TARTAROS WIP

Hey all! I had to stop work on my Tartaros Terminators after having problems with the new metallic Games Workshop paints (a problem I still havent resolved!). However with a few hours of spare time over the last few days and a mad urge to do some painting  I did manage to get some more work done on one of the Terminators!

Being an easily distracted person I couldn't help but skip between stages, hence the reason why the armour on the legs has been completed whilst the metal areas on the arms are yet to be tidied up.

Small posts like this genrally get me motivated to paint so hopefully there will be more updates soon!

until then!

BASING WITH THE BADLANDS KIT PART TWO

Work is progressing on the Tartaros Terminators and the bases are all but done!

I used a recipe I found in the latest edition of How To Paint Citadel Miniatures. This was the first time I've had a chance to use the new Citadel texture paints. They require a bit of extra work as I had to apply two layers but I was quite please with the results! 

I was also really happy with how the skeleton cames out! I was worried about it overpowering the rest of the model but I think it fits in perfectly!

I wasn't so happy with how the Aquila came on the other hand. The idea was that it was supposed to be a gold icon with heavy verdigris but hasn't come out as I'd like. I had to deviate from the recipe I had as I'd missed out a paint in my last order and so I'll probably find myself repainting it at some point. If anyone has a good recipe for painting verdigris let me know!

Finally you'll have noticed that I havent applied the tufts that came with the basing kit. After test fitting a few I decided I wanted the bases to look a bit more barren and so I'll most likely be using Citadels dead grass instead. Tempted to try my hand at making my own tufts, well see!

Thanks for stopping by, until next time!

TARTAROS WIP AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Well, I did it! the last Terminator is done and now the whole squad is waiting for paint.

...and a group shot.

Overall the assembly was harder than what I was expecting. I've worked with Forge World before but some of the casting on these guys were alot worse than anything I've built from them before and I'm still gonna have to touch some areas up with modeling putty. However the look of the final unit far outweighs the trouble I had building them. I absolutely love the design of the miniatures and I'm trying to find an excuse to add more to my new army.

My next purchase will be an airbrush just after Christmas. I want to take my painting up a notch with these guys and hope I can do this amazing kit justice.

But for now let me finnish by thanking all my followers and readers for the support they have shown me and the blog over the last year, your all awesome and I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

TARTAROS WIP AND DARK ANGELS REACTION

Heres the fourth Tartaros Terminator.

The completion of this guy means that I have now officially done more hobby work in the last two weeks than I have done in the last two months! Posting regular like this with smaller progress has motivated me to get the squad done so I think I'll be doing more mini posts like this one in the future!

DARK ANGEL RELEASES

Photos of the new Dark Angels Releases are up on Natfka's Faeit 212 Blog!

This looks like its going to be an awesome release! I'm really hoping that the Dark Talon above will be a available for all Space Marine armies, I know I'd definitely buy one.

Until next time!

TARTAROS UPDATE

So I've assembled another Terminator over the last couple of days to go with the squad. Still hoping to have them all built before Christmas.

...the shoulder pads are still however a massive pain!

In some related news I saw some pretty awesome Doom Legion Tartaros Terminators in a White Dwarf daily post. Does anyone know if the artist has a blog? would love to see more of his army!

Until next time!

TARTAROS WIP AND SLOW PROGRESS

So since my last post real life has gone and given me a real running kick to the quads! Progress has been torturously slow as I haven't been at home much, let alone had time to work on my hobby and thus I've constructed a grand total of two Terminators since my last post!

Progress has also been hampered as the kit itself is a pain to assemble! The shoulder pads come in two parts and its hard to get them to fit to the arms properly whilst its hard to get the waist attached to the legs correctly and I had to use Brown stuff to get a good enough bond.

There has also been alot of air bubble to fill in with the models aswell and I've noticed that when washing the kits with water that more tend to appear.

Aside from the problems with assembly I have to say that the models themselves are drop dead gorgeous! They are still bulky enough to be easily recognisable as terminators yet they have a much more human silhouette to them.

I had hoped to have these models done by christmas but that is now looking very unlikely. I'm gonna wait to get an airbrush before I paint these guys so am gonna use all my spare time to get the models assembled and ready to paint by the 25th.

Wish me luck!

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

The blogs been quiet of late and with good reason. What with all the new Horus Heresy releases and rumors of new space marine releases coming along soon, I've decided to start redoing my Dark Wardens army. The majority of it is now finished, however I did start it over two years ago now and the longer I stare at it all the more and more things I spot that I think I could have done better.

Which brings me nicely onto my next mock up picture...

Here is a mock up of the first of a squad of Tartaros Terminators I recently received as a gift for my birthday. I'm going to step my painting up a notch with these guys and the next purchase I'll be making is a proper airbrush and some of the new GW paints aswel as some weathering powders from forge world. The construction of these guys is going slowly at the minute as I await some custom pieces I've ordered (more on that next time!).

I still haven't decided the exact load out for these guys yet. I know I am going to have five of them ride around in a Storm Eagle with a Ragnar Blackmane 'counts as' but I need your help in deciding the best/killiest/fun loadout for them. If anyone has any thoughts could you please leave me a comment as I'm not much of a gamer and need all the help I can get!

Whilst on the topic of Forge World, has anyone else caught the Horus Heresy bug of late?...

This is the other Wargaming related gift I received and I must say that this is indeed a fantastic book! Is it just me or can Forge World do no wrong at the moment? After furiously reading through the book I've been fighting of the temptation to start a Death Guard Force! I really cant wait for the next book in the series and all of the new resin crack that will surely follow in its wake!

Anywho please drop me a comment if you have an idea for the terminator Wolf Guard loadout. until next time!