Scheduling change...

Well, it appears that my LGS had changed their gaming schedule on me, so my first game of Warmachine is delayed, which isn't all bad. It gives me some more time to finish my brothers Cryx force before i take it for a test spin. In the mean time I have also been working on my new Faction, KHADOR! I have picked up some Widowmakers and a Heavy Warjack kit from the LGS, and I have the Battlebox on order. I plan on painting them up in a snow camo scheme, and putting them on some snow bases, so if anyone has some ideas, or pics for reference, it would be much appreciated. Right now I am pouring through my Khador book, and an old WWII book that my dad gave me, looking for color schemes and ideas. Sorry no pics right now, to busy to snap some pics. Well, back to work I go.

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WOW! Sorry for being off for so long...

Life gets in the way some times, but back to the hobby I am. Just because I have been off line for awhile doesn't mean that I haven't been working on the Cryx army. I have finished the Slayer, and am currently working on the last Deathripper and the Defiler. My goal is still set at having them ready for this Saturday, as that will be my first official game (did a little play-testing/learning with my Bro). Here is the big change though, I have convinced my brother to get in the game, which is awesome, the bad news is he only wants to play Cryx! Well, in all my generosity and OCD, I have decided to give him an awesome Birthday gift! He will recieve my Cryx Battle-box fully painted with the Faction deck, pDenny token set, templates, and his own copy of the MK.II Rulebook all wrapped up in his very own Sabol Mini Case! Hope he doesn't read my blog before March, lol.

I guess I need to choose another Faction, anyone have any ideas?

Now for some pics of my Bro's Cryx WIP.

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

Frustrated, because my internet is down and will be down for atleast another week. Thank God for my Blackberry I suppose. Well, I won't be making any updates for a little while, but I am currently half way done with the Slayer, and working on finishing my part 2 of my painting post. More to come as soon as I am back up and running.

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Painting Cryx, Support By Fire's Style (part 1)

Alright, got a comment from Dean at The Old West Chronicle asking what techniques and what kind of paints I use to paint my Cryx. Well, Dean, here is part 1 of at least a 2 part post.

First, I will start off with a list of paint colors and what brand of paint they are from.

VGC= Vallejo Game Color
VMC= Vallejo Model Color
GWF= Games Workshop Foundation
GWW= Games Workshop Wash
GWP= Games Workshop Paint

GWP, Chaos Black
VGC, Black
VGC, Sombre Grey
VGC, Ghost Grey
VMC, Gunmetal Grey
GWP, Chainmail
GWP, Mithril Silver
GWP, Brazen Brass
GWP, Shining Gold
GWP, Rotting Flesh
GWP, Elf Flesh
GWF, Dheneb Stone
GWP, Bleached Bone
GWP, Skull White
GWP, Blood Red
GWP, Blazing Orange
GWP, Fiery Orange
VGC, Sun Yellow
GWP, Scorched Brown
GWP, Bestial Brown
GWP, Graveyard Earth
GWP, Bubonic Brown
GWW, Badab Black
GWW, Gryphonne Sepis

As you can see, I still have mostly GW paints, as I have just transitioned from 40K to Warmachine, I do not have any P3 paints yet. I am really liking the Vallejo paints as well, love the bottle they come in, and really like the consistency of the paint(practically already mixed with water so you can use it from the bottle with out watering it down). I will try out some P3 paints, but I am going to be replacing old paints with Vallejo for the most part, unless I need to make an exact match.
Some may notice, That I use 2 different Black paints, here is why. The Chaos Black from GW is a matte finish paint, and works great for painting black, VGC Black has a semi-gloss finish and is excellent for mixing with my grays for shading. I kind of stumbled on this actually, I had bought the VGC Black, thinking it would be matte, but I was thinking of the VMC that are the matte paints, so I had a happy accident. I will be replacing my dwindling supply of GW Chaos Black with a matte VMC Black soon though(love those dropper bottles).

Well,in part 2 we will look at what paints are used on which area of the model, and what mixes are used for highlighting. Keep an eye out for part 2 soon.

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The Warwitch Lives...

Got my Warwitch Dhenegra finished! Now a couple of Jacks' left to go.
I had a request for my paint recipes and any techniques that I used, so I will write that down and make up a post on it later today.
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Pics are proof,

Starting Off 2011 The Right Way!!!!!

Hey all, hope you had a safe and Happy New Year!
I am starting this year off the right way! By painting my Cryx Battle Box!!!!
Nothing new to post picture wise, but just wanted to let you know that I will be posting my color choices along with a couple of techniques that I used to paint my Cryx Deathripper, and definitely will be finishing my Cryx Battle Box by my February Deadline, then off to getting in some games!

All for now,
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First Bonejack painted with new scheme, C&C.

Alright, got my first Warmachine model painted up! Cryx Deathripper Bonejack, in my own scheme, let me know what you think about the color choices, does it work?






Not much else to post up yet, but I will start work on the rest of the Battle Box soon.
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