tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139142366448343822024-03-05T18:10:18.278+00:00Tabletop ApocalypseBlazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.comBlogger303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-57729019811938065372023-02-05T12:15:00.008+00:002023-02-05T12:15:57.729+00:00Oldhammer undead - early 90s skeletons, wights and Vampire Lord<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3_4wEglbVzWwK8nxP3mYAwvT_UoTXP66m46vGyd88WsTAlM3SzEx3X9O9XSf4TqTmNtySlfWmtri3gWKEv4w-Wudpvaj7pM2HLnYgXGroX-E8hPnwW0PYkfVKTqu2nr7-P3dlHeL6XcSdVJKpD7J6djCoUqXAb4LhCAJA6uQKNNKncTEoOSyCBgr9g/s2250/PSX_20230205_082810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="2145" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3_4wEglbVzWwK8nxP3mYAwvT_UoTXP66m46vGyd88WsTAlM3SzEx3X9O9XSf4TqTmNtySlfWmtri3gWKEv4w-Wudpvaj7pM2HLnYgXGroX-E8hPnwW0PYkfVKTqu2nr7-P3dlHeL6XcSdVJKpD7J6djCoUqXAb4LhCAJA6uQKNNKncTEoOSyCBgr9g/w381-h400/PSX_20230205_082810.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><p>The terror is real this weekend as I sit upon a grizzly chair, in a horrifying room, surrounded by the most dreadful creatures of the night ever cast in lead - yep, it must be some classic undead fresh from the painting table! </p><p><br /></p>These guys have been a real treat to work on - there's a lot of character in these old models - I've painted them to match my Vampire Counts, which I've been working on revamping (unintentional undead pun), for about 2 years alongside many other fantasy projects. <p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTFMoJtl7pyHeaDNwJ2lzXQWLD773rFOYEPo9-Np9LqJmXJoFbQv_sdoWfFetk_Z8mobDGLBQUWXC7GiVoa9YfBteA0_vI2kr__F77Mm-IlgO9ee5FXlkK_0AkZliiIbyGo_ttaN4kpxbEMRd_0KDE286ySAQ9pmVrpX-iae65HPVwtqolLPXXeR6oQ/s2635/PSX_20230205_082909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2002" data-original-width="2635" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTFMoJtl7pyHeaDNwJ2lzXQWLD773rFOYEPo9-Np9LqJmXJoFbQv_sdoWfFetk_Z8mobDGLBQUWXC7GiVoa9YfBteA0_vI2kr__F77Mm-IlgO9ee5FXlkK_0AkZliiIbyGo_ttaN4kpxbEMRd_0KDE286ySAQ9pmVrpX-iae65HPVwtqolLPXXeR6oQ/w640-h417/PSX_20230205_082909.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>For some reason, I really love Wights! Something about those dorky helmets and overblown armour just screams 80s metal album cover art. The old wraith isn't far behind. I painted him I the early 90s style with a bright robe and some patterning like the good old days. I also added red for the weapon shafts for thrse models as it's a nice way to get a nostalgic splash of colour on there. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrKZgSEmXYvjQBNrAPZn-Cv8icIiqoUzU6j0NwhfuTP2Qpx1ETDVAotQbsc3ZXl34HZ79XjcbKggl0-b0DPf8k9IWJU1srfE7ejTElzL6maOG4hMF4vSTwYVsoUxcGI80shBJk3g6jNn3hV3TW6TfImJ6fEp9Ipgpo4PHaqyQSi5wibL4RRxcZbXDKg/s2295/PSX_20230205_082942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="2295" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrKZgSEmXYvjQBNrAPZn-Cv8icIiqoUzU6j0NwhfuTP2Qpx1ETDVAotQbsc3ZXl34HZ79XjcbKggl0-b0DPf8k9IWJU1srfE7ejTElzL6maOG4hMF4vSTwYVsoUxcGI80shBJk3g6jNn3hV3TW6TfImJ6fEp9Ipgpo4PHaqyQSi5wibL4RRxcZbXDKg/s320/PSX_20230205_082942.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The models were actually given to me by my bother who was recently gifted a treasure-trove of old models from someone looking to given them a good home. These guys have been restored and will soon be headed to the battlefield again, so will be seeing action the way they were intended in plenty of games of old fantasy.