Painting Table #2 2016

Sorry about this update being a few days late guys.

I completed my first 4 models for the year.

The Space Marine Battle Barge and 3 strike cruisers for BFG.

I used Hexed purple, a gold, black and gunmetal for these guys. I like how they turned out though the definitly need better pictures. All the models are from shapeways from a guy that labels them as heresy era ships.

I am now working on some frostgrave stuff. Another update later this week.

Aruki

Painting Table #1 2016

Since the oldest is on vacation we did a little painting and a lot of terrain making this week. We primed and based his tank and my BFG SM.

Then we started making terrain for Frostgrave and such. In fact we built so much the only scenario specific terrain we are missing is two houses, a fountain and some ladder/bridge deals.

 So the next couple of weeks will probably be taken up dealing with all of this. More as I get it done.
Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #39

Another week and more of a dent put in the mountain. First up this week is the DE BFG fleet I painted up. Honestly the picture doesn't show how shiny the silver is under the purple ink/paint. I then also did most of the warzone Baharaus guys. There are still a few stragglers which will be painted after I prime them.

Which should hopefully be this next week. The main problem will be that it is a major holiday here in South Korea, and since I married a South Korean I will be quiet busy during it. The plan after that is to do my warzone imperals, followed by my stragglers for my two FSA fleets. I know that many people are planing zombie themed or such projects next month but I have no projects for that in the works at the moment. I am going to focus on everything I have going and try to finish as much as possible by the end of the year. More on that next week. Other than scoring for this lot that is it. So that is 18 more models and 36 more points.
Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #38 2015

The quick update for the week. I finished off the last two broadsides which completes the tau for now. Mainly I say for now because who knows what madness the new codex will bring and there is still a conversion I want to do at some point for fun.

 I also primed all the DE BFG and assembled and primed 30 some odd guys for my warzone stuff.

Finally me and my oldest had are first game of the slim down rules of FSA. I barely beat him, he has the devils luck when it comes to rolling 6s in every game.

This was played on one of my new mats from a kickstarter I backed that showed up last week. Anyway two more models and 8 more points.
More as I get it done.
Aruki

The current state of projects and goals.

At the moment I have two sets of goals. The ones for the year and the ones for the 6MMRPC. At the moment I have almost completed/meet both sets.

For the year I just need to finish tau and hopefully sell some stuff off to get back under budget.

For 6MMRPC I only need to finish 9 tau suits and the Aquan ships I have then I would have completed everything I wanted. I have also gained 5 jokers so far plus my initial 3. I have only spent 1 to grab the last major piece for my dindrenzi which will also give me another joker.

The goals for the last part of the year are rather easy to state but time consuming.

1.finish off the tau

2. paint the dindrenzi dread group

3. Paint the Aquan stuff

4. Paint the 2 Dropzone commander forces.

5. Paint the converted DE BFG fleet

That is about it for now just to give a bit more direction with my work.

I do have a few more projects I can work on.

1. more terrain ( a planet and buildings, bridges etc)

2. 2nd or 3rd edition Warzone forces (20+models)

3. Space marines(75 or so models)

4. Sisters of Sigmar Conversions

More as I get it done.

Aruki

6MMRPC/Painting Table #35 2015

This week was pretty good overall. I started the week cleaning up all the Aquan ships I have so I can wash them this weekend. This week I also started the construction of my Dark Eldar BFG fleet and my sons Tyranid fleet.

3 cruisers and 5 escorts

5 Kraken and 3 escorts

4 claw Kraken

 I then decided to paint 2 1x1 buildings.

I plan on picking up the necessary bits to make more escorts and cruisers for both fleets in the future. The buildings are half of the current ready to be painted buildings. The main thing I have left to paint for them is two towers which I may do next week. Then a bunch of bridges and walls once the airbrush is up and running again. Speaking of that I should be able to start airbrushing soon. So I can also finish those suits off. We will also see both Dropzone Commander forces and more space ships of mine of course. I have a neat idea for the Dark Eldar.

Anyway that is 2 more models and I am only going to take 4 points for the pair.

More as I get it done.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #33 2015

I finished off this week by finishing off the last of the models in my MERC Texico starter set. Overall I am really happy with how these guys turned out. So that's 5 more models, 10 more points and another joker. At the moment I am assembling a hive ship for my son and starting to work on converting some nid ships up for him. I will also continue my work on other models I have laying around. More as I get it done. There are many pictures below. Enjoy.
Aruki

The newly finished models. Below is a better picture of each of the seven models.

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #31 2015

This week was not to productive from a picture stand point. I got my Exploding kittens kickstarter and my mantis creations carrying cases as well. On top of that their was a lot of furniture being moved around this week and such. So what did I get done. 

Well I finished painting  these 13 drones. I also found one more drone while cleaning and organizing after moving all the furniture.  

