February belongs to Mid Nor!

Heya again!

Once again lots was going on in my hobby so without useless babbling - here's the weekly summary!

Last monday I contected with friend of mine about making some nice plinths for miniatures. The guy works with wood (bloody professional) so it wasn't anything difficult for him.
So after I brought him 150cm long piece of wood he turned it into several dozens of plinths - different shapes and sizes! Really can't wait to start mounting painted minis on these!

What else? At the beginning of passing week the mailman delivered yet another box of Rackham goodies for me!!!
This time there were models from orcs, goblins, undead and alchemists armies plus some extra goodies (like chaos creatures from Ilyad Games and really old zombie model (which manufacturer's I didn't manage to establish yet). Thanks Cthulhu I got another glass case for minis recently to keep these masterpieces!

Another surprising news for me was the fact I saw Death Guard squad painted at the beginning of this blog in CMON Top Last 7 Days! It was on the 10th place but who cares ^^ That only confirms my theory: if you want to make a career and big money on minis - paint Space Marines and Chaos Marines! Don't need anything more.
And speaking of earning money I'm still waiting for Chaos Lord ordered almost 2 weeks ago - it's probably the last time I am placing order in Cytadela.

Last week I also finished 2 minis: the first one is Red Hook painted for NQ. Taking quality photos was a pain in the ass - especially close ups. I'm afraid I like it much more in the flesh than on the screen or my pc. Pictures were sent to the magazine and I'm still waiting for the reply if these are fine enough for printing or not. I'm also waiting for email from Eric (Privateer Press team) about preparing another article for No Quarter.

The second mini painted a few days ago is Scourge Bearer from Nid Nor. Fuck me if that wasn't one of the most enjoyable models I had a pleasure to paint in my whole life!!!
The sculpt was nicely detailed and easy to work with but when I was basing the piece and suddenly realised whole "story" enclosed in this piece of metal - that just made my day!!!
It took me 2 evenings to spot the ragdoll ain't just some kind of rabbid doll but wears rabbit mask with breathing holes just like in Hannibal Lecter's mask!
Moreover models aren't just having a nice walk but the doll is conducting the zombie dwarf and is catting his halberd because dwarf has chained arms! So much details in such a tiny miniatures!

Yesterday I started preparing 4 Rackham minis for painting. I managed to assemble and prime 3 Hydra Warriors and moreover I made wooden base for these minis. It was also test of new drill I got for making ~25mm round sockets - perfect for display and contest miniatures.
The 4th model is Janos the Banished from Acheron deaders. It's arm was probably the smallest surface I had to pin during my long adventure with the hobby. Let's just hope I can give this model painting it deserves...

That's it for now - till the next Sunday!

Hard week

So I'm typing once again - this time for the last time on January and I must say passing week was definitely hard even though I didn't paint anything, yup - you read it correct: anything.
Which of course doesn't mean nothing was going on in the miniatures hobby!

So first of all - I got the tattoo :]
After 3 months of waiting for the appointment with the artist I finally got inked so Great Cthulhu shall never leave me!
The picture was made in Tat Studio in Gdansk (northern Poland) which it one of the best studios in the country. I decided to hit the 101% professionalists because tattoo is made for life abd I didn't want to risk screwing it by unexperienced artist.
After 4,5 of work the piece is over half done. According to Jarek (the tattooist) there're still ~4h of work. Great Ancient One will get some colors, maybe some more details and there'll be added the island Cthulhu is rising from.
The idea is based on this picture - I've seen it a long time ago but after I purchased album with graphics based on H.P.Lovecraft's novels last year and was it once again the decision was made - it was only the matter of time...
When whole project is done I'll try to write a report about it - I asked guys in the studio to take some pics while working so it might turn out nice :)

As for proper hobby - last week postman delivered Realm of Chaos book. It's rulebook for Chaos army from 5th edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battle but because Chaos was the first army I fell love into (about 10 years ago? yeah, probably...) I decided to add it to my collection of hobby stuff. After all $5,5 ain't serious expense.

