1969-12-31T16:00:00Z Arctica http://blog.coolminiornot.com/Arctica/ http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1403 2009-11-23T23:04:43Z

Ok, so just before gamesday i managed to get a copy of space hulk which im dead chuffed about since i played it a few times when i was a kid and loved the game

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1402 2009-11-23T22:54:57Z

Well i have been fairly quiet last few months because i was working on some Gamesday entries

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1292 2009-05-18T15:41:22Z

Ok now for a model which i have been meaning to paint for a while

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1284 2009-05-08T12:26:24Z

Well as a little piece and for a competition i painted a goblin hero from avatars of war range

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1276 2009-04-28T05:34:49Z

Well finally i've managed to finish working on my last model for my tsons army

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1259 2009-04-05T11:36:11Z

It has been a while since i've worked with metallics and i need to definately work more with my contrast with it in general

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1247 2009-03-25T14:21:21Z

Well i wanted a complete change from all the painting i've been doing so i decided to paint a model i wanted to do for a long time

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1221 2009-03-09T15:56:20Z

Well as another update looks like i really am losing my concentration and patience for painting these, so i decided just to get these out the way

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1208 2009-03-01T09:29:13Z

Here is another update, i decided rather then working on some obliterators i wanted to paint my chaos lord instead

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1187 2009-02-17T15:01:18Z

Well as another update i've finished my terminators after being stricken by the flu, trying to find concentration and strength again is difficult

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1155 2009-02-04T13:53:53Z

Heres a fairly big update from me, i have been working on my 2nd squad of thousand sons marines

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1137 2009-01-20T14:43:51Z

I have currently finished 3 more tsons marines from my 2nd squad but i have also just done the leader of the squad too

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1115 2009-01-04T10:21:03Z

Well another update, since i wanted to work more on my beserkers so that i could mix up what im working on

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1110 2009-01-01T05:12:54Z

Ok for a long overdue update on my wip i managed to finish painting a squad of tsons marines and another terminator (which i haven't shown)

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1095 2008-12-20T06:53:13Z

Well after about 4 days of painting (after work of course ;)) i managed to finish painting this terminator as a test model

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1094 2008-12-17T15:15:47Z

Well i finished painting another tsons marine, but i wanted to do a test model with the terminators, and so far its looking pretty good but i do have some regrets not getting a plastic boxed set but i think i will do when FW release some tsons conversion bits

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1092 2008-12-13T15:52:06Z

Well as a quick update, i've now put together 12 more rubric marine and 5 tzeentch terminators with lord

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1077 2008-12-06T03:23:41Z

Ok another update on this army building

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1069 2008-11-29T15:06:30Z

Well a new update to an old project

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1063 2008-11-19T15:02:29Z

Well after a few more nights of painting this dude, i have reached a point where im happy with him alot

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1055 2008-11-15T07:04:14Z

Ok for a big tutorial kinda

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1054 2008-11-14T14:05:03Z

I finished the bulk of the red on the character and im relatively happy with how he looks at the moment, im particularly pleased how the red and grey compliment each other so well

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1053 2008-11-12T14:47:58Z

Ok some more progress, i finished off the arm and the small reader device in his hand

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1051 2008-11-11T13:27:35Z

Ok so after a long holiday in Hong Kong i'm back and working on the rest of this techmarine

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1022 2008-10-18T16:01:13Z

With the highlights on nmm, i always visualise an imaginery light source or two from certain points on a model, in this case i looked at it using the corner of the base

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1020 2008-10-17T15:17:36Z

Ok so keeping in line with my marine phase and trying out different techniques, i was asked to write a tutorial for how i painted my blue armour

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1016 2008-10-14T14:05:09Z

Ok so i finally managed to finish him to a standard im happy with

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1014 2008-10-13T14:36:13Z

Well i finally pulled up the courage to do the freehand work

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1011 2008-10-12T15:04:31Z

 So after a busy weekend in Manchester to complete my write ups, i managed to get some painting done finally today

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1008 2008-10-08T15:50:52Z

So i managed to get the bulk of the banner painted and its looking quite smooth although some of the top scrolls need touching up but i've only just started on them and im a bit too tired to carry on, hopefully it won't take me too much longer to finish the whole model

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1006 2008-10-06T15:55:44Z

Ok another quick update, but looking at the model now i need to clean up the head area a little and maybe reduce the amount of highlighting there but im pretty happy with the overall look at the moment

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1004 2008-10-05T14:03:12Z

Ok so as a kind of commission piece for my friend i started painting his honour guard for his ultrasmurfs

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=1002 2008-10-04T07:24:34Z

I finally managed to finish my second beserker with smoother and better nmm imo

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=999 2008-10-02T16:05:43Z

Alright i started work on a second beserker

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=988 2008-09-25T14:14:40Z

Ok so after a tiring day i sat down and powered through my lack of picturing the model in its finished state so i knew where to paint

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=986 2008-09-24T15:28:42Z

Ok, so i managed to get alot more done on my khorne beserker

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=983 2008-09-22T16:19:22Z

So i managed to do most of the red highlights, i didn't want them to be too strong but im thinking i might have to add a bit more of a contrasting colour although i am very happy with it all

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=980 2008-09-22T11:03:35Z

Looking back at my first army when i restarted collecting minis about 3-4 years ago i started with a nightlords chaos army, however, since my painting is getting better and my chance to play games has dropped i thought this would be a good time to divide my army into two and form separate armies of world eaters and thousand sons

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=974 2008-09-19T13:25:17Z

Well i've been busy this week painting up my charging fex and trying out a slightly different technique in the purple carapace

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=968 2008-09-14T12:01:11Z

Ok, so i spent a few days converting, cleaning and removing the mold lines and putting together 2 fexes for this monster army

