tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42121963342951609402024-03-12T20:31:40.583-07:00Life in miniature - Tales of the impatientXepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-52959134584804023102015-10-25T16:04:00.001-07:002015-10-25T16:04:33.149-07:00Thy will be done...In an updating mood so err yeah, its a cut and paste jobby but better than nothing eh? Some original content and pics.<div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6-ITag0k3xo/Vi1dLmnYUQI/AAAAAAAABV8/ZgNPmea9H2Q/s1600/DSC_0796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6-ITag0k3xo/Vi1dLmnYUQI/AAAAAAAABV8/ZgNPmea9H2Q/s320/DSC_0796.JPG" width="320" /></a>So hot on the heels of last update's on the first wave of Kingdom Death arriving, the final wave of my Raging heroes toughest girls of the galaxy Kickstarter appeared on our shores to be picked up, which i duly did!<br /><br />Included this wave, General Ilsa Wolfenstein, Svetlana, the Light of Freedom, Commander Elektra Eisenstein, Arushka, Yaga Soul-Weaver and the Iron empire jet girls. Thus concludes about 2yrs on this Kickstarter. The sculpts on these have been brilliant and casting generally quite clean. Lovely details and now looking forward to see what their 2nd Kickstarter delivers.<br /><br />But to back the main event only because it's been so long coming...starting back in 2012 in fact. Been avidly watching the updates, the development, the delays, but it finally came! Kingdom Death - Monster and boy was it a monster, 22lbs apparently!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Anyway, i know the pin up range isn't to everyone's taste but this core game moves away from that and is much more to the billing of Boutique nightmare horror. The minis are beautiful and highly detailed and as such am as terrified at painting these as reading through the rulebook.</div>
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Here he is with Space hulk minis which have also been getting some attention to bolster the Blood Angels 1st co. Its only been 6 yrs...</div>
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So next on the bench are Ultramarines, (dreads and tactical sqd) hopefully finished Angel tanks, more Blood angel termies, hulk and others. And progress shots of Revenant, Thantar, and Imperial knight. 2 weeks of at xmas hopefully will help the cause. Fingers crossed though will try to fit in another update before then.</div>
Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-88999756819618835232015-09-21T14:57:00.000-07:002015-09-21T14:57:04.239-07:00Kingdom come<br />
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Hopefully you have come to the conclusion that you shouldn't expect to much of my offerings. They are few and far between. But hopefully when i do post they are worthwhile.<br />
Anyhoo a quicky post as always, but just to commemorate the delivery of a long awaited kickstarter 2 yrs in the making. Kingdom Death Monster has begun to ship. I haven't been as fussed as some of the rest of the internet with the delay. Patience is a virtue and with all the work that has gone into it not surprised it took so long.<br />
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Grateful that Mr Poots took the time as the initial offerings are awesome and well worth the wait. Kinda regret not splashing out on some of the resin versions now. Not that the plastic offerings are anything to be sniffed at but just to go with some of my previous purchases. Anyhow, like with those now its a case of doing justice to such lovely figs. I've only taken the plunge with the 54mm Pin up preacher so far. Maybe will hold off. In the build up though have been practicing skin tones with other figs and trying out new paints. Trying Reaper triad system on an Anima tactics fig "Bella" has come out quite nicely. So definitely something to play around with more. Also been working on Infinity amongst other things so onward and upward. To top off an amazing weekend for more than just these reasons, the other kickstarter i backed for Raging heroes should also complete shortly with my final wave due for pick up. Can't wait, and with their second kickstarter (also backed) looking mighty impressive need to reign in the urge to splurge, especially with my only little mini on its way.... Exciting times!<br />
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Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-15561535212044572072015-07-22T15:12:00.003-07:002015-07-22T15:12:26.484-07:00Summertime, air is sweet, lets move those update beats..So, erm, has been a while... dare i make excuses? Well, life is one great big excuse! Can't complain though, big changes afoot and has been an exciting couple of months resulting in happiness (lots of various bits to list!), sadness, (main thing being i lost my wedding ring :S ), but generally the good has out weighed the bad. One particular good bit of good news is i have finally completed all my professional exams! Huzzah, that means more time to do fun stuff that i actually want to do,to use my annual leave as actual leave and not study leave!! Has been a long slog but hopefully will be worth it all. So hopefully that gives me more incentive to write up my hobbying exploits, it being my main vice in life.<br />
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So what have i been upto in the meantime? well, continuing to buy too much with the justification that i am saving for retirement... :P Hopefully by then my robot body and eyes will allow me to continue to paint and appreciate fine sculpts. But it i do need to reign it in a bit.. Case in point.. too many tanks...?<br />
