A Little Something Left Behind

Remember a while back Wallshammer was in a 40k Escalation league?  And he was doing Silver Skulls Marines?  Well I decided back then, that I would show my solidarity to him (and the Imperium) by painting Marines along side him.  Only I didn't tell him, or anyone, except my friend Dan.  I was going to reveal it when he finished his league.

However, half way through the league, Wallshammer discovered his undying, malevolent, hatred for Marines, and quit the army, quit the Escalation league, and sold off all the Marines he had.  It was a bad break-up.  Needless to say, in the aftermath of this, I dropped off on painting my secret Marine project.  I had played them a couple of times with Dan, but after 'the incident', I put them in a box, and basically forgot about them until I moved.

Then as I was unpacking, I caught Walls snooping through my boxes, where he discovered them.  The cat was out of the bag.

So I thought I would show you what I got done, and maybe it would inspire me to go back to them (because you know, I don't have enough projects).

Follow me after the break to see the pics:

Another Project Rises From the Grave... And More Work on the White Lions

Here has been the results of the last few days of painting.

 I finished off the Vampire I was working on (I forget his name... he's one of the Von Carsteins.  I'll call him Chuck Von Carstein).  More or less happy with how he turned out.  I'm not totally jazzed about the blood on the sword, but I never really like how blood turns out on static models.  It just always seems so... painted on.

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Gut check!

Irongut check that is!  You got it, I finished these babies up finally.

I apologize for the pictures in advance.   Not sure why they look all foggy.  Probably because I am tired and have blurry eyes.

Wait... what?

Now, to work on the rest of the army!

Small But Important Progress

Quick post:  I decided to start going straight to the finish with the models.  I did one as a test tonight.  Here it is:

And there you have it. Finished with all but the magic wash in the white (I need to brew up a new batch).  I hope to have a few more done tomorrow.

Looks Like I Suck at Posting Too!

Jeez, it's almost been a week.  I'll give the usual excuses... adjusting to working full-time with my neck busted, still getting over strep throat (It came back!  Yay!) blah, blah, blah...

Anyways, I haven't gotten much done this week, but I'll show you what I have gotten done.

So a little more done on the White Lions.  The first wash on the golds, the blacks, and the rest of the blues since last time (I think).  I have since dropped the Dragon Princes from my list, so I'm not going to finish painting them at this time.  Instead I added 2 chariots to my list, which I just finished the banner for the Lion Chariot last post, so there's some good news.

Sadly, this is all I've gotten done for my High Elves, but I have bombed around on a few other minis.  Join me after the break to see what I've been up to...

I suck at posting!

I am not sick, just lazy.

I HAVE been painting though, as well as practicing some more with the new army.  Come inside and see what I got.

Here's the Ironblaster first.  It's such a piece of... well... it's really hard to put together.  I tried some tartan on his bag, had to revamp his straps holding the cannon as well.   I am gonna go back and tone down the rust if I got a chance.

Big Update

Apparently lamenting about not getting anything done was a big motivator, because I got A LOT done afterwards.  I was a little scattered about what I was getting done, but every little bit helps.

These pictures are actually backwards of what I did this evening, but I was having weird camera problems, so rather than messing with things, I thought I'd just post.

So the LAST thing I got done was the banner for my Lion Chariot.  It's been sitting undone since well before I moved, and since I had dug out the chariot from my case to check the lion capes, I thought I might as well finish it.

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