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Kristina Amuan🍉COMMS closed @iraganaart.bsky.social · 15h

can i pose a question to all the asians who dont play warhammer and the 9 europeans awake that do- so, 3d printings a prevalent thing now and indie creators do make amazing creative sculpts on their own, why then does GW still have SUCH a strong pull? whats the draw to choose GW? genuine question

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 15h

Building a model kit is a part of the hobby.

While some 3d prints need some level of assembly, removing supports, etc it generally feels like a chore.

Building a model kit and seeing it come together, I find zen and relaxing, also gives me time to kitbash and customise make it my unique mini.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 23h

#hobbystreak 676

2 more Idoneth thralls complete.

There was a definite moment of joy sticking these minis on their bases that I generously made & painted months ago! Thanks, past me!

Lovely to see the unit coming together, a batch of 3 next and then I can look towards the sharks and eels!

2 Idoneth deepkin thralls painted with pale skin with red robes, green armour and blue weapons

The unit of 7 thralls so far in my display cabinet.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 3d

#hobbystreak day 673 (yesterday)

I've not had much painting mojo the last few days, but I've managed to do a little more basecoating and get all the green highlighted up.

I do like the idoneth, but when I bought them I played AoS regularly. Not so much atm, so the drive to paint them is lower.

A pair of idoneth deepkin thralls in green armour

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 7d

#hobbystreak day 669

With no gitz left to paint, it's time to look back at the Idoneth spearhead.

I'm 5/10 done on the thralls, with painted bases ready and waiting. Tonight I got most of the basecoats done on the next two.

3 idoneth deepkin thralls, one fully painted, 2 basecoated. They are painted in a green, red and blue scheme.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 7d

I dig the slightly more orangy take on the squigs. Gitz minis are so fun, my squigs are yellow which helps them stand out next to the red hoods!

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 9d

#hobbystreak day 667

That's 20 more gits done and dusted!

Lovely models to speedpaint, they have just the right amount of detail for a horde unit.

Also, that brings me back to 0 unpainted gitz and brings my pile of shame under 200!

A unit if 20 gloomspite gitz stabbas painted in a black and red colour scheme with yellow details and green skin.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 13d

#hobbystreak day 663

After my first spray and pre-zenithal basecoats, I've zenithalled the stabbas and started applying speedpaints.

Doing batches of 20 at a time is a lot, but since they are fully done with speedpaints, progress still feels fast! A 5.5-point goblin only deserves so much effort!

20 gloomspite gitz stabbas with black robes, red hoods, brown shoes and yellow shield details.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 19d

#hobbystreak day 658

Finished off the single Repentia, so now I can field a full unit of 10 should I wish.

On to the next oroject: taking a chunk out the pile of shame with a unit of 20 stabbas. I finished assembly today, including some minor kitbashes to make the unit different from my first one.

A sister repentia with metal arm and purple clothes

A unit of assembled stabbas for gloomspite gitz.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 21d

#hobbystreak day 655

The Loonshrine is finished. Sure, I could do more, but it's more than tabletop ready, and I'm happy.

Onto a mini project with 1 sista repentia, I bought a single so my 2 combat patrols worth of repentia can now be a unit of 10!

A gloomspite gitz loonshrine painted in grey and yellow with purple and red Mushrooms and glowing green eyes.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 24d

I'm so torn on if to do all the white spots on them or not!

Pros: will look cool

Cons: probably 1.5 hours of white dots!

Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 24d

Its the bad moon loonahrine for warhammer age of sigmar.

www.warhammer.com/en-WW/shop/G...

As always with warhammer stuff check 3rd party retailers, you'll usually get some discount.

www.warhammer.com

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 24d

#hobbystreak day 652

Making steady progress on the loonshrine. It's a huge kit, so even with speedpaints, it takes time to paint.

Definitely starting to see it come to life though, which is very satisfying!

A gloomspite gitz loonshrine part way through being painted

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · 27d

#hobbystreak day 649

I think swapping between a sister and a massive got of AoS terrain has got me feeling a bit unfocused.

Nethertheless, I've just put the finishing touches to my new jump pack Cannonness. Ready to lead my seraphim and up the meagre 8 hand flamers to an impressive 9!

