So after some searching I came across quiet a few unfinished projects
from all across 40K.
So I figured that every project I refurbish/continue from now on, I'll make a
sort of blog about it. A few photos here and there, you get the picture.

So since coming back to ATT. I've had some time off work due to needing surgery,
while in recovery at home from this. I've been using perfect use of timing to
catch up on some of these finished projects that need to be finished and then
decided whether to keep or sell.

At this point, I should apologize for the quality of the photos, they were taken
on a phone with poor lighting. Next update will be better... I promise

First: IG Valkyrie



In my infinite wisdom, I for some reason built it as such that the interior could be painted fully
and surprisingly all three sub-assembles will sit together without falling apart on a flying stand.
But in saying that, one slight knock or bump and bye-bye.
The rear loading ramp is magnetized at four point, (I broke the side pins).
Once the interior is painted I was going to glue all three together, but I was thinking if I decide to sell it
and do a great paint job, maybe I should fully magnetize it for a strong enough hold.

Second: Eldar Falcon

Pretty strait forward, will be selling. I got it roughly for $15 when a toy store was no longer
selling GW items couple years back now.
Just waiting on the turret to come in the post.

Third: Piranha

Keeping this, and some bright spark covered it in 'Tamiya Putty' so I'll be having fun later

Well thats it for now, C&C welcomed, cheers

Well here is the newest update:
Still off work and waiting for a heap of orders to come through
the post, despite what I already have (just bits orders)
Currently looking for a small and quiet compressor for my air brush.
If anyone knows were is best to look please yell out.

Okay first off is my take on 'The Red Terror' from a Trygon.
I don't think I fully comprehended the 'optional spikes' part,
and ended up using all the spikes, you could seriously hurt
someone throwing this!! Fun build



The Piranha from last post has been fully sanded and now ready for paint.


Surprisingly this is the first Devilfish I've put together, I didn't realize how
annoying the gap is between the top and bottom of the hull to fill up.
But over all was pretty quick to finish that I have another 2 on order.



Well thanks for looking and please comments would be appreciated.
Just a quick question too, are these images to big?
I'm using a 42'' TV screen for my PC and it's had to tell if they're to big.

Cheers

24/12/12 "Self-Confessions of an Addiction"

So it's time I admit like all of us in some way, my hobby is notably now an addiction...
Since returning to ATT at the start of the year, I had found a financial opportunity to work off the
western coast for several month having returned home early last month.

I had made the promise to myself before I left that I would sell all of my collection when I came back,
Which later changed mid-way to "I'll build and paint it all first then decide later but buy no more in between".
That I stayed true (yet I am still to unbox sprues and uncrack paint), until the Christmas gift buying started.
Having almost finished my Christmas shopping, I happened to walk past my old local after double taking,
decided to have look for old times sake.

It wasn't until I got home and $350+ later, I realised I had broken my own promise, whether it was the
glossy, shinny, plastic wrap on the boxes or the smell of opened paint pots, without even noticing, I brought
And walked out with 2 Hammerheads and a "Dark Vengeance - Limited edition" box set.

So as a form of admission to rehab for myself, I made a check list to stop buying more models and finish what I already have because honestly I have never
had a fully painted model but one Fire Warrior that turned chalky and quickly got stripped,
nor have i even played a game of 40K for that matter.

One day I do hope to finish it all and maybe in between stages of completion I may treat myself to something new.

Now... Where to start?

28/12/12 "Relaxing Friday day off"

So a couple of productive days so far, I decided to make a start on my tau first considering
There is almost a 1500 point decent army there I should start playing with.
I had refurbished and gap filled the devilfish and piranha I thought was finished,
Fully assembled, gap filled and sanded another devilfish and piranha,
And almost finished a third piranha (roughly 85%)

I'll take some photos once that's finished, but seeing how it was such a great day outside today
I thought I'd take a day off and enjoy the sun, playing around on my iPad on "procreate".
Great little app if you have a basic understanding of photoshop.


And well after a good 9 hours worth this is what happened, I believe 'Lord Dirk' is his name
(Correct me if I'm wrong) that sketched the original.

Once the 3rd piranha is finished ill post some progress photos.

Cheers, and have a happy and safe New Years

2/2/13 "First Game Jitters"

Sorry about the late update for those that are following, just a few personal issues
I had to sort out, over wise all good.

So to fill up some spare time, I got in contact with my local gaming club to organise
How to play 40K. The guy I spoke to said to just come along and bring my models
As well as the essentials (rule books, dice etc) and someone will surly be able to teach
Me the basics of how to play tonite.

So the last 2 nights have been bait confusing trying to figure out what to bring and
An army structure to learn with and well this is what I got:

I have no idea weather any thing is good or not but its basically 750 points worth that cover
A variety of the tau codex.
Without going into an army list there is a:
Fireknife shas'el
3x xv15 stealth squad
12x fire warrior squad with devilfish
10x kroot squad
3x piranha squad
Hammerhead

I might drop the devilnfish and split the fire warriors but all in all I think I have a good beginners
Army for my first game but I'm not too stressed its only to learn the basics.

Thanks for dropping by and any quick tips for a beginner would be much appreciated

I love your artwork of "Lord Dirk".

Best advice I would have is try stuff out you like and have fun with your games. Until you learn which units you like and do well in your local meta. I would love to hear if you like the Piranhas or not since I have never used them.

