Oh dear, where has the time gone?!

Hi folks, 

You may not remember me, I'm Apoc and this is my blog, I know i haven't been here much lately but "Real life" seems to have stolen me away for quite some time...

Sorry it has been a while but life has really been hectic with finishing college, far too many hospital trips, starting University and trying to be a husband/father. More recently however it has been getting ready for my new baby daughter and future gamer and geek, just like her old man :)

Anyway, I have managed to get some painting done, albeit very slowly and far too little for my liking but with the baby now here I MUST get organized and get my paint station cleared of projects, commissions and unpainted miniatures! (sorry for the poor pics, it was getting dark)

As you can see things are in a fair bit of disarray! 

The work i have managed to do has been on the Necromantic team that has featured on this blog lately (relatively speaking of course!). First up a recap of the previously completed chaps:

I have got a few new recruits to add to them (sans bases):

The zombies are well on their way to being completed with only 3 left to paint up:

I have also put some work into the Werewolves, they need some finishing but are looking good so far (if i do say so myself):

Finally the back room staff: 

These will be get some paint as soon as i have rested up from the baby ordeal and i hope to have them done within the next few days.

Next up I have some more Hero Quest miniatures to paint in addition to some space crusade. the Hero Quest minis are to replace the last lot that i posted on here which Royal Mail kindly lost and I stupidly lost my receipt  (won't happen again couriers to be used from now on!) I have managed to track down replacements for most of them but still need some men-at-arms and the ogres for the Ogre Horde expansion.

I also put some paint to a stripped ogre from my huge army, the pics are bad and the mini is not finished but he will be the template for the rest of the big guy's' strip and repaint:

Right, I am off to get some much needed sleep, thanks for stopping by!

Apoc

Found some time!

Hi folks, 


I have finally managed to clear some time from my studies to get on with some hobby related fun! and have finally finished the second batch of Hero Quest miniatures to go with this lot, which I painted last year. they will be winging there way their way home in the next couple of days.


I have had some great fun painting these and although the minis are not the greatest sculpts ever produced, they are certainly iconic and will forever remind me of my childhood.

Next up, I have managed to get some colours laid down on the GW Undead team at last although not a lot as yet. I have a few days coming up that i can dedicate to getting some serious painting done and hope to get the two Blood Bowl teams well on there way. I started with a black base coat and they painted their flesh with a few thin coats of Dheneb stone, then washed with Leviathan purple and as you can see on one reworked the flesh with Dheneb stone once more leaving the shade in the recesses. I will be taking the skin tone up a little brighter and with white for the extreme highlights.

I am still working on the conversions for the zombies so no paint has been put down on the second team, with the exception of these two AWESOME minis! Only primed and inked at the moment but eventually they will be a patchwork of various shades of necrotic fleshy goodness and i can't wait to get on with them!

Well that's all for now, 


Stay frosty people.


Apoc

Hero Quest and Blood Bowl

Howdy folks!


Have been working hard on my college assignments and have even managed to fit a bit of hobby time around it too!


First up is the Hero Quest expansion figures to go with the set I finished last year:


Wizards

 Undead

Men at Arms

Ogres

As you can see, they are coming along nicely and with a few finishing touches and finishing off the ogres, these very cool old school minis will be done :)


Next up I have the Blood Bowl team that I introduced in the last post, these have now had their bases filled with milliput and each of the players have a small magnet in there to stop the ball (also magnetised) from flying off under the table! 


Team

 Magnetised bases

These are still in the early stages, but will have a lot more work done on them over the coming weeks. A few conversions to do on all of the zombie line men to make them a bit more Blood Bowl-esque and then it is time to lay some paint down on them.

Also on the workbench is a GW Undead Blood Bowl team, but my battery has died and my wife has "Tidied" the charger, so pics will follow on the next post. The team is built and primed and ready for a lick of paint.

Have a lot of college work over the next few weeks but should find some time to get these amazing minis sitting on my painting station done!


Until next time, 


Apoc/Rob