11/15/12: Finished: Reaper Elf Ranger and Orcland Raiders Shots

Hey guys!

So I've been busy the last couple of days! We've got a big game of Apocalypse planned for the Saturday after Thanksgiving, so we've been planning that. I've been busy at the studio though putting out some projects! The Smells Like Painting Mojo is back! I also discovered that I'm four episodes behind in Worlds End Radio podcasts, so I've been catching up on that. Got a ton of Independent Characters to catch up on too!

First up, I had a quick, one-off commission for a local guy who wanted his Elf Ranger, Ghost, painted up for his Pathfinder campaign. The Pathfinder group around here is really dedicated to their game, and its good to see them get their pieces painted too!

A little freehand on the cloak to break up the white, and I freehanded 'GHOST' onto his base to ensure he doesn't get confused in the whirl of melee!

I've also been getting a ton of Blood Bowl in the last couple of weeks. I've talked a little bit about it, but right now, the Orcland Raiders are sitting at 1-7 in the league with Darren MorcFadden, Raiders Thrower sitting at #1 for Star Player Points in the league. I finally have a goblin, Squish, with Catch so, assuming he doesn't just get annihilated by something (AV7!), I'm hoping to have MorcFadden connect with Squish for some Touchdowns! I've also got a pretty good defense rolling too with a Black Orc Blocker, Bill Romanorcski, with Block, and a Blitzer, Troy Polamorcu, with Mighty Blow!

On the painting field though, we're only sitting at the Troll, MorcFadden, Romanorcski, and a misc. Lineman with some paint!

I really want to get the Goblins done, right now I'm using an old Goblin Standard and a Grot for my goblins. I'll slowly get through the team, though I'll probably get them finished right as the league finishes, then I'll just move onto another team! I am going all out on these pieces though, enjoy the little Orcland Raider's logo on MorcFadden! Gotta do some tattoos too!

Alrighty, tomorrow starts the Thanksgiving Break, so plan is to get a lot of painting done next week. I've got the Femme Fatale Henchman army sitting on my desk, along with a Bastion or two and Magilla's Malifaux pieces. Can I get through them all? We'll sure see!

Granesh

11/13/12: This Week in Painting!

Hey guys!
Ugh, another week without a post! I was extremely busy last week, and everytime I wanted to pick up a brush, life and school got in the way! A paper or two, a couple dates, work, but fear not, I’ve got work to report on!
Just a quick walkthrough of what I’m hoping to accomplish here this week:

From left to right:

Festus the Dark Apostle. After finishing the first Festus model, I decided he’d make an excellent Dark Apostle model for a unit of Nurgle Cultists! I replaced his backpack with a toxic barrel, and with a little sculpting and cutting, fit the corpses from his backpack into it. The Nurgling is there too, ready to pack more foul objects into the vat!

The Tomb King for my slowing growing Tomb Kings army arrived! I’ve already got the base for him built, plan is to paint him and the chariot seperately, and just glue him in when its all finished! Should be a sweet model, I can’t wait!
We’re going to skip Abaddon for now, he’s a secondary project and, while it would be nice to get him done, its not necessary.

Darren MorcFadden: Quarterback, connoisseur of fine squigs, lady’s man, Star Player. Its about time I get some paint on this model, on my 1-7 Orcland Raiders Blood Bowl Team, this orc has 34 Star Player Points and a whole slew of skills! While the rest of the team was failing, he was racking up completions, and even has a casualty to his name! He’ll be playing against a Dark Elf team this week but, coupled with Squash, his Goblin receiver, I’m hoping for a couple of touchdowns! He’s got a 50k Gold bounty out for his head though, so I’ve gotta be careful!

And a little commission for a member of the local Pathfinder group, an old pewter elven ranger from Reaper. I usually work the day the group meets and, after a little chatting and showing off my stuff, one of the guys wanted his personal miniature for their campaign painted up. He should be a nice break from Games Workshop models and shouldn’t take more than a couple hours to get through!
Alrighty, next week I’ve got no classes, so I’m hoping to get a lot of painting done that week. My roommate and I are planning on rolling through Borderlands 2, but I should have plenty of time to get through my old backlog of projects and some podcasts I’ve been neglecting the last couple of weeks!
Granesh