Games day UK what i learned

hi
GDUK was my first games day (mainly because i wasnt allowed to go last year)

sadly it was also the last one in which i could enter youngbloods for the deamon**

also due to my teachers hating me i had to finish it the day beafor in a marathon 10H paint session, and sadly my dad wouldnt let me take my paints on the train :(      so it was finished at the GD repair stand.

PROBLEM : i didnt have a plinth and the place where id buy it (jamesons glasgow) plinth maker had retired 0_0

anyways heres the first thing i learned about GD
YOU NEED A PLINTH
no plinth = not looked at by judges = not in the final cut = not win :(
secondly you need to enter early, both my entries were near the bottom of their respective cabinets -_-

then the next GD lesson was learned : you need to be early, why?
scrap demon que, MASSIVE. sales que: 700+ (as told by GW staff)

sigh and my third lesson? wear a hat of some sort! I was going to meet up with the bols crew but no one knew each other so the only people i spotted were sotonshades (grey knight termi) and goatboy (or a randomer with a goatee :P)

finaly the 12-15 art judging was TERRIBLE -_-
what won:

1st place: a dragon sketch: quite good, but IHMO should have won second place
2nd place: a CSM battle, detailed but very 2d
3rd place: a sorcere with some dragons: sadly it looked like it was done by a 8 yr old (and it probably was)

now i know its harsh but really its a serious contest and just cause it looked 'cute' dosnt mean it should win:

now fuzz's winners IHMO

1st place: a amaazing stonehorn drawing: this thing looked like it was straight out of a BL cover
2nd place: the dragon
3rd place: either the 'dark emissary' which was a amazingly detialed doodle or 'sanctioned psyket' (my own doodle)

but hey i can still enter next year :D

-fuzz

* yes many of the entrants of the under or 14 category were either
over 14
or
entering a model that was too big (its meant to be a 25mm base or a terminator! so no to mr. dreadnought!)

p.p.s. also you should only be able to win a max of 3 tropies: one spanish guy won 6, 6 thats like 1/3 of all the tropies avaliable!  not his fault cause his entries were very good but it still was a wee bit -_-

p.p.p.s. I HAVE Photos of the choas contemptor and the hidden FW mini, sadly the cameras not working!

just finished most of my GD entries

arfter a marothon 10H painty session i have finished the termi, up next: baseing a gaint diormama in under a hour :L not fun :P (im leaving for GD tomorrow)

but hey looking forward to seeing my legions of adoring fans at gd (lol all 2 of you)

to spot me look for

the person asking stupid questions, a lot of them

the person surrounded by beautiful women

the person riding a red panda!

or set up the 'fuzz signal' ( batsignal with red panda) and yell FUUUUZZZZZZZBBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTT reallllly loudly :D

right i need some sleep and red bull

night night

-fuzzzzzzz

red panda wednesday: I IZ FAMUS!

hi :D

so tonight i should be painting but im pandaring to all your panda needs but first a announcemnt!

I IZ FAMUS  google red panda , now as well as noticeing that ive nicked all these miages note that i am the 9th image :D

WOOOOOOOT InTENET CELEBRITY LOL


anyways back to pandas (nd if you have a pet panda i will adopt it just find me at gDUK :D)

i was thirsty but now ive found 2L of ginger beer/ cherryade at asda for 50p :D  (yaas scool lunch FTW)

i was hiding in the corner, then i found ,,,,,,, JEREMY KYLE (go youtube your night away, SCUM :P)

i was cold and................ im still cold :P but how cute /\ is that! :D

-fuzz

GD Wip : gold edition (and some questions for my readers :D)

hi

tonight's quick update is well, quick! just rmember that I will be asking some questions and id appreciate it if you answered in the comments!

first up is some gold:


NMM of course :P recently i have attempted to change my NMM gold, changing the previous method (brown > yellow > white) to (40:60 brown yellow > white)  and i am pleased with the results but i am not sold on the shading! in pic one it is shaded with a light black wash , in pic 2 there is no shading! :) id like some feedback! :)    

the shading is quite harsh

the whole thing is quite light, but looks more golden!

and the second question for my dear readers is 

WTFtraffic:  i love my blog getting more popular and thanks to all my readers! but what the fluff is up with my traffic sources

1) google (red pandas) 

this scares me :P

2) bOLS 

quite normal! big shout out to the BOLS CreW :)

3) jobs for smart people?

eh waht!? im not recruting for my website :P 

4)gothise ( a goth dating site)

I HAVE A LIGHT AND POP MUSIC ON MY PHONE GET AWAY FROM ME OR I SHALL PLAY flo rida REALLY LOUD! (fuzz is a gothaphobe)

5)risingtaste:

some sort of hippy clothes website?!

