Note to self.....

Ok so I was just about finished with the grenadier.  I had painted, highlited, used a wash to make it look like it had been in the trenches with the trencher unit that it would be marshaled to.  Then I left it on my desk to dry over night.  Unfortunately I also left the devlin mud wash out.  I woke up the next morning and discovered that my second son had opened the wash and made an art project out of my nearly finished miniature.  All in all he used about half the pot of wash.  Some areas were so thick that I could see clear ridges of dark brown nearly dry goo.  So after I reminded myself that he is just a kid and I shouldn't have left the stuff out, I went and bought some simple green.  I am going to soak the model for a couple of days and hope that I can strip the paint without too much trouble.  So I will be starting over.  I just wish that I had gotten some pics of the nearly finished model because I thought that it looked great.  Oh well I guess I will chalk this up to a learning experience.
Note to self:  put all painting supplies away on a high shelf in the closet before calling it a night.

A bit of work on the Grenadier

I had a few minutes so I painted a few parts of my grenadier. I used Reaper Ancient Bronze, GW Necron Abyse for the base coat on the blue.  I realized that I missed some areas where I want pig iron and accidentally painted them blue.  I will repaint these areas with black and then go over them with pig iron to make them look the way that I want.  This was also my first attempt at painting something to look like leather.  I think that the leather ammo pouches look pretty good on the back of him.  Anyway I usually only get a few minutes after I put the kids to bed to paint so my projects usually take a while to finish because they are pretty low on the priority list.  That said I think that this one is going to look really good when it is done.

Grenadier Work in Progress

So I have decided to post the work in progress pics forthe next model that I am working on a Cygnar Grenadier. First I assembled the model and painted it with black primer. The next thing was to paint the glow comming from the visor, I used Arcane Blue and a fine detail brush. I dry brushed the metalic areas using Pig Iron, I like the look of Pig Iron dry brushed over black it gives it a slightly worn look and I think it also looks more like real metal. I put down a base coat of Hammerfall Khaki in the places that I will paint bronze. Next I am going to dry brush on the bronze and then clean up the primered areas with some Thamar Black. I like to do areas with dry brushing first because it gets kind of messy.

Ironclad Done

OK So I finished with the Ironclad.  I learned how to drybrush while painting this model so most of the iron and bronze are drybrushed as oposed to the previous two models that were painted with a regular wet method.  I am trying new things each time I paint so I am learning a lot.

Cygnar Lancer

Well this is actually the very first miniature that I have ever painted.  I finished it before the Charger but I based the Charger first so I posted pictures of it first.  I think that I am doing pretty well for the lack of experience that I have.  As always feedback is appreciated.
Next up the Ironclad.

Cygnar Charger

Well I just finished the charger from the Cygnar Battlebox.  Let me know what you think.

Introductions are in order

Hello,
My name is Mark.  I am in the process of making my new gaming blog Table Top Gaming.  This is going to be my blog about my endeavors in gaming.  I enjoy playing games against others and painting miniatures as well.  I will be posting pics of my painted minis as I have time to work on them.
I am going to use social media and try to build a following, twitter, facebook, blog, and eventually you will see me on youtube.  want to have fun and get to know some other gamers as well.
Wish me luck.