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.… Read More Tis the Season of Competing: The Jersey Devil and Into the Darkness
In record time I finished this Dark Talon in a little under three weeks from start to finish. Unfortunately I did not take many photos during the painting process apart from the ones I did for the previous post which is a shame because I tried out a lot of different ideas and techniques. One… Read More Showcase: Dark Talon
So I’m still alive but only barely as Papa Nurgle has seen fit to bless me with a raspy throat and difficulty breathing. Nonetheless, I trudged forward and put a ton of work into the Ravenwing Dark Talon. Since the beginning of October I not only cleaned and assembled the Dark Talon I’m almost done… Read More WIP: Dark Talon
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… Read More Showcase: Dark Angels Hellblasters
It’s been quite a year so this post is gonna be lengthy, so grab a drink and strap in for this one. As i’m writing this it hasn’t even been a week since I came home from the Nova Open and participated in the Capital Palette and boy was it a roller coaster of emotions.… Read More Road to Capital Palette Pt. 5: Journey’s End
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… Read More Road to Capital Palette Pt. 4: Smooth Buttery Blends
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… Read More Road to Capital Palette Pt. 3: All your Base Coats
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!… Read More Hobby Progress: DA Intercessors
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… Read More Road To Capital Palette: Pt.2 Prep and Planning
With most of my army painted I have now transitioned to basically full competition painting mode. However, having never painted for a competition before I knew I couldn’t just wing it the way I have been with the minis I painted for army; I needed to have a plan. And one of the first things… Read More Road To Capital Palette: Pt.1 Choosing my Entry
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