Independent Characters 2014 Hobby Progress Challenge

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


Rune Priest (100)
Wolf Lord (225)
Logan Grimnar (275)
Lone Wolf (85)
5 Terminator Wolf Guard (225)
4 Terminator Wolf Guard (197)
10 Grey Hunters (170)
9 Grey Hunters (160)
10 Fenrisian Wolves (80)
5 Thunderwolf Cavalry (340)
5 Long Fangs (140)

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

Hobby Progress Challenge 2013 Concluded

The challenge is done and the winners have been drawn, I'm not one of them but I'm glad nonetheless to have taken part in the challenge. I was part of the 57 that made it through the challenge from a pool of 250+ hobbyists.

Here's myself being mentioned in an admin post on his personal blog, he represented well the friendly community that dwell in the IC's forum.

Can't wait for the 2014 Challenge ... I still have a lot of stuff to paint.

Fallout "Nuclear Sandlot" Color Scheme

T-45d Brotherhood of Steel Paladins

Improved level of detail on the Gatling laser one

They're done, well only the varnish still needs to be applied then some flocking to match the rest of my bases scheme. This is the very simple yet effective scheme that I've used, I'm not usually a fan of dry brushing but after some research it really suit the worn out yet maintained look of the Brotherhood of Steel T-45d armour. Stippling with a brush/sponge or the salt/hairspray technique wouldn't have worked as well on this scale I think.

Power Armour

Mechanicus Standard Grey

Overbrush Eshin Grey

Diluted Wash Nuln Oil

Overbrush Eshin Grey

Drybrush Codex Grey

Light Drybrush Fortress Grey

Light Drybrush Necron Compound

Breather pipes

Base Zandri Dust

Wash Devlan Mud

Suit pipes

Base Zandri Dust

Highlight Bleached Bone

Batteries

Base Bubonic Brown (3 Layers)

Layer Chaos Black

Layer Mephiston Red

Headlights

Layer Space Wolves Grey

Gatling laser

Base Leadbelcher

Wash Nuln Oil

Light Drybrush Necron Compound

Laser rifle

Base Leadbelcher

Wash Nuln Oil

Layer Chaos Black

Layer Blazing Orange

Workbench - Fallout Miniatures

I've debated doing posts like this for ages, ever since I saw similar post on From The Warp. It's nothing fancy but the hassle of getting the Nikon out, importing and editing made it so I never got around to do it.

I've solve this with my new iPad, the photo quality is acceptable for simple work in progress pictures and it's quite easy to post straight from the device.

As the Independent Characters podcast hobby challenge is now officially over, I found myself needing a palette cleanser sort of, something different than wall to wall Flesh Tearers. So I decided to finish my Fallout Miniatures.

T-45d Brotherhood of Steel Paladins

Basing is underway and while the PVA is drying, I need to find what else is available online to get them some friends \ foes.

Terrain - Battlescape and Moonscape

I've made some progress on painting terrain as a nice break from the Flesh Tearers, the Hobby Progress Challenge didn't gave me much chance to paint something else. 

Battlescape

Moonscape

I've used the same colour scheme as my bases mostly, here's the link. I did try cheaper acrylics from Mickael's to colour match the Scorched Brown with mixed success. Games Workshop Citadel paint are pretty expensive but I can't say that they're not higher quality than the acrylics I can locally buy (Vallejo and Privater Press aren't distributed around here). The coverage of the Citadel Base paint is way better and dried 10x times faster, I even had to use my heat gun on low setting in order to emulate the same drying times.

A Battle-Brother of the Death Company died here...

Battlescape with Moonscape

Kanban to the rescue

I've ran with the Independant Characters podcast suggestion and started to use Kanban Flow to organise my hobby task in order to stop being distracted and get things finished.

My Kanban Hobby board

Here's mine, I've struggled to get meaningful categories that fit with the workflow that I use. I would break down detailing but that would make the board less usable as the columns would get pretty narrow. I highly recommend you follow their advice and visit KanbanFlow (it's free!)

Hobby Progress - Finishing the Flesh Tearers

In an effort of finishing my Flesh Tearers, I've been going over the units I didn't gave much love. Surprisingly this included the very first unit I've ever had, my Sternguards, which is also my first conversion. They all have warriors of chaos cloak and green stuff on the shoulders to match the fur.

Flesh Tearers Sternguard with some conversion

Left overs of Devastator Squad and Command Squad

Flesh Tearers Librarian (Dark Vengeance)

Next steps ? Freehand on the banners, Decals, figuring out what to use to seal them and flocking. Stay tuned.

Terrain - Battlefield Accessories Set

Thanks to some bits that were given to me, I've finally decided to put my four sets of accessories to good use, adding some colours and visual treats to the table. I gotta say, nothing beats Imperial Guard bits!

