Final day STC showcase week

Here we are on the final day of the showcase week, I saved for the last my predator, here the change was less dramatic as you can see when comparing the past
 
With the present


As in the previous days the few enhancements were done freehand and I satisfied with the fact that they look good even the checkers.

lets see what more I will have for the next showcase.

Day 3 STC showcase week

 

I keep on showing my STC vehicles for the third day on a row on more day and the week is done, today is the turn for my Whirlwind  taken from tabletop quality

To this

The heavy support symbols needs a bit retouching but overall I like what I see and you?

Day two STC showcase week

This week I will post about the little painting retouching I did during holy week on my STC.

This day is the turn for my Razorback

once more it has been on a tabletop painted level for about a year as you can see

nothing to write home about, but now I'm more proud of it, I did more freehand effects, the same mud effect and the exhaust effect.

the Ultramarines symbol is totally freehand following Sthaly’s advice, more easy said than done but good enough

I hope you like it and stay tuned for the whirlwind.

Day one STC showcase week

 

This week I will post about the little painting retouching I did during holy week on my STC.

 

This day is the turn for my Rhino.

It has been just table top painted since I decided to finally painting it last year

so with the idea of getting better looking models on the dime I decided that just applying some more brush strokes would be enough, so here there is after said work was done.

 

first I added some mud effects, pretty newbie stuff as you can see, additionally I added the arrow and some more symbols all of them freehand 

For those interested the missing door is in repairs for proper magnetics.

What do you think?

next post will cover the RazorBack

A creepy feeling is growing in me

Lately I have been reviewing my stuff ad reading more and more about how GW is becoming an evil monster ready to suck on the blood of new players, I usually dismiss the rants since  I care to collect mostly and their minis are super and are just getting better, but even that doesn’t feel proper all the time, and now is one of those times when I let my turmoil be expressed because I really want to hear what you think.
I regret that while much of the fluff material on the codices is getting better it is also true that they are using they color section that used to be packed with good minis and how to paint them to just a gallery of minis.

Other place I can point my finger for my feeling is the site, not so much ago if I need a hobby article but didn’t  knew where to find it I just used the internal search engine, now that engine is just returning models I can buy, how hobby friendly is that, I might be missing the boat on configuration for my search but there used to be an option to separate purchasing searches from articles.

I know that I can keep into wh40k because their history and minis are the best and I simply love them, but I understand that it is something that can be easily ruined, my hope is that it is not the case and we have overly priced minis for a while (they are great after all, even if this is a non essential product).
After taking all of that of my heart I would like what you think on the topic.

My Plans on the long term for the hobby.

With the new year I’m beginning to form plans, as you might know here in Guatemala we are few and are lacking an identity, I want to fix it and to start it my first idea is to have a motto an I like:

“The few, the hobbyists”

I wont lie it is a clear reference to the U.S. Marines Corp motto and the fact that currently we are no more than 6 players (Glenn I'm counting you). Next after that I will create a nice image as other communities in the “From the Warp” Network have done before.

The goal is to grow and strengthen the nascent community in Guatemala. (I just hope to find the other group that secretly plays).

That is for the group identity, but there are also plans for the group, like the aborted plan to organize a mini end of the year mini tournament. that is going to be a feature that I will try to do quarterly  one tournament that helps us learn faster the rules (yes we are so slow) but that also help us to have fun.

Last but not least I feel that now that we have so many armies (Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, Tyranid, Tau and Chaos) a campaign is in order, the idea is that regular play will advance the narrative at a steady pace but the mini-tournaments will focus on important events of it.

I will publish the camping details next week all I can say right now is that it will be started with a mini tournament that will set the initial stage of the sector.

Till next time.

Messing around the site

Hi, Im modifying the template so that finally it  has  a 3 column design. additionally I liked a lot the linkwithin widget so much that one was plugged  into my blog.  with that I think the site is less crowed (and or messy) and more interactive, lets see the results next year.

Thanks to everyone for a fantastic year I hope you like the next year ride.

Treading new waters

Ok , will try to change a bit the stile for the blog since I want to move to a format with more columns, If you see something odd it is me wrecking everything.

In unrelated news I have sent my 6 pictures for the jawaballs contest where I hope to win.
I left you with some related pictures.

In the end I like that my painting skills improved for the contest. that is one thing that I look when entering a contest.