Today in the hobby I....

[Moonstalker]

My best friend from High School moved back to the US from London after being gone for a few years.  Helped him clean up his barn (our old gaming space) earlier this week.  Got another friend flying in from Miami later this month, get together planned for the 16th.  It'll be the first game of 10th edition that any of us play.  I need to assemble a unit of Bladeguard that I got at the local Warhammer store's Secret Santa to finish my list, and print out some cheat sheets/quick references for army rules for everyone.

[lhg033]

last night in the hobby....

Did a couple of colours on the test models for my deathwing colour scheme.... just the green robes, purple onteh purity seals and a bit of touching up on mistakes on the bone. A lot more still to go but it scratched the itch and I'm now feeling the bug to paint again which is nice. Just need to carve some time out again now things will be calming down again after the holidays.

 

I also trimmed out one of the better press molds I did a while ago for DW terminator symbols. I think if has come out fairly good to the naked eye. I'll have to take view with some point on it next to see if it has really kept enough detail to be usable.

[Norman Paperman]

Today in the hobby I took the plunge and got an airbrush (Iwata Revolution HP-CR)! Well, I bought it two days ago and now I'm waiting on the Amazon truck to bring the compressor and all the bits and bobs I need to go with it. I've got the beginnings of a setup in the basement and have spent the last 30 minutes taking the airbrush itself apart and putting it back together again. Reminds me of cleaning a rifle! 

 

Hoping to start with easy stuff like bases, priming, and base coats, and develop skills from there. I anticipate it will be like brush painting that I'll have no idea what I'm doing at the start and then gradually build up competence and confidence. But if this thing can just save me time on base coating, I'll be thrilled. I've been painting up some Squigs that my wife got me for Christmas (AoS stuff) and boy did I get sick of painting red real quickly! 
 

EDIT: Holy balls I love this thing already

Edited January 2 by Norman Paperman

[NiceGuyAdi]

I went for bargain basement cheapo on my airbrush, and even that is amazing for simple stuff compared to a hair brush.

 

Things I wish I knew when I first started:
-always wear a face mask, unless you want to breathe atomised plastic

-airbrush thinner and airbrush flow improver are different things. I find the flow improver to be far more helpful for actually thinning acrylic paint

-when you're done painting and cleaning, leave some airbrush cleaner in the reservoir cup, so if there's any paint still in the gun, it won't dry out and clog things up.

[Norman Paperman]

3 hours ago, NiceGuyAdi said:

I went for bargain basement cheapo on my airbrush, and even that is amazing for simple stuff compared to a hair brush.

 

Things I wish I knew when I first started:
-always wear a face mask, unless you want to breathe atomised plastic

-airbrush thinner and airbrush flow improver are different things. I find the flow improver to be far more helpful for actually thinning acrylic paint

-when you're done painting and cleaning, leave some airbrush cleaner in the reservoir cup, so if there's any paint still in the gun, it won't dry out and clog things up.

Thanks for the pointers! I got a mask and made sure the seal was good before any spraying happened. I don't think I have flow improver, but I was getting good mixes with some regular ol' vallejo game color paint and vallejo thinner. I'll try out leaving some cleaner in the cup, that's a good tip that I was wondering about. 

[TheArtilleryman]

…. had a go at converting an inquisitor from the Skaventide Knight-Questor:

 

 

 

I’m quite pleased with the model but I’m finding myself a bit stuck for Imperial iconography. I’ve managed to remove most of the lion and comet motifs from the armour but I feel like it needs some aquilas or inquisition symbols to bring it fully into the 40K universe. I’ve got loads of bits like ammo crates and the like that have the aquila, but they aren’t easy to remove and make thin enough to apply to armour. I could try green stuff but I’m not confident in my sculpting skills… 

 

So far the best I could come up with is adding the ammo crate to the base but it doesn’t feel like it’s enough.

 

What do you guys think of the conversion, and do you have any ideas for where I could find the symbols I need?

[Moonstalker]

7 hours ago, TheArtilleryman said:

…. had a go at converting an inquisitor from the Skaventide Knight-Questor:

 

 

 

I’m quite pleased with the model but I’m finding myself a bit stuck for Imperial iconography. I’ve managed to remove most of the lion and comet motifs from the armour but I feel like it needs some aquilas or inquisition symbols to bring it fully into the 40K universe. I’ve got loads of bits like ammo crates and the like that have the aquila, but they aren’t easy to remove and make thin enough to apply to armour. I could try green stuff but I’m not confident in my sculpting skills… 

 

So far the best I could come up with is adding the ammo crate to the base but it doesn’t feel like it’s enough.

