Hobby ADD ... and Things.

So, I feel so disorganized with my hobby stuff. Such is the problem with having multiple armies across multiple gaming systems. I decided to scrap the Mentor Legion for WH40K, and stripped the paint jobs that I had been working on. LA's Totally Awesome (available in the US at your local dollar store) worked wonders on getting the paint off. Most people suggest soaking it for about 12 hours and then going at it with an old toothbrush, I was impatient and let it soak for about two hours. Got the job done (there was still some primer, and in a few recesses on the models there was the base coat as well). Primed up a bunch of them and have started on a Sons of Orar paint scheme (yay Ultramarine successor chapter). Even printed off some chapter markings on transfer paper and have those ready to go.

That aside, I also have assembled and painted a wraithlord for my Ulthwe eldar, started working on some guardians as well.

Finally, I am also going back and trying to get my Sylvaneth finished up.

Not even going to mention my Orks.

Because of all the different directions I'm working, I feel overwhelmed at times. I wish I had the time and focus to just sit down and finish off one project before jumping to another. Part of the problem is that my gaming part of the hobby is pretty much nonexistent, so there's no real urge to finish anything. I want to participate in a WH40K league starting up in August, but that's when MWW is heading back to work and I have no idea how our schedules will align. If I were part of the league, it would give me reason to finish up one faction, at the very least.

Some Sylvaneth Projects

This post is going to be a bit of a photo dump, but I've been working on my Sylvaneth (in addition to Space Marines, Space Orks, and Aeldari).

 Alarielle the Everqueen. Still finishing up the beetle, but she's as done as she's going to be. If I keep fiddling with it, I'll mess something up, and I'm happy with how she turned out for tabletop purposes.

While I did stick to some of the color schemes they use in the studio, I did make a few minor variations. Nothing drastic, just enough to make it mine. Still working on getting better with painting flesh.

My branchwych. Went a little overboard with the Vallejo wood tone shade, but I'm pleased with the final result. This was also my first attempt at a vibrant "rune glow" on both the stone and sigil carved into the bark. Not entirely pleased with the blade of the scythe, but whatever. I'm happy with the way the base itself turned out.

 A kitbashed Branchwraith. Made out of parts of dryad, tree/spite revenant, Durthu, and hair from one of the sisters of the thorn. Quite a bit of green stuff. Not the best ever, but not too shabby, and I think she turned out decent for a first attempt. I regret the moss "belt" now that I look at it, but I had some unsightly green stuff gaps and was in a time crunch to get it done.

It wasn't until after I was finished that I realized I had put her on a 40mm base instead of a 32mm base, however none of my opponents have said anything about it.




Below is my first batch of spite revenants. The photo is a bit dark, but they turned out pretty decently. Happy with the skin, all GW colors: Ulthuan grey (to bring them up from the Mournfang brown primer), then a layer of Nighthaunt Gloom, then layered up Nihilakh Oxide and Baharroth Blue. Think I may have done a final drybrush of Fenrisian Grey as an afterthought to polish it off. Basing was very simple, went with a "dead" orange flocking around the feet and then just a green flocking for the rest of it.