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Quite possibly, considering this is just my guard armour,... i would say this is down to a slight case of OCD and that i require order. Cos i tend to collect symmetrically so they form up nicely... Hence they are in squadrons.<br />
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Anyhoo now to actual progress updates, work continues on various projects from one mini month entries (OMAN), to stuff that takes my fancy or that has been hanging about a while. I was going to give the Eldar rest a bit, but does not seem to be happening so for now work continues on Fire Dragons, Crimson hunter, Phoenix, rangers, and Old school guardians with a smattering of old jetbikes, seers and exarchs... not all featured here Just dragons have pics at the mo, but they are in train.<br />
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<br />Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-38828269096465944932015-04-19T02:17:00.001-07:002015-04-19T02:17:58.572-07:00Biker kicks from phwoars....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anyway what's the reason i wanted to shoe horn a biker reference in? Infinity, that's why. Their new releases continue to amaze to the extent i can't help but need to have them. This especially seems true of their bike based units ---></div>
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I now have picked up Yojimbo, the bootleg version of Penthesilia (having already painted the original) and their latest release the Nazarova Twins. I absolutely could not resist with these girls, I was going to pick up their compatriots the Kum enforcers at some point as those too are fabulous models, but these jumped the queue. The only issue now is doing all these figures justice... they are just so intricate and the amazing paint job by Angel Giraldez on them just makes me feel so unworthy... but try i will at some point, probably using tips from his book. </div>
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But Infinity do seem to have taken over from GW with the wow factor for me. This seems to be an ongoing trend. While undoubtedly the quality and tech is obviously there being the big player in the industry, GW new releases are doing it for me less and less as more and more the sculpts and designs are leaving me cold. I'm not sure why this is but i have a sneaking suspicion they have changed the design team... Where does Jes Goodwin feature nower days? who does do the designing? I can't seem to find names of who sculpted what these days, Is it because it is all CAD designed now? Are the new minis now the work of trainees to meet the demand of the intense release schedule? All in all while there are some nice ideas, final execution just is missing for me meaning i am not in a rush to pick up any of the new stuff like i used to. The last model that did get me going was the Imperial knight, but i put that to it being a large kit so more QA has been put into it. But that was a while ago now and none of the new stuff is making me want it right now. Take the new Eldar, haven't even picked up the harlequins yet, while some of them look nice, none scream get me now... Now looking at the new craftworld releases, this seems to reinforce the feeling. While they have been based on Jes's designs, they seem to lack his finishing touches. More so on the Farseer model, but the canopy seems a little short and the riders a bit lacking in dynamism. I can't put my finger on it but compared to the dark eldar reavers they are missing something.</div>
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Old is the new new for me a the moment and as you can see have also been revisiting an old epic knight errant, do love these figs, won't be for gameplay but i like these occasional one off pieces to mix it up.<br />
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Finally a couple of projects also nearing completion. One for One mini a month for Ammobunker, A commissar which i have now found out is from a company called brother vinni miniatures i picked up off ebay. nice sculpt. And FW Ultramarine Venerable dread also from ebay which is having finishing details such as the banner being worked on to bring it to completion. All in all, still productive despite exam season fast approaching!<br />
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Anyway that is life, so best quit whining and cut to the pictures as haven't been idle hobbywise. It's has been a good distraction from the daily challenges of trying to be an adult. Anyways what do we have? Mainly Eldar, guard and Angel Giraldez's book plus some group shots.<br />
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Anyhoo another mini rant over, back to the hobby programming. Where was i? ah yes Blood angels, i also started the above fella as a potential subject for one mini a month on Ammobunker, the lord executioner was one of the more impressive minis from the captains release and picked him up when they came out but never got round to him. But now he has taken the first steps to become a blood angel i am faced with the dilemma that the stock head just doesn't seem to fit the aesthetic.. however, choices are limited and at the moment the below two are alternatives to the original (left photo). The middle one looks pretty boy-ish but have used that head on the honour guard before so not sure. The one on the right just looks a bit big. so decisions decisions... for the record don't like any of the ones supplied with the Blood angel kits. Hair doesn't fit and they are too big...<br />
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Also as the year draws to a close so too will the focus on the Eldar of Ulthwe, they have ahad a good few additions this year. There is still a bit to do with them but will see. Will do an army shot at some point. But for now am finishing up support elements and so will have 3 night spinners as the web based attack of ulthwe who will be summarised by Warp, webs and blades in their method of dealing with the enemy.<br />
