Chainsaw WIP *Rizzzzzzziziziz*

I'm pretty much done painting one of the two priests i have, since my boyfriend got them for me on ebay with a bunch of other figs they happen to be the same one. I'm amazed at how fast painting them is. I don't know if it's just cause they are fun to paint or if they have less details than the sisters i'm use to painting.

i have plans for my next one, I plan on sculpting crazy eyebrows on him because after painting this i decided he neeeeeds eyebrows. I also think i'm going to draw some tattoos on his head as well, it's a perfect canvas. I also tried to show off the dent in the back of his head with out overdoing it. Also on my next one i want to try doing blood on the chainsaw, jason at one point found a tutorial for stringy blood and we just need to find the right glue to do it with. I would really like to have some strings and chunks of bloodly flesh on the chainsaw and his robes/face/beard. but i have to make sure not to overdo it.

Also right now i'm packing up my apartment as we are moving on the 6th so i won't be doing a lot of painting :( unless i start going crazy from packing boxes. I have a sage i still need to take a picture of and celestine to post.

Crusader WIP

So this Crusader has been giving me a hell of a time. I've repainted his robes about 4 times and i'm finally happy with what i have. But his armor and other fabric folds on his legs and waist are eluding me. I found that his robes were a bitch to pain since it was just having a giant canvas to work on with out any depth. So i free hand painted a Fluer de lis on it. it's not perfect but it's fun.

So i took a pic of him and figured i would let him sit for a few weeks and i would come back to him.
I really want to dunk him in simple green and start over, but i think he just needs some serious clean up and it will be ok.

Flame On!

Ok here are some more oldies! I finally finished editing the last batch of pictures i took of my army. I'm also thinking about taking a full army photo before i begin my expansion.

I think these are some of my first experience painting white robes.. and wow are they bad! I think painting all my squad with silver metallic paint back then really turned me off to using metallics now. I like metallics but i need to find a way to make them look awesome and not so fake. Although i'm very fond of the heavy flamer paint scheme.

Veiled Squad 1999

And of course you can see that all of my sisters are punk rock with their hair colors.

Now because i wanted them to be girly i gave them real veils. Hot plasma really mixes with nylon quite well. Yes this is the figure that usually holds the sword, I've always hated that sword. So now her pose is quite gangster and she is going to pop a plasma cap in your ass.

This one always cracks me up, a heavy flamer with a veil, seriously funny when you think about it. I'm going spray hot liquid fire all over my foes while i wear a highly flammable garment over my face.

And yes i was crazy enough to take teeny tiny pieces of netting and glue them onto their heads, I would have done the whole squad if i had the time back then. But i have the time now! lol

It's Not 40k but it's made of awesome

So i know this isn't 40k related but it related to my Significant other who sculpts miniatures for a living. Privateer Press just released one of his awesome sculpts and of course i want to see everything he does succeed i'm going to post it here for your enjoyment. The Extreme Juggernaut it fully poseable down to the fingers and is made of pure awesome. Sculpted by the amazing Jason Hendricks by hand with a lot of love, elbow grease and quite a bit of blood. It's an amazing figure even if you don't play Warmachine.



You can Get your own Here Or you can view more pictures Here
He also sculpted the Extreme Dire Troll Mauler and Extreme Warpwolf

Ok my pimp work is done here. ;)

Painting thoughts

I've been taking my time painting my minis so far i have a handful of 'almost' completed figures some of them just need tiny touch ups and to be based. I also like to set my minis down for a few days or more just to get a new perspective on them. Usually after a rest i can move past any issues i was having before.

So with this Acolyte for my HQ retinue I decided to try painting purple. i got out a blue based purple and a red based purple. I have to say i'm not a fan of the red based purple it's too much like pink after adding the highlights. Also with the blue purple i think i went a bit harsh with shading and highlighting but after a second look with the pictures it seems to be ok...
He has been removed from the cork base and onto a normal base I still need to figure out what i want to do with his base. I've been trying to get past a basing 'block' 'hate' or what ever you want to call it. I find basing a chore and put it off as long as i can. I'm hoping to find some sort of zen or love of basing but i'm not sure how that will happen.