eBaldur Continues

I was able to do a little work on Baldur today but not as much as I was hoping. Today was my little guys 3rd birthday so I spent the morning playing with him before I took my nap. I also had softball this evening so no progress after I got up either. On the topic of softball I am getting old. I never used to get hurt before I was 30 now it seems like I pull a different muscle every year. OK back on topic. All the leather and greys have been washed. I was happy with the leather as is so I highlighted the runes with a little P3 beast hide. I need to do the seams and call the leather sections done. The grey needs to get highlighted up with most likely two layers. Once I get that done it is on to his face and beard. I am not sure when he will get worked on again as tomorrow am starts the FADD/Cave Painting Challenge (more on this in the am).

eBaldur WiPs

I took about a half hour this afternoon to do a little work on eBaldur. I put in the two different basecoats for the leathers (P3 bloodtracker and bootstrap). The leathers and skirt sections are both ready for their shading washes. I also painted the loincloth section in my standard green.

I start my work week again tonight so I am not sure how much more I will get done on the big guy. I start my PoM challenge on Wednesday so if I don't get a solid push on Baldur he might be sitting in a partially painted state until September.

While I was out and about this afternoon I hit up one of the FLGS and picked up two more blisters (I really have an issue). I am not sure if you can make it out but I grabber Madelyn Corbeau and Orin Midwinter.

These are going to be the last mini I buy for a while as I really need to get through what I have and stop adding to the pile. OK off for a nap prior to work. Hope to have a nearly finished Baldur photo tomorrow.

FADD: Menoth

I have been talking over the last few months about my FADD army but have not made any specific mention of faction. The FADD army is going to be Protectorate of Menoth. I have been purchasing and assembling (or sending out for assemble) my PoM force. There were a lot of contributing factors to me selection Menoth as my next project. The primary reason is I have been trying top get a buddy into WM/H for some time now and PoM was always his army of choice. I have failed to get him into the game but in the time I was working on lists/paint schemes for him I got myself hooked. Another contributing factor was a post on FnF by KestrelM1 and then subsequent conversations via PMs with KestrelM1, Paradox, and 'Gday. While I ultimately decided on a different 'caster I have picked up all of the parts for the Vindictus list and that will be painted up down the road as well. Here is my test mini for the army.

Here I painted pKreoss in my selected scheme. This scheme is heavily influenced by Ron Kruzie's 300 Skorne seen in the studio showdown in NQ 17-20. I changed up the theme for all the cloth sections but the idea of a shinny clean black with gold trim was "borrowed". Kreoss took a little long than I was hoping for but I think I should be able to carry this theme across the faction and be able to paint the 35pt FADD army in my designated month time period. I am contemplating another highlight on the grey section to bring it out a little more. Little bit of glair in the photos.....sorry.
There are a few 'casters in the PoM that I have always really liked the look of and wanted to paint. The main offenders were/are the High Reclaimer (resculpt), pKreoss (resculpt), Vindictus, and Reznik. I selected the latter to lead my 35pt challenge. I decided to go with the Knocking on Heaven's Door theme force from Jason Soles as seen in NQ 35. Here is the 35pt T4 list that is going to be painted over the next month:


Reznik - Knocking on Heavens Door (NQ35)
High Executioner Servath Reznik (*6pts)
* Scourge of Heresy (9pts)
* Templar (8pts)
* Vanquisher (8pts)
Choir of Menoth (Leader and 3 Grunts) (2pts)
Deliverer Sunburst Crew (Leader and 2 Grunts) (3pts)
Steelhead Halberdiers (Leader and 9 Grunts) (6pts)
* Attendant Priest (0pts)
The Wrack (3 wracks) (1pts)
Vassal of Menoth (2pts)
Vassal of Menoth (2pts)

Here they are in their assembled and primed glory (sunburst not pictured). As you can see some of the bases were painted ahead of time as tests and to get some of it out of the way ahead of time. The army is based on Dragonforge scenic bases except for any mercenary minis. I did this so that any mercs painted can jump between factions/merc contracts without sticking out too much due to their bases. I went with list for a couple reasons. While my initial inclination was to go with a High Reclaimer or Vindictus list they both consist of multiple in faction troops that will be a little more time consuming to paint. The steelheads, on the other hand, should paint very fast being mostly metal. The next reason is I like theme forces. While I do not play them that often I love building them in my head and thinking through theme lists.

