The other Redeemer...

At long last, here are the pictures of the second Grey Knights Redeemer.





Vehicles like these do provide a nice canvas for freehand, so I thought I would take advantage of that once again. :-)





Some of the Forgeworld conversion bits were not the easiest to work with, but in the end they did look very neat.





My favorite part was the cowlings on the inferno cannons, however.  Painting in that horizon line was a lot of fun!  I had wanted to do that for years, but the surface was never quite right...





These top views show you how different this freehand was from the first Redeemer.  The triptychs were a little tricky to squeeze in , but I am glad I did so!

Group shots of the converted Vostroyand command squad

Well, photobucket is still doing strange things, so let's see if this works.  I promised group shots of the command squad, so here they are!  For those not familiar with the individual images, you can scroll back a few posts in the Imperial Guard section, and you will get the WIP images and so on.





Here's a top view to give you a better look at how the bases work together...



Another set of group shots from behind the squad...

Work In Progress: Tomb Kings Warsphinx

As I begin work on the Tomb King that is riding this big guy, I realized that I had never posted any images of it!



This piece is about 70% finished.  Lots of work yet to do!



I had to change the color of the "flesh" from dark green to the same purple/blue that was used on all the other constructs.  The original intent was to have the same sort of skulls and demon faces show up on the sides of the Sphinx as the floor.  However, once I established the other color scheme, it just seemed to work a lot better!



Some of you might recognize the skull face on the back of the howdah from the lower level of the tomb...





Also, the floor of the howdah has the same design which you can see on the ground level of the tomb complex (the dais), and on the bases of the big chariot unit.



Here's one more view from the top:


I will post pictures of the King as soon as he is done. :-)

The mini that just wouldn't die... Imperial Fists Master of the Forge

This is one of those figures that you think is almost done, until it is several hours later... or even a few days!



There were at least 3 times where I thought I had this guy just about done, only to discover that there was a lot more work to do. :-)  At long last, however, he is complete!

Converted Vostroyan Master of the Fleet

Here's the final member of the converted Vostroyan command squad!  This time it is the Master of the Fleet.

The nature of the metal figure limited what I could do, so I did a little alteration using a tank radar antenna.





The biggest addition was on the base.  I used some extra pieces cut from the interior of the Storm Raven.



Here you can see him on the base... sadly, most of the screen are obscured :-)  Stay tuned for the group shots tomorrow!

First Army of the Dead grunt

Those original mock ups (which looked like any typical undead soldiers) had been scanned and the glowing effects digitally added.

I tried to do the same thing here, by preserving a bit of the tans and browns under my fluorescent glow!



I am glad that I waited to finish these off until after my experiment with the fluorescent paints on the Tomb Kings!  It made a huge difference.  I will try to take some WIP images of the future Army of the Dead minis.

First day in the new home...

Fortunately, the remnants of Issac had other places to be, so we were able to undertake our special mission for the day!

Earlier in the week, Cathy stumbled upon a new game store, called the Wandering Dragon Shoppe, which had just opened its doors this July.  As it turns out, it is closer to us, and much closer to several people who also game with us.  It is located in the very nice downtown of Plainfield Illinois!



They had a very nice webpage, and a facebook page as well.  The pictures of the store looked very welcoming.  They have a few different areas in the store, such as the 'lobby' with the chess board, the main shopping section shown above, and in these pictures:





There are lots of great boardgames, RPG and card games to be found.  There is also a private room for RPG's or other games where you want things to be a little more quiet... Like a game of Battlestar Galactica!  Cylon...



The gaming area is also very nice. It is well lit, with a wood floor, and even a big screen TV!



As you can see, a Dr. Who marathon is playing!  On this particular day, they played the new season premier, which is why the chairs were set up this way:



There were games of Malifaux being played, among many others...







It was a very friendly and inviting atmosphere.  People there were fantastic, and everyone was having a great time.  We met a few folks who had even taken our painting seminars at Adepticon.

They are still filling out their product lines.  Adding some paint and hobby supplies is a primary future goal, and possibly some GW products as well.

It was a great place to spend a day, as there are many other things to do right outside the door... like get ice cream, sit outside cafe style at more than a few restaurants, and so on.  The fact that is was a good 10 minutes closer to us was quite the bonus!

A very happy accident!  We look forward to our next visit, which will be posted here.  Stay tuned!