Month: August 2012

Aug 09 2012 August 9, 2012 August 9, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Tau Hammerhead WIP

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Tau Hammerhead in Mymeara colors
The Eldar are receiving reinforcements.  With the new Allies rules, I pulled some Tau stuff out of the garage that I’ve had for a while.  I found part of a Tau mega-force box at Value Village a few years back and have been holding on to them until I had the resources or desire to build a Tau force.  Well with the new ally system I don’t need much to get a small force of Tau to supplement the Eldar.  I’ve decided to just paint in the same color scheme as the Mymeara Eldar to keep a nice cohesive look.  I have no plans on growing them beyond maybe a 1000 points or so for use in Ally games.  I really enjoy the aesthetics of the Tau tanks, the battlesuits, on the other hand, are a little too clunky looking.  I like what Forge World have done with the battlesuits, but can’t afford that sort of thing right now, especially for a secondary force.  I should be able to finish this guy up this week, and also have a Land Raider on the table that will hopefully get finished as well.

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Aug 06 2012 August 6, 2012 August 8, 2013 NoComment by cuzzle

Editing Miniature Photos with Gimp

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I watched this nice video on editing your photos to better display miniature online.  I’m most definitely not a graphic designer, but this is simple enough that I can follow.  I just need to assemble some sort of light box to improve my photos.  I’ll be trying this out soon!

 


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Aug 04 2012 August 4, 2012 August 4, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Wraithseer WIP #2

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Broke the airbrush out last night after finishing the assembly up on the Wraithseer and put the base coats down.  One thing I love about this army is how fast you can paint it, while having it still look nice.  Still need to do the ten trillion gems and other detail work.  I’m going to do the spear blade and shield with the airbrush in some nice purples when it’s dried enough to mask off.  Will be putting snow on the base as well.

Airbrushed Mymeara Eldar Wraithseer Conversion 
Airbrushed Wraithseer conversion in Mymeara colors 
Airbrushed Mymeara Eldar Wraithseer Conversion


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Aug 04 2012 August 4, 2012 August 4, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Wraithseer Conversion WIP

Posted in 40k, eldar, mymeara, wip
Wraithseer conversion

Wraithseer Conversion

I finished up my conversion for a Wraithseer for my Mymeara Eldar.  It was not too difficult and I’m really pleased with the result.  The base is just a plastic Wraithlord kit and a D-cannon from a Support Weapon platform.  The spear is made out of the wraithsword cut off on top, plastic q-tips for the shaft and then the fuel tank from a flamer from the wraithlord kit for the butt.  There is a wire run through the whole length of the spear to give it strength.  The shield is just made from plasticard with a spirit stone glued to it.  Really excited to get this painted up and ready to play.


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Aug 03 2012 August 3, 2012 August 3, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Ice Table WIP #3

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I managed to get all of the white portions painted yesterday and it is really coming together.  I will give the snow areas a coating of Future floor to give a nice glistening effect and then I just need to figure out how to do my ice.  I’m thinking clear resin with a little blue and a little white ink or paint mixed in.  I’ll try to pick some up this evening for testing purposes over the weekend.

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Aug 01 2012 August 1, 2012 August 1, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Terrain Failure – Ice Crystals

Posted in 40k, terrain, wip
Cutting the ice pillars
Painting the ice pillars
Gloss varnishing the ice pillars fail!
Last night the wife and I had a crafting/Star Trek night.  While she worked on some crocheting I pulled a bunch of scrap foam from building the table to work on some ice crystals to use as terrain.  Managed to make a whole bunch of various sizes and was pretty pleased with the result.  I used some cheap acrylic craft paint (only slightly darker than the actual blue of the foam) and dry brushed the edges white.  This morning before work, I took them outside and gave them a spray of gloss varnish to give them a nice shinny look, but to my dismay they started dissolving away despite the paint!  Generally I use a thicker latex paint on foam which will protect it enough that spray paints and varnishes will work, but the acrylic paint is not thick/strong enough.  Probably half are ruined beyond repair, the other half should be alright, but I’ll need to make more.  Next time I’m going to use Future Floor polish through the airbrush instead to avoid further failure.

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Aug 01 2012 August 1, 2012 August 1, 2012 NoComment by cuzzle

Ice Table WIP #3

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Did a little more work the last few days.  Put the third board section together (also have enough left over to do a fourth board later), and sanded the flat snowy portions of the board.  Next step will to do the white over-brushing to give a better snow effect.  I will probably end up gloss coating the board as well to have it look a little more snow-like.  I still need to figure out how to do the iced-over river.  Probably use resin with a little white and blue paint mixed in to cloud it up a little and give that a try.  Also time to start making plans for the various terrain bits that I will be doing.  Probably will start on the ice-crystal forests tonight and plan some pumping station style buildings.  Not sure what else I want to do.
I also found a similar board here that someone has built, and will be using some of his ideas, especially on the ice crystal forest.  Hopefully mine looks as good when it’s finished.

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