tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28374129739276727452012-01-29T17:16:38.051-08:00#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.comBlogger1421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-76948543163005444162012-01-29T08:28:00.000-08:002012-01-29T17:16:38.075-08:00

I had a few metal Destroyer Lord torsos sitting around, and so decided to try my hand  at a Cryptek or two. Unfortunately, the chin being tucked in makes it impossible to add the little King Tut beard that makes Crypteks so distinctive. So, the result is that he looks sort of like a dressed-up Deathmark. Hmmm.... maybe if I add a cloak or something.  Thoughts? Also, on a semi-related note, I

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So maaaaybe I had a third Valkyrie kit under my desk, and maybe I was going to turn it into a Storm Raven, until I realized that there were some triple-Vendetta IG lists I wanted to bury the local Eldar with. So, I started putting together the third bird and, as you do, I was looking at photos of Black Hawks and Ospreys when something dawned on me. When a Valkyrie breaks down, do they just work

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The reason for all the slow posting lately is that in between all the Necron stuff, I've also been deluged with commissions. Client X and a friend of his got into Warmachine, so some of that stuff came my way in the form of not one, but three of these squad boxes (in addition to some 40k stuff). I gotta say, if (and some say when) I ever dump 40k, the PP folks might be pulling in some of the

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Image copyright Privateer Press, used without permission Whether it's their Wraith engine or this thing, every time I turn around Privateer Press turns out something cool. Between this and their stompy Warjack goodness, it's almost as if they want me to try their game or something.  Maybe if I sell a WHF army or two? If I hadn't already made a Zoanthrope model, this thing would be it. Maybe

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My Christmas present to myself this year was a command barge bought not from eBay, but the local gaming store. As much as I'm against the usurious prices set by GW, the LGS has been struggling like everybody else, and now that I'm gainfully employed, I'm resolved to help out where I can. After all, we're all in this together.  I realize now I probably should've taken snaps of it alongside a

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-29720467654194018722011-12-30T11:54:00.000-08:002011-12-30T11:54:14.309-08:00

From Von in the comments from the previous post: "Do you actually like it/the new Necrons or not? I experience confusion in this matter. I feel that you're pointing out issues well but I lack any sense that a conclusion has been reached..." Well, lets look at some of the units:  Its a skimmer! Really! One thing the codex did was give the Necrons some much-needed anti-tank firepower.

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The Ghost Ark is not a kit. The Ghost Ark is a curse. As models go, you have quick little jaunts like, say, the Rhino. It fits together quickly and simply, and is a solid little mid-afternoon jaunt in the hobby park. You see the leaves, you feel the wind on your face, and you’re done. A little too soon, perhaps, but it was pleasant.  Then you have the Ghost Ark. The Ghost Ark is not there to

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The Catacomb Command & Annhilation Barge (or Pwn Barge, as it has become known) is 90% the same footprint, in all three dimensions, as our good friend the venerable Tyrannofex. There had been much trepidation about this, as the length of their Necron Persuasiveness Enhancers had been of some concern, but apparently from nose to tail the length works out to about the same, which is excellent news

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-50040454320352841062011-12-24T13:17:00.000-08:002011-12-24T13:17:02.147-08:00

More so than Thanksgiving, Christmas is time when I feel truly grateful for all the blessings of the year, and this year has been exceptionally blessed, what with the new job and other developments in my life. You all have been a part of that, some of you more than you know.  So, to everyone out the big wide world, thanks for being there, and the best of the season to you and yours. 

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-57594979990550277552011-12-03T12:51:00.001-08:002011-12-03T13:40:57.538-08:00

So, the Necrons finally got the codex update we've all been waiting for. It's made some units better, some unusable and some... are just different. While I never stopped using mine, really, they'd sort of taken a back seat to my Admech and Marine armies on the gaming table. With the all the new kit, it seems like high time they come to the fore again, but it's going to take some heavy

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-39448345916210221782011-11-20T17:29:00.000-08:002011-11-20T17:29:23.528-08:00

Just a quick WIP of Ghost Ark #1 today. I'm still trying to decide whether or not I like the "old penny" paint scheme; it doesn't quite have that "fresh out of the sand" thing going for it. I may need to use some actual sand.....

