lhg033 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 A bit hit and miss in the hobby for me since my last update. So I have.... - Managed to secure and pay for a copy of Armageddon - On and off built 8/10 ETB orks from combat patrol magazine - Accidentally bought another Maulerfiend - Carried on with my conversion of a big mek in mega armour (again a combat patrol base model). I was struggling on the arms then after a bit of a google I have stolen/borrowed the idea of using the grotzooka arm from a Killa Kan for the kustom mega blasta and have a GS mold for the other arm. deathspectersgt7, Zoatibix and Focslain 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6174594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blissful Brushes Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Attempted NMM for the first time. It’s meant to be bronze, I’m not 100% sure it is, but I don’t think it’s a bad crack for a first time and there’s an ungodly amount of trim for me to practice on… Antarius, deathspectersgt7, Alby the Slayer and 8 others 10 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6175288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoatibix Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Trying to pick a couple of skin colours for my Drukhari. deathspectersgt7, Alby the Slayer and Antarius 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6175447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Not sure if you're looking for opinions, but I like option 3, the more grey skin-tone; I like the contrast with the hair and facemask. Zoatibix and Antarius 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6175457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 YITHI diverted my hobby focus (which true to my username is much like the Eye of Sauron...except incapable of staying locked on one thing for more than a minute) to my Chaos stuff and did some more work on a Deimos Rhino I'd built the night before, joining a Land Raider Proteus and the 3D printed "Molgan pattern" Rhino for my Ogre Brethren's vehicle fleet. Still a lot to do, but getting there! Ork shoulder armour worked very nicely as some Chaos-y additions to the exhausts. The manacles and bones on the side are from a Frostgrave Cultist kit. The combi-bolter meanwhile is actually the storm bolter from a Chimera sprue. The delightful chap in the cupola uses a Tormentor torso front grafted onto the stock tank commander parts, along with a head, sword and shoulder pad from the Tormentor kit and severed head from the Frostgrave cultists. The syringes are also from the Tormentors, and whilst he's not glued in place yet (he'll be painted and secured later) the little "servo-rat" is from the Skaven Plague Monks kit. It has a little bionic eye, even, though my poorly focused photo isn't showing that well. Still need to add plenty more details, notably stowage, some kind of ramming prow, some trophies and either a havoc launcher or a particularly impressive dirge caster. My Chaos warband (the Ogre Brethren) are a very poorly equipped and ill-disciplined rabble of warp-addled, sense-addicted scum, so their wargear and vehicles are very ramshackle and poorly maintained, so there'll be plenty of wear and tear on this poor old tracked shoebox too. Antarius, Zoatibix and deathspectersgt7 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6175469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antarius Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 That's super cool, EE! Does the servo-rat have a bionic eye? We might see it better if it was facing the other way? Evil Eye and Lathe Biosas 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6175472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 23 minutes ago, Antarius said: That's super cool, EE! Does the servo-rat have a bionic eye? We might see it better if it was facing the other way? It does indeed- was delighted when I noticed that detail on that particular rat! The positioning isn't in any way final there, for what it's worth, that was just the best angle I could get him to stand up at that would showcase the rest of the interior. But absolutely the eye will be visible. As a side note, the Plague Monks kit is an absolute cornucopia of nifty parts for grottier Chaos conversions and I would highly recommend grabbing a box whilst the grabbing's good! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6175475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SvenIronhand Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Painted some of my Call to Arms vow and built the thing I'm most excited for from Armageddon — a Librarian whose pose I don't hate! Evil Eye and Focslain 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6176273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhg033 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 TITH I may have accidentally bought two Leman Russ tanks. They were £10 off each so it just made sense.... Evil Eye 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6176304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 TITHI started painting a second test model in an attempt to finalize the scheme for my Marines. The left is the new (WIP) approach, the right is the first model (finished and mattecoated). The left was initially an attempt to just speed up the painting process whilst gettingthe same basic result, but it came out a lot brighter and more vibrant than anticipated. I do quite like it though? I'm going to finish the model but I'm not sure which one to commit to for the army. Both have their appeal. Focslain 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6176648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouargh Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 TITH I have downloaded the 40k app. A thing I thought I would never do. Until now. I genuinely still do not understand why rules for section/chapter 25 (army mustering rules) are made available free of charge in the app and not in the .pds core rules... Overall scrolling and navigation experience, after a couple of hours of use, does not make that app so "handy" IMHO; but as far as the section 25 is included, I consider myself fortunate. