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Staying motivated while you\'re locked down during Coronavirus / COVID-19
This is a difficult time for many. Some folks are busy and working harder than ever, helping to ensure the rest of us can stay safe and at home. Some of us are out of work and a few are able to work from home. Everyone is adjusting to a different life and many of…
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So you want to be a commission painter!
Welcome, welcome! For those of you reading in the distant future – the world is currently being ravaged by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The result is what seems to be the prelude of a massive depression and a lot of people stuck at home either unemployed or \’working from home\’. For many it seems like…
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Gitz recipie
Well it\’s 2020 and my #nyna (New Year, New Army) is Gloomspite Gitz. As mentioned in my previous post – I\’m not dropping my Death Guard boys but I have a fieldable army there and can slowly add the few models I\’m still missing but this is a chance to start on something new (well…
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Stripping models
I have talked in the past about my reticence to strip models. Particularly my own. (In summary – if you want to paint a model again that badly – you can probably find somewhere online that sells it, there\’s value in holding onto examples of old work). Even with second hand models – I often…
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Armies on Parade – Mortarion\'s Death Guard
Welcome to the final post of my Death Guard series of posts. It\’s taken far too long to post this up as I struggled for the longest time with how to go through the photos, get them all tagged etc etc. In the end I\’ve pretty well figured I\’d just cheat. To those of you…
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Thanksgiving 2019
Those of you that are regular readers of my blog will know that every Thanksgiving, I put out a post to remind myself of the things I have to be thankful for in the year that has passed. Although an Englishman, I have really developed a love of setting aside time to do this to…
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Blackstone Fortress: Time for Plan B
Well it\’s said that no plan survives first contact with the enemy and I think that is most definitely the case here. A perfect storm of an unexpected work contract and unbearably hot weather have resulted in my totally stalling in progress with these models. In addition to that – I picked up the new…
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Blackstone Fortress: Vehicle? – Chaos Ogryn
This whole project has been mapped based on the idea of painting an army. The Chaos Ogryn (along with the Ambull) are much more Monster/Vehicle than anything else in the kit… the more observant of you will notice that Chaos Ogryn is also not on the initial roster of models. Traitor Command came out part…
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Blackstone Fortress: Unit – Traitor Guard & Beastmen
Annnd this is where the train jumps the tracks. The plan was all well and good and then it was hit by my own desire to paint… but kind of in a good way. One thing that I\’ve found really accelerates my painting is when my head clicks on how I intend to paint something.…
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Blackstone Fortress: Unit – Spindle Drones, Ambull & Borewyrms
It had been such a strong start – getting the Ur Ghul\’s painted and a solid start on the Spindle Drones. I quickly followed up by finishing the Spindle drones: The spindle drones were much more of a challenge than the Ur Ghuls in a strange way. As with the Ur Ghuls I had decided…
Raggy Paints 