So much stuff on the go…
Here’s a WIP shot of a Drone for my PanO army in Infinity
Next up are some Sisters of Sigmar for one of my favourite games… Mordheim
Finally for tonight, 2 of the minis I’m using for an Empire Free Company, a Warhammer Warrior Priest and a Peasant from Mordheim
Got a bit of painting done…
I started work on my Trenchers… as mentioned before, one trencher in the box suffered from a broken gun, so, as you can see from the image, there’s only 4 grunts and their boss…
All that’s really left on them is the backpacks, countless pouches and the grenades… highlights, then to get more 
Once I’m done with these guys (and the replacement), I’ll be working on my Defender (who already has been primed and has the regular metal bits painted)… The fun thing with this jack, is that he’s completely magnetized, so I can swap out the arms and turn him into an Ironclad or Cyclone… I picked up 50 1/8″ Rare Earth magnet rods today… so I just have to add them 
On a completely un-Warmachine related note, I’ve also continued work on an Ork project I started aeons ago, when they released the latest Orks…
First up, is the warboss and his mega nob retinue
Then we have the first of 3 Killa Kans, named Blinky, he’s sporting the very fashionable, Burna and Buzz Saw.
Next up is Grumpy, Grumpy has this year’s model of Grotzooka, with Kill markings.
Last, and definitely least is Harold. Just like his older brother Grumpy, he’s wearing a Grotzooka… but, Harold has yet to distinguish himself.
I have yet an other assembled, but unpainted Kan, with an Oil Drum converted as it’s Grotzooka, the idea was to have a unit of 3 Grotzooka Kans, and an other unit with some other armamements…
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m exhausted… zzzZZzzz
So I find a way to get everything done in a day… give up on sleep!
Hey, it’s what I used to do when I was younger…
Yesterday’s itinerary
Now, lets see how productive I’ll be today.
On an other note, looks like we may have found a date to start playing Descent, and I have a small Warmachine game scheduled for Thursday night!
Gonna try out a really cool Cygnar list I was thinking of between a few of the items in last night’s itinerary.
Wow… This is just not moving at the pace I wanted it too… but it’s my own damn fault.
Suffering from Gamer A.D.D. is not a f… ooh shiny!
Where was I? Oh yeah, so, a couple of buddies and I started playing Star Trek Online, which has taken most of my time… but I am now a Lieutenant Commander, so I get to pick a new ship…
I’ve also been planing the start of a Descent Journey in the Dark campaign… which I’m really looking forward to.
In regards to the Gamer Journal though, I did manage to find a Reinholdt mini this weekend… he’s now primed as is my unit of trenchers (minus one who’s rifle barrel snapped off), so I’ll need to get a blister of them… and my Stormblades are pretty much screwed…
They were 2nd hand minis, and the paint removal process ended up removing detail… so once primed… they look like crap… so either I have to get a new box or swap them out for a Hunter (which I think may be better)
Wow I suck… Typically I can paint a storm… we’re one week in, and I’m still not even done the first mini…
Here’s my plan..
I think that’s as far as I can plan…
But I also have to say… wow, we’re up to 14 people in the league… I’m so happy about that!
So I was working on Stryker last night…
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And while waiting for some ink to dry, I started the prep work on my trenchers and noticed why the leader is the leader… |
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You can see he’s REALLY excited to be there. |
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Compared to his limp companions |
Now, I’ve seen all sorts of mis-cast, mis-shapen, or bent pieces before… but that was a bit too funny
Spent a bit of time painting last night… and I’m having a blast working on the alternate pStryker, it’s a real fun miniature…
I’m going with a typical color scheme, but at the stage I’m at now… I could really just clean it up, do the little details and call it done…
But, Coleman is the signature man in blue, I’ll be adding that tonight. I decided to place him on his (almost completed) base for this picture.
Also, for those curious, here’s a pic of the bases. 
I know that I picked Cygnar for my faction for the Gamer Journal… I know I have to paint 13 miniatures for the first tier of it… so I sit down last night and what do I do? I start painting more Menoth Jacks…
What can I say, the fire is deep routed in me…
So I continued work on a Crusader, Castigator and Devout, basically adding scripture on the hulls and some more weathering… When I first restarted my menoth paint scheme, I was going to go with a more studio like theme, with the cream color and deep red wine colored trims… for some reason, they ended up dark again
I then added a few thinned down coats of Menoth White base on a Revenger and a Redeemer until I had a nice smooth base. Once Dry, I laid on a heavy wash of GW Devlan Mud (one of my favorite paints). All this is over a black primed figure that has been heavily drybrushed with GW BoltGun Metal (so I can add weathering and rust later on)
I’m not too worried about my boys in blue, since I had mentioned that the bases are pretty much done, and that Siege, the Squire, the Journeyman and are assembled, heck, I even primed the squire!
So I got a head start since my 15pt list is now announced, and started working on my bases, since I love me a nicely done base, I find it just completes a mini perfectly.
So the question is, what type of base would fit with Cygnar best?
How about slate/dirt/grass? Yes Please!
So I used pretty much the same method as with my Trollkin
Cut some its of plasticard to look like slate, glued those onto the bases, added different sizes of sand on them, then went on to paint them:
Once I’ve got the miniatures painted and pined onto the bases, I’ll add the front arc markings… not sure if I want to paint the whole front arc a different color, or if I should just make some marks on the side so it doesn’t take as much of the aesthetics away from the mini. (I know I know… what can I say… I come from an artistic background… )
After that’s done, I’ll coat the whole mini in a thick shiny clear coat, to help prevent any chips… once that’s dry, a dull coat goes on, to get rid of the shine.
Now, I still have to add some static grass… I prefer adding it AFTER the varnish, so it doesn’t get all gross.
No pics of the bases yet, as I finished them at around 2am (I was glued to CoD: Modern Warfare 2) till around that time. I will take pics later this evening.
Here are a pics of 2 of my other crews:
Seamus’ Red Chapel Gang
Nicodem’s zombies
I’ll be priming these guys today and since I don’t have time to to slap paint, cause I have to go visit the brother-in-law for his bday.
