Deimos Pattern Predator

Since I've just gotten these, I wasted no time in starting out with my Deimos Pattern Predators. I've ordered 2, but only managed to work with 1 for now.

The kit is quite interesting, first you have to assemble part of a Rhino which will be modified a bit, and the rest of them are resin parts.

This picture shows how it should start out.

The back of the hull needs to be flat to fit a new hatch.

This is how it kinda looks like when partially assembled.

Well obviously, the turret needs to be "encouraged" a little.

Found something nice.

So yesterday I had some time on my hands, went out for an early dinner with the other half since we skipped lunch. I went to our local thrift store, and I find this, an MDF board which is approximately 6mm thick, which would also mean, no warping of the board will happen. The board is a little less than 8 inch by 12 inch.

I figured that it would be a perfect display board for my Dark Eldar and/or pre-heresyBlood Angels (since I use the same basing method for both). It fits nicely into the IKEA Detolf glass cabinet without taking up the entire space, which would mean that I can place it in any way I want.

After rummaging through some of my boxes for terrain pieces, I built a small terrain piece to be set at the corner of the board. It's meant to create another surface level for me to place more models on.

Tonight will be my last night to continue with this as tomorrow I'll be flying back to Penang for Chinese New Year for a week.

Lots to paint and work on.

I've been quite busy painting lately, especially after recovering from a 3 week sickness! Phew.

My focus has been shifting and changing a lot too. But it mainly revolves around the Dark Eldar for Kindred 4, pre-heresy Blood Angels for the Legio Army Throwdown, and planning for a Warhammer Fantasy army for the next Throwdown.

Anywho, here are some shots using a newly acquired camera. I intentionally chose one with wide lenses and the ability to do awesome macro shots.

A squad of 5 Kabalite Warriors.

The Kabalite Trueborn squad that I'm quite happy about.

Also, a completed Relic Contemptor Dreadnought, which upon looking at these pictures I realize that I haven't finished some details.

I'll do my best to blog more often now since I got a proper camera to use now.

The Dark Eldar will KILL!!!

Yessss... I've been painting quite a bit throughout the pass few months, obviously I've been playing more than painting judging from my progress.

Also, I'm planning to use this 1,500 point army in the next Legio Malaysia tournament in December. Frankly speaking, I got a little sick and tired painting Blood Angels, and with the new changes to 6th Ed, I'll need to add in more units for them.

Which is why I decided to bring these guys back to the table. Here's my 1,500 point list.

The ones in red are not assembled while the ones in yellow are currently work in progress. As you can see, it's still a lot of work! Not only that, assuming if Duke Sliscus doesn't get a miniature in time, I'll probably have to use an Archon as a stand in.

These are some of the ones I've painted.

I'll definitely be painting more than this list, I just like the look of the army, they're just so evil! I'll probably add in 10 more Reaver Jetbikes in a 1,750 point list, but not yet, since I'm currently quite into 1,500 and there's quite a lot to paint already.

I also need to pay more attention to playing 6th Edition correctly, and from what I've observed, a 1,500 point game is just nice, in terms of timing and deployment, not forgetting to mention, a lot easier and faster to play and learn 6th Ed.

A 1,750 point game will be for the ones who would like to bring more. Who doesn't like to bring more right?

I might even consider playing 1,500 points for a bit before I transition back to 1,750. Especially when lots of the guys are playing at 1,500 to practice for the tournament.

Till then!

Lots of hobby done over the week.

Yup, I've been hobbying like a mad man. Been painting my Sanguinary Priest, Furioso Dreadnought, and the Baal Predator which I managed to finish.

I magnetized the doors with the sponsons since it gives me a good option of saving points and it makes it easier to transport it.

I was also assembling the Chaos Decimator Daemon Engine. I started assembling this from 12 in the noon till 5:30am. Give and take a few hours for lunch and dinner. It was really difficult to assemble as the pose is influenced by the multiple joints and funny angles.

Got around airbrushing it with Gunmetal and highlighting it with Chrome Silver. Both are Tamiya paints of course.

Just a nice size comparison of the Decimator and a Dreadnought.

I'll be focusing solely on Flames of War this week. Gotta get everything done at least a few days before Bagration begins.

Lots of painting done in a week.

The past few weeks have been really busy for me. Getting a lot of things done for my shop and planning for War Without End, was also busy finishing all my assignments and exams for now too.

For no apparent reason, I dug out my Assault Squad to be painted. Even though I'm not using this squad in any games, I just painted them for fun when I was over at Yip's place for painting night. I made it a point that I WILL paint my Blood Angels when I'm there, whether or not I will use the unit. Even so, I painted these in less than 4 days.

I got a feeling that my bottle of Satin Varnish is going bad or something, it gave my squad a dusty frosted look. So I fixed it by airbrushing the usual GW Gloss Varnish and got the colour and shine I wanted.


I was also working on this little armoured car.

And the rest of the Firestorm Troops for Bagration and the rest of my German army to be repainted. I aim to finish these in the 2 weeks that I am free.

But I don't know why I'm so inclined to work on my Blood Angels. Maybe it's just an obsession or something. Even now, I got exactly 3,305 points painted and I've got another 3,000 points or so in line. No rest for the crazies! Gotta finish what I started.

More progress in a day than in a week.

Yup, the title really sums it up real good.

With only 1/3 of my assignments done, I managed to get what I greatly needed to finish, finished.

Funny part is that ever since my compressor was busted, lots of my painting progress came to a halt. I should really hunt for one soon.

Thanks to the much needed Hobby Night over at Legio, I finished all my airbrushing needs, temporarily.

You can see how the night went with this link:

http://legiomalaysia.blogspot.com/2012/04/hobby-night-300312.html

Here are some pictures of mine.

I'm doing my best not to distract myself too much by painting my Eldar or Tyranids and I'll definitely want to finish my Blood Angels for Kindred 3 which will be happening in a few months time.