Today in the hobby I....

[Carlson793]

TITH I looked at the Rhino top hatch with the FW Tactical  decal on it and covered it with the fifth coat of Micro-Sol to get the decal to melt around the bolts on the hatch.  I may give up after this round and just deal with it.  Next hatch though, I'm cutting off the bolts.  Seriously.

Try using a pin/needle to poke a hole or two next to the 'bolt'. This should allow the air trapped underneath to escape while the Micro-Sol does its thing.

[marvmoogy]

TITHI...  opened up my final box of Renegade to make a start on my last 2 knights for my Terryn Exalted Court and stared at the sprues.

 

Then decided to finish off a couple of BA tactical marines as it was a bit less daunting!

[Soldier of Dorn]

Today in the hobby I primed my vows for the Call of Chaos, the Iron Within, and From Rage to Salvation.

[Brother Sefiel]

Greetings

Yesterday and today I did some work on some toys I picked up at the weekend - including one of the original metal Mk VIII guys, who will soon have a shotgun and a combi-melta, for that 8-fire mode nonsense. Unfortunately he has a seriously small head. It's so tiny!

However, the majority of the infantry I acquired were rather pointier-eared - including some fairly lovely metal incubi. There will be much murderous chopping...

[JeffTibbetts]

YITHI finally applied a decal for my forge world and went ahead and primed my 3 Sydonian Dragoons. Ready to airbrush them soon! 

[Brother Sefiel]

Hello

Just acquired some Mechanicus shoulder pads, an armorium cherub, a combi-weapon and some melta-bombs. More upgrades to Deathwatch ahoy!

[Father Mehman]

TITH I have decided to restart my Flesh Tearers army idea. You see, I made a Captain about a year or so ago and never did anything with him. I recently found him and thought it'd be fun to paint him up for the From Rage to Salvation challenge. He's just kitbashed but I really like him for some reason. Maybe it's the air of simplistic rage and holy hate he radiates - I don't know.

[Race Bannon]

TITH I cut a slit in the decal mentioned previously and recommended by Carlson, then applied a liberal amount of Micro-Sol. I have yet to see the result as I type this.

 

It better work ...

[Reldn]

Today in the hobby, I had to e-mail FW on my order for my Volkites and Word Bearers upgrade that never showed up. Thankfully another set is on its way....Just seems odd that my WB items got lost in the mail, and not my Ultramarines shoulder pads...I think my Ultras are trying to dissuade me from working on my Word Bearers.

[treadhead]

TITHI Played an 1850 game against a tyranid tourney practice list with seven fmc (2 flyrants the rest were harpies and crones), a malanthrope, a zoanthrope, a biovore, a mawloc and three re spawning gargoyle broods

 

I had a demi company (three 10 man tacs + 3mm, 1 melta and 2 flamers, ten man assault squad with 2 flamers and the (frantically built and painted the night before) jump pack chaplain attached and a ten man dev squad + 4 hb) with three L' R' Redeemers as my auxiliary choice (I was expecting to be fighting orkses) we played a modified (some maelstrom and killpoints added) relic mission.

 

End of the game I had seven guys ( 3 tacs, 3 devs and the chaplain) and a l' r' redeemer left, My chaplain had his warlord locked in h2h (both down to one wound apiece), one tac marine was holding the relic (worth a mighty 6 points) against the malanthrope with a mawloc and the biovore spectating, In order to pull out a win i just had to kill off seven or eight ob sec gargoyles to get three of them out of range of the relic

 

Of course the three of them in range of the relic lived end result 7 to 10 in favour of the nids, Not too bad considering it was a really nasty tourney list versus a friendly list meant for burninating orkses

 

And the factory fresh chaplain failed to succumb to nms moral victory lol

[Soldier of Dorn]

Today in the hobby I started painting my first ever Iron Warrior. As an Imperial Fist, this is filling me with self-loathing. Appropriate for the IV Legion. :P

[deathspectersgt7]

TITH put together my first yellow Ultra Successor .

[Thedarkprincesnun]

TITH i had a game vs skittles and lost but my warp talon champion was a total beast

[RikuEru]

YITHI recieved my "The Dark Works" (Plasma) Shield Generator by our frater Subtle Discord! (Only after fighting with the post office)

Mighty fine piece of work, well packed, easy instructions for both assembly and the lamp and a thank you letter. Very professional, even better than I expected. Can only recommend him!

 

TITHI am plagued by another 15 hour work day. So not much I can get done, except for planning.

Considering a WIP Thread to keep me motivated and share ideas. And it's the only way I can bring scenery pieces, single characters, more Space Wolves and maybe a Battle shoal of Carcharodons under one roof.

 

...other thought:

Build a fully magnetized Company - that way I'll be able to play whatever 8th Edition will bring as the new optimal standard for C:SM.

If I go with grey (a la Carcharodons), they can pose as Space Wolves reinforcements/allies aswell.