The FADD army will be on the clock starting August 1st. 31 days to be completed.......

All Over the Place

This am I got up and headed to the cave while the rest of the house was still sleeping. I stated off with some assembly for the FADD army. The minis I put together this am aren't part of the challenge list but additional parts of the faction. After that I took five minis for the FADD army, eBaldur, and Rhupert and primed them with the airbrush.

The other day I asked for input on who I should paint for my PtT mini. Black Beard Freelance said he would like to see eBaldur but I had already started Tartarus. After BBF brought up eBaldur I have been thinking about him a bunch so decided to get him rolling. I let the primer sit for a little then headed back downstairs to put about an hour into the Stonesoul.

 Dry brushed all the stone sections.

 Painted the lower skirt dark grey, basecoated the face, and put all the white metal base sections in (forgot the sword hilt)

Painted all the white metal sections with thinned down yellow metal. This has now been washed but once I put the wash down I don't touch the mini until it is fully dried.

All in all a pretty solid start to eBaldur I would say. My circle army is a "speed painted" faction for me so I am trying to bang him out in a timely manner. The rest of my day is pretty full and so is the weekend with the little guy having his 3rd birthday party (where does time go?). I don't expect to paint much if at all over the next weekend but I have a post scheduled for tomorrow am to finally let you in on the faction being painted for the FADD army. Have a great weekend all and hope to finish up this guy before August first and my painting time is consumed with FADD.

July Target Hit

After picking a model only a few days ago I was able to bang him out in near record time (for me). Here is the finished Tartarus.

There are a few things that could stand to be touched up but I am trying to not be as OCD and I am gonna call him done. Doing the few sections of purple helped me visualize some changes to previous Cryx pieces I started. Tartarus has got me thinking about working on my Cryx again but that will have to wait as I have the big FADD challenge/project looming. Speaking about the challenge it looks as if I am going to have two of my locals joining in and attempting to paint 35pt lists in the month with me. Those two individuals are Oxyguy (my most common commenter) and PG_Eviscerae (some of you might know his Operation Desert Skorne). They have not told me what they are painting yet just that they want to take part so that is cool. Seeing as I have three people in now I might have to come up with a prize for those that finish in time.

Yesterday was a cool day in that even though I didn't get to play I stopped by the FLGS. One of our old PGs recently moved to Atlanta and was back in town for a few days so he was at the store. It was nice just to say hi to PG_Mozz again (seeing as he played a major part in me loving this game soooo much) and watching him and Zack (Z1G1) play a hilarious game (both using Zack's minis). Anyways its was nice to see Mozz in town and next time will be at Templecon 2013. While I was out I also sent my store credit and picked up more for my FADD army and this guy.

I have wanted to pick him up for some time now and finally have. I hope to prime him later today and work on him little by little over the next month.

AM Update

So here is Tartarus after his wash dried overnight. I also started to do a little bit of the detail work but was interrupted when the boys woke up and haven't gotten a chance to paint anymore. I have softball tonight so it is looking doubtful I will get back to Tartarus today. I am contemplating putting another thin wash on the yellow metal sections to age them a little more before I give them the sepia wash but I am still up in the air on that.

I got a little distracted this am. After doing a little on Tartarus I put on an episode of The Crab Feast and worked on the FADD army a little. I assembled the last three minis to complete the 35pt list and primed up the last batch. I am getting excited about this project but need to get through Tar Tar first. When I get back to him I need to do the dead flesh sections, teeth, axe handle, and finish up the base. If I get lucky I will get some time later if not gonna have to be productive tomorrow.

PtT WIP

So here is Tartarus at last photo break. I am happy with how he is shaping up seeing as I only started him this am and haven't had a ton of time to work on him (maybe an hour and a half tops). I decided to reverse my normal metal trend and do the main plates in yellow metal and the filigree in white metal. I drybrushed the "skirt" with P3 greatcoat grey followed by a very light drybrush with P3 trollblood highlight. I just put the metal wash down and now have to wait for it to completely dry so might be heading to bed. If I end up staying up I think I am going to hit him with a layer of matte varnish to establish a save point prior to heading on to the detail work. OK enough talk on to the photos:

I am really liking the progress so this might make me break out the parts and make that full unit of "Tartarus' Bane Knights".

In the first Tartarus post I had a question about how I thin my metallic paint for airbrush usage. I mostly have used isopropyl alcohol but just got a new product and tried that out for this project. I was happy with the results.