April Challange.

I GOT A JOB. This is a good and a bad thing. Good because I can now restart buying man-dollies and attending tournaments. Bad because it means I have a lot less time for painting/ Blogging etc. So this months challange has taken this into consideration. It is as follows:

Paint SM Dreadnought
Paint SM Drop-Pod
Assemble SM Landspeeder no 1
Assemble Tactical Squad no 1
Paint Sarge of Tactical Squad 2

I have signed up for Brocon in mid july so between April and May I hope to have my new space marine army fully assembled and sprayed leaving June and half of July to get them painted. If not done I will use my chaos. To assist in the task Martin from Gamersworld, Jervis Street will be ordering in the entire force for me on its own. Cheers Martin!

Till next time

KD

March Challange

This month I am going to split myself between a few armies to avoid boredom. So the plan is as follows:

Space Marines
Re-assemble and touch up the SM Captain (Cato Sicarius model)
Assemble, base & Spray SM Termi Librarian.

Necrons
Repair & Repaint 5 x Flayed Ones
Paint Tomb Spyder

Chaos Mortals
Paint 9 x Chaos Warriors incl FCU (Khorne)
Paint Nurgle Hero

The SM Termi Librarian will only be completed assuming that it arrives in time. (was ordered last month so shouldn't be a problem)

Till next time

KD

February Painting Update 3

With 4 days to go I may actually get this challange complete. Of the 10 remaining models left to do I have 5 done and the other 5 are about 60-70% done. All I have to do is avoid painters finger (ie putting it on the Long Finger) and it should be a cake walk to get it done.

Photos will follow ASAP.

Till Next Time

KD

February Painting Update 1

Just a quick update on this months challange so far:

The 10 ungors that had to be based from the block unit are done and all 4 tusgors are about 50% done. I will put photos up of the 10 ungors and the tusgors up soon.

I got an email during last week telling me that my meltas order are on their way so should be here soon.

Till Next Time

KD

February Painting Challange

Well with a new month comes a new challange. This month since I have recently purchased 10 Resin Melta guns from the site: http://bitspudlo.com/en (9 for the guard and 1 for the Chaos Biker). I am going to finish off my nurgle biker. But the bulk of the challange this month will be coming from my Beastman WHFB Army. I am going to try and get all 30 ungors finished off; the 10 that just need basing, the 10 that have to be painted aswell which includes the Cmd Unit and the 10 skirmishers that just need basing. Also I will try to get the 4 tusgors done.

Till next time

KD

January Painting Update II

Well the Plague Bearers are done, I just finished them about 20 mins ago. I hope to finish the rhino tomorrow and get photos of both up. I don't think I will finish the landraider due to real life commitments so it will pass on to next months challange.

January Painting Update

So here is the first update on my January Painting Challange. The Challange was to get the 4 remaining Plague Bearers finished and to Re-paint a Land Raider and a Rhino in Iron Warrior Colors.

So the status so far is as follows. I finally figured out the colors I used for the original Plague Bearer. I think its GW Graveyard Earth, Followed by GW Blue Top Flesh Wash, Allow to dry, Drybrush P3 Beast Hide, Light Drybrush GW Kommando Kahki. I have also sprayed the Rhino & Land Raider both AP Black first then AP Plate Metal. The Rhino is now Approx 80% done with just a few more details left to do along with the Decals.

I know I promised pictures of the 1k sons, noise marines and raptors but I cant find the cable for my camera at the moment so they will have to wait for that to be found.

BTW Since I am almost running out of AP Black Spray I decided to spray the models for next months challange. Exactly what they are you will have to wait and find out. :)

Till Next Time

KD

Forward Planning V

Firstly let me wish all my Readers & Followers a Happy New Year

Due to a mistake on my part I didn't finish my challange. I accidentily left my models and paints down in my Father-in-laws house between Xmas day and New Years so obviously I didn't get any painting done for that week. The final result is as follows:

Noise Marines: Complete
1K Sons: Complete
Raptors: Complete
Plague Bearers: 1 Complete 4 Sprayed (Unchanged).

I will hopefully have photos of all 3 completed units up over the next few days. The Challange for this month is to Finish the Plague Bearers, Repaint 1 x Rhino & 1 x Land Raider in Iron Warrior Colors as per the Predator done previously.

Till next time

KD

Forward Planning IV

Time for the latest update on my painting mission:

I finished the assembly of the 2 Converted Raptors (stuck on back packs). I then based and sprayed them and got them to about 25% complete.

The 1k sons: I almost finished the 3 remaining troopers(they just have to be based) which leaves only the Asp sorcerer to be painted.

Plague Bearers: Unchanged since last time.

Since this time next week it will be nearly Xmas I won't be updating till the new year when I will hopefully have pictures of all 4 completed units.

So in case I don't talk to you between now and then let me take this oppertunity to wish all my readers/ followers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Till next time

KD

Forward Planning III

A little earlier than planned but I made a discovery that demands an update. At the moment I now have 5 of the 1k sons done just leaving 3 normal troopers and the aspiring sorcerer to go. But while looking for the asp sorcerer I discovered that I also have 2 converted raptors (CSM's with SM Jump-packs)still unpainted as well so I am going to add them to the list for completion. So my revised list now stands as follows:

4 1k sons incl asp sorcerer
4 Plague Bearers
2 Raptors

All to be done before the end of the year (21 Days).

Till next time

KD

Forward Planning II

Well here is the first update on the list of models I wanted to finish and to be honest I am quite pleased with my progress so far.

The noise marines are all finished but I think I over estimated how far along the unfinished models actually were they were closer to 70% complete as I still had to finish their weapons, a few minor touch ups and details and base them. But that is beside the point as they are 100% done.

I finished the 2nd thousand son, got a third to 85% and got all but 1 up to about 60%.

So hopefully this week I will get the most of the 1k sons finished leaving only the balance and the plague bearers to do.

Now for my next trick I will remember the paints I used for the PB color-scheme. :)

Till next time

KD

Painting Service

Ladies and gentlemen I am pleased to announce the that I am now restarting my painting service. I am under no illusions to my painting skill it is gaming+ standard at best but my prices are reasonable. Unassembled plastic models will be assembled, cleaned, sprayed and painted at the models cost. While metal models will be done at cost +10%. (this is due to the extra effort required) Models that are assembled and sprayed already will be painted at 75% cost. I also offer an assembly & cleaning service at 20% cost of model for plastic and 25% for metal.

If you are intrested in any of the above services you can contact me through this blog or through my email colinmurray56AThotmailDOTcom.

Till next time

KD

PS: Please note all prices will be rounded to the nearest euro for ease of payment.