Friday, August 13, 2010
The sergeant seems to have come a long way. I haven't done the shadows of the grenade yet so that will bring the green down a bit. I also need to bring out the highlights on the lenses and work on the gun/arm... I don't have any group shots but I've been pretty decent about keeping with "production line" style so they're all looking like the second pic.
I found this gem on the bay!
I was really lucky that all the parts were intact as the seller thought it wasn't a bad idea to wrap a 10+ year old box (thin-ass paper stock mind you) in butcher paper... the box was literally crushed down to an inch on one side. I'm stoked though..the metal parts on it are gonna make it so hefty! I still need to get rolling on the razorback but when I saw this one I had to get my bid on. I've been cleaning the parts up but haven't started to assemble it at all. I'm gonna wait and see how the razback goes... I imagine painting a tank is going to take some getting used to and I don't want to mess this one up.
Storage Solution
So at 500 pts my "army" (I can't even call it that...) consists of just 16 models. As of right now I was keeping them on the lid of where I keep my paints and supplies.. That wasn't the best move because I'd be moving the box and some would fall over or even worst... they'd fall off the lid and onto the floor. Small ass magnetized arms and packs flying everywhere.. it sucked balls.
My buddy at the office hooked me up with these awesome foam pads he uses for packing and... THEY FIT PERFECTLY IN MY ORIGINAL PAINT BOX! (yeah.. i needed a bigger box to store my paint pretty quick)
Distractions incoming...
As of right now, I'm taking a break on the assault squad. I picked up the OOP Chaplain that came with the original Death Co so I'm gonna revisit them. I took the backpack from the SM Commander that came with the AoBR set and it looks really damn sick. He's leaning on his left and the banner falls perfectly with him. I have a better idea of how I'm gonna do my blacks so I figure I can work on him and possibly redo my death co. After looking at the pics again, I'm not really into how they're looking...
I'm also waiting for my Librarian to come in the mail. Yet another OOP model but this one's sick (IMO) because he's wearing a helmet! I'm debating how to paint him. I've never painted blue before but I'm not sure if I want him to look like an ultra marine. I almost want to paint him like a Dark Angel in dark green... I definitely need to look into why librarians are generally painted blue...
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Awesome work so far, I can't get over the camo cloak!! Could you set up your blog page so that people can FOLLOW, it makes keeping track easier... I stumbled upon this blog by chance from JawaBollocks blogroll. Keep up the good work, those Tearers are looking amazing.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for checking out the blog and thank you even more for the compliment! I've added the "followers" option... a bit of a newb to not only 40k but blogging as well.
ReplyDeleteI'll try my hardest to take pics of my camo cloak technique once I get back on my scouts.
Thanks so much again!