6MMRC 2017 Weeks 20-21: Quality Time and New Acquisitions.

So another double week post, but with some progress.  I have finished my 2nd Set of Shadow War Armageddon Terrain, assembled a complete building as a test piece for my Cities of Death stuff, completed the last pending commission, and assembled a House Escher Gang for the new Necromunda.

So last week was some slow progress mainly because those pieces were painted with assistance with a helper.

Since the pieces were mostly painted with dry brushing I let my daughter help me out.  I am pretty happy with them and can now cover roughly a 30" square with dense multi-level terrain.  My daughter had a blast helping daddy and even though I could have knocked them out in one evening and instead they took three it was well worth it. Here's a look at the completed stuff.

I also took some time to put together a LOS blocking building using some extra Cities of Death terrain.  I had an extra un-assembled Administratum building kit that I used to make a small chapel.  I will be adding some stained glass to it once its painted. I used some of the ruble pieces to help center the door and then used push molds to fill them in.  I am hoping to get it primed up and painted this week and then do a big run on the stuff that I have assembled but badly damaged next week.  

I spent most of this week knocking out the other commission I took at the same time as the Falchion, an Ultramarines Fire Raptor.  The kit was a huge pain to put together, some of the pieces literally did not fit where they were supposed to.  The rear top was probably the worst it took 2 hours of filing/fitting to get it mostly right and while it is not noticeable at a glance it is defiantly skewed and off center looking.  The problem is to right the skew I have to make it look more off center and to make it line up on on the sides I would have to skew the tail even more.  This kit has defiantly got me wondering about the supposed high standards of Forgeworld products.  Overall the customer is very happy with the final product so I guess its still a win though I almost feel bad at charging him for the work, though I am working for about half of what he has been paying others since I mainly take commissions to work on projects that don't end up on my pile.

This week has also been a huge win as far as selling some stuff.  I manged to sell off the extra Chaos Space Marine stuff I had, the Martian half of the Mars Attacks KS, and about 40 un-assembled unpainted skeletons and zombies.  I used the funds to purchase the re-release of Necromunda.  I already have the Escher gang assembled and up for priming as well as 2 more models for my Beastmen.  

This week's goal is to get that stuff painted as well as the Chapel, until next time Happy Hobbying all.

6MMRC 2017 Weeks 19: Of Commissions and Charity

Another late post but at least its not a week late this time.  I made some progress on my mountain this week and also finished a commission.  My progress this week was finishing up some models that I started back during the Konor Campaign, mainly the last 10 of my Space Marine Terminators.  I also finished up another Rhino I had base coated at some point.  I also started working my 2nd set of Shadow War Armageddon  Terrain. 

I also knocked out a commission  for the same guy I painted up the Guilliman for.  The model was a Falchion Super heavy tank.  It was fun to build and paint and I think it turned out pretty awesome.  The gentleman was very happy with the finished product and even fielded it the next day at a tourney.

Speaking of Tournaments I also participated in the same one.  The event was a Food Bank Charity event.  The entry fee was nonperishable food with the option of earning cheats for additional donations.  I had a pretty good time even though I ma pretty sure I finished 2nd to last.  I brought my Chaos Renegades supported by my Renegade Knight.  The list did okay but defiantly highlighted the weakness to the current Renegades and Heretics Army list.  MY Militia were WAY over coasted and pretty much failed to accomplish anything of note.  Managing to kill only 5 Tau drones during the entire course of he campaign.  The other models managed to hold up their own with the Leman Russ Exterminator working far better than I expected.

My main focus this week is to knock out the Shadow War Terrain as well as some other smaller terrain projects.   I have some buildings that I purchased form the original release of the plastic buildings by GW back in 2006.  I have started to paint them previously but was pretty unhappy with the final product.  My hope is that before the end of the year I will have these completed.  Well that is all for now Happy Hobbying all.

6MMRC 2017 Weeks 16-18: Overcoming Disappointment

So its been awhile since I managed my weekly post, I attempted to knock out one through the mobile Blogger App but it failed miserably.  Though that is not the disappointment I am referring to in the title.  I have been working over the last couple of weeks to finish my Armies on Parade entry.  I had completed the last few models and then logged on to Facebook to check when the event started.  The first post on their page was  made 12 hours  before to state that Armies on Parade had just started.  Despite having talked to the employee 3 times prior and being told it was on Nov. 5th he had changed it with no notification outside the store to the 4th,  Needless to say I as a little angry but also I am crushed.  Of all the events GW puts on over the course of the year this is the one I am most excited about and have the greatest desire to participate in and this is the 2nd time I have been screwed out of it by a store employee.  So here are several pictures of my entries and some WIP shots of some of the last models for it.

The previous weeks progress was pretty much painting up the Grey Knights for the team tournament.  I got them done and while at the store took a group shot of all of my Grey Knight stuff as well as the last shot being my force for the Tournament.  That is all for now I am not sure what next week will bring as far as projects go.  Until next time Happy Hobbying.