Warmachine – Cygnar Starter Finished!

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Cygnar Warjacks

Cygnar Warjacks

My first 3 Warjacks are now ready for battle, I just need to finish off the Warcaster to lead them :D.

I decided on a couple of things I wanted to do with these guys before starting and think they stick to them pretty closely. I wanted to make sure they looked used and a wee bit grimy. I don’t think steam engines and warfare will mean a clean piece of kit :). I also wanted to make them look a bit more larger than life and closer to what appears in the artwork, hence the heat coming from the engine and exhausts. I’m toying with adding some plumes of smoke to them to further this link to the artwork, either using clump foliage painted up or some resin cinematics I’ve seen on the interwebs. I think I’ll make up a tester with the clump foliage and see how it looks. The last think I wanted was some funky looking bases, which since they are resin, was very easy to capture but the addition of the leaves adds that extra wee touch of character that I was looking for.

Anyway enough of me blabbering, here’s some pictures :D…

Ironclad Front

Ironclad Front

Ironclad Back

Ironclad Back

Charger Front

Charger Front

Charger Back

Charger Back

Lancer Front

Lancer Front

Lancer Back

Lancer Back

Hordes – My First Warlock!

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The hit follow up to My Fisrt Warcaster :D. No, much more exciting than that is my first miniature for Hordes. Since I was starting a Warmachine force I figured that I should get a Hordes force as well :). After having a look through whats on offer and almost going for Skorne(Giant monster elephant rhinos, that’s freakin awesome!), I settled on the Trollbloods. These guys were just oozing character and some of the Dire Trolls look incredible.

With that I scoured ebay for a good deal on a Warlock to start me off and ended up with this guy…

Grim Angus

Grim Angus

Seems I like the whole Gunslinger look quite a lot 😀

Warmachine – Captain Allister Caine Progress!

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This is by far one of my favorite models ever and has been so much fun to paint, so much so that I’ve already zipped through painting him to the point where hes nearly done 🙂

Alister Caine Front

Alister Caine Front

Alister Caine Back

Alister Caine Back

I’m really pleased with the Jacket, particularly the yellowy/gold trim on the back. The colours came out looking great and the it gives him enough to tie him in with the Jacks I’m painting.

All I need to do now is a few touches to his hair, the cloth round the neck, the “magic bullets” and the base 😀

Dreadball – Hazard Stripe Threat Markings

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Been asked by a few folk how the threat markings on the Gamma Slammers was achieved and felt the easiest way to show people would be to put together a wee tutorial.

So first up here’s the supplies I used:

Clear Hex, Chaos Black, Mechanicus Standard Grey, Codex Grey, Tau Light Ochre, Yriel Yellow & Skull White

Clear Hex, Chaos Black, Mechanicus Standard Grey, Codex Grey, Tau Light Ochre, Yriel Yellow & Skull White

Before I continue I will state I use a wet pallet, which means if you don’t I’d recommend watering down the colours slightly during each step. Anyway onto the first coat, which is just staright black over the threat area. You may need a couple of coats to get a flat black.

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The next stage is adding the base of the stripes. I do this by eye, which can leave them a little uneven in places, but there are many masking tapes out there that would be perfect for getting it just right. I used Tau Light Ochre to paint three stripes on each hex facing(again, a couple of coats may be needed)…

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It’s then on to some highlighting. I painted Yriel yellow onto the right(as you’re looking at the hex) and top of each of the lines leaving a little of the base colour showing through on the bottom left corner.

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Following this I mixed a wee bit of white into the yellow and added another small highlight in the right top corner of each stripe…

JpegWith that the yellow is done. Now is a good time to go back with the black and clean up any slippages or uneven lines. Then its a similar method to highlight the black. A line of Mechanicum Standard Grey was painted down the right and along the top of each of the black lines…

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And to finish it off a wee bit of Codex Grey was painted in the top right corner…

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And there you have it. That’s how I painted the threat markings for the Slammers 😀

Warmachine – Cygnar starter in progress!

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Progress has been moving steadily on the Cygnar warjacks. These guys seem to be working as an experiment batch, with me trying out a few new things on them at once.