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Tears of Envy has been showing off some of the brilliant design work that has gone into this project on her excellent blog, which I highly recommend all of you go check out. Apparently there's an affiliated website coming, along with other lovely gothic things.   While you're at it, follow her, too. She's quite possibly one of the most talented designers I've ever had the privilege to sort

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-51610460742228619012011-10-31T08:29:00.000-07:002011-11-02T07:12:26.245-07:00

The good news is that Anubis is nearing completion. All the brush work on the main model is done, which means I get to go back over it with an airbrush and do some weathering soon. Well, as soon as I get my ancient airbrush cleaned and up to par. The bad news is, while I was priming his wings, the wind picked up the box and, well.... Snap! went the sensitive spar on two of them. This brings

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... cast Daniel Craig as Ibram Gaunt already. Defiance was fucking brilliant and he's not getting any younger. Also with the new Necron models and whatnot.  Speaking models coming soon, we forge on with Anubis. I'm busy resurrection my ancient airbrush so I can shade his bronzed frame properly.  Also, there's a clone of General Grievous coming and a bunch of other things from commission-land.

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My version isn't even done yet, and they go and come out with this. It's just so well made, too.  Man.... I really need to get a move on and finish that model.

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This is what should have arisen again as a monument to the slain.  Personally, I hate the current memorial. While I get the symbolism, leaving two holes in the ground is an insult. It feels like handing the slime who did this a trophy to hang on their cave wall. After all, they didn't leave a notch in the Pentagon, did they? Hell no.  Sigh.  RIP, Donna Hegelmeyer. Your kids are doing fine,

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Been a turbulent summer so far, what with changing jobs and all, so I've been busily doing life things and sort of neglecting my hobby bench, and more's the pity. So, this is going to be a "what's next" article. Short answer: that ebon chap is ready to be worked on, so a finished Anubis will be the every next model you'll see. Other revisions to my To-Do list include things that are on.... The

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-41394766384590821322011-07-15T13:43:00.000-07:002011-07-15T13:43:47.082-07:00

I have seen the next level, and it is this guy.  Okay, the design of his page is horrifying, but his robot chess pieces?  Fucking amazing. Click the link and check him out. You won't be disappointed.  Well, except by the layout/graphics/etc of his website, which is awful. His work is excellent, but man, you'd think the guy could design a better looking website. Of course, maybe he's too

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By now, everybody's seen this ungainly monster. I'm still on the fence about whether I like it or not, since it's not exactly a new design: Yeah, that's right. Instead of grabbing a movie design to repurpose (go see Terminator 5 to see where the Dreadknight came from), FW went back several generations to the old Epic scale game and up-sized that thing. Someone loved that ugly little thing so

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Played Necrons vs Vulkan Marines today, and this was the highlight of the match. They took a round to devour his Thunderhammer Termie bodyguard, and ate Vulkan the round after this pic.  Game ongoing. 2 combat squads, one Assault Squad, and one Dread left to go (that LR is immobilized and weaponless). Updates to follow.  UPDATE After swallowing Vulkan, the Daleks engaged a combat squad and

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Just a quick post today, since Saturdays are for Dark Heresy. These two little monsters flew together last night in a burst of creativity. Since they'll pull double-duty as both Hive and Tyrant guard models, I've magnetized the right shoulder, and am currently figuring out some kind of fiddler-crab style shield arm. Maybe I'll use the arm/shoulder bits from this ungainly monster. Being Hive

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Blogger is being a shit today, making it extra tricky to upload photos with their widget. Hopefully they'll fix it soon, because it makes things take twice as long.  Patron X has seen the Mechanized Force light, and has gotten his first Rhino/Razorback for the Angels of Flame. Properly kitted out, the Rhino really is an excellent little model, if a little fragile in the game.  And why not

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-72232658863564201682011-06-17T19:37:00.000-07:002011-06-17T19:37:32.885-07:00

I've really got to hand it to the new writing team of Doctor Who this time. The idea of Silurian swordswoman solving crimes in Victorian London is terribly fascinating. I'd much rather see 8-10 episodes of that than another "Oh Fuck The World Is Ending" Torchwood series.   Also, all the best lines in "A Good Man Goes to War" belong to the Sontaran.  Happy Friday, people.  

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So Eric contacted me a while ago asking if I could convert up a character for him to use an  inquisitor for his armies. He's a fan of Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII, a game I've played and somewhat enjoyed (despite its failings, gameplay-wise). For those not familiar with her, she looks something like this: (image and character are copyright Square-Enix, used without permission) I decided

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-47403608399216213912011-05-19T08:48:00.000-07:002011-05-19T08:51:27.672-07:00

As you may know, I'm a huge fan of the Zone of the Enders series, and the resin kits of their mecha have been Holy Grails that I've been chasing for a while. Recently, Kaiyodo released a toy of the hero mecha, Jehuty, as part of their ongoing Revoltech line. He looks like this: Sexy, right? I have the resin kit for this fellow, and they apparently used the exact same molds, and just swapped in

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There were 5 or six comments on the Marbo post, and now there aren't. What the fuck, Blogger? No wonder people are going to Wordpress. 

