ULTRA-sonic cleaning

 

Welcome back to the Obsidian Tower. Last time I alluded to the acquisition of an ULTRA-sonic cleaner. Well, today we're taking a look at what I've been doing with it.

Kill me brother!

So I had some crusty old space marines in my collection that were looking very rough. I didn't really like looking at them and I decided something needed to change. I knew I wanted to re-paint them but painting them blue again just didn't seem like the right move.

Powerful stuff...

Since I had just completed my collection of 5th edition codexes, I wanted to try and paint up a chapter that could plausibly be played as more than just "codex marines". I've always liked the Blood Angels but I didn't want to do another headline chapter. No, this time I wanted to try something else. A different flavor of "blood" marines.

Here they come!

As much as I like that the flesh tearers also weren't too fond of Primaris at first, I decided they were a little bit too morally ambiguous. Then I remembered, I already painted a blood raven for fun, and I love Dawn of War.

Had to upgrade to the 'new' base size

Now that I knew what chapter I wanted to paint, I grabbed my crusty old Ultramarines and gave them an Ultra-cleaning in the Ultrasonic scrubber.

We're charging into the Ultrasonic cleaner!

These guys were rough. Their arms were mismatched and they still had two layers of paint from the failed simple green soak six years ago. This time, they were gonna get... super clean.

Obligatory Hobby Station Pic

The super clean sonic bath did the trick and these guys were as close to new as they could possibly get. I took my time trying out some different basing styles before I decided on what I wanted to go with. I liked the look the corkboard gave my chaos marines and I wanted to bring that over to the loyalists.

AAAAGGGHHHHHH!!!!!

This sergeant was a special paint job because he reminded me of the meme of that guy screaming in the dawn of war 1 intro.

Freehand Detail

Had to flex the freehand on this guy. He's the squad leader after all...

Blood Raven Tactical Squad

And here is the final result. Ten tactical marines painted up like Blood Ravens. This force isn't as big as the Ultramarine force. When it is completed it will be composed of: 

• Captain ✓
• Chaplain
• Librarian
• Terminator Captain
• Terminator Chaplain ✓
• Terminator Librarian
• 5 man Terminator Squad ✓
• Dreadnought ✓
• 2x 10 man Tactical Squad ✓
• 5 man Scout Squad ✓
• Scout Speeder ✓
• 10 man Devastator Squad ✓

So as you can see it still has a ways to go. The Terminator squad and chaplain are almost done but you will have to wait till next time to see them. Anyway, thanks for reading! Hope to have more to show soon.

Buttermilk Bob embraces Nurgle

Red Corsairs, 3D printing, and Internet

 Welcome back to the most regular and scheduled Warhammer blog on the internet! 

    There have been some interesting developments in Warhammer news since I last posted and I finally feel like I have enough to say about it to write something interesting. I've also been keeping a keen eye on the development of 3D printer technology. As a 3D modeler by trade, I feel a machine like that would give me some unique hobby capabilities! It also seems to me that the technology has reached a nexus of affordability and quality that will soon be hard to ignore. However, it is likely to be a while before I have the proper space for a 3D manufactorum of my own.

    But before I get into the cool new models I would like to collect, let's take a look at the recently painted ones I already have...

Lord Pauoolio Bane of Ultramar

The Dark Apostle

Aspiring Champions

    With the completion of these last few members of dark vengeance, I finally have the whole set painted! Better late than never I guess.

All of 'em together

But that's not all I've been up to. I have set a goal for myself to paint up all the finished assemblies in my backlog. 

Mr. Fist

Plasma Gunner

Chaos Lord

Aspiring Champion

    There are some that I am waiting to complete after I acquire the 3D printer for one reason or another, so they will have to wait. But the models that just require magnets and glue, are in the queue.

This guy thinks he's special

Speaking of magnets, I found this great pen drill online for drilling barrels and small magnet holes.

It's called the 'wow stick drill' and yes it's perfect for a dirty joke.

Around the internet

Blessed 3D Manufactorum

    I've seen some really cool stuff online lately involving the hobby, firstly, the quality of STL files you can get is insane. Some really talented people have created unique sculpts for models as proxies that are better than anything you could buy officially in some cases. For instance, I've always been a big fan of the Dawn of War series of RTS games. Take a look at this unique Gabrial Angelos! What an awesome sculpt! I'd love to print this out and paint up a Blood Ravens cohort. 

Gabriel Angelos

    Recently the imperial guard has been getting a lot of attention too, they have a new sentinel, tank, new infantry, etc... it's all looking pretty good, but I found this guy online who makes his own guard sculpts based on a WWII American army style. It might just be one of the coolest guard styles I've ever seen:

'Sherman Russ'

On the more official side of things, GW is also re-making the Khorne Berzerkers and they look awesome! I have some old ones in my backlog already though so I'm not sure if it'll be picking up a box yet...

I'll admit, these look way cooler than the old ones.

But for everything GW does right, they do something I cannot forgive:

HERESY!

Anyway, that's all I can bring myself to write about for now. Thanks for stopping by to read the blog! 

Till next time, Paint one for me!

Paint-O-Thon Recap

So Zac and I decided to meet up last month for a Paint Jam. The idea was to paint our entire backlog of models. Obviously a much too ambitious goal to actually attain. However, decent progress was made despite the inevitable burnout that would ensue.

The only time I allow unpainted models on my table

Zac hooked me up with the airbrush and I set to work base coating my Storm Talon gunship. I didn't want to coat the whole thing blue since I had a fun opportunity to easily paint in different colors. What I ended up with was a three color design i'm quite happy with.

I chose grey for the cockpit.

I taped off the back end with painters tape and painted half the tail fin white.

I'm really happy with how the blue and white turned out. I'll post again when I get the thing finished.

I also had some old Khorne Berzerkers laying around.

Now for the stuff that actually got finished. I wanted to paint a Blood Raven since I've been playing Dawn Of War III like a madman.

Yes, that relic boltgun was a "gift" from the ultramarines.

"I'm with stupid."

Lastly I managed to finish up two chainsword guys for my command squad. All in all it was a pretty fun time. Zac got quite a few things painted too. Anyway, thanks for reading!

Hype!

Hey welcome back to the blog! Content has been slow recently because finals are coming up. However, this summer is shaping up for some serious warhammer content! I'm also nearly finished with my Deathwing Knights, so keep an eye out! Lastly, Zac has some BIG warhammer hobby stuff he has been waiting to show off in one massive post!

 Dawn of War III

Last night I had the opportunity to play the DoW3 open beta. Let me sum it up as insanely fun!

Eighth Edition

I'm not sure this summer could get any better!