Armorcast Chaos Warhound: Banners Finished

Greetings once again InterWebs!!! I had a little time this weekend to pop into the hobby room and I decided to work on some Dark Mechanicus Banners for my Armorcast Warhound Soulforged Titan.

The process of getting the banners done

A long time ago I learned how to make 15mm banners out of Wine Foil (the stuff that seals the cork in) and I thought it would work well for the larger banners I wanted to make. I use the foil instead of paper because the foil is very bendable, easy to paint, takes 'damage' well, and is heavier than paper; the only thing paper has going for it (in my opinion) is it can be burned to give a scrotched effect.

Time to gather some supplies from the closet:

You will notice that the foil coming off the bottle is a bit wrinkly so it needs to be flattened out before use. I made sure to not cause it to roll up while flattening it out.

Now the piece is all nice and flat:

At this point I drew out the rough shape of the banner:

Another nice thing about this type of foil is that it can be easily cut with standard household scissors (not shown for some reason) and clean up of tight areas are done with a hobby knife:

The banners were then primered and painted up. Here is the front-side of the three Chaos/Dark Mechanicus Banners:

 I hate painting 'free-hand'! I am not an artist by any means......

I thought the back-sides of the Banners. I wanted to do something and gave a try at some flames. Again I am not an artist and will be the first to admit that these could have turned out better. I hate free-hand painting!

Here are a couple of shots of the Banners installed on Canis Messorem:

I think the Warhound is complete. I could do some battle damage on the legs but I think it is time to move on to other projects (of which there are tons).......
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Take care!

Heresy-era Salamanders: A force gathers

Greetings once again InterWebs!!!! Not much of an update this Friday evening other than some initial pictures of my start on a Heresy-era Salamanders army. I have loved the Sons of Vulcan after reading the awesome Salamander books from Nick Kyme and a while ago I committed to doing a Legio XVIII force. I do not have a huge hobby budget so I need to gather this up over the course of many months/years. With Gen Con coming up shortly and Forge World being there in force I have an opportunity to purchase some more Heresy-era miniatures without having to pay for shipping or waiting weeks for it to arrive across 'the pond'. To prevent extraneous purchases and to see exactly what I have at this point I spent some time laying everything out and making notes about the Legio XVIII Salamanders force at this stage. You will note that I am a firm believer in purchasing from Forge World and not from counterfeiters; I believe you should reward the artists for such awesome work that way they will continue to produce such fine work.

Here are some shots of the bags laid out while I was organizing them into squads:

The 'Motor Pool' minus the Shadowsword box:

The Force Break Down:

Vulcan (resin mini from the Ukraine)
Recon Squad
20 man Tactical Squad
20 man Tactical Squad
5 man Jetbike Squad (with Blood and Skulls Industry Jetbikes)
Contemptor Dred
5 man Terminator Squad (resin sculpts from Russia)---just torsos, heads, and shoulders
1 Terminator Character  (resin sculpts from Russia)---just torso, head, and shoulders
3 Sabre Tank Hunters (resin kits from Plastik Krak)---need to work out a Laser Destroyer array for command tank
1 Falchion Super Heavy Tank Destroyer
1 Drop Pod (with resin doors)
2 Heresy-era Rhinos (one built, 2 different designs/styles)
1 Heresy-era Predator (resin kit, Infernous-Pattern)
1 Dactyl Interceptor (just a start on a Storm Talon conversion)
1 Olympia Storm Tank (resin kit from Plastik Krak)

Misc Heresy-era Stuff:
40 Bolters
1 Command Squad Upgrade pack
2 Dozer Blades (interesting alternate look)
Complete set of Heresy-style Land Raider-sized Tracks (must do something with these!)
40 Cloth Banners (awesome stuff!)
25 Drake Scale Mantles (for the heroes)

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. This is and will be a long labor of love. I plan on pushing myself with this army doing a lot of custom conversions and some sculpting of bits and pieces. Comments are welcome after seeing the start to my madness. They say every journey has a start hopefully this will be a great journey. Take care!