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Custom Hobby Desk Project

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Greetifications! Been a while since I’ve posted here (September 17). Sorry for the long delay but it has been one CRAZY year so far.

Highlights:

  • Bought a house and moved in back in December.
  • Had to breakdown my old painting setup. That desk would not have survived the trip. All my stuff is in boxes since mid-November.
  • Sump pump in new house drowns in the May monsoon in WV flooding my new sexy basement. Thank god for insurance…
  • Basement no longer sexy.

With reconstruction at about 80% done (insulation, drywall, spackle & paint down) I can now start construction of my hobby space. I tell you what, I have SEVERELY missed being able to build and paint. 11 months is WAY too long.

I’ve decided to make my first post after my hiatus to be the construction of my custom painting station. Let’s get started!

Materials
8’ Wall studs (2×4) – x4
8’ Oak board (4x.5) – x1
4’ Oak board (4x.5) – x1
4’ Oak trim (2.5x.25) – x6
MDF sheet 4’x8’ (.75” thick)
½” Pipe Flanges – x10
½” Pipe Elbow – x10
½” Pipe Nipple – x10
½” pipe cut to 40” – x5
Small “L” Deck braces – x10

Tools
Pocket Jig (Kreg)
Pocket screws
3” Wood clamp (Kreg)
Screwdriver
Miter saw
L & T squares
Pencil
Danish oil
Wood glue

Here are the pics from my build session yesterday:

Custom Workstation Frame 3

 

I had the MDF sheet cut down to 72”x24.5” & 52”x24.5” panels. These will be the work surfaces for the table. The wall studs are cut to 72” and 52” for the long sides and 17.5” for the short sides.

Assembly was pretty easy using the pocket jig. Seriously get one of these things. They make getting into wood shop projects easy and it’s lots of fun.

Frames are built! Next phase will be the trim.

 

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Infinity – Garuda Tactbot & Dactlys

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I think I’m getting my painting legs back!

The Garuda has detail all over the place and I wanted to stick to my darker theme without using too much white. I think I found a nice balance.

The Dactlys has been calling me to paint her for months now and I finally submitted about 10pm last night after finishing the Garuda. I love the detail of this mini and I was itching at another shot at painting skin tones. She would not let me put her down until she was complete (about 2am) and I’m glad I finished. I think this is the best painted Infinity mini I have done to date.

More to come as I progress.
ShawnG (SoI)

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Infinity – Vanilla Aleph

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Greetifications!

I’m currently working on a new paint project for Infinity. I have not painted anything serious since my Yu Jing mining table back at the start of the year. I’ve decided to buckle down and start another paint project and this time it’s Aleph!

Color Scheme:

  • Body – Dark grey with pale grey/white lining w/ white paneling for contrast
  • Arms – White with a grey undertone
  • Glowing Bits – Orange
  • Straps/Bags – Terracotta leather

For the bases I’m trying something new. Basing has never been one of my strong points (look at my Arkhan Tomb Kings). I’m trying a style I’ve never seen before that my friend Robert suggested. First of all all the bases will blank save for a airbrushed tone. All of my army will be broken into color types. Here are the shades I’ve chosen so far.

  • Civilian HVTs – Green
  • Line troopers (Deva) – Violet
  • Posthumans – Blue
  • Named Characters – Yellow
  • Myrmidons – Red
  • Inorganics – Orange

I have a pretty damn cool idea for a display when all this is finished but I need to get there first.

First model up is the test model Myrmidon Doctor-Officer Machaon. I like how this guy came out. The scheme gels with me and uses my favorite colors. ‘m forcing myself to get good with faces. While not perfect, I managed a semblance of 5 o’clock shadow on Machaon. Sorry for the image quality. I really need to get/build a photo light box.

Machaon Machaon

Next up is one of my line troops a Dakini Tactbot. No duster to paint on this mini so I didn’t have to paint leather. Brought the white theme from the shoulders on Machaon all the way down the arms. I think I will keep that in the scheme. Lighting came out half decent as well. Need more practice there.These models are a right pain to put together. I hope they update the kit soon. Need to be on the level of sexiness that is the Garuda.

Here are the models from the previous scheme I was attempting. I think I will keep these as experiments in color and for display purposes. I like the scheme and it’s colors. It has nice contrast, but was not fun to pain. Didn’t gel with me. These models also show off the basing design I’m trying out. I believe it will really begin to stand out when I have more then 4 finished.

That’s all I got. More to come as I progress.

Shawn G. (SoI)