July « 2010 « Glaven

Modular Mega Dread

Here’s another example of how rare-earth magnets can be used to create some pretty cool custom setups. I’ve built this kit for my friend Dave G. to pay him back for the Forgeworld Hive Tyrant he gave me a few months back. This monstrosity and the Librarian Dreadnoughts are his.

This model is a HATEFULL [...]

Modular Dreadnought

If you’ve ever purchased a GW plastic vehicle kit you will be familiar with all the leftover bits that you can’t use. Example; a Space Marine Predator comes with all the parts to make a Rhino, but you can’t make the transport because the sponson mounts use up the two side exit ports. Build enough [...]

Rare-Earth Magnets

Ferrofluid on glass, with a rare-earth magnet underneath.

Man there’s plethora (yes Jefe) of content to post on this subject! For those that don’t know, rare-earth magnets are a type of permanent magnet developed in the 70-80’s and is currently the strongest permanent magnet you can get your mits on. Despite what their name suggests they are not rare nor made from precious [...]

Christmas comes Early!

So I’ve been eye-balling the sexy resin bases from Dragon Forge. Jeff Wilhelm produces what are (IMHO) the best resin bases on the market. I’ve always wanted to get my hands on some but never had the proper motivation to pick any up.

Back in early July Jeff released a flagstone themed set called Temple. [...]

Daemon Prince Complete

He’s done!

Since I was on a limited schedule I could not take the time I normally would to plot out every section of the piece. I’m proud of it, but I think I went in to many directions color-wise. I like to keep my palate limited. The NMM bronze did not come out fully [...]

Great Spined Shaggoth!

For my Birthday last year my wife bought me two Forgeworld (FW) models I’ve been eyeing for a long time. The Great Spined Beast and the Khornate Demon Prince. Since I’ve had these models for so long I decided to paint one up for this Warriors of Chaos army project and use him as a [...]

New Plastic Demon Prince!

So my local GW shop got a black box in Friday containing the new plastic Bloodcrushers, Pleasure Seekers, and Demon Prince!

I volunteered, begged to be truthful, for Bing to allow me to paint one of them and he handed me the Demon Prince. This model will be a modeler’s dream come true. So much [...]

Vallejo Paints

I’ve been a user of Citadel Paints and brushes for the entirety of my hobby life. Over the years I have found myself drifting away from GW’s line of hobby products. My standards have evolved and as such I’ve come to expect more out of the supplies I purchase. Other then GW’s new Citadel [...]

Dremel Rotary Tool

Of all the tools I have collected over the years for this hobby of mine I have to say my Dremel is the most important. I use this tool so damn much it has caused me to purchase 3.

The uses I have found for this tool are legion. Need to grind something down? There’s [...]

Snow Bases

I’ve seen this technique on several sites and I’ve noticed that people are having trouble replicating it. Some sources require that you locate and use bicarbonate of soda instead of baking soda because the former does not fizz up as much. They are the same thing people, Sodium bicarbonate. The reason I’ve found that separates [...]