Ragman

To keep on with my practice before taking on that commission work for a friend, I decided to paint up my Ragman. He has been sitting around on my shelf for quite some time now. But since now he's painted, I'll be including him in some of my lists.

A funny story with this model - this is the second Ragman model I bought. The first one that I had was left at Pitshop after an event. Mike Ang assumed it was his and had it painted for his army. When I told him that that was my Ragman, he just said to get a new one from Fortress. And months later, it's now painted.

Glued some sand on the base before priming my Ragman. I used my Harder & Steenbeck Evolution Silverline 2-in-1 with Vallejo Polyurethane Surface Primer Gray for priming him and the basework.

Airbrushed Vallejo Model Air Dark Earth for initial base color

Added "Wargamer Girl" front arc markers. Yes, I have her permission ^_^

And then suddenly he got painted magically! I got too excited and just Zen'ed away on this guy. I did see some splotches on his collar, and the effect I wanted for his goggles did not come out well. 

Did a few fixes and now I'm happy with the result.

Some pics after he was done (I like playing around with finished minis):

Thanks for reading, and thanks for following this blog! Good luck, have fun and play like you've got a pair!

Legion of Everblight Carnivean

A good friend, Taks Arguelles, is in Japan right now, and the discussion over on FB chat went to how he needed Uhu glue to fix a toy he wrecked. I suddenly remembered a useful application of Uhu glue in a Youtube video I watched way back when I was considering Tyranids for Warhammer 40,000. This guy (I'll try to dig up the video) used Uhu glue as slime for his Tyranids which he painted up in the Aliens color scheme. And it got me thinking, why not color up Legion warbeasts in the Aliens color scheme! I did some search fu on Google and found out I wasn't the first guy to come up with the idea. So, I just shrugged, went "what the heck," and looked for the Carnivean that a friend parked here at Castle Black.

A few pulls later, viola! Completely painted and distinctly strong table presence Carnivean!

Thanks for reading, and thanks for following this blog! Good luck, have fun and play like you've got a pair!

Hobby Haven - Holy Thursday

I've been looking forward to some Hobby Haven gaming for weeks! Last Holy Thursday I got to chance to game and hang out with good buddies!

Getting the tables ready

Chicco cutting up old wood templates to make them more Steamroller-compliant

Chopped up pieces of old HH wood templates

More pics, a LOT more after the page break.

The Bunny Baker - The South Will Rise

Being the last working day of the week prior to Holy Week, Kim Navarro and Fred Escalona decided to take up Kensei Yonzon's invitation for after office gaming over at The Bunny Baker! Ayo Supangco, Karl Manalo and John Zablan were there earlier and some Infinity and Malifaux games were played there, too!

Khador heavy warjacks! Photo by Kim Navarro

Kim Navarro's Butcher3 force. Photo by Kim Navarro

Fred Escalona setting up his Blinwater Congregation force. Photo by Kim Navarro

More pics after the page break!

WIP Week 14

Kensei Yonzon's Convergence of Cyriss

Don Suratos' Blindwater Congregation

Emp Fernando's Steamroller zones

Pistol Wraith by Don Suratos

Skorne Archidon by Emp Fernando

Cryx WIP by Don Suratos

Som WIP from local greats, Kensei Yonzon, Don Suratos and Emp Fernando!

Carnage & Wreckage 2015 Post Event Part 1

In the front (L-R): SJ Quema, Jake de Jesus, Mike Taroy and Emp Fernando; Back row (L-R) Arvin Tan, Fred Escalona, Dick Sy, Chicco Quema, Jon Lansang, Taks Arguelles, and Monchu Echevarria

After four grueling rounds of dice chucking and toy soldiering, the first ever Carnage & Wreckage was a great success! I give you, the winners of C&W 2015:

• 1st place Champion - SJ Quema (Trollbloods)
• 2nd place Warlord - Taks Arguelles (Mercenaries)
• 3rd place Hero - Monchu Echevarria (Circle Orboros)

For best painted, I invited two renowned personalities in our community to pick Best Painted army!

Pics and article by Kim Navarro. More pics after the page break!