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With a battle against the Space Marines looming a few weeks ago (during Mecha Month, so yes, I was saving this) , I figured it was time to have a proper Marbo mini. He originally started out as a Tau Pathfinder, and steadily gained bits and green stuff augmentations until he was properly mechanized for field duty. Do the Mechanicus believe in poison? Properly, but I figured a chain

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No, I didn't just kill something in a fantastic way on Devil May Cry. The Stylish Blogger award is an honor from your fellow bloggers in appreciation for your work and your connection to the community. Thanks to Brian (MasterDarksol) from All Things 40k! It's kinda like a chain letter, so here's what you do: -- Thank and link back to the person giving you the award (see above)-- Share seven

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You'll recall seing WIP pics of this before Mecha Month started. When the client ordered a set of keel blades and other knifey bits from the Raider sprue, they really brought the model together. I'm only sorry weren't any good bits to use as missiles, but oh well. It has a really sleek, pod-fighter feel to it, now.  Did I mention how awesome Dragon Forge flight bases are? Because they're

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Enjoy Hell, you cocksucking motherfucker.  What a way to end Mecha Month. I was going to post some last-minute conversions, but fuck that. Osama Bin Laden's fucking dead. I'm only sorry W didn't get him instead of President Do-Nothing. I'm sure he'll appear to claim all the credit for the CIA/Military's hard work soon enou-- son of a GUN there he is, interrupting CSI-Miami. That was quick.  Oh

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(image is copyright Games Workshop, used without permission) What happens when I take too long to pump out  a model? Somebody does it for me.  This ungainly monster is close to what's sitting in my "to-do" bin for my other Tyracron Hive Tyrant. He's severely lacking in Necron parts, sure, but man, is that ever close to what I had envisioned for Ultima Weapon.  Well, minus the giant cannon.

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Back into the Hall of Ancient Miniatures we go.... So in the late '90's, Jovian Chronicles surfaced, concocted by the Canadian game company Dream Pod 9 as their answer to Mekton and Battletech. Being rabid Gundam fans, their designs (and source material) borrowed heavily from that series, much as Heavy Gear virtually plagiarized Armored Trooper Votoms. (how they did it without being sued I'll

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I really need to get the jump on these posts; 2 entries does not a Mecha Month make.  Anyway, back in the heady days of the early to mid '90's, Gundam went through sort of a renaissance in Japan, and we got series like Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Gundam F91, and Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory. Battletech miniatures were also plentiful then, and I was doing a lot of converting,  which led to

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I'd always loved the tall, graceful designs of Five Star Stories. Unfortunately, the Mortar Hedds, as they were known, were only in garage kit form for the longest time, and prohibitively expensive (as in, they stood around 3 feet high and cost over $700). So, when I found this mini in a hobby store, around 1993-94, I scooped him up immediately. I'm sure he was part of a series, but I've never,

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-15550329992585820072011-04-11T08:36:00.000-07:002011-04-11T12:39:03.346-07:00

Seems my faithful MacBook Pro has seen fit to have motherboard issues this week, so it might be a while before the next post. On the one hand, this leaves more time to work on Anubis. So, my gateway to the Internet is an iPhone, which has already resulted on my hitting the wrong button on numerous occasions (sorry James S). Hopefully the techpriests at Apple will have the ole' cogitator up and

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At long last, the Knight Warden is finished, and  I can clear the decks for other projects (including another artculated ZOE model). Unlike the Warhound before him, he got off to a pretty rough start. That head was totally unlike the one pictured until the last minute, and the hips took about a month to finalize, mostly because the toy it was based on was pre-posed with one leg extended. Also,

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Since April is going to be Mecha Month here on M3, I thought I'd get the non-mechanical part of the latest commission job out of the way. You'll recall the WIP Razorwing I posted earlier; these are the rest of the Eldar models who were turned to the dark side. Well, minus the Talos. He's coming next time to kick off the heavy metal festivities.  The above Haemonculous started out as an old

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Here he is, covered in rivets and basecoated. I still need to suss out a base for him, plus there's some detailing that remains to be done, but he's basically finished. I think it gets across the whole "pygmy Reaver" look of the epic model from the last post nicely. I was thiiiiiiis close to giving him spindly Punisher cannon arms, but opted for the CCW and battle cannon instead. Given the piece

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One hundred posts. We're finally here.  I started this blog as a hobby project,mainly to blow off steam by writing down random raving thoughts. Then I saw how massive the hobby community was here on the interwebz.  And then I was laid off. Hello, free time. There are so many of you, and where possible I add to my blogroll because they're so cool that other people should see them. Admiral

