Last Round of Reavers

Time for the final round!  The last 4 jetbikes.  Ironically, this group includes the very first jetbike that was converted and painted.

The first bike was the most elaborate.  It had many extra wings sculpted from plasticard and green stuff.  You can see it towards the right in this image.

And then from above...

And from the side...

And from the back :-)

The engine glows were done the same way on the jetbikes, the Venoms, the Raider and the Razorwing.  A touch of cyan fluorescent paint was used to give it that extra oomph.

Zipping along

Zoom zoom!  Four more jetbikes.  The ventral mounted splinter cannons were magnetized so that I could switch them out if needed.

The Arena Champion was fun with this unit.  The sword was from a Raging Heroes miniature.  It was not easy to get the pony tails on the head, but well worth it in the end!

Another top view to show you the freehand and the additional wings.

Of course, the little bananer could not be resisted, especially since that symbol of the Blood Star had been well established by then.

Just one more set of three to go, folks!

More flying...

Hey, I finally finished one of the riders for a Griffon!  As you know, these CoolMiniorNot Griffons were used for one of the painting videos.  

The rider is not the easiest thing to work out, unlike the bird lion, which is why I only used that portion for the video.  It can look very neat once it's all together, however!

I painted it in some classic High Elf colors.  I thought the blue would be a nice contrast to all the oranges and golds.

I adjusted the banner so that the pole would be as close to the wing edge as possible.  This gives it some extra support, which is a good thing.

Overall, it is my favorite of all the mounted critters from CMON.

Here are some closer shots of the rider.  I tried to reflect a bit of the blue from the robe onto his helmet for fun!

Riding high

This particular set was very fun in terms of the bases.  They were designed to match a very specific section of the display board.  I love doing stuff like that!

Oh yeah, and the bikes were fun to paint as well.

These bikes were a crucible where I tested out all kinds of new techniques and materials for the Bloody Mess instructional video.  I learned so much, since there were 16 of these bikes to deal with!

This view shows you the pattern that I was able to develop for every miniature in the army.

As I have mentioned before, this was the first time any of my armies had a completely unified theme across the board.  Normally, I have lots of variety to distinguish units from each other.

Full speed ahead!!!

Flying Circus, part one

Welcome to Asharah's flying circus!

I am doing a bunch of new group shots of the Reaver Jetbikes.  This represents 25% of the 16 jetbikes that I converted and painted.  Yeah, call me crazy.

Each bike was converted in some way.  There were a few that had very elaborate work done to them.  Fortunately there are lots of extra parts in those kits!

My favorite thing to do was the adding of extra wings.  Since the whole point of them was the bladevanes, I thought that would add to the story.  It also provided a way to repeat the same freehand design that you saw on the entire army.

I also tried to designate various bikers with special weapons by the amount of wings.  For instance, Arena champions and those bikes armed with cluster caltops.

Of course, the basing was highly specialized, and a big part of the story as well.  If you check out some of the images of the army on the display board, that will all make sense.  I also have the story of the army in the Dark Eldar section of the blog.

Much more to come!!!

The fortress and the Fist

Well, before all the Imperial Fists head off to their destination, I thought I would shoot a few pictures in their natural environment!  All about those fortifications.

Thanks to all those LED daylight bulbs, these shots finally work out.  It was always such a bummer when I tried this with my other lights.  Even 'real' daylight doesn't work this well!

Those yellow guys just can't resist getting behind some concrete and steel...

Uh oh... look what's at the door!

A bird's eye view of the action.

They brought jetbikes too...

They're everywhere!

Someone heard there was popcorn!

Uh, Houston, we have a problem.

A new way to cook the Turkey

Worried about your bird exploding in your deep fryer?  Tired of waiting 6 hours for munching on that turkey dinner?  Well, we have the perfect solution!  The Roastmaticus Rapidus 40000.

Fueled by Prometheum, this little chef's helper does the trick in no time!!!

It leaves a fine coating of scorched skin for that crispy crunch.  Need sandwiches the next day to feed that hungry Stormtrooper unit?  Heat those bad boys up in a flash with the RR 40000!!!