The Hobby Shuffle or In Search Of Inspiration

So I've been kinda stalled with the cult. I'm not happy with the one I've done and it's stopped me moving onto the others. It's the pants I think. This is why the blog has been silent for so long. I've been cracking away at other hobby but I'm not sure anybody is interested in that. I certainly feel some pressure to post only Inq28 stuff here but I've only been inspired to work on other stuff. You'll have to put up with it, I'm afraid 😉

Red and black pants?

So since my last missive I've been up to all sorts. I entered the Golden Barry painting competition at Arc40k (the biggest 40k tourney in the country) and placed third in the single miniature category with my Dark Elf Sorceress and second with my Inquisitor warband in the squad comp. Not bad. The single was won by Meg Maples of Privateer Press studio fame and second was Mark Soley the last Australian Slayer Sword winner. 

Miniature painted by me, photo by Sam Benson. For more pictures of the other winners check out the Golden Barry Facebook page. 

At Arc I picked up a couple of models from the forthcoming locally produced game Twisted by Demented games (again, check them out on Facebook) I'm not really a fan of Steampunk but these models are truly exceptional. 

This is Nouveau sculpted by the mind meltingly talented Sebastion Archer. He's supposedly a take on Neo from the Matrix so I thought green would be the thing for him. After feedback from the Golden Barrys I was really trying to push my highlights and to use the dreaded "colour theory" on him. So, it's a snot green base worked up with yellow and white for highlights and shaded with blues all the way to a strong purple. Not sure I've gone far enough yet so it's another project shuffled to the side for now. 

I've also made some more headway on my Epic stuff. 

Sixty scouts and twenty terminators that just need basing. 

And some old plastic Dreadnaughts based and done. That should push me over the 4500pt mark. I keep thinking I should do some army shots for you. Next inline are three knight Paladins, six mole mortars and the banners for this big boy

I've also played -- and won, to my great suprise-- two more games of SAGA. 

These shots are from the last game where Dean was beginning to work out how to use the Anglo-Dane battle board to his advantage. Not sure how to deal with him next time. The Normans are one trick ponies and I don't think it'll take much to neutralise that trick. Still, it's a great game even when you are loosing. 

In a different vein I'd like to thank KrautScientist over at The Eternal Hunt blog for the nice words after I posted him some old stuff. Very kind, Mr KS 😊

Are these pictures better? I bought Camera+ for my phone and it seems to have made a difference. Well worth the few dollars it cost. Here are some random test shots. 

That's about it for now. If any of you care to see what I'm up to outside the Inq28 realm let me know and I'll try to be more motivated to make this a blog of my general hobby progress. 

Back On The Inq28 Horse

I've been threatening this for awhile but these are the first few models of my chaos cult, the Fabled Son, that I'm happy with. 

These fellows a low-level cultists recruited directly from the gubernatorial guard. 

Not entirely sure what this is but it's cute. Like a cross between R2-D2 and a T-1000.  

And a heavy hitter for the cult. 

Last weekend also saw my first game of SAGA. 

Here my Normans are about to deliver the coup de grace to Dean's Anglo-Danes. It's a great game that seems simple but has a heap of depth once you get into it. The next game has already been scheduled for next month. 

Dean's warlord very nearly dealt with these four knights before their numbers were able to tell. 

The Silly Season

Wow, five weeks. That went quick. I've been busy at work and, of course, we've had Christmas in that time so there hasn't been as much hobby as I would have liked but here is what I've been up too. 

The four points of SAGA Normans are all done and awaiting a game in January. 

I'm happy with the way the turned out given the very little effort that I put into them. They are just base colours with Army Painter over the whole lot and highlighted back. Easy!

I picked up William the Bastard too. Not sure I'll ever use him in a game, depends on how seriously we play it I guess. 

Right now I'm working on a new 8x4 games table that I can fold to 4x4 and pack away under the house. All my old high school wood work classes have finally come in handy. 

 Yeah, that carpet has to go. And soon. It also smells. The joys of buying a house to renovate...

Oh, and I got a new desk lamp after the old one died. 

That's about it. Not sure what is next. Maybe Epic again or those Inq28 cultists, though to be honest I'm intimidated by them. I see the amazing stuff in Warhammer: Visions or on the Ammo

Bunker forums and think "holy heck, I can't do that". I did start this stuff with the idea of pushing my painting in new directions so perhaps I should just get on with it! 

Deus Aie!

Just a quick update. I've got the Norman knights done for SAGA. The shields are transfers from Little Big Men Studios and make some fairly ordinary models good. 

The banner is a transfer too. 

Now I have to grind through twenty infantry models.