Yeah, I know...

I'm bloggering without pictures again. I do have, well, a finished mini that I need to photograph, and a second one that's nearly done. Granted, I've been working on this 5th company tac squad since before my last post.

It's just been hard to actually sit down and paint recently. Plus, I'm working on really refining my technique so I've had to take things a bit at a time. I've actually started doing some highlights. Not quite to the "highlighting every single bloody panel line on the mini" but at least the major edges. Shoulders, knees, etc. I'm thinning down my paints, mixing, trying different undercoats. I'm a little frustrated when it comes to basecoating. I'm using a 1:1 mix of midnight blue to water which goes on fine but is too light over a white undercoat. I thought going over black might be better but even with the thinned paint it's still coming out too purple. I may try gray or else use a slightly thicker mixture over the white. Experimentation is the name of the game.

I'm also on the way to doing some custom conversions. I just ordered all the bits I need for my Ordenspriester and Scriptor save what I'm going to steal from the Dark Angels sprue when it finally comes out (the Chappy's getting those nice walking robed legs) and the Libby's force sword, which I'm going to snag from the Emperor's Chump (who, in turn, gets the Coteaz Daemon hammer I just ordered). If I can pull off these conversions, they should look pretty good. And once I've refined my technique, I think I'll be ready to tackle the lancers. Here's hoping.