That's right friends... A GW model is about to grace my page again.
Actually this model is for one of my long time clients and it is part of a much bigger commission that I am going to be posting on for a little while I think.
And in all honesty it was kinda fun painting on a GW model. It's been a while since I painted a GW piece so it was nice working on something different. Sadly enough though I think this model and the next one I am going to be painting have sparked an urge in me to play 40k again.
You all have been warned.
Had to kind of switch gears a little bit on you guys. One of my clients has an idea to build a troll army for Hordes and I was trying to convince him to hire me to paint the models once he got them. So I asked him how he envisioned them looking and what you see here is what he came up with. Now I just hope that he likes it and decides to have me paint his army.
Just want to post up and let everyone know just how busy I have been over the last few days. I have been assembling and preping and painting this monster over last several days for one of my clients and I wanted to share how he was coming along.
The grey flesh, purple armor and bone on the tusks and claws was all airbrushed. This is my first real run doing mild detail work with my new Grex airbrush and damn... The 0.2mm nozzle in that can get precise.
Thats right Gang, its time for that big announcement that I told you I had in the news post I made on the 1st.
So my good friends over at PoweredPlay Gaming (you remember those guys... they are the ones that make the plug & play light kits that I put in a Baal Predator). Well they have been at it again and have come up with a really awesome (and I think necessary) product they are calling Powered Bases. These things look really cool...
I have been talking to the guys and they have told me that the bases are like a miniaturized version of the Alpha Kits and they come with a concealer ring that will help you hide everything under the bases. Now these are for 40mm or larger bases as technology is only so small, so you will have to think about lighting up some of the cooler special characters and even light jacks and warbeasts for Warmachine and Hordes or some of the models from Relic Knight are just begging to have a light kit added to them.
So when can you get in on this Kickstarter you ask? Well I have been saving this awesome news for now because I didn't want to make you guys wait around for to long. So at 9am PST today November 3rd you can hop onto Kickstarter and back this venture. I think the guys have a great product and this is a much needed concept especially for those of us that like things a lot less complicated.
I dont have the info on how big their goal is or how long this Kickstarter will last but I will find that info out and make an edit to this post as soon as I can find that info out along with a link direct from here to the Kickstarter.
Now I have it on good authority that they are going to be including a little something they are calling "throwies" in this little shindig as well... though I am not sure in what capacity they are going to have them. I think they are going to be an add-on but don't quote me on that one. I saw a little short video where one of the guys was showing these little suckers off and they look like a blast to play with.
Thats all for now and don't forget to go check out their Kickstarter once it goes live and show these guys some more support because this is going to be a great product.
Hey gang its that time of the month again where I tell you what all has been going on. And this time I can tell you that I have actually been up to a bunch of different things here in the studio from testing out paint schemes on my Black Dragons on my Khador to finally getting my Starter set and rulebook for Relic Knights. I have also been talking to a couple past customers of mine that are thinking about getting some work done on models.
Well as I sit here I have half painted models everywhere... I have been working on a few different test schemes for my Black Dragon Iron Fang Pikemen and I think I have come across the one I like the most and it is a small variation on the one that I posted up on here in October. I love the black with the red trim. I think gives them kind of an ominous feel. So as soon as I get done working on what I am working on now I am going to shift over to them and knock them out in a hurry.
Now for the big project of the moment... I am painting up my Black Diamond faction starter set for Relic Knights and I should have them all done shortly. I don't have much left to do really other than paint the minion squad that came in the box. And don't you fret there will be plenty of pictures as I am going to be doing a multi-part review on the game, models, rules... the whole thing. So honestly be expecting that from me in the next few days or so because I have a lot to say about this system and the models. For now though I am keeping my opinions all to myself because I want this to be a surprise and a good read for everyone. So no spoilers yet.
Also coming up on Monday I have a huge announcement that I am going to be making for a new product line from my friends over at Powered Play gaming. So the start of November is loaded with goodies. Perfect timing too with the holiday season upon us.
Now I am taking commission work at this time and I have some openings in the schedule so as always if you need something painted up just drop me a line at chris@2tonpainting.com and I will gladly get you a quote and an idea of a timeline as to how long things will take. But don't wait until the last minute to get those commission requests in to me because we are coming up on my busy season.
Thats all for now and stay tuned for some awesome announcements and reviews.