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I've used up all my creative writing juices entering Jayden's compo on his blog <a href="http://theimperialpatrol.blogspot.co.uk/">The Imperial patrol</a>, but just to back up that reply i thought i'd update what i was rambling on about,shots of the Ulthwe strike force and the spiders. To be fair i probably don't need more spiders, though they would make the force symmetrical. But without further a do to the pictures!!<br />
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Been a while again but have only been idle in the blogging sense. For some reason have been feeling particularly productive of late. Probably exam retakes... a good way to relax. Though hasten to add I did do my revision. Anyway a variety of projects still underway. Ulthwe strike force is nearing where i want it to get to and nice to hear there maybe an upcoming supplement for them. Will have an army shot soon. But Jetbike contingent refurb has been done. Adding another 3 man unit and then the warlocks and they will be done. Also adding aspect warriors. For Ulthwe will only be Spiders, reapers & Dragons that will be craftworld specific.<br />
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Then more work on other non GW stuff. Pinup preacher is getting there. This isn't the latest photo but been testing out flesh techniques. Still not as smooth as i like but looks decent. Painted up the one of Raging heroes girls as well. Tarja. Very nice fig, May use her as an astropath or Primaris proxy. Nurse Berndette is next.<br />
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So today wandered down to Dark sphere to pick up me goodies. Now these have been in the offing for a while and are only 1 of two mini related kickstarters i've pledged against. Since it has been a while i was hoping i wouldn't be disappointed by poor quality, however i need not have worried and was glad to see the wait was worthwhile. The guys and gals at raging heroes have done an excellent job and couldn't be more pleased. Excellent sculpts true to the art, and excellent casts as per usual from their range. Can't wait for the next waves, a little regret i didn't pledge more but it's fine :D<br />
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<br />Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-76234494839120134152014-06-15T03:22:00.000-07:002014-06-15T13:28:39.352-07:00Super Saturday<br />
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Anyway the Catachan medic girl was also a test piece for lady flesh. Have been seeking out tutorials of late to try and master this skill as have a few female minis<br />
waiting in the wings from random impulse buys and kickstarter pledges to Raging heroes - The toughest girls in the galaxy and the Kingdom Death - Monster project.<br />
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The later is the really daunting one as their figures really are exquisite and intimidating to paint. However, they are controversial due to the depiction of their ladies, i.e.minimal clothing, all bewbs and butts everywhere....though you would expect that if the line are called "pin ups" ...not that the non pin ups are well furnished in the clothing department either. So while they do other nice figures that aren't girls, i can't deny what drew me to the line at first was these pin up sculpts. As a firm appreciator of the female form, i do think they are some of the best small scale female sculpts, albeit, a tad unrealistic as they tend towards an idealised fantasy proportioned woman, super emphasised on the things the majority of appreciators of the ladies enjoy the most. But regardless, i likes what i likes. But yes to do them justice would mean much improvement would be needed in my blending techniques, learn how to use washes properly and generally keeping everything smooth....all in all it will be a learning experience.<br />
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It was at this point i persuade the head to become unstuck. I was glad it came away with no damage as allowed me to get to the back of the figure. So finishing off the blocking, set to putting a further base tone for the flesh as the other flesh tone was a bit to yellow. as it is that basecoat works great for wraithbone! This was brushed on and made up off some Elf flesh, Vallejo pale flesh and tallarn flesh....still not sure of this as looks a bit too dark....<br />
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But we shall see.... maybe with highlights as work up the transitions it will be fine...But this is to be continued as that is only as far as i got.<br />
On the catachan medic seems to be okay but my transitions are still a bit hamfisted...<br />
<br />Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-44173721004700459792014-06-09T10:44:00.000-07:002014-06-09T13:55:23.608-07:00Themed armies<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zitHyH3MDKI/U5Tadyq4k1I/AAAAAAAAA3w/455iI66ST6s/s1600/IMG_20140608_212519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zitHyH3MDKI/U5Tadyq4k1I/AAAAAAAAA3w/455iI66ST6s/s1600/IMG_20140608_212519.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FGxsKS5Axjw/U5TaWD2FqII/AAAAAAAAA3Y/qCtDJp77zms/s1600/IMG_20140608_182519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FGxsKS5Axjw/U5TaWD2FqII/AAAAAAAAA3Y/qCtDJp77zms/s1600/IMG_20140608_182519.jpg" height="320" width="180" /></a>Painting wise have not been able to finish much, but have been working on some wraithguard and trying to finish off some death company, still working on the wraithknight as well, putting in some magnets for his arms. But this weekend has been about getting some modelling done and putting into action an idea that as been brewing in me brain for a while....<br />
