Yes ive dug out the old Warmachine models and I must say, I still love the look of them, they are still so gorgeous. As you can see below ive gone with Cryx.
Look out soon for a third blog.
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Oh no, a 3rd blog perhaps?
Well I got a model itch whilst working on my imperial guard and my chaos warriors and next thing I know, im painting Warmachine.
Yes ive dug out the old Warmachine models and I must say, I still love the look of them, they are still so gorgeous. As you can see below ive gone with Cryx.
Look out soon for a third blog.
Yes ive dug out the old Warmachine models and I must say, I still love the look of them, they are still so gorgeous. As you can see below ive gone with Cryx.
Look out soon for a third blog.
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Warhammer Fantasy Battle
Hi guys, I am still working on my Imperial Guard, but at presnt its on a bi-daily basis as every other day is currently involving me working on my Warhammer Fantasy Battle Warriors Of Chaos army.
If you are interested please visit: http://thecorvushost.blogspot.com/
If you are interested please visit: http://thecorvushost.blogspot.com/
Monday, 12 July 2010
Airbrush Ho!
I constantly prattle on about using my airbrush. Its not that im addicted to prattling on about it, its just that I cant stress enough how much easier and quicker it makes painting.
For example if you take a look at the previous blog post I undercoated a Leman Russ Punisher, a Stormlord, 5 guardsmen and a heavy weapons team.
Now if I wanted to put down the basecoat of colour by brush on to all of these, I would still be painting them at 10pm tonight. Honestly it would take me that long and I guarantee i'd be considering another coat or two just to even out the colour. Sheesh if I was being really honest, the Stormlord alone would take me that long!
So I dug out, my airbrush and compressor earlier today. Well I say I dug them out, thats not true. I got my aunt to do it as lifting all that kit is a surefire way to upset my surgery site and pull all the mending muscles and flesh.
Once dug out I proceeded to see how long it would take to lay down my initial layer of paint onto my models...............
30 minutes!
Thats right, it took me 30 minutes to do the lot and that also included a clean of the airbrush in the middle so the paint didnt dry in all the internals of it.
Now below is just a quick snap of the models with the first layer of colour airbrushed on. For troops it helps me get the layer of colour on that takes the longest. Of course the rest will be done by hand, but its still faster this way.
The tanks however... WOW. They have a nice coat and because the airbrush is controlled you can see shading and highlights on it allready and that is before I even apply a lighter colour to the model.
One thing I am also able to do is apply a dirt spray to the lower half of the tanks, I havent done this yet, but that will be next after I have applied the highlights.
For example if you take a look at the previous blog post I undercoated a Leman Russ Punisher, a Stormlord, 5 guardsmen and a heavy weapons team.
Now if I wanted to put down the basecoat of colour by brush on to all of these, I would still be painting them at 10pm tonight. Honestly it would take me that long and I guarantee i'd be considering another coat or two just to even out the colour. Sheesh if I was being really honest, the Stormlord alone would take me that long!
So I dug out, my airbrush and compressor earlier today. Well I say I dug them out, thats not true. I got my aunt to do it as lifting all that kit is a surefire way to upset my surgery site and pull all the mending muscles and flesh.
Once dug out I proceeded to see how long it would take to lay down my initial layer of paint onto my models...............
30 minutes!
Thats right, it took me 30 minutes to do the lot and that also included a clean of the airbrush in the middle so the paint didnt dry in all the internals of it.
Now below is just a quick snap of the models with the first layer of colour airbrushed on. For troops it helps me get the layer of colour on that takes the longest. Of course the rest will be done by hand, but its still faster this way.
The tanks however... WOW. They have a nice coat and because the airbrush is controlled you can see shading and highlights on it allready and that is before I even apply a lighter colour to the model.
One thing I am also able to do is apply a dirt spray to the lower half of the tanks, I havent done this yet, but that will be next after I have applied the highlights.
At last a dry non-windy day!
Firstly I took some 'natural light' pics of my two almost completed tanks, my almost completed command squad and my almost completed 'first 5' of my Troop Squad 1.
On to the undercoated models, firstly my Stormlord:
Leman Russ Punisher:
Troop Squad 2 (1/2):
Command HQ Heavy Weapons team:
Troop Squad 2 (1/2):
Command HQ Heavy Weapons team:
Sunday, 11 July 2010
So I set too work on my command Chimera today. Its slow work but at present I am trying to get it to a point where it looks not bad on the board. I do have plans to put some serious effort into making it stand out, but I think i'm just going to use it as a company command Chimera and put some converting etc into the force commands Chimera.
