tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36199258674540832132024-03-05T22:38:23.311-08:00Pick a Damn Army!The latest projects from a gamer who just can't decide.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-6350079875554364352016-12-16T12:49:00.000-08:002016-12-16T12:49:44.311-08:00Dark Heresy RPG group miniatures built<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finished building the characters my friends played in our last Dark Heresy campaign.<br />
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Not shown are my character, the Interrogator turned Inquisitor: Tertius Nathaniel Haephestus Colemy and the character of our sixth member, Kestalia. Kestalia's player recently committed suicide so these miniatures and the <a href="https://twitter.com/inka_ry/status/803970228703076352" target="_blank">artwork we've commissioned</a> are in memoriam.<br />
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"I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the station when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying."<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-59101023521163319802016-12-02T12:20:00.000-08:002016-12-02T12:20:00.727-08:00Workbench 16.10.M3Now that the blog's machine spirits have been placated, images have returned. Thank you to everyone that let me know they weren't working.<br />
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The strangeness of John Blanche and the good work over at <a href="https://ironsleet.com/" target="_blank">Iron Sleet</a> have inspired this group and you can be sure they're up to no good.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-18435449981627706162016-12-01T10:02:00.000-08:002016-12-01T12:21:25.649-08:00Followers, can you see this image?<br />
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After a few posts where followers reported my images were not showing, I've gone back to basics. No more importing from google or copy/pasting into the blog post. Just uploaded from my computer like back in the old days. So, can you see this one?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-72366187896502503032016-11-28T07:30:00.000-08:002016-12-01T12:26:25.084-08:00True Scale / Art Scale / Embiggerized space marine almost finished<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm still not 100% on which head position to use.<br />
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Some bits just arrived in the mail so I thought I'd tack them together. On the right is an Astartes from Calth. He's been carefully cut at both shins and both thighs, where plasticard spacers were added. The pelvis contains a spacer as well. I think he looks good, but it was a ton of work.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-56628763995885145292016-09-26T09:00:00.000-07:002016-10-02T17:02:50.026-07:00Cepa Knight - Blanche<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://ironsleet.com/">Iron Sleet</a> moved me.<br />
The care and dedication that went into Pilgrym was inspiring.<br />
Seeing as I don't play anymore it seems like a good fit for me to concentrate on characters and bringing out the strangeness of the setting, John Blanche style.<br />
The Cepa Knight came to me fully formed in my mind, but seeing the model here I think he still needs a little something. Maybe a bundle of cables hanging down from the back of the helm.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-76207884884540384142016-09-20T21:43:00.000-07:002016-11-12T15:21:31.025-08:00Blood Pact Death Brigade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-43166790338426768932014-03-03T13:58:00.001-08:002014-03-03T13:58:49.818-08:00200pt BloodPact Killteam game<p dir="ltr">Empyrian be praised, I played a game!  It was a 25 strong platoon of Pact vs 6 wraithguard, so nothing too big or fancy but it was still a game.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I started off a little rough with two plasma-gunners killing themselves but in the end it was a close run thing, with both of exactly at our break point. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I wasn't used to the new victory points and failed to get line-breaker because I forgot it was a thing!  </p>
<p dir="ltr">I think I was 3 models shy of fully painted and with the store's great terrain the game looked inspiring.</p>
<p dir="ltr">What are your favorite versions of 40k skirmish? Kill Team? Fan made? Tell me about them in the comments!<br>
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By popular demand here is a picture of the Pact motor pool. I've tossed a hellhound in there for size comparison with the Warlord halftrack. The halftrack looks awfully small in comparison.</div>
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On the far right we have an old Corgi Saladin armored car to take the roll of the STeG-4.</div>
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On the left a captured Macharius with one last imperial eagle to scrape off.</div>
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The new expansion e-book Kill Team has me thinking about the Blood Pact again.</div>
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For 5 points a grenade launcher seems like a versatile skirmish weapon so I built one up. Never able to do it the easy way I converted it to have a rifle stock.</div>
