Privateer Press Warmachine and Hordes Unboxing and Reviews

I will be unboxing and reviewing some Privateer Press stuffs from now on. I love these minis so much I do them during weekdays after long hours at work. Some models are made of white metal ( pewter I think ) and the newer ( usually units ) models are plastic resin. Clean up of the mold lines are expected from both the metal and plastic variants and the older plastic models needs more clean up than the newer ones. Clean up is quick if you are used to any model making hobby, although it requires careful attention to not damage the details.



It is all about the painting for me as of now. However for my first PP unboxing post, I will be showing you a lot of Khador models I bought assembled from a player. I bought a second hand lot a while back as I plan to play Khador as of the moment. I have a complete 50pt army including the models in this post. I will be posting a few models from other Warmachine and Hordes factions from time to time as I will be getting models exclusively for painting and not army building.



I took photos of the painted models from privateerpress.com as reference. All my unboxing posts will include the models assembled and primed to show off the beautiful sculpts before painting. I just find unboxing posts without the assembled miniature models incomplete. Anyways, below are a few of the Khador lot primed and ready for painting

Widowmakers - KhadorUnit

Fenris - Khador Dragoon Solo

Winter Guard Officer & Standard

Winter Guard Infantry Unit

Kommandant Irusk - Khador Warcaster

"Kommandant Gurvaldt Irusk was born to make war. Irusk’s meteoric rise to
power is the product of sheer determination, devotion, and strategic
brilliance. His instinctive grasp of tactics allows him to see
weaknesses where others do not, his commanding presence inspires his
soldiers to greatness, and his innate magical capabilities enable him to
exploit every situation to the utmost. His accomplishments have
inspired a generation of Khadoran officers and made his name known
throughout western Immoren."

Winter Guard Rocketeer

Some Vallejo Acrylic Supplies to Test

I needed to re-stock my Vallejo supplies as I have so many projects to do. So I got myself some supplies today and a few Vallejo stuffs to test. I have a few or most of the Vallejo pigments, washes and Inks already and I am expecting a whole set of Vallejo Game Air soon... So I thought of testing the Vallejo Liquid Gold and Silver range ( alcohol base ) and the White Stone Liner.



I am also suppose to get a THINNING MEDIUM to slow down the drying process ( during hand painting ) of my Vallejo acrylic paints. A slower drying time means better or longer control of the flow of the paint. The slower drying time should be great for creating those rain and rust streaks on weathered models. I figured the MATT MEDIUM should work about the same as the thinning medium. If not will experiment on using the Matt Medium with my Vallejo pigments instead.



Other than the usual AIRBRUSH THINNER that acts as an acrylic retarder to convert non-Air paints for airbrushing, I also got a huge 200ml bottle of SURFACE PRIMER. Much like the Vallejo Varnishes, I love the surface primer so much as they dry fast, dry smooth and thin and strong enough to bind with the plastic surface. Vallejo claims that their surface primers are also suitable for RESIN kits, and metal ( I have tried it on pewter and it cures as hard as rock after a couple of months ), but I have yet to try them on resin kits. Will do test this surface primer on a resin kit soon.



The WHITE STONE LINER should work as a nice ( maybe stronger ) alternative to Tamiya White Putty. Vallejo claims it contains marble dust and white titanium paint and that it cures to a very hard solid material ( marble hard most likely ). Unlike the Tamiya putty, the white stone liner is water soluble so clean up is easier. Both can be sanded and shaped once dry ( 30 minutes or so after application ). What I like with this putty type product of Vallejo is the bottle! Much like their paints, the bottle design will prevent curing and hardening and if you use it as a putty, it is easier to apply as it has a really narrow snout to dispense.

The LIQUID GOLD paints from Vallejo looks like and shines like real metal!



The Vallejo liquid gold series claims to contain real metal pigments. Thus these paints are TOXIC and are ALCOHOL base ( not water base ). Contact with water will RUST the paints! So a separate set of brushes should be used and clean up with 99% alcohol after use. Interesting that Vallejo warns as that the paints will rust in contact with water, this could look really cool as you get to produce real rust ( will also test this feature ). However Vallejo claims that after curing ( a few minutes as these paints dry really fast ), these paints are very strong and will not require sealing of type of varnish.

I am so excited to test these super metallic paints on piston parts and other details. I bought 3 bottles today. I got the Rich Gold, Copper and Silver ( more like Chrome ) colors!



I will be putting up separate posts of each of these Vallejo products once I have tested them! Hope you find this post helpful? Until next post guys! Just enjoy the hobby! :)

HY2M Air Shock Battle 1/12 Beam Saber - review

I got this cool Gundam toy a few days ago and wanted to post photos the moment I opened the old box. HY2M stands for Hyper Hybrid Model and this is a 1/12 Air Shock Battle Beam Saber released way back 2008. I think based on the box, this is compatible with the huge HY2M 1/12 Gundam replica sold for 3,400 USD at Bandai Hobby Shop.



Obviously I can only afford the beam saber and I love this toy / replica so much. When you turn on the beam saber it vibrates and releases a nice start up sound. It then releases some humming sounds whenever it is idle and it also turns off when unplayed for a minute or so.



The beam saber has motion sensors that releases different kinds of swooshing sounds depending on your movement. Try pretending that you are a Gundam and pull the beam saber from your back, the sound is really cool and it even has some vibrations.



Their are two red switches on the hilt, the first one releases more swooshing sound effects and the other one is way cooler as it releases some Amuro phrases! A red light around the tip area also lights up as you play with the beam saber. The speakers is at the bottom of the beam saber and it releases not so loud sound,  I mean the sound effects could be louder and flashier.



Anyways, never mind the kiddie lights and sound effects, the toy / replica looks soooo stunning on my computer desk. This is a must have for any Gundam fan as it is not that expensive at 1,400 Php. Now here are some photos...

HY2M 1/12 Gundam photos from Gunpla Concepts

Thanks for dropping by! Til' next post! :)