Tuesday Tutorial (Terrain Boards)

You ain't getting it every tuesady,but starting this week at least once a month,hopefull more I will post a tutorial of sorts.
Might be buying bargin supplies,a paint sceme,pretty much it will involve whatever I am working on at the moment.
Case in point last night I get home from work to find the Forge World Realm of Battle board on the stoop

So today it is time to prep it.
When I first looked at it my initial reaction is huh,detail in the ground work looks like it came from Russia but I am not worried.
The extra detail like the pillboxes and hanger were fine just the ground.
But I am reasonable sure it is meant to be flocked over and not used raw.
I bought fine and medium ballast at a model railroad shop along with a small bag of talus(small rocks) and add them all into the same container,this is the dirt mix.
I broke the board up into 6 imaginary sections and worked on one at a time to make sure the glue stayed fresh.
Starting at one corner I would lay some Original Tacky Glue onto where I want dirt.
I would dip the corner of the brush in water to help spread the glue and proceed to spread the glue out evenly.
Once spread cover the whole thing with a large pile of dirt mix and push lightly with your hand.
Tip the board over in a box cover to remove the excess.
Repeat this until the entire board is covered,use a damp paper towel to remove dirt from any detail that you do not want it on.

Then using Scenic Cement I liberally sprayed the enitre ground work being careful not to let it pool.
Once dryed for a couple of hours I resprayed it again.
Two layers of this with the primer layer will lock everthing down good and tight.
Be sure to flush the spray bottle immedately after spraying using warm soapy water or you will wreck the sprayer.

Now let this dry overnight before priming.

The Inquisition "The Retinue" Pt1

When it came to the Inquisitors Retinue I kind of got out of hand,they number over 50 now.
But to Kick them off my first batch of Assassin models.
I would like to do them all and maybe make a couple of unoffical ones that were in Nemesis.

The Inquisition...Let's Begin

Hey everybody long time no see.
It's been a while since my last post,I have alot to show you guys.
I was working on my modest Grey Knights army until I got to the Inquisitor,then things started getting out of hand.
The retinue is getting quite large now at least 50 strong.
Truth be told I have been wanting to do the Inquisition proper since I first started modeling,since it was the Eisenhorn Omnibus that got me back into 40k in the first place.
I plan on making many Inquisitors and thier retinues,possibly even a evil Radical when the starter cultists come out.
So to start with a bang some of the retinue I have lifted from Dan Abnetts various Inquisitor books.
Without further ado

Harlon Nayl


















Kara Swole















Godwyn Fishig
















Zeph Mathuin















Inquisitor Golesh Constatin Pheppos Heldane















Cherubael















Prophatti
















Alisebeth Bequin

                                                                   

Paintier Rotating Paint Rack

Hey guys I just wanted to pass on the info for the Paintier rotating paint racks we all love.
When I have seen these in art supply store they are usually marked up quite a bit.
I found the site for the guy who makes them,his name is Ben and he is as straight up as anyone I have done business with.
Here is the link
http://www.paintier.com/
I had problems with a rack and Ben when way out of his way to make sure I was 100% happy.
A real cool dude.
The great thing about these racks is that you can add to them and they hold every major type of paint we use as hobbyists.
My large rack is full of my weathering products Tamiya,Alclad,AK,Vallejo
He even has one you can order that holds 140 bottle of paint.
I bought that one at first but it is tall,for my setup it was better to have two smaller ones.
I have two Paintier 80's has room the the entire new GW range with plenty of extra spots for the old school colors too..

If you ever wondered why I paint so fast,one of the keys is having an orderly workspace.

Inquisitor Silias Hand

This is a special model.It is one half of the Black Library Daemonifuge diorama.
Practically unreleased but being true to myself I tweaked him just a bit.
The original belt buckle was just like a standard Marine.
I overlaid it with a bit I cut off of a Grey Knight chest bit,also added a couple of purity seals.
I have finished the Knights portion of this army and are now getting to the really good stuff.

The Inquisition,look out sin.

Grey Knight Justicar Thrawn

I finished up everyones favorite 40k Highlander Justicar Thrawn

The ruined helmet is supposed to be his,the first death of the evening

Grey Knights Grand Master Mordrak and Friends

I kitbashed this model to represent Grand Master Mordrak.
Mordrak is a cool character because he is protected by the ghostly apparitions of his old squad.
I modeled three of them and painted them a metallic black with ghostly Green Aegis.
I discovered a new way to paint blades using my airbrush and after a few bad tries,I finally got the hang of it.