Turelio's Hobby Hoard

OK, these are some photos of the base! At the moment, I need to add some water to the shallow at the foot of the base, however the rest of the work is done!

So, my Golden Demon projects have started (Although by the time this goes up, they will be well under way). The first plan is the Dark Elf Dreadlord. Below are some photos taken during the model being painted. The blue was airbrushed on the get a smooth a coat as possible to the armour so that I could work from there. I then started working on the head. The plan is to have the model quite dark, but the face pale so that it stands out and draws the eye. The colours were blocked in as I got some feedback that seemed to be under the impression that I was doing a monochrome model, which wasn't the plan. Once the main colours were in place, I started blocking in freehand and designs so that I could mess around in the area, without having to finish once area and then wreck it once I went over it to do the freehand. Up next, the base!

Last post, then sleep. Sleep wasn't something I got much of last night, as I was trying to do some work on this guy; my next GD project: But then not long after I got the base done to this level: ...The power went off, leaving my to do little odds and ends with a head-mounted lamp while I waited for the electrician to show up and find the cause of the problem. Leaving me with this: ...Then it turned out they couldn't fix it, meaning I had to get up early this morning to feed some cats I was minding for a friend, then head to the real estate to get it sorted by their electrician. How took seven hours to turn up (Hence all the side projects as the desk is blocked pretty well from light). Anyway, normal painting schedule should resume as normal from tomorrow morning (Here's hoping...)

So my original plan of painting hard and getting stuff done for Little Wars never panned out. In fact, I haven't painted anything for months. But I've been meaning to post these photos for a while now and keep forgetting. So here are some random pics... First, my self-bought birthday presents! I needed new brushes, and there were some models I had my eye on for a while which I thought I should get at the same time. SO I bought myself: A set of Doctor Who and Firefly models from Heresy. In fact, I bought two of each. Obsessive behaviour is a killer some times... Still, now I have Doctor Whos and Kaylees, and also a Ghostbusters demon dog thing. And now I have these Who miniatures, it's not going to be long before I end up grabbing a few of the others I have seen floating around :) New brushes! I was holding out for a while to get a set of W&N7's, but these are Kaple brushes which I was recommended. I really love these brushes. I honestly can't believe I have been...