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The Factory's open again.... 5 Aug 2013 | 01:08 am
Well, really, the factory never closed, but I took a break from doing things for a while, an when I felt like it again, I opened up some new projects. The Necron army still needs some bits and bobs, s...
A Blast from the Past... 4 Jun 2013 | 12:38 am
Some clever chap made a posable Atlas model from the new in-game models using a 3D printer. More here. I'm not going to bore you with wistful talk of it being a brave new day for the medium. Just tha...
Paint Stripping Question.... 15 May 2013 | 09:27 pm
Anyone know of a reliable, safe way to strip paint from soft (well, softer than, say, a model) plastic? Please post in comments. Thanks!
A Million Variations of Viper.... 27 Mar 2013 | 06:31 pm
So as you can see from this compilation of the plastic works of the late Nate "nnenn" Nielson, there are A LOT of alternate Viper color schemes to choose from. Almost.... no, not almost, there ARE too...
I am not dead.... 24 Mar 2013 | 01:01 am
... I am building transforming robots. Because, when one reaches a point where one's 40k habit plateaus, and there's nothing new or exciting, that is what one does. The Vic Viper here is almost comp...
RIP Jovian Chronicles: A Bevy of (Not) Doms... 17 Jan 2013 | 07:30 am
"Doesn't it look like a Kondoh-type Rik Dom?" Marc-Alex Vezina, creator of Jovian said to me in an email. The year was 199- something. (Do keep that in mind when you see the paint jobs, please, I was ...
Bye-Bye Jovian Chronicles..... 14 Jan 2013 | 02:40 am
Kondo-derivative artwork © Dream Pod 9, used without permission Dreap Pod 9 has announced that it's discontinuing its Jovian Chronicles line and retiring (read, "breaking") the molds. (read all about...
Mechanicus Praetorian H-Alpha-Rho-Kill-3-R 10 Jan 2013 | 04:08 am
I'm slowly eking my way through the characters in the IG Codex, and I wonder why I haven't made (or used) Harker (or HaRK3R) sooner. A BS4 relentless Heavy Bolter? Yes please. It took a bit of bits b...
Doomsday/Ghost Arks and the magnets that bind them... 29 Dec 2012 | 09:51 pm
This is a bit of a cautionary tale; not because of the Puppetswar head-bike, which itself makes a wonderful Ghost Ark Prow, as you can see from Command Ark Charon, here: Rather, the caution comes fro...
A Sculpt from Christmas Past.... 25 Dec 2012 | 08:31 pm
Has it really been that long since I've posted? October? Mortarion? Well then. This girl (her name is Sirius) has sat on the shelf overlooking my hobby area for well over ten years, and despite being...
