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- August’s Community RoundupMichael S. This month I aimed to tackle a few different projects. I wanted to get some more work done on my Tomb Kings and continued to finish up some half-baked projects around my desk. I was a bit scarred from trimming moldlines off endless skeletons for the past few months, but I was finally back up to the challenge and was motivated to complete another squad of skeletons. A quick zenithal undercoat and contrast paint made short work of the majority of these skeleton archers. Since I was pretty mindlessly slopping on contrast paint, I was able to be…
- July’s Community RoundupMichael S. This month I wanted to take my hobby time to work on a character model for my Black Templars. I’ve always had a soft spot for retro game pieces, and I found this old Captain Draco model on eBay a year or two back for cheap. Something about holding a pewter mini just feels so nostalgic. That’s about all the good things I have to say about pewter minis. Any major mouldlines are a huge headache, and luckily this model came in okay shape. I’ve always had issues surface quality of metal minis affecting the final paint job,…
- Community Roundup — JuneHello! Some of you may be a little confused, we’ve changed our name! Don’t worry, we’re still the same great group of hobbyists, the editors just thought this name better reflected the community aspect of this blog! We have some more changes on the way, and hopefully a bunch of great new content as well so stay tuned! In the meantime, here is our monthly “Community Roundup” Joe R June turned out to be a deceptively good hobby month despite this relatively short article. I’m actually on vacation as I write this, so we won’t have many pictures. I have…
- Community Roundup – May
Joe R Welcome back everyone! I’m happy to report that May became a great month for hobbying. And while I may not have an entire Kill Team painted like some illustrious members of this group (Curse you Kevin!) I did manage to make progress across a variety of different games/projects. I even closed out a project. I know. I’m shocked too. Cuckoo Clock Figurines As a reminder, my stepdad recently found a cuckoo clock that belonged to his grandparents. He’s going through the process of restoring it and asked me to repaint the figures that dance at the top of… - Community Roundup – April
Kevin C. Deathwatch Tacticals Bit of a story… strap in… The last time I went to Adepticon, all the way back in 2011, I was frantically painting up Space Wolf & Vostroyan armies for the Team Tournament. One of my teammates showed me his display case, which had a considerably sized Deathwatch army, all the marines from different chapters. That, in conjunction with the recent release of the Deathwatch RPG by Fantasy Flight (now sadly OOP), inspired me to get some Deathwatch upgrade kits, the old pewter ones, and make a Deathwatch army of my own. I bought some basic…
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