Some more models

on the workbench

The samurai commission comes to an end:

finally.

Until next time,
DIP DIP DIP
Bean out~

On the Workbench 07/23/13

On the Workbench

Just a quick update today with what I'm working on:

A Cavalier model for use in an AD&D game I've been running.

Until next time,
Bean out~

On the Workbench: July 2013

On the Workbench

Here's What ol' Bean is working on right now:

 For the eagle-eyed amongst you, you'll notice I have a few things going at the moment. Another commission and some personal junk.

On the Workbench: Dec 15th

On the Workbench

Not much of an update today unfortunately. I've been hard at work getting prepped for Xmas, selling all my worldly possessions (aka: all my unused models) on ebay and making as much money as possible (aka:none) to cover upcoming trips to see family and friends over the holidays. So between that, setting up a new campaign I'm going to be running online for some friends (Cyberpunk!), and some painting commissions I'm working on, I've not had much time to get any personal hobby work done.

Thusly, you all will get the "On the Workbench" treatment today, also known as "I don't have anything new today" or "OH GOD WHY CAN'T I PAINT!!!!!".

So here we go!

Base Instincts

Tutorials Tuesday

I've been asked by a friend to show off how I go about basing my models. There are naturally a few ways of doing this, but I'll outline my favorite (which is also the easiest) below.

What you'll need:
However many bases you intend to prepare.
Tape
White Glue. Elmers or whatever grade regular school glue you want. (I use GW because I have lots of it left over from my GW days, and it seems to break down really well in water.)
Sand, ballast or whatever you want to use to texture your bases (I use a few different grades of ballast: Fine, regular and large. This provides nice variation in size and texture but also guarantees total coverage)
Water
An old Paint brush
various random bitz from the bits box (below I've used some sprue chopped up into bricks, some skulls and some army painter razor wire)

The Perfect Party

Thursday Theories

Being at my core, a Wargamer, I tend to build and paint models for all of my Roleplaying games. Whether it's CyberPunk, Rifts, Mutant Chronicles, or most usually, Dungeons and Dragons. Naturally, I have built, converted and painted dozens of models for my characters as well as for others in my various gaming groups. Beloved characters have come and gone, with literally hundreds of lesser cared for characters sacrificed to the dice gods... or the waste-bin.
Within the last year, gaming of all types has become a limited and precious resource, though I have found myself with a dearth of spare painting time and as such I've been working on various projects...
Or rather I should say, I've been flittering about between projects like a meth-addicted hobby butterfly.
AAAAANYways, one of these projects is something I've been thinking about for quite some time. The concept of "The Perfect D&D Party".

On the Workbench: so much to paint...

On the Workbench

13 rogue-trader era marines, 2 rogue-trader era techmarines, an RT era Marine Deadnought, A Dwarf model I won on ebay, A reaper Knight model and some Old Chaos Terminators prepped for bagging to send off to an eBay buyer. You'll notice many have been primed with the Krylon Camouflage tan Primer I review a little while back.
The Febreeze has nothing to do with modeling.

 Oh... And 2 Cadres of Southern gears for Heavy Gear Blitz (7 Jager gears incl. 1 Command Jager, a Black Mamba and 2 Striking Cobras). SO MUCH TO PAINT!.

Oh and for those who care...

On the Workbench: Vitamin Bean

On the Workbench

Real Life

No I'm not dead (Close... but not dead...), which is the main reason for the dearth of solid articles on my behalf. Life, as it has been well documented, can get in the way. As such, I've not had any time to write anything worthwhile for all you lovely people out there and have let the 2 new guys (Richard and Maqy) pick up my slack. While I agree this isn't cool, alas it is what it is, and thus I've not got a lot of time to commit to the blog at the moment.
Things might be like this for a little while, though hopefully they'll get sorted and I can get back to doing what I so greatly enjoy soon (blathering on at length about gaming, roleplaying, models and painting). Posting will continue as it has been for the last couple weeks (short snippets that I type out when I can), so don't worry the usual stuff will still be up along with Richards most excellent articles about army lists, and Maqma has a few articles still up his sleeve, so all is not lost.