Another month rolls by..

Welcome back to another edition of Munkystyle, not a great deal to report but a pretty varied experience this month. 

Firstly I found some old gaming stuff buried in my dads loft, Dungeon Quest and some realm of chaos books being the highlight. 

Following that vein of old skool gaming my group has revamped our interest in Warhammer Quest, so much so I actually bought a model for myself!!! An Empire Battle wizard set, and so Archibald Zane was conceived. 

I really enjoyed using the airbrush to get a smooth transition from purple to orange, then went in with the brush for the yellow highlights. (Better pics to follow soon)

The commission grinds ever onwards and is nearing completion, I've always struggled with basing and seeing the bases from Anvil Industries are so detailed I thought I'd try my hand at weathering powders. 

This is the result of various experiments with Modelmates Liquid rust and Forge World weathering powders. 

Il leave you with a sneak peek of what's next on the desk.....

Airbrushing.

At long last my airbrush compressor has arrived and isn't it lovely!

It's been a long time coming to be honest, and I was like a little kid a Christmas opening it. 

I had a quick go last night and was very impressed with it.  

I wasn't much louder than a microwave or kettle when running and due to its "smart technology" it only runs once the trigger on the airbrush is pressed. 

I used it to base coat Adams Van Saar gang in about 10 mins, I've subsiquently started brushing in the other base colours for the bases and metal areas. 

The following model is where I'm heading with the colours but the base and face are not finished yet. 

One thing that surprised me was how much crap was stuck in the airbrush when I started running cleaner through it. 

I think some cleaning brushes are in order to get to the fiddly bits. 

Stay tuned for more as I get back in the saddle properly and start my hobby mojo back up again. 

Munky

Where does the time go?

Well what a hectic few weeks!
Firstly I'd like to welcome little Munky into the world, our son James was born 15th January and has spun things upside down for me.

I love being a father and can't wait to see him when I get back in from work, but as you can understand hobby time has been very limited.

Limited yes but productive! I have been busy working on my buddies Dark Elf Bloodbowl team see pics below.

Alongside this I've finalised the colours for another friends Van Saar gang, and have one dude painted up to show that off.
Base needs work, but I'm intent on using weathering powders on them for the first time.....

In other news my father has told me he has got back into painting again and I'm going to invite him along to a game next week to see what his thoughts are on that.

Anyway enough rambling, here's some pics...

Holiday hobby part II

Hi fellow hobbyists, I hope your Christmas break has been a good one.
I've been a bit busy seeing family and bargain shopping with the wife, but if squeezed in a bit more work.
I've cleaned up and pinned the Van Saar gang I'm working on for Adam Smith and built a few Plasma and Flamer marines for my Space Wolves too.
My own Necromunda gang parts have arrived from Puppets War and Pig Iron, more on these soon.