Letter to GW

Not my letter of course, but a letter none the less

Temptation

Games Workshop are once again tempting me with Dark Eldar goodness. Why are they doing this to me now!?! 

 Curse you GW!

Delays

Over the last few weeks I've started a new job (from not having one for the last 2 and half years) and started a Master's degree program. Needless to say I am a bit overwhelmed and can't really concentrate on little soldiers at the moment. But last night my wife, being the good counselor that she is, is ordering me to take 30 minutes out of my day for me. So, that 30 minutes will most likely be miniature painting or building or something. I spent last night's thirty minutes cleaning off my desk!

As a side note, I have finally received the correct Vallejo colors to continue my US Army in ACU.  Also, due to some people asking how I did the ACU I'll be posting a Tutorial, sometime. I also received a Space Wolf Pack that I can work on my White Howlers, my Space Wolves successor chapter

And because I don't like posting something without a picture of miniatures here are pics of my Screaming Bell. Pics are a bit blurry but you can still tell what it is.

Until Next time!

Savannah and Dark Eldar goodness

Well, last week, for our 10 year anniversary, I took my wife on a surprise trip to Savannah for a get away. Just us, no kids. We've always wanted to go but never really did. We had a blast. We...

1. Ate some awesome seafood at Tubby's Tank House and a few other local establishments.
2. Visited Tybee Island.
3. Did the Midnight Zombie Ghost Walk with Blue Orb Tours. It was great! Tobias was an incredible tour guide.
4. Visited some amazing sites and saw some amazing architecture

But since this is a blog about miniature wargaming I guess I'll get to that..


I've been on vacation for a few days and when I get back I see this...

Why the hell am I not collecting Dark Eldar again?!? This is BADASS! I say" again" because when they were first introduced as an army many many moons ago, I collected them. But they didn't release any really cool models at the start. I had gotten out of my Warhammer 40k phase before they did.

I just might have to ponder getting this new army!

ACU (digital camo) pt 2

Here is my second attempt at Digital Camo or ACU. This one is much better than my first attempt but not quite as good as I wanted. For some reason, when I painted the first model forgot how to paint or something. This one looks much better.



He is nearly finished. I need to add some highlights to his rifle and goggles. Maybe another layer of skin tone and some straps. I'm undecided on his back pack and pouches. I've seen some pics where the pouches are desert colors, and some where they are ACU. So, I don't know.

Edit: I wanted to ad some real life examples that I'm using as reference.

I am about to go on an anniversary trip so I won't be able to finish him or work on the others in the unit until I get back.