Great finds, its pretty cool that you still are able to find these unpainted out there… 
“I stand here, atop the Ziggurat of Zharr-Naggrund, the Place of Fire and Desolation. From where I stand, I can gaze across the plains of Zharrduk, and what I see is pleasing to my eyes.
It is forever Dark under the sun here in the heart of the world. The smell of sulphur and of burning oil fills the air. The cracking of whips and the wailing of slaves drowns out the clatter of machinery.
This is the future. One day Hashut, the Father of Darkness, shall rise from his slumber, and trample the world beneath his brazen hooves. The dead shall outnumber the living, and those that remain shall be dragged in chains to the pits of Zharr to toil for the greater glory of Hashut.
And all will be blessed Darkness.”
Today I finished my Astragoth model! This is the first Chaos Dwarf I’ve painted in a few months now that I’ve finished painting the Hobgoblins. Given he’s a special character I really wanted to do him justice, and I struggled with it - there’s a lot of metallics on the model that I didn’t want to detract from the bold colour scheme. After a while tho I settled down and I’ve tried painting him to the best of my abilities. Overall I’m pretty happy with it, considering my doubt, I think I got a nice balance between the clothing and the metal framework. Sadly he doesn’t have any official rules in 6th so he’ll be used as a Sorcerer!
Praise Hashut! Father of Darkness!
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Lovely! You’ve indeed done him justice…
He’s one of my all time favorite characters for WFB.
Praise Hashut 
I think you definitely did strike that balance you were looking for, it’s actually quite a complicated model for its size with a lot going on so well done 
Thanks both! I’m really pleased with him, and had a lot of nice feedback which feels good.
Managed to score a few more hobgoblin wolf riders yesterday too! I just need 1 more regular wolf rider to complete my squad of 10. I also managed to get to of the Archer wolf riders!
I am in need of some wolves though, if anyone has any spare please let me know!
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Regular wolves? Might have a few since I didn’t use mine for my Ooglah Khan’s Hobgoblin Wolf boys. I’ll check the boxes ^^
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Ohhh if you could look yea! It is just regular ones I need
I have enough parts for 9 wolves, some on sprue and some partly built.
I struggled with Motivation for painting this week, but had a burst of it yesterday and finished this Blunderbuss. Trying to increase my rank to 3 so I can get that S5 hit in 6th edition.
It feels nice to paint Chaos Dwarfs again, although they’re a lot more time consuming to paint - not that thats necessarily a bad thing mind, yesterday I started listening to the Eisenhorn audiobooks again, and did about 2.5 hours painting to finish up this model and really enjoyed it.
Its been so long since I painted blunderbuss I couldn’t remember what I had done last time. The gun barrel itself is a mix of P3 Exile Blue and P3 Thamar Black, and I was using a model I had painted about a year ago as a reference point. Whilst I was finishing up this model, it got me thinking about my progress on the last year. Left hand is old, right is the new model I finished last night.
Just feels a little crisper if nothing else.
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Looks great! And remember painting should be fun, no need to rush/force it unless its for a Golden Hat! 
Anyway, seeing this latest CD I just thought to that your painting had improved alot since I first noticed your stuff on Instagram. Well done, and as always thanks for sharing!
Game wise S5 is the way to go as well IMO!
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I feel you, I find Chaos Dwarf infantry one of the most time consuming to paint. Lots of little arrows and details which really take up time when you are trying to churn through big blocks of them.
Everything looks lovely though
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Agreed 
I’m with you on the ‘how did I paint that?’, so many times I have a break between minis and the colours used just goes out of my head 
My brother bought me Recipe book for Christmas one year, but instead of food I tracked my painting recipes in there so it’s easier to come back to, it’s been really handy.
Looking great btw, definite improvement and both look really well done
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Thanks all! Yeah I always think how I should write my recipes down - but then I think how I know things like the red armour and blue hats off by heart so its fine? - And forget about things like the guns aha.
yep, there’s always something that goes from the mind 
usually a couple of things with mine 
A painting recipe book is a must, especially for me who tend to jump between projects. Or expand on stuff a few months/year later. You can never go wrong with writing your recipes down!
I had a recipe book too, but got lazy and stopped adding to it
And I used to have a record with date, cost, of everything I’ve bought but it got toooo incriminating
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No, no. It’s model building and conversion that is fun… painting… is a necessary evil. 
I jest… somewhat… I find painting repetitive and tedious except for the last 10-15% the detail work (which is actually fun!). I should so make a recipe book. Constantly having to re-create schemes…
…Your recreation of the Blunderbuss scheme is spot on and looks great!
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I totally get this. I love the details - the blocking out of colours etc is a necessity for me to get to the fun bit.
Latest mini looks great mate 
Amen haha