tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79098406730646756452024-02-07T01:02:05.463-07:00++ Arizona Wargamer ++Gaming | Modeling | Paintingjlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-56439658982233243682013-12-26T17:20:00.001-07:002013-12-27T11:15:38.711-07:00Deadzone: Enforcer Missile Launcher Conversion
OK. Completed the conversion of the Enforcer Missile Launcher.
Overall I think he came out well. I am not an expert on Green Stuff, but I think I gave an effective shape and lines to create dimension.
Let me know what you think. Next up will be shows of the models with their prime base coats. I think they look really good and this figure looks much better with paint on it to hide jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-71846305663276581842013-12-19T07:55:00.003-07:002013-12-19T07:55:41.339-07:00Deadzone: Enforcer Engineer ConversionBeen a few days, but I have still been playing with ideas and working on a couple conversions of my Enforcers. First up today will be my Enforcer Engineer.
Mantic's base Engineer is a kneeling pose and since I had 2 of these guys, I really wanted to individualize them. To do that I decided to convert the Engineer to a standing pose as that would be the most dramatic change from the original jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-33847183588086995912013-12-12T11:30:00.001-07:002013-12-27T11:15:51.161-07:00Deadzone: Enforcer Command TeamSo I thought I would post up shots of my final command/specialist team. I think they turned out quite well. What do you all think.
Now I will need to get some primer and paint on these to show how they look in color. Still trying to decide the paint scheme, but I am leaning on the Iron Man theme but still interested in what others think would look good for these guys.
And one last jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-517509122251378452013-12-12T11:26:00.001-07:002013-12-27T11:16:05.304-07:00Deadzone: Enforcer Missile Launcher and SentriesFinishing up my first round of Deadzone figures bring us the Missile Launcher Enforcer and Sentry Guns. So there were interesting models. Up first is the Enforce Missile Launcher.
First a parts shot. Only four pieces for this gut and a base. Not so bad.
Wait a minute... Is that platform shoes on this model. Oh and the base disk doesn't even fit properly in the round bases... this will jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-19084769784494505622013-12-11T09:46:00.001-07:002013-12-27T11:16:19.579-07:00Deadzone: Enforcer (Engineer and Captain)Got a little more work done last night. Miniature modeling and stuff takes a lot of time away from video games I have discovered. My WoT game seems to be neglected now that I have the modelling stuff to play with.
Anyways, up for update is the Enforcer Engineer. Model is a bit odd in configuration as he is kneeling, but instead of the sniper design, the Engineer is is so many pieces.
jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-70204930284606263752013-12-10T15:04:00.000-07:002013-12-10T15:04:18.989-07:00Deadzone: Enforcer SniperYesterday I completed the un-boxing of my Deadzone kickstarter, and today I decided to start work on the models. First, I want to say that these pictures do not do the detail justice. I only wish I had a better camera with a macro setting to improve upon these.
The said, the first model I decided to work on is the Enforcer Sniper. He has a nice pose of kneeling down with gun up sighting in on a jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-43329098825734756642013-12-09T18:26:00.001-07:002013-12-09T18:44:25.572-07:00Deadzone revealedSo a little while back I happened upon a kickstarter from Mantic called Deadzone. Basically it a small skirmish style game for a 2x2 table size. The kickstarter enabled me to get in on the start of the game and get an awesome deal in starting figures which I intend to use not only for Deadzone, but also for Warpath and/or 40k in the future.
Anyway, back to my story. A little over 6 months ago jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-17866992719729078592011-06-15T19:49:00.001-07:002011-06-15T19:49:03.066-07:00ToS Fiefdoms Well, here I am with less than 12 hours before my flight to Vegas. My list is done and models packed. I hope for a good showing at the event.I will be bringing my Fiefdoms army from before, with a few additional models. The new list is:Prince Imrahil mounted with lance and shield7 Mounted Knights of Dol Amroth with lance and shield14 Knights of Dol Amroth on foot with shield8 Men-at-arms of Dol jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-57151689099189827682011-05-31T13:34:00.002-07:002011-05-31T13:37:47.420-07:00Clansmen of LamedonWell, I am almost done with the work on my Clansmen I added to my Fiefdoms army for ToS. I have some additional highlighting to go and to finish the basing, but overall I think they came out well. Not awesome by any stretch, but definitely tabletop worthy.