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6176696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhg033 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 YITH I picked up my copy of Armaggedon and also picked up a selection of ColourForge sprays to try out when the weather is suitable. Evil Eye and Zoatibix 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6177158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SvenIronhand Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 TITH I'm dialing in the last steps on my Armageddon Intercessors' Sergeant. Just need to do the heraldry for his tilting shield and highlight it. Stealth_Hobo, The Yncarne, Zoatibix and 4 others 6 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6177176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heraclite Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Yith, in my quest of having the banner bearers for all the companies of my homemade chapter I bought the armageddon ancient from vinted at a somewhat reasonable price! Evil Eye 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6177194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lathe Biosas Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Today, I got out my Adeptus Custodes and planned on assembling all 5½ models I need for my Combat Patrol game next Saturday.... And then I got a copy of White Dwarf in the mail... which I'm not a subscriber. So I spent the rest of the day trying to figure out who got me a subscription. Spoiler Alert. It was my Mom. Oh... I just noticed my Custodes still haven't built themselves. Maybe tomorrow. IKEA Sweden and Japan are tied right now... and the Americans are playing next... I mean, I have until July 4, to build and prime 6 models. Yeah, plenty of time. Alby the Slayer, Evil Eye and Kommisar_K 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6177230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Oh yeah, that'll happen! TITHI took advantage of being awake at 3 in the morning whilst it's still cool (it's due to get up to a ridiculous THIRTY SEVEN DEGREES CELSIUS here) and started putting together the Ork half of Armageddon. 5 gretchin have been liberated from the sprue, along with 1 Shoota Boy and 1 Nob, who got a visit from the Bitz Fairy. He has an arm (specifically the cool jackhammer/speargun), head and shoulder plate from the Nobz box, along with crosshairs and a "cigar" (actually a trimmed off bullet from an ammo belt) from the now-OOP Boyz kit. I have to say, I am very happy to see the new Boyz (and Nobz) are basically the same size and mostly the same proportions as the old ones, just with different posture. Mixing in new Boyz with the old ones shouldn't be a problem at all, which is good because I do love the old Boyz kit. Kommisar_K, Focslain, Rusted Boltgun and 2 others 4 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6177234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
01RTB01 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Today in the hobby I finished building the Armageddon orks. Must echo above comments. I really enjoyed building and I'm excited to get them painted. Impressive amount of options considering the monopose nature of the box. For some that have criticised them, they're characterful, great swap ability. The warboss too is proper ooge! His back width is something else. He just looks like a mountain of flesh that's going to utterly krump stuff. Evil Eye and Focslain 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6177241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarnby71 Posted Monday at 01:52 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:52 PM TitH - I finished building my SW Terminators with some extra Primal Hounds bits and first-born Thunder Hammer Viridia and Evil Eye 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6177869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouargh Posted Monday at 03:46 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:46 PM TITH I will start magnetizing for the first time. A Castellan Knight. Maybe not the easiest knight, but I shall know no fear Viridia, Focslain, Heraclite and 2 others 2 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6177928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth_Hobo Posted Tuesday at 11:30 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:30 AM I was assembling Intercessors from the Armageddon box and wanted to make some changes to the sergeant. I'm also going to convert the Ancient but I don't know how to go about it yet. Maybe go with the power fist for that one, too. Blissful Brushes, Alby the Slayer, Evil Eye and 7 others 10 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6178039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blissful Brushes Posted Tuesday at 04:31 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:31 PM Today in the hobby I started ‘tattooing’ my Knight. Early days, we need to still establish whether I can actually draw with a paintbrush… he’s gonna be covered in tattoos, if it looks good anyway Evil Eye, Lathe Biosas, Kommisar_K and 4 others 6 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6178090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted Wednesday at 03:44 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:44 AM TITHI built some more boyz (with some minor conversions here and there) and did a bit more work on this buggy I'm konvertin'. The model was incomplete but in relatively good condition, and easy to strip. The main thing it's missing is the radiator/exhaust assembly, and also the crew. Though given how rubbish those particular models were (I love me some oldhammer but cripes the old ork vehicle drivers were bad) that was something of a blessing in disguise. Though I will say fitting the new krew into place was quite difficult, and the model will be painted in sub-assemblies so getting it all lined up once it's fully painted should be, uh, fun! Needs a few extra details, notably an exhaust, some bolts, flame-cut texture on the edges of the panels and a bit more detailing on the front prow of the buggy, but I have high hopes for it. Viridia, Focslain and The Yncarne 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6178183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoriyaSchism Posted yesterday at 02:48 PM Share Posted yesterday at 02:48 PM I learned that damaged goods from the web store are "a part of the standard Hobby work required to build the kit" according to a reply I got from Games Workshop's customer support. Lathe Biosas and Evil Eye 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6178450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lathe Biosas Posted yesterday at 05:16 PM Share Posted yesterday at 05:16 PM When dealing with damaged bits, it's best to say, "X was missing." Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6178462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blissful Brushes Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago Today I was an ass and managed to do 2 right hand shoulder pads for my knight…luckily the sketch didn’t take too long but it’s a bit demoralising Stealth_Hobo, Lathe Biosas, Viridia and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/274679-today-in-the-hobby-i/page/457/#findComment-6178468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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