 

What do you guys think of the conversion, and do you have any ideas for where I could find the symbols I need?

 

I think the conversion looks great.  Instead of trying to remove a suitably sized Aquila from another bit, consider casting it using greenstuff instead?  You can also get some Mr. Surfacer to help clean up the roughness from where you removed the iconography.

[skylerboodie]

Today in the hobby I took the plunge and bought some GodHand nippers, as I damaged my previous DSPIAE ones (stupidly tried cutting a paperclip with them for pinning piece and ruined them). £66 so will be extra careful this time, and only use for small delicate pieces and try not to damage again.

[Frogian]

i recently got some ruitool single blade ones (like the godhands are) and they are so much nicer to use. cut so smoothly and clean.

[TheArtilleryman]

14 hours ago, Moonstalker said:

 

I think the conversion looks great.  Instead of trying to remove a suitably sized Aquila from another bit, consider casting it using greenstuff instead?  You can also get some Mr. Surfacer to help clean up the roughness from where you removed the iconography.

 

Thanks. I did actually manage to shave off an aquila from an ammo box in the end and fix it to the shoulder plate. Can't get a good picture but will post one when it's painted. I also added a purity seal from a space marine's leg.

Good idea about the rough surface. Unfortunately I'm a bit too cheap at the moment to buy another product, but I did get a reasonable result using a thin layer of PVA glue. That seems to have got rid of most of the rough texture, especially with a primer over the top.

 

Cheers for the suggestions!

[TheArtilleryman]

… ordered these guys from eBay. I’m blown away by some of the designs this guy is selling and these are gonna be my inquisitor’s warband.

 

[Brother Carpenter]

On 1/3/2025 at 6:35 PM, TheArtilleryman said:

…. had a go at converting an inquisitor from the Skaventide Knight-Questor:

 

 

 

I’m quite pleased with the model but I’m finding myself a bit stuck for Imperial iconography. I’ve managed to remove most of the lion and comet motifs from the armour but I feel like it needs some aquilas or inquisition symbols to bring it fully into the 40K universe. I’ve got loads of bits like ammo crates and the like that have the aquila, but they aren’t easy to remove and make thin enough to apply to armour. I could try green stuff but I’m not confident in my sculpting skills… 

 

So far the best I could come up with is adding the ammo crate to the base but it doesn’t feel like it’s enough.

 

What do you guys think of the conversion, and do you have any ideas for where I could find the symbols I need?

Maybe a transfer?

With micro sol and set a aquila or incuisition ransfer on the shoulderpad or edges of the cape

[TheArtilleryman]

9 minutes ago, Brother Carpenter said:

Maybe a transfer?

With micro sol and set a aquila or incuisition ransfer on the shoulderpad or edges of the cape

Thanks! Just finished the model for the 12 months of hobby. Managed to shave an Aquila off an ammo crate after all:

 

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

TITH I did an inventory of my Firstborn Imperial Fists. Turns out it stands at 600 models exactly (and is still not finished yet). 

 

So far 494 of those models are painted with this Assault Squad the first unit of 2025.

[The Yncarne]

Congrats on the progress.  That’s a large backlog. 

[TheArtilleryman]

On 1/6/2025 at 9:32 PM, The Praetorian of Inwit said:

TITH I did an inventory of my Firstborn Imperial Fists. Turns out it stands at 600 models exactly (and is still not finished yet). 

 

So far 494 of those models are painted with this Assault Squad the first unit of 2025.

Those are looking good! Your paint layers are much thinner and the shading has given the yellow some interesting depth.

 

Next step suggestion (if you want one) - you could start filling in the metallic details like pipes, gun barrels, chainsword teeth etc. Tip: brush a little Nuln oil on these areas (and let it dry) before you paint the metal on - this helps the metal to take better when there’s a colour already underneath. Then use a small brush and brush over them carefully with very little paint.

 

And skulls - a little wraithbone on the skulls. These details would help lift the models a little imo.

 

494 models - that’s some collection!

Edited January 14 by TheArtilleryman

[BadJokeAK]

Got around to ordering Trajann Valoris for my Custodes force....of whom only one has gone past the primer stage. Also ordered a Kaldor Draigo to start my Grey Knights force because I apparently don't have enough to paint as it is...

[sbarnby71]

On 1/5/2025 at 7:46 PM, TheArtilleryman said:

Thanks! Just finished the model for the 12 months of hobby. Managed to shave an Aquila off an ammo crate after all:

 

He's looking real good.  I really like Stormcast as a base for Inquisition.

