Hobby Progress Challenge - April Commitment

Flesh Tearers Assault Squad

10x Assault Marines (225pts)
- 1x Power Axe
- 2x Meltagun

Hobby Progress Challenge - March Completed

I've tested the black armour highlight with both Eshin grey and Dawnstone and I've sticked with mostly Dawnstone everywhere except where I wanted some contrast but very little as I didn't wanted to draw the eyes theres, the fingers for example.

Flesh Tearers Death Company with jump packs

They took me quite a while and I could have done a third layer of red on some part but I had to keep moving to the next squad. I still need to apply 2 Flesh Tearers decals on the bare shoulder pads but that will have to wait until the end, probably when I'll base everything.

Essentials - Brushes Cleaner and Preserver

I've came across this product a year ago, and seriously I can't recommend it enough now. It's called "The Master's Brush Cleaner and Preserver"

It's basically shampoo for your brushes, it cleans left over paint like nothing else. After every paint session, I use this product to clean the brushes and then once it's all clean, I put a little on the brush and then reform the tip and let it dry with the cleaner still on it.

This little trick does wonder to keep the tip sharp, you do have to be careful when you want to use your brush again, gently wash the product off in your water pot without bending the bristles.

You'll probably never need to buy another one as it seems to last forever, you don't need much per brush.

Example of a brush tip preserved

Here's the demo by Lester Bursley on how to use that product and how efficient it really is. Give it a try especially if you've invested on good brushes.

Hobby Progress Challenge - March goal progression

Here the progress I've managed to accomplish since the beginning of the month, I'm still very busy from the move to the new house but things are starting to settle down. I forgot how long Death Company is to paint as every model is almost as detailled as an HQ model.

Jump pack Death Company got some base colors

Just to give some perspective on how much paint steps are is still needed, here's a side by side shoot.

Finished Death Company vs Current progress

Hobby Progress Challenge - March commitment

Expensive Jump Pack Death Company of primed awesomeness

10x Death Company (420 pts)
- 10x Jump packs
- 1x Power sword
- 2x Infernus pistols
- 1x Power fist

I'm gonna try working with more subtile highlights than the ones I've previously painted, I like the look on the tabletop but on camera the lack of blending does show.

Independent Characters 2013 Hobby Progress Challenge

I've submitted the list I'll be painting in the coming months starting in march.

Honour Guard (145)
Sanguinary Priest (75)
Furioso Librarian Dreadnought (175)
Furioso Dreadnought (140)
10x Death Company (420)
10x Assault Marines (225)
Death Company Dreadnought (125)
Death Company Dreadnought (150)
Land Raider Crusader (250)
Baal Predator (145)
Predator (100)

Here's the thread (Everything will be posted here of course)

I haven't been eaten by the Tyranids just yet!

While I know that most of my traffic is generated from the google juice pulling my work-in-progress pictures thus very few actually cares about the written content of the blog, I still felt somehow like I had to explain why I haven't updated in almost 3 months.

The current state for my hobby desk

Well the answer is simple, I've bought a house and the moving process destroyed my hobby progression as I have no room left for it for the time being. Everything should be resuming in March.

Here what you can expect to see in 2013

• Independent Characters Hobby Progress Challenge
• 1850pts of Flesh Tearers
• March - November
• Hobby space setup
• Gaming table construction
• Terrain building and painting
• Dark Eldar
• Girlfriend's ongoing 40k corruption 
• Space Wolves
• Logan Grimnar Great Company 2000pts+
• Tau
• Black Templars
• Brother Vinni's Sandlot Figures
• Infinity 
• Haqqislam 300pts
• Dreamforge Eisenkern