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The halftrack is from Warlord games and will soon get a plasticard roof and a turret.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-29888640902610959882013-06-22T10:00:00.000-07:002013-06-22T10:00:00.596-07:00New Blood Pact linksI've decided to post when I update the links here so you, my kind readers are updated when I find a new resource or an old one changes.<br />
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Welcome <a href="http://fortwargame.blogspot.com/search/label/Blood%20Pact">FortWargame</a> to the Blood Pact links. His work was already over there but is now easier to access on his own blog. Lots of great vehicles and scratch-building there so give it a look!<br />
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JackHammer's fantastic <a href="http://jackhammer40k.blogspot.com/2009/12/blood-pact-at-70.html">scratchbuilt AT70</a> is well worth a look. <br />
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Walker90234's <a href="http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-19819-27314_Xenos%20Mercenaries.html">xenos mercenary gallery</a> shows off his Loxatl, Hrud and Tarrelian dog soldier conversions for use with the Pact.<br />
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<a href="http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Loxatl">This wiki page on the Loxatl</a> has great information and a couple pieces of art I hadn't seen before.<br />
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_blacklibrary built lego versions of quite a few Gaunt's Ghosts, but more importantly he also did a <a href="http://www.djibnet.com/photo/_blacklibrary/blood-pact-6038005574.html">lego Blood Pact soldier</a>.<br />
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I also added links to Blood Pact appropriate heads from Secret Weapon and Blight Wheel, as well as the Blight Wheel mantis tank which would be a great stalk tank.<br />
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In other news, I finished painting my chaos rhino! <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-68816386359518418102013-05-25T12:16:00.000-07:002013-05-25T12:16:15.289-07:00New Blood Pact models & deskI was pretty excited a couple months back and <a href="http://pickadamnarmy.blogspot.com/2013/03/loxatl-sighted.html">posted </a>that Blight Wheel minis would be making a model that was perfect for use as Loxatl. Well the model will never be put on the market; GW issued a <a href="http://blightwheelminiatures.blogspot.com/2013/04/something-bad.html">cease & desist order</a>. So the search for good Blood Pact models continues!<br />
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I found these great <a href="http://www.blightwheelminiatures.com/heads-with-face-mask">heads from Blight Wheel</a> that are perfect for Blood Pact. They're right up there with the ones from <a href="http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12&products_id=54">Maxmini</a>. I ordered them as well as their walking tank for fear of GW trying to make them stop production of those as well.<br />
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The mantis walking tank is much bigger than I imagined a stalk tank, but it certainly works! Only the large pieces are pictured here, the smaller leg bits and forward grasping arms & top gun are still in their baggie. I cleaned all his parts up, not too many mold lines, but they usually ran across a smooth surface so they were a bit annoying.<br />
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I also went through my Blood Pact links here, deleting the dead ones and putting in more specific links so you don't have to trawl through an entire photo album to find the Pact pictures.<br />
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Lastly, I picked up a new painting desk from IKEA that is tall enough I don't have to hunch over to paint or build.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-81567646063402031012013-03-22T08:00:00.000-07:002013-03-25T18:30:45.880-07:00Loxatl sighted!<div dir="ltr">
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I just saw this update from Blight Wheel: a perfect <a href="http://blightwheelminiatures.blogspot.com/2013/03/salutes-2013-special-miniature-and-pre.html">Loxatl figure</a>!</div>
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Sadly it is only available as a freebie at Salute this year. <i>If anyone gets one and doesn't want it, I would be happy to take it off your hands!</i></div>
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I asked if there was any way I could get them without going to Salute and they said no but they might do a line based on the figure in the future.<br />
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Additional pictures surfaced and it's easy to see the chest flechette gun rig. The base looks like a 40mm round, which sounds right for these guys.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-86137876064842807442013-02-15T08:00:00.000-08:002013-02-15T08:00:02.106-08:00Dreamforge Kickstarter unboxing part 3<a href="http://pickadamnarmy.blogspot.com/2013/02/dreamforge-kickstarter-goodies-arrived.html">Part 1 is here. </a><br />
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I managed to build a leg tonight. Just one. The leg is still articulated, even though it is glued together. The thigh swivels, the knees bend, the ankle is a ball and socket joint that rotates, the toe even has a small range of motion. While all this is happening, the hydraulic pistons extend and retract! On top of this engineering genius, there have only been mold lines on two parts of this leg. Two. Once I progressed to the point where the armor plates go on I had to
