Scotts BtGoA Thread
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Inspired by Johns Blog, and hoping it will keep me focused on my painting queue, this is where I will chronicle my hobby stuff for Antares.
I started with the Xilos set when it was 1st released, but through a combination of too many other temptations, apathy, and a glacier like painting speed its taken me till now to get most of the C3 finished.
These, plus a few buddy drones, are next for the C3
The hope is, with the desire to post here, and some encouragement/feedback, it won’t take another 2 years to get some more models done.
The plant tower tree things are made from the seed pods of a Banksia tree, which is fairly common here in New Zealand, and in Australia. Just painted, with a dollar store fabric flower hot glued to the top.
The bases are home made, cut with my jigsaw and a hole cutting attachment for my drill.
This is the reason I need to stay focused on getting some painting done.
The recent Army Box deal netted me the Freeborn Box and Kara Nine (+ a transport drone and a Domari box, which isnt in the picture) and a few good deals and sales from a couple of local stores scored the rest. I really didn’t mean to get such a pile but the prices were just too good.
There are a couple of other blister packs also not pictured, and all the Ghar from my old starter box too.
So I think I have enough to be getting on with.
Thanks Tim. The scenery came 1st, it was started years ago, and it just seemed natural to have the purple as an accent on the armor to blend in with the terrain.
This last week I have been grinding through the 1st squad of Freeborn.
Still a bit to do before they are finished, but when they are I will switch back to the C3. Hopefully by swapping back and forth I can keep the interest and enthusiasm levels up.
Not a lot of hobby time to be had this week, but I did get some stuff done.
The Freeborn are so close to being finished. These 4 are done, the other 4 just need highlights on weapons and equipment and the bases doing.
I also put together a C3 X-Launcher and the next 2 squads of Freeborn.
Although I might have to wait for better weather before I can spray the undercoat on them. Its the middle of winter here.
Oh, and I made some rocky hills.
I’ll finish off the last 4 Freeborn, hopefully tonight, and then its on to some C3 buddy drones.
So, it turns out that having Bronchial Pneumonia makes a real impact on your hobby output, you spend all your time just trying to breathe without coughing up a lung, when you should be painting toy soldiers.
The only hobby stuff I’ve managed in the past 4-5 weeks is run my 3D printer, stockpiling terrain for painting.
Seriously, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone, but I’m still alive, mostly recovered and am back in front of the paint station.
All I’ve managed to do since the last update is a couple of buddy drones, and put a bit more paint on a few more models.
I’ve got a busy week coming up with lots of stuff that will take up my evening time but I hope to get a few hours of painting in too.
As I thought, not a lot of hobby time this week, but I have worked on some terrain.
Finished off some survival shelters.
And, in what will be a very long term project, started to flesh out a light freighter space ship for my Freeborn.
Maybe next week I’ll get some paint on my troops.
I finished some more troops.
I now have a complete Command Squad
An X-Launcher Team
And a Targeter Probe Shard
I was trying to get my C3M4 Combat Drone done as well but its just taking too long, so I posed the rest, took some photos, and entered them for SOPCom.
I still have a couple of Targeter Probes to add to the shard and 2 Light Support Drones partly done (and the C3M4) but I might put them away for a bit and get another unit of Freeborn out and start working on those.
Got a little bit done in the last week, but all boring prep work, no finished goodies to show.
The 2 squads of Freeborn had sand added to their bases and a black undercoat applied. 1 squad had the basecoat of the armor done.
To vary the painting I began putting together a couple of blister packs. A Freeborn Mag Light Support, and a C3 Plasma Cannon Support Team.
My order from the summer clearance sale arrived, so I also put together my 1st Ghar model. I wasn’t that fussed with them previously, but I’m changing my views, it’s a cool little model and Im looking forward to painting it.
Here’s the state of the work station. Sorry for the blurry photo, but the camera isn’t great.
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