Guardian Test

I've had this guy finished for a while now, but was waiting until I'd get some additional guys done to post a photo. The additional models haven't come yet, so I thought I would put him up as I was testing out my new photo set up!


Again, no true black past the base rim for this guy. That's the hallmark for the army, and will continue throughout. The blued highlights are also a break from standard Ulthwe.

Hopefully I can get caught up with school work to get back to these guys a bit more. They're not hard to paint, not all that time consuming either. Just need to find the motivation and time!

Eldar Farseer Finished

Took some time to knock out my first model for the Eldar! I've decided to go with an Ulthwe scheme for them, with a little twist to the black. I haven't actually used black paint on the model past painting the base rim. The black was German Grey airbrushed on with a grey highlight washed down with Badab Black and final highlights done using Shadow Grey followed by Space Wolves Grey.

I'm not trying to take forever with these guys, I just want to paint them. The farseer got a bit more time taken on him, mostly because of the details. Hope to work out more tomorrow!

Eldar Progress

Just a quick snapshot of the eldar I've assembled and primed so far. Still have a bunch more stuff to go. Apparently, I've got around 1500 points spread around my hobby room from some things I've purchased, gotten in trade or picked up from friends that wanted to get rid of them!

Airbrush parts are on the way which will facilitate the paint for these guys. Picked up a metal siphon cup and some more pots/tops/covers for it as well. Once airbrush parts get in, I'll be doing base coloring for everything at once! Stay tuned.

Sons of Medusa Dreadnought

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He's done! I'm happy with how he came out. A bit more weathered than Perseus, but right on par with other armor in the army, he fits in nicely. Not sure what point value having him finished puts me at, but I am looking forward to fielding this army again more and more.

Dragonforge Based Eldar

A couple of weeks back I entered a quick contest Jeff Wilhelm was running over on his blog. Jeff runs Dragonforge.com, one of many resin basing companies that have popped up in the past few years. I've never been huge into the buying resin bases thing, I picked up some a few months back during BoLSCon and while nice, they always seem to fall into one of two categories, too detailed or crazy for use for an entire army, or just too easy to make on your own for a fraction of the cost. I kept this mindset for a long time, right up until I found the Lost Empires set from Jeff. While I loved the set, I still didn't see myself snagging them due to cost restraint. Then, out of nowhere I check Jeff's blog and see that I'd won $50 worth of bases!

I came home today to see the package sitting in front of the door waiting for me, and since then I've been hard at modeling some spare Eldar I'd picked up from a friend. Check out the pic above to see a quick example of the bases and be sure you head over to Dragonforge.com and see if anything strikes your fancy. I'm for sure picking up more of these from Jeff in the future as I exhaust this supply! Also keep your eyes peeled for a bit more in depth thoughts/review on TPC as I finish some of these models.

Sons of Medusa Dreadnought WIP

My latest project is another addition to the boys in Green. Did most of what you see on him this past Sunday. Airbrush made my base colors far easier to get down, and as of now, he's about halfway finished. Still a lot of detail work and weathering to go, but he's already fitting in nicely with his big brother Perseus!

Expect more progress soon!

Emperors Champion

Painted this guy up randomly today! Needed a fun one off piece to get my painting back in the swing of things, and he fit the bill perfectly. The photos didn't come out great unfortunately. I'll likely be taking some new ones tomorrow so they feel a bit less flat.

Oh, and if any Templar types are looking to add to their force, this guy is on the market for a good home!

Sons of Medusa Attack Bike

The recon forces of my Sons of Medusa gain another member today! This time in the form of an Attack Bike. Really happy with this one, it's not a super clean paint job, but it was fun and I actually enjoyed painting it. Check out the pic below for a bit more detail.

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Hrmmm....What's next?

Pods are 'Done'

Finished them up finally! It took me a while to get around to finishing them, but mostly because I didn't have a set sit down and paint time at the end of the day. I've decided to see to that as part of my day off of school routine ( along with a little bit of skating and gym time! ).

All in all it was a great learning experience using my airbrush on this project. I need some additional equipment that I'll likely order soon.

I guess it's time to get back to work on my other projects while I sort out the next commission.

More Airbrush, More Learning

I'm really going all out with the airbrush on the drop pod commission. Learning a lot as I do as well. I'm obviously going to have to go back in and do a bit of clean up here and there with the brush, but I'm really happy with the knowledge I've picked up so far!

The plan from here out is to go brush in the black and touch up over spray by hand as well. After that they should be good to go! And while this took a bit longer than expected, future projects should be much faster with the airbrush up and running now. Just need to plan things out a bit more!

I'm hoping to start sharing what I've learned from this so far with those of you out there looking to start using an airbrush! Expect something on TPC in the next month or so!

Airbrush Up and Running!!

I finally got an Airbrush up and running with no small donation from my good friend LBursley! To get me started in learning the thing and it's abilities, I've used it to help paint the Codex Grey onto the Drop Pod commission!