</p><p><br /></p><p>While working on these guys, I also dug out one of my personal favorite models of the era - my old Vampire Lord. He was always my general in the 90s Vampire Counts army and has seen so much play, I can't even begin to recount it. Multiple games a week for a good few years. During that time, he killed thousands - probably the most blood drenched model I have in the entire collection. In fact, when I striped him for painting, the metal underneath was tarnished a dark black that cloud never be restored - which I'm taking as evidence of his dark and naughty history! </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFcMl6bnH_K4g6tExdvBCTfWIQd9fM0gTUO1slcpYWkUEL2qAVodt1EvPvGTB16IwF8gQJI_sKz5-isXrO54iUG7gCJlfuSQPSroOEzOhsTU3t2U_oS4npywc0kGJYOIvobiiGutOK3zmvGQQZk0lLP9MdGzD_8ykVS6gU_8lauq5nBzdAmTTw03lzA/s1916/PSX_20230205_082843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="1768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFcMl6bnH_K4g6tExdvBCTfWIQd9fM0gTUO1slcpYWkUEL2qAVodt1EvPvGTB16IwF8gQJI_sKz5-isXrO54iUG7gCJlfuSQPSroOEzOhsTU3t2U_oS4npywc0kGJYOIvobiiGutOK3zmvGQQZk0lLP9MdGzD_8ykVS6gU_8lauq5nBzdAmTTw03lzA/w369-h400/PSX_20230205_082843.jpg" width="369" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, here he is all back in shape and ready for action. Many years ago, he always was equipped with the Frost Blade and Carstein Ring, so in honour of that, I've painted his sword in a magical icy blue. It's not the best photo I could do, but everything is packed away for an impending house move, so the light is what it is and his Cape is a bit obscured.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To top it off for some rare warhammer stuff, these photos are shot in the proper citadel graveyard that I bought to go with the army when I built them back in about 2000 maybe. Up next is hopefully the Black coach and some Grave Guard with halberds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrFxGY-jLAL8ShbM2a1YJJHJZFU28z53OxhYjcO6nOLYS1kHFA2VvCDMWj3m06iTZnpWFUwm758WSyZAjZwUCMeFY3HePDd--43vc0SLHgSvatzucapFg2QDS5OfGnNSfgFbda2gwEnbnFhO5rrfSec0AdlCmUXkPDJWDyftbhTkDi3WRJPQ9W-OrGw/s782/20230129_172808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="782" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrFxGY-jLAL8ShbM2a1YJJHJZFU28z53OxhYjcO6nOLYS1kHFA2VvCDMWj3m06iTZnpWFUwm758WSyZAjZwUCMeFY3HePDd--43vc0SLHgSvatzucapFg2QDS5OfGnNSfgFbda2gwEnbnFhO5rrfSec0AdlCmUXkPDJWDyftbhTkDi3WRJPQ9W-OrGw/w200-h164/20230129_172808.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These old skeletons are great though - all armoured as well. They go back a long way - some time in the 80s and long out of print before I ever started I the hobby, which is rare to find. I just wish I could get my hands on a few more to fill up the unit! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-52867460403153769632022-11-14T11:01:00.001+00:002022-11-14T11:01:19.241+00:00Lizardmen - Oxyotl the Chameleon Skink<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwCtEwUjzNyoAvjCzRZEmUYhuwVakHoMFk7nhERw58hnI621_m0W4DLMk1YkJHCs1AKw3Hi4iDTWJVQ91lsI7XiXwxWnhWJppcR-79DC838KM9c9l1hLXinxZILI2S3np7KAbJHrK8LHQ_n0UiG5ElvWSKEepSaSZwAeKP647ET48roxEE1AtZdCxTA/s3785/PSX_20221114_092640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3785" data-original-width="2573" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwCtEwUjzNyoAvjCzRZEmUYhuwVakHoMFk7nhERw58hnI621_m0W4DLMk1YkJHCs1AKw3Hi4iDTWJVQ91lsI7XiXwxWnhWJppcR-79DC838KM9c9l1hLXinxZILI2S3np7KAbJHrK8LHQ_n0UiG5ElvWSKEepSaSZwAeKP647ET48roxEE1AtZdCxTA/w436-h640/PSX_20221114_092640.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>A classic model I've been painting since last night. Finished him this morning and thought I'd post him on the blog as I've been neglecting to post much lately... again. </p><p><br /></p><p>Lizardmen were my first ever Warhammer army. Back then I couldn't afford the armies book at first and I remember leafing through it in my local games store and coming across the art for this guy and being blown away! Immediately I wanted one, but there was no model, so I set to work on a series of terrible conversions with old plastic skinks as the base - then dutifully painted them up in garish colours inspired by Buzizima the Chameleon from the PS1 classic fighting game Bloody Roar 2. Thankfully, some years later, the actual model came out and I bought him. </p><p><br /></p><p>As an old sculpt, he stands the test of time very well - I like him a lot more than the other iterations of chameleon skinks that came out later. Actually, I consider pretty much everything done to the Lizardman range after 5th edition to be pretty heinous to be honest, but that's probably a story for another time.