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I have a history of bringing televisual influences into my hobby. Previous such influences included Sharpe, Lara croft, band of brothers. But having been introduced to the joy of the anime of Bleach by me missus, its influence has gradually taken hold in that it has moved me to try and bring some of the characters into my armies in some form. Ideas like this usually mean theming an army. But not wanting to start from scratch, ideas have been floating around in me head as to where they could fit. Initial thoughts had been an inquisition band but then when i started revisited the Eldar and creating the Mymearan army it kinda made me want to put them in Eldar form especially since they are quite slight in frame. Then it hit me whilst lining up what i had painted in a role call. I could repurpose my armies to represent a couple of central factions of Bleach. Ulthwe being black could represent the "shinigami" or soul reapers and the Mymearans could represent the Quincy - Soul destroyers or something to that effect. This idea was further crystalised by how the armies were set up. The Mymearans i had were mostly employing light based weapons akin to the Quincy spirit bow. While the Ulthwe had a predominance of shuriken...i.e bladed weapons... therefore it fitted nicely. As such, when i continue to expand the armies, will stick to this tenet so that Ulthwe will mainly make use of only bladed, warp and monofilament based weapons, while the Mymearans would be light and speed based weapons.<br />
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But what would unite the two and how would the Ichigo, the main protaganist and his friends fit in as belonged to neither....<br />
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after pondering a while the answer, was obvious.....Harlequins!!<br />
The rest of the troupe will represent the vizards and still figuring out how to include the other main characters but am sure that will come. but for now just starting to turn the leaders into captains and such..<br />
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and here's he first attempt in creating Ichigo. can't get his mask right but will work on it some more.Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-58009380566886547242014-06-02T15:32:00.003-07:002014-06-02T15:32:57.192-07:00Freedom & special deliveryA quicky post to say am free from the rigours of revision woooooooooo<br />
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Anyway that means one thing, trying to fit as much hobby time in as work, life and non tiredness allows me!<br />
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So its given me a new impetus to try and complete as many on going projects as possible... or at least progress them. So quick photo update<br />
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<br />Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-22254913347993582452014-03-28T16:38:00.003-07:002014-03-28T16:38:53.599-07:00Bitz bonazaQuick one, there is nothing quite like opening up an ebay box of bitz that you speculated on might have some good stuff and find you are vindicated. Then there is the joy of sorting through a big pile of stuff to see what interesting bits there are. Anyway recent couple of ebay wins on job lots have come up trumps,<br />
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Previous one was an eldar lot which turned out very nicely,<br />
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What a nice way to end the working week<br />
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Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-37886082729324800382014-03-16T15:25:00.002-07:002014-03-16T15:27:41.403-07:00Gunbaby...<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Quick post just showing finishing touches to vulture gunship. Had been putting this off as couldn't decide whats should grace the nose of this beast. But having looked at a few other examples, finally plumped on an image had long admired that is found in starcraft and more specifically on Tychus's armour. After finding some better images for reference, set about adding her to the vulture and then adding a suitable name.Settling on gunbaby in the end for the heavily armed gunship. Still undecided to on whether to add pilot names to the cockpit but obvious choices are findlay and Raynor, but not knowing enough about ranks, not sure what rank a pilot should be? are they flight lieutenants? captains? Also have to give her a gun. But what gun to add. What is a quintessential 40K gun that will not look out of place in her left hand?<br />
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<br />Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-2624100850992988512014-03-07T15:59:00.001-08:002014-03-07T16:00:00.062-08:00Craftsman or collector?<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.309572219848633px;">Erm.... this post has been sitting in m drafts for a couple of weeks now....trying to crystalise my thoughts into something coherent, actually thats the case with most of my posts. Have an idea but sitting down and translating it to the written word laced with pictures usually proves to be the stumbling block. However, this post was somewhat helped by <a href="http://taleofpainters.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/chat-are-you-hobby-magpie.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+taleofpainters_posts+(Stahly%27s+Tale+of+Painters)">this post.</a> which sums up one facet of what i had been contemplating lately i.e one of the issues i have with the hobby is that i flit around too much, tempted by the next thing, idea in my head leading me to never actually finishing anything (hence title of blog, tales of the impatient. