W I P Crimson Fists Sternguard

I have been Working on my first non AoBR set of space marines and turning them in to my Sternguard.
I took my time making sure I was happy with the pose before I did the final detail of filling the gaps and seams so here are some pictures of them.

Sternguard Sergeant Ver. 1.0

I did some light modification to his sword arm I cut it in two places. the first cut I made was at the inner shoulder pad on the upper arm and the second
cut I did was on the  armor side of the of the cuff for the wrist. Each par i cut was given the slightest twist to give the feeling of just hacking off a Ork's head and then shooting form the hip at tthe next Ork in line.

 

Hunting down the next set of victims

  

This is Sergeant Ver.2.0

I really like how this guy turned out i like the face with the high neck guard not to say my first Ver.1.0is not any good  i just love the way that pose
looks with that head. He looks like he is tearing  threw a horde of green skins holding them off  at the walls of  New Rynn’s City.

On my desk now is my first 5 of 20 scouts more on that one later as I am done assembling them.

Any questions comments feel free to post them. In the comments section and or E-mail me at HowardVaux@yahoo.com

My Crimson Fists list

After tweaking the list a little here is my 2000 Point fluffy based list 


HQ:
Pedro Kantor__________________________________________175
Master of the Forge_____________________________________105

Elites:
10 man Terminator Squad Sergeant Power Sword____________400
10 man SternGuard ____________________________________250
10 man SternGuard ____________________________________250

Troops:
10 man Scout squad Sergeant Melta Bomb__________________145
5  man  Scout squad Sergeant Melta Bomb__________________80

Heavy Support:
Venerable Dreadnought 2 Twin-linked Auto-cannons__________195
Iron Clad Dreadnought Two Close Combat weapons__________155
Iron Clad Dreadnought Two Close Combat weapons__________155

Vehicles:
Drop Pod_____________________________________________45
Drop Pod_____________________________________________45


What do you think? you have any questions and comments feel free to leave them

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Model Preparation Tips

I was reading over some blogs the other night and did not see a lot of stuff out there covering the basics of modeling .
This might be some real basic information to most of you.
My hope is that every one might at least learn some thing.
Here are some techniques that I have pick up form all different places and just doing it.

Mold Lines

Cleaning up mold lines I use the back of my hobby knife blade #11 blade there are two designs of blades (Picture A) I like to use the straight back (needle point) and a drop point  I really like the blade with the drop point at the back of the tip it is a shorter  edge to scrape with. Tighter spaces I go with the needle point blade it is nice if you have a fit in small tight places.

Picture A

Pictures B

Mold Lines
The way I remove the lines is to scrape them at a slight angle to the mold line  I do not fallow the line I am working on with the blade but rather pull it toward my self at the angle letting the contour of the model guide my direction. (picture B) If it is cylindrical like a leg I work the blade over the crest of the cylinder. I have found that fallowing the the line in a straight down will sometimes create a flat line taking down the curve.  This is not always possible to do on. For longer straight flat lines you can fallow the line. I will also do this when filing down a mold line.
Seam Scraping.
Another thing I do is what I call seam scraping if I am butting two pieces together that you do not want the seam as visible. I will scrape the seam at a angle pulling crossed the seam. Then pull two pieces apart then glue them and put them back  together and run the blade over it again one its set . It make a tighter fit and helps to hide the joint if it is not supposed to be seen.

Tail of Four Gamers Update

I haven’t done much this last month i have played one game tied with DJ (W-0 L-0 T-3) that is my current record for 40K I did manage to magnetize the feet of my sergeant and his spot on the land speeder storm I am going to finish the scouts head’s tonight and them start working on there torso and legs as well there is not much left on the head’s.
the storm is coming close to being  finished just finishing up with the magnets on each scout and it will ready for final detail and assembly. Then I start the Rhino i should be able get to that befor the middle of next week I will be posting the WIP pic’s soon  waiting for my batteries to recharge :(

Berks Spring Assault

 
Turn out was grate we had 38 competitors  and a full day of games Mike and the Berks Warhammer 40K club
where Awesome.
Here  are some pictures I took of the event.