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a bit of fun, I used a coat of Vallejo transparent orange on his skin over a white undercoat which interestingly worked a bit like a contrast paint in terms of making a nice vibrant base. The little tree on his base was a bit of an experiment too, and is made of wire twisted together and coated with milliput. </p><p><br /></p><p>That about rounds it out on this guy. Interestingly, he seems to be worth about £40 at the moment on eBay - possibly attributable to Warhammer Total War, but as I've never played it I can't say. Either way, if you have a spare one, you're sitting on a small fortune!</p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-36322025028252987592022-08-11T20:59:00.001+01:002022-08-11T20:59:56.848+01:00Horus Heresy Blood Angels Army Showcase - 1150 points <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTXiv7B_6COtAR7eP3sqJZhmObDSdjJT8q8h8txrP7LfQrl2sSLWd_ralNO7Ue8LtBRj0XJxKBgzmIlsX_btwRuq5HELywRlY-NAHAftHnULHw0v7G4f0eF36aanv7WZQoiFZ4OEcBGfPdkuOxpq_WGKyZ4xNHlZN2UPI39F1Tu7k0RZislSWreL7Bg/s4000/20220804_093752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTXiv7B_6COtAR7eP3sqJZhmObDSdjJT8q8h8txrP7LfQrl2sSLWd_ralNO7Ue8LtBRj0XJxKBgzmIlsX_btwRuq5HELywRlY-NAHAftHnULHw0v7G4f0eF36aanv7WZQoiFZ4OEcBGfPdkuOxpq_WGKyZ4xNHlZN2UPI39F1Tu7k0RZislSWreL7Bg/w640-h360/20220804_093752.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After a week or so of posting photos of everything individually, it's finally time to unveil the army photos. In the week since these were shot, the force has actually grown with a unit of 10 assault Marines completed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV22Q_xGUcnRkYBLPA0BBqOHwj0U7A7o3lT03D2aRAYkyFgMAmepzxxH-lQXMl5Ah0L4nBcdhmQ3eNXWINBT9Vu9gdmCuA-Y4LVU1u7HHb-wpHb-0A_wDRCzFTHzFIlEVPSVwKAObtkhH0vqzO3KcsqrI4QBDs93Zmr5HjO99VKv7tio7obS-IawAbbA/s4000/20220804_093641.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV22Q_xGUcnRkYBLPA0BBqOHwj0U7A7o3lT03D2aRAYkyFgMAmepzxxH-lQXMl5Ah0L4nBcdhmQ3eNXWINBT9Vu9gdmCuA-Y4LVU1u7HHb-wpHb-0A_wDRCzFTHzFIlEVPSVwKAObtkhH0vqzO3KcsqrI4QBDs93Zmr5HjO99VKv7tio7obS-IawAbbA/w640-h360/20220804_093641.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I first put paint to model for this force on 22/06/22 following the release of the new edition of the Horus Heresy game. It's now 10/08, so that puts this at about 6 weeks ish of progress. As I've said there are another 10 finished models now that aren't pictured, so the total miniatures painted is 47, which is pretty good. The pictured force is about 1150 points, and now the completed total is 1350. A good start and there are plenty of troops for a nice solid core. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeaHmoF2PLr4UvcA8XcMwr0IpgtsmSrNESyU8wsNb2QxTW5ClZPkZqihed8OxoLtyYzCIsaoo9f2q-ypmUrCu4ZwE1hB96oPDXwUvmQnnqnxU5ZQTzX0UGbH5XjLEAZr-7nVHRAllVqGhybu2LnN4Ykwunt74Eew5iu9Oj3uXMeRyl8OHKyJI6tTtKA/s4000/20220804_093715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeaHmoF2PLr4UvcA8XcMwr0IpgtsmSrNESyU8wsNb2QxTW5ClZPkZqihed8OxoLtyYzCIsaoo9f2q-ypmUrCu4ZwE1hB96oPDXwUvmQnnqnxU5ZQTzX0UGbH5XjLEAZr-7nVHRAllVqGhybu2LnN4Ykwunt74Eew5iu9Oj3uXMeRyl8OHKyJI6tTtKA/w640-h360/20220804_093715.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've said it before, but returning to old fantasy changed the way I paint hugely and upped my output of quality models massively. Fantasy uses 20 man units most of thr time, so I had to master batch painting to get an army together at all, which was what made all the difference. