tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79098406730646756452011-11-27T16:27:38.368-07:00Gaming | Modeling | Paintingjlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-17866992719729078592011-06-15T19:49:00.001-07:002011-06-15T19:49:03.066-07:00

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

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Well, 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.

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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 Vegas

jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-77356194520151880602009-04-25T11:57:00.005-07:002009-04-25T12:33:05.262-07:00

Today 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,

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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 the

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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

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Yeah.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 the

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Oh 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

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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 to

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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 the

jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-85500195763315709962009-02-09T08:06:00.000-07:002009-02-10T16:34:19.004-07:00

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-31703087562228046972009-02-01T13:18:00.007-07:002009-02-10T11:08:04.871-07:00

Gathering 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

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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

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Recently 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-70641865017451866732009-01-23T12:20:00.008-07:002009-02-10T10:52:20.164-07:00

What 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-43245760624292304862009-01-12T08:57:00.006-07:002009-02-10T11:06:56.344-07:00

On 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-72300996910169495132009-01-09T11:38:00.008-07:002009-02-10T11:06:39.533-07:00

To 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

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So, 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

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Dol Amroth for Gondor! This is the call of the mighty Swan Knights as they charge forward to battle the ever pressing hordes of Mordor. Led by their mighty prince, Imrahil, they have unmatched skill, instinct and courage.After last year's first annual Gathering in the Desert, I decided that I wanted to see an army brought to the table that I had never seen before. My choices were still pretty

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So 2008 has now passed us all by and it's 2009 we all have to look forward to now. For me this new year is going to be a growing experience. Single income family while my wife continues her education will be new and something I fully look forward to! Typically, the new year brings many things to everyone's lives by way of resolutions. In the past, I chose to view a resolution as just another

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Today I would like to give my impression of one of the Warhammer Historical games that is available. The game is called Legends of the High Seas(LotHS) and is basically about playing pirates. Personally for me this is a great adventure. I love pirate movies and paraphernalia, so when I found out about this game, it was an instant 'I must own this game' reaction. For an early Christmas present I

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Hello everyone,Just finished my games and the drive home from the GT primer held at Talon's Hideout in Mesa AZ. First I want to say, that although the drive was long, Talon's Hideout is a great store. Plenty of Gaming tables(Although space may get cramped with a lot of gamers in store) and the tables were well designed at standing height!Additionally, although I wasn't there for video games,

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Well I decided for the sake of my sanity, plus not really being sure I liked the ranger models, that I would use some of my Ranger of Middle Earth as Ranger of Gondor. This saved me time as they were already painted so I was able to focus instead on my Dol Amroth models.Overall I think my converted figures turned out well. My Captain has a very dynamic pose as if sending a challenge, or maybe

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Well, It has been an amazing month and a half since my last post. :( I apologize for this greatly, as I really have no valid reason for this. Just life.Anyway, I have the upcoming 350pt LotR game on November 1st in AZ and need to seriously update my list for my Dol Amroth army. To that end I have been working on first, a new 350 point list for use in the games on November 1st, and then an updated

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OK. I finished. It only took two days longer than expected. Considering that I used only regular paints available at the local Michaels, I think the look came out exceptionally well. The only exception to my paint usage was the Metallics which are GW and the wash which was a mixture of green and blue WonderWash.Now if only I could accomplish taking solid photos that do not blue the images. I

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Well, I missed my date of Monday for finishing and posting my 15 Knights of Dol Amroth on foot. That is the bad news. :(The good news is that I am actually about 90% complete with ALL my knights (both mounted and on foot). I am now estimating I should have my bases painted this evening and the first coat of paint applied to all the shields. That will leave the second coat and the emblem

jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-13660181067492364152008-08-13T20:08:00.007-07:002009-02-10T11:04:12.768-07:00

So I have amassed the majority of the models needed for my Fiefdoms army. Total count of models include Imrahil mounted and on foot, 7 Knights of Dol Amroth mounted, and 15 Knights of Dol Amroth on foot.Remaining models are 6 - 12 Men-at-arms of Dol Amroth and some basic rangers(Still thinking on this though)So without much more discussion, I completed painting up 1 of my foot Dol Amroth Knights.

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Well. It has been a bit of time in the making. I acquired these wonderful models a few months back (like four) and only recently got enough time to actually do something about them. It might have something to do with my new display cases I picked up, as now I have a great place to store and show them off.Overall I have no idea how good or bad this fleet would be in actual games as I have never

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Had a chance to play a little bit of LotR last night. Had a great time playing Sean(aka dvdhwk) and his Easterlings force from the GT. Sean figured he would try a new trick and dropped 2 of his captains to allow him to field Khamul. Khamul is a great model and I look forward to seeing Sean's fully painted at our next meet up.I played an Erebor army with stand-in models as my Dwarf box wasn't in

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Cost of models: $60Tickets to Event: $20Diesel fuel to event: $20Assembly and painting time: 2 weeksTime away from family gaming: 2 daysA Chance for some Great Gaming: PricelessHonestly, that about sums up my first ever GT experience for any game system (LotR or 40k). It was a great time in an awesome environment. It was nice seeing so many good players and having the opportunity to learn from

