Category: Hobby Progress

Hobby Progress: Dark Angel Eliminators

So for the months of March and April I was in a bit of minipainting quagmire. I had begun doing work on my competition entries for the Capital Palette 2020 at Nova Open, but with ongoing pandemic I wasn’t sure if Nova was even going to happen. As a result, any work I did was…

July 19, 2020
Hobby Progress: Deredeo Dreadnought

So shortly before I finished the Invictor I completed my first Forgeword unit, the Deredeo Dreadnought with Anvilus Autocannon and Aiolos Missile Launcher (that’s a lot of dakka). This project was interesting because I decided to paint this unit in the colors of the Deathwing which is a paint scheme consisting of a bone colored…

May 9, 2020
Hobby Progress: Invictor 2 Electric Boogaloo

So at the time of writing this, the world is deep in self-quarantine due to Papa Nurgle gracing the world with a new virulent gift. However, as I am employed by a utility company I am considered an “essential” worker and thus still commute to work 4 days a week. There was a lot of…

April 19, 2020
Hobby Progess: Invictor Tactical Warsuit

So after a hectic holiday season I got back to the paint station and banged out an Invictor Tactical Warsuit in just a few weeks, which is pretty quick by my standards. However, there were a few disasters that occurred and let’s just say I am going to do several things differently for the next…

January 25, 2020
Tis the Season of Competing: The Jersey Devil and Into the Darkness

So here I am in the middle of November and I have about 3 weeks to finish three entries for two different painting competitions….. how did it come to this? For anyone who doesn’t know, last year I decided I would enter my very first painting competition at the Nova Open called the Capital Palette.…

November 18, 2019
Showcase: Dark Angels Hellblasters

So I finally finished these Hellblasters that I started about a year ago. That’s right, these guys have been sitting on my workbench basecoated and highlight for almost a year. I could tell they’ve been there that long because the metallic paint that was on them was P3 Pig iron, a paint I stopped using…

September 27, 2019
Road to Capital Palette Pt. 4: Smooth Buttery Blends

I’m writing this after Nova and the Capital Palette had already ended but I’m pretty sure it would feel weird to just jump from base coats to a finished project in this series, so I’ll keep this brief The majority of my time was spent blending the blue on the armor. I had already put…

September 6, 2019
Road to Capital Palette Pt. 3: All your Base Coats

So apparently monthly blog posts seem to be more my speed especially considering my ever changing schedule. Regardless, at the time of writing this Nova is only 13 days away for me and I’ve done quite a bit of experimentation and actual work on my piece. However, I don’t want to skip parts of the…

August 17, 2019
Hobby Progress: DA Intercessors

So it’s been a couple of months since I’ve written here. I got married, had my honeymoon, survived a terrible couple of weeks at work and now have cute new kitty who is far too playful. Regardless, I kept plugging away at my Dark Angels Army and I now have 1000 pts ready for Nova!…

July 5, 2019
Road To Capital Palette: Pt.2 Prep and Planning

Now that I have my mini, I’m ready to clean her up and slap some paint on….if only it was that simple. I’m well aware of my shortcomings as a minipainter; I would put myself at an intermediate level of painting skill, and that’s being a bit generous. So before I go messing up this…

May 3, 2019