Da Baddest Orc EVA!!!

I had moved off to the wild lands of the east and left Buffalo.  I came back to visit and the XO of the shop challenged me to a paint contest with Grimgor Ironhide.  My friend put in the movie 'Kill Bill' and I knocked this guy outta the way.  I have to admit, even being a High Elf player, I loved painting this model!

Does that face say Waaaaagh!?!  Oh yeah...

"The Mouth"

I stayed up all night and painted this monster- except for the final silver highlight.  I was so tired that I couldn't keep my eyes open and decided it was time to actually sleep.  Luckily, my focus stayed with me and I woke to finish this thing.  Yaaaaaaay!

Also, a gaming group I frequent is running an Escalation Hobby League.  Right now, we're all trying to get 750 points built and painted, and play in at least a single game, by the end of July.  I am totally using this as an opportunity to finally dive into my Word Bearers.  Even cooler, the leader of the gaming group is painting up Ultramarines (and they look really good, too!), which is my arch-nemesis.  We may not be able to play, but the hateraid can be served long distance with some paint-off challenge...

Now that I'm done pimpin' this activity, let's check out some models!!!

Word Bearers Chaos Space Marines
Defiler (possessed walker of DOOOOOOOM!)

Here he is, in all his possessed glory...



Notice the mutated, daemonic cannon?  Creativity rules in Chaos...

I decided to rock the golden helmet, as though this machine may have a 'veteran' spirit.

I decided to paint alot of rust-effects on anything that's construction-related.

And there you have it, the Defiler getting some love!

Happy Hobbying!

Still working towards Chaos

I didn't forget about my Word Bearers, I promise.  I just got tied up with some other stuff and had to get that done before I jumped back into the 'fun stuff'. 

To prove it, here's some pics of what I've been working on (reeeeeeally slowly):

Defiler

Daemon Prince





I had some extra Dragon wings laying around, and I want my Prince to fly...

It fits almost as though it was made to!!!

See?  Almost perfect!!!



All brawn and no brains...



I didn't have the normal head with this model, so I chose to use a left-over Defiler head.  Besides, it's cool-lookin' anyway!

Now, to paint...

See?  I promise I've been working, even if I haven't been blogging.  Now I just need to save up alot of money and get that new rulebook...

It took a year...

Slightly more than a year ago, I built a Stormraven Gunship and even primed it up.  I figured my ability to paint a huge army of Blood Angels in the span of a couple weeks would lead to this ship being done in no time at all.

Little did I notice that the primer coat was horrible, my attempts to strip the model back to plastic were even worse, and finally, my motivation to paint had become little more than a task-killer.  Add to that a job, almost dying, and family drama and you have a recipe for an unfinished job. 

Well, the new Stormtalon was released, and the new 6th edition rules are about to be released, and I figured I had to be ready.  Deciding on being responsible, I chose to actually paint that year old Stormraven before I even touch the Stormtalon.  On the plus side- it looks awesome!  On the bad side, I am almost out of red...

Without further blah blah, here she is:


Stormraven Gunship
Blood Angels 5th company attachment

Here's the detail for the cockpits.  I didn't put alot of work into them, but I wanted the pilot and gun-servitors to be at least somewhat attractive.  All in all, I believe I succeeded...

It's done, it's done, it's really really done!  My Blood Angels now have possibly the best flyer in the game!!!