First attempts at some  green stuff on my Vindicator and my Typhus.

Daemon Prince

Khorne Army Update

My Nurgle and Khorne Armies

Just wanted to spend some time showing off my 2 armies. Obviously the Khorne army is still a work in progress, and the Nurgle army still has work that needs to be done, but it's on its way to being completed.

One thing I have been considereing is working on a non-CSM army in between units of CSM. Most likely space marines. The idea would be to work on things I need practice with as far as painting goes. I have Assault on Black Reach models I can paint up, and space marines make great test models because they have to be so smooth.

Here is the Khorne army. It's still missing 2 rhinos and Kharn.

Khorne Raptor Squad 2 - WIP

Khorne Land Raider Video - WIP

A little video tour of the tank.

Khorne Land Raider - WIP

Just wanted to show you the progress I've made on the Land Raider. I still have a long way to go before it can be called done. The hard lining is extreme, but needs to be cleaned up in a lot of places. Skulls need more work. I also need to keep applying black to various places. And then comes the gold. Lots of gold! The extreme hardlining is supposed to help with the gold, and hopefully once I add even more gold to it, it will really pop. A beautiful rich red with nice golden highlights! But it's off to a good start, if I say so myself.

I also found I'm pleased with the number of skulls. There aren't too many that it prevents me from doing any freehand stuff on top, but its also enough that you can't miss it.

So yeah, still a lot of work to do, but definetly an excellent start.

Land Raider WIP - Skulls for the Blood God

Just wanted to throw up some pictures of my Land Raider's progress this evening. The lascannons are magnetized. Put a bunch of skulls on it, and I'm considering putting more on. The banners are pinned so they can be removed for normal play and put up for display. I don't think I'm putting spikes on the beast.

Tomorrow it get's sprayed down, and we begin painting! Yes, it's going to be red. Red! Red I tell you!

Things I'm still considering:

• More skulls! More heads! Heads of other races. Can I have too many?


• What I want to do with the hole in the top. While I can easily put up a weapon, or just close it off, or magnetize it, I really want to do something cool. Hrm, I'll show you tomorrow.


• Color scheme. Red is obvious. Gold/Yellow/Black/White are all going to be apart of it. But how do I want to show it off. Which colors where.


• The name. Obviously something short and bloody.


• The center-rear of the vehicle might need a larger banner. Pretty much over the exhaust pipes. A big banner proclaiming the blood god, his desire for blood, and that blood is, in fact, for the blood god.

So, if you have any ideas, let me know, please. Thoughts or comments are welcome. Tomorrow, I'll be putting up a video update, but I know some of you don't follow my YouTube channel, and I like to make sure my updates here aren't just YouTube videos. Pictures and text can do a lot more then a simple video.

Land Raider WIP - Inside

So, I've pretty much finished up the inside of the Land Raider for my Khorne Army. I'm not sure I'm going to replicate the cream color throughout the rest of the army, but besides that, the rest of the inner components are nice. I'm especially proud of the engine block which you can see below.

The engine block was painted with Boltgun Metal, then washed with Badab Black. I highlighted with Chainmail. The Mechanicum icon I'm especially happy with.

Most of these screens won't be easily seen, or even viewable I think once the land raider is closed up. It's okay though, they are painted and I'm happy enough with them.

The seats are highlighted to show light coming from the front of the land raider.

The floor has pools of aged blood. I tried to make it look like someone was walking from the entrance to their seat, so the blood follows a trail.

I'm fairly happy witht he inside, though I'll admit I didnt' feel like spending too much time on something that will be mostly hidden from sight. But it's painted.

AwesomePaintJob.com - Les' Wash Recipe, and 40k Ventrilo

Les Bursley over at AwesomePaintJob.com has released his wash recipe.  Now, you might not have been aware of it, but Les was selling his washes and pigments for a while, but recently, it was shut down because he needed to be a member of a particular organization.  Someone reported him apparently, and he was no longer allowed to sell his washes or pigments.  However, in true form, he released his recipe in order to provide the masses with a simple, easy to use recipe for his excellent washes.

I'm especially excited because I had been planning on buying some of his Soft Body washes, and the very day I was going to make the purchase, the store was closed.  His recipe is nice because it shows you not just how to make the washes he was selling, but also provides you with enough information to come up with your own colors of washes.

Check out Les' YouTube Channel for excellent videos and tutorials.  His current project is a space marine chapter project where he does a video tutorial for each chapter.  Right now he plans on doing 70 chapters, and is already off to a great start.

