Ulthwe

So I painted my first, and probably last Eldar last night. Ulthwe. It took about an hour, at midnight, and I have never done such precision highlighting in my life. I didn't bother finishing, because I knew it would take hours to touch up again, and again. I stopped at one, because I had to wake up at four for a BAND REVIEW!!! Which we took 1st in!!! YEESSSSS!!!!!! And our Drum Major took second! Swish!


I painted the weapons on the Land Raider silver, and I added a golden brown wash to my Sternguard.

Dreadnought Down

I've been really busy with my school marching band...and we had 2 parades and a competition in the past 3 days. So we were cramming as much marching information as we could in the past week...because compared to last year...we SUCK. We took a couple of 2nds and a 1st....horrible. Next Saturday is our next Comp. Those freshman suck more than the usual freshman.
Ugh...rivets....thats going to be a pain. I opted to take the magnets out of his arms, because I didn't feel like adding more detail paneling on the other arms.




And I picked up 4 Eldar Guardians and a Tactical Squad today.


And the tac sprue was missing a bit of plastic...which will require a bit of filling..Oh well.

I'm on Dreadnought Detail

From this:

To this:



I didn't like the battle damage that I gave him when I first got him, so I just put some paneling on him instead. This is my first detail work with small plasticard, and I'm highly pleased, though simple the project. I plan on doing it for all 4 of his arms maybe, as they're damaged too, and its not too great.
And I plan on adding some stuff to hold up the banner like my Standard Bearer.

Video Scavenger Hunt! And Knives

Yep..so another wasted weekend.
Saturday I spent the morning (6 AM-12 noon) taking my ACT, which is another standardized test for us Californians to take so we can get into college... Then I went to my school to help my friend with his Eagle Project (Yep, I'm a Boy Scout). Then after that, my friends and I did a video-picture scavenger hunt...which was a humongous load of fun. One of the things we had to do was to serenade to someone...so we serenaded to a car next to us. :D (I'm riding shotgun)

Then today I went to San Francisco to have lunch with my extended family...and came home and did some homework and virtually nothing else... BUT! I did get a gift from my uncle...who works for the newspaper, and...back in the day, before computer editing, they used knives to place the articles...and now he doesn't need them so...


I think I'm set :D :D :D
And I decided that I've been wanting to paint a Dreadnought for so long, I started pulling apart my first one...that I didn't assemble..and I found that the person who did (My friend who no longer paints) did so...crappily, and I was able to pick at it with index finger..and it all popped off...

And my sister had painted three models a while back, so I told her I was going to use them in my army, and I needed her to paint me 7 more...so she gets to spend some time with me painting :P

Those are two Crimson Fists, and I believe...is a...um...Blood Angel? Heh..I dunno :D

Not Much Not Much

Haven't gotten much done lately. I was able to start basing the Vanguard though, which I'm quite happy with. I've never used cork, so I was very happy with the outcome.




And I finished basecoating the metallics on the Sternguard, now just for highlights and gold.

Black Fist

I finished highlighting the blue on my Sternguard today. biggrin.gif And I started on the metals. I officially believe, that I am stupid. I haven't touched up the black yet, but I used my last pot of chaos black to make a darker metal color....so....I can't touch up the black until I get another pot...dammit. ermm.gif


And I just want to show my tank again cool.gif I drybrushed some metal color on the treads...but thats about it. The Hephaestus.


And I've started making the plastic components for the rest of my 50 Sternguard.

And I finished my 'governor'...the Terminator. (Yeah, I'm from California =-D )

I almost decided to make my 'Belial' model (which is just a small pile of bitz) into my 1st Company Captain....but...I opted not to :P Maybe Commander Culln from Forgeworld...hes ONLY £11.75.... for one model... ^o) But I was hoping to get the Red Scorption Veteran pack and Vangauard pack as well...so that ups the shopping cart.... ;) I need a job...and to finally pay off my sister...AUGGG

Squirrel_Fish (and others): I guess that the organization chart needs a bit of esplanin to do.
There are 10 squads (1st company). The Sternguard squads will be mounted in Land Raiders. The Terminators and Vanguard will not.
So looking at

Squad Gaia, with the Missile Launcher heavy weapons, will be attached to Land Raider Poseidon (which is why it says Missile Launcher next to it)
Squad Prometheus, with the Multi Meltas, will be attached to Land Raider Hephaestus.
Squad Tartarus, with the Lascannons, will be attached to Land Raider Hades.
Squad Enyo, with the Heavy Bolters, will be attached to Land Raider Ares.
Squad Hemera, with the Plasma Cannons, will be attached to Land Raider Artemis.

Make sense? =-D The chart is funky...but it is 'orderly'

By the Gods

Ugghh. I have to stop being so distracted! I need to finish that Sternguard squad!
I inked the black parts of the Land Raider, I wasn't too pleased with the drybrushing I did.
Before

After

Its only a subtle change, but it still looks a lot better. Wouldn't you say so too?

Attached to Sternguard squad Prometheus, The Hephaestus provides long range fire support.

I just got through reading Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder and Mythology by Edith Hamilton for my English class. I quite like the Greek Mythology that we'll be covering for the semester, and I think I'm going to label all of my stuff after Gods and Titans. ;-D Logically of course.
For starters, Prometheus is a Titan related to fire (Multi Meltas), while Hephaestus is the god of Fire and the Forge (attached to squad with Multi Meltas). Land Raiders will be titled after Olympian Dieties (Main gods), and squads will be titled after Primordial Dieties ( "secondary" gods).
My two Vanguard squads will be named Ouranos (Primordial), who was the god of the heavens, and Aether (Primordial) who was the god of upper air.
Quite confusing I know, but I think if I really put a bit of thought to it, it could actually work. =-D

Edit: Add

Add list:Heres how it goes. Sternguard are all in Land Raiders. On the right, it shows what kind of 2 heavy weapons each squad will have, which corresponds with the Land Raider names.


A quick draft, but I think I really like it. I can add to it when I get other tanks and scouts and other goodies ;)

Second Painted Raider

So much for weathering...
The initial, 2 second-made design.


I don't understand it, the blue on the Land Raider seems to be a bit lighter/grayer...
I sprayed black, then I basecoated black, then I drybrushed with Codex Gray...I'm not super pleased with the results..yet





And now I'm back on the hunt for some more BFG stuff >=-D