Finally Old Stuff Day falls on a Sunday and thus on my usual blogging day. This means, in addition to show of a bit of what I did during the last week, I also get to put a spotlight on some old posts of mine as well as those of other bloggers!
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| Pict 1560: Warhammer Forge Cottage |
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| Pict 1561: Warhammer Forge Cottage |
First up, however, is the one miniature I finished since my last post: To do something completly different to my Blood Angels, I painted up
this Cottage made by ForgeWorld for Warhammer Fantasy. I painted it
using my usual recipe
to go with my other Fantasy terrain. I really like the simplicity of
the sculpt. It does not even have any skulls mandatory for later
Warhammer sets, so it will fit nicely on a table used for games of
Middle-earth SBG.
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| Pict 1562: Legio Solaria Warhounds, House Procon Vi Cerastus Lancers (WIP) |
And to show of what else I
have been doing: The Legio Solaria Warhounds and the Cerastus Knights
have had the base colours finished as well as the decals and the oil
wash. Once the latter has fully dried, the Titans and Knights should be
done quite quickly.
Man, it was great fun to think about blogs and specific blog posts that I liked during the last few years. I also scrolled through some of my favourite blogs, which was a very enjoyable evening. Please do have a look at some of these posts and maybe give these blogs a follow if you don't already!
Old School Gaming - Forest Dragon
Marc's blogposts are always a delight, but I really loved the Wood Elf Highborn riding on the classic Forest Dragon he painted a few years back. The colours are super smooth and vibrant and the base uses a lot of different textures including some seeds that look a bit like dragon eggs.
Chucking Monkeys - Carnifex in Drop Pod
While I'm not painting any Tyranids right now and I don't really plan to, I think about this conversion every once in a while. Actually putting a Carnifex into the Tyranid Drop Pod is such a cool idea. It really makes you see how the miniature works within the world.
Confessions of a 40k addict - Devilgants
40kaddict
really is a prolific blogger and his Tyranids are iconic. Once you see
them, you will always recognise them! The linked post shows a group of
Termagants armed with Devourers – my favourite load out when I started
playing them, even if it doubled their points costs.
Kaiju Country - Imperator Titan Build
Goddenzilla's Imperator Titan build is an amazing read and I highly recommend the whole series. This particular post shows his process of detailing the immense engine and in particular the build of the head.
Rob Hawkins - Skaven Orrery
Another
great project log that follows an amazing build. Rob's skill in
utilising the Citadel plastic parts, combining them and adding in his
own parts is such an inspiration!
262nd Death Korps of Krieg - Reaver Titans
After getting into Adeptus Titanicus recently, I went back through DAM's posts of Titans to look for inspiration on posing mine. They were some of the first posts on the blog that I read and I still love DAM's use of colours and his basing!
Death of a Rubricist - History of the Leman Russ
Speaking of small scale miniatures, I love this look back through the history of the Leman Russ. Before reading, I had no idea how many different miniatures were released for it. Its a fun design exercise to compare the details through the various iterations.
Würfelwiese - Acastus Knight Porphyrion
I really like Würfelwiese's painting style, the colours are always so strong and the contrast with with shadows really makes them pop. The Knight in the linked post is also impressivly weathered and the addition of a Techpriest on the base really sells the size of the engine.
Omnissiah's Skunkworks - Replicating Reavers
Carl only recently migrated his website to blogger and I'm very happy that the beautiful Titans (especially the Legio Solaria) still have a place on the internet. One of his current projects is to rebuild a classic Titanicus army from White Dwarf with modern plastic kits.
Nicky Grillet - The Wandering Ruins
Nicky also recently revived the blogging on her website. I love the mood she packs into her miniatures and her terrain. Looking through her pictures is always an inspiration!
And to advertise some of my own goods as well, here are three posts that I am particularly proud of:
Building an Uruk-hai army like it's 2001
I'm still very proud of my full metal Uruk-hai Scout army and have recently taken it out to play some games with it. To have a bit more versatility when list building, I have contemplated converting some more Scouts without any equipment, but for now the blogpost from five years ago is still a good representation of this collection!
Cursed City completed
This one really is one of my greates accompishements! I love the look of all the completed miniatures and I really would like to play another campaign. I'm still missing some more miniatures for the expansions but with all the stuuf I have on my desk right now, I don't see myself painting them in the next little while. Still, getting to look at these pictures brings me joy!
Converted Mordor Troll Chieftain
Lastly, this big guy in probably my best conversion to date. It really pushed my ability to use green stuff and I'm still very happy with it. It's a bit sad, that I can't really use him in a legal list right now. But I could see myself getting some Morannon Orcs to revive my Black Gate army.
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