It's (Not)
The End, But...
So, my
housemate and I have spent a bunch of time tidying up and spring
cleaning the last week so hobby time has been limited. As a
consequence I haven't got anything from that big basing shelf picture
last week 100% finished. A few are close, most need a lot of basing
work, but I wanted to spend what spare time I had plugging away at
new things so I could keep feeling that momentum rather than the
basing stuff because that always feels like such a slog.
Is that just
me? It just feels like every layer takes so damn long to dry. Anyway,
so here's what we got for this week:
Gaming
I had my
second Necromunda game, this time against Dave J's Eschers in a
Sabotage scenario that I won and (mostly) escaped intact from.
Hilariously, my Goliath's retreat from the burning chem-still was
covered by the underhive's most resilient juve. Armed only with a
stubgun and spud-jacker and no statistical or armour upgrades
whatsoever it took two Escher gangers and two champions to take him
down. It was the sort of epic moment the small scale skirmish format
is absolutely amazing for.
Close to
Death
The nearest
I've come to finishing anything this week are some Death Guard bits a
few minor details away from done.
The
Blight-Hauler just needs one more pass before I apply the sand. It
was a pleasure to paint and I definitely want to get a complete unit
of three together in the near future. It also gave me a chance to
experiment with dark metallic methods to a varying degree of success.
The brass trim is just Balthasar Gold inked with Reikland Fleshshade
a couple of times which worked brilliantly whilst the head of the
multi-melta and vent grilles were... less successfully drybrushed
Runelord Brass. I'll try layering it on the next model.
Actually, I
think I'll try layering the Runelord Brass on the face grill of that
Plague Marine on the left. Its mainly been a matter of filling in
small details and getting the inking done on the golds this week. To
be honest, the reason for rushing these through has been to remind
myself how I was painting the things so I can go back and finish all
my half-done Dark Imperium models.
The Gang
Show
I've done
all the large, basic colours on the gang as a batch and now its time
to take a single miniature and work on the detail methods. I've not
got far, just basing and inking the areas that are going to be brass
and filing in the mohawk. I don't think I'll go for the Thunderhawk
Blue hair on the whole gang. In fact, I might give everyone different
hair colours, it'll be a good way to keep the different ganger
straight in my head when writing down XP and so on.
Fantasy
Woman
I am less
pleased about the snake at the head of the staff. The orange looked
better before I painted in the gold staff, now it just looks too
similar. I'll probably repaint if red once I have the golds inked and
layered up.
A Bug, Not
a Feature
Newly
arrived from eBay, the one indispensable element of a Tyranid army (I
think): a traditional Screamer-Killer style Carnifex. I've always
loved the design and this one was cheap so here it is. Sadly, I'm
going to have to redo the back carapace as the ink dried a little
funny. This was another big bug I undercoated in Zandri Dust which
means the grey skin is taking me forever to basecoat, the alternative
of course...
… to
undercoat them grey and then spend ages layering the Zandri Dust onto
the carapace. At this stage I am genuinely resigned to the fact that
neither undercoat cuts down the painting time and the choice is
purely down to which colour is the majority or the most accessible on
model on a case by case basis.
Team
Players
And,
finally, a little more work has been done on Kill-Team Pellos. Not
much, just some more work on the metallics and drybrushing on the
leathers. Still, progress is progress as I've been saying all month.
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