The Struggle Continues

Hi guys, its been way too long now, I am sorry for that. Part of that is my splitting with being a Sentinel for Rackham, setting up a new forum and some other stuff. On the positive side, I now dont dedicate this blogg to pure Rackham stuff. I do honour their stuff though, especially that of old.

So why did I leave Rackham you may say, as described in our new FORUM;

"Hi, today I quit being a Sentinel for Rackham and I feel I want to explain how I came to this decision. Things have been going downhill for months, I have tried to still be positive about it but I just cant do it no more. What originally brought me into being a Sentinel was both the awsome design of the miniatures and printed material and also Jeans vision, not only about the fictional worlds but a vision on how to act with the community, fans, sentinels etc.

Lots of things seems to have changed since several months, there are no more new things to be shown, no more official communications, eratic releases, which isn't a normal way to taking care of the community and being successfull. It is almost as if Jean left Rackham or at least have a very insignificant role at the company. So this is why I cant be a Sentinel anymore, I have to look to my own reputation in the online community and RE. don't take care of their supporters, their community or their games.

They even seem to have dropped the Legends range.

For me the new logo was the nail in the coffin. It is just a piece of graphic you may say, but no, it isnt. I work with this stuff and for me it is clear that they are changing their target group for a much younger audience.

I can not be asociated with this any longer. Sorry.

I hope we will be informed on whats really going on at Rackhams eventually as this is pure speculation from my behalf."

So have I been painting anything? Yes I have! :) Most of you have seen them on other forums but here we go...

First off a comission piece of Kelzaral for Confrontation and then the start of my own Khaliman army for Alkemy... and apart from this Im working on a Daikinee army for Confrontation 3 and some other various projects in different stages :)


//Dangereux

Guest appearance

Hi, Finally I can proudly present fellow hobbyist and painter Hellberg, known from the CAoR comunity on Le Dragon du Nord, here is is first apperance but I certainly hope (and think) that you will see more of him here. Now on to his own words:

Hello, Because of the disaster with UROD, I have been asked to fill the space. Something to keep your interest, and to show you that things are moving forward. I'm Mr.D's main opposition in CAoR, and have lately been playing and painting Kelt sessairs, or army of the minotaur. I really like the pagan style, and the look and feel of the sessairs miniatures. The guardians of the moor are rank 1 infantery, and is a natural start. They will fill the first required slot in the army, and have decent close combat skills aswell as a ranged attack. I think they will be a perfect start.


I have decided that I will try to keep the colors of the miniatures fairly muted. The kelts being a savage people mostly dressed in skins and hides, I mostly use different shades of brown. I break up the muted browns with a bright blue on small details, and gold details in bright yellow. I will try to keep this theme troughout the whole army.


The bases are fairly simple. Just sand, small stones and static grass. I think it looks (at least moderately) like a field or a grassy plain. This is three guardians, the unit size is eight. So I haven't even painted half of the unit yet. As there is only three kinds of minis I'll try to use different colors and other means to create diversity in the rest of the unit.

//Hellberg

DISASTER!

Total and utter disaster here! I was trying a new technique while painting UROD including salt for some cool effects. Before starting the last few steps, doing some weathering I was going to apply a coat of varnish to protect the surface to not ruin anything while doing the weathering part.... well... that is exactly what I did. The varnish reacted in some chemical way to the surface wich must still have some salt in it and totally destroyed everything for me. Note, there was no white at all on this miniature, AT ALL, but a helthy vivid green with several shades from a purplish tone to a more yellow one for highlights. I was really happy with how this piece were coming along... some of the best stuff I done I believe. Probably around 30hrs spent on it allready.




