New Year Resolutions

 

Welcome to 2025! A new year means a new pledge to make to try to slay the grey faster than I can replenish it.  I am going to try to hold back from buying anything new as much as possible and hope to make a serious dent in what I already own.  With that being said I do know there are a few purchases on the horizon for me this year… we will see.

Year in Review 2024

Well, with the year coming to a close, I usually try to review what I have done in the last year and compare it to what I plan to do at the beginning of the year. It has been a odd year with several lulls and little game-playing.  I hope in the next year I can break out of this funk and actually get out and play.  So, without further ado, let's dig in.

September Update

So, I have a quick update on what I have done over the month of September.  There was not a lot of painting done but a lot of building and printing of some Horus Heresy Mechanium before I switch gears and focus on my armies for Shorehammer coming this winter.

Missing update

 So I am not sure what happened the last couple of months but I have only finished one squad of the new Thallax cohorts to show for my work. I have built a few models but have yet to paint anything fully except these little guys.

Since I don't have a lot to talk about I thought I would lay out my paint scheme for the 30k Horus Heresy Mechanicum army.

I based these guys on my 40k Ad Mech army with a little twist.  I wanted to use a metallic paint for this army some I had to find one I liked.  The first one I tried was the same one I was using for my Orruks but I could it too bright and it is no longer available so I decided not to use it.

I ended up using  Folkart Multi-surface Tanzanite Metallic paint. It has a nice metallic feel and I got a bottle that will last me a decade.

For the Copper, I used one of my favorite colors. Pro Acryl Copper.  It is a nice and smooth paint. Easily a one-coat metallic that does not hide detail.

For the trim, I used the old formula of Army Painter Uniform Grey.  I am sure they have a new version of this color but this bottle should last me a while.

For the hoses I wanted a color that would pop so I used the Teseract Glow over a white basecoat.

For the face shield I used the Pro Acryl Silver color but I will be changing that to Army Painter rough Iron.  It looks better in my opinion but I have not had a chance to go back and fix these guys.

For the red tip on the weapon, I used Army Painter Gemstone red.

Lastly, I used Agrellen Earth for the base.

That is my paint scheme for the mechanicum army.  These guys fuzzed a bit on priming.  I am disappointed but I move on.  Better to have a fuzzy paint job over no paint job.

Have a good one and I hope to have more done by the end of September.  Wish me luck.

June Update

 

Another month has gone and more hobbying has been done.  Let's take a look at what I have done this time.

May Update

Another month has passed and I continue down the hobby trail with a smattering of different armies.  Let’s take a look…

 

April Update

Hello again friends.  For some strange reason, I have been putting off this update for no good reason.  So, before I delay another day I thought I would just throw it together.  After last month’s huge monster, I took a couple of weeks off to relax and I did nothing.  After that rest, I got back into it and worked on a few pieces.