Dark Elf Rumor, time to get excited?

Dark elf been my second army ever in Fantasy, as i was tired of loosing with my Ogre Kingdoms (back in 7th, it was a pain). So when i saw rumor of the new army book around the corner, i got mixed feeling ; excited because the book will finally get updated, and annoyed because my metal Witch elves, Executionner, Black Guard and even the Hydra will get a plastic version. That's alot of model, and, as usual, GW will make sure my old model feel so bad, i'll need to replace them (and only use them in very rare occasion that i'll play huge game).

The only rumors i found so far are about the look of the new models. Everything sound awesome (better than WoC's cthulu type of beast i hope).

Grey Knights - Techmarine WIP #2

Slowly, very slowly, my Techmarine is taking shape. I'm very happy with the result so far, i think the skintone really pop on the red armor, and the black metal look pretty awesome with so much white edge.

Grey Knights - Techmarine WIP #1

In our monthly challenge, september is all about one of the most "boring" part of the FOC, the elite slot. Since my goal is to have some sort of Adeptus Mechanicus Inquisition at some point in the future, i figured the best elite slot to paint would be a techmarine.... and lets face it, the model is pretty nice.

So i started working on a very standard red techmarine, hoping to have him fit with the army in some very weird ways ;

My Grey Knights are a very light blue armor, with red weapon. My inquisition will be the other way around ; red armor and light blue weapons, most likely going for some OSL effect. OSL didnt feel right on the GK, but it does with the Adeptus Mechanicus...

Painting Commission #01

Well, took me awhile to get back to painting, thanks to a new house, and a camera i couldnt find.

In the meantime, i managed to get myself a commission, that i'm really just doing for fun. And depending on the success, i might consider expanding my service. Basically what i got to do is paint 2 spacemarines ;

A librarian, Games-Workshop scheme paintjob
Some blood angel with a special gun and a jumpack (i think? Sorry, i don't know much about space marines in general). This one has to fit with the 30 or so others the client already had painted.

Please keep in mind i'm charging 20$ to paint both, and i even went as far as magnetize the librarian's left hand, So while its a detailed job, it's more of a high standard to me than the-best-i-could-produce-at-this-time type of job.

Grey Knights - Terminator done!

What a busy past weeks this been. I'm currently writing you from my new home's man-cave, my little piece of heaven where all my warhammer stuff is sitting. Sadly, i didn't unbox the camera yet, so for now, its gonna be good 'ol Samsung S4 pictures.

I still managed to finish my 5 terminator for the Painting challenge, but obviously didn't manage to put as much time on it that i would of.

I,m a bit tired, so here's the picture ;

First, a family picture... the family is getting much bigger months by months...

So there you go... Next month? Techmarine painted..... RED!! Techmarine and my Inquisition will be painted red, with much, much battle damage to represent their "less holiness".

Grey Knights - Librarian Based!

Today i picked up my Librarian from the local store, where i entered it in a painting competition. I obviously didn't win (do not think that many people like light blue Grey Knights). Still, i placed 3rd, and got one of the best comment i could get ; my model isnt really impressive from afar, but is very impressive up close, which means that the time i spent on detail, the NMM and everything else, looks good. It's always a plus to get positive comments (as much as its good to get bad comment as well!).

So i took the time to get some picture of my librarian on his brand new base, which i have to say i'm pretty happy with. It's quite simple, but a whole bag of stuuf i never attempted before like baked clay, and an over use of different wash to darken a color we don't even see once finished.

Still unnamed, like the rest of my army.

Pretty much like he was before

Feels like his color is even more "light blue" than before with that dark base.... Doesn't matter, i love it.

The idea behind this base is to make it look there's some toxic waste running between broken floor... the hint of yellow and green definately make it look toxic (it's even glossy! Everyone know toxic stuff is glossy, right?)

Grey Knights - Draigo's almost finished!

Well, i had alot of time to paint lately (oddly enough), so i managed to almost finish my Draigo, and i am very close to be able to finish my 5 paladin utility unit as well.

First, here's how bad my table look right now ;

For some reason, this is how my table ends... everytime.

Grey Knight - Draigo!

Been awhile since i worked on my Grey Knights (well, nothing since finishing my Librarian).

I lost a bit of motivation to paint (Thank to steam and their summer sale), so progress on my army been pretty slow.

August is a troop choice to paint, so my hope is to paint 5 new Paladin + the current one. Until i go and grab those new paladins, i figured i could try and finish Draigo before moving on something else.

Sorry about the blurry picture

Grey Knight - Librarian Finished

Wow, that one went quickly. Didn't really want to drag him on forever, so i spent a few more couple hours to finish him. I'm happy with two thing about him ;

1- He was quick to paint. I got the model wednesday after all. Ok, i did paint roughly 12-15 hours in 3 days, but still.
2- I stuck with my limited palette. Didn't add a single color to what i was already using, even on the flesh.

Bazinga! Ok, i already feel bad about saying bazinga....

Grey Knight - Librarian WIP

Well, i have to say, i'm very proud of myself.

I got myself into a paiting competition, where we need to pain, for example, a HQ in july. I bought the librarian Wednesday after work, and i have to say that i'm very, very happy how close he is to be completed, and even happier about the quality i pulled so far.