and March went where exactly?

OK, have fallen short there with March - so much for at least an update a month... but in my defence, I'm waiting for loads of stuff to arrive - I need some Judge helmets to finish my Urban Judges - waiting on an order from Wayland Games, waiting on some goodies from Ainsty to do some new buildings, need to sort out a church before I start on my graveyard as it will need to fit... I did dig out my Draconians though for some reason, the female noble is quite nicely done (ears are a bit iffy though) and I'm quite chuffed with the paper construct bodyguard... just need to get in a painting mood there...

more minor set backs...

sigh... am trying to finish something this month, but it's not working out...

attempts at making tents has backfired slightly (yes I have Renedra bell tents - but not what I wanted ultimately), so that now has to wait til next month to get picked up again - lots has been made and bought for this little project, just not the sodding tents which are at the same time a small part, but big part...

and the Omega Prime bases for the Draconians arrived... lovely casts, completely flawless for quality... but for some reason, in a solid resin base, they are about 5mm deep... a basic base of 3mm which is solid resin, so you build another 1-2mm on top of that? why not take a resin blank and shave it down a mm to build up or carve down into a 3mm blank of whatever material..? the gradient on the base edge is the same, so the top surface area is less then on a 25mm round slotta... I've done some deckplate ones with only .5mm plasticard on top... so why so big? I've been looking online and some timber decking ones are ridiculously thick... and over cluttered, but that's another rant... so to keep things reasonably level, will look at making more of my own... so .5mm thick timber embossed plasticard anyone? so that means the Draconians are put back again... fussy I know...

just need to do the bases on some Federation Troops and I should at least have something painted this month... grains of sand, only .5mm thick see... sigh

a minor disaster

I've been bubbling away in the background with my Draconians, expanding the retinue... however as over the several attempts over the years to get a good colour for the ones I'd started, I figured I strip them all down... a month and a bit in the dettol and the paint has fallen away lovely... unfortunately so has the greenstuff on the conversion I did for the Draconian prince...


2008 that was... not the end of the world really, as I can redo the robes to better fit the new theme, but I really do need to pull my finger out... especially after having listened to Paper Cuts...

December update

well, ok the Sontarans aren't technically part of the update a month thingy as they were done mid 2008, just needed rebasing... however, I've not got much else finished at the moment, I'm working on some stuff for the Frother's game for Salute 2010 - ruined tower and some warbands, but I need to contribute more ruins - and am doing my first painting commission which may be my only one as it's not nearly as much fun painting for someone else...

the Frotherheim stuff will get a showing on here in time...

the good news is I've finally tracked down an Ice Lord which means I can finally do my Ice Warrior unit, which means I then need to finish my Draconians so they can both donate models to Abslom Daak and the Star Tigers...