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. 

In Spain the best upper sets do it

 

Sacked off the Dorns and anything pink today and chose to get the white section started.

Got Ushabati Bone base coat on these 3, had a whisky and let those dry

Then hit them with a layer of Mirky Mire, as I napped more than intended so to get the Wraithbone layer at least 2 tonight before I go to bed, probably the Hippogriffs and take the Centaur to work tomorrow to finish that and it's squad, to see how those look.

I was able to get 1 thin coat on before bed time. 

So the plan for the morning  is another thin coat of Wraithbone on all 3, with a plan to get the Tau Ocher stripes on them before I set off for work, which makes the Tuesday night plan the squad, pink pants, brown boots and jacket, pink plates/shirts and see how they come out

Just the weapons and weathering left to do.