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.309572219848633px;">But then this brought me onto thinking about what am i trying to achieve with my hobby w</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.309572219848633px;">hilst evaluating my collection.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.309572219848633px;"> 20 odd years ago.. (wow...it has been that long!!) my collection began with what i liked the look of. Of course this was based on the pictures of perfectly painted up minis on the boxes and in White Dwarf, but there was a bit of a gulf from that and what i was able to recreate (well my sister at the time of my first minis!) </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.309572219848633px;">20 years on this is still very much true. However now with increased buying power from employment and being a pseudo adult, less time in general for anything and more stuff than ever to paint, i find my skills plateauing... but for what reason? and is that what i want? Of course not, i want to paint like the best of them, but with that takes, time, practice and to a certain extent a more extensive set up, some of which i feel less inclined to invest in as channels funds away from more precious precious minis... But is that wise, and again is that really what i want?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Bitstream Vera Sans, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.309572219848633px;">Anyway in other news, with the arrival of the Imperial knight, thought i should really finish off Wraithknight before i even consider a purchase... (since i didn't decide to stop buyin cool stuff :P) Seeing as he has been sitting around for a bit its only fair. It's all the options that have been delaying progress, well that and all the little details i want to add. Still not really sure how i keep them swapable as don't think even magnets will be strong enough and pinning isn't feasible as its ball and socket joints... anyway blutack for now. N.B there is some minor conversion on the arms, have gone for underslung guns rather than on the back of the forearm mounting. Again prefer the look, but pics of all the options and a "studio" pic with the family</span></span><br />
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and think this is one of my best thought out posts...! hmmm, i must be tired... nighty night!</div>
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Mid January, a few weeks since last update. Probably too late for wishing you all a happy new year, but hope it was a good one. CNY coming up so could wish you all an early one for that, but maybe will have another update around that time. Anyhow, mine was going alright but recent personal news has dampened that somewhat. But dealing with it as we all do.<br />
Otherwise getting a routine going so feels good mojo wise. I hope to finish some things again this year like the Blood Angels of last year. So much so have put made a plan, done an audit of what i have in the plastic pile and broken it down into manageable sub projects... Of course that's all just procrastinating. I'll just end up doing stuff as and when i feel like it :D but aim is to try and not start anything new until i finish the another thing...as it is have started quite a few things...<br />
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Central control panel & Wraith seer giving it a good stomp<br />
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Also Barroth is getting a new lick of paint, not sure on the colours thought. Was thinking sky themed colours and also herald of victory hence the lighter palate...but seems a bit too bright<br />
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As you can see have been working on this as sub assemblies again. Think this does slow down the building process as tend to pre-paint each bit but a bit helps reach those little details that are out of reach once built. But will work on the legs as don't like the stock pose and the little tabs that come pre-molded look to be purposely removable to allow reposing.<br />
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Anyway in hobby life, have been flitting in between projects again while still buying way too much. Eldar still remain very much the focus, but having two flavours on the go is probably not a good idea. Add in Tale of painters Garfy's ultramarines being featured in white dwarf, got a bit of a hankering to getting around to finishing the terminator element of my own first company. What a palavar...and finally with some sad looking sanguinary guard languishing on the workshop table, they needed some love too... So all in all lots going on but no finished products.... nuts. However, thought i'd post up some quick shots of what progress has been made so here goes.<br />
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On the right is sang guard sqd leader. Wanted to try something different with his helmet and liking the way Iron man's mask opens up, i went for that kind of look, but with the deathmask as the face plate. Think his flesh face needs to be recessed a bit more but quite happy with it and coupled with the reposed legs(don't like the stock poses) should be quite dynamic when finished<br />
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From the other flavour you have my completed wraithlord from a few years back and new wraithblades. They are being joined by a newly acquired Wraithseer. Now was originally going to try and achieve a two handed pose with his spear but its proing fiddlly and liking the spear to the back hand outstretched look, may need to knock up some sort of psychic manifestation.<br />