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Just a quick post to show some more commission work (and to get us through post #99): Tyranid Warriors, along with angry little cohorts, the Ripper Swarm. I'll bet from that last post you were expecting more Dark Eldar, weren't you? Well, check back at or around post #101. I both did and didn't want to go all out and make their weapons pulpy, squishy organs of death, because I felt it might

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A short post today, wrapping up the rest of the Angels of Flame commission work whilst I grind away at the Dark Eldar on my painting bench; and I do mean grind, as there's a fair amount of it involved in making the Craftworld French look more like their evil kin. As far as list-building goes, I keep advising my client to get himself some Rhinos/Razorbacks to safely taxi his troops around. We

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My regular SM client had a bunch of Eldar stuff, and we thought it'd be cool to make him a Dark Eldar army out of it. Here's the Falcon from the battleforce box, cut up and repurposed into a Razorwing fighter. As you can see, there's still a great amount of greenstuffing that needs to be done, but I like the way it's come out so far.  What's making this a real challenge is that there are no

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For Valentine's Day, we have a love-letter to Shirow Masamune from Statuesque Miniatures. Though she's officially called Mei-lin Mayfair, that's Motoko Kusanagi, right down to the Seburo C-25A. I originally discovered her by way of a posting on Massive Voodoo; they did a different (and by far more intricately detailed) paint job of her, but I recognized the gun and stance right away. She and her

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It's so..... I just.... Kwi-Chang is FUCKING AMAZING. If that's not enough? He also did THIS: Jesus fuck I just horked out my fucking gum. When the hell did this happen to Legos? My GOD this is good stuff. You want variety? There are many, many more mecha, some of which transform with zero parts-swapping, a spider-tank, powered suits for cute anime girls, and even ships from well-known

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-10158351108881870532011-02-02T10:33:00.000-08:002011-02-02T10:33:18.312-08:00

When I'm wrong, and I know it, I'm willing to admit it.  However, first, thing's first. By way of a commission from my favorite client, I finally got to work on a stock Land Raider.  Here's Infernus in all his glory. Like all GW kits, assembly is slightly a pain, but overall a pretty solid build. Since the client had a Chaos kit, Infernus got the sexier belted-ammo Storm Bolter, and the

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-82784552743191732722011-01-28T13:02:00.000-08:002011-01-28T17:09:23.188-08:00

The Squat work crews have finally restored power to the M3 (or "M-cubed", if you will) Forge and its environs, and even the mighty Fidelis Jago is out for a walk in the frozen wastes today. The problem, of course, wasn't the minimal amounts of snow at all, (the site-clearing servitors pushed it aside in ten minutes) but all the weak-ass pine trees that chose the night of the storm to fall on

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-68635285301996476522011-01-19T12:29:00.000-08:002011-01-19T12:29:55.595-08:00

In light of GW's recent raft of eyeball rape, I thought I'd give you something to wash your orbs out with.  First off, I haven't posted for a while because I've been in the midst of a family medical crisis. My Dad's health took a turn for the worse recently and things have been pretty stressful. He's home now, and back on his feet, but man, it's been a rough patch.  Anyhow the above picture and

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The first model of the new year is another commission: the steam-driven Hilda Garde III from Final Fantasy 9. No photo-documenting of the construction on this one, as the servitors and Squat mechanics in the construction hangar eschew photography as a matter of principle. Also, I was halfway done before I thought of doing so.  Like the newer Highwind produced  previously, this version of an

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-23834117735024675832010-12-29T10:36:00.001-08:002010-12-29T10:36:41.783-08:00

In the spirit of the season, I'd like to start off by saying thanks to all of you out there who have made this blog a part of your day, or week, or however often you come back. When starting off I'd thought I'd be just another voice in the wilderness, and the sense of community around the hobby blogs had just been astounding. I've learned a lot from reading and following your exploits in

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-47350593337853606692010-12-24T10:16:00.000-08:002010-12-24T10:16:42.865-08:00

In celebration of the season, a nice little diorama of dwarves welcoming in the Yule Beer. I dunno about you, but I always loved seeing the little Christmas Village scenes at the local hobby store when I was a kid. Seeing model trains run through intricately detailed miniature landscapes was probably one of the things that spurred me into our hobby.  I played WHF before breaking into 40k, and

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-51215070349844496782010-12-23T09:36:00.000-08:002010-12-23T09:36:13.099-08:00

The latest Angels of Flame work is sort of an exercise in bodyguard theater; a Librarian and his Terminator bodyguard, accompanied by a Chaplain and his Assault Marine friends. Even as these (along with their Ironclad buddy)  rolled out, another commission rolled in, and a Hilda Garde III airship (from Final Fantasy 9) is taking shape on my hobby desk. Again, these models appear brighter than

