Grey Knights

Howdy,

Time is flying by at the moment and I keep missing getting a post a week out which was a mini goal for May, June and July.

Its been hot again and that has meant having to hobby late at night and early into the morning!

Still it hasnt been all that bad with Her Indooors keeping me company we have ploughed through some great audiobooks and been cracking on with our respective hobbies.

I was given these guys as a Christmas present (yup it takes me that long to get through the to do list), and I felt it was time to give them a go.

I used a tutorial that I found on Tale of Painters to help me.

The big challenge was the Force Weapons, which I was dreading, it seems like I gave them a fairly good go and I was pleased with the results. I think I will be using the blending technique a fair bit now that Ive built up the confidence to use it.

I wasn't brave enough to use a NMM technique on the armour, however I do like the results.

I even invested in a pin drill to drill out the gun barrel's 

I think that this guy is my favourite out of the five. He has a bit of a 'come and get it' attitude about him

Finally a close up (unintentionally) of the force sword in all its glory!

Till next time.

They came from the Warp II

Howdy,

Things have been a bit slow lately, caused by a number of factors eating into hobby time. What with work, life and another mad idea I've had there hasn't been a lot of love for the plastic.

Finished Warp Talons

On Sunday the squad of Warp Talons was completed. I must admit I hadn't expected to enjoy painting something so detailed. On went the audio-book and hours flew.

Base Coats and a messy work desk

Basic base coats were applied to the two remaining members of the squad. I attempted when assembling them to keep them as similar to the poses used in the GW literature (and on the box) 

Washed and still soggy

Then the same paint scheme that had been used on the previous three was employed to finish the spiky buggers off. Careful observers will have noted the Night Lord shoulder pads that were purchased from FW. Its the first time I've really tried to paint the fine cast resin (despite having several guys waiting to be painted!) and found the coverage OK once the release agent had been washed off.

Spiked Fury

These guys then met up with their battle brothers for a group shot. Ive enjoyed the trip into the warp immensely. I think I'll have to purchase some more Chaos Marines to experiment with.

Talons of Death

I might get back to some Wolves before the next post!

Rocket Fang!

Howdy,

Hope everyone has had a great Easter!

With some time off from work the last Fang in the squad has been completed. I was a little bit nervous about painting him as I couldn't get overly excited about getting some paint down on him. Its kinda funny trying to explain it, maybe it was because I had to paint him from the plastic that the nervousness and general feeling of it being a chore kicked in, who knows. I have to say though once I had the base coats of paint down I could imagine picking out the details and that spurred me on. 

Here he is taking aim

Erm............ I'd duck if i were you!

Its funny but just today whilst catching up on blogs that I stalk follow, I heard a similar tale from Karitas over at Excommunicate Tratioris and then I thought about it and think that I am suffering from a Wolf burn out too. Don't get me wrong I love the models when they are painted, but with the Wolves it feels like there is an endless queue at the moment. 

Here is the now customary 360 view.

Kneel, Aim, Fire!

Anyway not all doom and gloom. I took some advice from a fellow blogger and experimented with some different techniques on the backpack. I thinned the paints and went for multiple layers of Russ Grey to try and achieve a smoother finish. The outcome was pretty good. 

Rockets!

The main aim of finishing the Fang off was to complete the squad of five, so with Rocket Fang complete I had to get the rest of the squad out for a photoshoot!

And smile for the camera

In a line

So taking stock I think a change of colour is needed to reignite the painting fire, I'll come back to the Wolves at some point as there are still a few to go, but I'm happy with the painting progress thats been made in the first six months of the blog. thinking back to why I began with the blog it was to improve the quality of the finished miniatures and looking at the line up I think that its going in the right direction.

Oh and apologies for the Elton John inspired title, bet thats stuck in your head now!

Till next time!

Ready for the hunt

Howdy,

Finally managed to finish off the two remaining Blood Claws. Meaning that the squad is now complete.  I enjoyed mixing the old metal miniatures with some of the newer plastic arms from the Space Wolves battle force box.

Ive been reading a few blogs lately where the virtues of the latest GW stuff have been praised highly, but i feel that the older models still have a lot of character in them.

Anyway some images to show the progress.

Eyes right

The last Claw

Here are some group shots! Remembering saving up my pocket money to buy these guys way back made me feel proud to finally complete them

Got any guns or knives?

Charge!

Finally a group shot to see them in all their glory!

The Blood Claws

So whats up next?  Well I've got lots to choose from...... till next time.