It's About Time...

Well, so much for diligently keeping up on this blog.

So yeah. After a series of random events, I have a LOT more spare time on my hands, and a bunch more modelling opportunities to look forward to. And thanks to getting back together again with a few friends, I can finally say that I have some other friends who game with me. 

That being said, getting back into the swing of things are interesting, to say the least. The people over at my FLGS (Friendly Local Gaming Store) have been a blast to work with. They're definitely helping me get back into the game, especially with the transition to 6th edition 40k. I've been working hard at getting a list together, and so far, it's almost overwhelming.

Thanks to Allies, I can finally get my Inquisitorial forces back together with my IG!

My pride and joy: The ever-so-colorful Inquisitor!

My Inquisitor is coming along quite nicely, as colorful as he is. I had a bunch of ideas all at once, and it ended up making my paint scheme go all over the place. I'm sure it'll work once I get some washes together.

These are just some action shots of my friends playing a small 2v2 game with each other. A good fight, all around!

Anyway, I hope I can get some more content together, as well as some new stuff involving the very enthusiastic group I game with. Good times all around!

An AWESOME Showcase

So yeah. I'm posting more stuff that I didn't work on myself.

Courtesy of Bell of Lost Souls

I WISH I was this good. I wish.


The people at Bell of Lost Souls posted the work of this genius, creating a 12" scale model figure of a Death Korps sniper. From what I've seen, deviantArt user dollbutcher did an EXCELLENT job on this guy. 


Check the rest of his work here! 

Toy-Craft. Sucker Punch and a Thrifty Hobbyist

So things with my last project have been slowed down considerably thanks to a few factors

1. Student loans and other bills
2. Finding employment
3. Saving money
4. New girlfriend
5. Travel plans with said girlfriend

Needless to say, it will be a bit more difficult for me to allocate the necessary resources to spend my money on things like solvents, glue and paint. I still try and find different ways to keep my hobby alive.

Still, I have been looking into find different ways to keep working at a few things, mostly around making vehicles and robots out of random junk. Hopefully, I'll actually have some things photographed to show here.

BTW, I found this work from a particular hobbyist site Origins, courtesy of Toy Cutter

Courtesy of toycutter

I REALLY wish someone would release a model kit for the bunny mech from this movie. Definitely check the links to see more about it!

Well, hopefully I can start posting more hobby work soon enough! Thanks for reading!

I LIVE! And So Does My Need to Build Crap!

I kinda forgot I had a hobby blog for a moment there...
Things here have been a little rough around the edges as far as hobby work is concerned. Unemployment and bills have made things a bit complicated for me. At the same time, I know better than to distance myself from the things I love. I start doing that, I start going crazy.
Aaaaaanyway, back to the actual topic of this post...


I've had to miss out on a lot of meetings with some friends of mine from college. A lot of these guys I haven't seen in several months, going on a year now. I really feel bad about not seeing them recently, but with a car that is dying a slow, painful death and having close to no money coming in, driving 400+ miles across the state from the Hudson Valley to Western NY is not going to happen. 
I posted a webpage I found on my personal blog here, to further explain things: AWESOME project
Seeing this, I knew I could actually do this project to send things off to my friends.
At first, I thought about just making decently-sized robots from scrap, like in the posted link. Then I got thinking for some strange reason...

...I wanted to do this for a project for a few of my friends. With added gubbins and guns, of course...
So here I went!

The only part of this project I actually bought with the intention of hobby work in mind. It was just a cheap toy car I found at one of the local dollar stores. It's sad that I can say that there are multiple dollar stores in my home town...
Anyway, I needed to take the wheels and cheap friction motor out of the back of the car. Problem was something every tinkerer runs into: screwdriver size. I had a small panic attack until I realized I had something to counter it.

I know this looks like a really strange, cheap flashlight. However, it's what's on the inside that counts.

See those mini-drivers on the right? Problem solved!
So yeah, I'm back to work here.

So yeah. While I know the DeLorean has its tires as its propulsion, I figured I should do something different. I found the next solution in my recycling bin...

I used to hate the new design Coke made for their retro-friendly bottle caps. Now, they'll make good grav-boosters for my combat hover cars!

Here's the problem though...the caps are XBAWKSHEUG compared to the actual tires. Meh, it'll add to the aesthetic of the hover car. 
So after removing the friction engine and the wheels, I'll be able to add on the grav-boosters and add all the gubbins and bitz to the car to make it all awesome. I have further plans to base it and mount it on a pole to make it look like it's hovering. And of course, it'll be bristling with weaponry too!
Hopefully, I'll be able to get it ready for painting soon enough! It's good to model again!

Even Orks Have the Holiday Spirit!

Aww! Warboss Snaggletooth is having a snowball fight!


Check here for the source @ Toycutter!

What?! Lego Zombie Apocalypse?

Geekologie did it again!

Now if only this was an actual Lego series... I would totally start buying them again. It's bad enough I'm tempted to get the Space Police sets all the stores are selling at discount prices.

Anyway, check the link!

Kudos to the original sources!

Back to Basics: 40k Alternative Hobby Stuffs

Whew! This whole job hunt thing is really biting into my "find spare time for random crap" time.

Anyway, unless you've been living under a rock or are just starting to get into the world of Warhammer 40k, you may notice a lot of Games Workshop's items are rather...pricey. Coming from a college post-grad, pricey is bad. Granted, scale model building and miniature wargaming definitely do not work best for the cheap and stingy.

However, the guys at Warmaster 40k posted an article a while back concerning the common practice of finding good alternatives to all of Games Workshop's massively overpriced hobby tools and supplies.

I'm sure if you're reading this, there's nothing here that is too groundbreaking for you. However, this particular article references GW's old paint supplier, as well as a merchant selling said paint for about $1.50 each jar. Now, if you really like Citadel paints, this is a GODSEND. Check it here!

Now...off to actually do something with my army...