Widowmakers - unseen death...

Just a picture update - my Widowmakers now finished. Vow completed for the month.

Man Hunter. Hunts. Men.

I've just finished my Man Hunter, and I think he's turned out fairly well. One of the troubles I had with him is that he really cries out to be done in natural colours, and so I was looking for a selection of browns that would work well together, and yet stil somehow tie into my red / grey Khador scheme.


In the end the axes got the red treatment, as nowhere else seemed to fit.



This figure, along with my Widowmakers make up my vow for painting this month. I'm hopeful that I'll get even more done than I pledged, but we'll have to wait and see.

Alternate histories are fun...

Darkson Designs are holding an interesting "preview" event for the duration of Gen Con SoCal. They're previewing minatures from the new game and minatures range : AE-WWII, which is an alternate history based around WWII. They're offering people a chance to buy some of the figures from thgis range before their official release - not just at the convention, but globally. Just go to their online store once the convention starts (November 16th US time), and we'll see what's available. While I'm not sure about what the rules will entail, the figures look fascinating and I'm interested in getting some just to collect...


The alternate history provides all sorts of options for "what if" scenarios, and from what I can tell, the game will be largely aiming for a "Pulp" feel - evil villans, science experiments gone wrong and the like. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do with this range, the previews I've seen so far look very promising.

Positive peer pressure

One of the nice things about a forum community is that people from all over the world can share problems and help each other out. In my case, the problem was motivation. The Internet came to my rescue though, when this thread popped up.

It's a challenge to all of us to put up or shut up, nominate our shot, or any other turn of phrase that's appropriate. I decided it would be a good idea to motivate myself to finish up some painting by the challenge's deadline - the end of the month.


My Widowmakers are nearly finished anyway, I just needed a prod to get them done. Here's the progress shots. They really just need a bit of shading on their leather pouches / shoulder pads and some tidying up.


The goggles are quite fun to paint, and not that hard. When prompted for a description of how they're done, here's the best I could come up with:

I'm not sure on the colours used, I've got a mixture of VMC and GW paints, not sure what I used. hollowedOut is pretty close, I'm sure. I've got a feeling I put three drops of colour on my palette, a deep blue, light (but not washed out) blue, and white.

Cover the goggles with the dark blue, then mix in the lighter blue, cover most of the goggles leaving the darker colour in a top corner. Lighten up the mix and apply to a bit less of the goggles. 3 layers will do, or go for 4-5 if you're keen. At the end your lightest colour (not quite white) should be around the bottom rim of the goggles. Then just a small dot or two of white opposite the highlight (on the dark blue) finishes the effect.

Finally, the Man Hunter is just started really. I'm pretty happy with the expression on the face though. Nice and determined. Now all I need to do is block in the rest of the colours and shade them. Easy really :D

Pressuring the sloth

Well, the sloth is me. Painting is slow work for me, largely because I don't devote a lot of time to it. Having a couple of kids and a busy job doesn't help much either! Anyway, I've decided to try and rise to a challenge, and force myself to get some more painted by the end of the month.

Admitedly I haven't committed to painting much, but as I often achieve nothing in a month, it may be more than enough!

In other news, I've bit the bullet (now that we've sold our house and aren't feeling the pinch as much), and ordered some of the new P3 paints from PrivateerPress. I'm really looking forward to playing with these paints and seeing what I can do with them.

Played a 750 point game of Warmachine against Sam's Menoth last night. He came out with eFeora, who's every bit as nasty as her original incarnation. I tried to put together a tough Vlad list and more or less succeded with the following:

• Vladimir Tzepesci, Dark Prince of Umbrey
• Behemoth
• Destroyer
• Manhunter
• Doom Reavers
• Greylord Ternion
• Iron Fang Pikemen (7)
• Iron Fang Officer and Standard Bearer
• Widowmakers
• Winter Guard Mortar Crew
• Winter Guard Mortar Crew

I actually was well ahead on casualties, and fairly pleased with progress until Sam got agressive with eFeora, which evened things up a bit. It was a fun game (haven't played in a while) and it felt good to have a competive army. We ended up calling it a draw as Matt wanted to shut the shop for the evening.