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53vArWfc5prhXwpboy8g8fI8Gx6w5AqQLPZmUfjh0GRGlbj-g-71kavCis3wKB2DDAiivfIqWqppsy_Wj4-R-uhwtyMQcm1kIjv8YAvyvAwZfpu1shhUklOHZyhqASVyNODqEhTnO_daSfeWkF0BXRJaJQYkqxoxLgDXF4AO0yKb3CATxaX1HYiRjtg/s4000/20220804_093721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53vArWfc5prhXwpboy8g8fI8Gx6w5AqQLPZmUfjh0GRGlbj-g-71kavCis3wKB2DDAiivfIqWqppsy_Wj4-R-uhwtyMQcm1kIjv8YAvyvAwZfpu1shhUklOHZyhqASVyNODqEhTnO_daSfeWkF0BXRJaJQYkqxoxLgDXF4AO0yKb3CATxaX1HYiRjtg/w640-h360/20220804_093721.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUG-r4ZtX8ZqGwjFO_lNiTQvjop844pa3fKQd5BGtsvYQVCPxBxsEYC1d9i_or6jnbir9mF3jJ_MzZm0oEAlzEUE7MG7jTk2Ot7RlHvJA7p2MiYYqsl3Imk_UnRegIq0uEV9CTUBvJGWjN7NK_aZOG_mgB8zXb6nYLeptrHqQ0DcTJUS9v2jfwoslug/s4000/20220804_093726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUG-r4ZtX8ZqGwjFO_lNiTQvjop844pa3fKQd5BGtsvYQVCPxBxsEYC1d9i_or6jnbir9mF3jJ_MzZm0oEAlzEUE7MG7jTk2Ot7RlHvJA7p2MiYYqsl3Imk_UnRegIq0uEV9CTUBvJGWjN7NK_aZOG_mgB8zXb6nYLeptrHqQ0DcTJUS9v2jfwoslug/w640-h360/20220804_093726.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm happy with the old school look of these guys that was heavily inspired by rogue trader and second edition. I even managed to sneak the old metal scouts and ancient rhino in there. Taking inspiration from older versions of warhammer really makes quite a lot of sense stylistically as well as there are a large number of heresy units that draw inspiration from older models for the look of things like guns, helmets, armour marks and even tanks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1Xcb4k2pENjtDl2IDv7men9cYVXeilOCqm_rEtQI_9bE6i_u7pSPiVxO9PFq9Xi-c9LJpDY_h0OFvtts_nBo8wP_UlN2GK8HsOuNfFT3C7ZR5nZFEksnNU6T6Jib6UBE3EMlrKbdfTINeK47lgPlahR71BgDMbi1JOn-vuLngoFEFGgdvohw5IZiDA/s4000/20220804_093703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1Xcb4k2pENjtDl2IDv7men9cYVXeilOCqm_rEtQI_9bE6i_u7pSPiVxO9PFq9Xi-c9LJpDY_h0OFvtts_nBo8wP_UlN2GK8HsOuNfFT3C7ZR5nZFEksnNU6T6Jib6UBE3EMlrKbdfTINeK47lgPlahR71BgDMbi1JOn-vuLngoFEFGgdvohw5IZiDA/w640-h360/20220804_093703.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That about rounds it out - the photos probably get a bit repetitive as I dumped the lot on here. More future posts at some point when I can be bothered to get the camera, lights, scenery and models out... so could be a long time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCCNxtjInLEKyIAF1dRY6hqG3OpjCAq8xAOOh9dsSCmpu1OGIm83iHwntm1boYC45q29AGqr7Xl45n6TizS2Nx5uS2mlAtFvD8EOCCiBo6-TBiWzTenQW-rPpBVZRuqcO2xMXNZRWCGvV_D39eWx3yMtJc5myFOPNCk_HIz4NLmh2n8azjh5yjZVsLw/s4000/20220804_093747.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCCNxtjInLEKyIAF1dRY6hqG3OpjCAq8xAOOh9dsSCmpu1OGIm83iHwntm1boYC45q29AGqr7Xl45n6TizS2Nx5uS2mlAtFvD8EOCCiBo6-TBiWzTenQW-rPpBVZRuqcO2xMXNZRWCGvV_D39eWx3yMtJc5myFOPNCk_HIz4NLmh2n8azjh5yjZVsLw/w640-h360/20220804_093747.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5-YGrE33YOI_IcQvHDcl9nppA-bvgKkJzTqOJLxK5ehayluNV_N318ThyX9wptqjXypyc4UbmCmqnk-d8Q-yqEg09F_okRO0zdjOMOvUQcAqu_3MjMK-lp2fpqrnQ9KYpl3IbsTKs0V_MYlfWW-7gEwXpN8ZqLTHtUgKDZCMvYaCelkg1qKO_Jsr7w/s4000/20220804_093657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5-YGrE33YOI_IcQvHDcl9nppA-bvgKkJzTqOJLxK5ehayluNV_N318ThyX9wptqjXypyc4UbmCmqnk-d8Q-yqEg09F_okRO0zdjOMOvUQcAqu_3MjMK-lp2fpqrnQ9KYpl3IbsTKs0V_MYlfWW-7gEwXpN8ZqLTHtUgKDZCMvYaCelkg1qKO_Jsr7w/w640-h360/20220804_093657.