Little Update, No Photo

I took a couple nights off painting, mostly due to being sick and turning 40.

Last night, I worked on tanks some more. By the end of the weekend they should all be pretty far along.

I Think My Eyes Are Bleeding

I had to take a couple puffs of Albuterol this evening, so my hands were shaking. Trying to write 2mm text with shaky hands is... challenging. The usual tricks for steadying seemed to work, and the lettering doesn't look appreciably different than my normal non-shaky lettering. I'll need to go back over them to strengthen the lines.

4/8

Not bad for basecoating. You can see the darkening effect on the Predator around the exhaust stacks, and the dusty areas at bottom near the treads. These are all airbrushy goodness.

The turret on the Predator is one I had previously converted to a convertible autocannon/lascannon. The only caveat is that it is fixed in the forward position.

Would you like the option to switch out for the lascannons at some point on one of the tanks?

Oh, man. Airbrushes rock.

Ann Marie brought her airbrush in for me to use. Oh. Wow.

I tested it first on a dreadnought of mine, just to get a feel for the controls. Then I tried a Space Marine. Then I tried the Rhino/Predator chassis. Then the other dread.

Oh, man. So smooth. So fast.
I have got to get myself one of these things. The only downside is that I look like I've been eating cheetos when I'm done. Orange fingers.

Oh, this is going to be fun

No work last night. None. I somehow crashed out at 10:00 PM fully dressed.

But... but! My coworker Ann Marie loaned me her air brush and compressor. There shall be tanks. Oh, yes. There shall be tanks.

A Glimpse onto the WIP Shelf

Somewhere in there are your sniper scouts. Please don't be concerned by the other items on the shelf. There is the odd mini that my kids have painted, along with a 30+ year old Star Destroyer and ... well.... lots of stuff.

Paint Chip in the Eye. Seriously.

I just got back from the ER. My buddy who works at the GW store got a paint chip in his eye, and they had to use a needle to remove it.

Paint chip in the eye. Strange, and it gets stranger. As we got ready to leave, the brake light on my truck was lit and the brakes felt very mushy. Whoops. Looks like I may be working from home tomorrow. Good things the economic stimulus package (aka "stimpack") showed up in my account today.