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-15558561642354654652010-12-20T09:45:00.000-08:002010-12-20T09:58:27.649-08:00

My client's Angels of Flame army is growing by leaps and bounds, not least of which is another Dreadnought. Although it's the model I completed last, I thought I'd feature it first. If you're comparing it to the last bunch of pics I took of the initial Angels of Flame offerings, keep in mind that this is MUCH better lit, thanks to the lightbox, so looks altogether brighter and more vivid. Again,

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I've been a busy bee lately, what with family/work and all, and then my Angels of Fire client surfaces with a box of new models to paint. Once the Ironclad, Terminators, Librarian, Chaplain, and Assault Marines are finished, I'll post pics of them in all their smouldering glory. Then he breaks out this box of goodies: Him: "Do you think you could use these to make me a Storm Raven?" Me: "You're

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-9177806631622315372010-12-07T08:55:00.000-08:002010-12-07T08:55:42.932-08:00

The Sarif Industries website is a nifty little flash site created to promote the upcoming cyberpunk Deus Ex game. Besides featuring a show site for the fictional corporations cyborg parts, there's also a little hacking minigame (any of you remember how Hollywood sees hacking? Yeah, well there you go) that gets you a bit of cool background. Anyway, it's sexily designed and fun to poke around in,

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-82568547489569037542010-11-24T10:47:00.000-08:002010-11-24T10:47:57.905-08:00

Resin kits are a tremendous pain in the ass. But, I'm getting ahead of myself.  As you may or may not have figured out, I'm a tremendous mecha-head. Two of my all-time favorite games are Zone of the Enders and ZoE: Anubis for the PS2. They're high-speed, kickass 3rd person mecha-combat games from the same crew (sort of) that brought you the Metal Gear Solid series, and the designs are simply

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-2909031032180210602010-11-23T09:35:00.000-08:002010-11-23T09:38:02.731-08:00

You have to admire when someone really, really hits it out of the park.  Yes, it's a detailed, scratchbuilt cut-away of Mega-man. Yes, it can be yours. Link here.

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-74346490394586733172010-11-15T14:46:00.000-08:002010-11-15T14:47:00.614-08:00

I struggled with this one. I really did.  If you recall, my Tyrannos were originally going to be an attempt to resurrect the "Death Barge" concept from the old GW sketches. That idea got scuttled when the only dino ribs I could find at local hobby shops were either enormous or far too small (I still want to build a Death Barge though; maybe I'll just make a superheavy one)  Thus, I fell back

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-54563967098175043272010-11-11T12:24:00.000-08:002010-11-11T13:47:21.874-08:00

(First seen by me on on YTTH. image Copyright, Games Workshop, and they can fucking keep it ) I like to balance the good with the bad, so let me first say what I think is right with this depressingly ugly model that was designed by sightless, mindless, tasteless morons. Do remember that these are the same demented troglodytes who brought you this slab-sided piece of shit literally, on a stick:

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The creator of the Space Cruiser Yamato series, a man who habitually lugged around illegal amounts of serious firepower, has died from injuries suffered as a result of falling from his 485 ton boat, the Yamato in Tokyo. He was 75, and lived more in his 3/4 of a century then most of us will in.... well, a century. Probably. Link here. Rest in peace, Yoshinobu. Your destiny is a sea of stars.

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-8453214517675131452010-11-06T09:56:00.000-07:002010-11-06T10:19:17.173-07:00

Because I usually take long daily hikes that last an hour or so, I have a lot of time to ruminate on things and stave off crippling suicidal bouts of depression. Today I started thinking, as Necron players do, of how to make the old war-horse better and more fun to play. In terms of what it offers in terms of sheer gameplay, Codex: Necrons is dry, simplistic, boring, and easily misunderstood by

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-61877388857157019242010-10-29T15:52:00.000-07:002010-10-29T15:52:38.951-07:00

Many of you may already be aware of Wargames Factory's new Shock Troops range, a sprue of which gives you a wealth of weapons, heads, and arms, not to mention 3 bodies. I went halfsies with my friend Ben, and picked up a whopping 63 more troopers to add to the ranks of Mechanicus. The above Heavy Flamer troopers represent my initial conversions, and needless to say, I was hooked. Their left arms

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-9103199154970524042010-10-26T09:13:00.000-07:002010-10-26T09:13:37.553-07:00

Okay, maybe not the actual Tau. I came across this during my daily lunchtime browsing of IO9. You can see additional pics of this fellow and his friends here.  Just a short post today, as I have some projects to finish up (and some to get started on) in addition to my daily struggle with the freelance world. Finished Tyrannofexes, Skitarii, and scratchbuilt tanks coming soon....