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The assembled leg is remarkably sturdy and balanced well on its own. The only way I can make it fall over is by rotating the ankle joint all the way to the left or right. It balances with the leg itself extended all the way to the back or front. The hydraulic pistons do pull out if the leg is fully extended but that is no criticism, just the limits of the kit. As neat as all these moving details are, I will be finding a cool pose and then gluing the joints down for added stability and ease of painting.<br />
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Speaking of great details, check out the Stormtrooper accessory box below. Tons of bits! So many bits!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-6417441652492108842013-02-13T19:22:00.001-08:002013-02-14T21:48:46.965-08:00Dreamforge Kickstarter unboxing: Part 2<br />
<a href="http://pickadamnarmy.blogspot.com/2013/02/dreamforge-kickstarter-goodies-arrived.html">Part 1 is here.</a><br />
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In part 2 of the unboxing I take a look at the DreamForge stormtrooper infantry. Tons of pictures of the sprues themselves are at the bottom of this post.<br />
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The stormtroopers are hard plastic, injection molded and are 10 parts each. While this may seem like a lot, it's the same number for Space Marines. Mold lines are faint and easily scraped off with a blade, details are crisp and the plastic will flex. I love the peg on the foot of the model and the hole in the base. It makes for a sturdy join and allows you to easily build a model without needing to glue it down first.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10 parts each, plus base. Notice the peg on the foot?</td></tr>
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<b>Before you build: <i>c</i></b><b><i>ertain arms line up with certain rifles</i>.</b> The stock of some rifles have a section cut out of it so it will perfectly align with one of three right arms. The left arms are also meant to work with certain right arms, so read the little color coded chart that comes in the box before you build! I was not so careful and I ended up carving a small part out of a rifle stock to get it to fit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left to right: GW IG-based Bloot Pact, DreamForge Stormtrooper, GW Space Marine. In the background are the older metal Stormtroopers from DreamForge, another plastic Stormtrooper and a GW Space Marine scout.</td></tr>
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Dreamforge has gone above and beyond to make negative space work for you. The backpack is a perfect negative of the torso back. The detail is so fine that the backpack clicks into place when it aligns thanks to four tiny ribs that insert themselves into four tiny vents in the torso back.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Torso (with vents) on top. Backpack with matching ribs on the bottom. Click!</td></tr>
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The rifle stocks are the same way: any part that would have clipped through another on the 3d model has been removed, leaving a perfect negative space to receive its neighbor. Even the drum magazines have an imprint of the rifle's side!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even with mismatching arms and a chopped rifle stock I couldn't make him look bad!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not glued to the base. Attached only by the peg.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plastic version took half as long to build and involved 100% fewer glued fingers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stick legs in peg on base, build torso, glue gun to right arm, glue arms to torso, glue torso to legs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stormtrooper sprues.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stormtrooper sprue #1.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-57389855540435998972013-02-12T19:52:00.000-08:002013-02-14T21:48:33.678-08:00Dreamforge kickstarter goodies arrived! Unboxing part 1Intel reported an Eisenkern force moving aggressively into my area and for once they were right!<br />
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A big brown box sat on my porch when I arrived home. So without pause, and with fervor equal to the littlest Eisenkern on Weihnachten I tore it open!<br />
