So I haven't worked on the Uren Knights since last week's blog.  I did get them primed though.  However, I have recently decided that "painting minis isnt good enough, I want more!"  More of what? you say?

Well, it isnt good enough that I paint minis, but now I want to PLAY with them. 

Now I know what you are thinking... "But Keith, you barely have time to paint minis, update your blog, update your website, solve America's social problems, and make dinner!"...

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Howdy!

Yes you read it correctly a WIP!  My first EVER.  This is a parvusmachina blog exclusive!  No where else will you see this, not even on my own site!

Anyways, so I am currently working on a commission of three Khor knights of Uren.  They minis came out of the box with minimal mould lines (impressive!).  How ever, one of the boars had mis-cast tusks!  No problem, I thought to myself, I've got plenty of bits and I am sure I have something suitable I put in place of the deformed tusks.  Sure enough!   I had a chaos champion head with horns on the helm that I thought would look pretty cool on the boar.  Below are some pics of what they looked like when in place....

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Ok, I know I know.  Where are all the "updates"?  Well, now that the holiday blitz is over, I have worked out a schedule of when I hope to work in my studio (which is in the basement of my house so I may often refer to it as "working downstairs").  After I take my kids to school in the morning I hope to spend at LEAST the next 3 hours working on minis.  This may not be everyday, but it is a start!  Instead of jumping right into a commission piece after such a long lay off, I plan on goofing around with one of the minis I got from ME14, not sure which one yet, just something to "train" on.  Below is a picture of what I will choose from, right now I am leaning towards #1 (some weird rubbery/plastic figures) or #6(some small dragon hatchlings)....

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All right, here we go.  Thanks again for stopping by and checking out my blog.  A little about myself.  My real name is Keith.  I have been painting minis (on an off) for about 17 years, of which I have really focused on it over the last 4 years.  I work in the IT department for a large manufacturer of marine engines in Wisconsin.  I haven't painted a mini in over 7 months due to some changes in my job.  Usually I paint during the winter only as I prefer to spend my free summer time outside with my kids.  In the past painting time for me has been VERY limited.  I used to be able to only devote time to competition pieces which left little extra time for commissions or personal projects.  Going forward, things look ALOT better.  I will have 3 days a week to devote to painting.  I have a HUGE "to-do" list of minis that I want to get started on, and I hope to use this blog to track my progress.  First project is a commission piece of 3 Mounted knights of Uren from Rackham.  I have the models cleaned of flash and mould (sp?) lines and one is assembled.  I am stuck on replacing the tusks of the boar (one was broken and the other looked mis-cast).  I  may have to resort to sculpting my own tusks as my spikey bitz box isnt yielding what I have in mind....

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