I'm headed out to GW Onley tomorrow for a pot of Mechrite Red and possibly some Boltgun Metal as well.

I'm already really impressed with how the airbrush works for me. I'm just doing the simple stuff right now trying to learn the limits of the new tool, but I can't believe I did without it for so long!

Pod Drops

They look so impressive en masse!


Just a quick update. Final drop pod assembled and primed today. Pretty happy with the speed of assembly and hope to get the first pod painted tomorrow. Stay Tuned.

Pod Progress and Something New

Just a bit of a 'progress report' for the Drop Pods Commission today. I've assembled another and was able to get both primed. One more to assemble tomorrow and while that's drying, I'll likely start painting the first Drop Pod to set the scheme.

And a little something extra: Space Marine Attack Bike!


This was going to be a second try for an entry for the Dakka Painting Challenge, but I ended up being sidetracked once I had it primed. But it is still on track for some paint. You might be asking, 'How is he going to paint it?', and to you I give only this hint.

Can't wait to break my paints out tomorrow.

Pattun's Boyz - A new member

Some of you might already have seen that I have some Orks I've been working on ever so slowly. The Sons of Medusa sort of side tracked my little army project for a while now. But every once in a while, I'll take a break and throw some paint on the boyz. Today, I randomly decided that I'd finish up another boy for the mob.


The new boy is the third from the left. He went fast enough since I have a bunch with basecoats already down ( thank you batch painting! ). I hope to do more of them in the near(ish) future after I am in Maryland.

The overall plan for the boyz is to use the WW2 US Army paint scheme for them. I'm not really planning to make them my main army, just a fun side project that will eventually be a fully painted, and playable, small army. I have the Assault on Black Reach orks, a truck, a unit of Stormboyz and Zagstuck so far. And for now, I think that's more than enough to get me off an running. Oh and if anyone happens to know where I can get some round helmet orks, let me know!!

Badab War: Gorgon Veteran Squad

They are done! I have finally finished painting my Gorgon Vets. After all these months, it's about time too. Again these are just some quick cell phone pics with the ol' Blackberry, and future pictures are sure to come, but for now they'll do.


I wanted to carry over some more of the metal work from the other guys in the army. It really transferred over quite nicely. I think I migght even go back and rework the Sergeant with some of the same if it strikes me he needs it.


I know the barrel needs drilled out on the Melta there! So don't yell! I'll be taking care of that tonight! I was just too eager to share the completion of the squad!

Of course future wargear options will be added in the form of different models but for now this gets me a playable unit for the force.

Anyone at BoLSCon this weekend will get a chance to see these guys in person! Along with the rest of the force!

Sons of Medusa - Progress

I have finally finished painting the last few Tacticals for my Sons. It's been a long time coming and I'm so glad to have a core of troops. It's really been a labor getting them done. Future additions will be thrown in the mix for wargear variation but for now, I'm happy. To show my happiness I've taken an army progress shot on the ol' cellphone.


I am really proud of what I've done so far with this project. I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel finally, and I really look forward to seeing the project finished. Only 2 Desert Marines, a Dread, and 5 Termies to go before I can play a Painted 1500 force.


The last Marine finished you can see in the above to the left with the first Marine from the army just behind him. The sergeant is a piece I haven't taken photos of yet either and still need to get better pictures of. He was a fun piece both to build and to paint, with bionics in both his face and arm. I hope to do a full army profile in the future that will take up space all around the web.

Stay tuned for some more progress.

Desert Support Razorback - Complete!

Well, it's finally done! It took much longer to get to this point than I ever expected it to, but that's mostly thanks to finishing up some school and work things. Take a gander at the finished product:


With this one I went full on with the weathering again. It makes even more sense for this piece as I envision it as the Recon element for the main force. Making initial contact and falling back to the line as the rest of the troops advance. It's really nice to have another piece in the desert scheme for my Sons of Medusa. I don't know that I'll do many more units, if any at all, in this scheme once the Gorgon Marines are finished, but if I did it would only be used on other recon type elements.

Used the Tamiya weathering master soot around the exhaust ports and the Weathering Master Sand as an overall dusting. Streak marks are just Gryphonne Sepia in multiple thin coats. Lots of washes of regular color as well as GW washes.

Any Questions I'd be happy to answer, and if you see something you'd like a tutorial on, let me know!

WIP Sons of Medusa Desert Razorback

After some prodding over on Dakka, I decided it was high time I got around to utilizing the Sons of Medusa's alternate Desert Support color scheme on something other than just the Marines in the Desert Support Squad. And while the original idea was for me to do a landspeeder, I have no real plans for one in my army, and went with painting a Razorback as a recon vehicle!

Photo taken on my Blackberry

There was a little voice of concern in the back of my head that it wouldn't work out well at this scale, but so far, I'm really happy with the direction it's going. This will get the full weathering treatment ( as seen on my Land Raider ) from here once all of the details are painted. The paint chipping has already been added in this photo. Still a good amount of work to do. Stay tuned for finished pics!