Buring Through my Pile!

Hello once again all!

So here I am just pounding the pavement and getting things done.  Looking over my pile I decided to focus on my original plan and get these half done models finished!!

 

Three Dunedain warriors for the Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game!.  I dont know if anyone remembers on this blog, but I started painting these in 2016.  There they sat, half painted for almost 10 years.  Now they are done!  Off to the finished pile with you!

Speaking of Lord of the Rings...

Faramir and a Gondorian standard.  I bought both of these relatively recently and figured I could pound them out fast.  Which I did!  Only thing that prevented them from being done faster was me waiting for the wash to dry.  Of course I didn't just sit around not painting while I was waiting...

Dungeon Terrain!  I know, not much to them.  But they are done and also off the table!  Despite all this I did take a detour from the prepped models on my desk...

My last two Stone Trolls!  Yes I was sidetracked by these guys.  I saw them on a shelf and base coated them and painted them all in the same day.  Also put in the extra effort and got the Movement tray done too.

Here we see them sitting with a Troll I painted a few years ago.  Now they are all done and ready for the battle field!

So with 9 more models done I am off to continue the long slow paint war...

- Commodus

QUICK PROJECT!!!!

Hello once again all!

So another month come and gone and did I paint?  Well yes I did actually!  Not much compared to other times.  But I still got some painting done that I would like to share!

So here we have an old Dark Elf Hydra that belonged to a friend of mine.  He no longer games and sold me his minis.  So now I have a pile of Dark Elves and Wood Elves. With that said however, this model is special.  I have been fighting this Hydra for years and I think its time to give this guy a proper cleaning and paint job.

So into the paint stripper for you!

So the Super Clean not only stripped of the horrible paint job, but also dissolved the glue and Green stuff holding it together.  

Now the Hydra comes with two handlers.  One of which is missing an arm (Sadly lost to time).  But I have another set of handlers from my other Hydra.  So I have all thats needed to caste a replacement arm!

 Voila!  New arm!

So here we have the model newly built and based!  Now to get it painted....

It is done!  One Spellthirster War Hydra for my Dark Elf Army!  I love how it came out.  It matches how I imagined it would look like when done.  The only downside to this project was that I discovered that my old Liche Purple has completely dried out.  RIP paint.

So with this done I can add it to the pile of minis for this year. So far so good!

-Commodus

April Shock and Awe Continues!!!

Hello once again all!

So im back again, much sooner than you thought!  Mostly because I want to show off another thing I did on a whim.  I had my craft paint out already, so I decided to bang out yet another terrain project!

So without further ado...

One bakery for my Village Terrain project!  I had pulled this out in November with the plan on painting it...never got around to it.  But since I was working on terrain with my last post, and all my paint was already out, I decided to say "to hell with it!" and buckled down to paint this up.

Overall im very happy with how it came out.  The whole thing was technically 8 pieces before being put together, so I'll count this as 8 separate models.  Is that fair?

No.

- Commodus

Another Update? SHOCKING!!!!

Hello all!

Well I'm back again with more to share.  I know I only tend to monthly updates but lets break the trend!  Lets make NEW trends!  Lets show off what I managed to paint...

 

The Mines of Moria Terrain set!

Now, I had already painted and showed off a few of these minis already.  Specifically the door and the trapdoor as well as one of the dead scatter dwarfs.  Now I painted the pillars, well, tomb and more scatter dwarfs!  

This set is one I bought used online so its actually missing one of the scatter pieces but that's no biggy.  If I want to do the LOTR scenario, I don't really need it.  In fact, I am so close to having everything I need to do the Mines of Moria scenario...we'll just have to wait and see!

Next up!

40k Terrain!  Okay, technically 3rd party 3d printed terrain for generic space game.  But I intend to use these for a Kill Team board in the future.  Just need to get more buildings to fill a board.

And with that done its time to work on more stuff...

Stay Tuned!

- Commodus

SMARCH!!!!

Hello all!

So once again a but late on my Blog update.  I honestly had things ready to go, but life got in the way and now this is a week late.  Oh well!

