Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

TTFix Nearing 10k...

...and they're giving away a grip of prizes to celebrate.  Check it out here.  The drawing will be open until they reach 10000 posts.

If you are reading my blog, then you have SOME sort of hobby interest, no matter the company that produces it.  TTFix is the first blog I check every day due to the amazing coverage on new hobby releases, and (even better) all those different hobby related Kickstarter Updates.

Until next time,

Xi

Adeptus Mechanicus 001

My 'counts as' Space Marines force is coming together now, with the bitz I needed finally arriving.  Right now the list stand as follows:

• HQ - *counts as* Armenneus Valthex
  145 pts
• Elites - Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought
  175 pts
• Troops -
  440 pts
• Squad Cataphracti Ferio
• Sgt, plasma pistol, powerfist
• Plasmagunner
• 8 marines
• Squad Vibro Adamanteus
• Sgt, plasma pistol, powerfist
• Plasmagunner
• 8 Marines

That's a cool 760, that really adds some tactical flex to my nearly all infantry Imperial Guard.  Later, as the fist step in expanding this detachment to an army in its own, will be some Devastators:

• Heavy -
  265 pts
• Squad Exactio Scalpellum
• Sgt, combi-plas, power fist
• 4 Lascannons

The detachment is still WIP.

Here is a shot of the cybot.  I'm going to have magnetized arms for weapon swaps, you can see the the right arm is done.

Some of the 'Techmarines' that make up the force:

These marines use bitz from GW, Anvil Industries, and Blight Wheel Miniatures.  These companies make some amazing after market bitz.

I'm using the Apothecary lamp as one of the features of the army; every figure will have one on a pack, helmet, arm, or mechandrite.  Of course, the Mechanicus shoulder pad is a requirement for all the models.  Bionics is an obvious feature, and since I want all of these marines to be 'techmarines', they will all have some sort of servo arm.  Two of the above feature home made arms, as will more of my force.  The first couple have been pretty simple.  The next one is a bit more ambitious, pictures coming as soon as I get some work done on it.

Cheers,

-Xi

Still Here

Happy 2013 and all that.  Don't die is a solid resolution, been going strong keeping that one for nine years now.

Silence around here, well... depression is shitty and when its bad nothing gets done.

That said, I'm back to it with my AdMech allies for the Guard.  Here is a teaser of whats been happening:

Cheers!

Amazing Kickstarter

*cricket*

Kingdom Death creates awesome, if sometimes disturbingly creepy, figures.  Check out their Kickstarter here.

Workbench Update

With the Undead Project finished, I figured this is a good time to take a look at my workbench.  First up is the Deathwatch Marine for TFP.

Yeah, he'll stay under wraps while I get him finished up.

Next is a Balrog to Bloodthrister conversion I'm working on for a friend of mine.  He bought a few of the plastic Balrog models to use as 'thristers when Codex: Daemons released since they were quite a bit cheaper than the metal Bloodthirsters... not to mention far and away a better model.

The problem is, he used these giant magnets to make the wings removable for storage.  So in addition to sculpting suitably Khornate armour, I have to make this joint blend.

For my personal projects, I have some terrain pieces planned, as well as some that it is far past time that they be finished.  The fences and trench sections are first on the list to be completed.

Counts as Armenneus Valthex

Finally, I'm moving forward with my Space Marines-counts as- Adeptus Mechanicus.  Aside from building and converting a bunch of marines, the part that is most exciting is creating some suitably techy bases for them.

All in all, this should be more than enough to keep me busy for the time being.  Of course, I'll be taking on new commissions as they come, since my projects can wait in the case that my workload for clients gets to be too much.

Cheers,
Xi

Undead: Final Update

Here are the promised photographs of the fully painted Vampire Counts army.

3000 points.

Nine Vargheists, painted by client.

Necromancers and Vampires, painted by client.

Close up of the converted sorcerers.

Crypt Ghouls, painted by client.

Grave Guard, painted by client.

Corpse Cart, painted by client.

Skeletal Knights, painted by client.

Zombies, painted by client.  You can see the Titan Forge Bases the client has chosen for stand in bases to bulk up the units of zombies in these photos.  The smallish unit here is extra zombies, fodder for raising.

Zombies, painted by Xi.

Skeletons, painted by Xi.

There it is, roughly six weeks of work and a total of 350 or so models.

Cheers,

-Xi