Wibbley-Wobbley-Timey-Wimey

Ok, I know its been a while for you, but I've been in the vrtex and my last post was actually an hour ago, if you think it was longer, you obviously see time as a straight line and need to look at it as more of a plate of spaghetti...

Right, now that's over, fianlly got the chance to play a game of DWMG today against Jack at Gifts for Geeks: 18 Cyberneomorph Cybermen and 5 Cybermats (Jack) against 13 "iDaleks" (2010 design - me).

The mission: kill the opponent's Unique figures (Cyberleader, Cybercontroller, Supreme Dalek, Eternal Dalek, Strategist Dalek, Scientist Dalek). So in theory, I was outnumbered, but then, I had the Daleks - when aren't we? I also could lose the game, if we both killed all of the Uniques..

We had very different tactics: while Jack focused on killing my Uniques, I decided to thin his ranks to cut down the number of shots he could take against them.

At the end of turn 2, Jack had done no damage to the Daleks, while I'd exterminated 2 Cybermen, 2 Leiutennants and his Controller.

Turn 3 saw Jack finally wound the Eternal, at the loss of another 4 Cybermen.

Jack decided to hide his Cyberleader behind a building, but hadn't counted on the Dalek Drone that had been making its way up the side of the board and was now level with him.

The Cyberleader fell, as did the remaining Cybermen. Final score was a kind of whitewash in every sense of the word: VPs: Cybermen: 0 Daleks: 2, or, in kill terms: Cybermen: 0 Daleks 20.

Verdict? DON'T FUCK WITH THE PEPPERPOTS!

Mission to the Unknown....

I'll be posting pics of my 10th Doctor as soon as I have a fine enough brush to do the pinstripes on his suit properly.

In the meantime, I've had some interesting mini's come my way... namely, an 11th Doctor and Amy, AND 50, count 'em 50 2010 design Daleks. The latter were an amazing find - all to the same scale as the Doctors (28mm) and were given away free in packs of 5 with Doctor Who Adventures magazine - £2.20 for 5 minis is always good, and 50 f0r £22 is a fantastic way to get a cheap army :) .

So, my mission - I have a complete Dalek army to paint before I go away in August. Sounds easy? I also have 200 Space Wolves, a Brass Scorpion from Forgeworld, another Doctor and Companion, AND a potential army of either U.N.I.T. or Cybermen to paint in the same time...

Any thoughts or volunteers?

David Tennant - Step 3

Ok, so this is the 2nd highlight - Mordian blue on the suit, Dheneb Stone on the folds and edges of the coat, Space Wolf Grey on the Shirt/Converses, Vomit Brown on the hair and Elf Flesh on his face. He's starting to come together nicely now - although I never knew David Tennant was blonde....

David Tennant - Step 2

I applied the first set of highlights to the model by using Graveyard Earth on the coat, Midnight Blue on the suit and Dwarf Flesh on his face. Note: although even coverage is essential, I made sure that as this is just highlighting, I didn't let the paint settle in the groves of the model this time. Also, you'll notice it's quite "rough and ready" at the moment as the colours don't really blend right - I'll address this in a later step..

David Tennant - Step 1

Ok, I thought I'd post my progress as I go with this model. I've not had to trim any flash or mould lines from this miniature, as the person I bought it from on eBay had already done this for me, so I could skip straight to the fun :). After glueing it to the base, I just had to do the usual trick of undercoating/priming it with Chaos Black Spraypaint (from Games Workshop - bought from http://www.giftsforgeeksretail.co.uk/ at 20% off of Games Workshop's prices - a bargain, I would say....), making sure that no metal was showing through.


Now onto getting the base colours on. On the suit, I've basecoated it with Necron Abyss - a very dark purple/blue colour which will provide a good shade in the folds of the material. The coat was painted with Charadon Granite, which, although may seem a little light in colour, is perfect for what I want for the final effect. His face was done with Tallarn Flesh and the White areas (Shirt and Converses) with Astronomicon Grey. Note that although his tie will be red, I'll do that later when I start on the detail. Lastly, the hair was done with Scorched Brown. nb, I am using Citadel Paints as I know exactly what effect I'll get with them as I've been painting with them for all of my modelling life, by all means use others if you feel more comfortable.




Ok, next I'll start the highlighting - this is where he'll start to come to life :)

With Great Models Comes Great Responsibility...

Ok, firstly, I must apologise for paraphrasing Spider-man, but anyone who paints gaming minaitures will surely understand the sentiment.



I've been painting Space Wolves recently, but decided to take a short break from them as constant blue-grey and grey-blue (eat your heart out, Bob Newheart - see Defusing a Bomb) was sending my eyes funny and driving me ever closer to insanity.



So, after 15 years of almost exclusively painting models for use in Warhammer or its sister games, I've decided to tak e up a new challenge - models based on real people (kind of). I know, to many people, this would seem like heresy, but, then, I've come across http://www.heresyminiatures.com/ - producers of unofficial Doctor Who gaming miniatures. Let me put this into perspective: I'm 29, I'm British, I grew up with my arse firmly planted in front ot the television at 6.25 on Saturday night on BBC1 from the age of just a few months old, and my earliest memory is of the Master being dragged back into what I now know was Castrovalva - I was literally only scant few months of age when this was first shown, and without the aid of any form of video recorder until I was 5 - I know: DARK AGES!!! - it shows the effect that the series had on me. Hell, for years I even dreamed of owning my own pet Dalek - a dream which was then realised in 2005 when Character Options brought out their 12" Radio controlled Dalek for the relaunched series.


So, my latest mission begins - IT'S TIME TO PAINT THE DOCTOR!

I shall keep you updated with my progress as I go on...