End of January

Well January is over and here is my YTD for painting I have achieved 20pts. Not as many as I would like but by doing 40 Romans at once it slowed me down a bit. And YTD spending is -$119.53. Overall not unhappy with that I got in quite a large chunk of models that I had bought before I started my self imposed painting goals and such. I will post pictures tomorrow of the progress on the Romans. I am still trying to decide on my next project and will also be posting a review in few days about dropzone commanders rule book. As a side note if you have a modeling blog let me know I am looking for more up to date blogs to read, follow and link.

Until then.
aruki

Romans and Dystopian prussians

As you can see in the below pictures the magnetizing of the Prussian ships was easy. The bombers on the other hand failed horribly  I am going to pick up omni stands for them and the rest of my spaceships and such in the near future. So I am counting them as finished.

As for the Romans I have been working on, I have done everything but skin ink and shields for the first two squads (40 models). The skin is driving me nuts. I have tried 3 different mixes and can't seem to get it right.

So I will keep experimenting with that and finish off the shields and do touch up no problem. Then it will be just a bit of ink and flocking to complete them.
Anyway, that's it for now trying to decide if I should do more Romans next or do something else so I don't get burnt out with the Romans.

Oh and YTD for painting challenge
Jan:20
Points so far:20
Points till goal: 280
aruki

Review: Dropzone commander PHR starter

Just a quick review. I got this starter at the end of last month. The models are very very nice. I was a little worried at first because of some of the reviews I read from back when the models first came out. But, it seems there are no problems. The models are beautifully detailed and have very little flash. I am planning on picking up more in trade or later in this year after I get enough points. I will give a review of my first impression of the rule book in the near future. mainly just my first impressions. If you want some great models even if you don't want to play the game check them out. (sorry about photos, blogger wont put them the right way.)

front

Partial back

What you get in the box (actually i love the foam insert)

The normal square and peg flight stands used by many companies

Tanks are 3 peaces each

1 set of the walkers

one of the neptunes

metal immortals and there resin type bases

That's it for today and in another day or two painting update along with a example of how to magnetize and how not to magnetize dystopian wars stuff.

cheers

aruki

wahoo still on track

Well I finished touching all the ships up but still waiting for tools to magnetize the bombers and ships. Also made quite a but of progress on about 40 Romans  Below are some pics. Suggestions on skin ideas for the Romans would be much appreciated. I will not add them to the completed list until they are magnetized.

Ships and some heads

base coated, armor, weapons , shoes, clothing done

Based and armor done

Review of some my newest models and more painting next week.

aruki