Back from the travels

Got back from my trip late Friday and am still pretty exhausted.  Unfortunately this time I didnt get a chance to check out any gaming stores since I was super slammed the whole time.  Hopefully next trip I will be able to check out the mini gaming scene in Austin.  I am even tempted to load up my Army Transport some time if I know I will be there for a Thurs night again.

I have 2 rhinos waiting for me to work on this week so I might try and get that going.  But it looks like the new job is going to keep me pretty busy(which is a really good thing :))

First batch of Chosen done

Luckily, I was able to squeeze in a little painting this week before my trip and got these dudes wrapped up.  I wanted them to fit in with my other CSMs but make em a little more showy so that they could be identified as Chosen.  I am looking to get another group of 5 done but I am running low on melta guns.  I am thinking that each group of chosen needs 3 meltas.  Also this is the first time that I really used decals.  I am not 100% sold on em and I kind of felt cheapen by the experience but a couple of them turned out nice.

Chosen

Getting some Chosen melta dudes together today.  Converting some zerker dudes and they are starting to look pretty cool.  When you cut off the khorne helmet ornaments the head pieces look pretty cool.  I am pretty happy with the first one and have started in on the next 2.

Cthulhu makes me happy

Saw this today and it made me smile



Been pretty slammed with the new job and driving everywhere in the bay area so I havent had much chance to work on minis or play any games.  At least in a couple weeks I am going to get a chance to spend some time in Austin and hopefully I can check out the store the Bols dudes all play in.

Plague Marines batch done

Got the big batch done and can now ad in 8 more Plague Marines to my arsenal.  Now I just need a couple more rhinos and maybe some Meltas and I will be good to go for the tourney.  I feel like Rhinos are the bane of my existence but I need just a couple more to complete this army.

God made the desert to train the faithful

I rarely post personal things but today I am happy to post that I am back to full employment.  I might not be able to keep up with this blog now as much as I was but at least I got a budget for mini's again :).

Thanks to all my buds out there that gave me a ton of support throughout this long haul of unemployment.  The market is a bitch out there now and I can seriously sympathize with everyone out there who is still unemployed.  At least things seem to be turning around now and hopefully we are getting out of this mess.

Custom bases

After getting pooped on by Capt_Dees in the comments I decided to put a little more effort into my bases for the Plague Marines I am working on.

Using some crushed up rocks from the yard and some sand I think I got a pretty good effect:

They still need to be painted and such but I think they dont look too bad and the price is right :).