This week I also did a matt coat on all of my FSA and BFG ships that have been painted. I also cleaned up primed and based all my DW ships.So 9 more suits and 1 drone are all that are left of my tau. This week I hope to finish off the ships and the last drone. After that I will probably move onto either more assembly or more hand priming since the weather is still crazy. As soon as the humidity and heat even out I should have a bunch of stuff ready to get done.

Anyway that is 13 more models done and 26 points.

More as I get it done.
Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting Table #26 2015

So another big update. First off, I gave the original orange planet a spray with the airbrush to brighten it a bit more before I sealed it so no points or anything for it since it was already counted as done.

But then I finished off two more bits of terrain. First off another planet. It comes out grey in the pic but it is actually a soft blue.

Then the first of the 2x1 buildings. From the deadzone stuff.

Overall, I am happy with the results of both projects. I am planning on finishing off the other 2x1 building and then probably building and painting the other tau suits so I can finish that project off.

So that is 2 more models, I am taking 3 points for the planet again and I am taking 6 for the building. This has also completed my terrain goal for the year.

Comments welcome.

Aruki

BFG Tau fleet pics

Figured I would post some pics of the current fleet that is finished. At least until I find some extra cash to splash out for the few ships that I want to get to boost the fleet to around 1500-2000 points.

I am also considering going back and darkening the bigger ships so they look closer to the little ones. The only other thing I need to sort out is more proper bases for the larger ships, along with the larger ships I am going to make for my Dark Eldar and my sons Tyranids at some point.

Anyway hope you enjoyed the look.

Aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting table #23 2015

It was a very busy week for me hobby wise. On top of the already finished models that you have seen I also wrapped up all the assembly of the 2 earth shakers, finished painting the 6 BFG tau ships, assembled and puttied two buildings and finally finished the assembly and protective coat of my asteroids for space games. The earth shakers will be seen in a later post. Today, the rest of it will be seen. So first off the work in progress stuff.

I still need to sand them down before base coating but I have 2 started which is good enough for me. By the way I love the vallejo plastic putty.

The asteroids are below and then the 6 ships.

So that is 6 more models finished and  12 more points. That also means I get a joker for finishing off a project.

Not sure what I will do after the buildings but they are the next thing to get painted up.

The Epic marines are still available by the way

aruki

6MMRPC/ Painting table #22 2015

Earlier today I finished off the drones and have started up detailing the ships. Here is a quick picture.

 So that is 8 more models and 16 more points. I hope to finish the ships this week but not 100% sure if I will this week.

Anyway more as I get it done.

Aruki

6MMRPC: the next project for June

Todays post is about the project me and the kids picked out. The oldest wants me to finish off my tau BFG ships and the youngest kept screaming at the drones so I picked some out to paint.

So this is the next project for now, 14 more models and finishing off the BFG stuff will earn me a joker, which may be usefull. More as I get it done.

Aruki

Painting Table #17 2015

This is the final painting table before the start of the 6MMRPC. First off I plan on continuing work on the two last earthshakers and maybe also working on some pathfinders and  firewarriors. Here is a pick of those firewarrios and pathfinders with the primer and base coat done also did a bit of orange detail work on 1 guy. No pictures of the earth shakers until the next tutorial post which should be in the next week or so depending on kids and work. Also sorry the pick is so bad couldn't get a good one to save my life today.

For jokers I have decided to do it by project. So the rest of the tau would be one. Same with my marines if I get to them. The rest of the bfg tau will be one, the rest of the aqua prime ships will also be one. Each merc squad will be one along with each of the infinity factions. All the dystopian wars would also count as one. That is like 9 more possible jokers. I may have more in the future but honestly I have no idea what I will do with the jokers in the first  place.

Maybe at the end of the 6 months I will reward myself x amount for each joker I have. This maybe a nice way  since I also blew the last of my budget on the infinity starter. There are still other starters I may want in the future mainly dropzone commander, Planet fall and dystopian legions. But I still haven't decided. Then again I also have my b-day and anniversary happening before the end of the challenge.

Bits wise the only thing I think I need to get is some more helion boards to convert into frigates and maybe a few more jetbikes for conversion into cruisers but that can wait.

Painting Table #16 2015

A little late on this post but the past couple of days have been brutal.

First off I finished off the custodian and 2 protectors for my tau BFG. May do a wash in the future but need to find the right mixture first.

Second, as you can see, I also spent more time on the firewarrior. This time I tried an actual wash and I tried a green one to see if it worked out better. Still not sure yet.

I am currently working on the other two earth shakers and taking pics and such for the wrap up of the tutorial. Comments and such welcome, now to go back and look closer at those models and see if I really missed those spots or it was the lighting/flash on the cell phone.....

More as I get it done and next week starts the 6MMRPC so stay tuned.
Aruki