Like the title says, I reckon this will be the last WIP shot of this guy. I just need to prime and paint him a backpack one of these days, and settle on a color for the hammer haft and he'll be good to go.

I don't think I'll enter him in the Golden Goblin contest, I'd rather sleep in than paint a backpack first thing in the morning. And if I enter him now, then I can't enter him in the Golden Demon qualifier rounds later this year... I'm not sure if I'm going yet and I don't want to screw up my backup plan :-)...

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I put a little bit of work this afternoon into some models, if I get them done tonight without completely destroying my chances of getting my homework finished for the weekend, then I'll enter them in the Golden Goblin painting contest Saturday.

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Just thought I'd post a pic of the army (so far) now that I put them back in the display case. Click the image below for the full size (1200 pixel wide) image.

As my little green box of doom has been shown on here before, I can't hide the fact that I have many many many more models to paint. Many of the ones in the green box likely won't see action, but I have more Wardancers, Eternal Guard, another Eagle, and Treekin either purchased or in the mail at the moment. I'll probably bulk out the Wild Riders from 5 to 6-8 eventually, and might even get 5-6 Warhawks eventually. Needless to say, they'll be taking up two shelves before too much longer....

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The primer is currently drying on the eagle, I didn't get a chance to paint him up yet like I wanted to. Silly things like reading assignments and response papers on the second day of class are getting in my way. Oh well I think I actually learned something which is a treat.

Anyway I can happily report that the Citadel black spray seems less crappy than the last time I used some. The guys at the shop said that the horrid smell has decreased with the last few batches, and the horribly slow dry times have decreased as well. My initial experience seems to verify this. I sprayed outside my back door at -22C and the paint seems more opaque, less stinky, and I was able to flip the wings and handle the body (carefully!) after about 15 minutes. Not quite the dry time of the older generation spray, but much better than the 60 or more minutes we were having the last few months....

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Just a bit of a teaser, but I put in a couple of hours of work tonight for my army (well like 6 to be honest). I wanted to paint, but I mostly ended up drilling, pinning, and sculpting wood grain and feathers. Not the most fun I've had in ages (in fact I think I have a blister on my thumb from the pin vise... knurled grips suck!) but at least I got some good work done.

I bulked out the Wardancer Champion's base to be fitting for a Noble... yep the cool dude perched on a tree stump with 2 swords will be the Noble and I'm mail ordering the jump kick Champion to lead the squad. Cooler pose, but he has a spear and the only Wardancer magic weapon is a pair of matched swords... kinda limited my options!...

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