You Are So Pretty, It Makes Me Sick

 

I got squad 3 into work with me this week, getting the base coats on the squad as well as the command Tank's crew. 

Commander Buck, the Rogal Dorn Command Tank crew and my Commissar for this army 

I need to get some grey for the shirts, tabard and webbing. 

And finally got some colour on Commander Buck.

When I'd picked this head, I didn't notice the half face mask.

I had planned to paint this tonight, with doing the tabard in a matching tartan as her tank rider version, but I've been blessed by Grandfather Nurgle this week and I'm not painting tonight, especially tartan with the coughs coming randomly. 

Booga, That Was Very Smart

 

I managed a semi productive weekend getting 2 squads done, okay squad 2 still needs the Dickinsain pallor wash on the bases, but aside from that it's there. 

Plan to get squad 3 started this week on my sleep and then it's just Kangaroo's riders and the heavy weapon gunners.

A 3rd party shop opened this week very near by and I picked up the Army Painter Imperial Rogue pink as Emperor's Children pink still isn't available and the tone pro stuff hits the shelves next week and I've got 1 day off so can see a crash day next Saturday rather than doing anything productive.

Plan A is finish squad 3 this week then it's on to the last couple of tanks before focusing on the pink section.

There is an actual plan here.

Week off plan is build the power and water squads I might need to buy a Cadian box to get 3 troops, tanks, artillery and Sentinel, with the Storm Lord being the start on the Boogers, tech Priests and Hells Last and see how I feel about the Genestealer Cult stuff.

The first squad and my total normal, unnamed Commissar both needed shoulder pads which I took off the  command squad sprue and glued on to the arms. I hit both with screaming pink base coat, a layer of pink horror, then a blended mix of pink horror and Imperial Rogue, the Commissar pad had some decorative bits, so I went over that with a gold pen and then a reikland fleshwash. 

I found another base to mount this one on and called this one done. 

 So my week off can looks like it's going to to start with a big jump up on the last major project of the year. 

Folks in Siam do it

 

The first squad is coming on, I still need to find the blue wash for the weapons, and plan a is to get the Mirky Mire wash on the them tonight.

Just needs a wash on the base, the highlight on the Gangers shirts and 1 mohawk to paint. Only other colours I have are Thousand Sons Blue and Tau Ocher, think I'll go blue on the mohawk

Got the blue done, last thing on these is a wash on the base, I feel like Mirky Mire is going to be too dark so will have to wait for tomorrow and some agrax earthshade 

 

The run into Christmas is looking rather hostile to hobby time, and I say this as my assistant has handed in rotas unto January the 2nd.

I mean I'm looking at Friday being the first chance I have to get to Wigan to pick up the cards I ordered for the Space Marine. I passed the Codex over to my daughters to buy as a Christmas present but there's very little chance I'm going to get a battle in with the Astartes first as I want to Tea Drinking Divisione sorted first and see how badly I can fail with them before I get some cerimite out again.

So over the last few nights I've had the 30 tank riders out for painting.

My aim had been to at least get boots, jackets and pants done on them before Sunday. So that didn't work out.

I got the pink pants done on all 30 minis then yer another late finish yesterday left me organising back into squads and packing paints for tonight. 

I did get some pink on this version of Greaves and a pink layer on the trim of the coat and I'd bought a blue black paint I'm planning to use on the coat tonight to see how that goes. In game terms this is a basic Commissar, so need to check what weapons they can have and root for suitable arms for her. 

I am rather annoyed at myself as I left the pink for the trim and brown for the boots at home, this is now on hold until I can find the bits bag for the arms I need or plunder the command squad sprue and take what's needed to finish this Commissar.

Oh and with the new paints coming out next week I'm hoping to grab the pinks when I'm able to get the tanks finished and probably the Karskin greens for the Dark Angels. Need to check days off and start times for the next 2 weeks. 

People say in Boston even beans do it

 The plan this week is to get the graffiti on the tanks and get at least one squad of Centaur mounted troops, with the pink pants, brown boots and coats, any shirts visible will be in the colours of the Centaur they're mounted in as I have 2 sleeps and 3 late finishes.

This means plan A is small steps, batch paint, browns and pinks and find the recipe for them.

So yesterday, wasn't a day off, I sorted out the tank riders and the part of the Ogryn Squad that those Necromunda Orlock Ogryns will be in when they get released, every trooper got their head glued on and the bases got done.

My bigger Tiberos got dug out and I stuck some green stuff on the leg and used the very tiny ball bearings to add the bonding studs on the leg.

Painting things, I'm looking at a raketh flesh base coat on everything aim to get that done over 2 nights, Friday off and aim to get pinks and browns done, the shirts will match the Centaur they're mounted in.

I'll squidge Bigger Tiberos in as I do the greys and Friday 

Vos, feles, in magno conventu in caelo videbo.

 

I was off work all weekend and got very little done hobby wise.

I'd hoped to get some of the boxes in recycling and managed to get a few sorted. 

After my first use of the Ratling Grime I knew I needed to thin it a bit more for the next one, so I tried it on the dazzle Centaur and I was very happy with how it looked when dry.