A sisters of battle jump pack Cannonness in front of a Loonshrine

A gloomspite gitz loonshrine, the moon rocks are painted yellow with green eyes.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Sep 14

#hobbystreak day 646

More slow and steady progress on my hobbydesk

Firstly, the Catachan guardsman is now based and complete.

Next Ive started on the faction terrain for my gitz, greenstufing and startingbthe pre-zenithal paint. Also made progress on my jump Cannonness basecoats.

A part painted jump Cannonness and mostly unpainted gloomspite terrain

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks, it's one of my projects for when I just want something different, not attached to an army. I've painted a few now!

A small squad of 40k guardsman in black and orange uniforms

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Sep 10

#hobbystreak day 642

I've not had a huge amount of painting time the last few days.

Decided I needed a bit of a refresh, so I painted a mini from one of my regular side projects, the lava world Catachans.

Needs a few details done, but I do enjoy painting the occasional guardsman in this scheme.

A Catachan guardsman with flamer painted in black and orange fatigues with brown boots and a red weapon.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Sep 6

#hobbystreak day 639

After yesterday's game vs Dark angels (my first win, a random sister killed the lion with a multi-melta),it's back to AoS!

I still have a small backlog of Gitz, not least of which the faction terrain, which is near vital in a Gitz army. Assembly is leaving huge gaps atm!

The gloomspite gitz faction terrain covered in elastic bands

A battle sister squad raises the banner of thier order, while in the background a penitant engine cuts down some, obviously heretical, marines.

Some bone-coloured (a clear sign of heresy) terminators martyr a squad of battle sisters led by a Cannonness and imagafier

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Sep 4

#hobbystreak day 637

Put the finishing touches onto the paragon warsuits. Just in time to waltz onto the battlefield tomorrow evening!

I'm not sure how to best use them, obviously with Vahl, but in reserves? Or is having 1-2 turns without a 5th of your points too much? Start them on the board?

3 paragon warsuits painted black with grey marbling, with purple cloth and gold and silver details.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Sep 1

#hobbystreak day 634

Metallics inked and a start on the cabling for the warsuits. Ignoring the completely unpainted superiors face, I'd say we've reached minimum viable product.

Still, the devil's in the details, and there's plenty of those left to paint!

Some partially painted paragon warsuits next to Morvenn Vahl

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Aug 30

#hobbystreak day 632

Still working on the paragons. Most of the basecoats down now. That trim sure was 'fun' but looks good in the end.

I've also quickly whipped up the sci-fi urban bases.

The aim is to be finished by game night this Friday!

3 paragon warsuits painted black with gold, silver and purple details.

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Aug 27

#hobbystreak day 629

Following yesterday's draw (I think I would have won had my opponent not had to leave end of turn 3) my paragon warsuits continue getting thier paint, focusing on the purple tonight.

I would have got more done, but I got distracted converting up a jump Cannonness.

A unit of repentia charging into a terminator chaplain, the last living member of his unit after the repentia and penitant engine had thier way.

3 partially painted paragon warsuits with black armour, gold trim and purple robes.

A converted jump Cannonness with hand flamer and power weapon

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Aug 25

#hobbystreak day 627

I have a game tomorrow, my first 2k 40k 10th game! My local game space is hosting a league, so this is my test game before submitting my army list.

And then, because I can't bear to play with unpainted minis, I've slapped down the basecoats on the paragon warsuits!

A 2k sisters army
30 battle sisters
10 dominions
5 zepharim
10 seraphim
3 watsuits
3 penitant engines
5 repentia
An exorcist
An immolator
Morvenn vahl
A Cannonness
A jump Cannonness
A palatine
A dialogus
An imagafier

3 partially painted paragon warsuits. I'm unsure whether to bling all the trim in gold or leave it ceramite-plating black?

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Aug 23

I've had vahl painted up for a while, she has the cool dynamic pose the main suits need! Figured she needed her bodyguard at last!

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Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Aug 23

The second went together easier than the first, but still took a long while. Some of the sister's arms being separate from the ball joints behind them felt like a particularly unnecessary and fiddly bit of gluing!

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