Sucker Punch

I'm ready for this one.  Hot dames,samurai, dragons, and kickin kung-fu action. Dig it.

Take back the Twilight!

Aka..  Ask a Ninja!

more goodness... INC!

Just got this from GW..

"Incoming: Misty Mountains


Khazad-dûm, nestled below the mighty peaks of the Misty Mountains was once the greatest of all Dwarven holds - a place of beauty, light and artisanship unequalled. Now, however, it is the haunt of Moria Goblins, lumbering Cave Trolls and other, more terrible creatures.


For generations the Dwarves have longed to reclaim their ancestral home, fighting long and bitter wars against the Goblins who have usurped their cherished kingdom beneath the mountains.


This October the battle for dominion is set to intensify as both the armies of the Dwarf Holds and the Misty Mountains receive new reinforcements. With new miniatures for both factions, Good and Evil players have something to look forward to.


For more information about the Misty Mountains releases in October, watch out for future newsletters, keep an on the Games Workshop website and check out October's issue of White Dwarf. Players of the Strategy Battle Game will find rules to accompany all these models in November's issue of White Dwarf."


More dwarves!  More gobbies!

And earlier this weekend, someone broke the news and posted up pics of the new GW WHF boxed set minis..  Here are a couple of the skaven figs.. The high elves are just as spectacular.. 

My wallet groans...

Rats, WoC, Crons, Space Wolves, and a dream..

Since I'm now on my break between classes, lots of work has been done the last few days in as far as assembly and converting for this mass of pewter and plastic that I affectionately call, my "pile o shame".

My dream is to clean up the chaos which is my studio, (yes, AGAIN), and regain some semblance of organization so I can continue this habit of daily progress.

Marauders Mayhem is coming up in Oct/Nov, and I'm nowhere near where I need to be to place or be in any contention to win best painted army.

Much thanks to Aaron and Ian from Shackled Goblin Studios for organizing a local painting group which has been meeting up once a month at the LGS for themed painting sessions.  I didnt get to attend the last two, but plan on showing up for July's meeting..Check out the latest flier..

Slacker Supreme!

Bottom line?  I'm slackin hardcore!  I've been playing WoW a bit more since cramming a ton of studying in during the last couple weeks of class to pull a -B- grade out of this past quarter's class.  I've been putting some time into assembling the bazillion Skaven for my 2250 Pestilence army.. Gonna go with a list something like this..

Lord Skrolk
40 plague monks
plague priest
plague furnace
40 plague monks
40 clanrats
40 clanrats
30 slaves- (old clanrats)
30 slaves- (old clanrats)

I'm also building just for teh giggles;
12 giant rats
6 rat ogres
6 rat swarms
nurglitch lord on rat

I cant stand the old clanrat models.  The new rats are sooooo much nicer sculpt and are easy peasy to put together.  Therefore, they are my slaves, and will be treated as such on the battlefield!

The Necrons are still in progress.  I picked up another battalion and am in the process of building these up.  I'm debating on staying with the rusty swamp necron theme and maybe build up a unit of just swampy necrons, sans rust.  We'll see where the creative mind takes me.

Orks are shelved for now.  I've got 5 mega armored nobs built along with Gazagkhull and Snikrott with 10 commandos. 

Space wolves-  The battleplan is to work on a unit a month, having them fully painted by this fall.  Lots still to do!

No pics today..  I still need to download them from the camera!

Cya in a couple weeks!

It sure is cold!

Tons of snow last week translated into me getting more painting and modeling done, and into finally editing a two part youtube video of my workspace/studio.  I've been busy on the rusty swamp necrons, and just picked up a Monolith that I'll be assembling this week.  Here are a few pics to check out.

This guy is a confrontation resin fig that I picked up for the cheap at my LGS bargain bin.  Got three of em that I'm going to use for wraiths.  This is the normal pose.. I'm converting the other two.  The tentacles are guitar strings..

Here is a link to the studio tour on my Grimmbo Youtube channel, so check it out.  Leave me some feedback willya?

They're coming!