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Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-15570149605891567872013-09-01T15:37:00.000-07:002013-09-01T15:37:22.186-07:00Autumnal LibertySo, free from another stint of exam prep.... I really wish i passed these first time, alas my old brain is not as it was...actually that's a lie, it's never been that good with exams, always missing by a few marks..sigh, but a few weeks til results so no need to think about that now. In addition taking a hiatus from them...well giving myself more time for the next lot as they have to be taken in one go and 3 new subjects is a bit heavy going on top of work.<br />
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Anyhoo that should mean more time to do stuff i enjoy (yey!). Having said that have recently been contemplating when is it deemed to much? My burgeoning unfinished pile continues to grow, fueled by the ever present temptations of ebay and a life free from other vices and social obligations owing to afore mentioned studies. This has allowed "shiny new things" syndrome and a lack of self discipline to run riot as i see things i like the idea and look of but having then bought them realise i don't actually have the time do much with them. This coupled with my titular impatience leaves a stream of unfinished projects which do nothing to sate the need for more as the unfinishedness disappoints somewhat but doesn't spur me enough to finish them as i move on to something else... an endless vicious cycle. However, looking at recent buys, have just realised how much i've got so is it enough....? the answer is yes but then if i enjoy it then whats the harm? Hmmm i haven't decided yet but i do need to slow down. But ebay bargains are still my bane. Need to keep the watch list down.<br />
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Anyway will continue to redouble efforts to finish things. So this post is dedicated to progress! But sitting down to hobby, you then realise just how much time is needed to be dedicated to building the darn things in the first place and all the prep work involved, so have been alternating between "build" and "paint" days to help this along. But at the moment focus is still on the Eldar. Mymeara is currently gaining a dominance to what i am trying to complete thanks to the spectres. But am working on several units of guardians, jet bikes, a crimson hunter and some characters. Should keep me busy. Mymeara will still be a variant of the FW scheme, Back story for my force that i'm going with is they are a remnant force of Irilyth the phoenix lord when he took a load of the Mymearans to destroy some unknown future threat. Therefore it's a small force. Minimal guardians and everything fast moving/mounted but hard hitting. Should consist of :<br />
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Please note that i don't really game so this list may not be legal or that competitive but its of models i like and think will fit in to the theme of fast moving force. Anyhoo below are pics of painting progress. Spectres still taking lots of time to complete. Lots of details and unsmoothness i'm trying to sort out!<br />
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Just to finish up here are some avengers. They were actually another ebay rescue and realised they were from a warseer member Aryllon. 2 of them were already done and as they were painted quite nice seemed a shame to strip them so painted up the remaining 3 including the exarch in the same manner (albeit changer the head on the exarch). Can you spot which ones are mine (apart from the exarch as have said that's mine already)<br />
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<br />Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-8278480789499825632013-07-28T15:58:00.001-07:002013-07-28T15:58:36.976-07:00The Spectre of progressYup a lame title, Ho hum... But here i am again, another week and another post! Wow,what is going on?<br />
Nevertheless progress has indeed been made. Focus this week has been on the Shadow spectres.<br />
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Colour scheme wise, For Irrilyth i decide to follow Rant in E Minor's author Sorrowshard's scheme. My take has nothing on the original, but reasonably happy with him. Base just needs a bit more work.<br />
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And finally the test fig to make sure was happy with the scheme i was so now the rest are underway. Still lots more work to do.<br />
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I would put these photos together but for some reason blogger won't let me but apologies for the gaps and weird formatting<br />
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<br />Xepherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225563081540654987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212196334295160940.post-2088233805535804972013-07-21T15:52:00.002-07:002013-07-21T15:52:23.682-07:00Sunday segway<br />
So hot weather has been lovely and had relatively busy weekends so far in July. Despite that have tired to squeeze in some hobby time in between wedding planning thoughts and contemplation that i'm actually becoming a proper adult... scary stuff.<br />
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They are coming together so will update once they are in the final glorious finished state (hopefully at some point soon)</div>
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Anyway this weekends work was mainly spent on Irrilyth and the shadow spectres of my Mymeara contingent. Quite happy with how they are turning out but will post an update in the next post.... famous last words....</div>
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