Deliverer Sunburst Crew

Here's my completed Deliverer sunburst crew that I finally based and flocked. I found a nice ash flock that can replace the black drybrush I was doing to my yellow grass flock. I wanted a burnt look on my bases and this new flock really achieves that.

Carvolo

Here's a couple pictures of my finished Corvolo. He's been in my display case waiting to have his base completed. Of all my models, I think he's one of the few that I painted closest to the original colors. I find that the overall model has too much metallic paint for my liking and if i had to redo him i would change the pipes to something a little less "loud".
As per every model that I take pictures of, I notice a few details that need cleaning up... Like the bottom of his pants. Overall I'm satisfied with the result but there is always room for improvement.

Avatar coming along

It's been nearly a year and a half since I worked on my Avatar and I've been thinking about different ways to complete him. The biggest decision was how to convert his sword (spatula). I knew that I wasn't the best sculptor and I would probably have to hide my shady green stuff job somehow. After looking online for various ideas I decided to add fire to the blade. This would not only hide my poor workmanship but it would also reflect the flame burst rule. Since the avatar is walking over a cryx wreck, I added a little fire to it to complement the flame burst idea.
I've also been debating whether to keep the "drapes" on him or to avoid them completely. I figured that the biggest reason that I wouldn't add them would be due to laziness and I was a little scared that it would make the model too busy. The pictures that I took are of the model pinned but not completely glued. Some of the drapes are completed (shield side) and since I'd like to add flames on the other side of the sword, I'll add them at the end. One big annoyance is that the rear cloth is missing and I looked up how much it would cost me to ship it to Cyprus... 50 cents for the part, $30.00 for shipping...I don't think so!!!

Color Creep

When I started painting this army I wanted a dark version of menoth. After having them in my display case for many months I found them looking bland and wanted a little more color. As you can see in the following picture reds are becoming more prominent and the off-white is becoming more dominant than the dark brown.
I might have to go back to my earlier units and give them a touch up so that my army looks as one. I still think that certain groups of models will have their own "look" but I would like the whole army to keep to the palette as close as possible.

Blogger App

Well, we already know that I'm a great procrastinator so finding things that make me do things easier is always welcome. This morning I was going through my bookmarks and found the blog that I had started over a year ago. I enjoyed doing it but it was a bit of a pain to post a blog. I had to get my camera, boot the computer, upload the pictures to the computer, then loggin to blogspot, write a blog, upload the pictures and finally publish it. (ok it's not that big of a pain but this is my story and I'm sticking to it)
Anyway, back to my story... This morning I decided to see if blogger had an app for the iPad. Well, as you probably guessed, "there's an app for that". It's quite easy to use and I think that it will serve me well. Easy access to my blog (1 push of a button) and easy photo uploads since pictures are stored on my phone/tablet (I mean Christina's tablet). Now only time will tell if I'll blog more frequently or not. All I know is that I no longer have an excuse.

It's off to Cyprus I go

Well everyone, It's time to say goodbye to the great gaming community of Montreal. This move is bitter-sweet... I'll miss certain things about this place and others not so much... (like snow at the end of April) I'd like to thank everyone at GamersWorld and local players, you were all fun and a great bunch of guys. Thanks to Dave for not playing as many games as I did in the last league so that I may bring the Nightfall medal to Cyprus with me as I had intended from the start. I'll try to keep up with the upcoming changes in the Montreal community and hope that after the store closure, the community will remain strong.
So long! A la prochaine!

Avatar mod

It's been a while since I've posted so here's an update. I got tired of painting my FlameGuard Unit (down to the details now) so I've decided to modify my Avatar because I find that the stock look of the model doesn't do it justice. This is definitely the biggest modification that I've tackled so far and in order to do it right and hack the ugly mofo to pieces, I ended up buying a saw. The saw works great and is quite precise, I was quite surprised. I first decide to extend all the limbs and make him a little taller and leaner. Once all the pinning was complete I tried to position him in a pose that isn't too static... no success. It just looked like he was running... not quite the look that I wanted. I then decided to base him on a wreck as if he was had just killed it. At first I thought of getting a Khador wreck since there are so many Khador players out there and I would be able to piss off the maximum number of opponents. (Haha) I ended up basing him on a cryx wreck since it wasn't overly bulky and had decent positioning areas. In the end I was quite satisfied with the pose.
I still have to pin the head, add tons of green stuff, perhaps modify the sword (depending on my molding abilities with the limbs) and I'm still debating in adding the "battledressing" or keeping him bare.
Here's what it looks like so far.
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