Workshop Update

 

I have moved in to my new studio/office and it is nice to finally have a place I can paint and create my new company. I am still working on my large workshop and cleaning that out my business classes have taken that time up for now I have found some one that wants to help me and learn with me and has offered to let me use his garage to work in which will help just having some one to do this with make the process a lot of fun.

   Tomorrow is Berks Spring Assault I am so excited and hoping every thing goes smoothly and every one does there there best,let's get this Waaagghhh!!!! started...

   I have been Working on the certificates for the berks spring assault this last week I know that every one should be happy with them, apart of me still wishes I had more time to do more with them to make them even better. But I will have to be happy with them them as there is not a lot of time to do any thing other then I have done to this point.

   My painting and building projects have been suffering more than I had hoped for but I know after all this is said and done I will be able to do more and have more time to do what I want and not be worried about it.

Space Marine Hold that Ground

The other day I was at a friend house learning more of how to play my army I am going to play as a buffer army in a local tournament Berks Spring Assault coming up this Saturday the 24 space is going fast register now.
We played a mission form the new battle mission book 
I do Believe it was mission 56.Marine hold that ground.
Deployment is old school each take turns deploying the defender deploys in a center circle the attacker can deploy from any table edge. 
I played the defenders and he played the attackers it was a fun game for me not only did I get get some laughs in with this game (dirty Sanchez must  die) I started to really pick up the game and learned how to better my list making and testing skills as well
now that I have played three  whole games and feel I have a better feel of the basic rules I am going to fill my Crimson fist chapter list to 2000 points(I know i will add even more in models) then move to Bagronks boy’z and then get them up to 2000

Landspeeder Storm up date.

I have finished painting the faces of the land speeder scouts I am working out how to  magnetize them so they can be put on a base. With my new classes schedule and amount of work I have to do in a short time it is consuming my life, I am sure after another week I will  fall in the rhythm of it but this week has all but stopped me in my tracks .


  


Please feel free to comment  or E-mail me at Howardvaux@yahoo.com

I have started down a new path in life.

Last night I started my fist class for entrepreneurship I am looking to get my  business started over the next few months and have it up by this time next year if not sooner. I will be extremely busy  for the next few months with my classes.
I will try and up date my projects as I work on them next up is my Landspeder storm and its scouts.

Tail of four gamers 750 point lists

 

The start of a tail of  four gamers was a slow one for me being new to the hobby thou I knew that this was the route to go for me it would help me focus on getting my painting  done i am behind on my painting from the first month and with each new addition of point at the very least make me work on building army list (trying them all out would be better).

We are on the start of the next month and now  am working on my new list  for 750 points  now going off of my first list I have to add 250 more points to it. this is what I am coming up with.

Space Marines

List one:
Captain  with a power sword   115
Terminator 5 man squad with Sergeant  power sword and 4 power fists    200
Tactical squad 10 man one rocket and one flamer   170
Tactical squad 5 man  90
Scout squad with teleport homer 90
landspeeder storm 50
Rhino   35

Total 750

List two:
Captain  with a power sword    115
Dreadnought with multi melta   105 
Tactical squad 10 man one rocket and one flamer   170
Tactical squad 10 man one rocket and one flamer   170
Scout squad 5 man   75
Landspeeder storm  with multi melta   65
Rhino with hunter killer missile 45

Total  750

List three:
Captain  with a power sword and melta bomb  120
Tactical squad 10 man one rocket and one flamer (Sergeant  melta bomb)    175
Tactical squad 10 man one rocket and one flamer  (Sergeant  melta bomb)   175
Tactical squad 5 man (Sergeant melta bomb)   95
Scout  squad 5 man    75
Landspeeder storm with multi melta    65
Rhino with Hunter killer missile    45

Total  750

That is just a few I have run the numbers on I am still working on more configurations..