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A friend of mine's birthday is coming up, so I decided to make him some themed objective counters for his ork army. Luckily, I still had plenty of snotling bits from a set of Grenadier ogres long ago, not to mention some Warboss bosspole bits from a bitz purchase. That set of green plastic counters is nice, but never really did it for me. Plus, being a GW product,  it's a smidge overpriced, and

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These minis are due in part to the fact that Halloween's a-comin' and I wanted to paint something spooky, and partly due to B.Smoove sending me some Flayed ones I had no idea what to do with. Add to that a Reaper Miniatures Succubus I was too prude to paint at the time (her wings are now part of the Hilda Garde III airship) and a dash of extra bits, and you get this nice witch and her murder

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Son of a BITCH! It seems the monster glimpsed in a fuzzy photo wasn't a hoax after all. The Necrons got an old-school D&D Carrion Crawler, and at first glance, it's really rather brutal.   In contrast to the awful that was the Caestus, this mecha-centipede is actually a pretty well-designed monster (well, as good as mecha-bugs get; those antennae are a bit of a stretch), and would fit in the

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-53804898493719920942010-09-16T14:04:00.001-07:002010-09-16T14:04:51.361-07:00

These sort of got lost in the shuffle during the whole Highwind commission thing. In truth I'd had them near-done for a while and only just needed to add the final glowy bits, but never really had the time to sit down and do so. The irregular cathedral door-like pattern picked out on the sprue was sort of a happy accident. I'm a bit of a pack rat, and so I  hold on to sprues forever. When I

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-73541214000068866232010-09-15T11:42:00.000-07:002010-09-15T11:43:14.088-07:00

After all that greenstuffing, the only thing left to do is the basing and painting, and you get: The only thing I didn't do was paint the hot bomber girl on the side, because she would've been so small it would've looked like a pink squiggle. Instead of using my traditional "glue, then sprinkle basing" method, I used some textured paint as an adhesive instead, and then applied the basing

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Here I was, all set to cobble together a second Hive Tyrant, and a commission drops in my lap. Not just any commission, either; the guy wanted AIRSHIPS. As in, the kind I built from Crimson Skies planes. The Highwind and Hilda Garde III, to be exact. The Hilda Garde I wasn't (and still am not) sure about due to the availability of specialty parts, but the Highwind I was pretty damn sure I could

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-3869735317888035542010-09-11T09:26:00.000-07:002010-09-11T09:26:25.626-07:00

Two images today, folks. One so you will always remember, and one so you will never forget.   On 9/11 I was taking animation classes in Arlington, VA, just across the bridge from Georgetown and a few miles upriver from the Pentagon. A few of us went to get coffee. We heard the boom. We heard what happened. We got the hell out of dodge so fast we probably should have gotten a million speeding

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-36474475568306815772010-09-10T13:09:00.000-07:002010-09-10T13:14:30.272-07:00

This mystery bug showed up in a post on Heresy Online.  BoLS picked up the rumor and is running with it, and it makes me wonder if the Necrons are FINALLY getting some attention from FW. For that matter, it makes me wonder if FW are fans of the Tyracrons. Maybe I should've gone to Games Day in Baltimore, even if the army was only half-finished? As it seems they've turned from their All-IG/

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-15859380737272086382010-09-08T09:32:00.000-07:002010-09-08T09:32:10.808-07:00

Recently b.smoove over at A Gentleman's Ones had a design contest for the masthead of his blog. While my entry didn't win, it did place among the finalists: I debated whether to use stylized pics of his minis (which turned out to be the key to victory), and instead opted for a "gentleman's club" approach. There were a lot of nice entries, and everyone involved had some fun. Good sport that he

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-11091655936435849572010-09-06T14:18:00.000-07:002010-09-06T14:18:19.660-07:00

As gaming systems go, it's hard to beat the D&D parody Hackmaster. Their first edition rules set re-created the labyrinthine expanse of first/second edition Dungeons & Dragons, along with their own special flavor of brutality (armor with its own HP value, criticals tables, crippling physical/psychological defects) and managed to add in something new in the form of not one, but four levels of

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Recently it was pointed out to me that I wasn't leading with my strengths, so I went back through and gutted this article for reposting. The three GUNHED's above were my answer to the appalling vulnerability of the common Penitent Engine. Where the PE is slow, underarmored, and underarmed, (and based on those woussy mecha from The Matrix)  the GUNHED is fast, heavily armed and armored, and has

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-91736874667005242202010-08-25T14:11:00.000-07:002010-08-25T14:11:54.776-07:00

