Tactical Squad

Hey there, I have been getting some time to work on my first tactical squad for the Astral Claws and figured I should put a few WIP pics up.  In case you did not know I have a WIP thread up on CMoN as well.  Here is a link to that.

  http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?45350-Astral-Claws-Badab-War

I basically started by making a few practice symbols on my glass palette, I think you can see it in a grey color in one of the squad photos.  I then basically applied that to a shoulder pad.  Once all of the stars were in place it was a matter of placing the claw around it.  I have not finished all of the lining around the claws, but one is done.  I am fairly pleased with the final product.

Please feel free to comment and provide feedback.

Thanks,

FP

Huron Completed

Hey there everyone, it has been a very long time since my last post. I have not had a lot of time to hobby, but my wife was very generous this weekend and I was able to complete Huron! The photo is not te best as it taken with my phone, but you get the idea!

Huron Update

Here is the latest update on Huron.  I am getting very close to finishing the main body.  It took me a while to make a decision on how to paint the heavy flamer, but in the end I decided to go with the gold finish to keep a certain balance to the model.  I am currently trying to decide if he is going to keep the back banner or if I am going to move that into a unit.  It is such a nice piece, but I am not a huge fan of back banners on IC's.  Anyway that is where it sits.  Once again, photo's taken with the phone so understand the quality...

More Huron

Hello again,

I had the chance to put a little paint down on Huron today and almost finished his "claw"  I tried a subtle "just turning on" lightning crackle.  I am not sure how I feel about it just yet, but overall I like the way the model is coming together.  As always comments are welcome!

Badab War

Hello again to everyone.  It has been a while since I have made a post, but life has kept me pretty busy.  My family and I recently re-located to Phoenix AZ and it was quite a move.  Now that things are beginning to settle down I will try to post more frequently.  My latest project has been to get my friends from Redding and Chico involved in a the Badab War.  I would like to thank my friends back home for staying involved and to extend thanks to the guys at 40k Radio/Battlefoam for extending a friendly invite to come hang with them to do some painting.  Here are some photos.  Of course feedback is always welcome.  All photos take with an iPhone4.

NorCal Gaming at it's best

Hey guys, I just got done with the latest installation of Apoc games with the Brotherhood Of Mutants from Chico and G3 from Redding and man what a game.  Again, Anthony has put together another great battle. All praise the Son of Russ and the Sons of Herecles!!!!  Thanks again to Matt, Paul, Anthony, Jeff, Brent, and John.  I cannot tell everyone how much fun I had and how much I will miss having this kind of game.  Let us just say we will not see that same mistake again!!!!!  NO MORE DRAWS.  RUSS WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!!!!!!!!

Next Project

Well hello again folks.  Just throwing a quick note out to say thanks to all of those who have viewed my blog and taken part of the survey.  Also I wanted to toss a couple of pics up of my next model.  This one is part of a fun (well I think it is fun) project I started with my some of my friends a while back that I nicknamed "Foreign Exchange Models".  Basically you paint a model for a friends army.  I do not know if everyone else has enjoyed it as much as I have, but I really enjoy bragging about the models that my friends have painted while I play.  It is just another thing to talk about and honestly I think the Nor-Cal gaming group aka G3, Brotherhood of Mutants, etc is about as good as it gets.  Nothing personal to those who are out of this area, but just keeping it real :).  Anyway, here is the model I am working on for my friend Anthony.  To be honest this guy is long overdue in his Grand Army and I am honored that he picked this model for me to take part in the model exchange.  As you can see he started the model with an interesting technique.  He basically primes the model and then applies a light drybrush of a metallic gold which provides some initial shading.  From there he goes in and paints in the rest of the colors.  I am sticking with a traditional paint scheme for Kharn in order to fit in with the rest of his army, though I will say it was very difficult to not go with a Pre-Heresy palate.  In the end I hope that I put out a model that he finds worthy of all the Apokolypse games that he participates in.  Lastly please take a look at my WIP section as I have posted a few more pics of the Infinity model I just finished.  Any comments are welcome!!!