The Road to TempleCon 2015 (part I)

Hi there!

I'm back in the bloggery saddle after these months of silence and this time I have my first Warmachine and Hordes event in my sights - TempleCon 2015 in Rhode Island. This will also be my first trip to North America, staying in Toronto and Burlington before hitting the road to travel to the USA. Coming from an island nation, travelling from one country into another via car - mind blown :)

For this event I have decided to paint a 35 point army which was completely randomised by the all-knowing iPad app belonging to Gdaybloke of Lost Hemisphere on his stay in Australia during May.  As fate would have it, the randomised faction turned up with Legion of Everblight and then the Warlock randomised from the faction yielded Kallus, the Wrath of Everblight.

This list will be put up for auction/raffle (not sure how it's all going to work just yet) with the proceeds going to a local charity.

So here is the 35 point list I've put together and am now in the process of painting:-

Kallus
 - Ravagore
 - Ravagore
Shepherd
Max Legionnaires
 - Character UA
Min Hex Hunters (Max unit painted)
 - Character UA
Min Spawning Vessel

Kallus' Feat also turns his models into Incubi when they're destroyed and will also be 10 of these included.

Starting on the unit of Hex Hunters, after 2 weeks of work this is how they look

Just the one to finish off, pictured on the left of the image then onto Bayal...

More updates to follow!

Woldwatcher a slow month

Well I got 5pts done this month in 1 little model.  I am still working on his base.  But without further ado:

Woldwatcher

June Goals

June goals are as follows:

• Min unit (6) Trollblood Kriel Warriors (currently 1 finished not based, 2 are WIP)
• eMorvana (she's been WIP for 2 months now)
• Troll Dire Beast possibly Mulg
• Receive tonnes of basing foliage and proceed to base all finished models properly.
• Finish the terrain peice I started in my spare time in May " 'cos I felt like it" see the image below. Currently all that needs to be done is a bit more weathering, foliage maybe some vines... moss, lily pads, a flower perhaps and water effects.

I did cave recently and bought Horthol Long-rider in anticipation for purchasing longriders in the near future and a max unit of Pyg Bushwhackers.

On my I-Want-To-Buy-But-Am-Kind-Of-Trying-To-Wait-Until-I-Have-At-Least-50%-Of-My-Army-Painted-But-Will-Probably-Cave-Anyway-List is: 

Horgol (new journeyman warcaster for trollbloods who looks sexy)

Slag Troll (for Horgol)

Blitzer (because he rounds out my Dire Trolls) 

Dozer and Smigg (because they look sexy)

Sorcerer (for those times I have 1pt left over when building a list)

Trollsus (for when I take a low FURY warcaster) 

Battle Engine (just because I am badass like that)

Zeiju Out!

Beasts are Easy!

Finished painting eDooms and the Mauler this month. I surprised myself with how fast I finished the Mauler probably about a day... painting on and off. Still working on those tartans, thinking I will go with the one on the Kriel Warrior.

eDoomy - Trollblood Caster

Mauler Dire Troll

WIP Kriel Warrior (1/15)

Celestial Fulcrum - an epic painting adventure

Well its finally done, this one almost broke me.  As it was Zeiju painted the druids for me as I could not muster any motivation to start them.

It was my first attempt at large scale NMM gold and I think it turned out okay.  Not quite as well as I would have liked but not bad for a first attempt.

Super Sexy Troll Janissa

Finished Janissa!

A few great things about painting her, then a few massive disasters.

So to start with the good:

1. I found a great guide on painting trolls,      
   http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/09/showcase-painting-award-winning-hunters.html#disqus_thread
   
2. I also started using a paint retarder for my mixes rather than a wet pallet. I found that with the wet pallet while it did keep my mixes moist for a few days, it watered them down and when I applied that paint to my mini it still dried quite quickly leaving a distinct line when I was two brush blending. The retarder doesn't keep my mixes wet for as long but it also doesn't dilute it as much as the wet pallet does and I can still add water to dilute the colour more if I wish. Also when applied to he mini the paint stays wet for much longer allowing me to push it around and get exactly the effect I want.
   
3. Minor conversion - Troll Hair!

And the bad:

1. I accidentally thumb glued most of the mini when I had finished painting her.
   
2. The pain keeps rolling, on trying to remove said thumb glue I managed to stick a tissue to her.
   
3. On trying to remove said tissue I broke her right ankle, snapped it clean off.
   
4. Now all those smooth blends look gluggy (at-least to me).

Janissa Stonetide - Trollbloods Solo - 3pts

March, a month of half done projects

Gah finally got something finished for March.  Was a tough month of started projects that I got halfway through and then lost momentum.

That said I did get a lot of my Circle army either based or halfway based so that is a start.  You know how bad motivation has gotten when I am basing, an activity I don't really enjoy and not painting, an activity I usually find relaxing.

Without further ado I present Hypnos.

The shoulder decal was painted by Zeiju and looks fantastic.  Its of Hypnos the Greek god but stylised to look Iosian.  The 'steel' bits are also my first attempt at NMM steel.  I think they turned out alright.

Below is some of the basing I am working on.  Again Zeiju was a big help in getting me started.

This month I am hoping to finish the Celestial Fulcrum and the Reckoner I started in March.  I am not holding my breath on getting both done.