This month’s painting has been a bit rushed - I blame the sheer awesomeness of Assassin’s Creed (yes, I finally got around to playing a year-old game) for delaying my painting for a week and a half. It doesn’t help that I’m painting three times as many figures as I did last month. The end result is that every night this week has been dedicated to getting painting done.

Progress so far
Cloth under-armor painted: 12/12 Fire Warriors, NA for Gun Drones
Armor base-painted: 4/12 Fire Warriors, 2/2 Gun Drones
Detail work: 0/12 FW (save for the face on my shas’ui), 0/2 GD

On a side note, this month’s painting has given me a chance to try out the GW Citadel Washes, and I have to say that they’re a joy to work with. I used the Badab Black wash on top of Shadow Grey cloth, and it gave me exactly the color and effect I was looking for. I’ve also picked up the Devlan Mud and Gryphonne Sepia washes, and I eventually plan to get the entire set (hopefully before they go up in price).

My August painting project, 150 points of Tau in the form of 3 Stealth Suits and 2 Marker Drones, is painted based, just in time. I continue to refine my lens-painting technique - I’m particularly happy with the ones on the marker drones. On the other hand, the few bits of cloth/fabric, on the upper arms of the suits (under the shoulder guards) didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped. I need to work on my blending, and to thin my paints a bit more.

Over on Forumopolis, I’ve been taking part in a wargaming painting challenge. Since several of us are behind in our army painting, we each resolved to take an average-to-large army for our respective games (40k works out to 1500-1750 points), divide the army into ten roughly equal segments point-wise, and paint one segment a month for a year (with 2 floating months off as needed). I’ve been working on my Tau cadre, and as of the end of July I have around 300 points completed (I finished up 120 points in June as a preliminary month). So far, I’ve been pleased with the results.

I should have August’s minis up soon - a 150 pt. squad of Stealth Suits and Marker Drones are in progress as we speak. September’s minis - another squad of Fire Warriors, with some gun drones to pad out the points - are primed and ready to go. For more pictures, visit the Miniatures page.