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Inside was part one of my <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreamforge-games/something-wicked-this-way-comes-crusader-plastic-m">Kickstarter</a> bundle from <a href="http://dreamforge-games.blogspot.com/">DreamForge</a> games. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plastic baggies are the kickstarter extras stuffed in on the left and the lower right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kickstarter bonus figures Ada with Shadokesh & handler. Excaliber sword option on the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huge base and some foam padding for the Leviathan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Instructions and sprues.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leviathan sprues just keep going down into that box.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two sets of sprues & some foam on the side.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's more underneath?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the parts without frames come in their own formed-plastic holder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leviathan bits without framed sprues.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screwdriver and screws included. Wait, nobody said anything about screws! :-)</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-79406256254531273772013-02-07T08:00:00.000-08:002013-02-07T08:00:02.077-08:00New Pacter, Dawn of War Blood Pact and a Paper TankI shook some of the rust off and built a new Blood Pact trooper. I found the bits to make him as I was organizing the consequences of my hording: boxes and boxes of models. I think I've heard it referred to as the Cupboard of Shame and I should certainly find a cupboard to hide mine.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not my greatest work, but it felt good to get out the plastic glue and sprue clippers again.</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_794355576">In other Blood Pact news, I found a paper model of an AT83 Brigand that looks pretty familiar. Click the pic to see the papercraft site.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.papercraftsquare.com/warhammer-40k-blood-pact-heavy-battle-tank-free-paper-model-download.html">They did a great job!</a></td></tr>
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<span id="goog_794355576">Which reminded me of a Dawn of War mod from a while back who's tank also looks</span><span id="goog_794355577"></span> pretty familiar. Click it to see the mod's page.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?253330-Mod-Blood-Pact/page2">Looking pretty sharp there, Blood Pact mod group!</a></td></tr>
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My AT83 "Big Red" for reference. Click it for a screen full of dirty red awesomeness.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-13384140039625452062013-01-31T20:02:00.003-08:002013-02-02T22:58:49.582-08:00Do you hear the voices too?Honestly I didn't hear the voice of chaos until I pulled all my painted models out and put them in this very nice Ikea case. It was a gift from my adoring wife a couple years ago and is a quality set up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10011055/">Skulls, Blood Pact and coconut monkeys, those Dark Angels must be worried.</a></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10011055/"><br /></a></td></tr>
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I put in a few painted models I had at hand. Looked pretty good, too. Then I remembered the Ikea light set I picked up to add more light to each level. Surprisingly easy to put in! Then I needed more models since all that light showed how few their really were. Out come the boxes and all the Blood Pact take to the shelves. <u> </u><br />
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<u>That's</u> when I started hearing the voices. The sibilant whispers telling me how great the Pact are, and how proud I am of them. Just a few models. It couldn't hurt. Besides, lots of people play 40k and when's the last time you got a game in since you left 40k? Lots of games out there, lots of scales and genres and beautiful models, it's true. But how many games? Not enough, that's how many.<br />
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So I poke around at the interwebs and find a few new Blood Pact armies online and come here to add them to the links. (Blood Pact Links on the right, now moved up to the top of the page for ease of community access.) Blogger has changed a bit since I last logged in, so why not have a look around, post something up? Sure, I think to myself. But then I realize that I'm not married to GW anymore, and there were always vehicles I wanted to do but didn't want to scratch build. Uh oh.<br />
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I had thought about picking up a Sd.Kfz 251 in 1:48 scall in the past. Pretty good fit for size and scale. Sadly the 1:48 kits are about $30, more for the variants with turret or 75mm gun. This is about the same as GW's $35 for a chimera. Wait, why am I even shopping? The voices tell me to hush, and mention that Warlord games just released a plastic half-track for their 28mm game Bolt Action.<br />
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Why yes they do, and it's only $24. Now I always leaned towards the US M3 half-track for the Blood Pact due to a line about a pacter standing in a pulpit on his vehicle, I think any pintle mount is sufficiently pulpit-like to make it work.<br />
