Dark Hunters Army: update and Project log

Hello!!!

OK well first off Its the Day after the Storm, As some of you know Im on the East coast (Washington DC area) and we are dealing with Hurricane Sandy. Last night was the landfall and downgrade to Tropical Storm but We are all OK here and I personally had no flooding nor damage as far as I can tell. Here are some pics from a buddy and coworker of Mine Pete Giove-FourWinds who lives about a mile from me and is a professional part time Photographer. The link contains his portfolio which also contains Galleries that contain nudity. BE WARNED if you are sensitive.

Again we are fine and alls Well....

NOW on to the MEAT!!! Dark Hunter Marines!!!
I have finished stripping the Marines and have been busy repairing some of them I broke and those who are not what I want. I have not been to storage for more bitz but Im able to get most of what Im wanting, and will build more when I go to storage for the proper bitz. There is about 100 power armored marines, 30 Termies, 10 assault marines, 25 Bikes and 6 speeders. I have not started with the rhinos yet, but Im going to put up to 6 rhinos in the army. Here is some pics:

Today these will get placed on Painting sticks (toothpicks in the feet)  and HOPEFULLY basecoated/primered. I am using American Accents Midnight Blue as my base color/primer.

Its currently 40 degrees F and Rain so we will see about priming today. I might do it in the foyer to avoid the rain but its still cold... And once its primed I will start painting with the Airbrush and I cant do that outside without freezing, so Im needing a indoor spray booth. I'll look into that but it might just be a table by a window and a fan blowing out....LOL

As far as Pads Im getting some masters made from a buddy Ben AKA Fleafa and will cast them myself for this project. Im planning on putting the chapter badge on BOTH shoulders with a white shield for the chapter icon and colored shields on the other shoulder for squad markings. Also I plan to do the rims maybe a different color on the squad pads... foe easy ident on the table. Im not sure yet. Now I have YET to pay Ben for them so.... They will be later......

AS for Bases Im going to use Dragonforge "Parched Earth" Set in a Blue-Grey ash waste theme to tie in to the blues of the Armor but be much lighter in color. Maybe paint in the sand brown like the pics but give a blue glaze when done to shade and tie in....Anyway Here are the bases:

This should be about all I got going on for the Marines. If you got any questions or comments Feel free to hit me up!!

Until next time Serve the Emperor well!!!
Munkey!!

Munkeys New marine army

OK Well some of you know Im making and working on a couple of armies. I have my beloved Red Scorpions That are ALL FORGEWORLD MK4 armors that I'm building up as well as painting and rebasing my Catachans. The Red Scorpions are of course going to take some time as Im wanting to paint them well and make them look good as its $40 for 5 marines.... So I want my moneys worth and will take some time to do. As for the Catachans Im doing swamp base themes for the entire force of about 400 models. Im using the Secret Weapon Blasted Wetland bases so Im using water effects and taking some time to do. NOW BOTH of these armies are playable showcase armies (not only a TT standard but a little better) and I also am wanting to paint more models with my Airbrush so I dont want to mess them up. Ok well here is a recap of the Red Scorpions and Catachans. and why its going to take a while...

Red Scorpions:
Im doing the Angstrom Incident Camo Scheme and using Dragon Forge Designs "Urban Rubble" bases.

Im using the Forge World MK4 armors and will be painted to a pretty good standard. I would say its what I would paint as a company Champion level, Not a centerpiece but better than a high tabletop. This is an Infantry heavy army with very few vehicles.

Catachans
The Catachans are all on Wetland bases from Secret Weapon and are painted in the Standard "GW" Green with Red bandanas.

Im using Standard GW Catachan IG plastics I put together and Sprayed them OD camo Green. These will be primarily painted with an airbrush and detailed with a brush. they will receive an "oil color wash" for their main shading and to add a :grimy" and "dirty" vibe. The big deal with them is the sheer number and the Water bases.

Now this brings me to where I am using Airbrushes for my minis.... How am I going to get practice and not mess up  my good minis?? How do I solve this dilemma??? I paint the Space marine army I have in my closet!!! LMAO!! Yep I have an Old "Garbage Army" of marines that are just a collection of several different colors and builds that I have picked up on Ebay and such from time to time. there are "White Scars" painted like Garbage, "Black Templars" that have been painted pretty craptastic, a smattering of test colors and a handful of Just plain plastic.. These will get a dark blue spraypaint job and will be done mostly with an airbrush. Im choosing the "Dark Hunters" Chapter as the scheme because its Easy to paint, and its Dark and will easily cover any colors not removed in the Stripping. I am looking to a buddy to do some custom Shoulderpads for me and I will cast them up to make the paint go faster (its raised details and will not be freehand!!) Here is what they will look like:

Im thinking I will use Either the "Desecrated Lands" range from Dragonforge that are sculpted by the talented Mathieu Fontaine OR the "Lost Empires" range also from Dragonforge. Im leaning toward the "Desecrated Lands" though....;) Im using the following List of Models to make an actual list.