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I had my first game of Classic Battletech last evening (sorry no pictures this time). Boy has it been a long time. 15 years to be exact. Most of the game has stayed the same with only a few minor tweaks in the current edition. I was amazed at how quickly I was remembering aspects to the game, but how slow it actually resolved itself. I truly hope that the slowness of play was more an aspect of my

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Well, I actually completed Aragorn 2 weeks ago, but with life and batreps I just never got a chance to take some pictures.I chose to use this model of Aragorn as it's not too flashy and it appears to be the lesser seen model of him on the table. This is sometimes an advantage as my opponent can lose track of him in the game. Not something I thought of originally, but something I found out during

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Played this yesterday afternoon. Great games overall.Good: The Grey Company (Aragorn's Return) - 599ptsAragorn(Anduril, Bow, Elven Cloak) 2x Rangers of Arnor(Spear) Rangers of Arnor Ranger of the North(Spear) Rangers of Arnor(Spear) 2x Rangers of Arnor Ranger of the North(Spear) Rangers of Arnor(Spear) 2x Rangers of Arnor Ranger of the North(Spear) Rangers of Arnor(Spear) 2x Rangers of Arnor

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So I finally got a chance to try out my LotR army list in a primer game. Jerry, aka Incitatus, was gracious enough to field his Men of Gondor against my Grey Company.Scenario: Contest of ChampionsGood: The Grey CompanyAragorn's Return(Grey Company) - 600ptsAragorn(Anduril, Bow, Elven Cloak)3x Rangers of ArnorRanger of the North(Spear)3x Rangers of Arnor(Spear)Ranger of the North(Spear)3x Rangers

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After getting other things sorted in my daily life I have now had enough time to complete the work on my unit of Rangers of the North which I feel came out very well. The pictures don't do them justice I feel, but you have to have pics to see them so oh well.I chose to use a different coloring scheme for these versus the Rangers of Arnor I completed last. The cloaks on these I chose to go more

jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-26622937035882702382008-05-07T17:20:00.008-07:002009-02-10T11:00:11.043-07:00

Well. I got my GK Grandmaster conversion done. Nothing too crazy and honestly it was a basically simple conversion.Parts used:Terminator Chaplain Body - 9947010131501Grey Knight Force Halberd 1 - 9947010700613Grey Knight Psycannon - 9947010700610DA Hooded Head w/ Face - Bit from DA Upgrade SprueTo create this conversion I had to use my dremel and a grinding bit to grind out the skull mask head

jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-63271740253488823472008-04-28T18:24:00.009-07:002009-02-10T10:59:59.435-07:00

Finally. I have completed the work on my box of Rangers of Arnor. These were great models to build. Basically a rundown of colors are:GW:Undercoat BlackCalthan BrownTallarn FleshMechite RedIyanden DarksunKnarloc GreenMithral SilverChainmailShining GoldBrown InkFlesh WashVallejoParasite BrownGoblin GreenWonder WashOriginalDark GreenDirty Dark BrownHere are some shots of the models. Overall I like

jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-56909477782510162752008-04-28T15:45:00.008-07:002009-02-10T10:59:43.893-07:00

The Deathwatch are a highly elite force specializing in countering the incursions of aliens that threaten the freedoms and lives of Mankind. They are equiped with unique weapons designed to neutralize xenos predators. It is by their work, that our lives remain free of the foul xenos in the galaxy.So, I finally obtained a complete set of Deathwatch marines. Lucky my, they were already painted and

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Well, First off I want to apologize to those who have been visiting, but haven’t been getting any new posts. Due to work, I have been in Chicago all last week which seriously has affected my online time and my painting time. :(On the good side though, is that while I was away I have actually acquired models for 2 more game systems to play. So I should have a better variety of models showing up in

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Well, I played my second game and it went a lot bettre. I was defeated, but only gave up a minor victory to my opponent, so that was good.Run down of the forces was:Good:Gondor, Unsure of the specific models, but 33 models in total with 1 hero and a banner carrier.Evil?:Halbarad2 Rangers of the North(Spears)11 Rangers of ArnorElf Captain(Heavy Armor, Shield, Bow)5 Elf Warriors(Heavy Armor, Bow,

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Well, It finally came time. I got to play my first ever game of LotR SBG. It's a great game. The strategy is so much more in the movement of the models. Game flowed quickly and was overall a fun time.Rundown of the game went as follows:RohanEomer (Mounted with Shield)6 Riders of Rohan (Bow)4 Riders of Rohan (Throwing Spears)8 Riders of Rohan (Hand Weapons)MordorOrc Captain8 Orcs (Bows)4 Orcs (2-

jlong05http://www.blogger.com/profile/10693468221739209793noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7909840673064675645.post-8967802914214438502008-04-10T14:40:00.014-07:002009-02-10T10:59:29.605-07:00

Figured since I uploaded my completed O'Shovah, I needed to post about my first Tau custom job also. This model was a blast. Here are some WIP-prepainted shots;After working on some cool mods, including Irridium Armour, Vectored Thrusters and a Stimulant Injector I completed painting the model in a nice forest camo style.Basic rundown of the painting process was:Primed model Chaos Black.Mixed a

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Finally got around to posting these up. Had fun building the model of Commander Farsight. No WIP, but here is the final model.I think the colors came out well on him.

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