{"id":384,"date":"2013-03-20T00:21:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T00:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/?p=384"},"modified":"2018-11-29T13:36:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T13:36:02","slug":"march-hobby-progress-challenge-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/?p=384","title":{"rendered":"March Hobby Progress Challenge &#8211; Complete!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing one of the Fornaxi, Tritius.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Poster-01-optimized.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-385\" alt=\"Helbrute FINAL Poster 01 optimized\" src=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Poster-01-optimized.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"888\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Poster-01-optimized.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Poster-01-optimized-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A standard Helbrute. \u00a0I may add a couple of inserts to convert the multi-melta in his right hand into a las-cannon or an autocannon, gut that will come (much) later.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_386\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Front-Elevated.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-386\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-386\" alt=\"Detail from the Top\" src=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Front-Elevated.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Front-Elevated.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Front-Elevated-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from the Top<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_387\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Right-Rear.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-387\" alt=\"The View from the Rear\" src=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Right-Rear.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Right-Rear.jpg 600w, http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Right-Rear-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The View from the Rear<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_388\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Face.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-388\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-388\" alt=\"The Face No Longer Looks Like Curried Zombie\" src=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Face.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Face.jpg 800w, http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Helbrute-FINAL-Face-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Face No Longer Looks Like Curried Zombie<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, now that I&#8217;m done I have to admit&#8230; \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure if I like it. \u00a0It&#8217;s hard to say exactly what&#8217;s causing me to not feel the love. \u00a0Maybe it&#8217;s the detailing &#8211; there are places that look like more could be done.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not my best work, model-wise. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t clean the model that well &#8211; mould lines are everywhere. \u00a0The skin-coloured base coat kept rubbing off the primer. \u00a0I\u00a0<em>really<\/em> need to seal the model before I game with it. \u00a0Also, enough paint from the basecoat got into the gaps of the model that final assembly was difficult. \u00a0I&#8217;m sure you can see the gaps. \u00a0I definitely can. \u00a0If I ever do another Helbrute, I think I&#8217;ll definitely be doing it differently as far as the base coat is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>I do like the basing. That <a href=\"http:\/\/www.games-workshop.com\/gws\/catalog\/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat800008a&amp;rootCatGameStyle=paints-tools\" target=\"_blank\">Texture paint<\/a> from GW is awesome, and the wash and drybrush came out much better than I expected.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it was definitely a learning experience. \u00a0Plus, it&#8217;s put me ahead for my April project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/skull-grad-avatar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8\" alt=\"Never Too Late To Learn\" src=\"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/skull-grad-avatar.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing one of the Fornaxi, Tritius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,27,6,22,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardisciple.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}