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-677655401815075182022-08-10T09:30:00.001+01:002022-08-10T09:30:00.196+01:00Horus Heresy Blood Angels Legion Outriders<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyutUNWVWcnP5IHFlOzyf8LNq5bLNQF0x8WwrNRmkKV_GVFG__CO2rVgnUnbJygkamNyWAkocPnEHI5HBcXtGZ5BHuprNh9RCH9gtPAFOq7CyUBUrdZBewOQmaVCi7u3p1Ik0AqxSxk7icb8UbUlS8jVD7J3Y3Xjp1YCktAOoJ2-x3haCb06b-et_YWA/s4000/20220804_091607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyutUNWVWcnP5IHFlOzyf8LNq5bLNQF0x8WwrNRmkKV_GVFG__CO2rVgnUnbJygkamNyWAkocPnEHI5HBcXtGZ5BHuprNh9RCH9gtPAFOq7CyUBUrdZBewOQmaVCi7u3p1Ik0AqxSxk7icb8UbUlS8jVD7J3Y3Xjp1YCktAOoJ2-x3haCb06b-et_YWA/w640-h480/20220804_091607.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I've always liked space marine bikes - the only problem with heresy bikes is that at the moment the only option is to buy them at the extortionate prices that forgeworld are charging (currently a little over £20 a piece). I was never going to pay that when I had a set of old ravenwing bikes just waiting for a new marine project.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKf5_mNXLmztvb10WY7tytk-8jRG8JeYI2q9zXT837v1zZkTbmzmhngGkfCkQZTcp2DE6pFtxjbvp8IVfhglMOmcXZCY92gmlU4212M87lP4dxeHFd7k8_E-43uVrLLp7SPvnk2nkJDV4qE_t_uzyq4uY3At5tZ-WyaXaboUBUUBp_b8fICh5cHGZ44Q/s4000/20220804_091409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKf5_mNXLmztvb10WY7tytk-8jRG8JeYI2q9zXT837v1zZkTbmzmhngGkfCkQZTcp2DE6pFtxjbvp8IVfhglMOmcXZCY92gmlU4212M87lP4dxeHFd7k8_E-43uVrLLp7SPvnk2nkJDV4qE_t_uzyq4uY3At5tZ-WyaXaboUBUUBp_b8fICh5cHGZ44Q/s320/20220804_091409.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>The problem I had was that they weren't really heresy, so I did a bit of conversion work for both the bikes and the riders to rebuild both the front and back of the bikes and then move the bolter to the side like the official outriders. I'm sticking with Mk6 armour for the Marines, so went with with corvus helms again. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gDykP7VATe1x5CZVN7aKr3sS8M0-FGDcw5jeHyX3zqQdNSekbR2aUrbYI0jKIFigbtf4CX7Cm9YKECSCx2o-ebnjT3AfAd1XHVCru2gt3vDkQMCEBQ3kpw8SraAiA1nwrcZxWViikj6ALPTpbKuJUOuSpdyg-3ow-DduUX11IlQwr5iYtyzlq66qSQ/s4000/20220804_091352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gDykP7VATe1x5CZVN7aKr3sS8M0-FGDcw5jeHyX3zqQdNSekbR2aUrbYI0jKIFigbtf4CX7Cm9YKECSCx2o-ebnjT3AfAd1XHVCru2gt3vDkQMCEBQ3kpw8SraAiA1nwrcZxWViikj6ALPTpbKuJUOuSpdyg-3ow-DduUX11IlQwr5iYtyzlq66qSQ/s320/20220804_091352.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>Unfortunately, their rules are pretty bad right now- this unit comes out at around 100 points, but in the current edition of heresy bikes have no more protection than ordinary men (no additional wounds or toughness). If you run you get shrouded, but it's not a whole lot of protection. Worse of all, they seem to be unable to take melta bombs now which ends the time honoured tradition of dunking tank rear armour. Talk about tactically limiting!</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqs2FrVd4tKppDykcNTfN7Yzi5_1V3HBWD41mWLlPMF8jLrM7nV0pa6uwtsRLHIMwaeuKDkr6Jn6H6Ud0mWgEgTxLJqnKU9yKAqy8InR_ys7KDy9eJzY0q5kh0Vodf9JXeYzB-7kJ-ju5JQwvt1WVTrTYXPZ9_DICRZXykqg1dRjuR7fxFKUM-WJ1rA/s4000/20220804_091453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqs2FrVd4tKppDykcNTfN7Yzi5_1V3HBWD41mWLlPMF8jLrM7nV0pa6uwtsRLHIMwaeuKDkr6Jn6H6Ud0mWgEgTxLJqnKU9yKAqy8InR_ys7KDy9eJzY0q5kh0Vodf9JXeYzB-7kJ-ju5JQwvt1WVTrTYXPZ9_DICRZXykqg1dRjuR7fxFKUM-WJ1rA/s320/20220804_091453.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That said, I do intend to build a few more to see if I can make something of them yet! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAU-begLWlqoBiH33DiPEwdWaB0GS0ri71nhTruYdeR96YIFytntlb5oTKkBRS-EnwvWp8qTgHUAOyt6rSILflA6oItJZ4qAbPVqkxad2bj86JVUgi9u5Nz-12Bnmr_DJYNDP3pbFJ8cruUtHj78VK6nW3wzOUZBYzBWDw22AICxMItS3mO-NtePXeg/s4000/20220804_091513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAU-begLWlqoBiH33DiPEwdWaB0GS0ri71nhTruYdeR96YIFytntlb5oTKkBRS-EnwvWp8qTgHUAOyt6rSILflA6oItJZ4qAbPVqkxad2bj86JVUgi9u5Nz-12Bnmr_DJYNDP3pbFJ8cruUtHj78VK6nW3wzOUZBYzBWDw22AICxMItS3mO-NtePXeg/s320/20220804_091513.