Category Stormboyz

I said the next post would be of the finished Stormboy Nob, and it is. Along with freaking out and speeding up the end process when doing a mini, I also get apprehensive about the quality of work, second guessing…

I found myself, as so many times in the past, rushing to finish up this mini because I want to see it fully assembled and finished. I have problems sometimes seeing the whole when I’m only working on parts.  Also…

I finished up the wires and control box and moved on to the pants. I guess I don’t paint as fast (or as well) as some bloggers but I’m working on it I’ve come to realize that large, open surfaces…

I started the body details last night. Leather straps and the jump pack controls were all I got done, almost. I didn’t want just a drybrush metal over black to define the box and controls, I wanted something that would…

… taken from "Liar, Liar", The Movie. Here’s photo I promised showing the finished powerklaw. Pretty eh? I’ll finish the bottom blade after it’s affixed to the model. The only thing that bothers me in the photos is the shine,…

I’m sure you folks are getting as bored of the Stormboy Nob as you are of the Amazons. At least the Amazons are naked, right? I put in an hour last night and finished some work on the big shoota…

Got a little more time last night so I worked on the Stormboy again. Finished up the Scorpion Green highlighting and called it good. It can be frustrating sometimes knowing that the pictures on the workbench aren’t looking as good…

I went back last night a blacklined the wrappings and finished up the lip ring. Itried a NMM on the ring and it turned out, ehhhh, ok. I think I’ll have to start my testing on NMM with a larger…

I’ve started work on my Stormboy Nob. I usually start with the head, gives me something to look at, a character referece if you will, while I paint the rest of the model. The face is the most important part…

As I mentioned in a previous blog my friends and I only play Warhammer 40K from October to April to as the summer months here in Minnesota are taken up with yard work, house projects and travel. This last weekend…