On color schemes

Nothing much to report as of yet.  I am aware that I missed the deadline I set to have my minis painted, but that was as much a learning experience as any other.
Things I learned:
1) Spray paint fumes take a few days to go away.
2) Spray painting in winter sucks.

Anyway, I have the paints for my minis on order via my local game store New Game in Town.
I've chosen to go with purple as the primary, and yellow as the secondary color.  Brown for the fur and fleshtone for the fleshy bits as well.

Stay tuned!

On Son of Primer

I've finished priming my Skaven. Actually waiting for the paint on the last batch to dry, then pictures!
Stay tuned!

on primers

Hey everybody!  I finally got off my duff to test the primer I have on my Skaven.

Rather than prime all my minis, only to discover that the primer dulled the details, I tested it on one of my larger minis, one of my Rat Ogres.

I missed a spot on the underside front of the model, and I will fill fix it with another bit of primer, but I am happy with the way it turned out.  The Krylon Fusion primer doesn't dull any of the details, so I will be priming the rest of my minis this week, as soon as I can set up a mini-spray booth in my garage (priming in my basement is not an option, not enough airflow to clear out fumes.

On gifts

I decided to get a few things for myself this Christmas.  I ordered from Amazon and the first of them arrived yesterday.

My friends who got me started in Warhammer and Mordheim have been getting into Warmachine and Hordes.  It is, in their opinion, much more balanced than Mordheim, and scales better than Warhammer.
Warmachine/Hordes is a minatures wargame published by Privateer Press, and can be found at http://privateerpress.com/.

Anyway, I decided to get the Circle Orboros starter pack, which consists of Kaya the Wildborne Warlock, a Feral Warpwolf Heavy Warbeast, and 2 Argus Light Warbeasts.

Kaya the Wildborne

Feral Warpwolf

Argus

As per my previous goal, I am not opening this box until my Skaven army has been painted, so I don't expect to get to this until Spring.

Pics or it didn't happen!

As promised, here are some pictures of my Skaven army as they stand.

I have one unit of 20 Plague Monks, two units of 20 Clanrats each, and 2 Rat Ogres, their handlers, and a pack of Giant Rats and their handler.

Plague Monks, armed with swords.

The Plague Monks fit together into rank and file pretty easily.  When I put these together, I didn't really pay attention to how they were going to fit together as a unit.  As such, you can really see where I did not plan how the models would fit together with my Clanrats.

Two Rat Ogres and their handlers.

Clanrats with spears and shields.

 The spear-wielding Clanrats sort of fit together in rank and file.

Clanrats with swords and shields.

The Clanrats with swords do not, however.

Such are the mistakes of a first time builder.  In the future, I may buy a unit to replace these, and will take more care to make sure they fit together as a unit.

On another note, I received a rather amazing set of tools and supplies for model making and painting for Christmas!  I was really floored by the thought put into some of the gifts.  I will have pics of them, and my new workspace (once I get it cleared in the basement!)

One final note, here are some Clanrats and Giant Rats painted by my friend Brian, for a Mordheim Warband.  He was generous and gave me his warband as a birthday present a few years back.  I have been playing with half of them (not pictured) and these are the ones not currently in my warband.
I know I won't be this good on my first attempt at painting, but this is what I'm shooting for.

Clanrats and Giant Rats.

Stay tuned!

On winter, and painting

So, anyone who knows me in real space, knows that I like to make projects.  I like designing things, and I like making things.  Trouble is, I tend to start projects and then they sit unfinished.  Or they never get beyond design stage.

I am going to set myself a goal.  I want to finish at least one of my projects this winter:  painting my Skaven army for Warhammer Fantasy.

I've had the army box for some time, it was a gift from several of my friends, (to whom I am eternally thankful!) and it took me about two years to get around to gluing the models together.  I figure that winter is the perfect time to paint them and set up movement trays.
I found a neat tutorial online here to create movement trays from styrene sheet (Plasticard) and leftover sprues from the models.  I just need to make sure I didn't throw out the sprues after I put the models together! XD
As far as color scheme goes, I think purple and yellow would be cool, they are complementary, and rarely used.

My goal is to get them painted by the end of winter, so I have about three months.

Pictures will come in a later post.

This is a notice, this blog will come back, and I will start updating again.  In the mean-time, check out some of my friend's blogs.
Links are on the right!