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So now what? Are 40k's flesh-hooks in me? Will I ever pick a damn army? Ooh shiny, a Bolt Action hanomag construction step-by-step. Thanks Mr Hairy Painter sir! Click the pick for more pictures on his blog.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-20359163853349502692011-10-23T21:54:00.000-07:002013-02-02T22:58:59.193-08:00Painted 15mm modern USMC, Rebel Minis & Irishserb mini-reviewTrial and error has taken me to the point where I am pretty happy with the paint on my 2009 era USMC in 15mm. These are modern US infantry from <a href="http://www.rebelminis.com/mousin.html">Rebel Miniatures</a>. Unfortunately Rebel only supplies M240g with these infantry, no M249 saws which make these fireteams inaccurate for any US modern infantry. The sculpting also leaves some to be desired as the marine with the M203 (far right, all three pics) appears to have his hand pushing into the grenade launcher and there is a significant (and inaccurate) space between his right hand and the weapon's magazine. Their helmets are also massive and the ear protection almost comes down to their chin. All in all, I prefer the Peter Pig USMC but their load-out marks them as 2002-4 and I was really hoping to use the Oshkosh MATV. Then again I could be happy with Irishserb's armored Humvees, as they're beautiful, see the pictures below.<br />
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I also picked up some vehicles for the USMC and some sci-fi forces. In the pictures below the tan vehicles are from <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/irishserbsminiatures/">Irishserb</a> and the grey is from <a href="http://www.rebelminis.com/eafove.html">Rebel Miniatures</a>. All are nice models, but the rebel minis vehicles I've received all have the laser texture on them from their rapid-prototype origins while the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/irishserbsminiatures/">Irishserb</a> vehicles are clean, smooth and crisp.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-16358270815741095942011-09-10T14:21:00.000-07:002013-01-31T20:11:12.291-08:00Falling out of love with GWIt may have been obvious, looking back. It's certainly been a long time coming. I've broken up with GW. We've had our issues in the past and certainly had an on-again off-again relationship for a while but this seems to be it. I've moved on and started dating other games.<br />
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What I want from a game has changed over time. Money and time invested are both at a premium, which is where the beauty of 15mm and 20mm miniatures comes in. An entire platoon with vehicles and support for under $100? Yes please. Quick to build and paint? Smaller playing space and easily made terrain? Yes to all. Force on Force, GRUNTZ and Tomorrow's War are all solid looking rules sets, with a good online community if you're in to that sort of thing.<br />
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Once I started thinking about 15mm gaming I discovered the vast world of 28mm models out there took on an entirely different light once placed beside a 15mm model. Robots become mechs and dungeon monsters become city-destroyers. Today I took a look at Reaper miniatures to see what possibilities they might have for 15mm.</div>
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I hate <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?pageMode=multi&categoryId=400023&pIndex=1&aId=9700016&start=2">GW's marauders</a>. They're as bad as the <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat440173a&categoryId=400032&section=&aId=12900007">Catachans</a>. I thought my army would lack Marauders for this reason, until I saw the historical plastics coming out from various companies. <a href="http://www.grippingbeast.com/webpage.php?PageID=90">Gripping Beast</a> became my source for these depraved humans, and they're actually human size, unlike the massive Marauders! Comparisons show they are about the same size as Empire troops, with slightly smaller weapons. Here I've added a few Marauder Cavalry bits to the models (which are excellent btw), but the majority went together unmodified.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-47085854499443343762010-09-12T07:00:00.000-07:002013-02-02T22:59:18.181-08:00Painting Chaos Warriors test modelsI haven't been playing 40k for a few months and each project I start seems tiring. But fear not gentle reader, this is not a complaining blog entry, but a start of something new: square bases. Some friends of mine recently started Warhammer Fantasy (aka stupid square bases) and it looked like something new, something refreshing. The latest edition took away much of what I disliked about the game and so I started looking. Some research and number crunching later I settled on Warriors of Chaos (no surprise there) rather than Vampire Counts because frankly, I want something easy to paint and a hoard army does not fit the bill, even if they are mere skeletons.<br />
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Funny enough <a href="http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2010/08/editorial-when-fun-stops.html">this article</a> on Bell of Lost Souls talks about just my predicament. I hope that painting Warriors of Chaos and starting something new will get the ball rolling again and all those languishing projects will once again hope to see the light of day.<br />
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I had fun painting this model up, which makes me think I should do more like it. I remember a few years ago when I couldn't wait to paint, but it became a chore to paint everything. After all this hobby is about collecting, sometimes playing, and painting. In that order. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to use natural light to show the subtle details, but the sun was setting so it threw some pretty harsh shadows. Even still, the dirt weathering pigment is easy to see in the recesses in this one. It's also worth noting that the tank commander was painted entirely with washes, barring a few touch-ups.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two colors of rust colored pigment, heavily reduced (I think I used water to pull pigment off those pipes 3 or 4 times. Less really is more.) I'm pretty happy with the oily fuel drums, the effect was simply built up using layers of Gryphonne Sepia, Ogryn Flesh and Devlan Mud.<br />
