Yeesh!

Time flies when you are having fun, I guess....Ok, we returned from our Northern Minnesota vacation, sunburned and full of fish.

I even managed to finish 2 more of the crew of 5 that has to be done before the 30th. So, in all I have 4/5ths completed and am again pushing the deadline to the max.

The house renovations are taking up my free time...I am either painting walls, or staining wood, instead of painting minis.

I have taken some pics of the minis, but I'll wait until a bit later to publish them. Sorry, no pics again!

Update...but no pics!

Ok...here it is the 12th of June and I am making some progress. I now have 2 of the 4 "Salvage crew" finished and painted. I finished up 'Oliver Duboise and JR Tannenbaum'. I like how they turned out, but I am sure I will hate them once I photograph them. I'll try and squeeze some time in to get the pics. And just to add to my pressure...Rod over at AlphaForge sent me another crew member as a gift. I had thought I was missing a few pieces of one of the vehicles, and Rod not only sent me the missing pieces, but sent me another crew member...It turns out I was NOT missing the pieces after all, but they just got stuck to the bottom of the box. I apologized and offered to pay, but he would have none of that! What a class act.

Anyhow, here is the 'new' addition to the crew (from the AlphaForge site)I think the one I have has a bit of a different head though...



I'll have to get busy on that one soon. June 30th is bearing down quickly.

In the meantime, the clock is ticking down to our vacation. Also, we have decided to do some remodeling in our house, so I will lose some valuable painting time to that...Maybe I work better under pressure...Or possibly my head will explode...We'll see I guess.

Slow but steady Progress...

I have got some painting done on one of the crew members this weekend. Not enough progress, considering I really only have 2 weeks to get them done. The Deadline is June 30, but we are leaving on a family vaction June 17th, so I really gotta get moving.

I did get a decent base made for the Demolition-Bot, and got the Bot itself more or less assembled.

Here's the base:Its just primered grey here, but its layers of cork, some sand, and a little coffee stirer that will work as a exposed pipe. I plan on painting it like cement.

Here is the almost assembled Demo-Bot (now with Roboty hands!!) on the base. I have not primered him yet as I have some gap filling to do. Plus I will paint the base seperately before attaching him on.


Hopefully, with the upcoming week I will see at least one of the crew completed.

Humble Beginnings...

I don't normally get to work on my hobby stuff everyday, too much going on in real life, but this weekend, I did squeeze a bit here and there.

First, is the very cool Demo-bot for the Alpha Forge game...only partially assembled here, but the cleaning of each part (moldlines, filing) does take a while...

He is missing his head, the other arm, some great big roboty hands, and some shielding that goes by each shoulder...He'll get them soon.



Also, and this doesn't look like much, I decided to scratchbuild a "dropship" for the little motley crew I am assembling. Basically, the picture below is just the humble beginnings. Just two pieces of styrofoam inserts, one from a computer box, the other from a printer maintenence kit.
I stuck these together with some 'gorilla glue'. My goal is to build this strictly with junk and things I find, or already have. So far the money total is zero. Let's see if I can keep it that way.

Clutter....

Of course, I may be a bit more productive if I didn't work in such clutter.... Sometimes it takes me a minute just to find the right paint, or a different brush....Although it does look like a complete shambles, there is a bit of organized chaos...I won't even point out the fact that this is just the work table, you should see the rest of the room....eeek!!

Some Progress....

I have gotten the next four minis prepped and based. They are now primered too, but the pics don't show that.

I added a bit of green stuff to the muzzle of the big guys gun, to represent a blast. The characters are as follows....Oliver Deboise, the overly nervous technical guru. He has began to learn his craft at an alarming rate. The Wardroid (not named yet). With the addition of Oliver's new AI program, this refurbished droid is becoming quite the project. JR Tannenbaum, the biker like expert salvager. Very mysterious past, this very gruff fellow does get the job done. And the heavy hitting do gooder, Rocky Leskow equipped in the HADES battle armor.

Alpha Forge Salvage Run contest.

Alpha Forge (www.alphaforge.com) has sponsored a painting contest designed to get a fighting force of miniatures painted and ready for battle.

The contest is broken into three seperate entries, each highlighting a certain aspect of the skirmish game Star Mogul. The game is a futuristic battle game within the backdrop of forces fighting for salvaged items left by long gone civilizations. Each player owns a company, and the company comprises of your fighting force.

The first installment of the contest was for the 'Boss and Shareholder' characters of your force.

I entered these two...












The first is Maddie Sanchez, my "boss" the strange lizard like guy to the right is the Hydrissian 'Deeno'. He is the company shareholder and enforcer. The painting was fun, but so far the most enjoyable part has been creating the 'stats' and back story for each character.

The next installment is due by June 30th, and comprises of the companies 'Infantry' forces. I have already started mine, I'll have some WIP shots soon.

Hello...

I thought I'd start a bit of a Blog, just to keep track of my hobby projects.