Please note there is still a lot to be done.
This is the company markings I plan for my force:
A alos built my tank commander model today. As you can see the tank commander is sticking out the top of the Leman Russ Punisher. I have plans to convert and stick loads of extras on to make this stand out, but this will do fo now as allows me to play games with mates (unpainted).
No sponson weapons are attached as I plan to have these swappable.
Please note there is still a lot to be done.
This is the company markings I plan for my force:
A alos built my tank commander model today. As you can see the tank commander is sticking out the top of the Leman Russ Punisher. I have plans to convert and stick loads of extras on to make this stand out, but this will do fo now as allows me to play games with mates (unpainted).
No sponson weapons are attached as I plan to have these swappable.
Saturday, 10 July 2010
Executioner - Battle Ready
Technically this model is not complete. I have to apply a matt undercoat before I can add transfers and weathering effects. I have the Forgeworld painting guide and it has some fantastic advice for doing this so I plan to do that once the weather does not involve rain or strong winds.
However is as complete as it needs to be for gaming purposes at the moment.
Now if i'm honest i'm not happy with it 100%. I drybrushed the brown on to the model as it was the quickest method at the time. This works to get batches of models done fast, but is no good for making the overall model look good.
However is as complete as it needs to be for gaming purposes at the moment.
Now if i'm honest i'm not happy with it 100%. I drybrushed the brown on to the model as it was the quickest method at the time. This works to get batches of models done fast, but is no good for making the overall model look good.The good news is that I have an airbrush now so applying paint, shading and applying dirt/weathering effects should be a lot easier. I also invested in a load of weathering powders as well so am going to use this as a test for the weathering affects.
Sta tuned as hopefully before the end of the week I will have an airbrushed tank in progress to show the differences.
Friday, 9 July 2010
And again
I know right! Aliens have taken the real me and replaced me with someone who updates his blog. Not only that, they have replaced me with someone who can update several times in one day as well.
Jokes aside, the new Warhammerrules are seriously saucy. If you play Warhammer, go out and buy them just so you ca drool at all the nice changes that are going to allow you to field armies you will actually look forward to playing.
Now the update:
I've added company marking to my Leman Russ Executioner and have also done further work on it. The flash on my camera seems to fade out a lot of the real life colour, but you get the idea. I still plan to add grime, dirt and paint chips but I am very pleased with its current position. I think ill put another coat on he company markings, but not tonight as im painted out for one day.
I still also have to add the obligitary transfers to make the whole model look complete, but these will be done after the matt undercoat and grime are added so that they dont react funny to the undercoat. Once on I will also do some sneaky paint tricks I learned to make the transfers not look like transfers.
Jokes aside, the new Warhammerrules are seriously saucy. If you play Warhammer, go out and buy them just so you ca drool at all the nice changes that are going to allow you to field armies you will actually look forward to playing.
Now the update:
I've added company marking to my Leman Russ Executioner and have also done further work on it. The flash on my camera seems to fade out a lot of the real life colour, but you get the idea. I still plan to add grime, dirt and paint chips but I am very pleased with its current position. I think ill put another coat on he company markings, but not tonight as im painted out for one day.
I still also have to add the obligitary transfers to make the whole model look complete, but these will be done after the matt undercoat and grime are added so that they dont react funny to the undercoat. Once on I will also do some sneaky paint tricks I learned to make the transfers not look like transfers.
Its a miracle!
Another update not in a month but in a single day.
Had to update to show you what arrived:
It s so sexy. Big thick pages a gorgeous cover and a nice metal clasp and emblam on the front . I have spent an hour perusing the pages (of my normal copy) and all I can say is the rules look promising. They also gave a lookie at the new named demon characters that are due out with the re-issue of the Chaos Demons. All I will say is they look gorgeous!
Next I finally found my Forgeworld Avatar model. This means I have something small to practice my resin painting on (I have an eldar super heavy and Revenant titan sitting). However it also meant I could attach him to the super sexy resin bases I bought for my eldar force.
You have to admit, they do look sexy and close up they are rally detailed as well.
Had to update to show you what arrived:
It s so sexy. Big thick pages a gorgeous cover and a nice metal clasp and emblam on the front . I have spent an hour perusing the pages (of my normal copy) and all I can say is the rules look promising. They also gave a lookie at the new named demon characters that are due out with the re-issue of the Chaos Demons. All I will say is they look gorgeous!
