New Citadel inks

OK. I gave in and picked up a set of the new Citadel inks... oops.. washes today. I've heard a lot of good things about them. Hoping it's not just GW fanboy drool. If they really do dry flat, I'm going to be very happy.

I also picked up a couple of bottles of the foundation paints to give them a try... orcish colors after last nights discovery of even more greenskin models. I'm guessing I've probably got close to 5,000 points, or more, of orcs and goblins; a good number of the goblins are mid-1980's - early-1990's era Citadel METAL, too!

Also picked up the latest Orc & Goblin army book and the new Daemons of Chaos book. It's too humid to prime today and weather is supposed to be bad tomorrow, so maybe I can get some stuff painted once I get laundry, etc. done...

Got the urge...

...but wasn't really motivated to jump back into the 15mm Early Franks, so got back to work on some long neglected 25/28mm Dacians and plastic Citadel Orc Archers. The Dacians are also archers, so instead of wasting paint, I went ahead and got out a few of the orc models I'd primed ages ago and started painting the bows on those as well.

I'm going to do a little experiment and see if working on several different projects at once will help my motivation by breaking up the monotony.

Looks like rain this weekend, so I'll have a good excuse to paint!

Wow! No post in three months!

OK, I've been really busy with work and other side projects, so I haven't really had a chance to work on the site in a while.

On the actual painting front, I've been priming up as many single piece miniatures as I can. I hope this will get me going on the road to actually getting more stuff done in the near future.I've started priming prior to cleaning the mold lines and flash as it makes them much easier to see, especially in my poorly lit condo. I do occasionally work on the code that I will eventually be able to stick into the site, but I just haven't had time to incorporate it.

The Early Franks I started on a while back haven't really moved along apart from the three stands of Bow and the one Psiloi stand. Those are finished and it is only about eight or nine Warband stands left to do.... plus the optional General cav stand.

I've also stripped a good number of minis. None of these had ever been finished. They were models I had started on and had screwed up terribly on or had just lost motivation and forgotten the colors I'd used. They now have another chance at life... eventually.

Anyhoo, that's all for now.

OK. Haven't painted since early March. Too much else to do now that I'm working again, plus I'm actually trying to get back into RPGs with Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. I'll probably get back to painting soon, though.

On a somber note, Kenneth Keith Kallenbach from the old Howard Stern TV show passed away due to pneumonia caused by Cystic Fibrosis. I can honestly say that guy made me crack up, whether trying to blow smoke through his eyes or cutting off and eating his hair.

You were a one-of-a-kind, Kenneth. RIP.

Completion list - 2008

OK. New Year's Resolution... I'm going to paint this year!

I'll start keeping the list here of miniatures I've completed this year.

As of 16 March, 2008:

1. Middle Imperial Roman Light Horse (15mm) - 2 figures
2. Middle Imperial Roman Knights (15mm) - 3 figures
3. Middle Imperial Roman Command (15mm) - 3 figures
4. Early Frank (Alammani) Psiloi (15mm) - 2 figures
5. Epic Scale Nurgling bases (Epic 6mm) - 2 figures
4. Early Frank (Alammani) Archers (15mm) - 9 figures

Alamanni Striptease!

After finishing the Psiloi stand last night, I had a long, hard look at the rest of the army I had started painting a couple of years back. It was obvious I wasn't very interested at the time, plus I was just starting to experiment with the Vallejo paints, so the basecoats were pretty poor... and I forgot which colors I used. :)

Anyhoo, all the archers and the majority of the warband minis have taken a bath in Super Clean. They look fresh out of the package and are ready for a fresh start... so here I goooooooo!

Web Site Update

I'm slowly, but surely, adding more bits and pieces to the web site. It's mostly a matter of motivation right now (still!). The "Galleries" section is still going to be the biggest pain to build, but I'm making notes as I have ideas on how to set it up.

I'm still not sure how much longer it's going to be before I actually re-launch, but I'm getting closer.