Renegade Open '14 Armies on Parade

Here is a pic dump of armies and models from Renegade last month.

Stormwolf process

Nate, Master of the Darkenvault back here again. Having finished my stormwolf, you can now join me on a trip through its construction.

Here I have all of the pieces laid out in the state at which I will begin painting them in. 

I found I was unsure of how the aircraft was to sit a top the flight stand. Just inserting them together left it lop sided, and drooping. So I rigged up this sprue stop, or whatever you would call this. I then pinned the stand so it would insert with the model with some more support.

Here we see the iron priest finished in his cockpit all ready to take off, he had to wait a while though still.

Now with the control panel finished I was ready to insert the pilot into the top panel of the stormwolf.

With this part done I will now paint the inside of the cargo hold. Once that's finished I will be able to seal up the body of model and begin painting the rest of the model.

Imperial vehicles make your best friend the humble rubber band. I covered the canopy with tape, and have not yet glued it in place. This will be one of the last steps. It is blue tacked in place right now.

 

Here is a shot of the interior, I forgot to get one earlier.

Jump some time ahead. I have all the base colors, and washes done. Now on to highlights, and weathering. You can see what I've done with the base using a two part epoxy I got to try out from a wonderful Smooth On employee who was running their booth last year at adepticon. I cut out two layers of foam core, then penciled on an outline. After seeing how well the stand fit in, and getting it snug I applied the epoxy. I'm leaving the stand free for transport. But now to jazz it up alittle.

So the base is large, and I didn't want to leave it with just rocks and grass. So my idea was have wolves running beneath it. To give it action, and motion. Defiantly need to get a proper photo set up, having a hard time getting a big guy like this lite.

So here is the finished model. Jumping again into the future quickly. I'll add some more insignia later in a few spots, but otherwise I'll call it good. Took some photos at Fantasy Flight Games to try and get better lighting. 

Finally a look at the base.

7th ed Rules of the Game: Rapid Fire and Objective Secured.

Here is the last set of rules from my the Noir Engel and Eldar game.

7th ed Rules of the Game: Shooting at Artillery and Vehicle Shooting

Here's another set of rules from last game.

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Commission Tips part 3: Communication

Really this is a continuation of last Article Fridays post.  The topic of communication is so important it needs its own post.

Merry Pre-Boxing Day!

Enjoying a day off and several hours at the murder table.

7th ed Rules of the Game: Battle Focus, Run and Wrecked

This is my second 7th ed game under my belt came new rules and situations.  Feels good to make these posts again.

14.12.6 1850 Noir Engel vs Eldar

Let's get back to the losing part of this How to Lose at 40k sand box of ours.

Wanted to try the new psyhic rules.  Forgot them a couple of turns.  This librarian, Ezekiel, had a ton of special gear on him.

Single Swooping Hawk

It is quite amazing.  I'm clearing a lot of commissions.  There are several large commissions coming in soon and am terribly excited to start them.

Primed Army Painter Uniform Standard Grey.

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Commission Tips part 2: Expectations

This commission tips post is all about understanding the clients expectations for the job.  There will be a lot of tough love in this post.

Goreshade the Bastard part 3

This guy was an absolute pleasure to paint.  Had to be the best model I've painted in a couple of years.  Love the look of this model.

Space Hulk: a Game Review

Some months ago Games Workshop re-released a classic game of theirs.  Space Hulk.  I've always wanted to play it and finally had an opportunity.

Bane Thralls part 3

These guys were painted last Tues.  So close to finishing them.  Just needed to find out basing.

Third Verse Same as the First Dire Avengers Completed

These guys took a little longer than expected to finish.  Think they turned out pretty good.

Drybrush Leadbelcher on weapon.  Army Painter Mat Black for handle.  Then light coat of Ice Blue for edge of blades.

Goreshade the Bastard part 2

This is a terribly fun model to paint.  Only the cloak remains.

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Commission Tips part 1: Payment

Let's get this Article Friday going again.  This would've landed last Friday but didn't have a pic.

One of the roughest things to hammer when creating my commission business was payment.  Looking at how other commission sites handled payment gave me an idea of what to do.