Next I finally found my Forgeworld Avatar model. This means I have something small to practice my resin painting on (I have an eldar super heavy and Revenant titan sitting). However it also meant I could attach him to the super sexy resin bases I bought for my eldar force.
You have to admit, they do look sexy and close up they are rally detailed as well.Just so you Imperial Guard fans dont feel left out, I have also been doing some work on one of my tanks. I decided to try a bt of OSL for the plasma generator at the back. Any comments or criticisms are most welcome!
Slow, slow progress
Firstly I have been sortng up my 'True Scale' Space Wolves. I think I am finally happy with a quick and easy way of doing a 1000pt force of them true to fluff scale.
As you can see the Long Fangs are considerably bigger than the Imperial Guard. Whats weird though is the third from the right is a normal basic marine that I did my first test scaling on and it turns out he is not much bigger than the second from the right which is the new space wolve sprues. It seems GW have upped the size of their newer marines.
I think scale wise my Long Fangs are averaging about 9ft in height compared to the guardsman, so I am happy with this.
For any that wish to use, I use plasticard and greystuff to do the re-modelling.
This is the first 5 of one of my basic troop squads. I am trying for a quick and easy paint scheme that looks good on the table and can allow for further 'detailing' later on when I actually have a painted force to play with.
My company command is almost completely finished (for now). I have to do some more work on the banner, but it is only a bit of highlighting with white and the company names on the banner.
I do plan to expand this squad later on and intend to add a heavy weapons team as well. They do have a chimera sitting for them as it stands, but like many other things I need t complete it.
My Valkyrie has undergone further painting. The internals are all done (pic to follow in a few days) and I am working on getting the outside done so I can call it complete. I opted to paint the ejection seats in the cockpit a deep red colour as I think it stands out from the drab air force grey I am going for.
I was unsure how to do the engines, but after a good rummage through http://www.warseer.com & http://www.dakkadakka.com I have an idea in mind on how to progress.
Stay tuned as I am currently of sick after an operation that didnt go planned so I have a reasonable amount of time to give my painting a good go.
As you can see the Long Fangs are considerably bigger than the Imperial Guard. Whats weird though is the third from the right is a normal basic marine that I did my first test scaling on and it turns out he is not much bigger than the second from the right which is the new space wolve sprues. It seems GW have upped the size of their newer marines.
I think scale wise my Long Fangs are averaging about 9ft in height compared to the guardsman, so I am happy with this.
For any that wish to use, I use plasticard and greystuff to do the re-modelling.
This is the first 5 of one of my basic troop squads. I am trying for a quick and easy paint scheme that looks good on the table and can allow for further 'detailing' later on when I actually have a painted force to play with.
My company command is almost completely finished (for now). I have to do some more work on the banner, but it is only a bit of highlighting with white and the company names on the banner.
I do plan to expand this squad later on and intend to add a heavy weapons team as well. They do have a chimera sitting for them as it stands, but like many other things I need t complete it.
My Valkyrie has undergone further painting. The internals are all done (pic to follow in a few days) and I am working on getting the outside done so I can call it complete. I opted to paint the ejection seats in the cockpit a deep red colour as I think it stands out from the drab air force grey I am going for.
I was unsure how to do the engines, but after a good rummage through http://www.warseer.com & http://www.dakkadakka.com I have an idea in mind on how to progress.
Stay tuned as I am currently of sick after an operation that didnt go planned so I have a reasonable amount of time to give my painting a good go.
That is of course if my concentration keeps up!
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Once more unto the breach!
As I stated in my last post, I have got back into painting and modelling my Imperial guard. I really do like the idea of vast numbers of troops and armour forging its way across an endless battle and the Guard just fit that role perfectly.
So lately I have been working on the armour side of my guard for a brief break from the troops.
Firstly, I have done some more work to my Chimera. There is a lot still to do, but I am trying out different techniques and the like.
I purchased the forgeworld painting guide and it has lead me to a realisation that I need to purchase a proper air brush and compressor. So next month, thats what my spends will be on.
I tried to make the plasma coils look like they where building up and I thought the blue would offset the drab colours of the tank colours.
Today I finally built the 2nd of my super heavy tanks. I love this kit, it is just such a nice model to build. I can see my buying a 3rd tank to make a shadowsword at a later date but at the moment I am happy with the 2 of them.
The size in comparrison to the Chimera is quite shocking. The poor Chimera is just dwarfed.
