Ave Dominus Nox, I am returning to the hobby

I am returning!
I took a break from the hobby after adepticon, my son was born and I wanted/needed to learn how to balance being a father, a husband, and my hobby.  Previously I had a word bearers army, sadly the way I painted them I can no longer safely reproduce.  So I have become Midnight Clad!

Last night I completed assembling the last of my current 1850 nightlords.  I will have to post pictures of my progress.

But for now I am back in the hobby and preparing for 2015 Adepticon and if the Iron Duke has his way I will be posting more often.

Hobby update: my new DIY paint shelf

Last night I finally killed a project on my todo list.  I built a shelf system to hold my paints.  My hope is this will inspire me to actually paint, and this post more, and prevent me from buying unneeded duplicates.  The total cost for this shelf was under $15 Canadian and took me 30 minutes to make.

Wings of blood

Iv started to paint my bloodthirster stand in and I thought I would share some WIP shots.  Sadly my hobby progress these last few months has been losing more games then winning.  Enjoy my attempt at Transparent flesh wings.  More shots to come as I finish him.

Mauler fiend wip shots

Just a few shots of my wip mauler fiend. My airbrush dies on this guy. But silver lining I'm going to replace it with a badger krome

A plug for a friend

I have a good friend here, he flip flops on armies a lot but I know his Dark Eldar have always been his favorites..  Good guy, great painter, good friend.  So I thought I would share his latest paint job with you all and Plug his blog, he needs more friends.  You can Find him at Tripping the Webway.

Typhus wip

I have been working on a typhus paint. I have deviated from the normal colours to match my theme of the purge.

First angel sanguine Sargent painted

Today I went out and purchased one of those expensive citadel lap desks. I did this so I could hobby and paint while spending time with my wife. As a result I actually finished my first model in months.

So here are some cell phone quality pictures.

Rough start to 6th ed

Anyone else keep a running record of your wins and losses?
I do, and im sucking it hard 1-1-4 win-tie-loss.  I dont think Im ready for Da Boys Tournament.

Daemons are coming!

Looks like its time to dust off my Daemons.

Week end up date

In my attempt to post here more often I am going to ... Well post something.

This past week was not as productive as desired, no work on my blood angels. I did get a few more molds built for all the resin casting of the weapons for the thunder hawks my friend is building. The resin injection starts tonight for that and I only need to build 40 weapon sets.

I did manage to play in a local tournament as a ringer this past Saturday, I tied for 8th.

Long overdue

Short Post, and lets be honest It is long over due.  Last time I posted was in November, and wow has a lot happened.  One Move, One new Job, and a new Army.  Now that life is less explosive I have been getting back into the hobby and have several neat projects on the go.

1. Casting and Mold making for bit replication.  You may recall a while back i tried sculpting my own shoulders, well this is the evolution of my experiments.  I have been working with resin and 2 part latex rubber to make Molds and bits for my new Angels Sanguine Army.
2. A new 1850 Angels Sanguine Army.  I'll post a lit at some point.  This army still has a lot of work to do; I need to finish the casts of my 8 Missile launchers and start the scuplt for Dante.
3. Scratch Built thunder hawks!  I am working with a new coworker to build several scratch build thunder hawks.  My part in this is casting all the guns that go on these birds of prey.
4. Finally playing Regular games again with my new list as I assemble and convert models.

I would like to get back to posting with some frequency, maybe do hobby commitments, try my hand at writing up battle reports, and posting WIPs.  Lets go slow and see where life takes me on this.

Dragon Warrior Tactical Marines

Here are the first shots of my painted Dragon warriors.  This is the second Tactical squad (first painted).

No Flash

With Flash

Still alive

I'm still alive, I have not posted in over a month.  Life has been busy for me, first I was putting in 16 hour days 7 days a week for work and then this pas Monday I found out the company is closing.  in that time I have managed to get one tactical squad finished.  I will post some pictures of it soon for your viewing pleasure.

Warhammer Stat cards

Hello All,
I have been playing warhammer for almost 10 years now, one thing I find myself doing is constantly flipping pages for the rules of units or Special characters.  Well I have had enough and decided to try and make stat cards.  Here is the first for my Dragon warriors HQ, Lord Nihilan.  The program I am using is Magic Set Editor, and is designed for magic cards.  I have not had the time to hammer out a set of templates but if I get to them I will host them for downloads.