3/2/13 "Beginners Luck"

All in all was a fun night, got some of the basics down and met a heap of new people.
We pretty much played a normal 750pts game of purge the alien but I didn't really
Touch into any special rules just movement and shooting phases, still a bit confused
On the assault phase but just need to read the rules a bit more.

I have to say though, there was a few moments i found ammusing through the game;
+First turn, first move jumped the stealth team into what i forgot was dangerous terrain
And lost 2 strait away, that lone stealth suit remained out of sight from everyone and
Untouched for the rest of the game winning 1 victory point.
+First opposing turn destroyed the hammer head from 2 clean lascannon shots.
+Second shooting phase annihilated a combat tac squad and sm commander with the
Piranha squadron shooting everything, then a full tac squad next turn after that.
+Forgetting to jump the shas'el back into cover after shooting and got owned from a
Land speeders missile pod and melta gun.
(And the most surprising)
+The fire warriors at 8 strong lasting 3 turns locked in combat and winning.

So for beginners luck I won 5 to 4 in victory points, but I will defiantly be keeping the
Fireknife shas'el and piranha squadron in future games.
And as I said it was a fun night which I think was more important then anything.

As before, thanks for checking in. Questions and comments will be much appreciated.

Teach me master! That's amazing, though I did once have a Shas'O kick the blood out of the Skulltaker.



Just a little quirk of mine, I get really annoyed when someone spell definitely as "defiantly". If you know Rooster Teeth and you listen to the podcast then it's totally acceptable on my part.

-Arcani

Sorry Arcani just a minor typo. With the fire warriors dominating in CC, what can i say
Other then it was simply beginners luck, no pointers there sorry
12/2/13 "Cadre building"

So just a quick update on my tau army so ill just let the photos explain:
First the commander, still needs some work with gap filling but I'm quite happy so far.







Next is the bodyguard team just got the legs left to go on one.




Incase no one noticed, I did a bit of conversion work to the flamer. I wasn't very impressed
With the stock standard so just cut and glued another underneath with some detail pieces
Form the control node or whatever it's called that comes with the stealthesuit team kit.



And just for the fun of it, I had a crazy idea when the imperial guard codex came out,
To use the guard codex with tau models instead this guy was going to be a 'guardsmen marbo'
Count as, like all my crazy plans it didn't last too long but anyway here he is.



All I have to do now is find a good airbrushing compressor and I can start priming and painting
Thanks for checking in, have a great day.

Your attempt on the XV(22) 'O Kais Suit looks good,

I did try that one too, it was a lot of cutting from many different models, but it was also an interesting endeavor.

Now I am looking forward to see more from your work.

Gue'el Che Gue'vesa

Thanks Che, the O'Kais suit is definitely a challenging conversion.
And there will be more to come soon, I promise

20/2/13 "Lunch break Update"

So while I'm on my lunch break I thought I'd make a quick little update.
So here's a few pics.



Ill update further more after work.

23/2/13 "General Update"

Sorry about the delay, I got a bit sidetracked.
Today is just a general update on what's happened lately. Last Saturday I played my second game of 1250 points against chaos marines, and what an interesting game that was between confusing rules and one helldrake absolutely destroying my army although it would have been nice to know I could attempt to hit on 6's.
But otherwise it was a good average game and I expect a few more until I pick up the rules.

The post the other day explained what had been built last week before the earlier mentioned game, this week I decided to have a change and start on the Dark Angels drop pods. One has been sub-assembled and ready for some paint, another I purchased secondhand was half assembled and needs to be stripped.
I'm also working on some more sturdier flying bases for all my skimmers, if successful I may share my secrets

And lastly, a few days ago I purchased a small 0.5hp 11L compressor to run my badger 150 airbrush. I found most compressors that are made specifically for airbrushing are ridiculously expensive for a good quiet one, when a small finishing compressor can be easily found at any good hardware store. The only problem with them is they can get loudly annoying with excessive use, this though can be fixed 2 ways depending on the size of the compressor; firstly if it is a large one is to place it away from you (say outside of the shed) and run a longer hose, or in my case construct a sound deadened box to sit over the top and if done properly will upto halve to a third of the noise then previously without and will not effect the performance as well.
Here is the inside of mine:

If there is enough interest I will make a tutorial on how to make one fairly cheap.
Otherwise that's it for now time to regain the old airbrushing skills I once had.
As normal comments are always welcome

13/3/13 "I Need To Start Painting"

Just a quick update today,
I've come to a stage where I have become stumped, I have an ever growing army which still
continues to surprise me from shear luck on dice rolls to quick thinking tactics.
Only problem is I really want to start painting, I just don't have the motivation to do so
I've decided to go with the Vior'la sept scheme with a dark grey/orange camouflage for the skimmers.
I cleaned and prepped my airbrush ready to go and purchased some new paint brushes, so
I have everything I need, it's like my own personal writers (or painters) block.
If anyone has some tips to get motivated, please tell me I'm begging you.

Otherwise my force is beginning to become a competitive army


Now composed of
Fireknife shas'el and bodyguard
Ionforge ninja shas'vre
Stealth team
3 fw squads with devilfish
16 kroot and 2 kroot hounds
3 piranhas
Ion-head and a Rail-head

Well that's it for now, c&c is appreciated
Cheers