Heavy Bolter Progress

Sorry no pic tonight, but I thought I'd mention that the entire team and weapon were undercoated with resin primer, and then basecoated with Tamiya Flat Black. I then airbrushed Model Air Primer Grey on the weapon crew's greatcoats.

After that I managed to basecoat their pants, ankle wrappings, gas masks, bedrolls, gloves, helmet, and shoulder armor. With any luck, I'll get this team done tomorrow night...

Heavy Bolter Team Assembled

Was a bit tired tonight, and only managed to assemble the team. I've kept the heavy bolter axle, carriage, and weapon separate to make painting easier. There's a ton of cool detail there that I want to make sure gets the attention it deserves!

With any luck, I'll get this painted tomorrow!

Two More Krieg Troopers Done!

All that remains to finish the first complete squad is the heavy bolter team, which I'm going to start on next week. After that, I'll be converting and painting their Chimera transport.

For Krieg!

Better Pics and Video Coming Soon

I've got my light tent set up, and it's yielding MUCH better pics!

Why pictures of my basecoated Leman Russ WIP? Well, I cringe to say this, but I'm going to pull another hobby "flip flop" and resume work on my Death Korps of Krieg. I'm really excited about the recent DVD tutorials I've watched, and I've got an idea for a DKoK "Missile Launcher" in the works as well.

I know, I know. Don't pelt me with too many e-stones. What can I say? This is my fun time, I don't have a tourney coming up, and I want to work on my Death Korps! :P

So, at tomorrow's Hobby Night I will be bringing a trooper to paint, and a heavy weapons team to assemble and start painting. Once those are done, I'll have a full 10 man squad finished. Huzzah! After that, it's Leman Russ time...

Whatever your views on my wishy-washy hobby work, whaddya think of the new pics?

Review: Vallejo AFV Acrylic Techniques DVD

This past weekend I took a mini vacation in Singapore with my lovely wife. Besides all the "luvvy duvvy" couples fun stuff, I made a stop at "Storm Domain". This place is a serious modelling shop, and inside they showed me a couple of DVDs that I quickly scooped up. Both are great, but this Vallejo DVD in particular warrants a quick review on this blog.

Most of the modellers I know only work with acrylic paints. There are pros and cons to this approach, but for the most part it boils down to what we have been introduced to. Most of us in the Legio crowd have been building and painting GW models, and have been using acrylics to paint them. Keeping that in mind, this is a MUST HAVE DVD for anyone serious about painting tanks. It covers in great detail the following things:

Airbrush techniques, including new airbrush-ready primers Vallejo has released. Say goodbye to smelly, fume ridden, outdoor only spray cans!

Paint chipping

Washes

Fading & Rust

Dust & Dry Mud

Painting Tracks

Oil Stains

...and more, including a great clip at the end of an actual Panzer II driving around!

I've watched this twice already, and I have absolutely learned some new things that I will be adding to my arsenal of tank madness with upcoming projets (in particular Krieg)

The DVD takes you start to finish painting a German Panzer II, including hyper-detailed weathering and finishing at the very end. Every technique and product it features is a water-based acrylic product. No oils. No enamels. No turpentine or other smelly chemicals. Just stuff that most of us have used or would use at one time or another.

If this sounds like your cup o' tea, I recommend you get yourself this DVD. Storm Domain are happy to ship to Malaysian customers, and Maelstrom carries this DVD in stock as well. Either way, grab it. You won't regret it.