til it's too late.
Mek Kogshok:
Red wunz go fasta, but purple ones are warpier. Even a grot knows 'at.
...and there you have it.
2010-10-06
Whew! Lots of paint!
Whew! A lot of painting done, and some still remaining. Most of the boyz are painted up to the stage where I wash 'em. I was gonna get started on that today but I bought the wrong wash. Got a duplicate thraka green instead of the badab black.
Just look at 'em! I even deployed them all in their own special fashions. The stormboyz by deepstrike (I forgot one of them that had rolled behind the brush jar), the kommandoz have outflanked, and the boyz have simply reinforced.
I still have a neck and face of one of the nobz left, and the same for the three deffkoptas, plus I gotta paint the grot orderly and the warboss, but then I'm done with green for a while. At least I hope so.
I also gotta paint the killa kans. As you can see I'm still trying to come up with a good paint scheme. As you can see, I still have some way to go to get there... suggestions are welcome.
Just look at 'em! I even deployed them all in their own special fashions. The stormboyz by deepstrike (I forgot one of them that had rolled behind the brush jar), the kommandoz have outflanked, and the boyz have simply reinforced.
I still have a neck and face of one of the nobz left, and the same for the three deffkoptas, plus I gotta paint the grot orderly and the warboss, but then I'm done with green for a while. At least I hope so.
I also gotta paint the killa kans. As you can see I'm still trying to come up with a good paint scheme. As you can see, I still have some way to go to get there... suggestions are welcome.
2010-09-28
Kommandos, WIP
I decided I'd put my two burna boyz into action in a group of kommandoz. I had a bunch of spare boyz and figured I could kommandofy some. I picked out the ones that stood out the most, which were the ones that dual-wielded their weapons.
I bought a bunch of used models from a friend, and he had been more creative with his kit than I could be with my starter models. The result being that some boyz have two sluggas or two choppas.
I decided these guys were trying to look tough and so picked them out for kommando duty.
To make them even more kommando looking I went with the current trend in computer games. That is, the more kit you're carrying around, the more elite you are. So I started painting and clipping out ALL the spare bitz I could find and attaching to the kommandos. They're looking really kommando now! Just look at these WIP pics.
I bought a bunch of used models from a friend, and he had been more creative with his kit than I could be with my starter models. The result being that some boyz have two sluggas or two choppas.
I decided these guys were trying to look tough and so picked them out for kommando duty.
To make them even more kommando looking I went with the current trend in computer games. That is, the more kit you're carrying around, the more elite you are. So I started painting and clipping out ALL the spare bitz I could find and attaching to the kommandos. They're looking really kommando now! Just look at these WIP pics.
2010-09-22
Scratch build!
I tried my hand at a scratch build. Using mostly some leftover clippings from sprues, a few leftover bits of metal thread from other projects, and also some other junk like dried-up blu-tack I made this objective marker in the shape of an orky gadget of some kind.
As you can see, da worky bitz up front connect to da know-wotz at da back thru dat fing wid da gubbins, an dat makes da gizmo run. Took me five lever-pullin' grotz before I figgered dat out.
It might be fun to develop special table rules for it. Maybe it projects a field with a 6" range that does something. Like deflects projectiles, or interferes with teleports, or something?
As you can see, da worky bitz up front connect to da know-wotz at da back thru dat fing wid da gubbins, an dat makes da gizmo run. Took me five lever-pullin' grotz before I figgered dat out.
It might be fun to develop special table rules for it. Maybe it projects a field with a 6" range that does something. Like deflects projectiles, or interferes with teleports, or something?
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