Mangler Squigs Video Tutorial

Finished these guys up and put together a video.  Pretty cool model on the table, but I'm not that impressed with the casting.  I don't know if its just the one I got, or if they are all that way, but some of the detail isn't the greatest.

How to paint Ork Kommandos

Another one of the painting tutorials that I've just transfered to video.  I love using these guys (usually with Snikrot) to disrupt enemy lines.  I've since added two guys with rokkits that I use to help pop rhinos or other light vehicles.

I went with a bright paint scheme... partly as a throw back to the 2nd edition kommandos but also to draw attention to them on the table top.  They aren't terribly effective, but they do make a great distraction.

How to Paint Space Wolves Njal

Here's bob from the miniwargaming.com's reject series. I painted him up a while ago (obviously if you've seen him in the rejects), but never got around to making a video.

How to Paint Blood Angels Death Company

Merry Christmas everyone... I hope you were able to spend some quality time with the important people in your life and perhaps use some of your holidays to catch up on some hobby projects.

I finally got around to making a video for these guys... I painted them back when the Blood Angels book was new, but never made a video.

Killa Kanz Finished & How to paint video

Here's the finished video along with pics of the finished Killa Kans.  I now have 9 rokkits kans ready to go, and will shortly have a second big mek with KFF for my list.  Should be fun.

I first got this idea from Hortworth over at www.microartstudio.com and his Kreig orks here:
http://www.microartstudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14&start=8

 Video after the break.

Mangler Squigs WIP

Here's how the mangler squigs are coming along.  Overall its a nice model, but I'm a little disappointed with the details on the finecast.  For the price and size this should be a centre piece of my army, but in the end I don't think the quality is quite there to fit that bill.  Things like the details on the goblins and the texture on the squigs aren't to my liking (more suited to drybrushing than layering).

Regardless, its a great looking model and will be fun to have on the table top.  Here's some pics:

Mek KFF conversion

For my kan wall list I need another Big Mek with KFF, so rather than buy a second copy of the same model I decided to convert one with stuff in my bits box. I found a good thread on dakka dakka that gave me some good ideas and here's what I came up with.

Bits include: nob from AOBR, mek bits from lootas box, battle wagon pieces, bastion do-dads and some imperial guard vehicle what-cha-ma-call-its.

Ogre Stonehorn Assembly video

Can't wait to paint this up... although I'm working on the mangler squigs now, so it might not be until after Christmas.

DIY Painting rig - how to

I've posted some videos where I've used a special "painting rig" that I made. Up until now I hadn't described what it was, but basically is a Gimbal mount. Here's a video showing how to make your own for about $10. Links to the other videos are: http://www.miniwargaming.com/content/finecast-cockatrice-painting-tutorial http://www.miniwargaming.com/content/warhammer-fantasy-tomb-king

Kan Wall painting complete

Here's some pics of my finished Killa Kan wall. 9 in total, and will be part of a huge horde of boyz. I'm debating using two big meks with kustom force fields... also considering using two deff dreads as troops choices just because. I don't think that'd be as effective as 6 x 30 boyz, but I don't quite have that many painted (I think I have 4 mobs of 30 painted with one more base coated). I'll have to make up some lists and see what makes sense. Anyway, here's some pics of the finished kanz.

High Elf BSB video tutorial

I posted about this BSB a while back, but finally had time to do the video (now that Dreadfleet is done).  The painting scheme is basically the same as the rest of my high elves.

Killa Kan work in progress

I'm working on a set of 6 killa kans right now... part of a kan wall list I want to be able to play.  3 of the kans are converted IG sentinals that I had laying around.  I'm also painting up some more rokkits for my existing kans so all 9 can have them.  Coming along well, can't wait to have them finished.

Dreadfleet painting: Seadrake

And now the final ship for Dreadfleet... the High Elf Seadrake.  Nothing too fancy here... but boy am I glad to have this done.  Now back to 40k and fantasy projects.

Dreadfleet painting: Skabrus

As promised, here's the second last painting video for dreadfleet.

Dreadfleet Painting Complete!

Wow, that took a while.  I have finally finished painting the whole Dreadfleet box and made videos of the whole process.  I'll post pics of each of the parts here, but two more videos will still be posted (they will be at http://www.miniwargaming.com/channel/ptgraham/ and http://www.youtube.com/user/MrWatchingpaintdry

It was a fun adventure, and I'm glad to have the whole set painted, but I wish I had done it a little faster.  Perhaps this will motivate me to paint up the rest of my space hulk set.

Anyway, here's some pics of each of the completed parts.  Now that this is done I'm open to new projects... any suggestions?  Please leave a comment below.

Dreadfleet: Shadewraith

I'm getting close... just two more ships after this one.  I hope to put some game play videos up before Christmas as they have been requested.  I'll work on those once the painting is complete... you wouldn't want to see any unpainted stuff, would you?

Dreadfleet: Grimnir's Thunder

Oops, I forgot to post this with all the stuff I've been posting the last couple weeks.  Here's the dwarf ship from dreadfleet.  Nothing too fancy, and the video is after the break.

Skullvane Manse unboxing

Here's a quick video showing the new Skullvane Manse kit.  Looks pretty impressive, and will add nicely to the tabletop.

Mangler Squig Unboxing and Assembly

Here's an unboxing and assembly video of the new Finecast Mangler Squigs.  Overall I'm a little disappointed with the finecast, but its still a great model.  I'd probably be happier if it wasn't the same price as an Arachnarok spider... so I guess I'll only get one.

Interesting to note that they recommend using a hair dryer to bend some of the pieces.  I tried it out and it works fantastic.  They suggested 30 seconds, but 5-10 was plenty.  The hair dryer I was using has a no-heat option, so I heated it up, then pushed the button to remove the heat and used that to cool it down.  Worked like a charm.

Anyway, here's the video, let me know what you think.

Blood Angels: The Sanguinar (NMM finished)

As featured in a couple work in progress articles, here's the finished product.  As an indirect review of the 'Eavy Metal Masterclass book, I'd say the articles are great.  This was originally published in WD 363 as a masterclass article.  The new masterclass book is a compilation of previously published articles and one additional one.  I really like the articles, and they were enough reason to buy the white dwarf in themselves.  That said, I don't know if I'll get the book since I have all the back issues... we'll have to see.

I'd say that my non-metallic gold is improving with each model I do.  I'm also pretty happy with the non-metallic silver bits.  Its still not perfect, and it helped a lot that I had a guide to go by.

Anyway, here's some pictures... video tutorial is below as well as all the paints I used.