First batch of photos

As stated in a previous post, I have bought myself a Digital SLR, a Canon EOS 600D. Its something ive wanted to do for a long time and I decided a few months ago that there is no time like the present and took the plunge.

These are some photos that I took the day I got the camera. Ill post some more once I get a chance to go throught the ones that I have. :)

Feel free to throw some comments in. Im always happy to hear some thoughts. :)

WIP from the weekend

I didnt get a much painting done over the weekend as I had hoped. But I got a little bit done. Here is a WIP shot of the first Ogre that im doing. I made a bit of progress after this but its the most recent photo I have with me.

Coming along nicely. :)

New order arrived

The new order turned up this morning, So I spent the day putting together the Ogres for a weekend of painting. I decided that instead of the way i normally do it, which is to assemble after painting, I would put them all together and then paint. This will limit the rework that ill have to do once the painting is done.

Some pics of the ogres assembled. Should be good fun painting them.

As always... Sorry for the quality of the photos

New minis ordered and new project idea

I realised that when I ordered all of the new paints and brushes last week, I didnt order any miniatures...

Now we cant have that... So I just placed another order. 2 boxes of Ogres, A box of Bretonnian Knights and a box of Empire Flagellants.

Ive also come up with an idea for a project. Im going to paint up a standard bearer for each army. For those who dont know, a standard bearer is the bannerman of a unit. Carrying the unit standard. Im going to have some fun playing around with freehand banner designs and such. There are 15 different army types in the warhammer fantasy world. I have already got one for the Orcs and Goblins army and the Skaven Army. The boxes I bought today will give me the Ogre Kingdoms, Bretonnian and Empire. Although the Empire unit I bought is more of a "special unit" so the standard bearer may be a bit different from the idea that I have. But ill see how I go.

So that will just leave High Elves, Wood Elves, Dwarves, Vampire Counts, Tomb Kings, Beastmen, Dark Elves, Warriors of Chaos, Daemons of Chaos and Lizardmen. Im going to invest in the respective box sets over the next month or so. Then will start working on the project. Good Times

New paints and new brushes.

A few months ago, Games Workshop replaced their paint range. effectively doubling the range of colours available, I decided tonight it was time to start buying some of the new paints. So I have just ordered about 30 new paints. Mostly within the green scale, as my Orcs and Goblins army is my main focus at the moment so with more green I can focus on that. lol

I also bought some Kalinsky Sable brushes which are a very high quality brush. So I think its time to start focussing on the painting a bit more.

Stay tuned.

New camera

On an unrelated note, I recently purchased a new camera. A Canon EOS 600D. A proper Digital SLR. So ill be taking some better photos of all my work and when I get the internet hooked up at home, ill be able to post them on here.

Next purchase will hopefully be a Macro lens so that I can take some proper up close pics of my miniatures. Just have to save up the pennies for it. lol

A distinct lack of painting

Well, my plan to paint up a storm over the weekend got cancelled. I ended up volunteering down at the hospital building gardens and stuff. So by the time I got home and thought about painting, my arms didnt work and I was too pooped. lol

So ill have to get some done this week/weekend.

Stay tuned...