Trevy's Painting Table

So, my first commission in a while just came in and now I have a Chaos Space Marine army to work on!

This commission spans a range of levels.  The normal Chaos Space Marines (in black) are Level 1, mainly because they are already started.  The Terminators, Plague Marines (front), Lord and Terminator Sorcerer are all Level 2 while the Land Raider and Special Characters (Typhus and Abaddon hiding in the back there) are Level 5.  This one's gonna take me a while.

Eh, not a lot of work lately.

On the other hand, I did finish my entire Tyranid swarm, and I make a video for all of you to see.  I also hurt my hand the other day and this way I don't have to type the whole thing to you guys.

In comparison to other commission painters, Trevy's Painting Table offers extraordinarily low prices and plenty of choices for that painting.  The problem is that all those choices can sometimes be confusing (aren't they always?), so I made this wonderful video to explain all those confusing levels and unit sizes:

Did you ever wonder what the man behind all this madness really looked like, seemed like (besides... mad).  Well now is your chance because I just released my first YouTube video introducing me and my services.  My channel can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/user/TrevytheGreat and the video is found below:

I've been going on about Planetstrike for the past couple months and it appears my tirades are almost at an end as actual Planetstrike models are now being sighted in the not-to-distant future.  So, let's get down to business to defeat the evil deepstrikers.

First we have a Bastion, and whoever said that this model was 'scratch built and not set to be released' should be thrown back into whatever hole they came from.  I love this model, and while lacking the giantism of a fortress and the firepower of an anti-air battery, would look great in any game, not only Planetstrike.  A great centerpiece, simple yet effective (unlike those Imperial Ruins sets), this model would make a great objective, peice or terrain or even the center to play a game around!  For larger games I think it looks a little small to be used on its own, but whose to say you can't buy two?

This model is slated to cost around 30$, with a Chaos version costing around 45$.  Why you can't just buy the Imperial one and a Chaos Vehicle sprue is beyond me.  I wouldn't buy it for 45$!

While I think the name's a little too melodramatic for what is essentially a mobile airstrip, this would make a nice, if big, objective in any game.  While I really have to wait for the expansion to be released before making a final judgement on this, I really don't think I want to pay the rumored 40$ for it, however nice the heat-resistant tiling is.

Awesomely modeled barricades?  Check.  Quad barrelled Autocannon?  Check.  Conversion ideas abound?  Check.  Affordable low price?  Check.  This set has 'Epic win' written all over it.  For 20$ you get several lengths of defense barricades as well as an autocannon on an Anti-Air mount.  I don't even need a rulebook to tell me how awesome this is.  I can just taste the cheap Hydra flak-tank conversions stemming from it.

Mmmm...

But that's not all, folks.  GW is also releasing a number of mine markers, bombs, booby traps and objectives.  Also, in the French WD, there are whispers of the Planetary EMpires expansion set to be released shortly after Planetstrike, so stay tuned.

Whew, I've had quite a busy time so far.  I don't reall know why it's been busier than normal but it has, so deal with it.  Sorry for not posting in a while, however.  Hopefully, now that summer's set in I'll have more time to post on this and paint miniatures than I have.

Not a lot of news in the wargaming channels.  Some tidbits here and there about new Dark Eldar, Necrons and Tomb Kings, but nothing really to be excited about.  The biggest peice of information I've found (and trust me, it's big) is the GW price increase listing.  The link below will take you to a thread on DakkaDakka that lists every change in price over the entire range of Games Workshop games, tools and supplies.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/240756.page

Just to be clear (and this confused me too), the first price is the original, unchanged price (if the price hasn't changed or the minaiture has not yet been released this will be 0.00), the second is the new price and the third is the amount the price increased by (if the set hasn't been released yet then this will be it's entire price), while the percent at the end is the percent the price increased by.

Awesome.

Now, if you've read the title, you're probably wondering what the heck all this price change information has to do with not being wargames only (although in my defence, GW is raising the prices of a myriad of hobby items and equipment), so I'll get to the next part of my post.

Apparently, a couple weeks ago, a model train modeller stumbled across my website and liked what he saw, so he decided to send my some of his new models as a 'test drive' of my skills (a 45$ test drive, but a test drive nonetheless).  The following stemmed from that commission:

These models are from a Washington state company known as Riveresco that produces moderately detailed metal miniatures for train setups and historical wargames.  While not as detailed as Games Workshop miniatures, these models did present a challenge and a lot of freehand work.  Vetam (as my client calls himself online), seems happy with my work and I hope that I will see his models again soon.

Hey kids, quick update...

With the release of Planetstrike looming, GW is announcing some new Space Marine kits to go with your planetary invasion force.  The new Ironclad Dreadnought has a confirmed release date of July (GW sent out a notification a couple days ago) and appears to be simply a Dreadnough equipped with extra armor, a larger Dreadnought Close Combat Weapon and a Seismic Hammer.  Fortification defenders, beware!

Mmmmm... yummy.

I have to say, however, in all honesty that the weapons look a little too big for this model.  The current Dreadnought ones are pretty good looking, and bordering only on the slightest side of large, but these ones look a little too large even for those futuristic pistons.  The rest of the model looks pretty awesome, though.

This wonderful vehicle is not the only addition to the forces available to Space Marine Commanders.  Also in the works, but not with a set release date are Land Speeder Hurricanes and what look like some alternative parts of Dreadnoughts and Ironclads, as seen on BoLS.