6 Speeders
20 Bikes
4 attack bikes
1 Chaplain on bike
10 assault marines
20 terminators
95 power armored marines
6 rhino
Again they need some stripping and such that I will start on tomm but tis is what Im going to be working on so I can play some games this edition....LOL

And as for my projects I have been working on I have been doing some progress. Im working on the bases that I have been doing and making more masters also. I hope to get another bottle of Silicone sometime soon so I can make more molds for bases and hope to have these as a viable product sometime soon. I also got my Truescale Terminator models from Three Stage Studios. It took some time to get but Talking with the guy I think him and I can possibly come together in the future and make some magic. He seems to be a pretty good guy all in all. Also on the Commissar bust..... UGH.....I almost dont wanna talk about it so I will just do a photo dump and ask for your prayers..... LMAO!!

OH yea... I almost forgot!! I also found some Tau in my Storage.... Maybe these will get some paint sometime or maybe they will hit Ebay... Dunno yet.

Well that about wraps up this weeks projects and fun SO till next time Serve the Emperor Well!!!
Munkey!!

Gencon OR BUST!!!

OK well its THAT TIME and in less than 5 Hours my Crew and I are leaving for Indianapolis for Gencon 2012.

 We are ALL excited but I guess I am a little more than excited as I cannot sleep and am posting about it at 4 AM EST the day I have to drive 8+ hours to get there....LOL Oh well you can Sleep when your dead right??

Gencon is one of those special times when I can meet up with Old friends I only see once a year and its my ONE major trip I take yearly. Its always nice to go and this year I am not really planning alot of activities so I can be real fluid and actually chill VS going to one of the many many activities...no schedule Just float around and see what I can get into!!

One of the MAJOR things im looking forward to is the LE Gencon only Models that Privateer press is releasing this time... One os Circle and One is Khador.... BOTH of my fave Armies and I plan to add them to my forces. Heres some pics!!

Arent those Just DEAD SEXY??

Also I plan to meet with some of the Gaming big names Like Justin From Secret Weapon minis, Jeff from Dragon forge, the Privateer press crew (my buddy Linrandir, who lives about 30 mins from me but I only see every so often!!! have to go to IN to see him again!!) And MAYBE Tom Schladel and Joe Orteza of golden Deamon fame. I also Hope to see Jen Hailey and Lyn Stahl again as last time I was so rushed i did not get a chance to actually catch up.

ANYWAY I ramble.... but to get on track again one of the Oddest things I look forward to this year (and to tie Gencon with a 40K blog!!) is the appearance of Games Workshop in the dealer room.... GW has been really snooty over the past..... 45 years (LOL) and they are making their FIRST official show at Gencon. I am interested to see how they are recieved and look forward to seeing what goodies they have.

SO I may post once or twice during the  Con but look for tasty goodies when I get back for sure. I plan to enjoy myself and drink lots of Beer while im there so we shall see about the posts during the con. LOL

Well till next time, Serve the Emperor well.

Munkey!!

OK I have been sidetracked... but I got an excuse!!!

And this is it.... I have been working some overtime and preparing for Gencon. Im getting a group of 4 guys incuding myself to go to gencon again this year and thats really taking alot of my time.

My hobbies have suffered as a result BUT I am proud to announce that I have my Cossacks from Neal (Warstore) for FOW and I am looking to get them going soon. I also have purchased Bases From Justin (Secret Weapon Minis) and Jeff (Dragonforge) to redo my Catahcans in a swamp base (blasted wetlands from Justin) and my Red Scorpions (Urban Rubble Wasteland  from Jeff) and will be doing them soon also.

I also have my Vacuum chamber and pot set up ready to make my "Monachus Marines". These are a chapter of Monkey marine Named by a mod of an Old forum I was on called "Terra 40K". Monachus is Latin for monkey and it sounded cool so I adopted the name he tagged me with. Fast forward 8 Years and I finally got my SH*T in order to actually produce them, and the start of 6th ED is a great time to do these guys. Im using broken apart AT-43 Karmans (another Army I have!!) for the heads and legs, as well as Bolters. Im going to use regular GW torsos and Black Templar arms (because of the chains on them!!) to make them more "standard marine-y" Here is a pic of the base models used for the heads Legs and Bolters:

after pulling them apart and dipping in Acetone (VERY CAREFULLY!!) to remove the paint that was on these (they are prepainted minis) I got busy with Green stuff and now have these to cast:

I like how the feet have the oppseable toes and thats why Iam using them. pluss it adds more bulk to the marines and looks silly without more "weight" at the bottom:

And the Inspiration for this???? Nachomon on Deviant Arts FAMOUS Gorilla astartes

Ok well thats a wrap up of whats going down.... Look for more later but until then Serve the Emperor well....

The Lord Inquisitor: New Teaser

OK well some of you might know about the fan film "Lord Inquisitor" But If you Dont I will add the other trailer after this post. For those of us that Do know here is the latest trailer, a minute and a half teaser, but amazing...

HERE is the Website for the fanfilm along with info and all kinds of cool stuff.

And Here is the First trailer released and the first on I saw!!!

So Price Hike Huh??

Well Just regurgitation of others for now BUT looks Like a price hike in out Beloved GW future.....

And the Dakka Discussion

Well Guys.... Its time for the button.....click here to see it.

Well till next time Serve the Emperor well But keep an Eye on your Credits......;)

Munkey

Games Day Mini...

Quick Blurb before bed time....

Games day mini 2012....

INFO HERE