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Accidental deletion... undone!

Elbow Deep in Tank

I wanted a Vindicator for so long- ohhhhh, how I wanted one- so I was naturally thrilled to get one for my birthday last month. I sat the box on my coffee table and stared at it for hours. It stared back. Eventually, I became intimidated and put it away.

It's just so much larger and more awesome than anything I've painted before. There are so many flat areas. Should it be yellow, too, or red? It will need some sort of Word Bearers identification (you know, that stuff I should have been putting on the shoulder pads of my troops, but haven't because I'm a) lazy and b) well, no, I think "a" sums it up nicely....). I really, really hate the crazy laughing devil's head that's currently in use, and I've endeavored to come up with some sort of modification of the old, pre-Heresy flaming book icon, but it always turns out a bit lackluster.

Well, procrastination, be gone! I'm opening that box and I'm opening it today! Or at the very least, no later than Tuesday!

He's a Magic Man

Added backpack, axe, banner, and collar ('cause pimpin' ain't easy).

Dreams DO Come True

"Together, for-eeeeever, and neeee-ver to part!
Together, for-eeeeeever, we two-oo-ooooooo....."

Odds and Ends (Sorcerer WIP)

Here we have my first attempt at sculpting with Citadel greenstuff. What joy! What bliss! What a vast and entirely welcome improvement on the garbage I've been using!

This figure is the very early stages of a Word Bearers Chaos Sorcerer, or something like that. I cast skulls to pin the fabric draped across his chest which will, in theory, cover where it meets his shoulders, but once they were dry I decided that they were too big and have thus been sent scurrying back to the bits boxes. I also have a truckload of conversion bits on the way from Horde o'Bits, which should satisfy for once and for always my need for books, banners, and scrolls.

Added a draping piece here:

So far, he consists of a normal CSM breastpiece, filed to eliminate the rivets and piping; a Blood Angels Sanguinary Guard head, filed to remove the halo; and massive quantities of epoxy and KY jelly. I'm sure you'll all be pleased to know that this time, instead of my hair, it ended up in my mouth. I'll be adding a crown of horns to the top of his head and a bunch of other elements as-yet-to-be-determined. He's legit, though-


-I bled for him.

I also spent a tiny part of the day transforming a $4 set of ugly orange dice into my new D&D partners in crime. Gloss black numbers on matte black dice:


I valiantly resisted the urge to spray the sides opposite the high numbers with multiple coats of primer. I hope the universe rewards me with better rolling karma than I've enjoyed to this point.

The Spoils of Birthing-Victory!

I have: Codex! And Vindicator! And Sanguinary Guard! And, by extension, NIPPLES!

Does anyone (besides Rabidchild, to whom I have already applied) have a brand of greenstuff that they prefer? I bought two sizable tubes of it from Gale Force Nine, and it's wretched- uncommonly sticky, grainy, and quick-drying. I've tried water and water-based lubricant, and it still sticks to everything. I've oiled it to the point where I can hardly keep hold of it. I've got it in my hair. Help?!?

Greenstuffing for Fun and Profit-- Or Neither

Made my first attempts at greenstuffing the other night. I was trying to sculpt a loincloth of sorts onto one of my unpainted minis, and lemme tell you, friends, it was nowhere near as easy as Sculptor J makes it look. I'd finally gotten it to do what I wanted it to, when I turned it over to work on the back and stuck my big honkin' thumb right squa' in the center of my lovely, painstakingly crafted little ripples. There was cussing.

Luckily, I was able to get a tutorial from said friend-with-talent, and here are the results. I won't even begin to claim that most of this work was mine, but some of it was, and after a few final touches, I'll be posting a bunch more pictures that are entirely my own.

I did this bit on the right entirely on me ownsies! Go, me!