Dragon Warriors Primed

Small post today, heres a group shot of my fully primed Dragon Warriors army.  Next comes base coat with the air brush and then assembly line detail work, highlighting, layering, special effects.  All in an attempt to get the entire army 3 colour ready for Nov 19th, maybe if I'm lucky I will have a good chunk fully finished.

Hot Panda Give away

Hey Folks, HotPanda is hosting a give away over at his blog.  You can find it here. http://thechaosmanifesto.blogspot.com/2011/10/100-post-by-me-and-give-away-from-me.html

Review: Chapter house Salamanders Land raider Kit

Well I broke down and bought a Salamanders kit for the Land Raider from Chapter house Studios.  I thought I would share my thoughts on the product.

First off the image to the left is what I received, upon opening the box I was impressed with the packaging.  It was solid and well packed, the resin parts where neatly tucked away in a sealed bubble wrap bag.

Now here comes the bad review, which I will break down into parts.

Shopping: If you have ever been to their website it is a pickle to navigate, the purchasing was painless.
Shipping: I'm dissapointed here, it took almost twenty days to arrive.  This could be a customs, USPS, or CPS issue, I'm not going to hold it against chapter house here.
The Product: Now if you look at the picture above, you should see all the nice red circles.  Each circle is a defect, either excess flashing, a mold defect or a thin point in the resin.  The detail however is good, It is just going to require a lot of work to clean it up repair parts and and attach them to the Land Raider.

Overall I'm skeptical if I will buy from them again.  This is just my opinion, take it as you will.

Combat Squads and deep Striking

So in my local league and interesting discussion has come up.  When can a deep striking unit Combat squad?

Looking at the Space marine Codex the Rule states "The decision to split a unit into combat squads, as well as which models go into each squad, must be made when the unit is deployed.  Both combat squads can be deployed in separate locations."  The exception being a drop pod.

So reading that rule one can safely assume that you can deep strike terminators or assault marines in combat squads into two separate locations, right?  Well maybe yes and maybe no, it depends on what deployment is.  The term deployment is not clearly defined in the rule book that I have found, and by my interpretation of the term it falls into one of two meanings.
Meaning A:  A unit is deployed when it comes into play, but has not been placed on the table.
Meaning B: A unit is deployed when it comes into play and is placed on the table.

Looking at these if we use Meaning A as the definition for Deployment then a unit can combat squad and still deep strike into two separate locations.  Using Meaning B as a reference then we essentially use the rules for drop pods.  The unit deep strikes as one unit and splits into combat squads after determining the deep strike location.

As a marine player I am personally fond of Meaning A for deployment, as it allows combat squads to deep strike into separate locations and allows the Marine player more flexibility.

The alternative is to simply define combat squads at the start of the game, make use of the "Treated as separate units" rule and deep strike them individually.

First Dragon Warrior Renegade

Hello folks,
I thought I would share some progress with you.  I have been trying to hammer out the green stuff work on my marines (More pictures will follow soon, I promise) and part of that plan was to do a raised Dragon Warrior icon on the shoulder pads.  That plan got scraped after a week of trying to make it work, so Onto painting.

Here is my first painted Dragon warrior, the power weapon is air brushed, as is the base coat.  I need more practice air brushing but that will come in time.

Let me know what you think, I'm looking for ways to improve.

Review: Liquid Green stuff

Hello all,
I picked up a bottle of this new product today, and so far I am impressed.  as its name says its Liquid Green stuff, retails here for $4.45 for a GW paint pot sized amount.  I tried it out tonight on a conversion I have been working on and have to say I love it.  If you have seams or small cracks in a model, say where two parts join, then this is your friend.

So here are some Pros and Cons
Cons:

• Dries fast, leave the pot open and you will ruin it fast.  When I say dries fast I mean minutes after application.
• Water soluble, this is a double edged blade in this regard, the negative side is water based paints can liquify it again, however your primer should seal it.
• You can't sculpt with it, don't even try to.
• Dries a little soft.
• requires a little clean up and can hide details if you over brush.

Pros:

• Amazing control over where it goes, you brush it on.  Just use an old stiff brush.
• Dries fast, speeds up the time from assembly to painting.
• Is water soluble, I used a damp cloth to clean up an area of over brush.  Also if you spill any its an easy cleanup.  Will stain your brush green.
• You can file and Sand it.

After a few attempts at using it, like all our tools, you get better at using it.  I find this stuff a wonder, and will be using it to seal seams in tanks, and joints in models.  I recommend you get a pot and try it out, even works with warmahordes (Just clean your resin first).