Armorcast Warhound #1 - 04

Still working on the warhound with sand paper, supressing mold lines one by one.

I had to create some more tools to work on the spikes.
So Eighties baby !

The toothbrush's a very good tool. You can use it to curve the sand paper or simply clean the dust.

I'm now working with the 800 sand paper and it's good news. I'll soon see the end of this and prepare the base.

Armorcast Warhound #1 - 03

[IRL]

Posts aren't posted as usual.

The best I can do is to blog every two weeks.

A few weeks ago, I had to move away from my children and their mother.

This is why I don't own a PC anymore.

And it's a bit difficult to keep the same pace.

I'll be back on tracks asap but for now, it's the best I can do.

[/IRL]

Back to work.

First of all : I have to suppress all the mold lines.

Modeling knife isn't the best solution when you have to work on such an old lady.

You have to work her body parts with sand paper.
I'm using 240, 500 and 800.

The 240 is a strong one, which I rarely use.
The 500 is my best tool. It's fine enough to be the main tool.
The 800 is the final paper, the one I use to have a smooth surface.

I created some tools to work with the sand paper and keep the surfaces as "in their original shape" as possible.

I'm using small width wood parts, cutted in different shapes.

The paper's glued on the wood with some double faced tape.

Et voilà, you have a cheap -but efficient- set of tools.

Note : you must wear a mask while working with sandpaper.

Mo-ti-va-tion

Our Holly Hobby needs time.
Having a new mini in hand is just the beginning of a long journey.

You'll have to prepare, assemble, paint and -finally- enjoy your new mini.

Time you'll pass during these different steps isn't the same for everybody.
You'll go on with motivation, capacities interest and, the most powerful one, emulation.


Emulation can come from yourself, from your friends, or simply the fact that you want to be better.


Be better, but why ?
For the pleasure to have a mini, a titan, an army on display and be proud of it.
To give a smile to your game partner, who'll be proud to have such an army in front of his.
For the pleasure you'll have to be better and better with every mini you put on the bench.

One of the last post from ZenComics illustrates what I'm talking about :

http://zenpencils.com/comic/rhodes/

Emulation helped me to go back to our Holly Hobby.
It helped me to be back on the bench and start a new project.

I'd like to thank all the people I met during the ten years I practiced our Hobby.

Without you, I won't be were I'm today.

Armorcast Warhound #1 - 02

Good times are good ! I'm back ont tracks with an all new project.

I'm working on this old lady to celebrate my be-back.

Webcomics on a smartphone - 2

For those who know the french comic Heavy Metal, this picture may seem familiar.

But it's not what you think. This ain't a new Moebius unknown comic. This is Dismas, a webcomic created by a korean artist, inspired by Moebius first graphic novels.  

So, if you want to try something different, read this comic. It's... different.

Webcomics on a smartphone

Hello there.

For more than a quarter century, I've been reading and collecting comics and graphic novels. All my bookcases collapse under the number of books, but I'm still buying and craving for more.

Even if I'm french, I'm an english reader. And almost all webcomics are in english. So when the high speed internet came home, it gave me an "all you can read" #nerdgasm. (yay !)

But there still was a problem : all these comics where drawned to be read on a large screen. Like a paper or PC screen. And on a tablet when they appeared. Even with the best smartphone, it isn't easy to read such a format on the screen.

Then... I discovered WebToon.

And their Android and Apple apps.

When you've created an account via Facebook, you'll keep a list with all your favorites and some other functions like notifications on your phone when new chapters are published in the comics you added in your favorites.

To be honest, I'm addict. I'm having strips orgies, like when somebody watches an entire season during a night. You can read all the panel without scrolling. The app allows you to gently touch your screen up and down to go for it. It's really cool and helps to feel good while reading.

The comic I'm reading right now is DICE.

Just try it, it's worth it.

Armorcast Warhound #1 - 01

I'm Back on tracks, and it's hard to gain some speed. 

I'm out of Mojo.

I needed a big project to work on. If you need to aim, aim high.

I choosed an Armorcast Warhound.

It's a clunky, old school and smaller than the Forge World version, but it's cool.

And you can paint it with an eighties flavor other Super Heavies can't get.

So, here I am, puting some ideas on paper. Trying to figure how to reproduce the flashy colors of the 80's space ships when YouTube played this scene...

I just got the idea : I'll paint the warhound in an all Monty Python's Holy Grail theme.