My local retailer recently started too stock P3 paints, so I decided to get some and see what they’re like, as I’ve only ever really used the Citadel range. I got a couple of the blues (Cygnar Base & Cygnar Highlight) and some whites(Menoth Base & Menoth Highlight) to try out on these chaps and I was pleased with the result. They are a little thinner in consistency than most of the Citadel range, which I tend to water those down anyway, so it meant I could take it straight from the bottle.

I also wanted to try out some rusty battle damage, as I want to eventually do a fair bit of weathering on these guys. I’ve still a wee bit of work to do on whats they’re at the moment, as it seems a little too clean. What’s there was done by added patches of Doombull Brown, with a wee bit of added Trollslayer Orange, erratically with a brush. Then carefully highlighting the lower edges with Cygnar Blue Highlight, and mixing in some Menoth Highlight for at least 2 other smaller sections of highlighting.

I’m very happy with how they’re looking so far….

Charger

Charger

Lancer

Lancer

Ironclad

Ironclad

Dreadball – MVPs out the Wazoo

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MVP-Group

Well I’ve been feeling under the weather for the last few days, which is good and bad. The good is loads of painting has been done whilst I recuperate, the bad is I’ve not been able to get any photos to show all you lovely people what I’ve been up to :(. Starting at the weekend I decided to blast through the MVPs I have had sitting for a wee while, as well as the six(Blaine, Painmaster Yurik, Riller, Milesandre, Wyn Greth’zki and Nightshade) that I’m painting up for a mate in return for the Marauder and Corp boosters used to add the reinforcements you saw last week to the Slammers and Centurions. Anyway, enough blabbering from me, here they are…

Blaine

Blaine

This guy was a joy to paint. The model is absolutely brilliant. I didn’t want to deviate too much from the standard scheme, but a hint of turquoise always makes things look better 😀

Painmaster Yurik

Painmaster Yurik

Another fantastic model who I thought looked great in the Mantic images so stuck with that scheme.

Riller

Riller

This guy I’m not so much of a fan of and I think it shows in the paint job :(, gonna have to go back and do up/add a bit more to him until I’m a bit happier.

Wyn Greth'zki

Wyn Greth’zki

Was’nt a fan of this chap, but surprisingly enjoyed painting him. The scheme for this guy came from googling a certain famous hockey player (bet you can’t guess which one :-P) and matching the jersey colour.

Nightshade

Nightshade

This is probably one of my favorite MVP models, and also the one I felt was the easiest to paint. Won’t bloody well stand up though

Mellisandra

Mellisandra

I really hated this model when I first saw it, and this one sat tauntingly on my desk until last. But after just the first layer of turquoise I began to like it more and more (turquoise REALLY does make everything better :D). I think its because the studio paint job really doesn’t show off the details of the model, not saying it’s bad, just not right for this mini.

Number 88

Number 88

Another fantastic mini, and one I wanted to keep fairly simple.

Ludwig

Ludwig

This gentleman was painted up to go alongside my Z’zor team, but with a slightly darker green to add a slight variance. This one was a pain in the arse to be honest, the sheer amount of mold lines was ridiculous, and I kept finding more once painting had begun :(.

Wildcard

Wildcard

Being a Tron fan I loved this mini from the first time I saw it and could not resist doing it in the standard colour scheme.

The Praetorian

The Praetorian

And finally this massive chap(seriously, he’s bloody massive). This one I wanted to keep fairly simple and utilitarian, they are meant to be disposable combat robots aren’t they?

All that’s left on these guys now is a few numbers on the backs and some hexes (in the post :)) with the appropriate threat markings, and then it will be onto painting up my next team. I’ve decided to go for a bit of a Scottish theme on them which will hearken back to my first proper 40k force.

