Stripping

No my blog hasn't taken a very strange turn. Like many of the people in the world, I am poor, so in a recent clear out of my hobby boxes I've found many models that either I started and left due to being a hobby magpie in my youth, or ruined as I used to be an awful painter.

One such model is Hector Rex



He's a model I fell in love with bought and proceeded to cover in far too much paint. This led to a shopping trip this morning to buy



Yes this seemingly innocuous stuff is the key to stripping, a friend of mine (there's a link to his blog "CALIBAN'S LAMENT" in the left side bar, please take a look) has recently had some success in stripping models with this stuff.

So I'm jumping on that smelly band wagon in the hope of saving some models and selling them for some mush needed cash. :P



Not a great post so todays secretary is similarly ok, Charisma Carpenter.

Distractions

OK work on the Ravens continues, as does the Salamanders side project for Istvaan V. However I sensibly decided to sort out my hobby cupboards to make all this easier. Then the problems began.

I found several unpainted chaos models and some half finished snap fit marines I'd used as testers, so dutifully, I did a few chaos testers and smartened up the others.

Here's what happened.





First off my Black Legion attempt. Was actually really fun to do, and something I've never considered before.






Next I tried a Word Bearer as I used to have and army of them back in the day.






Lastly a Red Corsair as I thought it would be a challenge.








Then I tried my hand at the three loyalist Istvaan Legions



As usual, comments, crits and rants about my blog straying from its point are welcome (well mostly). Today's secretary is Miss Sarah Michelle Gellar (sensing a theme? 5 points if you can guess what I've been watching)