[TheArtilleryman]

22 minutes ago, sbarnby71 said:

He's looking real good.  I really like Stormcast as a base for Inquisition.

I’ve just to make up some lore reason why he’s taller than a primaris marine lol …

 

Might go with something like 30k years of deliberate genetic selection and breeding in favour of taller people on his home planet, or maybe just bionic/gene therapy/muscle and bone growth enhancements. Maybe he secretly wanted to be a marine but didn’t get selected as a child and that’s why he spent years augmenting himself. Not as powerful as a marine but taller, stronger, faster than a regular dude… not in game terms but just fluff maybe

Edited January 7 by TheArtilleryman

[sbarnby71]

3 hours ago, TheArtilleryman said:

I’ve just to make up some lore reason why he’s taller than a primaris marine lol …

 

Might go with something like 30k years of deliberate genetic selection and breeding in favour of taller people on his home planet, or maybe just bionic/gene therapy/muscle and bone growth enhancements. Maybe he secretly wanted to be a marine but didn’t get selected as a child and that’s why he spent years augmenting himself. Not as powerful as a marine but taller, stronger, faster than a regular dude… not in game terms but just fluff maybe

Yeah the height is the only issue.  My first go at this was to use the very first wave of Stormcast (helmets on) as bodyguards (they were either machines or bio-enhanced to explain the height) for my old Metal Inquisition models.  My 2nd wave used the first Relicor dude with the big skeleton banner as an Inquisitor, as he has a skull mask, I could use any back story on what he was to explain the height diff.  Also I display them on different shelves to my Primaris so no need to explain the height diff.

[Brother Carpenter]

On 1/5/2025 at 8:46 PM, TheArtilleryman said:

Thanks! Just finished the model for the 12 months of hobby. Managed to shave an Aquila off an ammo crate after all:

 

Very well done. Nice purple 

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

@The Yncarne Thank you, when I started it was only going to be about 2,000 points worth of models!

 

@TheArtilleryman Thank you. That's good advice, I'm going to try and do that with the next squad. 

[Norman Paperman]

Some WIP photos of a resin model my friend printed for my birthday last year. Size wise, I think of him as a "Mid-sized sedan unclean one" He sat in the desk for almost a full year, but with my new airbrush begging for use and no other projects in the early stages, I figured he would be the perfect guy to practice on. Once his skin was done and he was sitting on my desk, I figured I'd try out NMM for the first time as well. C+C welcome! 

 

[Bouargh]

Because of my currently on going 2025 project "New year/New job/New country/No house", I expect my modelling and gaming contributions to be low or very limited over the next quarter (or longuer, it will depend on how fast I can solve the "No house" part of the project ).

 

So Today In The Hobby I prepared a portable/travelling painting tray and I selected a limited number of miniatures to be part of my cathartical painting therapy for the enxt 3 months. I expect as such being able to keep on painting a little bit and staying enlisted in 12 Months of Hobby 2025.  I choosed some Harlequins from my Pile of Shame.

They will nicely complete my Ynnari force and, as I just spent my "GW-1-year-after-webstore vouncher" ordering a Shadowseer and a Deathjester, I will have the right amount of minis to enlist them into the KT "Knives in shadows" Challenge too! 

 

What a plan!

[Moonstalker]

On 1/1/2025 at 4:52 PM, Moonstalker said:

My best friend from High School moved back to the US from London after being gone for a few years.  Helped him clean up his barn (our old gaming space) earlier this week.  Got another friend flying in from Miami later this month, get together planned for the 16th.  It'll be the first game of 10th edition that any of us play.  I need to assemble a unit of Bladeguard that I got at the local Warhammer store's Secret Santa to finish my list, and print out some cheat sheets/quick references for army rules for everyone.

 

This happened.  I ordered a box of the Boarding Patrol terrain off Amazon in late December and it should've been here earlier this month, but the shipping just kept getting infinitely delayed.  So last weekend I canceled the Amazon order and hit the local GW for the box I'd been eyeing there for the last year.  Took a good 16 hours to desprue, clean, and assemble things just enough to make it usable for gaming (I'm gonna go back and do a better job of cleaning mold lines).

 

Was worth it, though.  Met up with the guys, had some food, we all managed to get through our first game of 10th edition.  Black Templars + my not-Luna wolves took the victory 95 - 50 over Necrons + Tyranids.  Blood Angels player ended up working late and wasn't able to make it, but otherwise it was a great time.

 

Course, now I've got this heap of terrain in my pile of shame.