August 07, 2015

On the painting table ... Dark Master

August 07, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – Finally I'm through the bulk of the cultists for this chaos space marine commission I've grinding away at. Now I'm starting to see some of the more interesting models for the force. First on the table is Belakor. This nasty beast has a data sheet that allows you to use him as an HQ choice in a chaos space marine or chaos daemon list. A flying monsterous creature with invisibility can ruin your day if you're not expecting it. So my client obviously wants him as a center piece for his army.

August 05, 2015

Princess of the Apocalypse

August 05, 2015/ Josh Powers

Dungeons and Dragons – I wrapped up the last of the Princes of the Apocalypse models I've been working on for a client. These were really fun models to paint and the feedback I've gotten from them so far has been really positive.

August 03, 2015

Golden God

August 03, 2015/ Josh Powers

Dungeons and Dragons - I'm just about done with the second Prince of the Apocalypse. The feedback from my client has been extremely positive. It's been tricky getting the highlights where I want them using all metallics paints and washes but I'm happy with how this has turned out.

July 31, 2015

Livonia Michigan, RIW 40K Team Event Recap ... Best Painted

July 31, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – Last weekend I participated in a really fun raffle event for Warhammer 40K. This is the first tournament I've played in for Warhammer 40k in quite a long time. Going into it I knew this was supposed to be a super fun casual event. The requirements were to build a battleforged 750 point list. The other limits were it had to be from a single source and Forge World was not allowed.

July 27, 2015

XYZ 3D Printer ... Dumpster Printing

July 27, 2015/ Josh Powers

Terrain Making – A while back a friend was kind enough to gift me a 3D Printer, up until recently I haven't had time to really do much more with it than take it out of the box. (Initially the issue was my old ass Mac wouldn't run the software which turned into not having time to mess with it). Last weekend I finally got it up and running and downloaded a few designs from thingiverse.com to try printing.

July 23, 2015

If you want to go to war ... bring Knights

July 23, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – Recently I was able to play a 2,000 point game of 40K and was able to field my three Knights as a Baronial Court allied with a Combined Arms detachment of Fire Hawks fro the Imperial Armor Badab War Supplement.

July 14, 2015

There can be only one ... Single Source Lighting

July 14, 2015/ Josh Powers

Dungeons and Dragons – I've made some significant progress on this Princes of the Apocalypse commission I'm working on. The nature god is just about done. I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out so far. The fluorescent paints and interesting to work with and have really made the lighting pop.

July 08, 2015

On the painting table ... Gods of DnD part 2

July 08, 2015/ Josh Powers

Dungeons and Dragons – My work on these three gods is progressing slightly slower than I'd like. I've been doing research on different OSL lighting techniques and have several techniques that I think will work well with what I'm trying to achieve with this job.

July 06, 2015

On the painting table ... Cult of Banality

July 06, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – Will the cultists never end? This chaos marine army has been fun to paint since I no longer play chaos marines and sold off most of my stuff to focus on my loyalist chapter, however the fact that there are really only five uniques sculpts for the cultists is getting really old. There's really only so many variations of red, brown and khaki you can do to make these models look slightly different.

July 03, 2015

On the painting table ... Dread Knight

July 03, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – Grey Knights, I'm not really sure how I feel about painting them. They seem to be pretty easy and straightforward to paint. But it always feels like they're to plain. Of course once the details are done they look really good. It's just the middle part of painting them that gives me issue.

July 01, 2015

First Game with the New Marine Codex

July 01, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – I was able to get a game in with my Iron Storm list that I posted about before the new book came out. Not much changed with my list points were very close to what they were with the old book and I didn't have to change much.

June 30, 2015

Book Review - Vulkan Lives

June 30, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 30,000 – So this is probably a bit late, unless you're like me and refuse to buy the Black Library books until they release as mass market paperbacks so they match the rest of the stuff on your shelf. (and a a more reasonable price for a book you'll most likely read once).

June 29, 2015

Revisited - Assassins

June 29, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – A little while back I painted up a team of Vindicare Assassins for a client, I had kept them pretty standard looking with just the straps being different colors. Initially he was quite happy with these but after having them on the table he decided he wanted to brighten them up. Part of the issue is he's color blind so it was hard for him to tell them apart.

June 26, 2015

On the painting table ... Gods of DnD

June 26, 2015/ Josh Powers

Dungeons and Dragons – I just started work on a new commission project that is a bit different from what i normally work on. Most of the miniatures that come across my table are for tabletop games war games it's not very often that I get to paint up models for an RPG.

June 24, 2015

Off the painting table ... Juiced, Orange Marines

June 24, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – The decals are done and these marines are wrapped up. I'm pretty impressed with how quick I was able to get these assembled and painted. The decals were probably the most time consuming part of the process only because I have to wait for the chemicals to do their job and melt the decals to wrap the shoulder pads.

June 18, 2015

Finding Gold - Time Saver

June 18, 2015/ Josh Powers

Hobby Tip – Recently I was at a local art store picking up so supplies for a silk-screening project I'm working on and saw that they had a sale on Montana Gold spray paint. I've heard of it before but never tried it out because of the price and lack of project to use it on.

June 16, 2015

Let the beats drop ... New Marine Codex

June 16, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – The new marine book is out. I can still use my lists for the most part. Happy day.

June 12, 2015

Storm of Iron - WIP Marine Force

June 12, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – So my current personal project may be seeing some revisions when the new book drops on Saturday. From the rumours I've seen costs drop on most stuff so if anything I might be able to squeeze in some more toys.

May 29, 2015

Spirit in the Sky - Star Phantoms

May 29, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – I really love the Badab War books.

May 27, 2015

Good Knight?

May 27, 2015/ Josh Powers

Warhammer 40,000 – So less than a year after their initial release we've go a brand new Imperial Knight Codex. I for one am excited. I passed on the original codex because I couldn't stomach painting $30+ for two unit entries that I already got with my $3.99 White Dwarf pamphelt a year ago. This time around I decided to pick it up because the Knights are something I've been thinking about running for a while and I think the limited back story included in the codex is interesting.

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