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlnlm8F72ARkJQBSovjszpTW4lC7DbwuOpzcRK1e1F6rG4T4NAc5ZIDuRKk91KpRf3SiWnLwVUP1djnAHL_H7d-Yjj2SEUUCiC6iH2FLh6ntaqrASO7ShtEhWor8bqfAws2Wq7NRdtMxAu2-jXw4TAQKNkx0gCEzDQl1kzp4cqOYywdXxlJ2vGVfNFg/s4000/20220804_091413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlnlm8F72ARkJQBSovjszpTW4lC7DbwuOpzcRK1e1F6rG4T4NAc5ZIDuRKk91KpRf3SiWnLwVUP1djnAHL_H7d-Yjj2SEUUCiC6iH2FLh6ntaqrASO7ShtEhWor8bqfAws2Wq7NRdtMxAu2-jXw4TAQKNkx0gCEzDQl1kzp4cqOYywdXxlJ2vGVfNFg/s320/20220804_091413.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That about rounds out the look at these guys. I think it may be time for some army photos now. I have some individual shots of thee Rhinos, but will probably post them later on. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3_N9SWlf-4bCd_IJhdy9RH2HKJX2XYCHDq3GC-IDtQn6zkDlAGGm6Pcr-qqwrpNSPS77tE8NJ2bSFapFfQIgjMSopho7Dz7N7vyMx4H_d8068Q6bSK9S_6cWJppdI_AAKaNdThCDibzYfwbdJNcuRvLi5cDnWWW2Qm8j5Q_fJ2Q4jnlPptaOFlMVMQ/s4000/20220804_091433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3_N9SWlf-4bCd_IJhdy9RH2HKJX2XYCHDq3GC-IDtQn6zkDlAGGm6Pcr-qqwrpNSPS77tE8NJ2bSFapFfQIgjMSopho7Dz7N7vyMx4H_d8068Q6bSK9S_6cWJppdI_AAKaNdThCDibzYfwbdJNcuRvLi5cDnWWW2Qm8j5Q_fJ2Q4jnlPptaOFlMVMQ/s320/20220804_091433.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-63208708945273933622022-08-09T09:30:00.001+01:002022-08-09T09:30:00.202+01:00Horus Heresy Blood Angels Indomitus Terminators <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSN4XVq5fSuuPg_NRTXX_-fwFztrVjx6jJcYXm1QiDmW30Y1ZxW6TRtfyFEuTrZhHwhG4gSG-9USBV7V5VAvKWtes1lXV5XknJjwdIdT-OilT5_dEcUohdtHsHeFAEgxHqiFpKwKynPOFa3Gvr4GEPrEQriy6uAG9A-dYhq2ma_pNnM5HEyUq9ZnBEpA/s4000/20220804_091006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSN4XVq5fSuuPg_NRTXX_-fwFztrVjx6jJcYXm1QiDmW30Y1ZxW6TRtfyFEuTrZhHwhG4gSG-9USBV7V5VAvKWtes1lXV5XknJjwdIdT-OilT5_dEcUohdtHsHeFAEgxHqiFpKwKynPOFa3Gvr4GEPrEQriy6uAG9A-dYhq2ma_pNnM5HEyUq9ZnBEpA/w640-h480/20220804_091006.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another unit for the heresy/2nd edition inspired Blood Angels today - Indomitus Terminators. I'd actually had the Terminators sitting around in bits for years - part of a starter set I never got around to doing anything with. Handily, they're usable in heresy, and look very nostalgic painted up in their 90s colours. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyOFeqZeitVKPHHsS9QfXU6YVaPK8wqfXZNN3NuxRftBgXQQsbtBAwCLS0F4msLZwTAt8IB-vzImWi7jegk4ByVU3LGGi2rnAMDXzfnAohtSKunETjeQ4a2Opbs5Srxn_Yu6SDx7XShg83XCWq2E6pOeGdKjgbVovw4OkaG0cHecsYkodPztxjWcHMQ/s4000/20220804_091011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyOFeqZeitVKPHHsS9QfXU6YVaPK8wqfXZNN3NuxRftBgXQQsbtBAwCLS0F4msLZwTAt8IB-vzImWi7jegk4ByVU3LGGi2rnAMDXzfnAohtSKunETjeQ4a2Opbs5Srxn_Yu6SDx7XShg83XCWq2E6pOeGdKjgbVovw4OkaG0cHecsYkodPztxjWcHMQ/w640-h480/20220804_091011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>One thing I learned from painting these is that painting hazard stripes on rounded power fists is hard to get right. Other than that, I continued the same scheme as the Marines, but I did adjust a few things - like moving the blue to the crux terminatus on their shoulders and going full yellow on the helms. <div><br /></div><div>They were actually quite a quick unit to paint in the end. There are a lot of flat panels on them which took to the freehand well. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLS1EiXlUK89oMmBJHeLBx_fC4bQXm4ZURiS66gYXkhvjl8bnjbFk7Ilo9FCWFSS5-fOqPkZALjWoRW54EdRw2KpPBJCQR1iHn4Lf62jyrobcxDV7lrk6GRR7kvjj8zsTIAW1S3i7gQU8F5hVFF60eEW93S3R5gWX81rCHrqxz-npTcbmqxQeb9bW2Q/s4000/20220804_091219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLS1EiXlUK89oMmBJHeLBx_fC4bQXm4ZURiS66gYXkhvjl8bnjbFk7Ilo9FCWFSS5-fOqPkZALjWoRW54EdRw2KpPBJCQR1iHn4Lf62jyrobcxDV7lrk6GRR7kvjj8zsTIAW1S3i7gQU8F5hVFF60eEW93S3R5gWX81rCHrqxz-npTcbmqxQeb9bW2Q/w640-h480/20220804_091219.