When varish turn frosty wich happen some times (usualy when it is a bit cold) you usualy can just spray another coat and it will come out ok, this isnt the case here. I have tried spraying some and it helps a bit but not near as much as needed and alot of the highlights doesnt look as they did. I'm going to try and save it, and if it turns out good enough in time, I'll post... otherwize you'll have to wait until I have something new to show. Both mad and sad but I'll turn to normal soon! :) Take Care! //Dangereux

Back on track & commission work

Hi guys, I don't know about you but here in Sweden summer has been raining away. They are promissing a sunny August though... ofcourse... as I'm just back at the office. No fancy stuff to show I'm affraid but I'm at the end quarter of work with my UROD wich I have cleaned, filled and started to repaint, hope to show you something here quite soon (within a week or two at the most). After UROD I have some catching up with my Amok Slayer before anything else, Fortuna, Iraem and lots of stuff in que. Although quite bussy with my own stuff and life in general I have decided to take on a limited amount of commission work as long as the subject is one of interest to me and is a Rackham product.

Feel free to e-mail me if your interested at: ledragondunord(@)gmail.com Price range will vary and I rather like to discuss the matter with the client but as a basic measure the price will range from around 70-200€ depending on size of subject, level of quality etc.

Summer time and living is easy

Bonjour!
Finally finnished my Cadwe Agitator, as the miniature are not superdetailed I thought I would finnish him (them) in just a couple of weeks but boy, were I wrong? Glad that he is done now though and I hope you like what you see. Im quite pleased with the result even if things always can be done better.

Feel free to vote when he is up and running: http://www.coolminiornot.com/226144

With this I wish you all a pleasant summer! I will take July off painting, I might work on a little secret project but I wont post anything before August. Take care of each other!

//Dangereux

Iraem, a legend

Hi, I got my Iraem from Rackham Store yesterday. I must say that they have improved alot! I really mean alot! Package delivered within one week, notification by e-mail when they posted the package and with a tracking ID so I could track the package the whole way. So I can assure you that Rackham Store is really reborn, risen from the ashes and reliable.

Now onto the good stuff. Iraem, nicely packaged in a sturdy cardboard box with a nice sleeve showing the miniatures from different angles.



Inside the parts are safely packaged with a layer of foam both in the bottom and on top. The parts comes in two sealed plastic bags and the bases are separate. This is all wrapped in bubble wrap. I was allready excited! When I got all the parts out I was stunned my the amazing quality almost no mold lines apparent. Just a very thin line that will be very easily removed with a sharp modelling knife. The miniatures are cast in a nice grey odourless resin.


You will also have to get rid of the mold stems from the bottom of both Iraem and the Weapon bearer, this is easily done with a couple of pliers and then sand or file down whats left, then use a small drill to make place for one or two pins to then attach to the base (wich will also need to be drilled).




There are a couple of tap stem marks on the helmet though and this is the only spot that might cause any trouble. As they are as thick as the horns themselves they might easily break.


For you who's not familiar with resin it is a polyurethane based two component synthetic resin that hardens in room temperature. It is great for making thin and sharp details and such as it is more liquid than both metal and regular plastic. On the downside it is a bit weaker and breaks easier so you have to be a bit carefull as it isnt as hard as metal nor as flexible as plastic. For the hobbyist it is an excellent material though as it keeps details best in the molding process. Back to the helmet, I will probably use some fine hobby file to file down the stems.



The miniatures are really amazing, even cooler in real life than on the pictures and I want to start with them as soon as possible, have to finnish whats on the table first though. Iraem is quite small compared to some of the earlier metals but is in the same size as other Cadwallon humans like the Scarecrow or Harlequin for example.



The details and execution is superbe and I really hope that Rackham will be able to maintain this line and that is up to us customers! I can recomend anyone who is either a hobbyist who wants high end miniatures or the regular Cadwallon fan to pick up this kit.

Final score: 4 1/2 Dragons out of 5. (because of the small difficulties with the helmet)
Difficulty: Medium
Where: You can find him HERE and in various places. Any LGS that holds Rackhams Range can have them ordered for you.

//Dangereux

Catching up!

Hi,
Another update here, alot of metals right now, sorry for that... :) Working on the Amok Slayer and also started on a Cadwallon goblin (Cadwe Agitator). Dont really know what to say about them right now I might return and talk some more later on, but right now I'll just post some pictures that I hope you enjoy and I'll get my self a cup of coffee and see if I wake up. :)



Goblin will be NMM (non metallic metals) and as you can see the orc is done with metallics but shaded in a similar way as NMM by applying layer after layer of thin coloured glaces.




Take Care my friends!




//Dangereux