I have even found the time to work on my Valkyrie. It had a grey undercoat and I am doing the shading at the moment. the idea I have for my force is that all ground vehicles will be brown with a little bit of grey added in as camo, but my airforce will primarily be grey. It seems to look reasonably okm, but I have a lot of work to do.
I do love this model and once it is finally complete, I may just have to purchase a vendetta to go with it. however before that I will probably pick up a Malcador as I think that is a gorgeous tank! 
So lately I have been working on the armour side of my guard for a brief break from the troops.
Firstly, I have done some more work to my Chimera. There is a lot still to do, but I am trying out different techniques and the like.
I purchased the forgeworld painting guide and it has lead me to a realisation that I need to purchase a proper air brush and compressor. So next month, thats what my spends will be on.
Next I decided to paint the first of many Leman Russ's I plan to have. I have another 2 sitting in a bag waiting to be built, but I thought i'd see how quickly I could get onbe to a standard where it might pass for completed on the tabletop.
I painted the tracks on the sprue and drybrushed the colour on the tank on tope of a black undercoat. It seems to work reasonably well to getting it to a very basic tabletop standard.
I tried to make the plasma coils look like they where building up and I thought the blue would offset the drab colours of the tank colours.
Today I finally built the 2nd of my super heavy tanks. I love this kit, it is just such a nice model to build. I can see my buying a 3rd tank to make a shadowsword at a later date but at the moment I am happy with the 2 of them.
The size in comparrison to the Chimera is quite shocking. The poor Chimera is just dwarfed.
I have even found the time to work on my Valkyrie. It had a grey undercoat and I am doing the shading at the moment. the idea I have for my force is that all ground vehicles will be brown with a little bit of grey added in as camo, but my airforce will primarily be grey. It seems to look reasonably okm, but I have a lot of work to do.
I do love this model and once it is finally complete, I may just have to purchase a vendetta to go with it. however before that I will probably pick up a Malcador as I think that is a gorgeous tank!
Monday, 15 February 2010
More paint on models
So again I have found the inclination and time to put paint to my models. Now i'm not doing anything spectacular with them, I am just trying to get them up to a reasonable tabletop standard.
Firstly my battlewagon is getting some attention. I have given it the classic 'red' paintjob that orks love as I want it to be part of my Kult of Speed.
This paintjob was quick and easy with 4 drybrush layers. 2 where of scab red and the last 2 where of blood red. I do plan some final highlights, but they will be done once I have the other areas base coated.
The following is where I am at with my Kommando's. I wnet for a colour scheme that almost matched my imperial guard army. Again I have just got a few coats on them, but I am happy with the progress.
Here is where I am at with Snikrot. The camera doesnt show the details, but again I am just using my phone for taking these.
Now on to what I am most pleased about. 
As you can see I decided to go for an Inyandun Sun stripe as their platoon markings, which is also carried over to the flag as well. This should help to keep the army looking more coherent.
The following is my first completed basic trooper. I have a lot that just need their bases done to finish, but this just gives you an idea of where I am going. As you can see he has a different helmet from the command squad, but the fluff I am writing indicates that only the 'inportan' groups get the good anti virus/bacteria gear and the troops get the older stuff.
I hope you like and as per usual all comments and criticism welcome.
Firstly my battlewagon is getting some attention. I have given it the classic 'red' paintjob that orks love as I want it to be part of my Kult of Speed.
This paintjob was quick and easy with 4 drybrush layers. 2 where of scab red and the last 2 where of blood red. I do plan some final highlights, but they will be done once I have the other areas base coated.The following is where I am at with my Kommando's. I wnet for a colour scheme that almost matched my imperial guard army. Again I have just got a few coats on them, but I am happy with the progress.
Here is where I am at with Snikrot. The camera doesnt show the details, but again I am just using my phone for taking these.
Now on to what I am most pleased about.
I have managed to get back in the mood for doing my Imperial Guard. I have been doing some work on my Valkyrie, but I have left it at a friends so no pics unfortunately.
I decided to do some more work with my command squad. The only things I have left now are to finish off the banner and to do some final highlights on the weapons and metallics.
As you can see I decided to go for an Inyandun Sun stripe as their platoon markings, which is also carried over to the flag as well. This should help to keep the army looking more coherent.
The following is my first completed basic trooper. I have a lot that just need their bases done to finish, but this just gives you an idea of where I am going. As you can see he has a different helmet from the command squad, but the fluff I am writing indicates that only the 'inportan' groups get the good anti virus/bacteria gear and the troops get the older stuff.