Ammunitions Crates Primed Chaos Black Base Castellan Green Drybrush Camo Green Ammo Primed Chaos Black Base Leadbelcher Base Balthasar Gold Wash Nuln Oil Artilery Shells Primed Chaos Black Base Leadbelcher Base Balthasar Gold Base Golden Yellow Wash Nuln Oil Metal Platform Primed Chaos Black Overbrush Leadbelcher Wash Nuln Oil	Crates and ammo
Drums central Nothing beats exploding cover	Oil Drums Primed Chaos Black Overbrush Mephiston Red Drybrush Blazing Orange Wash Devlan Mud Gas Cannisters Primed Chaos Black Base Fenris Grey Drybrush Ultramarines Blue Wash Nuln Oil Overbrush Ultramarines Blue
Obstacles got the quick-n-lazy treatment	Tanks Obstacles Primed Chaos Black Overbrush Leadbelcher

Hobby Progress Challenge - August Completed

Baal Predator + Predator + Land Raider Crusader

Land Raider Crusader (250)
Baal Predator (145)
- Heavy Bolters Sponsons.

Predator (100)
- Heavy Bolters Sponsons.

That completes my challenge but my Flesh Tearers aren't done yet. I still have decals and basing to do and some free hand banner work (I'm not looking forward to that).

I had issues with airbrushing my vehicles and getting the colour to match with the airbrush which as you can see isn't perfect on the land raider vs the predators. It's been a pain to get the flesh tearers colours scheme with the new paint range.

Hobby Progress Challenge - August Commitment

Since all that's left are vehicles, I'll airbrush the lot of them at the same time.

Land Raider Crusader

Baal Predator

"Dakka" Predator

Land Raider Crusader (250)
Baal Predator (145)
- Heavy Bolters Sponsons.

Predator (100)
- Heavy Bolters Sponsons.

Hobby Progress Challenge - July Completed

Honour Guard + Blood Champion + Sanguinary Priest

Honour Guard (145 pts)
- Blood Champion
- 3x Plasma gun

Sanguinary Priest (50 pts)

Brother Vinni's "Sandlot" miniatures - Assembly

I've assemble them and I gotta say the assembly process is pretty similar to assembling Finecast except I really felt like I had to pin almost everything, especially the arms. Not a big deal and really half the issues I had might have been related to how old my super glue was.

I recommend washing before assembly to be sure to remove any casting agents and get a clean basecoat later on.

Brother Vinni's Scifi "Sandlot" 28mm miniatures

I've provided some reference to help emphasis how compatible those miniatures are with standard heroic 28mm scale terrain. If Brother Vinni's would offer more posable options and weapons, I'd think they would do great count-as for Imperial Guard storm troopers or inquisitorial henchmen's.

Size comparaison between a standard space marine and a terminator

Hobby Progress Challenge - July Commitment

Honour Guard + Blood Champion + Sanguinary Priest

Honour Guard (145 pts)
- Blood Champion
- 3x Plasma gun

Sanguinary Priest (50 pts)

Hobby Progress Challenge - June Completed

I've struggled with the red on those two, I can't say I'm fully happy with the result. The khorne red was applyed with the airbrush but the color was too bright thus my need to wash. I might have needed to use more dish soap to break the surface tension a little more. I'll need to figure out a mix of khorne red and some brown to pull off a true dark red on the august commitments.

Furioso Dreadnought and Furiso Librarian Dreadnought

Side shoot on the librarian

Furioso Librarian Dreadnought (175 pts)
Furioso Dreadnought (140 pts)
- Magna-grapple

Brother Vinni's "Sandlot" miniatures - First impressions

I'm finally getting caught up with some of my side project and thus I'm going to paint my two Brotherhood of Steel miniature. The resin quality and overall casting is solid. I can't wait to get started on those two.

Hobby Progress Challenge - June Commitment

Furioso Dreadnought

Furioso Librarian Dreadnought

Furioso Dreadnought (140 pts)
- Magna-grapple

Furioso Librarian Dreadnought (175 pts)

Hobby Progress Challenge - May Completed

I managed to pick up quite a bit of steam, May is completed before the end of April. I've finally stopped being afraid of messing everything up with my airbrush and started using it, saving me hours and giving me a quality of finish that is hard to emulate with a brush.

Death Company Dreadnoughts

Death Company Dreadnought (125 pts)
Death Company Dreadnought (150 pts)
- Heavy flamer
- Magna-grapple

Hobby Progress Challenge - May Commitment

Death Company Dreadnought (125 pts) 

Death Company Dreadnought (150 pts)
- Heavy flamer
- Magna-grapple

Hobby Progress Challenge - April Completed

For some reasons, my previous commitment post didn't automatically publish on the required date so please excuse the goal and completion being posted back to back.

Flesh Tearers Assault Squad

I'm still needing to base and apply decals, two aspect I don't think are required for the challenge, the only requirement I see is three colours minimum, which is quite easy to obtain. I'll probably base and add Flesh Tearers decals on all my models prior to the end of the challenge.

Hobby Progress Challenge - April Commitment

Flesh Tearers Assault Squad

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