Inspired by our most recent Warhammer get-together, I spent the majority of this past weekend painting and assembling miniatures. I assembled my warbuggy, my nob squad, and all of the Black Reach Orks that Neil so graciously gifted me when I was visiting. I haven’t yet assembled the remaining trukk, but hopefully I can get around to it soon. Once that was all done, I turned my attention to my marines. In the previous posts, I mentioned that I was having a lot of trouble getting the white paint to look decent and in comments I mentioned that I was considering stripping them and starting over. Well, after much humming and hawing, I finally got around to buying some Simple Green at Home Hardware in Brooklin and began soaking my miniatures in batches. Overall, the paint came off quite well. Only a few had remnants of old paint left after scrubbing them with a toothbrush under running water. Regardless, it wasn’t enough to lose detail when painting over it. Only a few actually had the primer removed by the Simple Green, so if you’re looking to do this and reprime them with a different color, be aware that you might not be able to get the results you want this way.

I finally settled on the Howling Griffons for my paint scheme. Originally I found it a bit ostentatious and loud, and it evoked imagery of ketchup and mustard, but it’s grown on me over time, especially after seeing some great examples of the scheme in action. Before settling on standard livery, I was thinking of doing a night-world variant army, which is all black armour except for the shoulders which are quartered in the red-yellow scheme, but I didn’t want another black army on the table, especially not if Chris’ army ends up being Black Legion. I then figured a dark grey would look cool, but I was still undecided. I did some test paint jobs of each of the two of the Griffons’ schemes.

I quite liked both schemes, but after seeing the great examples around the net, and hearing input from friends and family, I decided that the standard livery was the best way to go.

So after having a great time at the latest Warhammer weekend, I didn’t want to let things fall by the wayside again (AGAIN!), and used that excitement as inspiration and fuel to get started with painting up all of my models.

So that’s what I did for the majority of the weekend. What you see in the picture isn’t the entirety of the army, but I did manage to get ever last model started. I’ve done the base coat of the red-yellow quartering. Now I have to go back over them and fix minor details, paint their bolters, etc. Then it will be a matter of using washes to make their armour look weather worn and to bring out the shadows. After that, I may or may not highlight them. I’m not 100% sure yet. The one mini I’ve done the wash on looks good as-is, so I may leave it that way. We’ll just have to see. I also found a transfer sheet online of Griffons’ symbology that I can use, and that’ll be the last step.

Also, I considered doing the grey livery for the veterans and captains in the army, but as I got through painting all of them, I decided to just stick with the standard armour colours for the marines. It’ll look better overall when they’re done.

And that’s it! I’m looking forward to having the finished products finally ready for everyone to see, and I hope you enjoyed my update. How about everyone else? How are your armies coming along?

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I started off by planning the terrain piece build I have been dreaming of for a good long while now. Have the basic plans/outline in my head all set and will most likely start it this week. After that I got back to getting my Necron Monolith clipped, trimmed, and ready for assembly. Should have it all together and primed by the end of tomorrow. Would have it done today, but we have a dinner to go too…sigh. lol. Been spending soooooo much time on miniwargaming.com for all the inspiration I needed. Watched a few awesome battle reports and I was sold.

I will also be getting my first dose of Warmachine soon. Now that members get reward points every month that turns into a free gift every month, or accumulates into one big gift over a few months, I will be getting some free Warmachine warjacks with my next order. I have 8 months worth of points to spend on free stuff, HURRAY FOR FREE STUFF! Can’t wait to roll out some steam powered mecha in the future.

All this has also gotten me starting to plan my next Warhammer weekend (one day to be wargaming weekend ;p) at my place. The game room is prepped I just need to do some repairs on models dinged in the move and finish off some things I still need to build, then grind out terrain. I would like to maybe try and do it either really late spring or early/mid summer. I know it could be tough with Chris’s wedding and all already being around then, but we all get a few long weekends around that time also. I was thinking maybe evening doing it Canada day weekend if people had no other patriotic plans ;p This would give us all plenty of time to get back into the saddle and prep our armies in time.

Anyways, let me know what you guys think and if things work time wise for ya. If not lets start debating and suggesting a weekend that would be best for everyone!

