Friday, December 20, 2013

Camels and other large beasts!


Just a quick post here to guide you towards a quick post on Guns Of April. There you'll be able to see a little bit more about the French Dromedary Corps models I've been painting up for our gaming at AdeptiCon 2014!


But speaking of AdeptiCon 2014, there's another game I'll be playing in. Does the photo above give you a clue as to what it might be?

More on that soon.

Cheers
Dave

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Horus Heresy - Death Guard Killzone team


Here they are, my (initial) take on a Killzone team for the Death Guard. I know I'll need to paint up some more models, as some of these no longer fit with my plans (or quite fit into the currently constantly updating rules). Amusingly enough, my friend who has been working on a set of rules has actually been working with Big Jim of Galaxy In Flames. Big Jim put up the latest set of rules on his blog on Sunday. Why don't you head on over and check them out.


But on to the models. Most of these were painted last time you saw them, but I was still a bit iffy on the final basing. After consulting with a few friends, and taking some good advice from a multi-Sword winner, I've gone with this basing approach. A dark/mid grey, washed with a variety of colors (including purple), followed by some mid/light grey drybrushing, and then a dusting of Terracotta Earth powder from Secret Weapon Miniatures. I hope you like it






Until next time, happy painting!

Cheers
Dave

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Public Service Announcement - Sunday Double!


Seismic Miniature Painting Studio

The first announcement today is to draw your attention to the new Painting Service being run by an old friend (from way back in the day) Jonathan Palermo. Jonathan and I both worked for GW in Australia, but now he's in Canada and I'm in the US. I guess we love to travel ; )

Anyway, head to his blog - Seismic Miniature Painting Studio - and check out some of his work. If you're in the market for a model, unit, or army, make sure you think of Jonathan!


Battleroad Games & Hobbies

My friend Alex Akers, owner of Battleroad Games and Hobbies, has recently taken up a new job and has sadly had to come to the decision to close down the Battleroad business. During his closing period he's running a closeout sale that you may wish to take part in. From Alex's Facebook post:

"It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing the shutdown of Battleroadhobbies.com. This was not a decision I came to easily and has to do with family issues as well as not having the time to work on the Katana Miniatures games project. Based on these factors as well as a few others I have decided that the best course of action is to shut down Battleroad Games and Hobbies LLC and focus my energy on Katana: War of the Oni, as well as my family. Sadly their is not another company willing to take up the mantel of ownership so it's just best to shut it all down.

Based on all of this I have decided it's best to conduct a 40% off sale of all items in stock on the webstore. When checking out use the code closeoutsale and that will give you the 40% off. It has been a great few years operating BRGH and meeting many of you personally. I look forward to bringing our community my teams Katana miniatures game in 2014 and would like to thank all of those who have supported and shopped with us over these past few years. We will be officially shutting down Dec 31st 2013 at 1159pm so the sale will run until then. 
- Alex"


Coming soon: More photos of my completed Death guard Kill Zone Team.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Horus Heresy - I'll just leave this here...



Still busy times here in the Taylor household, but hopefully things will calm down in the new year.

Now that my client has his Horus conversion in hand, I can reveal the paintjob. I hope you like it.








Cheers
Dave

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Horus Heresy - The Man himself!


Sorry I haven't posted up the lastfew models from my Death Guard project, but I was busy working on this guy over the weekend. He's a new commission build - Horus Lupercal - based on the great artwork originally from the Horus Heresy card game.

Anyway, I hope you like this guy.



Cheers
Dave