Confessions of a Brushlicker: Because they said I couldn't...

Hello all!

Dark Brotherhood here.  I have been eating paint for a loooong time, and in that time, I have painted armies poorly, well, slowly, medium fast...you name it.  But lately, I have been painting EXTRA slow, working on techniques, instruction of others, single figure and small group stuff.  I recently took 1st in Unit at Ghengis Con Denver with my Space Hulk dudes, which I have been painting SINCE THE DAMNED GAME CAME OUT!

(2009)

Ugh.

That's 9 dudes in 4 years, if you are keeping track.

But the one thing I haven't really tried to do is speed paint an entire army.

And because they said I couldn't do it, and because Tacticon is coming up, and because my Farsight Spam list is undefeated currently, I have decided to paint my Tau army in 70 days. Here is one of the color schemes:

I painted these dudes and their 8 buddies in a week. They are
1.primed with Tamiya Fine Surface grey,
2.washed in ice blue and wolf grey made into a wash
3.Overhead sprayed with GW white primer
4. Airbrushed with Parma Faschange red

Those steps take about an hour total

5. Edge highlighted in white
6. black detail added.

At this pace, I think I can whip out the rest of the dudes (drones and Pathfinders) next week.
The visual theme of the army is "Imperial Koi fish"  like the white, orange, and black Japanese karp.
Some units and/or suits will be black, white or orange, and vehicles will be digicamoed in a splotchy, koi-like scheme.

The hard thing for me is learning to let go of anal-retentiveness and trust that I know enough about techniques and tricks to make a great looking army without taking an eternity.
Wish me luck, I'm going in.
-Dark Brotherhood

July events: Apocalypse and Paint Night

On Saturday, July 13th, the Knights of the Gaming Table will host a gigantic Apocalypse game on the release day of Apocalypse 2.0 (yeah, we're crazy like that)! Learn what's new with us as we explore the latest big changes in the biggest game of all!
The game will be held at the Fort collins Hobbytown USA (kogt headquarters).

Show up at 10:00 am, and bring your super heavies and formations! There will be a lot to learn, so be on time!

ALSO, Saturday July 6th is Evil Baby Orphanage Demo Day, and then at 7:30, come learn tips and tricks to getting your army looking sharp on Painting Night. There isn't a specific instructional class, so bring any of your questions about techniques for our expert painters (and DB).

The club was rocking!

The club was rocking this last Saturday. There was barely room to walk between all the tables throwing dice. Infinity, Warmachine and Hordes, and Warhammer 40k all rocking across a half dozen tables. It was an awesome sight, I had to stop setting up my own game of 40k(foreground) just to take the above picture.

Mid table thoughts on the new Tau Codex

I know its all over the web, but I thought I would throw my two cents into the ring. Firt, let me run down my "qualifications". I have been playing 40k since 2002. My first army was Tau, and it was my only army until 2010. I put my Tau on the back burner for a Chaos Space Marine army, as my main opponents were Space Marines, and specifically the new Space Wolves in the height of their power. When sixth rolled in, I tried all my armies. Chaos quickly died as my Tzeentch/Slaanesh build didn't really work for me in this edition. I toyed with Tau a little, but they kinda got shelved in favour of my Eldar, now with Dark Eldar. The last tournament I played in, I took Tau. As I have ran the con tournaments since sixth came out, I have not ran them in that environment, though I am thinking of running them at the end of May in a small RTT.
Enough about me. I want to run through each force slot and break down what I see, without having played any games, mind you. I am going to ignore the special characters, as I haven't had time to really read them, and just want to get the base of the army right now. I will say though, I am super happy to see Aun'shi back in the dex.

Two Week Single Miniature Painting Challenge!!!

Two weeks ago, five of us, Shaffer, Patrick, Dave, Nate, and myself all threw in some money for a box of old Space Marine wanna be miniatures. There were four basic marines and a sergeant in the box. There were also several special weapons. Shaffer took the sergeant and the rest of us divided up the special weapons. In the end, nobody used the special weapons, and I believe I alone even bothered to paint them. After two weeks we brought in the models and had them judged by a non-gamer and a gamer on whose was the best painted. I won unanimously with my lightning marine, with Shaffer coming in second with his sergeant with some OSL from a power weapon. The above picture doesn't really do them justice, but they are on display in the case at Hobby Town Fort Collins, back by the darts. You all should come on down a take a look, and why not come on a Saturday and stay for some games in the basement.

Hope to see you there.

Confessions of a Brushlicker: Casting Malifaux Cult of December Ice Gamins in Acrylic PART ONE

Hello everyone!

Dark Brotherhood, your favorite paint chip taste tester here again, this time to show you how to cast ice creatures in clear acrylic to get a special effect like so:

Pretty cool, huh?  Yeah I was pleased.  Before we get started, I should make a big block of ALLCAPS text in red.
THIS ARTICLE, AND THE STUFF MADE IN IT, OR THE STUFF THAT THIS ARTICLE INSPIRES PEOPLE TO MAKE, SHOULD NOT AND IS NOT INTENDED TO INFRINGE ON THE COPYRIGHTS OR IP OF WRYD GAMES OR ANY OTHER MODEL MAKER, ESPECIALLY GAMES WORKSHOP.  THIS ARTICLE INTENDS TO SHOW HOW YOU CAN PROXY YOUR OWN MODELS IN CLEAR ACRYLIC TO MAKE THEM LOOK COOL, BUT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE YOUR ORIGINAL MODELS ON HAND TO SHOW A TOURNAMENT ORGANIZER. 
With that out of the way, here's what you'll need:

Painting Night 3/2: Marike Reimer DVD

Hello brushlickers!

Saturday night, March 3rd, we will be painting for ...well...painting night. We will also be watching the Marike Reimer DVD. More details after the jump!