Successes and Failures

So the hoard of grey plastic and one metal miniature has turned into a hoard of grey painted miniatures. But of course it wasn't that simple... More after the jump. 

WIP: Chapter Master counts as Sammael.

 

 

As promised, a little while ago, my Chapter Master's mechanical horse now has wings making it a mechanical Pegasus... More after the jump.

WIP: painting and modelling.

I've wanted to have a go at this idea since I started my Astral Knights and I've finally plucked up the courage to give it a try. Details and more pictures after the jump...

Showcase: More card scenery.

I had a go at a couple more of Dave Graffam's paper scenery models. In the above photo you can see the watch tower. Read on to see more photos...

Showcase: paper scenery.

I recently discovered Dave Graffam models. He produces loads of really cool looking printable card terrain. Read on for lots more details and photos.

WIP: Ratling Sniper Bases.

I got a little bit distracted by my new toys whilst I was supposed to be painting up my standard bearer.  Having seen some of the amazing bases that James Wappell produces I wanted to have a go at something special for my little snipers.

WIP: Astral Knights Standard Bearer.

 Next month's painting competition for my local GW store is themed 'standard bearer' so I thought I would practice my greenstuff skills and have a go at converting an old Dark Angel model to fit with my Astral Knights. More details and photos below...

Astral Knights helmet options.

I just spotted these over on puppets war. I think they would look amazing as helmets for elite power armoured members of the Astral Knights. What do you think of these on sternguard or vanguard veterans?

I'm Back: Terminator WIP

Well I'm back after a little break from my blog. The end of term and hot weather don't contribute to a good painting rate, but I've got a lot of terminators old and new to show you.

Going Old School: Turning 2nd into 6th.

I needed to turn my oh so retro 2nd edition devastators into believable members of my 6th edition Astral Knights army. So this is what I did...

Going Old School: Retro models.

I really enjoyed the process of stripping, remodeling and repainting my old librarian figure and it's inspired me to add a retro element to my astral knights army.

WIP: Astral Knights Librarian

After my plea for help posing my old metal librarian model Zab and Ieuan came to the rescue with some great ideas. Read on for more details of how he's going...

Resurrecting the dead: redoing an old librarian.

Wish I could make mine look this good!

The painting competition at my local GW store has changed format slightly and now we are given a theme for each month rather than a particular model. Hopefully this will encourage more people to take part as they can tailor it to fit their own collection.  This month the theme is Wizard.

WIP: D&D models

Having been inspired by all the PC models put up by muninn over on his excellent blog (he's currently finishing a mammoth "model a day for a month" session) I thought I would have a go at some for my group of friends as we belatedly embark on a 4th edition adventure.

WIP: Magnetising a landspeeder.

As promised here are the details of my magnetized landspeeder.  I've managed to do all the options that come in the ravenwing boxed army. Loads more photos after the jump.

Magnetizing the heavy weapons on an Attack Bike.

I decided to try and magnetise the heavy weapon load out on my Attack Bike.  Heavy Bolter for infantry or Multi Melta for armour.  All the details after the jump...

WIP: Astral Knights Attack Bike.

Having pretty much finished painting the first batch of Astral Knight Bikers I decided to try a little bit of variety so I've built an Attack Bike to give them a bit of support. 

Painting Competition: Nurgle Lord/Guardsman 'little' Belwas WIP

I've completed the modelling for my Nurgle Lord and he looks nothing like a Nurgle Lord now.  From this point forth he will be called Guardsman 'little' Belwas (apologies to GoT fans but I couldn't resist). 

Painting Competition: Scout biker base.

The completed base for my scout biker. Loads more after the jump...

Mordheim: Sculpting city bases tutorial.

I want to give my Mordheim warband some nice warhammer city type bases so I tried to sculpt some from scratch.