Remember the old Judge Dredd film? With Stallone? The one that was complete shit because it was written and directed by people that hated the character? Well, wash your memory out with this: Someone's making a fan film, and the teaser vid looks really, really, good. More about it (along with the video) here. Now, by "fan film", you'd think it was two guys with a video camera and a copy of

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Out of the fell shadows of August  comes a new blog network, courtesy of Lauby and Dethtron.  I was asked kindly to contribute an article or two, and contribute I shall. Of course, my kind of article requires building things and documenting that with a camera, so it'll require some planning.  Anyways, check them out (and sign up, while you're at it: Int'l House of Paincakes No, I don't know

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-19042316633324553002010-08-21T09:21:00.000-07:002010-08-21T21:27:39.989-07:00

I've been playing Final Fantasy XII on the PS3, and it's so visually gorgeous I'm willing to forgive the woefully neglectful lack of gameplay. Anyhoo, as my team of emo teenagers were beating the bejeezus out of these giant centaur automatons, the design struck me as something the Necrons would leave lying around. As if its size and enormous amount of HP weren't enough, when the thing is sick of

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-74291962990531879192010-08-18T12:17:00.001-07:002010-08-18T12:17:16.333-07:00

I have never had a Canoness blast through a close combat, Mephiston style. No matter how I kit her out and spend those fate points, it just doesn't end up happening. Maybe it's because mine routinely faced off against steroided-up Ork Warbosses..... Well, what can I say about WH tactica that hasn't already been said ad infinitum? Get her a Book of St. Lucius, a combi-melta, and an Eviscerator (

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That Caestus was so ugly I think the last post threw me down a depression-hole of some kind, so today's entry is a little stroll down memory lane.  Ah the Sisters, my first 40k army, ever. No, they didn't all fit in the light box. I had to improvise with some hardware, light-bouncing white plasticard, and more lights:    The average Battle Sister model is a perfect example of what happens when

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New from Forge World, it's THE UGLIEST FUCKING AIRCRAFT I HAVE EVER SEEN.  If your eyes had balls, this would be a direct punch to them, followed by a series of kicks delivered rapid fire, plus a stomp or two. The thing is fucking awful. Oh, and the fluff? It's meant to RAM INTO THINGS. FROM THE FUCKING SKY.  I mean, really? Who told them this was a good idea?  Want more? Click here for the

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A prototype Mycetic Crypt, made out of some bargain-basement Monolith bits and plasticard, waiting for detailing. Is this large enough to carry 20 infantry or 1 monstrous creature? Hmmmm. In other news, we have these: Looking through the backlogs and bits boxes this week, I fished out these little gems. You may have heard about DP9's Gundam tribute game, Jovian Chronicles. Before taking it to

#2501http://www.blogger.com/profile/04264386981291406144noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837412973927672745.post-16548774689076091912010-07-24T13:13:00.000-07:002010-07-24T21:40:36.844-07:00

These poor guys deserve a medal. I bought them on the cheap and painted them up to serve the "misc villain" purpose. Ex-guard, gangers, you name it. I figured seven were enough. Though I'm anal retentive about things looking uniform, I switched up the basing a bit to keep things fresh (after all, you don't always get in fights in sunny meadows) and kept them looking grungy yet well-armed.  As

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This one was a bit of a pain.  For some reason whilst in the early stages of building them out I was fighting with what they were becoming, and trying to go in a different direction with the designs. At one point they resembled a cross between a Moai and Slave I, and at another flying squids. All the while I think I was consciously avoiding the "floating cranium" design and going for more of

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Before finalizing and mass-producing the Zoans, I decided to finish of Grievous, so here he is in all his glory . For all the time I took hemming and hawwing about his weapons, once the decision was made it was all downhill from there. Now that I look at him, four matched sabers would really have been pretty dull. Anyway, let's begin the walkaround.... This is another model that's pinned all

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No money to buy new parts for Tyrannos, so I'm building Zoans out of spare bits today. In addition to their fashionable blast-a-matic hats, I was thinking they should have vestigial arms, if not tentacles.  You eldritch horror fans out there.... any thoughts?

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Where GW really dropped the ball was not announcing a companion miniatures line to go with Dark Heresy. Fortunately, there are a bazillion other companies, like Rackham. I only wish they hadn't gone the badly-prepainted-plastic route, but what can you do? They're French.  Above is a set of minis I don't get to use often enough, (which is good, because they stay intact that way); Ordo Malleus

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Ooooh, the OCD part of my brain is acting up again. It's making me retake pictures after looking at old posts here that were dark as fuck, so here we go, in more or less chrono order: Tyracron mk 1. Hmm, still a little yellow (damn tungsten filter...) and, shame on me for not photoshopping out some warps in the paper. Still, hmm... Doomy. Brighter, but still looks like I've been taking

