Fear the Crab

It took me several months to get to this point, but that’s only considering the time from the last update until this past weekend. In actuality, it takes less than one or two hours of “paint time” to get to this point, and much of that time is spent waiting for layers to dry.

I used the Citadel line of metallic paints. I don’t really have a preference for a particular brand, but I began the hobby with these as it is the same company that provides the models, and I don’t feel any particular urge to change.

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Primed the Grey Knight Dreadnought. I use Duplicolor Sandable Primer because it sprays a nice even coat and is readily available at both hobby and automotive stores.

The next step will be to apply a basecoat of color.

I had the sudden inspiration to build and paint a specialized Grey Knight Dreadnought, and thanks to a generous gift certificate I was able to at least acquire the model with minimal pocket change. While the previous Dreadnoughts I made were long-range shooty-shooty units (reach out and touch someone), this new model would take on a more intimate and personal approach.

Literally.

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In “miniature” news, I volunteered for a community project to raise money for Child’s Play. This was organized by the Warhammer 40K forum at Relic News, a THQ company that released the Dawn of War video games. This project involved forum members donating painted miniatures for the Blood Ravens space marine chapter, since they were an original army created by Relic with the approval of Games Workshop. The goal is to combine everyone’s contributions and put the entire painted force up for sale, with all proceeds donated to Child’s Play.

Of course, if all that seemed confusing, maybe the blog can explain it better. The buyer gets a fully-painted and playable army, Child’s Play gets money, win-win!
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I’m still painting miniatures, albeit is a slow and almost painful process. I don’t know how some people find the time or inspiration to churn out entire armies of these things in just a couple of weeks, as it takes me about as long to finish one model.

One big reason could be that I can’t decide on a single color scheme. I managed to finish a significant chunk of Space Marines a couple of years ago, but since then I decided to go with a marine sub-group called the Space Wolves. Basically they’re like Vikings. In space. And all of last year was spent painting up a pretty significant force, at least enough to play a small quick game. Unfortunately, afterward I got pretty tired of it. The colors didn’t really do it for me anymore, and I couldn’t get behind the idea of repeating it for every subsequent model.
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Finished the unpainted Dreadnought posted previously.

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Maile made a cake!

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I participated in “Bartertown” at Other Realms yesterday. I had a bunch of Games Workshop miniatures that I needed to get rid of, plus some random bits and pieces from other manufacturers. These were all complete models, parts and accessories that I knew I would never get around to, so why not see if I could recoup my losses or get stuff I needed?

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Finished another round of miniatures painting:

These models are quite old; I can’t remember how many years ago I picked them up, but it may well be in terms of decades. The Terminators have gone through a dramatic change, if you remember the newer models pictured here.

I’m not sure if I can legally field this version in a legal game, because the #1 rule is “What you see is what you get” (hereafter acronym’d as WYSISYG). Grey Knight Terminators are supposed to have a melee weapon and a Storm Bolter, but that’s not what’s shown on the models. I don’t think many people would give me flak about it, though, since their armaments are equipped as standard and I’m not trying to add additional things.