Summers End! Time to Get to Painting

Hello once again all!

Well It's that time of year again.  Summer is coming to an end and I got a lot of stuff prepped and ready to paint.  I had a good summer!  While I didn't paint much I did manage to build quite a few things in preparation to use.  But before I get to that lets see what I managed to get done this month.

To start, lets look at a model I finished back in the summer

One wandering merchant for D&D and...well, whatever game I want to play.  Honestly he's a bit slapdash but He's done and I like him.  Hopefully I wont break his staff (again).

Now lets look at what I managed to get painted in the Month of September.

Five man Archer detachment!  Now these guys are a complete stripping and repaint from my previous models which were...not good.  I'm much happier with how these guys came out.  Now I just have to paint the next five.

Next up!

Six Militia!  Now I had already painted some f this unit as I stole them for my Mordheim warband.  So I decided to get the rest done too!  With these guys done I finished up two whole detachments!

Now I'm well on my way to getting my whole army refreshed!  So continuing the trend...

Three crew for my Helstrom Rocket Battery!  These guys have been built and unpainted since 2007.  Now finally done, I just need to finish the actual rocket battery now.

Lastly...

My Handgunner champion with Hochland Longrifle!  This guy was a complete strip and repaint.  I'm very happy how he came out...though I will need to finish his unit now!

With all that said and done since my summer rest I managed to paint 16 models!  70 Models done for the year to date....wow, I'm on a roll!

- Commodus

A Bit Late but April done!

Hello once again all!

So I'm a bit late for my update so I decided I'd give you all a twofer!  The last three models I painted last month, and the first three models I painted this month!  I know, crazy behaviour on my part but summer is coming up and painting will slow down so I just trying to keep my posting consistent as possible and failing hard.

Anyway, lets take a look!

Three old metal Skaven Slaves!  Yeah, not much to say about these guys.  Just followed mu old scheme and painted them up real quick.  Now I only have two old metal ones left before I can get back to work on bigger Skaven models.  

So with the terrain I did on my last post added to these I managed to get 13 models done in April!  Go me!

Now for what I started May with...

Three Skaven Pack Masters!  They are here and ready to lead my Rat Ogres to battle and certain death!

So there you have it, May starting with a bang!  Hope to have more updates by the weekend.

Until then!

-Commodus

It's "Terrain O'Clock!"

Hello once again all!

Alright I'm back and I got some progress!  I buckled down and got to work and finished up pile of terrain that I had sitting in a box.  Now to show it all off.

One ruined building.  This particular piece is a a Temu terrain piece I bought for 10 bucks....and for 10 bucks it's pretty damn good!  Quick and easy to paint up, overall I am very happy with how it turned out.

Next up, something I bought from a local 3D printer...

One ruined building!  Now you might recognise this as it is similar to another building I painted last year.  This is just a damaged version of that building.  I can easily use this for Mordheim, Frostgrave or even D&D!  I've quite happy with how they all came out.  All painted with craft paint and home made washes.

So if I calculate all the parts on these models as separate minis it comes to 10 models down.  Not too shabby if I do say so myself!

Now off to work on my next project!

- Commodus

Spring is in the Air...Which Means one more Snow Storm

Hello once again all!

SO lousy Smarch weather is gone, terrible April weather is here and I got more painting to do.  How much did I manage to finish from my last post?  Lets take a look!

Five more Stormvermin for my Skaven collection!  Honestly the best part about these minis is how easy they are to paint.  Quick and simple overall I just like to mix up the colours since. I don't think most Skaven Warlord clans would be big on keeping a consistent colour scheme.  So with these guys done I have about 5 more Stormvermin left unpainted.  I'll get to them eventually...In the mean time..

Five Stirland Archers!  I've had these guys sitting around for awhile and I figured I'd just finish them off.  I plan on building a 1000pt Stirland force and these will be a detachment for a unit of Stirland Swordmens I have partially built and painted.

With these models done I have finished another 10 models!  Not making crazy progress but I am getting things done.

Until next time!

- Commodus

SMARCH is Here!

Hello all!

So I'm back with another quick update on the things I have managed to get done painting.  Lets take a look at the models I finished to round out the month of February!

One more Skaven Rat Ogre.  I just started randomly buying these models mostly because they were very cheap to get my hands on on Ebay.  I really only started with one to use in a Mordheim waband.  But when they keep popping up for 6 bucks a pop I figured, "Why not build a unit?"

Sooooo...

Now all thats left is to build a movement tray and get some packmasters for them.  But overall they are done!

So that's one model....what else?

One test model for my Nuln Gunners.  Honestly not much too it.  It feels kinda flat on the black, which is to be expected since...you know, black.  But I was just testing a colour scheme to see how it would look.  I'm sure I'll refine it as i move through the unit.

So for the month of February I have 10 models done!

Onward!

- Commodus

Despite Notions to the Contrary....I am Painting

Hello all!

I'm back with even more progress on my armies.  I even have a project completed which I'm super happy about.  See as how it's been sitting unpainted for 10+ years I'd say that's an accomplishment.

Anyway, enough talk, lets get to showing!  I managed to finish up the last 3 Mercenary Swordsmen in my army.

With these three done, and my movement tray completed, I now have a full mercenary detachment done!

My Averland Mercenaries are all painted up and ready for the table.  Of all the units sitting unpainted, this is the one I thought I'd never finish.  But here it is ready for the fight!

But that's not all...

Five more Dark Elf spearmen!  Just 5 more to go and the unit is done and I can move on to other unpainted things for my Dark Elves.

So with 8 models done I'm off to do more!

-Commodus

First Months Work....What did I paint?

Hello all!

So I'm back, sooner than many of you have probably thought.  Unlike months prior, I have things to show off.  I've been making progress on a few projects and I figured I'd show them to you.  So without further ado...

Five Dark Elf Warrior Spearmen!  Now I continued with my Dark Elf paint scheme and these guys came out lovely.  The shields were all cast in Greenstuff as I don't have enough spare shields to go with the remaining troops I have.  With these guys done that leaves 10 more left to finish the unit.  So excited to finally finish another unit!

Hey, speaking of working to finish a unit...

Four Empire Swordmen!  Well, mercenary swordsmen to be exact.  I plan on using these guys as a detachment for my "Mercenary" army.  With the three I already painted that just leaves three more!

Now for a palate cleanser...

One Kings of War, Nightstalker butcher!  I have a box of Nightstalkers I bought on discount and I always wanted to paint them.  So I figured now's as good as any so here he is!  Done!

So 10 models done at the start of the year, not too shabby!

- Commodus