Started on the dragon

Well, I started work on the dragon last night. I only got a little bit done but im happy with the way its looking so far. Will be doing a bit of layering tonight on the wings to give them some depth and hopefully not ruining them in the process. :) I like to leatherish look so far.

Savage Orc Big Boss WIP

I made a start on the Savage Orc Big Boss, I had planned to start the dragon this morning, but im a bit apprehensive to start until I nail down some of the techniques ive been practicing.

I really love this model... (Sorry about the picture quality, until I get the internet hooked up at home I can only take them with my phone. My new Digital SLR has to wait.)

The new arrivals

The new purchases turned up today and after scaring the delivery driver when I answered the door in my angry birds PJ's (hehe) I set about putting the first one together. Im starting on the High Elf Lord On Dragon first. I put most of it together and I was surprised about how well it assembled. Generally there is a lot of cleaning up and adjusting required before you can glue but this one went together really well. I temp fitted the wings and undercoated it white. Ill start the painting tomorrow morning.

Ive decided to put it on a bigger base so that there is room for the elemental mage that im going to include in the diorama. So im going to see what other stuff I can find to put on the base. Ive got a pretty big bits box so im sure I can find something. :)

Some new purchases

Well, I decided last night that I needed to add some more miniatures to my ever growing pile of projects on the go. lol

So I bought: (the pictures are taken from the GW website, they are not my painting. lol)

Savage Orc Big Boss, This is a new release from GW and I love the Mini, I have also bought another 2 boxes of savage Orcs, so ill have a unit of 40 once they are all painted with the big boss...

A High Elf Mage on Elemental base, Im going to be adding this to the base of the dragon below... Im doing them as a gift for someones birthday... shhhh dont tell them. :)

A high elf  lord on dragon. This is going to be painted up as a gift for someones birthday, but without the rider. The mage in the pic above is going to be standing on the base. I love the miniature and think its going to be a lot of fun to paint.

And the Ogre Kingdoms Iron Belcher. I love this mini, Its just so rugged and primitive. lol I cant wait to paint this one.

So they are my new projects. Im very much looking forward to painting them. Will have to focus and make sure they get done. lol

1250 views! wow!

I just noticed that my view count is up to 1250... wow!

I am making a pledge here and now, Im going to have a project finished for my 1500th page view. I will have to decide which project to do but im sure I can find one in the pile. :) Ill provide an update once I get home and make the decision...

Withdrawal symptoms

Ive been away working for the last 2 weeks and in my infinite wisdom, didnt pack any paint or miniatures. As a result I havent been able to do any painting since mid last month. Its been a long couple of weeks. Im heading home on Saturday at this stage so ill be sitting down on sunday and getting a fix of painting.

I planned on heading into the city in Sydney on the weekend and visiting the local games workshop store, but the weather turned foul and I didnt want to risk it. So im going to have a look on the website at the end of the week and order some stuff online. There are some very cool new minis out and I want to start working on them.

I am actually looking at starting a collection of Warhammer 40000 stuff again. There have been some new releases in this game that look very cool. although I still have a large collection of 40K stuff from many years ago that I havent touched for a long time so itll just end up in the pile with all my other projects. lol

I think im a lost cause. :)

Another Move completed, still no internet

Well, I have moved into the new house. I hope this is the last move for a while. Ill be setting up the painting table this weekend and hope to start painting again. I have a plan in place on how to go about finishing the projects im working on so with any luck, I will have some photos to post in the near future.

Anyway. Just thought I would let you all know that im still alive, just busy. :)