I hope you like and as per usual all comments and criticism welcome.
Oh I also found my good camera last night so I can see a photo fest taking place!
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Working on everything
So i'm sill here and believe it or not I am actually painting.
I have been working on so many different things at the moemnt that its hard to keep track but the way I see it... i'm working on them!
I have been having problems locating my good camera, so this post wont be full of wonderful pictures to go with each step, but I did manage to grab a couple of cack photos with my phone.
Firstly a list of what I have been working on:
IMPERIAL GUARD
Troops 1 - 10 man squad, built, undercoated and base colours.
Troops 2 - 10 man squad built and undercoated.
Heavy Support - 3 teams built and undercoated.
SPACE ORKS
Stompa - Built
Character's (all except mad doc grotsnik & Snikrot) - Built.
Snikrot - Built, undercoated and half painted (I know, shock horror!).
Battlewagon - Built, undercoated and half painted (I must be ill).
Kommado's - Built, undercoated and half painted (I really must be ill!).
All other ork purchases including bikes, storm boys, 2 black reach lots and various others - Built & half undercoated.
ELDAR
Seer Council - Half built/half dry fitted
The seer council is one of the units that is going to take time to complete. I plan to have the Farseer and Warlocks magnetised on to a base which holds a jetbike. This will allow me to use them as mounted, but it will also allow me to reattch them magnetically to a basic base so that they can be on foot.
To see how I am getting along with them, see below:
I will take some pictures of the other models talked about in this post and get them added at a later date! (just need to find that elusive camera, or borrow a mates)
I have been working on so many different things at the moemnt that its hard to keep track but the way I see it... i'm working on them!
I have been having problems locating my good camera, so this post wont be full of wonderful pictures to go with each step, but I did manage to grab a couple of cack photos with my phone.
Firstly a list of what I have been working on:
IMPERIAL GUARD
Troops 1 - 10 man squad, built, undercoated and base colours.
Troops 2 - 10 man squad built and undercoated.
Heavy Support - 3 teams built and undercoated.
SPACE ORKS
Stompa - Built
Character's (all except mad doc grotsnik & Snikrot) - Built.
Snikrot - Built, undercoated and half painted (I know, shock horror!).
Battlewagon - Built, undercoated and half painted (I must be ill).
Kommado's - Built, undercoated and half painted (I really must be ill!).
All other ork purchases including bikes, storm boys, 2 black reach lots and various others - Built & half undercoated.
ELDAR
Seer Council - Half built/half dry fitted
The seer council is one of the units that is going to take time to complete. I plan to have the Farseer and Warlocks magnetised on to a base which holds a jetbike. This will allow me to use them as mounted, but it will also allow me to reattch them magnetically to a basic base so that they can be on foot.
To see how I am getting along with them, see below:
I will take some pictures of the other models talked about in this post and get them added at a later date! (just need to find that elusive camera, or borrow a mates)
Friday, 15 January 2010
So I got my Tyranid's early this week and decided to start building them. I started off with some Gargoyles which are awesome new models and they fit together so well. I built 5 of them for now and plan to do the other 5 at some point when I have more time.
Next up I decided to build the Trygon in a Trygon prime configuration. I must say this is quite possibly the easiest GW model I have put together. It was an absolute pleasure to build from start to finish and there are so many options available for it as well.
Out of focus Ravener, again very nice model with stupid amounts of options and it also appears to be taller than the old metal one as well.
Some Kommando's I bought. I really like painting orks so these may end up painted very soon.
My converted Eldar Dreadnought. I decided that the standard walking pose looked naff, so a little bit of hacking and greystuff here and there and I have this pose. 
Again, apologies for the quality, phone camera with crappy living room light and this is the outcome, but at least you can see the randomness of my modelling addiction.
Next up I decided to build the Trygon in a Trygon prime configuration. I must say this is quite possibly the easiest GW model I have put together. It was an absolute pleasure to build from start to finish and there are so many options available for it as well.
Out of focus Ravener, again very nice model with stupid amounts of options and it also appears to be taller than the old metal one as well.
Some Kommando's I bought. I really like painting orks so these may end up painted very soon.
My converted Eldar Dreadnought. I decided that the standard walking pose looked naff, so a little bit of hacking and greystuff here and there and I have this pose.
I must admit, I am quite pleased with it.
Again, apologies for the quality, phone camera with crappy living room light and this is the outcome, but at least you can see the randomness of my modelling addiction.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
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