If I were my girlfriend, I would hate my hobby too.

By the power of Greyskull, it has been far too darn long since I have had a chance to slap some plastic together and even longer since i last painted anything.

SO I DID BOTH!!!

After crying myself to sleep for several hours after seeing the work coming out of Beneath The Mires very own Drone, I have finally gotten my butt into something that almost looked like a gear and made up a Feral Ork buddy for old Captain Dakka!

 So there is a bunch left to do on him, the layering and highlights for example, but hes a good start for me.

I'm not a very motivated painter, but when i get in a mood like I am now, I can churn out a model a day to a tournament standard.
I got this guy done in a few hours, but I have to do his base still, its sitting on my warzone like desk at the moment, as I am using it to balance a rather delicate warshrine for my Warriors Of Chaos army.

I'm tempted to give him Warpaint and the like, I'm thinking a crude snake and dagger motif, those Snakebite tattoos from the old school Rogue Trader books really excite me.

So that's it from me for the night, it's 2:32 am and I have a feeling that I'm supposed to do something in the morning with my poor girlfriend who has had to put up with me muttering to myself about how the hell I paint bone. I know it has something to do with earthshade and Deneb stone. 

Lord Artemis Drake, Nobleman and Buccaneer

Lord Artemis Drake

A nobleman with a penchant for hunting, he set off deep into the Tau empire with his trusted servants. Collecting many new skins for his collections, he and his crew were beset upon by a herd of Krootox until at last only Drake remained wounded unto death. It was at this moment that a Kroot shaper and his scouts emerged from the forest scaring off the Krootox. Seeing in Drake a kindred spirit, the Shaper, Kor'Vas, spared his life and took him back to camp. Under increasing pressure from the elders, Kor'Vas eventually fled with Drake under the cover of darkness to travel the stars and guns for hire, although the chance to hunt game is never far from Drake's mind. They now crew with void pirates out of Ydriss.

Ongoing Conversions

 Acolyte (Lieutenant) Jarl Borsson: Silvanus' first acolyte, a disgraced Lieutenant from the 1st Ydrissian Grenadiers. Challenged his Captain to a duel for attacking civilians and was sentenced to 40 years indentured labour. Recruited by Silvanus as an enforcer, who saw in Borsson a like-minded soul.

Void Pirate: Corsair eldar, as yet unnamed and in need of right handed weapon.