Weekly Workbench 19 Feb 2017

Lots of different projects this week and as it is a long weekend (and I wanted to finish up one of the models) you get this one day later.  Remember to click on the pictures for larger images.

First up, I primed the LCM 6 from Sarissa Precision.  I need to add some weathering affects and decals.  Unfortunately, Warlord Games is out of their vehicle decals and so I need to practice some freehand numbers before I get this done.

Then I sealed Thorin's Company from Games Workshop's Escape From Goblin Town Set.  These are the miniatures I am doing the tutorial posts on Tuesdays.

Next, I finished painting Gandalf from the above set.  While the picture shows a lighter grey the miniature is much darker.  I am debating on repainting the grey to a lighter shade before basing, though as I have a second Gandalf from The Fellowship of the Ring set I might just call it good.

I then started working on the special miniature from the Goblin Town Set, Radagast.  I still have a lot to go on him, but I did get side tracked with rebuilding two computers and then on a different miniature as detailed below.

Due to the busy schedule this week I had only a little spare time.  During a brief snippet of this I started gluing together the small ruin pieces from Impudent Mortal's 28mm Entry Level Ruins I received for backing their Kickstarter.  I still have the large portions to glue together and I have not decided how to paint them as my WWII armies are from the Pacific, so maybe they will be used for an abandoned world in Beyond the Gates of Antares or as parts of the ruins of Osgiliath.

Today, I primed my Fell Warg Pack from Games Workshop and have them ready for painting.

Last, my eye caught the Reaper Miniatures' sword woman provided in my Hobby University class Advanced Beginner's Painting at Historicon 2016.  She has sat there with just her cloak painted for about seven months and I thought I should finish her as a "fun" project.  I have since learned that my perfectionism and improving skill and techniques will probably never allow me to paint "quick, fun" miniatures again.  I did use a lot of the techniques I picked up doing Thorin's Company. She was primed before any mold lines were removed by the event staff so that is unfortunate but I think she makes a fine She-Devil with a Sword, Red Sonja!  

Thanks for visiting and see you all next week!

Weekly Workbench 11 Feb 2017

So, in order to have a more timely posting schedule (though, with the Hobbit Tutorials, I have 16 more weeks of posts in the hopper), I am going to start this weekly feature showing what I have going on during the past week.  This should come out on Saturday nights or Sunday mornings while the Tutorials will remain on Tuesdays until I run out.

First up, I finished all 13 dawarves of Thorin's Company to include basing.  All that is left is putting the overcoat to seal everything.  This will take place tomorrow when temps climb back into the 60's.

All that remains for the Escape from Goblin Town set (other than catwalk terrain) is Gandalf the Grey and the special Radagast the Brown miniature.  Those will be getting hit up this week and then I think I will start painting my Beyond the Gates of Antares' Boromites and Ghar finally.

Seeing as we were out at the Fredricksburg Expo and Convention Center for an event I stopped by Hobby Lobby and picked up some supplies:
-Model Master Gray Primer is what I usually use when not using The Army Painter colored primers.
-Model Master Lacquer Overcoat (Flat) is what I use to seal my miniatures now that I am back in the US (I used Tamiya in Okinawa).
-Tamiya Extra Thin Cement, I usually use the regular but they did not have it and I was almost out after a spill.  When I got home the top was stuck on and I crushed and broke the top off trying to get it unstuck.  So now it resides in the regular Tamiya Cement bottle after cutting down the brush to fit.
-Vallejo Retarder Medium, now that Thorin's Company is done and I have a bunch of standard figures (Ghar, Boromites, USMC, IJA, Wargs, ect.) requiring mass painting I want to try something besides water to thin and keep the paints wet on my pallet much longer.  The Army Painter finally came out with a Warpaints Mixing Medium, which is good as their paints (with the exception of Matt Black) tend to be thick, and I am looking forward to getting some of their's soon.
-2 x Hobby Brush Sets.  I bought a set originally for the four year old to paint his Reaper Bones figures with, found they worked as well if not better than the ProArte and Army Painter brushes at a fraction of the cost I decided to pick up a couple more packs and so I could stop being told how I am stealing his brushes every time he comes into the room.

Last item worked on this week is my LCM (6) from Sarissa Precision.  I got this for Christmas two years ago but did not want to assemble it before leaving Okinawa for fear of it getting damaged in the move.  It was a little beat up when I finally found it today buried in a box of books still waiting to be unpacked but went together fine and looks good.  I was reminded of it as one of this week's EWS lesson was on all the "L" ships for Navy.  Looking forward to landing my M3 "Satan" Flame Tank against some Japanese defenders in Bolt Action with it.

See you all next week!