Monday, April 18, 2005

Still doing baby steps, painting wise.

Yet again, i did minimal painting work tonight. So there is now a chance, Duregar will paint up a few Cadian squads before i finish half the grey hunter pack. One hunter is still slowly progressing onwards, and all that needs to be done for him is his bolter arm + bolter, right shoulder pad, minor touch ups on his backpack and his eyes. All of which can/could be done in one sitting if i get enough time to do so. But as i always say, we'll see how it goes.

Later on in the week, im thinking of re-creating my links section, so its a bit more organised and done in a category-like style. At this point in time, ill probably be adding in 4 new links (two image hosting, two web-comics).

Hopefully ill have some more pleasing news for tomorrow.


-TAS

18 comments:

Arjan said...

Nice to see some progress :P
I ate some marines today.

The Angelus Sanctus said...

I like progress too ^_^

And woo to the eating of marines... Mmmm crunchy armor goodness.

Anonymous said...

Hi, yeah, eating Marines is fun, I did that as well... ;) But on the battle field.

Do you think I´ll paint up a few Squads of Cadians before your Grey Hunters are finished..? We´ll see... ;P I still haven´t figured out the smock but the rest is planned. Hmm, is this you Blog you say..?! :D

What´s the status on the Grey Hunter Pack now? One fully finished and 3-4 almost complete..? Or they need slightly more work..?

And what´s that "pleasing new for tomorrow"? :)

Cheers!

Tobias

PS Still trying to remember my password.......... DS

The Angelus Sanctus said...

Heh heh... You did indeed eat marines for sure, although i meant eat from the Tyranid POV ;)

I think you'll have a few squads of Cadians done up before i finish my Grey Hunters for sure. Sure i know what color scheme im using, but i take AGES! That, and Marines are a bit more on the detailed side of things, and you can easily paint up a few Cadian Squads in a few days if you tried.

I actually havent done much painting the past two days now, not cos im not motivated to do it, but more of im not motivated to do ANYTHING really. Hopefully that will change tomorrow, as im HOPING to make it to work, get stuff done, come home NOT be tired and do stuff here. Well, thats the plan anyway. Plus I'm going to try and move my painting set up back into my room, for the sake of access and everything. Its alot to move, but i wanna try that, saves me from going to the Dining Table to do stuff as everything would be literally RIGHT behind me. Staus wise, one if fully finished, 1 is about 85% there, 1 is 70% there, another one is about 60% and the rest well, about 5% heh heh. Although, two havent been touched yet, one needs to have a wolf tooth necklace fixed up and the other, well i think i need to glue some more rocks onto his base before he hits the painting line.

Heh, the pleasing news WAS supposed to say i have another finished grey hunter, alas that is not the case.

Heh, i hope people read this, as im not going to post a new post that says all the above haha.


-TAS

Anonymous said...

I´m reading it! :)

Sounds like a good plan with moving the painting, hmm..? Area..?
Everything that makes it easier, well, makes it easier..? (Talk about useless post!) :P

As for me painting faster..? I doubt it, but recently I´ve made some progress. Otherwise I´ve only assembled stuff lately. Oh, and messed up my Space Wolves (I´ve now changed my mind and will fix them back to Shadow Grey, oh dear...).

Can´t wait for the next ´Hunter! ;)

Cheers!

Tobias

Anonymous said...

always reading.

I painted 6 gaunts bleache bone. That is termagant bodies. I have yet to decide what they're gonna be exactly, gonna wait for the new codex.
atm I got 6 gaunts @ 45 % (excl arms and bases) and 2 at 90%.
But when the red is done, there will be lots of gaunts ready at once.
Marines are indeed a bit more work, but painting gaunts can be mind numbing.

The Angelus Sanctus said...

Heh, so you went for the red/bone look.

Well ur doing alot better than me painting wise, thats for sure.

Heh, this is why when i start my Nid army its gonna be the metallic black look :P That way i wont have to worry about the mind numbing part. Hell in theory it should mean a Nid army will be the fasted army i could ever paint.. Scary thought...


-TAS

Anonymous said...

it's not the color. It's just gaunt, gaunt, gaunt, gaunt, gaunt ,gaunt...oh wait got plenty more where they came from: gaunt, gaunt etc.

You could spray paint them black and finish with the metallic..Saves some time :P
And my gaunts aren't even highlighted. Just body: Bbone, carapace red gore, eyes & tongue blood red; holes: some green (goblin?) and joints: scorched brown.
I thought you kinda guessed the scheme after seeing my tyrant :D

Anonymous said...

Hi all!

HAve you tested Dawn of War yet, Chris..? I´ve played it some more the last few days and my Goffs have swept everything (almost ;) ) before them, it´s great fun! Try the Orks! 8)

How´s it going with the ´Hunters..?

By the way, I´m working on anotehr battle report on the B&C... :)

Cheers!