Anyone ever tried something like that? Is it viable?

[Knight of the Raven]

Today in the hobby I finished painting my Raven Guard Talion-Lord.

[Soldier of Dorn]

Today in the hobby I finished painting my Raven Guard Talion-Lord.

Pictures or it didn't happen. :P

[Knight of the Raven]

My cellphone died to rain so that'll have to wait.

 

Remember kids; just because your windbreaker is waterproof doesn't mean the pockets are!

[Brother Sefiel]

Hi

Acquired another of the old 108-model cases, which is going to be used for transporting things to games (it's pretty rare that I need to take more than 108 infantry models!).

Also built a couple more Deathwatch-esque men, one based on the metal Mk VIII armour, and another older metal man, both with combi-meltas.

Upgraded the notorious Hammerman with a much more grandiose Inquisitorial storm shield.

Edited September 24, 2016 by Brother Sefiel

[RikuEru]

TITHI I finished the Shield Generator I got from Subtle Discord!

People buy one!

 

Everything fits, the assembly guide and advice is so handy and thought through, the design is ingenious!

NEVER did I assemble something so easy and straightforward.

(The only thing resisting to fit was the original GW one)

 

...and the moment I turned it on, I started laughing maniacally.

 

I will supply pictures as soon as I get to a proper PC again.

Now I want more moving/interacting/active terrain pieces. ...how small can smoke machines be!?

[Soldier of Dorn]

I will supply pictures as soon as I get to a proper PC again.

Now I want more moving/interacting/active terrain pieces. ...how small can smoke machines be!?

 

Pretty small... but probably not small enough.

 

Anyways, last night in the hobby I finished painting my Iron Warriors Warsmith. Mostly. Still got the base to do. Today in the hobby, after class, I swung by the college bookstore and impulse bought a couple Micron pens and a sketchbook. Gonna try to use them for the hobby mostly.

[JeffTibbetts]

Just make a piece of terrain you can burn incense in. Voila. 

[Soldier of Dorn]

Just make a piece of terrain you can burn incense in. Voila. 

 

Or build it into the table. Like a lava table with mist rising from glowing lava pits would be awesome.

[Subtle Discord]

Thanks so much RikuEru for the kind words and feedback. I'm very happy that you're pleased with the Shield Generator and it meets with your expectations. I tried to make the instructions in-depth enough to take any guess work out of the order of assembly, but I was worried they might be a bit complex. Glad to hear they were genuinely helpful.  I've noticed someone describing the Shield Generator model as looking like a dooms-day device, which I think is just wonderful!

 

Careful now, or you'll let all of my secrets out of the bag! Bah, it's fine! *Subtle opens the bag* You see, along with other 'normal' models, my plan is to do exactly what you say, make all sorts of active and interactive terrain pieces. The smoke generator shown is not what you use; there are small scale ones used my scale modelers and railway modelers to make cannon barrels 'shoot' and puff smoke, and smokestacks on HO scale trains belch smoke as they run; I want to make industrial, alien, and demonic terrain that does the same thing, either automatically, or by the push of a camouflaged button. So, as the game progresses the terrain can add to the atmosphere of the match.

 

There's also a floating Eldar jet-bike and tank that I've seen, and I think the concept could work well to make very cool 'other world' terrain. Strange floating Chaos shrines? Arcane technology thought long lost? Elegant suspended alien gardens/fountains? And this is just what comes to mind off the top of my head. 

 

And naturally, LED lighting is a game changer, letting me explore putting lights into all sorts of ideas; I have one particular idea to have city fighting terrain that has actively glowing fire and smoldering embers in all of the ruined buildings, all lit by flickering and pulsing orange, yellow, and red LEDs. Combined with carefully placed smoke generators and a streetlights lit with LEDs, I think the effect will be astounding. My plan for this idea is to do a proof-of-concept with my personal table, document it for fun while I work out any production kinks, all with the idea of turning it into a line for my studio. I'm not sure the timeline, but I suspect it might start in late 2017. After that, I want to use the same products and techniques do something very alien, for an interesting challenge; lava world on LSD anyone? Yes please! 

 

The Shield Generator, like many of the other kits, is partly a test model to work out any production issues I may have doing larger building and terrain sized parts. Your positive feedback tells me that I have succeeded in doing it well. Thank you!

[Father Mehman]

TITH I painted on my "test" model again. The test was to see if I had the right ratio of paints to make a deep crimson. The ratio was correct and I decided to complete the model because he'll be the first finished member of a 5 man squad for my Ecclesiarchical force.

 

I do have to say that, as the seasons change, I find myself being able to paint less and less. Part of this is due to physical issues but I feel that the drive is leaving me. Maybe if I kickstart it into gear - you know, give it some more juice - it'll stay for a little while longer.

[Soldier of Dorn]

Today in the hobby I started painting Khârn. Such a lovely model: going with an alternate bone with red accents scheme for him. Should pay off a bit when finished.