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For materials, i chopped up a clip board i had and made the bases out of it. It’s called mesonite, cuts and shaves well with a knife but is also tough and ridged. To define the pieces i layed out some styrofoam, then made the bags out of modelling clay and glued them on top. Covered the thing with sand from the street, then painted it with three cheap paints from the dollar store, although i did use some Calthan Brown citadel paint also. May add some details later, ie lasguns, backpacks, helmets, etc.

Overall came out better then i thought they would. Let me know what you think.

Call me crazy, but I have an idea. July 10-12th, warhammer party at my place! Armies need to be assembled and atleast primed to play. I figure we can aim for 1000 point battles, unless we feel bold and do higher point counts.

I know it may be short between visists for you curt, but I think it would be fun. People can camp at my place. We will obviously warhammer it up lots and watch movies maybe plan some kind of rpg. I am figuring dinner on Saturday at madisons steak house. Love that place, maybe catch a movie if there is anything worth seeing.

So let me know what you guys think.

Neil

So, I did some research, and found this little gem. From what he says on his blog, he used basic hardware store epoxy putty to completely mold from scratch jetbike chassis for a squad of six eldar jetbikes, and used leftover bits from wave serpent/falcon sprues to build the rest. So this inspired me. The main thing I needed my greenstuff for was to make one or two extra warp jump generator carapaces for my autarch and possibly a secondary one should I have the available limbs, torsos and desire to have more than one weapon layout. And as basic hardware store epoxy putty suffices for the thick jetbike chassis, it will no doubt suffice for the thick carapace I needed. So off to Canadian Tire I went and picked up some Mighty Putty. For a paltry $11 after tax, I was able to purchase more of Billy Mays’ favourite all-purpose putty than I could have got green stuff for several times the price.

Now, I’ve done a lot of research on the subject, and the main reason many modders advise against Mighty Putty is two reasons. One, it hardens in about five minutes and essentially needs to be carved after that. And two, it hardens much too hard to replace delicate plastic pieces, more into a chunk of rock or concrete than into a hardened plastic. But as I will be using it mainly to replace thick metal pieces by making molds and then pressing fresh putty into the cured molds, flexibility and working time is essentially a non-issue as thick metal pieces aren’t supposed to bend. I had been warned that it had a strong smell, but having foolishly worked in closed quarters with fiberglass dust and paint fumes, I felt I could deal with any chemical smell.

So, I arrived home and after spending some time with the family and Deb had gone to bed, it was time to try out my new miracle putty and make Billy proud. No sooner had I opened a tube and cut off a suitable chunk to cast a mold, was I hit with an odor not entirely unlike a clogged ceptic tank. Why Billy? Why didn’t you warn us of this terrible evil curse surrounding your beloved putty? The immediate reaction of dropping it on the floor and trying to kill it was a difficult foe to beat, but beat it I did. And so I proceeded to spend the next 3 minutes rubbing this foul-smelling clay between my weakening hands, each squeeze producing another noseful of decomposing sulfur. And it got really warm as the chemical reaction took place. But eventually, I placed the putty, fully kneaded, onto a small piece of paper and pressed the carapace down into the blob, and then carefully removed it. And lo and behold, a perfect impression! So I set the mold aside to cure and quickly went to wash off my now sticky hands and carapace. So I’m pleasantly optimistic that this will provide the results I’m looking for. I’ll see tonight how well the mold has cured.

Thank you Billy Mays, thank you, you crazy frenetic bastard.

So really it’s a matter of what you want to get a lot, or a little. By the same token, If you really wanted to go nuts, greenputty.com offers a bulk bundle of 24 units of green stuff by adding $200 to the base of $20. So, to compare if you really needed a lot of green stuff, to say, build a bookshelf out of or something you would be looking at $227.59 from greenputty, or $346.76 from the war store. The savings!

And just for the fun of it, what does Games Workshop charge you for the same amounts of green stuff? Well, assuming you go the cheapest route and buy it in-person at the GW store.  For one package of the stuff it comes out to only$13.80 after tax! But oh, wait, that’s for a third of the amount so it’s really $41.40 for the equivalent of one brick. Or, if we wanted 3 bricks worth, it would be $124.20. And lastly, how does GW compare to the massive bulk order of 24 bricks of green stuff? With a whopping $993.60 after tax, that’s how!

The moral of the story, don’t go with GW unless you really only need a little of the stuff and don’t ever intend to use it again.