Yeah, I know I’m slacking as far as getting my two blog posts a month in. I do have a ton of pics and material to post about, but you’ll just get these teaser photos to keep you in anticipation….   Maybe I'll get motivated this week to push all this stuff out.  *grin*

Its a new year..

Resolutions abound on blogsites this week, and this blog wont be an exception. 

I resolve to:

Paint at least every other day
Complete my Space Wolves
Complete my Skaven
Crank out at least one video a month for YouTube
Post on this blog at least twice a month
Get in some gaming at least once a month
Compete in at least three painting competitions.
 

There are plenty of other resolutions for life in general, but no sense in blogging about them here.  I'll do an end of year blog next December and we'll see if I can follow through.

I ordered some pigments and the heavy black wash from Les at AwesomePaintJob.com .   I'll do a review of the product once I receive it. 

Mewwy Christmas!

For some strange reason I couldnt hit the "r" key to save my life earlier when typing in the title.  I kept hitting the "w" so I figured, what the heck!  Mewwy Christmas it shall be!

I have some stuff to post up!  Since passing both of my classes for the previous quarter I have had some time to paint.  Once I get the pics downloaded, I'll fire up a post to show em off.

Hope all your stockings are stuffed with the games and miniatures you long for.

Have a very mewwy Christmas!

I tells a fib! I posts! Again!

I'm sitting here listening to episode 27 from my saveordieradio  buddies, having recently finished 5 hours of homework, and I figured, what the heck, I'll check out the Privateer Press site to see what is new.  OMIGAWRSH!!  The inner steampunk geek in me rejoices!!  Hel-oooo Extreme Destroyer!

This guy is two or three shades of sweetness, abeit, 60 bucks of sweetness, but I digress.  I've always wanted a Juggernaut extreme, but now I want em both!  Maybe I can put these bad boyz on my Christmas list.

5 more days..

It has been a while since my last post, and honestly, I havent picked up a brush and painted or modeled much of anything either. I'm taking classes full time this quarter, and it is kicking-my-arse.  My last day of class is Dec 11 and after I clean up the workshop a bit, I'll be back to painting and will put my first video up on youtube under the Grimmbo channel.  It will probably just be a brief tour of my work area, so dont expect some epic spectactular example of modern filmmaking.

On a side note, my buddy got his pigment business up and running.  Now I have two sources for weathering pigments, Les, from  AwesomepaintJob , and Careos, from Sharper-designs.  I currently have some pigment from Sharper-designs since he is a local guy, but havent had a chance to try them out yet.  I'll be ordering some from Les at AwesomePaintJob here in the future and will post up a review of both once I get a chance.  BTW... Les has some new stuff coming soon, so check out his store and get some of that wash he sells.  I made my own using his recipe, and it is truly the cat's meow.

I just ordered two new GameForces mags from the coolminiornot store, and wouldnt you know it, they just announced they're carrying MAOW miniatures.  I wants some of those bottle covers and dice!  Neat stuff!

I'll post up again after this next weekend, post mad painting frenzy.

Skaven fun

I had the fortunate opportunity to assemble 40 of the new GW Skaven clanrats this past week.  Those rats were a DREAM to put together compared to the old style minis.  The kit consists of three parts plus a base with minimal mold lines.  The DoomWheel was a major pain to assemble sans instructions, but after a bit of tinkering, I got it figured out.  Pics to come!

Steampunk hotness!

Got a warjack that you want to highlight by making the most awesometastic,(yeah, I made that one up), base for?  Check out Skullcrafts.com and purchase their Steampunk basing kit.  For 30 bones you get everything you need to build massive amounts of bases, all with a Warmachine/steampunk theme.  They also have a few nice tutorials for base building here.

Try em out!

Skaven love.. thank yew GW!

GW has released pics of their new skaven models to be released Nov 7. Feel the love!

I dont see any new rat ogre models yet. Bummer.

No IB

Iron Building isnt gonna happen. I didnt get anywhere near finished with my first 500 pts. I'm finishing up the genestealers and the broodlord, and I'll most likely finalize the three warriors and 8 homagaunts. Friday I picked up two boxes of the new space wolves, a box of wolf guard terminators, the codex, and the rune priest character. I have a ton of stuff to take pics of. Hopefully I can get them posted this week.

