I Want To Paint Your Forgotten Army!

So I found myself unemployed this week, and oddly enough I don't feel so bad about it. My job was a good one and the money was great, but it also had its downsides. I always hear how 12 hour shift rotations take years off your life and inhaling the stuff we made had to be bad for me. Half the time I would only feel half awake for the majority of the day, and switching form days to nights was really a pain. Aside form the whole, "What are we gonna do now?", panic from my wife, I found that going to bed at a normal time and waking up with my kids in the morning felt pretty good. With a mortgage and two kids to pay for I started thinking of some of my options, and I remembered that for a few months I have been considering doing some commission painting.

Looking through blog rolls and seeing all these awesomely converted minis with beautiful paint jobs made me think,"Yeah that's not me." What I'm good at is sitting down and cranking out models in mass quantity.
A little over a year back my local GW had a "New Army For The New Year" painting contest where you had three months to complete a new army from scratch. I believe the points were something like 2000 for fantasy, 1850 for 40k and 1000 for Lord Of The Rings. I had a friend's Dwarf army sitting around for years, and after checking out what was in the box, coupled with my Battle for Skull Pass starter set, I decided I'd go for it.
Now, like any good procrastinator, I entered, built most of the models, and then didn't touch them for ten weeks.
 When it finally came down to crunch time, I busted the whole army out in the last two weeks and won the contest!

With 8th Edition Fantasy on the horizon, I'm guessing that someone out there has rank upon rank of soldiers waiting to get some color, or a 40k army that has been gray for too long. So if your interested in getting your army done drop me an line at palinmoonstride@gmail.com and we can go over the project details. I am considering having a flat rate based on the points of the army instead of being based on individual models. If someone comes at me with 200 boyz I may cry, but I do like a challenge.
Since I have more free time now I'll be trying to post more frequently and catch up on some the latest projects I've been working on.

Battle Report - Tyranids Vs. Tyranids in Tyranid...wait, what?!

Tyranids VS Tyranids in Tyranid Wave Assault from paul mehaffey on Vimeo.

When I passed Joey V the camera last time we got together I wasn't expecting this. Joe and Jon are both on top of the current standings in our planetary empires campaign. Since the new codex dropped they have both been on a rampage, and loving every second of it. When their inevitable clash came no one expected them to pick up the Battle Missions book and create a bio mess like this.

My Wife Left The Paint Out, My Two Year Old Woke Up Early.

This week my wife came running into the room yelling, "PAUL WAKE UP NOW! HURRY!"
 Apparently our son got up early and did a little exploring. Every paint in the center picture was under the table in a pile, many with their caps taken off.

My wife has been letting our son paint these little $1 wooden animal cut outs and picture frames we get  from the local hobby shop and AC Moore. My boy likes painting them a lot and often asks to go to "Bobby Hobby". Hopefully this will translate into a future love for the plastic crack. Anyway, Back to the story at hand.
Friday he was painting and my wife found out the neighbor was having a yard sale the next day. Our house quickly became a disaster zone while things were getting moved next door for the sale. After the flurry of activity setting up for the sale tons of stuff was left sitting on out dining room table. She claims that she didn't put the paints on the floor, but since she brought them up from the basement its not my fault for once!

After a day of soaking and scrubbing with the acrylic brush cleaner from my kids last painting adventure we gave up. My wife just wants to flip the rug. I think we should wait a few years since something else is bound to happen. What do you think?