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They give me a lot of old Space Hulk vibes too which is nice. For my army's aesthetic, they actually match better than some of the heresy patterns, but maybe I'll add some at some point. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcsUMrRt-MBc1xOHXrvCtwe1iSWIhZ7Dd5qTmb4QapmQ04cpigcZb-1mz3NmhaIMbKystgRbVL8BTFY7gz1M3SYtTDvUklIK412Lyo5brdumrn2UOXuELWcGpUTjC11kUQ0Tz4QS21hto6ccjkFesBGiNz_9O2WtR9DcEjaR14UT0PpqYFOXfUnU7mQ/s4000/20220804_091020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcsUMrRt-MBc1xOHXrvCtwe1iSWIhZ7Dd5qTmb4QapmQ04cpigcZb-1mz3NmhaIMbKystgRbVL8BTFY7gz1M3SYtTDvUklIK412Lyo5brdumrn2UOXuELWcGpUTjC11kUQ0Tz4QS21hto6ccjkFesBGiNz_9O2WtR9DcEjaR14UT0PpqYFOXfUnU7mQ/w640-h480/20220804_091020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61z-pYL5ugM8Xrulz8ZqqFmife2adyyzwVBgoOpiYYfkopx2sirJme1Oib9Ol5UVeXouvvOoh4zT5Bnn3JNNUSOh_dlNZ2Mt-2W4tT85y_vpI0tEWJw5mXLIwCvJVsvxXIs4as2appotCkU_pu4jMJiV3I9lhd016PJ_gLOXeV4_HhMOpW6lUxRIysQ/s4000/20220804_093711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61z-pYL5ugM8Xrulz8ZqqFmife2adyyzwVBgoOpiYYfkopx2sirJme1Oib9Ol5UVeXouvvOoh4zT5Bnn3JNNUSOh_dlNZ2Mt-2W4tT85y_vpI0tEWJw5mXLIwCvJVsvxXIs4as2appotCkU_pu4jMJiV3I9lhd016PJ_gLOXeV4_HhMOpW6lUxRIysQ/w640-h360/20220804_093711.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Everybody loves scouts, they're classc. I'm happy they recently jumped ship into heresy. I think that the new primaris ranges basically ate their lunch in 40k and they had no other option, but that doesn't matter as here they are!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uMPmJ3erXPXbl0h1ccGfaoMW9x9c5vJlpE3ka2NtsY5UVxkImxj29EKvmseneJfUDg7jKCZPubW222oCiaXQeMmJi0K9_YTtax8aZVVau7UwiJVg2SBrcVjUBSEofEJFcgSlrmtasX_rw78mXw64IemsQVi15QqY7s7gXpisFYLeSH74AJmBdsm9Uw/s4000/20220804_090518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uMPmJ3erXPXbl0h1ccGfaoMW9x9c5vJlpE3ka2NtsY5UVxkImxj29EKvmseneJfUDg7jKCZPubW222oCiaXQeMmJi0K9_YTtax8aZVVau7UwiJVg2SBrcVjUBSEofEJFcgSlrmtasX_rw78mXw64IemsQVi15QqY7s7gXpisFYLeSH74AJmBdsm9Uw/w640-h480/20220804_090518.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Part of the reason I sound so ecstatic is that my Heresy Blood Angels force are second edition themed, and this was a chance to get some real bona-fide 90s metal right up in the troops department. It's possible the other reason I'm so ecstatic is lead poisoning from handling their heavy asses, but we won't worry about that.</p><p>As long as I'm delirious I might as well also take the opportunity to point out this scenery they're on that I also painted up recently- in part to match the army and to inject a bit of colour into the field </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd63SqazZMiNsFg0wlI-MOC8g2IYet2Qs9c_kZEVDZsP2qnQv2lJIBgovAiS4rODxWw3yVHgkUeClq5mmIQkhNyas3ESe5Y9oluKX3M8d8qqkJPARwVWn7KDE5H-1I-_ZqHQsQwfzBRllg9lHDHoF8MgNzRQWSlkSDcOQfWfZ-a1QIqkUmmjveQWmY5A/s4000/20220804_090622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd63SqazZMiNsFg0wlI-MOC8g2IYet2Qs9c_kZEVDZsP2qnQv2lJIBgovAiS4rODxWw3yVHgkUeClq5mmIQkhNyas3ESe5Y9oluKX3M8d8qqkJPARwVWn7KDE5H-1I-_ZqHQsQwfzBRllg9lHDHoF8MgNzRQWSlkSDcOQfWfZ-a1QIqkUmmjveQWmY5A/w640-h480/20220804_090622.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH01I_NtuRfAAMY1gmapYqXvXp-XI8ERnfbagryYghZmhZMM8Yv4ViP75IhYGE3XophBO8JR-l7WmD68SMeeV7npEx4Vw7Q82-esQEt3QCOFg7I5GNhibkM9dzAupVRBCAMVVP-64jBvGsxs2njOQ1pAJWPHqDSB7U03cz1l9yI-H6XmXWtKfxg9DEhw/s4000/20220804_090815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH01I_NtuRfAAMY1gmapYqXvXp-XI8ERnfbagryYghZmhZMM8Yv4ViP75IhYGE3XophBO8JR-l7WmD68SMeeV7npEx4Vw7Q82-esQEt3QCOFg7I5GNhibkM9dzAupVRBCAMVVP-64jBvGsxs2njOQ1pAJWPHqDSB7U03cz1l9yI-H6XmXWtKfxg9DEhw/s320/20220804_090815.