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So 40k aside, I've been playing a lot of Dark Heresy. Our Inquistorial Acolyte team's 5 strong and consists of my Arbitrator, a Techpriest, a Guardsman, an Imperial Priest, and a Metallican Gunslinger. Aside from being an excellent (and nicely art directed) game, acting as miniatures wrangler for DH lets me field many models that would otherwise never see the light of day on the 40k battlefield,

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Greg tactfully pointed out the less-than-stellar lighting conditions from the last shoot, so I dug around on the web and found a tutorial on lightbox building and lighting. I still have to get some nice cool (ie not-yellow) bulbs for the shop lights, but the abovewas shot in the result. I papered the inside of a box with white shelf paper,  leaving a curved surface on the back and minimal seams

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People sure are funny.  This guy originally told me he wasn't that into 40k, and yet, when I turned in the 2nd boxed set, all painted and gorgeous, he came back with a bag holding a Dread, an HQ squad, and a Captain.  Imagine that. Maybe he just likes my painting. :) Anyway, because I liked the way it works in the Blood Angels color scheme, I decided that veterans and other higher-ups in

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Been going through different ideas to make a Tyrannofex; the walking cannon, some kind of tank crab, etc, and found this old thing in my Necrons file: That's right, it's old concept art from the previous GW website.  Back when GW was slowly but surely losingits imagination, it seems the Necrons would've had some decent armor choice like any other army, like  a floating SPG (dare I dream it

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Something is wrong the poll-mo-tron. I just can't get the one in the upper right panel to work at all. Sorry gang, but Blogger (and Google) don't care about what you think.  They must not know that I'm the secretly the one who controls their pay and bennies.  And watches them while they sleep. From SPACE. 

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As promised, a new set of Tyracrons! Tervigons (or Tervicrons, if you will) are probably one of the most useful monsters in the new codex, what with their ability to spawn troops units, their psychic powers, and the fact that you can buy them AS troops, which is  pretty huge considering what they are and do. The brainstorm came after staring at Carnifex torsos for a an hour or two and finally

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As soon as I turned in that batch of Macragge stuff in to the client, he turned around and produced.... the box set that immediately preceded it, namely a box full of Dark Eldar and more Marines (including the ubiquitous Land Speeder). At least these Astartes are the fully posable stock type and not the e-z assembly type for beginners. Personally, though I'd prefer bolters welded to hands,

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Time to clear out some stuff that's just taking up space (not to mention I really need the cash), so I'm putting some models up on eBay, including the above Tau Hammerhead. Head on over and check out the listings, which include some GW Ogres from 1984.  Links to the listings (click straight through to eBay): The Tau Hammerhead (I was thinking of a Shirow Masamune-themed Tau army, and this

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Dave Taylor and others will be building decked-out Storm Wardens army to raffle off, with the proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders, so head on over to his blog at http://davetaylorminiatures.blogspot.com/2010/06/great-storm-wardens-collaborative-army.html and make a donation to the cause. 

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My first 40k army was the Witch Hunters, and man, was that a lesson in pain. You stinking Eldar players with your bright lances, and you goddamn ork players with your rokkit spam, you can rot in hell. Are you being tabled by newer codexes? Good. You get no sympathy from me. My IG army is revenge for all the times my poor girls were crushed by you Xeno bastards. Of course, it was my first codex,

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Finished off that Macragge set. Above are the Gaunts, painted in Leviathan colors. What? You say Leviathan wasn't at Macragge? No worries, neither were the Angels of Flame. My hat's off to you people who paint the Gaunts by the hundreds. All those curves and spikey bits are a tremendous pain in the ass to keep consistent. I dropped the red claws and guns b/c frankly, it looked gay in the color

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Working on a commission this week; someone wanted me to paint up their Battle for Macragge boxed set, so I set to it. Instead of a mainstream chapter, the client picked the Angels of Fire, which he found in some obscure corner of the GW site. The A of F paint scheme is a smoldering crimson decked out with flaming shoulders and no angel iconography to speak of, so that's what I did. During the

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Did I mention my Ultramarine army was taking shape in fits and starts? Really, that was more when I was flush with extra cash and little spare time. Now that the opposite is true, I can start polishing whole sections off in short order. As you can see, they're shaping up to be quite the opposite of my IG army with its static guns and huge, plodding war machines. Indeed, they're shaping up to be

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The General's taking shape. Those arms are loosely inserted with pins for now, and the second set... well gravity wouldn't let them stay in for this shot. Just to see if I could, I made a second bonesword out of green stuff. As it turns out,  I hate the hell out of it, so as soon as those clear rods I ordered come in I'll be making some hybrid-looking lightsabers for him. He will, of course, be

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