Snoddy node

This week has been a Iron Builder crusher for me. I'm fighting an upper respiratory infection and have done absolutely ZERO painting. So needless to say, unless I get better fast and have a mad painting session tomorrow night, Saturday's deadline wont be made for the Iron Builder competition, and I'll just bow out. Might be for the best anyway, as the new Space Wolf models are being released tomorrow, and they'll get me hankerin' to finish my wolf army.

Ah well.. Cest la vie...

Genestealer list

Ok.. Change to the change..

For Iron builder pt 2, I'm going for this list..

Broodlord+5 genestealer retinue.. BL with FH, +str, FT: GS with +str, EC
8 hormogaunts
3 warriors with syth talons and deathspitters
6 genestealers +str, EC

All the models are assembled. I'm painting genestealers and the broodlord first, then the guants/warriors

Weeee! Space Hulk Genestealers!

Yay for me! I picked up some SH genestealers on ebay for a steal. I'll find a way to include these babies into my Iron Builder army.

I also found a Red Terror model for teh cheap in the used minis bin at my LGS. After a day of soaking in Castrol super clean, it is bare metal and ready for construction. I'm having a build-lots-o-bugs week so after the smoke clears, I'll fire up some pics.

Iron Builder pt deux

My LGS is having its second Iron builder competition and I'm such a glutton for punishment, I signed up. To show you how MUCH of a glutton I am, I agreed to build/paint Tyranids of all things. An Iron Builder competition basically boils down to the contestants paying a fee at the beginning, (October 5 is our start date), and each month you paint up 500 pts of your chosen army. By the time you get to the end of month four, you have 2000 pts fully painted, and we have a mini tournament. Points are awarded each month. Check it out..

"Painted Army Scoring Assembled: +2 point Primed:
+2 point Based (sand/flock/etc):
+2 point At least 3 colors on models:
+5 OR Models “Finished”:
+9 points Models “Unfinished”: -3 point

Definition of “Finished”:
All aspects of the model are finished, including teeth/eyes/lenses/claws/gems/etc.
Definition of “Unfinished”: The inverse of “Finished”. (duh!)

As a result, a completed 500 point army will net the player 15 points, while an incomplete army will only net the player 8 points. In addition, you will play games with your developing army each month. You will gain points based on how well you do.
League Games Scoring Win: 5 points Tie:
2 points Loss:
0 points
You will play games in the Ironbuilder Leagues in an attempt to gain points.

You may play as many games as you wish during the month, and you may keep your best result. But these points may only be gained ONCE per month."

There are big prizes for best painted and overall winner. My big plan is to go Nidzilla as much as possible to keep model count down, and use genestealers as my regular troops. I'll keep updates here as the months progress.

My first 500pts may look like this...
Flying CC Hive Tyrant
Broodlord and 5 genestealers
7 genestealers
Part of me wants to make my Tyrant a big shooter, the other wants him to be a CC monster. What do you think?

FopCon 1 is complete.

FopCon #1 is over. Here are some of the highlights of the trip.

See previous blog entry about FopCon HERE

The Hall

Saturday my kitchen pass was still good, so I drug my two lackeys into the truck and we made the trip to Huber Heights and visited FopCon 2009. We got there around 12 noon and were welcomed by Doug and the rest of the staff who were very helpful to show us around.


Say hi to Doug the organizer.

Left side of front hall

Right side of front hall

Bell, Book, and Comic table. Friendly faces!

Simply Fun table

Back room gaming fun. I think everyone back here was doing some form of RPG.

Big Heroscape game in progress.

Tom from Fat Dragon Games, who helped explain Heroscape to me.

All in all, it was a fun trip. They had a decent turn out of about 30-40 people when I was there. I left around 1:30 but was told that the events would run late into the evening. I'll get word from Doug for the final head count, but I can see this becoming a MUCH bigger event in the years to come..


This is Rich and Aaron. They had their own booth there at the con, trying to sell off some of their old action figures to make some $$. Word has it that Aaron will be a new daddy this week. Best of luck to you guys!