I did manage to get some projects off my workbench so I figured I'd just share what I got done!

One detachment of Handgunners!  I had them half painted sitting their staring at me.  As I had just finished my Inner Circle Knights I figure I'd bang these guys out pretty quick.  Came out pretty well!  So 5 done, next up....

4 Oathmark Dwarf Warriors!  I bought a loose sprue last year so I can add more bodies to my Frostgrave warband.  I only managed to get one done last year, now I finished off the last of the sprue.  As I promised myself not to buy more sprues until I finished the ones I had...well...now I can!

Next up...

My last Two River Trolls!  I had decided to start cutting into my Orc and Goblin army pile I had based and unpainted.  These two Trolls now add to my other two I had painted back in 2020.  I haven't made a movement tray for them yet, but once I get more balsa wood I will show off the whole unit.

Speaking of Goblins...

Two Netters and 3 Fanatics!  Once again, based and just sitting their staring at me, unpainted.  Now they are done and added to my growing WAAAAGH.

In total I managed 16 Minis last month.  Much better that February...but still not enough!

Stay tuned!

-Commodus

February not as Great as I hoped...

 Hello once again!

 So I had planned to get SO MUCH DONE in the month of February!!!!

...That did not happen.  Turns out what I decided to paint was much harder than I thought.  So with that said...

Five Inner Circle Arc Knights of Averland!  Bodyguard of House Leitdorf.

Now this unit has been base coated and sitting in a box since 2008.  I had taken them to a tournament, the last tournament for Warhammer Fantasy I had gone too, back then.  I came in 3rd with the plans of finishing this unit.

Of course I instead but them in a box and forgot about them.  However now they are done!  Now just to get a movement tray for them.  Also figure out how to get them glued to the horses.  So far I'm using sticky tack as their legs keep getting into the way.  Oh well, we shall see.

So I guess for February I only managed 5 models.  Hopefully more next month! 

-Commodus

January Painting! What the Hell did I do?

Hello once again!

So end of the month and time to look at what I managed to get done.  Granted, due to some sickness and general real life getting in the way...not as much as I would have liked.  HOWEVER!  I still got stuff done so lets take a look!

 

 

First lets start with this piece of Dungeon terrain.  The Rack!  I have a pile of blisters that I decided I need to get through so here's just one I got done.  But along with this...

One Iron Maiden and two Mines for my Kill Team.  The Iron Maiden was easy enough, mostly just wash and drybrush.  The Mines were the last two pieces for my Kill Team box.  So that is 100% done!

Now what else did I finish?

3 Osgiliath Veterans!  I know, I haven't painted any Lord of the Rings models in a good long while.  But I had bought these and decided to just get them done ASAP.  So, here they are!

Now for an update on my Empire army...

These are my Knights I would have painted back in 2005, when I had just started getting into Warhammer.  Honestly, these were a pretty simplistically done and not super great but were a good base coat. Now however...

My Arc Knights of Averland!  Beyond the banner it was all mostly just washes and highlights.  Its kinda tough to Highlight metal but I did my best and here we are.

So in total I managed to paint/repaint 12 models.  Not much but a great start!

- Commodus
 

End of the Year! What I finished, What shall I do in 2025?

Hello once again all!

So this year has been really hot and cold when it has come to painting.  When I was on a roll I was on a ROLL!!!  But that also lead to months of idle not painting.  Despite all that however I did manage to get quite a lot painted this year.  Much more than last year!  So lets take a quick look at the last stuff I painted this year.

10 man Phobos marine Kill Team!

Pretty much all my hobby time has been put to getting this unit done.  One of the first "Buy than immediately paint" project I have done in a good long while.

So with these 10 done its time to tally up my model for the year.....

107 Model painted in 2024!  Well that is a MUCH better result than last year!  But I still have so much to go.

What project will I start this year?  Will I focus fire on my Empire army now that its being released for Old World?  Will I get some board games out of the way?  Who knows!  Stay tuned to find out

-Commodus