Tell me what you think.jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-76116480743911076382011-05-31T10:43:00.000-07:002011-05-31T10:43:04.007-07:00Was it a Hiatus?So its been over a year. No posts, no comments, no anything. One might say this blog was dead, but even during that time I saw a couple of responses and several visits. I apologize. Life simply got in the way, I picked up a new addiction(World of Warcraft) and saw my other hobby time wane as a result.
Fast forward to 2011, and we find that I entered GitD and won an invite to the GW ToS in Vegasjlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-77356194520151880602009-04-25T11:57:00.005-07:002009-04-25T12:33:05.262-07:00Deathwatch Movie StarsToday I wanted to get a post out about my most recent endeavor. The Movie Marines. This is a completely illegal, unapproved, and probably broken army list that was published in US WD300. The idea is to make space marines as tough as they should be based on the books and movies. Now, to be fair, any space marine that is as powerful as the books make them is probably too powerful for normal games, jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-43231590668451627092009-02-26T16:26:00.001-07:002009-02-26T16:30:32.885-07:00Batrep: 2nd Annual LotR Independant GT (Mesa, AZ)Hello everyone,Well, it has been nearly a week since the dust has settled from the GitD event. I know you are all wondering how well I did, well let me go over each round first.The event was held at Empire Games in Mesa, AZ. This was a awesome venue. There was lots, and I really mean LOTS, of space for gaming. Also the store was stocked full of merchandise. This was a welcome sight as many of thejlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-47708880795123960842009-02-17T21:09:00.005-07:002009-02-17T21:36:14.473-07:00Round Robin (Tom Bombadil)So the guys over at AWC came up with this cool experiment called the Round Robin Painting Event. The idea was that each painter would select a single 25mm based model and assign 1 of 4 tasks to various painters and then ship the model off. Each painter would complete his/her task and then mail the model to the next person in line.Well, the first of those models has finally made it to me for jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-11101138881742169402009-02-14T10:23:00.004-07:002009-02-14T10:32:58.230-07:00Red Dragon(Final) - EntYeah.I was able to find magnetic paint and so was able to finish my display base for my Red Dragon Entry. Basically it is some ornate wood rounds that I glued and nailed together. After sanding them smooth and then applying a magnetic paint primer(Basically it is paint with iron particles included) I was able to complete the black top coat for a finished look. So I am now officially ready for thejlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-25757984205048329282009-02-13T13:53:00.002-07:002009-02-13T14:02:25.906-07:00Red Dragon(Part 4) Base CompletedOh my heck. I received a pile of comments on multiple sites for this model and I want to say Thank You to everyone who gave me suggestions and comments. Your input was greatly appreciated.As I received such an outpouring of comments, I felt it necessary to use their recommendations and expand on the basing that I had done. I wasn't fully happy with the base previously, but with suggestions of jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-11908474409624098432009-02-12T20:03:00.005-07:002009-02-12T20:20:16.187-07:00Red Dragon(Part 3)Well, it has been another two days and I have gotten a lot done. Even considering being sick most of that time. Well I did my final dry brush coat using Americana Khaki Tan paint. This gave a great final contrasting color for the edges of the tree bark.I also wanted to get the eyes done. This was completed using a slight dab of Red with a highlight of thinned Yellow paint. This allowed the red tojlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-87687415051039949542009-02-10T16:34:00.006-07:002009-02-10T17:33:45.939-07:00Red Dragon(Part 2)So, I got the model primed this morning before work and snapped a couple pictures. First after the issues I ran into with using 'Clear Gesso' for priming(See this previous article), I decided to get some Black Gesso from Michaels for this model. I did not want the graininess that I was seeing on the AI models. Here are some shots of the Ent goobered up. I basically used the Gesso right out of thejlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-85500195763315709962009-02-09T08:06:00.000-07:002009-02-10T16:34:19.004-07:00Not exactly a 'Red Dragon'That's right. It's not exactly a 'Red Dragon' but it IS my Red Dragon entry. Or hopefully will be! Basically, I am getting a very late start on this, but am optimistic that I will be able to rise to the task and finish the work on my Red Dragon entry prior to the GitD event.As this is my first attempt at a painting competition, I wanted something that wouldn't 'kill' me in my effort of painting jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-31703087562228046972009-02-01T13:18:00.007-07:002009-02-10T11:08:04.871-07:00Fiefdoms Update - Ready for GitDGathering in the Desert, or GitD, is the first tournament circuit event for Lord of the Rings this year. This is a premier event drawing players literally from across the country. I have the honor to get to play in this tournament and pit my skills against the best players of the last few years in Lord of the Rings.As such, I wanted to bring a beautifully painted army to compete against these jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-7049156607473614432009-01-27T17:44:00.006-07:002009-02-10T10:52:40.147-07:00Review: Guardians of the Flame(The Heroes)Well. A few weeks back I completed a review of the first three novels from the Guardians of the Flame series. See my original review here. I have more recently finally finished the next two novels from the same series dubbed 'The Heroes'. As I gave a review of the first part, I think it only fair to continue that trend and review each of the novels as I continue through these classic books.The jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-42489404118523988062009-01-23T15:54:00.012-07:002009-02-10T11:07:14.931-07:00AI: Aircraft RecoveryRecently I obtained 2 Orc Fightas and 2 Imperial Thunderbolts in a trade via bartertown and decided that I wanted to redo their paint jobs. Actually, only the Thunderbolts were painted, but the Fightas needed a little TLC due to shipping issues and so I decided to redo everything.Above are shots of one of the Thunderbolts prior to any work being done.As such, I really wanted to try out a jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-70641865017451866732009-01-23T12:20:00.008-07:002009-02-10T10:52:20.164-07:00FANFILM Review: DamnatusWhat is that you say? A Warhammer 40k movie? That cannot be true, but it is!So, this movie really doesn't exist, at least officially, but it is by far and away one of the best made fan-films I have ever seen. I do not know what the official reasoning was for Games Workshop to not allow the fan-film, but they did place a stop on the makers from releasing it. It is too bad too because the film is jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-43245760624292304862009-01-12T08:57:00.006-07:002009-02-10T11:06:56.344-07:00BATREP: LotR - FiefdomsOn Sunday last weekend I took a trip to the SPL(That's Secret Pirate Lair) which is hidden away in the deserts of Arizona. This trip was for the purpose of testing out my Fiefdoms army against a new opponent army. Most of my games have been against a relative few different armies, and with the upcoming Gather in the Desert(GitD) event I felt it was important to get some experience against other jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-72300996910169495132009-01-09T11:38:00.008-07:002009-02-10T11:06:39.533-07:00The Ruinous Powers have taken holdTo start this blog post, I would like to first say that I have been gaming and collecting 40k models and armies for a good six or so years now. During that entire time I have been able to stay away from the Chaos cults, although I was known to dabble with C'Tan gods and even have seen an Ork uprising here and there. But the powers of Chaos were kept soundly at bay.Not anymore! Through a jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-71848857758597428092009-01-03T16:09:00.009-07:002009-02-10T10:52:04.957-07:00Review: Guardians of the FlameSo, with the object of providing greater content on my Blog, I though it may be good to give you all a taste of what I have been reading. I happened upon a series of books probably 20 years ago. The story was recommended by a friend who thought I would enjoy them as we were both gamers, mainly Dungeons and Dragons back then, and as the series was based on that, it was probably a good match for jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com6