Quarantine Update 4 - In Space!

Well, somehow another month has passed since the last painting update, and I'm going to be better than having a ~6-7 month hiatus of not posting. While I had a bunch of plans to paint up some Necrons in my last update, I got the urge to play some Battlefleet Gothic Armada (1), and that made me want to get out and re-paint my Imperial Battlefleet Gothic. The long wait for a new Necron codex hasn't exactly inspired me to paint more 40k either. 

These are some minis I've had for quite a while, getting them BFG was still as thing GW sold, sometime in the mid-2000s. I wasn't exactly a good painter then, which shows, nor was I that great at caring for my miniatures. The artwork and setting inspired me, and the rules were different and exciting enough from 40k as well. There were a couple of other people who had small fleets back then that I'd play against, though BFG was never exactly a big gaming system at the local gaming club I went to. 

The minis have languished in storage for the last 10+ years, and they made a different enough change from what I've been painting recently as well. This has also given the opportunity to get some practice at magnetising things, and trying some new painting techniques with sponges which I'm pretty happy about. I'm also trying some OSL for the engine lights, to varying effects. Enjoy!

Early 2000's painting, and years of bad storage

Stripped and undercoated!

Let the painting commence!

Overall, I'm pretty happy with how its all turning out. The green and white is the classic BFG look, and its nice to paint a few other coloured ships as well; they can be ships from other Battlefleets that have broken through the Chaos blockades of the sector. I'm also happy with how the bases are turning out. 

There's about seven more cruisers, five more escorts and then a Battleship to paint, so plenty more should be in the next update!

Quarantine update #3

Well, despite not posting anything for the last five months, I have been busy painting away at things every now and again, slowing working through my to-paint list. Motivation comes and goes as I'm working from home at the moment as the lockdown / restrictions from COVID continue where I'm living. 

One of the projects that I have finished recently is a bunch of Lord of the Rings miniatures. I think I got these about 15 years ago, and they've probably been gathering dust for most of that time. They were painted by a much younger me, and the paint job was questionable at best. But, that's nothing that a fixed with a good dose of paint stripper. A friend of mine has recently been gathering up as much LOTRSBG as he can, and I expect once we're allowed to catch up again (post COVID lockdown) we'll throw down some games on the table. There are some other characters from a boxed set that I have, but I may end up trading them for some Gondor knights. 

 

One of my friends also picked up a job in another city, so had a clear out of some old Necrons that he didn't want. Everything that I picked up is down below on the left. The Tau are an old project that I had, again when I was much younger. I've got some plans on what do to with the Necrons, noting that they should be getting a new codex (and new units soon). The Tau may get a fresh look at life (be repainted) at some stage. I also finished making a unit of greenstuff scarabs (before I got a whole bunch from my friend). 

 

 

Attempt at a flayed one conversion on the left. I need to find some knife-hands for him, but that shouldn't be too hard. If I get adventurous, I may attempt some greenstuff flesh.  

Attempt at a deathmark conversion. There are plenty of bits leftover from the immortals I've built, so I figured I should do something with them. 

Cat tax / future project time. I managed to pick up my cats and catacombs kickstarter a few months back when I was able to get out of the house. 

I've converted my old desk in the spare bedroom to be my new office, where I've been working from for the last ~six months. That's included getting a sit-stand raiser, which has taken up almost all the desk space. That kinda killed my hobby enthusiasm for a bit, as I didn't have anywhere permanent to paint. Having moved a few other things around in the room, I pulled out one of our old tables and have now set up a dedicated hobbying space, which certainly makes painting / hobbying easier. 

 

Quarantine update #2!

More Necron painting has been complete! Managed to finish off some Heavy Destroyer conversions. Instead of buying the upgrade pack, I just made some bigger guns. The gun itself is made from the Destroyer kit, Immortal gauss blaster and a Deathmark synaptic disintegrator. I think they look suitably different from a regular destroyer.

Also finished is a base of Scarabs. These are all made of greenstuff, which is something I've been thinking of trying for a bit. I think they came out alright.

Quarantine update!

Smashed out a Necron Nightbringer, nuff said. Only a small amount of greenstuff was required to make the finecast model work..... Still working on some heavy destroyer conversions and some greenstuff scarabs.

Quarantine hobby time!

Well, some good news then some bad news. I'd originally been planning to go on a work trip to the US later this month / early next month that coincided with a 40k tournament that some friends were running. That trip got cancelled, though prior to most countries putting travel bans in place. Good news, I'd be able to make the 40k tournament. Alas, the owners of the venue cancelled all events there, meaning no tournament. While unlucky, probably for the best given everything going on. A silver lining to this is that I'll have more time to get my 2000pts of necrons assembled, painted and maybe have a display done as well! Plenty of time for hobby work now! Few pics of recent things below. 

Sprues from recently delivered stuff. Delivery guy asked in anyone at the property had cv-19. Thanks for asking I guess. 

First attempt at a green stuff scarab.

Group army shot.

Destroyers.

DIY objective markets. Made with left over bits of sprues.

Converted heavy destroyer.

Group shot of what I've actually painted so far this year.