Rusty

Preparing for a salt mask

Not much done last night, just a few spots of what will be rust painted on and varnished, in preparation for a salt mask.

Coarse salt will get dusted over these areas, and then, after the entire tank is basecoated, the salt will be brushed off, revealing irregular, jagged flakes of rust and bare metal and chips in the paint.

April Oath

My first oath of the year, an old Armorcast Baneblade, which I'm painting for a friend.

Kaptain's Log - April: "One Spark for yes. Two Sparks for no."

Each month's Oath has a theme that can be included for some bonus points. In 2010, the overall competition had a sort of "Iron Chef" theme, so each month had a secret ingredient. In 2011, it was some channel surfing Orks, so each month had a different show or station theme. This year's "Oath Trek" is star wars themed or something I don't know, I'm not that nerdy.


April's theme is to include some kind of battle damage or injury.

Something Awful Painting Challenge - Oath Trek 2012

Starting a few years ago, Something Awful's Traditional Games forum has done a painting competition. It started off as just people in the Warhammer thread claiming that they would paint certain miniatures or receive some shameful custom title - motivation to get things painted. Eventually, it became a thread of its own, and started picking up competitors and sponsors.


In the 2010 Oath thread, I painted probably about 2000 points worth of Orks, and ended up winning a copy of the new Space Hulk game with custom battlefoam, as well as some other things along the way.


In the 2011 Oath thread, I painted roughly the same number of points, this time Blood Angels, again ending up near the top of the points totals. I won something, but it remains to be seen what.


2012's Oathing has begun, and this year promises even more prizes and sponsors, and even more stuff to paint, since the competition has become miniature-agnostic. I have decided to keep track of my progress in more detail here, posting step by step progress pictures (assuming that I remember).