6)http://interpretacje.tmxp.pl

IDK what this is

7) bake a box: a cupcakebox website

please explain??? i love cupcakes but this?!


thanks for reading"
-fuzz

hi :)

yes i have been  painting, but not fast enough! a certain miniture competition is only 2 weeks away!, luckily i should be able to get my entrie finished!, however due to my inability to get my mits on a land raider, the motivation to finish my HQ choices and the frustration of losing a whole GK body under my workspace.... well i dont think ill bring a army to GD :(

but hey ill be there and ill bring some stufff (and possibly organise a game of hide and seek via blog!)

so onto THE TEASER pics: the base (now its almost finished!)

 tommorow: a radical reinvention of fuzz's gold NMM!

-fuzzz

(sorry about lack of posting, supcom 2 and global agenda are addictive :P!)

9/11 post

today 10 years ago something terrible happened.

10 years on peoples familys are still scarred by that event.
so please dont have political flamewars, just have a moment of silence for those who died, and those who lost loved ones.

-fuzz

scratchbuilt screamer: finished!

hi sorry about the lack of posting :(

now i have finished (okay possibly the spots may get highlightd but that is only if i ahve the time)

as my first full scratchbuild im very pleased with it, and at GD im  not expecting anything, as it is a fun entry

now back to painting
2 ghost knights
mordak
libby
building AND PAINTING a LR
GDUK main entry
GD duel entry
a bazillion feathers on a GD entry

so little time so much to do :P

-fuzz

vassal 40k torrent fond!

yeah if you didnt find the time to download the latest ED of vassal 40k beafor the thing went down you can get it here at

http://www.mediafire.com/?5tetpg11qn655bn


i hope that helps anyone :) 


-fuzz


p.s. someone should make a phone version of vassal! ;)
p.p.s i am getting a wee bit of traffic from a website that sells CUPCAKE BOXES! would anyone care to explain it in the comments?

cool links friday :D

hi its cool links friday again :)

so what do we have here?

1) some funny easter eggs from deaus ex/ kotaku
http://kotaku.com/5837013/the-many-many-easter-eggs-in-deus-ex-human-revolution/gallery/1

2)  i love game of thrones. i dint like the TV series: stupid ned :P and heres a tumblr dedicated to silleh neds honour :P
http://winteriscomingbitch.tumblr.com/tagged/stupid+ned/page/2

3)the nutters at massive voodoo are still far too good at painting :P
http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2011/09/wadoooom.html

4) and corvus too is a amazing painter! the skintone is wonderfully creepy :$
http://corvusminiatures.blogspot.com/2011/09/apostle-of-darkness-second-wip.html

5) and crazy red pratiorans crazy awsome dreadknight!
http://crazyredpraetorian.blogspot.com/2011/04/henchmen-build-continues.html

6) and klaus has done some more cool conversions for another contest (his is the missle tank) in fact all the minis there are awsome :D
http://z11.invisionfree.com/Work_In_Progress/index.php?showtopic=17634

7) some dark eldar witches , ranting in E minor, possibly the best painted GAMING army out there!
http://bloodofkittens.com/rantineminor/2011/08/wych-squad-12-way-update.html


8) a very yellow or gold daemon prince :P by the brush brothers
http://thebrushbrothers.blogspot.com/2011/08/demonic-painting-finished-demon-prince.html

9) the SPESSSH MAHREEN DEMO! on ps3/xbox market place, and in steam via honour guard. (the space marine fourms) its amazing! go check it out!

10) forge worlds awsome boarding marine kit (still confused as why there is DE guns there???)
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/SPACE-MARINE-BOARDING-ASSAULT-UPGRADE-SET.html

11) funniest BOLS thread for ages :P
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?t=16982


12) jermey clarckson meets halo warthog :D :D :D :D :D GO CLARCKSONNN!!!!!!!!!!!
http://kotaku.com/5836038/jeremy-clarkson-talks-abouta-halo-warthog


13) some nutter called fuzzbuket is trying some scheme that is basicly he paints for you and his payment is your old minis? interesting
http://fuzzbuket.blogspot.com/p/commision-deals-aka-insane-ideas-page.html

14) dan abnett has a extract of his new ghosts book on his blog (scrololol down)
http://theprimaryclone.blogspot.com/

15) lamenter over at master of the forge  has done a rather cool grey knight conversion, its in his art-scale style and is really cool!
http://masteroftheforge.com/2011/07/29/artscale-grey-knight-squad/

and his website is now re-done and looking awsome ! http://masteroftheforge.com/


and thats this weeks links!

( and if you need a grey knight mordak mini or blood angels priest well /\/\/\/\/\ look up :P)

-fuzz

more (scratchbuilt) screamer (paint) WIPS

hi :) 

tonights post is some slightly better wips of the sky shark!

i have re-done the belly but its prettey much done, all it needs is some minor details (spots/ cuts on the belly) and it'll be done. now as its a GD entry many of you will say: its not shiney enough! but with the diorama it'll be in it will be realistic :D 

the only way i could take photos as i have shakey hand-itis

the underwings are a slightly diffrent shade

as you can see the belly is creased and folded, this will be needing some shading! :D

well thats it
:D

-fuzz

oh  and the worlds best painting tip: take 5 mins in the morning and just do 1 thing, ive been doing that over the past week and have almost finished a sky shark, scourge wings AND a grey knight :D