Finally, related to Les' and the YouTube gang of 40k'ers is the Ventrilo channel provided by Catattafish.  The vent channel is provided for people who play 40k, Fantasy, and other war games.  A great place to sit and talk while painting and modeling.  Basically, if you enjoy painting with company, but want to paint in the comfort of your own home, this is the place to do it.

The server address is "toronto.maxfrag.net" and the port is "3826".  You can get Ventrilo for free from the Ventrilo website.  It's not just a place to chat about nothing.  We talk about the game itself, the rules, painting tips, suggestions, and general camaraderie.  If you enjoy talking about 40k, now you can do it with real live people!

Khorne Raptor Squad

As promised, here are some pics of the Khorne Raptor squad in all it's winged glory.

Okay, the first two up are the Icon, which you've seen previously, and my normal Khorne Berserker. The normal 'Zerker is one of two in the group. He's flying over the ground, almost gliding, scanning around for an opponent to attack.

The next up are two special guys. The guy on the left is my Champion. I know, he looks small when compared to everything else, but I actually really like the pose. He's weilding my version of lightning claws. But it's all about the pose. Arms wide and on the groun ready to attack. His torso is posed leaning slightly back, as is his head, in a fearsome howling rage. The wings were also chosen because they are the wider, open wings. While me Icon is posed to look tall and moving forward, the Champion is meant to be wide and imposing.

To his right is my special weapons guy. He'll either be a melta or a flamer, depending on whichever I want to run. The possessed arm with the flame shooting out makes it work well for both, I gather. Instead of red flame I'm considering using green flames for contrast. He's on the ground as well clearly looking at what he's burning down in front of him. His close combat weapon is held at the ready.

Now we come to the next two. My second normal Berserker, and one with two cloes combat weapons. The normal 'Zerker is landing, opening fire and preparing to swing his chain sword down on the foe. The wings are pushed out as he lands, giving him a bit more shooting time and also time to consider which head to remove from which foe. Choices like that shouldn't be rushed.

The raptor on the right is using a piece from the Chaos Warriors set for his right arm. I imagine he's jumping toward his right, the reason his feat and head are turned that way. His sword is bring brought up to block an attack, and his left "hand", another possessed arm, is pulling back readying for a swift piercing attack.

The final two raptor squad members are dual wielding close combat weapons and pistols.  The gentleman on the left is using two arms from chaos warriors.  I didn't use shoulderpads because I felt in this case, he wouldn't want to wear them and hinder his arms.  I can easily see this guy impaling a foe with his sword and at the same time flinging his axe over at another guy.  Brutal!  Combine the ripped arms with the chest I used and the skull helmet, it almost reminds me of a Khorne version of Skeletor.

 Of course, what would Khorne be without some guy going all akimbo style with two pistols.  I love this pose on my 'Zerkers, and I've used it before.  He may not be raging like the other guys, but I see him using his two pistols like weapons themselves, blocking attacks and slamming the muzzle under an Imperial fool's chin and pulling the trigger.

Icon of Khorne Raptor

My next project!

Speed Painting Tau - Stealth Suit Urban Style

So this is what I've been working on the past few days.  Painting plus video rendering.

Inspired by the Space Wolves release, I decided to try out an urban Tau theme. My goal with the Sniper suit was to merge the space wolf base color and combine it with a dirty, urban theme. The model here is supposed to look as if he fits with the base, hence the reason they are the same basic color. I also wanted a muted theme.

Urban environments in the 40k world, I imagine, are rather dirty, so I wanted to give this Sniper suit the appearance of having been walking through ruins, but still give a very Tau-clean look to it. At the same time, I was hoping the highlight color (the white) was still a muted white, so it would stand out, but not look out of place.

Finally, the gun itself is my take on the weapon. I imagine that the barrel of the weapon spins rather fast when firing, so I figure the metal is worn in a circular pattern. That's the reason for the attempt the blending and highlighting like I did. I'm actually rather proud of it, because when it's lit with my desk lamps, it looks natural.

Finally, this was yet another attempt at blending, which I really want to keep practicing.  I'm very proud with the blending jobs I did here.  Both the helmet and the gun turned out how I wanted.  I still have a long way to go before I'm comfortable with blending, but overall, I think I'm on the right track.


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Slaanesh Chaos Sorcerer Video

Listen to me ramble for almost 10 minutes about my Slaanesh Chaos Sorcerer.

Slaanesh Chaos Sorcerer

Painted up for Number1GamerAsh's YouTube contest.  Was fun doing something not Nurgle.  All together, I'm happy with the results for the amount of time I put into painting him.

He has lots of little details, but also a lot of open space you can use to blend together colors.  I spent a lot of time on this model practicing blending.  The shoulder pad, the sword, and the white armor is all blended to different degrees.  The robe is simply blended with layers.  I'll have a video up tomorrow morning that goes into detail all the little things I did with this guy, and because I have to for the contest.

