You Can Shine All the Buttons on Your Green Shirt

I had 1 hour to work on modeling last night.  I wasted 15 minutes looking for the right brush to apply some liquid green stuff.

I haven't had much luck with LGS in the past so I took my time on this.  I filled very small gaps in the liberators' shoulder joints and by the end I found a method that worked for me.

I took a small glop of LGS on the tip of a brush and deposited it on the gap.  Then I cleaned the brush and used a towel to remove the excess water.  I then brushed over the deposit of LGS and that smoothed it out.  If there was too much after that, I cleaned up the excess with a wet brush and a paper towel.

After giving it some time to dry it looks as though I'll need to do another layer.  I also found some mold lines I missed, so I'll clean those up when I do the second layer.

Only in a World So Cold

The build is done!  I finally got the gluing and clipping and scraping done.  Here is a pic of the whole clan.

I used blue tack to attach the Lord to the Dracoth and the shields to the liberators just for the photo.

I thought the Lord Relictor was going to be the single toughest model to build but he was a piece of cake.  Then I tried the Dracoth.  He was not  I used mostly plastic cement for the build.  I heard it worked best if you let the cement go on the model for a couple of seconds before attaching the other side, which had cement too.  However this caused the little guide nubs to melt, so I had to guess how to join some parts.  I did dry fit everything before I glued it but still.  Hopefully, I learn from all the mistakes I made.

My next step is green stuff some weak points.  Then I'll use a hobby knife and do some damage.

Here's where the cold comes in, priming.  I'm doing some test with using gesso to prime so I can maybe prime inside.

My family has decided to make some changes in how certain rooms get used.  Now that the army building is done I need to get back to some work around the house so hobby time is going to be a bit harder to come by.  If I get free time I'll use it to play.  I'll be the "uses grey models" guy for a while.

On the Backpack Loaded Up with Things and Knickknack's Too

Backpacks on.

Last night, I put the backpacks on my Retributors.  Taking pictures helps me see where I need to do some more clean-up and future green stuff application.  

I also built the Prosecutor Prime but haven't attached the wings yet.  The last two models I need to build are the most difficult, but the end is near.

I've decided to try to finish these builds by Friday, so my post with a schedule is now void.  I'm still deciding a basing theme as well.  I'm going to search images and such, figure out what needs to happen before priming.

I can see painting on the horizon.

... A Slow Hand

I had a small amount of time last night so I did some building because my tools were out already.  Here is my progress from last night.

The Retributors still need their backpack things.  I was clipping and cleaning them up when I needed to go to bed.

Geez, I'm not good with assembly.  I get very frustrated with my lack of coordination but after short burst of anger I relax and remember just to go slow.

Three more models to go and I'll have the force built.  Of course they are the three most involved models but hey 15 down 3 to go there's light at the end of the tunnel.  Maybe I wont take that break I was thinking about and get this stuff done.

I Push My Fingers into My...

*Clip

*Cut

*Scrape

*Glue 

Repeat

*Clip

*Cut

*Scrape

*Glue 

Repeat

How do you folks do it?  This is the first time I've assembled this level and amount of the plastic crack, and it is crazy time consuming.  I'm just building the Stormcast half of the starter box and it is taking forever.  I've worked on them for about 4 hours (not in a row), and I've put together all ten Liberators (minus the shields), 2 of the Prosecutors (minus the wings), and 90% of the Retributors.  I don't intend to leave the wings off but I have to find the perfect time to try to attach them.  I'm a bit shaky.  

I think I'll finish up building the final Prosecutor, the wings, and the Retributors.  Then I'm going to do the extra prep before priming; green stuff, damage, cleaning.

I think I'm going to take a break from building after that.  Painting is much, much more fun for me and I need to keep interest.  I have some Blood Bowl teams in desperate need of being finished and my long forgotten Mordheim warband needs some attention too.3

I haven't had much luck with schedules but I'm going to try some deadlines.

General:  Fridays Post Updates other posts as I see fit. 

Feb 3:  Finish current Stormcast build.

Feb 10:  Blood Bowl touch ups.

Feb 17:  Build Relictor

Feb 24:  Mordheim touch ups

Got A Letter in the Mail

Opened it up, sure enough, they we were arm in arm again.

The box came today.  Guess I need to do some building, cleaning, and fixing.  Then I can wash them and prime.  This is not my favorite task but it has to be done.  I was able to practice my color options on some other models I had.

I opened up the box to see what I got.  I knew what was in it but it was still fun to check it out.

Okay so I'm building the Stormcast so I think I'll start with the "standard" unit, the liberators.

I've watched a few painting videos and it appears that the best option is the leave the shields off  to have better access to the models.    

Here is the first set of builds, minus shields:

1st 4 Liberators

Notes from build:

1. Halo thingies are super fiddle-ly
2. Mold lines

Next:

1. Green stuff
2. Damage with hobby knife
3. Clean
4. Prime

Been a Long Time

My last post was over 4 months ago?  What have I been doing?  Not painting that's for sure.  The last four months have been a bit of a gut punch, but life happens to everyone.  OK, here's to now.

In that time Randroid finally got me to play some AoS... shockingly (not really) I had fun.  So naturally, I needed to pick a faction.  I went into it trying to find the group with the models I like most.  The image I had in my head didn't fit anything I saw on the GW website.  I thought the Khorne models seemed the best of what I saw but the fluff didn't suit me.  I didn't care for the human models as much and I don't like the "cone-head" elf stuff.  But digging through I found some dark elf and wood elf models that didn't have the cones, so I started there.  I use extremely rudimentary graphic skills to edit color options on pictures of the models.  This helped me find a color scheme I liked.  Then I added some Sylvaneth characters and some Stormcast stuff.  I had an army plan!  Then I looked into price and synergy and my idea went up in a cloud of smoke.  They wouldn't work together well without adding other pieces I didn't care for and the price was climbing.

In reflecting on that scenario I was looking for other cheaper ideas.  I stumbled across a picture of a Stormcast Eternal painted in a scheme very close to the one in my head. I didn't are for the golden blob I saw in other pics but these caught my eye.  Also them being in the starter set made them a good price option too.  So that settled it.  I'm gonna be Stormcast.

Here are some of my quick ideas for the faction.  

Lord C

Dray

Wing 1

Wing 2

Ax