I was still struggling to come up with a colour scheme so used abominable intelligence to come up with some suggestions based on red bull racing, Williams F1 and the Australian Rugby kit. 

The bottom image is the pink section, all 3 Dorns, The Leman Russ and 2 Centaurs are all going to pink, but I'm waiting for the new range or Emperor's Children pink to get released to finish them off.

I was at a blank with this squadron and asked my hobby group for ideas and one of them suggested standard Ad mech grey with graffiti, so I asked youngest daughter who's the big Tank Girl fan for some quotes.

The Leman Russ is definitely getting, in plan English, "Feeling a little inadequate?" u mean with that barrel it's begging for it. 

Electric eels, I might add, do it

I'd managed to grab some bits for the Terra Australis Chi Visionem Divisione and had them sent to work as I seem to have been there more than at home. 

I picked up Hells Last Command Squad for The Boogers, and some Tech Support for all those Tanks. 

I'd found the Tech Priest kill team, with one Priest and the Archotech, a second Archotech and the actual Tech Priest Enginseer. There's a mass of servitors to go with them so will put them together at some point and distribute them around the various armies

I also built another Lego kit, this one from Father's Day, of Darth Maul and his mech suit. 

The Dutch in old Amsterdam do it

 Plans plans plans.

So new paints are announced and the pink tanks are on hold until the new paints have released or Emperor's Children pink get a reissue.

I went down to Wigan store on Friday to pick up the store anniversary goodies and asked for some hints on weather and we chatted about what might be in the reveal show later that day, The Manager was everything crossed for new paints, she had been issuesd instructions to get lots of minis ready to paint. The Manager did recommend a thinned coat of Ratling Grime to use as an oily/grimy look. I did try it and I think I need to thin it a bit more.

The new paints.

So I'm thinking any new Dark Angels will be painted  using the new paints to see how those will work, which is the Ravenwing stuff next year, and the 1 Redrmptor dread for the DA.

Monthly Vow August to September 12th

 

I've managed to get all the tanks built, I've got 2 squadron colours sorted, black and 2 tones of grey and white and Tau Oche, just need to decide on the 3rd. I'll have the squads sorted size wise at the very least and the Rogal Dorns are going pink.

The last weekend in August I picked up a Storm Lord and upgrade sprue and other store anniversary stuff from Wigan.

Need to build the heavy weapons teams for Boogers, they needed a Morter team and some 2 sets of gunners for the Las cannon team. The Pink Centaurs, Panther and Porcupine had their guns magnetised and crew.

Some Tech Priest Enginseers are ordered and on their way, not sure when they'll land, as is a Command Squad. 

First week of September I got the Pink Panda and Pangolin built and started painting the Panda as well as the crew.

To Do;

Finish Commissar Greaves on Centaur and on Foot.

Okay so objectives for September to October, get most of this army painted. I've booked myself to cook for the a birthday in September so that's one day I'm not painting but I should have most of this army, 30 troops on foot, 4 Gunners, 1 or 2 special weapons troops, 4 Hippogriffs, 5 Centaurs and 2 Dorns and a Leman Russ Vanquisher done by October. 

Review Time. 

The first part of the month I didn't get much time to myself so just got these 4 built. When it comes to painting I'm planning to have them match the Hippogriffs so they match, each of the 3 squads has a base rim to match one of the colours on the tank.

I'd ordered 3 of these from ebay as they're cheaper than waiting for the separate release and I'm pretty sure 3 will be what I need for now, if I need more I can add a another big one.

No photo of these as they're on sprue waiting for news of the Ravenwing update. Will probably get the Dark Talon built as well at the same time, just to watch it go to legends, alongside the Nephilim Jet Fighter. 

I didn't get the 4 Hippogriffs photographed as I glossed over that in my head, by the magic of edits the photos of part assembled and unpainted Hippogriffs will be added later. 

The back 2 guns are getting Greave's gunners while number 3 forward is linked to the driver, in this case the gatling cannon is a counts as Heavy Stubber.

Again by the magic of edits the magnetised versions will be added later, the forward guns are going to be blue tacked in place.

As I was making the big guns I got the 2 heavy weapon teams finished, the mortar team and 4 gunners finished, these went back into the box to wait for me to get around to The Boogers.

Arranged the 3 Centaur squads so each has a special weapon though I'm thinking of swapping the Escher flamer out to a guard of Orlock with a weapon and using h. er on the Krieg Centaur standing, mag locked boots on the bonnet, like the Douf Warrior flamer going. I do have a spare flamer I just don't have a spare Escher.

Overnight Trip To Glasgow to watch Batman being set up, as I wasn't hanging around all night watching bikes race down a street in the dark. 

After I got back from Glasgow I made a start on the Custodian I'd pulled out in the Wigan stores anniversary Winds of Fate contest.

Before I headed back to work on Sunday I got both of the Dorns built for this army, and made a start on painting the Panda. 

I was able to get most of the white section done.

I got a stack of stuff I need to get done thrust upon me when I got in to work, so didn't get anything done on Tuesday.