On the plate with the Imperial eagle I'm fond of the sponged paint chipping on the left edge turned out. The dusting of dirt and rust on its right side also looks nice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tracks painted with umber, drybrushed with darkened boltgun and then dabbed with weathering pigment dirt. They didn't pop until I went pack and blackened each rubber pad. All the metallics were a mix of Boltgun and black to keep a worn, military feel. I used blue and purple washes over the barrel of the flamethrower to show heat discoloration. Then I added a little black pigment at the end for soot, followed by white pigment for ash.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the rust spots and streaks created by flicking the oil-paint. I still have a bit to learn about the pigments, but they are surprisingly easy to use.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619925867454083213.post-27720336084094817402010-08-01T08:00:00.000-07:002013-02-02T22:59:51.003-08:00Secret Project, Masterclass weathering, Blood Pact N-20 wheels<span style="font-size: small;"><i>In this episode of PaDA! I waffle on about trying to write a novel, post pictures as I attempt a Forgeworld Masterclass weathering technique and show off wheels for my Blood Pact vehicles that I made and a friend cast for me. Read on, and take a tour of the three wings of my hobby mansion. Please enjoy your stay, and do not feed the residents.</i></span><br />
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Now that the deadline for Black Library has passed, I will reveal that in most of my recent spare time I was working on a submission for a 40k novel. I think my submission was around 16,000 words altogether and with the help of my wonderful wife, we managed to get in three reviews/edits in before it was sent off. I'm pretty happy with the end result, and surprised that it seemed to take on a life of its own. Now I'm curious what happens next in my own story! Of course I know how it ends, but I want to read all those little details, I want to <i>write </i>all those little details. It was also strange to read it after I sent it, if was like I wasn't reading my own work. What was it about, you ask? Well here is my pitch line:<br />
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<b><i>"A calloused veteran of 10,000 years of war transforms two criminal youths into power armored Astartes and forces them to confront their inner darkness during his endless crusade against the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable." </i></b><br />
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I'm excited to say that just last night I tried out the Forgeworld Masterclass technique of oil-paint weathering. Not only is it very simple, the results are amazing. It boils down to this:<br />
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<li>After the thinner ("spirits" for our friends across the pond) evaporates, take a wide brush and drag the oil spots down.</li>
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What this technique does is mimic the subtle streaks of dust and dirt on a vehicle, as well as create a few areas of rust which have likewise streaked vertically. Oil paint is a pain due to its very long drying time, use of thinner (spirits) and the need to glosscoat the model first. This is balanced by the ease of applying the technique and the <b>amazing</b>, subtle effect it produces. I will be using this in the future.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can see two rust spots on the front hull, as well as a few subtle streaks on the turret and upper right hull.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some excellent subtlety in the streaks in this one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I went heavy on the rear because it would lower to touch the ground, and thus chip more.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opposite side. Some tiny rust spots towards the aft, more subtle streaks towards the front. The lower left corner of the rusted panel was painted on before hand but the oils covered the boltgun metal with grime and matched the foundation brown paint well.</td></tr>
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I'm also very happy to announce that Mal over at <a href="http://darkmaneuvers.blogspot.com/">http://darkmaneuvers.blogspot.com/</a> is learning to cast custom pieces and as a result, my Blood Pact got some resin wheels for their N-20 halftrack. He also made some molds for the bogies and road-wheels from the old tank kits, which are out of print now.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very nice, very blurry, but very nice indeed.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They're the perfect size and knobbly-ness for 40k.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can see the inside of the cast tire, revealing that it was but a humble drop-mold.</td></tr>
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