Tobias

The Angelus Sanctus said...

Heh.. Well thats what happens when you go playing an army where you have ALOT of basic troops Arjan :P

I was thinking black undercoat, metallic wash and a black ink and to see how that went. And yeah, i DID guess your 'Nid scheme after seeing the Tyrant :P

Heh, i still havent installed DoW yet (been rather lazy this past week) so to add in your question about the hunters, go back to the lazy statement. Nothing has been touched for a few days (almost a week now, i think) so yeah.. Just been a yucky week really.

Indeed i saw your BR on the B&C, surprised you didnt go Guard again? However, you still did very well with the 13th Co, once again :)


-TAS

Anonymous said...

Hi, yeah, the 13th Co. have been very successful... Can´t remember if I´ve ever lost with them..? I have played a draw or two, but I don´t think I´ve lost..?
Working on Drop Pods now, by the way... 8)

Oops, spamming your BLOG here...

Something constructive. You haven´t been in a modelling mood the last week..? I don´t think I´ve seen you on the B&C for some time..? Guess your real life have taken up your time.

By the way, aren´t you tempted to start on those ´nids you bought on ebay, now that the Codex is coming..?

Now, try out DoW!! ;)

Cheers!

Tobias

The Angelus Sanctus said...

Yeah, you have always been quite successful with your 13th Co, the large packs of wolves must be working in your favor ;)

Yeah, i havent been feeling too great the past week and a bit, and its not just 40K stuff, its EVERYTHING to be honest, so im like behind in ALOT of stuff. Ive been popping into the B&C again, but i dunno, not finding many threads needing my 2 cents to be honest. Maybe its just me.

As for the 'Nids, not that tempted. Sure ill get the codex, but i actually want to try and acquire some of the still current models eg Hive Tyrant, as i want to convert this Nid army a fair bit into a more typical Aliens/Gigerisque look.

And yeah, ill try DoW... eventually..


-TAS

Anonymous said...

still haven't tried DoW yet? sheesh, after all the trouble i went through.... *sigh*

aw well...eventually

Anonymous said...

Hi,

sounds as if you have a "low period", or what to call it..?
That´s no fun, I hope you "get better"... I hate getting into such moods myself (well, who desn´t???).

Too much work..? Studying..? All otehr real-life commitments..?

Anyways, I hope you get your motivation back soon!

Cheers!

Tobias

Anonymous said...

just as some communication to Tobias: isn't there some 'I forgot my password Q' in Blog?
I kinda don't remember if there is..

On another note: next weekend 1,5 day of 40K-ing. Hope to make some nice pics and I will try to get some to my Blog. Just didn't make time for it :S

@ Chris: nothing like a good game of DoW that helps you get back up (and some vitamins of course)

Anonymous said...

And some coffee and beer and...

Oh, Hi!

I definetly suggest some DoW... Those "models" paint themselves as well, that´s great! ;)

@ Arjan, I did check (very quickly though), but didn´t find anything (doesn´t mean much though) but there should be...
I actually have quite a few pics to post and some whinge to pen down...
Ah well, I should probably restart, and ask the "crew" to nuke the old one... *sigh*

Chris, I played a Carnage today, I´ll post you an email about it soon.

And we´re missing you on the B&C... :)

Cheers!

Tobias

Anonymous said...

Oi!

How´s it going..? I´m checking in here every day, but nothing happens... I don´t mean any new work, but any posts..? :( How are you..?

Now, to cheer you up, try DoW (if you haven´t already! ;) ).

Cheers!

Tobias

The Angelus Sanctus said...

SWEET JESUS ON TOAST!! DONT ANY OF YOU HAVE LIVES!! :P

Ok, lets see if i can "attempt" to reply to all these posts.... My goodness haha.

@Rico - No i havent tried DoW, yeah yeah, i know im evil rah rah rah. Still need to free up space on my laptop, since ive been going on an MP3 downloading craze like there was no tomorrow. But fear not, i will TRY it out ASAP.

@Arjan - Read my stuff to rico about DoW :P Yeah, vitamins might not be a bad idea, i had some blood work done last weekend, havent got a call back, so im guessing everything must be "normal" enough to count as ok. I'll probably ring up tomorrow and see if i can make an appointment just to have a look at them.

@Tobias - Spammer :P It has been a bit of a low period in time as of late, processing of my work for my final thesis amongst one things, and the fact my sleep habits are still as messed up as before.

Ill get to your email(s) by the end of this week, and dont worry, im back on the B&C again, although im not finding that many posts to reply to without doing another mass "spam" thing again. Havent done much 40K wise as of late, although i DO need to move my current painting set up to my room, the downside is, its going from the nice large space of my dining room table to a small lil "cubicle" as such and yeah, its going to be VERY tight. I'll see how the end of the week goes and i DO need to get a new post up ASAP too, it only really hit me, its now May, ugh time flies.


-TAS