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=960 2008-09-09T13:47:57Z

Ok so i finally finished my first carnifex, overall im very happy with how he looks i think i could have blended some areas a bit better and been a bit neater in areas too, but for now im going to leave it at that as im a bit tired

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=956 2008-09-08T14:42:25Z

Ok day 2 of painting my first carnifex, the carapace today

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=955 2008-09-07T14:51:24Z

Ok so here is the first part of the monsters in my nidzilla army, i was testing different combos if colour on some rippers but settled for a red flesh with black carapace with purple highlights

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=943 2008-08-31T14:38:08Z

So i thought i post up some pics of my space wolf army, i painted them about 2-3 years ago now and they're in pretty good condition altho i will be repainting some, tidy up the paint job and give them more detail :) Well my army consists of:3 dreadnoughts1 (15man) bloodclaw pack - 1 isnt painted4 (6man) grey hunterpacks - 1 pack isnt painted1 (5man) longfang pack - 2 arent painted 1 (11 man) terminators - 6 arent paintedwhich is alot of models but im awaiting the new space wolf codex which should hopefully be released in 2009 sometime

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=935 2008-08-27T13:28:10Z

Well here is an update on my painting

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=914 2008-08-14T14:30:31Z

Well after a long long time of not painting anything to do with my 40k i finally got remotivated by a good friend of mine starting painting again

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=891 2008-07-30T14:41:14Z

Ok so i've been busy again painting in my free time after a nice brisk jog in the heat last couple days

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=887 2008-07-27T15:50:57Z

Another update, such a hot day but i managed to get some painting done, finished the nmm on the back vents and torso, did the bulk of the dark armour plates above the head and on the shoulders, next step is a very time consuming part where lots of gold nmm all over the armour and then move onto the arms

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=884 2008-07-26T14:50:05Z

Ok so i've been busy painting more today, finishing the other leg and started work on part of the torso, i need to do some more gold nmm on the back and front of the torso and then i'll start work on the arms

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=882 2008-07-25T16:11:06Z

A quick update i've done one leg of the slayer and the metal hydraulics under the torso area of the slayer, sorry i paint so slowly but i hope i can do more soon

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=879 2008-07-24T14:24:20Z

Well been busy glueing and cleaning up my khador boxed set

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=878 2008-07-24T14:22:13Z

For the Cryx i finally finished off Denny but im not happy with the blades on the back of her so i will go back to her another time to make her look a bit smoother

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=870 2008-07-17T16:10:56Z

Well i had more time to work on my Denny, so i tidied up the purple on her skirt and the skin tones

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=868 2008-07-16T15:59:51Z

Ok since im still thinking about this OSL on my defiler, i decided to move onto another model

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=866 2008-07-15T16:14:08Z

Right i repainted all the grey areas, i think its looking alot better

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=865 2008-07-14T16:35:41Z

Ok i've had a long day and im so knackered but really happy, i passed my "interview" (or the technical term is viva) today for my PhD so yay im happy

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=863 2008-07-13T12:49:55Z

I hate leaving models incomplete, so i finished off the plates of amour at the side keeping it a dark colour and scheme

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=862 2008-07-12T07:04:56Z

Well today i had a bit of time this morning and decided to continue with the painting, its looking much more complete and i corrected the knee colour a bit more i think in a few more days i might actually finish the model

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=860 2008-07-12T03:52:56Z

Well i started painting one of the models, i wanted a dark feel to the model so the main armoured plates i used a mix of darkblue and black paint to get the base colour and progressively added grey to the mix its not a subtle highlight at all but i kinda got the effect i wanted anyway

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=857 2008-07-10T15:55:39Z

Ok so after spending an evening drilling, filing and glueing stuff and my fingers together i was able to assemble the models and remove mold lines and green stuff any of the gaps

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=852 2008-07-08T14:42:41Z

Ok after mixing up too much green stuff to strengthen the rota blades on my dwarven gyrocopter i wanted to do some constructive with the large mound which was left over

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=847 2008-07-05T05:04:15Z

Ok so i've been trying to finish my armies quickly so that i can start on more display type pieces and really test and learn some uber painting skills

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=846 2008-07-05T03:40:26Z

Ok so i haven't posted anything new in a while only due to sheer idle and laziness

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=783 2008-05-11T08:11:06Z

Well after a long break from painting and finding a job i finally found time and motivation to finish the dwarf miners and i even finished a unit of 20 night goblin archers ! Overall im happy with both units, the dwarves especially

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=782 2008-05-11T06:55:52Z

Well as a break from all my army building and lack of motivation for rank and file painting i decided to just paint a thousand sons marine using NMM technique

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=485 2008-01-16T15:59:32Z

Well after completing the 2nd miner and my standard bearer, which took me ages btw

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=481 2008-01-14T16:58:15Z

Well after 1 day of being lazy and just watching some anime (Heroic Age - very cool series with lots of fighting and big mecha) i managed to spark up some motivation to paint the dwarf miners i have, eventually completing one and about 70% done on a second

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=471 2008-01-12T07:03:44Z

Well here is the completed dwarf thane, i was a little bit skeptical about using red on the dragon parts of his helm but they work well to pick out the model and they match his cloak nicely so yay looks good to me

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=462 2008-01-10T16:36:23Z

Well i finally decided to start on another character and as always i spend alot longer on a character model than a normal soldier

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=459 2008-01-10T03:59:59Z

Well i've finally completed another regiment of night goblins

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=458 2008-01-10T02:56:25Z

Well as a test of my blending skills and some other random musings with my brush i decided to stop from my rank and file painting of dwarves and goblins to just paint a model i had lying around

http://blog.coolminiornot.com/blog.php?user=Arctica&note=457 2008-01-10T02:32:59Z

Battle For Skull Pass, The Beginning