Deadlines approaching

I'm painting some Lord of the Rings figures for a charity auction at The Gathering in the Desert, an Indy GT for LotR held in Phoenix. You can find out more at http://www.adeptusarizona.com/blog/?page_id=51.

I decided to do the diorama "No man can kill me". I wanted to make the figures usable both in the diorama and for regular game play so I decided to try using magnets as show here. The round silver magnets come from "Amazing Magnets" (http://www.amazingmagnets.com/) and the black metal strips I purchased at Michael's Craft Store. The nice thing about the strip magnets is they can easily be cut to any size and shape you need. The idea is that the strip magnet will allow the model to attach to either a standard round gaming base OR the diorama base without being permanently fixed to these.

Now I need to get cutting on painting these three to meet my February deadline!

Better late then never.

It took me a but longer to finish my first unit let alone get some good pics of it. But, after much delay here it is.

I have to take a short break to do some commission work but I hope to have another 12 Hastati done before Christmas. I like to think of it as an early Christmas present for Hank. :)

Yes we can!

I am thrilled with the speed at which this first unit is coming along. I have finished 5 models in about a week which is lightening speed for me. I have gone with a very basic painting scheme. Basecoat colors (off white, red, flesh and bronze) followed by a wash of GW Badab Black on the metal and Devlun Mud on everything else. Then, I reapply the basecoat color, add a highlight and that is it. Simple but I think it still looks pretty good.

At this rate, I should have my first unit of 12 done in another week!

The Rise of the Republic

Adepticon 2009 is just 5 months away so it was high time I started my 1000 points of Republican Romans for the WAB Team Tournament. Here is the first of many Hastati models I will be completing in the coming months. These proud citizens of Rome will take the field alongside the mercenary menace of Dave Pauwels' Carthaginians. You can follow the progress of his army on his blog at http://www.rabidbatstudio.blogspot.com/.

One down, four to go!

It's been a while but the time off has been put to good use. I've completed my Uruk-hai army for the Chicago GT. I took my existing force of about 300 points and added an additional 300 points in the form of 17 figures. These included some Uruk-hai crossbows, Dunlending warriors and an Uruk-hai Shaman.

So, army number one is done. Next, I'll be moving on to army number two: My Republican Romans. Check back soon for my first pics of this new army.

Mercenary work

I've finished my last commission project so I can finally get started on my own army painting! Here are some pics of the three recent commission models I finished. Now it's time to get cracking on my Chicago GT army.

Greek week

It's been awhile since I updated my blog but I have been a busy man. During the past two weeks I completed a second unit for my friend's historical army. I really like the way these guys came out and the color scheme was really easy to paint. I've been using the GW washes on both of the units I've done recently and I've been very happy with the effect. I now have a better idea of how I might use them on the LotR stuff I need to do next.