Were did the time go....

Well I know I have been slack with not only posting here but also with my hobby.  The world or life or whatever you want to call it came knocking and the up shot being my hobby time suffered and died for a long time...

But after a move from one town to other, settling in and up packing all my hobby stuff..  well unpacking most of it I have gone back to spending time in the hobby.

First up it was what started out as a 5 man gang for Necromunda for my son turned into a 15 man gang.. but that lead me onto an Orlock gang from Necromunda that I had that was from a mate I had to paint for him..

So with all this in mind.. I swear to myself I am going to post more..

Lets see hey!

2015 is here and changes are upon us

Well after a little brake from hobbying I am hopefully back into the swing of things. Christmas has come and gone and the wife's furniture rearrange of the house has been completed which has moved me from a dark corner downstairs to a lovely lit landing upstairs.

All I have to do now is decide what will stay here and what will be stored downstairs. I have currently far to many options.

Back into Metal

I know I am slack when it comes to posting and I have been hard at work on Grey Knights as allies for for IC Hobby Challenge this year. I have caught the Grey Knight bug for at least the foot troops and I found some nice second hand metal Knights for $20AU and now its time to paint them. I got carried away and undercoated them before I converted up some backpacks for them.

I am going to make a massive effort to make sure I at least follow these guys painting and basing.

Fingers Crossed!

End of the Month Update

October is about to end and with this I am heading into the last month of The Independent Characters Hobby Challenge for 2014.  I am about 90% finished on my last squad of Grey Knight allies which is my interceptor squad. These guys are coming along nicely and I am also almost finished my second Grey Knight with twin linked autocannons and about 40% into a Grey Knight Champion.

I realised that really for a 1500 point Grey Knight army on foot I only need to complete a 5 man strike squad, a 5 man heavy weapons squad which I still haven't decided what they will be carrying and a 3 man paladin squad for the fun of it.. I am going to try to get these done before December which will be a nice personal challenge for myself.

I will post up some pictures soon.
 

Grey Knights on the move

I have been working on my Grey Knights as allies for my Crimson Fist for the IC Hobby Challenge. As of my last post which showed my Librarian I have completed one Dreadnaught, Techmarine and Terminator squad and I am currently working on a 6 man interceptor squad.

I am really loving the look of these guys and although I only have the interceptor squad to go to complete the challenge I will attempt to complete at least the foot element of this army before christmas.

I have completed my first/test interceptor.

I know I said it before but its so true I am really loving the look of these guys.

Wet Palette

I have been working away at the IC hobby Challenge and I now have my Grey Knight Librarian finished.

I have really enjoyed painting this guy and I have even enjoyed it more because I have finally gotten around to trying a wet palette and I do not know how I have gotten along without one for so long.

I have a mate that make me up one what must have been well over a year ago and it is one of the best gifts I have ever been given.

It is so simple in design and as you can see from the picture above it is a great travel palette too.

Its a nice case with two sponges and some baking paper on top and for all that don't know you just wet the sponges and top it off with the paper that you use like a normal palette but your paint doesn't dry out like a normal palette in fact when I took the picture I have paint in for only 18hrs and it was still workable..

Wet Palette you rock...

A Little Side Track

I have as you would of read been undertaking The IC Challenge and enjoying for 2014.  The first half of the challenge was to complete a 1000 point Zone Mortails force which got me thinking.  Like some gamer, not all, I am a hoarder by nature and I love to collect bits and piece. I have a few miniatures of most of the 40k armies and I have been thinking about looking at allied forces but now I am thinking Zone Mortails might be the way to go...

Now I was thinking of starting with Battle Sisters as I new I had about 20 or so and a Penitent Engine so I started going through all my boxes and little stashes and so far I am at the below list.

Battle Sisters

1x Saint Celestine

2x Canonesses

1x Hospitaller

25x Battle Sisters with Bolters

3x Battle Sisters with Flamers

3x Battle Sisters with Storm Bolters

1x Battle Sister with Heavy Flamer

1x Battle Sister with Meltagun

1x Seraphim Sister Superior with Bolt Pistol and Chainsword

1x Seraphim Sister Superior with Bolt Pistol and Power Sword

3x Seraphim with double bolt Pistol

1 Seraphim with double hand flamer

2x Penitent Engines

Most of an Immolator

Ok so I had a little more than I thought which was funny as I kept looking for other things and kept finding one or two sisters in odd places.  I am missing a few backpacks and the top of the Rhino for the Immolator but I am thinking this isnt a bad start.  

I just had to share as sometimes you really dont know what you have until you look....