Today we went to the local gaming shop to pick up some paints. Since the owner was busy I decided to browse through his GW catalogs and something caught my eye. Be'Lakor, The Dark Master in the collectors section. I've seen this guy in a few battle reports before, but I assumed he was from another game (since I never saw him in any normal armies).

I asked him if he's seen this guy before and he said "Yeah, in fact I just ordered one and he's still sitting in the shipping box." After a few minutes of digging we found it. This must be fate!

The other day I picked up some Valejo green primer and thought I'd try it out on a beast of Nurgle.


I wasn't too sure of how this would look, but I figured if it was terrible I could always strip the model and start over.


A coat of Devlin Mud and I was satisfied with the green primer.


Next some Snakebite Leather dry brushing followed by brown ink in the recesses.



Added another wash of 25 Camo Green:25 Devlin Mud:50 Water. Made a nice slimy finish.

There you have it. I wasn't sure at first how this would look, but I think it will make a good green base color. Next up will be Epidemus and some Nurglings. :)

The Bloodthirster has been a real pain in the ass!

Last week while glue was drying on the base he decided he wanted to "fly" and did a face plant on the floor, breaking off his arm (holding axe) and bending part of his left wing. To my amazement he was still attached to the base.

Then the other night over at Hoot's place I tried bending the wing a little to straighten it when it finally gave and snapped off his shoulder.

SNAP!

Luckily the Green stuff was an exact fit so it glued into place with little work. You're lucky you little bastard, otherwise I'd have to beat you for your defiance!

Anyway, I decided to use a quick basing technique I saw on CoolMiniorNot.com forums. I like the idea of simplifying techniques for new painters so I thought I'd try it out too.


Primed Skull white


A heavy drybrush of Golden Yellow, followed by a lighter brushing of Blazing Orange


A lighter coat of blood red at the top.


Next a coat of Scorch Brown followed by Chaos black.


Refining the colors a little bit. I added more red and a little orange.


It looks pretty cool. I think I'll get the Blood Thirster table top then see how I like it. I figure I can tweak the colors if it ends up being too dark.

What do you think of this base? Comments are always appreciated :)

I had to work another weekend so I missed most of the gaming, but I did manage to get a few shots.

The aftermath of the 2v2 game. Nids barely pulled out a victory due to the Necrons phasing out. I heard the Command squads were nuked early on and prevented the IG soldiers from recieving commands.

Over at Hoot's place the other night

I continued basing my bloodletters.




Meanwhile Hoot got busy on his Cadian Squad.





While trying to liberate a soldier's arm from his body, Hoot missed and speared his Xacto blade into his thumb.


Crunch purchased two Imperial terrain pieces.





He also got busy assembling his Necron Warriors