Dreadball – Silver Centurion Full Team

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The Silver Centurions

The Silver Centurions

The whole team is now painted and ready to play :D, with the addition of the Alt sculpts I’m up to 13 players, and speaking of the alts sculpts here’s how they look up close…

Alt Guard

Alt Guard

Alt Striker

Alt Striker

Alt Jack

Alt Jack

Prone-Marker

Coach Renton

Coach Renton

Very happy with how they’ve all turned out, and will probably use these in the next league I take part in. There’s only a couple of things I want to do before that. Firstly I’m gonna try sticking a dreadball glove to the Big Mech, and secondly get them a pitch like the Gamma Slammers. I’ve popped this up before, but in case you didn’t see it, here’s the Silver Centurions field the Coliseum…

"The Coliseum"

“The Coliseum”

Might be a while before I do that though, still got some tweaks I want to make based on how the Gamma Dome came out and I may go with another printer for this one and try out something a bit more local…

Dreadball – Silver Centurion Reinforcements

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After finishing off the Gamma Slammers I’ve moved onto adding the finishing touches to the Centurions and here’s how they’re looking so far:

Alt Guard

Alt Guard

Alt Jack

Alt Jack

Alt Striker

Alt Striker

Coach Renton

Coach Renton

Prone Marker

Prone Marker

Still a fair bit of work to be done on them until theyre finished though. Whilst painting them I have noticed a wee bit of a scaling issue, especially with the Jack. He seems to be taller even than an Orc guard, which seems a little odd. Don’t know if anyone else has noticed this? Not that it matters, he can just be given the cliched nickname of ‘Tiny’ 😀

Warmachine – Cygnar Starter

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I grabbed a Cygnar starter at the end of last week and just got crackin into the building, and here’s what I’ve got:

Lancer, Ironclad & Charger

Lancer, Ironclad & Charger

As you can see I invested in some resin base inserts for these guys, firstly because it looks damn good and ties them in a little with Caine, but secondly cause it makes things much simpler than building the same myself 😀

I also got a wee bit distracted on ebay and bought myself another Warcaster, again because the model is just so damn lovely…

General Adept Nemo

General Adept Nemo

Gonna try and get started on painting up the warjacks over the weekend and will let you see how I get on…

Dreadball – Dunedin VI Mega Bowl Results!

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The Gamma Slammers did well in their first ever league, not quite taking the top spot this time though.

It turned out to be a fairly small event with five teams competing; 2 Marauder teams including the Slammers, 2 Corp teams , a Judwan team with some Teratons to even up the numbers. The Silver Centurions even made an appearance as one of the Corp teams, as a mate needed a lend of a team. Here’s some photos from the day:

It was a great laugh and a fun time was had by all with everyone getting 4 games in over the course of the day and here’s how the slammers results looked:

Game 1: Gamma Slammers Vs Boner Corp

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Game 2: Gamma Slammers Vs Silver Centurions

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Game 3: Gamma Slammers Vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Teratons

7-0

Game 4: Gamma Slammers Vs Judwan

7-0

Overall the Slammers performed well in all their games, with the offensive coach being an outstanding help throughout. Its the first thing I would get for the Marauders (if not most teams) straight off the bat. The ability to get a Goblin moving that fast is incredible, in one game a goblin managed to get from the centre line, to my end of the pitch, then back across to a strike zone and go for the throw! Even though I got off to a very shaky start, the great results in the second half of the day managed to pull me up the leader board and into second place :D, with the boner Corp netting the top prize, after 7 landslides and a 4-0 victory, they deserved it, with the coach receiving Ultimate, a medal, a trophy and the Dino riding kid (forget his name). My second place prizes were pretty spiffing too though….

Second Place Prizes

Second Place Prizes

That’s a Dreadball trophy and James ‘The Vet’ Syler, which I am well chuffed with, especially the MVP who I think is gonna be a Teraton coach for now :). Not only that but I also managed to get a prize for best painted, a season 1 cover print signed by Jake Thornton and Ronnie Renton…

Best Painted Prize

Best Painted Prize

I’ll have to frame that up :D.

Didn’t manage to get any kills at all throughout the day, which is a big surprise considering their bloodstained past, but I put it down to them not wanting to sully their brand new pitch. My pitch arrived just in time on Friday and I’m very happy with the result. A couple of mistakes have been made by me on the design, specifically the overly dark subs and injuries areas, as well as an incorrect line up marker :(. Here’s a closer look:

The Gamma Dome

The Gamma Dome

The Gamma Dome

The Gamma Dome

A big thank you goes out to Pathfinder Neil Collins for arranging and running the whole thing, as well as all the players who helped make it an awesome time 😀