Tail of four gamers army painting

I am apart of  a ToFG’s we are starting the second  month I have been really slow at completing my first painting challenge started with one chapter and then decided to switch  to the Crimson Fist chapter half way threw the first month.  So here I am with some updates  i have all of my 500 points base coated now and I am working on the small detail

That is what I am working on . Next is a squad of Terminators and a Rhino

Painting Mixing Pots

now and then  just sitting there  doing every day normal things like eating breakfast at the local dinner Bam!!
I see some thing and my brain see things in another light.
Eating breakfast at the local dinner fixing up my coffee I empty a creamer in my coffee as I look at the little creamer cup mind goes back to the tattoo's I have gotten and watching them being done … if you haven’t had or seen one being done they have thimble sized cups to put the ink in.  Then my brain rushed me to wasting paint by mixing it on a plastic plate and not having any real way  to cover and or save the paint I  just mix for large batches. I could use empty paint pots or bottles ( new to the hobby don’t have any empty's) .Here is what I came up with the little creamer cups you get at most dinners or restaurants. With that being said I use folk art craft  paints (a dollar for 2 oz) they tend to be thick so they need to be thinned so this make a perfect way to make batches of a color for me little Saran Wrap and it stays good that for a while.

Tail of Four Gamers

This is a copy of my 500 point army list for the tail of Four Gamers. I entered my space marine army  this is the list (with help from Alex thanks)

This is the list of models I was working from.
army collection
2 captains
3 10 man tactical squads
5 scouts+ one extra sergeant
10 terminators
2 dreadnoughts
1 Land speeder storm

What do you think of  of my first list leave a comment or
e-mail  at  howardvaux@yahoo.com

Rynn’s World

Last week I was reading  threw some random war gaming blogs and saw a post about this book.  The next day I was in the local book store at the mall and  thought i would check it out. I haven’t read any books about Warhammer 40k so this is my first one and it is great, I am a few chapters in so far and I feel like I am there in the world with the characters feeling,hearing seeing  every thing as it unfolds
If you want a great book to read then pick this book up if you haven’t already.
I would recommend it to any one that like a action packed adventure.

Painting Tip

I read this priming tip over at Berks Warhammer 40K: 40K Tips: Drink Lots of Water (and save the bottles) I tried Inquisitor Lord Aki tip it was nice idea .
It worked nice I did not get paint on my hands when spraying. When  I tried to paint with a brush the bottle was to big to hold  and the cap was a little small for me to hold comfortably. 
I was  on  the hunt to to find the replacement to the water bottle and I found it
right in my medicine cabinet there where a few pill bottles that where about to be thrown out so I saved them. here they are in action. 

Now do not take you mom,dad,grandma’s or any one medication and remove it from the bottle  just so you can use it wait until it is empty.
by all means do not  take medicine that is not prescribed to you. I am throwing that one in there just in case

Edit:2-25-2010
I added a little sand to the bottom of each on to give a little weight just so it felt nice in my hand
I have shaky hands if i am holding  some that is light or nothing at all

Cheap and quick spray booth

I had a little free time on my hands today and with the weather I have not been able to spray primer my models. I took this opportunity to create a quick spray booth for when the weather warms up above freezing.

I took a cardboard box and cut the top flaps off.

I then flipped it on its long side down I cut down each edge of the new top so it acts as

A flap.

With the two long original flaps I cut off for the top I cut them into two angular pieces
to create a rise in the new top.

Then I glued and taped it together.

Here are some picture of the booth:

Model basing for the first time

The other day I went to the local train(hobby) store not much in general hobby supplies.
I did pick up a few things to try out for basing materials cork and some woodland scenic flock and grass

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I like how the cork shapes. . I used some balsa wood for the little sign, I used some woodland scenic flock and some of their wild grass .

 

  

  

 

This is my first real go at doing a detailed base.