14.8.16 1000 Necrons vs Adepta Sororitas a.k.a. The Return of BatReps

What a battle report?  It has been a long time since one of these has graced our sandbox. This is an extremely olde battle report.  If I remember correctly our gaming group didn't meet one Friday night.  Suijin and I decided to do some 40k.  Since this was our first 7th ed game we played a lower point game to give us time to go through the rules and finish.

This lady.  What is up with this lady?

Posts of Plenty in the Queue, just need to get to them.

WOW!  It has been terribly productive at and outside the murder table recently.

Bane Thralls part 2

These guys are going fast.  Looks like my new plan for commissions is working splendidly.

Feel so sorry for this poor guy.  He's been the test model for this unit.  He's been through quite a bit I tell you what.

Third Verse Same as the First Dire Avengers part 2

Was hoping to finish this set in this session.  However the all to familiar peal of sleep was ringing ever so softly.

Reaper Surf Aqua for all clothe.

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Goreshade the Bastard & Deathwalker part 1

Have to say Goreshade is the coolest model I've put together in years.  It is an absolutely beautiful model and really look forward to doing it some justice.

Alaitoc Wave Serpents for Sale on Ebay

Looking to purchase a few wave serpents painted in the Alaitoc theme?  Here's the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warhammer-40k-Eldar-Alaitoc-Craftworld-Wave-Serpent-/141492571474?

Bane Thralls part 1

New month and a new commission.  Asked Mike when he'd like these by.  He said by Christmas so they'd be a present to himself.  Love the idea.  Who knows more what you want for Christmas than you?

Third Verse Same as the First Dire Avengers part 1

Looks like this post wasn't ready.  That's what I get for doing other stuff on Friday.

Shawn wants his Dire Avengers squads to have different types of gear.

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Dinner with Jim Wappel

Several months ago I was reading posts in the blogsphere and one in particular caught my eye.  Clicked on the link and looked at some paintings then learned a fellow blogger might be attending the same gala I was at the beginning of July.

Dreamforge-Games Leviathan Crusade counts as Imperial Knight part 1

Merry Cornucopia Day, fellow modelers and painters!

Several months ago I was playing some X-Wing with Suijin.  Asked if he had a couple of models for me to paint up for my website.  He handed me a few.

Vaul Weapon Platforms

It has been a while since I've worked on Shawn's Eldar.  Need to make them more of a priority.

Primed Army Painter Uniform Grey.

IG Epic 40k Last of the Basiliks, Baneblade and Shadowsword

Here's the last post of Imperial Guard Epic 40k.  A week of these models.  Mighty beautiful if you ask me.

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An Escape, First Article Friday Post

World outside of the painting table has been terribly fun recently.  Been able to get to the murder table only a hand full of times over these last several weeks.  Really need to get there more.

IG Epic 40k Rough Riders and Heavy Weapons Teams

These guys were terribly fun to paint Tues night.  They are unlike other Epic 40k models I've painted before.

IG Epic 40 Leman Russ Battle Tanks, Vendettas, IG Flyers and Basilisks

Only two more sets of these guys and they are done.  This IG Epic 40k army will be done tonight.

IG Epic 40k Last Hellhound, Leman Russ Battle Tanks and Leman Russ Vanquishers.

Another set down.  Looks like three more sets and this done.  They should be done Wed.

IG Epic 40k Last of the Chimeras, Hellhounds and Griffons

Another set down.  Think five more to go.

IG Epic 40k Colossus, More Chimeras and touched up Manticores

Actually got to the murder table on Sat. Felt great!

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Wolf Lord Rising

The Master of the Darkenvault, Nate here back with a post after too long. Finally, finally I have finished a model. Too many projects remains the name of the game for me. In truth this has been done a few weeks now but has been the only personal project finished in forever.

Here we have him, the big man, Wolf Lord Erik Morkai.

With terrain construction dominating all non-work time for weeks now preparing for the Renegade Open www.renegadeopen.com I've been getting nothing personal done.

A small amount of time had been going into my thunder wolves, and a construction project for a friend of mine. 

This will be a machanicus tank for his inquisition forces serving as a shadow sword.

Photos of my terrain efforts will make its way on here soon. Before then here's a sample of the volume I've been working with.