Iced Tau of the Nest'La Sept

I didn't like the Tau I had. See, I have a Nurgle armor all green and Nurgley, and I was planning on doing the Tau as a woodsy-forest Tau. That meant green as well. My wife didn't want more green. Vomit Brown was going to be the happy medium, but even then, I was still going to include green, which still would defeat the purpose because I wanted something bright.

So, I mentioned white... and green. She said I was dumb and pretty much asked me why I didn't do white and blue. And this is the outcome. A quick mock up of a winter-based Tau army. So, it will be a white base with Icy Blue for the highlight and a Asurmen Blue wash on the legs. Enchanted Blue is the darker blue. Luckily, all my basing is easily "snowified." I plan on picking up some blue and clear crystals tomorrow from the craft store to include on the bases to add something interesting. Blazing Orange is the contrasting highlight.

Below you can see the other Tau color schemes I was working with. Between the shoulder pads and the helmets, things were going horribly wrong. I have to say, I'm much happier with the Iced Tau, from the Nest'la sept. Get it? Get it? Nest'la Iced Tau.

Okay, yeah, I know. It was wrong. So very, very wrong. But as my D&D character, Wrenn Pickleton, Wild Sorcerer would say, "It's Wrenntastic!"

Fly on a Rhino

Space Marines have their fancy little arrows on the top of their transports, so I did a little experiment of my own, and I gotta say, I like the way it looks. It has that same effect. The "arrow" shape of the fly gives the Rhino a visual indicator. Frankly, I think this is just the touch I've been looking for to add to my Rhinos. After that, I just need to finish the detailing and then they'll be done. That will get me very close to finally completeing a solid sized Nurgle themed army.

I'm still struggling for a good Nurglish name for the army. They aren't Death Guard (way too much armor on the table). I'm also debating whether I want more armor with another Vindicator and a Predator. I love tanks (which makes me wonder why I don't start an IG army) and heavy vehicles, so this would fit my play style more.

Tau Log - Fire Warrior Squad 3

So, tonight I applied Vomit Brown over the Tausept Ochre base. Tomorrow I plan on doing the arms and weapons with both the base and the second layer. I'm also going to figure out what I want to apply as the liner. That will hopefully be the next step. Once that's done, we can get to detailing!

As far as the miniatures are going, they are turning out really well and I'm very happy with them so far. I can't wait to see them done!

Tau Log - Fire Warrior Squad 2

This is the Fire Warrior squad after one coat of Tausept Ochre. Ensuring the lines were as straight as possible was time consuming, but well worth the effort in the end. Already the squad looks impressive on the table even without arms. The next steps is to do all the arms and the weapons with the same color. After that I start applying Vomit Brown to the Tausept Ochre areas, though this should go quicker. Finally, I have edging to do, though I have though about the mix I'll use for that. After all the armor is done, I'll line the cloth areas, which will most likely remain black to match with the lining color. After all the cloth and armor have been lined, I'll add the arms and weapons. From there, we work on detailing, and then finishing up the bases.

Tau Log - Fire Warrior Squad

I finally started working on my Tau army. I love Tau. The models are beautiful and sharp. The story is awesome. The playstyle seems fun. It's completely different from my Nurgle army (which I still love!). Tau are the opposite of Chaos Space Marines in terms of fluff and style.

I finished modeling the Stormlord, and I wanted to take a break. I'm waiting for some Ebay stuff to come in so I can continue working on the Plague Tower, and so I decided I'd paint up a Fire Warrior squad. The goal with this army is simple: create an awesome looking army that I can pull out and get people to stare. Every model in this unit tells a specific story. Really! Every model is posed in a certain way and for a reason. I went through each model and posed him with a purpose. I based everything before I started modeling. This ensure that the models were setup around the base. Some of the Fire Warriors are walking around rocks on the ground, others are using it to brace themselves as they fire, and finally some are still running into position.

I'm going for the traditional Tau Sept color look (Vomit Brown). I debated going for a simple white them, or some other them, but in the end, I wanted Vomit Brown. So the Fire Warriors are getting built first. I'm still on the bench as far as drones go. I'm not sure how I will use them in the army (though i will use them), so I havent' bothered with them in this unit yet. After they are finished, I start work on my first Devilfish. The Fish will be completley magnetized. The doors will open, the inside will be painted. Seriously, I want this army to look nice. Considering I already have a fully working Nurgle army painted up, I'm not in any rush to get these guys done fast.

Anyways, I've already started painting them. I'll keep you updated!