What else? The client accepted Death Guard termies I painted so they've been sent away and thanks to my friend Mahon they got sweet professional photos. Hell, they look now better than I remembered!
Here are some pics if you're interested: termie armed with flamer, slightly converted squad leader (the client wanted to get combi plasmas and combi meltas and there were only 2 in the box), another slightly converted terminator and the picture of the whole rotting family.

And speaking of servants of Nurgle - the Ebay auction I started last week and Chaos Lorf has just been sold - still cannot believe people pay for such toys. But because I like painting chaotic minis and there're still some parts left in my bits box I think sooner or later another evil commander will be painted just for Ebay purposes - money makes the world go around...

And that's still not everything from the hobby area! I contacted a guy from who I purchased some OOP Rackham stuff and even more french goodies in coming to papa right now! Can't wait to see the postman (hopefully tomorrow) because in the parcel I should find some damn cool Mid Nor, Alchemists of Dirz (one or two Aberration clones) and Acheron minis. Santa will come VERY early this year!!!

Not everything spins arount minis so there's another news from the hobby - not related to miniatures: last week I also got Medal of Honor: Airborne PS3 game - I really like games based on WWII events so once again I got the opportunity to kill some nazis.

And the last news for the January: yesterday my cooperation with Scibor at Scibor Monstrous Miniatures has ended.
Definitely.

Seeya in February!

Not much done

So another week is just passing by.
Unfortunately not much was done in the hobby area during this time.

I am still waiting for client's opinion about Nurgle Terminators squad I painted so there're no official photos. If I wait a week longer I will take some shots anyway - minis forced to waiting for photo-session are unhappy minis.

Good news is my Ebay account works fine aaaaand I managed to sell Darkson Designs' Zee Germanz!*
Speaking of Ebay - encouraged by last week half-success I decided to try selling another model from my collection. This time it's hopefully something much more bidder-friendly - converted Nurgle lord of Chaos from Warhammer 40k. If you'd like to see how's the auction going - just click here ;)

Last week I had to go to Univ for 3 days (worseluck - weekend days) so I had much less time to paint something than I'd wish but I still managed to create something - not mentioning chaos lord which was painted in 2-3 evenings. I managed to push forward works on small diorama for NQ contest. With a bit of luck I will finish the base next week. I also recieved PP model which will be turned into the pirate. I regret I didn't spend enough time working with greenstuff - I'm afraid the converting will be pretty hard task if I want to do it well and, hopefully - win anything.

There was also one more nice "hobby thing" which happened to me: yesterday mailman delivered model painted for me by Elvers for Chest of Colors Mini Exchange #3 - you can see the model here but I will surely take new pics of it.

That's it for now - see ya next Sunday!

-demi-

*still waiting for the payment though...

2010 log #2

Hello again,

I'm writing again so the blog hasn't died yet.
Last week was pretty successful at hobby matters:
First of all I chose colors for my Redemptionists gang (Necromunda). Moreover I even tested it on 2 gangers!

The plan is to make display base for the whole gang - that's why models are still unbased. I want to make sth like large mosaic base (jerusalem cross for example) which can be part of temple of Redemption in the Underhive.

What else?
My recipient recieved model I painted for Chest of Colors Miniature Exhange #3 (attached photo). The model is Boyar champion from Sciborminiatures. If you want to get mini painted all you have to do is registed to CofC site and wait for Mini Exchange #4 :)

I also managed to paint basic colors on 3 Chaos Terminators of Nurgle (commissioned models) and converted lord chaos - also from Warhammer 40000 which probably will be kicked out on Ebay.

Last week I've also been working on the artile which might appear in one of coming No Quarter magazines (Privateer Press)> I'm still waiting for the contact from guy responsible for NQ submissions.

And last but not least - on Thursday I recieved old Chaos armybook (1994)!!!
I purchased this thing for almost nothing in MINT condition - the box was still sealed!!!
One more evil grimoire to my collection!!!

That's it for now, hope to update the thread next Sunday.

demi