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Hey Now Hǎidào

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More test models for my Yu Jing Infinity army, a Ninja with Tactical Bow and Hǎidào Killer Hacker with Boarding Shotgun—

Subtle the State Empire is not.

Process

Ninja:

  1. Wraithbone spray prime
  2. Dark clothes:
    1. Shyish Purple Contrast
    2. Xereus Purple heavy drybrush
  3. Magos Purple Contrast for armor
  4. Volupus Pink Contrast for red details (sword wrap, arrow feathers)
  5. Eye sensors:
    1. Wraithbone base
    2. Tesseract Glow Technical in sensor ports
    3. Tesseract Glow Technical drybrush around ports

Haidao

  1. Black spray prime
  2. Dark Purple semi-zenithal spray base
  3. Light Purple/Pink zenithal spray layer
  4. Xereus Purple drybrush dark details, e.g., joints, chainmail, gloves
  5. Druchii Violet wash on lines, recessed areas, undercuts, detail patchwork
  6. Mask:
    1. Wraithbone base
    2. Tesseract Glow Technical base on mask itself
    3. Tesseract Glow Technical drybrush all around mask

Bases:

  1. Wraithbone base
  2. Black Templar Contrast
  3. Dark Grey heavy drybrush
  4. Agrax Earthshade wash
  5. Skavenblight Dinge edging on rock fractures
  6. Decorative Line details (i.e., on Ninja):
    1. Wraithbone base
    2. Apothecary White Contrast
  7. Rim:
    1. Xereus Purple base
    2. Black front arc

Minis Workshop (Oct 2022)

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Last week Matt L, Julien B, and I led the first of a planned monthly Miniatures Workshop at Redcap’s. We had very solid attendance with at least 15 people there for the whole night, and handfuls of people floating in & out over time from other areas of the shop.

Joe talking at length about different kinds of miniatures and basic preparation.

First segment I did a long impromptu talk about how different types of miniatures are made, various materials and their properties, how to prep them, basic adhesives & assembly, and getting ready to paint.

Second stretch, Matt took about half the people and went around the group just getting introductions and quick discussion on what people wanted to work on/play. Julien and I each took a group of people who’d more or less never assembled miniatures and we put some together. A few people brought their own, for the others I had a stack of old Genestealer and Space Marine sprues to give out.

Third part I took a totally novice group to talk about priming, different kinds of paints (acrylic, GW Contrast, etc), and then we all spray primed models. A bunch of people had never used a spray can before. A group who’d already begun their painting journey split off with Matt to talk fundamentals—kinds of brushes, caring for brushes, brush control, loading brushes, etc.. Suffice to say, Matt like to talk about brushes… Julien floated around talking to people about their specific projects.

Matt talking about brush and paint basics.

Julien coaching people on assembly and repair.

My brother and I assembling genestealers.

By the end a lot of people had made new acquaintances and were deep into hobby talk. At least one person was super stoked about the Genestealer they’d assembled and primed. Next month we’ll push more into actual painting on-site.

Gaming January–April 2019

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I felt like I didn’t do hardly any gaming over the winter and even fewer gaming projects. But looking back there were actually some great games and a few really really good events. Lately things have also picked up a lot again.

Early in the winter, Tom and I played a bunch of Pirates vs British.

Cat and Mouse around an island.

I got in some good Kill Team games.

Showdown in a 4 player battle.

Kingbreakers snipers go to work in a shantytown.

We had our first big Kill Team mega-battle, as a prequel to the annual PAGE Winter Apocalypse.

Twelve players in one big cityfight!

Chaos and heretics work on their game plan.

The PAGE Winter Apocalypse was once more a huge success.

The field of war.

Rumble in the refinery.

Colin and I played in the Berks Winter Blast doubles tournament together with a whole bunch of friends, and we didn’t even embarrass ourselves!

Philly friends throwdown!

Our army: Blood Angels, Kingbreakers, and a Knight.

I’ve continued to really enjoy playing my Infinity Shock Army, and very nearly won the March tournament at Redcap’s. My Warcor did win that month’s painting vote for the best civilian, which I was really happy about.

Teucer proxy overlooks the battlefield.

My award winning Warcor!

Filling objective rooms with artichoke juice!

Sascha talked me into joining his overly elaborate 40K campaign, and I’m glad I did. This past round Karl and I had an amazingly good game, with bikers charging across toxic waste ponds to hit Reivers holding a bridge, a winged Chaos warlord progressively wiping out half a table on his own, and lots of other super fun gameplay.

Warlord on a tear down my left flank.

The dramatic showdown on the central objective.

I finished a collection of base toppers for an Imperial Guard project. They match GW’s old Imperialis Basing Kit toppers which had previously been used for some of the figures. These are now on Thingiverse.

Test print on a Wanhao i3+.

I built out a whole overly large Guard contingent for Kill Team. I was very satisfied with some of the posing, which required some minor conversions and work here and there. I’ve also started assembling my Shadowspear box, and was really happy with the outcome of a good amount of small work to tweak the Vanguard Captain into a model I really like.

Guard Sergeant with improvised demolitions charge.

Test trooper for new paint scheme and fast process.

Reworked Vanguard Captain.

Caitlin and I have played a bunch of board games, most notably Tokyo Highway and Sundae Split.

Placing highways very veerrryy carefully.

Very serious game of Sundae Split.

Alice requested several times to come to Redcap’s for Sunday Infinity and has been playing lots of games at home.

Masterminds thinking hard about their games.

Lightspeed, a sixteen year old Cheapass Game from what was probably their peak period, and one of my all-time favorite games, which Alice refers to as “The ZAP! Game.”

The points values went up, so my Knight Valiant made its debut into Sascha’s 40K campaign and continued to obliterate duders in the name of the Emperor.

1250pts of Kingbreakers and friend.