I agreed to what?   That doesn't sound like me at all.......

So starting Sunday I am in a 4 way painting challenge with; Darren (Skaven), Nick (Orcs) & Carmin (Chaos) to see who can get 50 trooper models done first.

I always think these painting bets are a good idea and then I line up 50 models infront of myself and do a double take.  Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gainned.

So today I've got my 52 Light Infantry cleaned and glued into their bases and I'll be black priming them tomorrow in preparation for starting painting on Sunday.

I'm actually super-excited about getting these figures done as they have been sitting in my basement waiting patiently for paint for well over 3 years now.  Hopefully after I get them all done I can find a game to use them in.

Tomorrow I will post my first month end summary of what got completed in the hobby for January.

-Jay

Ready for priming....I'm trying to remember how long I've been using that same Pizza Pizza box for....

 

First 2 test models done!  Would you like to know more?

This Friday I begin my newest painting bet with Darren and Carmin; the first one of us to complete 50 troop models wins and the 2 losers have to paint a figure for the winner.

My plan as I mentionned in a previous entry is to paint 52 Starship Troopers Light Infantry Troopers.  I wanted to sort out how I would be using my paints before hand so I primed up 4 figures and tried a variety of ways of achieving the look of the troopers in the movie and in the end I'm happy with what I ended up with.  Now the real question is can I get all 52 of them before Darren and his cheater dip paint a huge block of Skaven?  I'd trash talk Carmin as well but I'm not sure what he's painting yet.

-Jay

Basic easy to paint sci-fi troopers

 

I like donuts...so what?!?!

A couple of years ago I bought a bunch of stuff from Hasslefree Miniatures (every single figure is/was AWESOME by the way) and when you're placing an order for an assortment of figures you always end up buying one or two you're not really sure you need but you plan on finding a use for anyway.  One of the figures I got is clearly meant to be Simon Pegg's partner from Hot Fuzz.  The figure is pretty cool but the british policemen's helmet (sorry I'm not sure what the proper name is) didn't fit very well into my mid-western american police force.

At some point after buying it I apparently (I had totally forgotten) did a head swap to make the figure more useable with the rest of my collection and now he's ready to help defend the citizens of Anytown USA against the zombie hordes.

And I do have to admit for any of you who don't know me personally with the hair, the glasses and the....um...physique this fig looks to me like a pretty decent representation of yours truly as a police officer.

"The zombies have overrun Tim Hortons!"

 

Nick Furious!

I decided to take a break from full-on painting today to do another Clix touch-up.  Fixing up that SHIELD agent the other day got me to thinking about more figs I could use in survival (as opposed to superhero) games and again the Avengers Movie Heroclix had a perfect figure for the task; Nick Fury.

There have been a ton of Nick Fury figures in the Heroclix line over the years but even their first pass at Ultimate Nick Fury still looked like it wouldn't fit in the real world (he's posed firing an AR-15 with 1 hand).  However I thought the Avengers Movie Nick Fury was perfect as an action hero/survivor sort of figure.  With his black tactical gear and black coat he's the epitome of cool and he looks like he'd be at home in any near future setting.

-Jay

Just dial 1-800-FURIOUS

 

Tactical Miniatures Beat Cops done!

Tonight I finished my last 2 cops from my Tactical Minaitures pack.  I have to say these are great figs, I wish the company had thrived and managed to produce more models but these things happen I suppose.

So all told that pack contributed 2 cops with pistols, 2 with shotgun and 1 with an assault rifle to my collection of figures to act out the opening animation of the Resident Evil 3 video game.

My next addition to the police will be a minor conversion of a Hasslefree figure I got a couple of years ago.

-Jay

"Stop in the name of the law!"

 

A more even tempered looking officer.

 

 

 

Two more for the R.P.D.

I managed to finish 2 more of my new R.P.D. officers last night.  I've still got 2 more armed with shotguns to paint, hopefully they will be finished tomorrow.

I'm really liking how this Fenrisian Grey looks for their shirts so I think I may got back and repaint the Hasslefree cops I did when I first started the blog.  When this latest batch of cops is done I'll probably get back to work on the next batch of zombies from Studio Miniatures as well.  It looks like I'm back in a zombie kind of mood!

-Jay

Ready!  Aim!  Fire!

 

I think this guy means business.

 

 

Send more cops!

I'm working on a pack of 5 police officers from Tactical Miniatures to use in my zombie gaming.

This first figure was basically a test to see how a few new paints worked out before painting the rest of the pack.  The trousers are painted Coal Black (P3) while the new colours are the shirt being Fenrisian Grey (GW) and the duty gear being Skavenblight Dinge (GW).  I'm pretty happy with how this guy turned out so I think I'll try to finish the rest of the pack tonight.

Incidentally Tactical Miniatures went out of business over a year ago but Armorcast has acquired the rights to produce their models.

-Jay

Aim for the head!