WIP: Blood Angels Librarian

      Hey everyone! So I am working on my custom Blood Angels jump pack librarian today. Right now he is in the early stages of construction, but I think it's looking pretty cool so far. Read on for some more info...

MathHammer Part 5: Thunderwolf Cavalry

     Well I'm back with another MathHammer article! I was putting together my new set of Thunderwolf cavalry, and i was wondering which would be the best special weapon for the pack to take. A power fist is an appealing choice with 4 S10 attacks, but I really think that the Space Wolves look much better with an axe (which also gains an extra attack). So, which is the best weapon? Read on to find out!

2013 Hobby Resolution and 2012 Recap.

  
 2012 has a big year for me. I married my beautiful wife, graduated college, started my masters degree. And on the hobby side of things, I started this blog three months ago with my tutorial on painting an Assault on Black Reach Captain for my Blood Angels army. The blog has recieved 4748 views with 25 posts, and 26 followers so far! It has had a much better reception than i was expecting, which has been great!

Dreadnought Plasma Cannon Conversion

 

     So I have an Assault on Black Reach dreadnought, but I've always used the multi-melta arm as a plasma cannon stand in. Since I got the dark vengeance set, I realized that I have one more plasma cannon than I need, so I figured it was time to make a real plasma cannon. There is a great tutorial that gave me the idea to do this over on Da Rollin Waaagh!. I'll give a quick rundown of what I did, but if you want a more in depth tutorial, head over to his post. More below...

Last day to vote on STC's painting competition!

     Today is the last chance to vote on the Standard Template Construct's chaos painting and converting competition! Be sure to head on over there and vote for your favorite paint job and your favorite conversion!
And I won a $15 gift card to Games Workshop from HOTpanda at the Chaos Manifesto! Thanks HOTpanda for putting that on!
     And in other news, I have finally finished my first quarter of grad school, so you should be seeing some more models painted/converted since I'm off for a few weeks!

Don't panic!

     For those of you who saw my previous post on the possible GW price increases, I was indeed looking at the Australian site (the page to choose which country never came up, so I just assumed I was in the right place). So there was no price increase. And I am VERY happy that a Librarian doesn't cost more than a whole 10 man squad of tacticals! So I can still start my new Space Wolves army!
     Sorry if I caused anyone else to be as depressed as I was. It was all a misunderstanding. You can go about your business. Move along...

Chaos painting and conversion contest (vote now!)

     The Chaos painting/conversion contest is going on right now over at the Standard Template Construct. There are a bunch of great chaos models competing so head on over and enjoy all the great models! And don't forget to vote for your favorite! Click here to go vote!

Showcase: Chaos Cultist Champion

      I finished painting my first ever Chaos model that I'm entering in the Standard Template Construct's painting/conversion contest. There's still a bit of time left so go check it out, and be sure to head over and vote once they put up the entries. As for my entry, I had a great time painting and converting this guy and am very happy with the way he turned out. More photos below...

WIP: Chaos Competition Entry

 
     I was able to make some time to work on painting my first ever chaos model! He still has a lot of work until he's finished, but should be done in time to enter it in the painting/converting competition being run over at Standard Template Construct right now with two $50 gift cards to Secret Weapon Miniatures as the prize! I know it's late notice, but if anyone is painting up a non-vehicle chaos model, you should enter too. There is also another competition going on at the Chaos Manifesto which is giving out gift cards to Games Workshop based on how many people join up. So go check out the competitions and win some stuff!

WIP: Chaos Cultist Conversions

        I finally was able to make a bit of time to work on my Dark Vengeance set! I really like the cultist models, but I'm not a huge fan of having sets of identical models. To remedy that situation I decided to do some minor conversions on one of each duplicated cultist models, and on the champions. After being inspired by some of krautscientist's cultists on eternalhunt, I set out to uniquify my models. More below...