Dedicated to the Airbrush 1

Despite my gap in posts, there has been quite a bit of painting going on.  Kenneth finally pressured me into setting up a photo station and snapping some pics.  The next series of posts will go into the details but the theme running through nearly all my recent projects is a love for the airbrush.  I first mentioned my fascination two years ago when I used the airbrush to base and shade the druid/bear model in the Super Dungeon Explore.  I now use it to apply the base coat to nearly all of the models and perform the majority of the shading and highlights for the larger ones. It is much faster and leaves no brush strokes.  Here is a picture of me in my "setup".  I've basically positioned myself next to my kitchen sink so I can easily rinse parts.  I use a 3-part science fair display board to block overspray (the airbrush hose penetrates the board to reach the compressor behind) and I line the counter with newspaper.  I wear a nitrol glove on my left hand and a respirator.  Despite the fact that I'm primarily using acrylic paints, there are some nasty chemicals in the spray that you don't want to inhale.  Even though you won't smell them, you will inhale them (as evidenced by the Dark Angel Green snot I had the day I realized I needed the respirator).

Terminator Librarian

This model was an attempt to use printable canvas for a banner. It didn't work the way I wanted it too. Later, I found out why. You need to tell the printer to print at the highest ink level (like high quality photo). I was afraid of bleeding colors, but the later attempts turned out MUCH better. I'll post pictures of the better banner later.

Blood Angels Terminator Librarian

Blood Angels Razorback

So, I finally painted the Razorback I received for my birthday, just in time for 7th edition. For a brief time they lost their "fast" trait according to the official FAQ, but it came back.

I had a slight primer malfunction while painting this. Couldn't do much to fix it. I also learned that it would have been MUCH easier to paint the treads separately and glue at the end... I painted the turret separately and helped a lot.

I considered taking the lascannon and twin-linked plasma gun option, but decided not to. I think I regret that now, since fast vehicles can move and fire 2 weapons... Maybe I'll paint another one, it's not like they go out of style. Especially since vehicles are slightly safer in 7th edition (blow up on a 7, and always WS1 in hand-to-hand).

Blood Angels Razorback

Ork Freebooter Pirates!

Games Workshop only released a single model for this unit (plus a special character, not painted yet). So I had to get creative to make a complete squad. I kit-bashed most of the squad from Ork Nobz sprues (converting kombi weapons into Snazz-guns with more-dakka). I also replaced the heads with some custom Ork Pirate heads I found online. The heads were resin, and needed some conversion to get them to fit the bodies, but in the end I think they worked out!

Ork Painboy

Who wants Feel-No-Pain and 5+ invulnerable saves? Orks do! I painted the Painboy (and Grot Orderly) to accompany my Free-booters.

Sielendria (Reaper Miniatures)

I painted this for my wife, she wanted a miniature to represent Seoni in Pathfinder. We weren't excited about the official miniature, so she found one in the Reaper lineup that she liked, and I painted her to match the color scheme. The golds are sloppy, but I like the way the red and skin turned out. She wanted me to make sure she had the tattoos.

Blood Angels Librarian

I have had this miniature in my collection for a long time, and I finally got around to painting it. I used the jump packs from the Sanguinary Guard to make it more clear that this guy owes his allegiance to the Blood Angels (plus it looks great with the blue armor).