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plenty of photos here. I have little else to say about the work on them as they're pretty much painted up to match the army. I do rate the metal sculpts a lot higher than the plastic ones for quality and character. They're cheap as hell on eBay right now too, so if you're playing heresy I'd pick some up. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwdBBw5xukSlJfw4Mx9-lRNvodTiMRr66iX3Ksxhd9ArQqkVXdcsydoX19M-2Ts38mTIDMq6hqswfhiosN1uUin8f4DGA9yp9UKJWFmS0DBe5jMtQz-9xsPSTP_YuQIx_DsS_vqdNV2L01OxvjIpNaFtmkMrRIzDNX5Ad6l7hML2o-EpWR_Y2d_ZN3g/s4000/20220804_090443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwdBBw5xukSlJfw4Mx9-lRNvodTiMRr66iX3Ksxhd9ArQqkVXdcsydoX19M-2Ts38mTIDMq6hqswfhiosN1uUin8f4DGA9yp9UKJWFmS0DBe5jMtQz-9xsPSTP_YuQIx_DsS_vqdNV2L01OxvjIpNaFtmkMrRIzDNX5Ad6l7hML2o-EpWR_Y2d_ZN3g/w640-h480/20220804_090443.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5m5w9FJGA1vB638ZGVwNf0zJ8UnI_owU-n5O4QarDBSPnJZQ_YlRbmsZ2rU4NT3-u4cN3kmOyHxnmvNVRVP_QCa2Ud_6pwdQiFo0lyrld7lCGuBYQJxo_s7Slue0m4ftMkZKaN3YZSBm6TB0uoFh_07_OF4ptTKk0uzru6IED6q9v1h0Lwn5MYH9YA/s4000/20220804_090451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5m5w9FJGA1vB638ZGVwNf0zJ8UnI_owU-n5O4QarDBSPnJZQ_YlRbmsZ2rU4NT3-u4cN3kmOyHxnmvNVRVP_QCa2Ud_6pwdQiFo0lyrld7lCGuBYQJxo_s7Slue0m4ftMkZKaN3YZSBm6TB0uoFh_07_OF4ptTKk0uzru6IED6q9v1h0Lwn5MYH9YA/w640-h480/20220804_090451.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupsqiRjS-9GRxUYFfNnyPBiyTo4qVMugzrZHJkzEt4jP3dB-bauaD3IiX2xNRGHFH10xIcRYJB7jLpwleFp4xCz19oWQKIoBv5YHtxaJ9EeDkSIaQ-sIZgZHad3ZQl5d97V-Px9Fg3o0qN1qmAD3Ftn3GYW5w3QkwXUrft8W-qO3MNsOPdVvs7Z_0-Q/s4000/20220804_085936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupsqiRjS-9GRxUYFfNnyPBiyTo4qVMugzrZHJkzEt4jP3dB-bauaD3IiX2xNRGHFH10xIcRYJB7jLpwleFp4xCz19oWQKIoBv5YHtxaJ9EeDkSIaQ-sIZgZHad3ZQl5d97V-Px9Fg3o0qN1qmAD3Ftn3GYW5w3QkwXUrft8W-qO3MNsOPdVvs7Z_0-Q/w640-h480/20220804_085936.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>The final picture below is from a game. I'm running them with swords and pistols like the models, but taking melta bombs and using them to try to dunk some tanks! So far I've only used them once, but they managed 3 wounds on a Deredeo, so not a bad attempt. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAEvKy9mHGwqPXUebSn-zzTald-mA-yz-8amf-bmoWw5WG4IfsBLAyRbJTv_d2c1Oq3rbD_R4ob836yVWLLLnG-DeOvYGfaltyfYtMlVdpBltlvKoJ7i_C16oR0ti16u9P1nvieMf1lJq9CED9hTbUZ4M47mY-wntkQEN9J8ZmyfuRGbV_5Ii_JHTtA/s3195/20220803_170512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="3195" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAEvKy9mHGwqPXUebSn-zzTald-mA-yz-8amf-bmoWw5WG4IfsBLAyRbJTv_d2c1Oq3rbD_R4ob836yVWLLLnG-DeOvYGfaltyfYtMlVdpBltlvKoJ7i_C16oR0ti16u9P1nvieMf1lJq9CED9hTbUZ4M47mY-wntkQEN9J8ZmyfuRGbV_5Ii_JHTtA/s320/20220803_170512.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> More Blood Angels to come....<p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-18179759791792424982022-08-07T10:00:00.001+01:002022-08-07T10:00:00.200+01:00Horus Heresy Blood Angels Praetor 30k - complete! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5sbVPdDn3jUBn7nEOeJKedBQEKRZNFUyinlFTrP6vMv7bOnffQ5uRo2-aTb0IU86BNuNvdoBG4O9RMQI2JI_TLr1-k5TmAmszW1pFiv30sk30dEyn-MCk2iwGkxPNqO58rrdXTks_glAwsGwjYP-vflp1fftadoDNzz8rYt1BpWnyDzGdVki5AgtjVA/s4000/20220804_092716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5sbVPdDn3jUBn7nEOeJKedBQEKRZNFUyinlFTrP6vMv7bOnffQ5uRo2-aTb0IU86BNuNvdoBG4O9RMQI2JI_TLr1-k5TmAmszW1pFiv30sk30dEyn-MCk2iwGkxPNqO58rrdXTks_glAwsGwjYP-vflp1fftadoDNzz8rYt1BpWnyDzGdVki5AgtjVA/w640-h480/20220804_092716.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Today's update is my completed Blood Angels Praetor. This guy took a while to paint - he's pretty large for an infantry model and there was a lot of detail to get to grips with - actually the biggest factor slowing me down was deciding which colour to put where. </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcKaA_Ntrg-XbbVp1sP-1AZmpilNjpx2epbD7sIZTSUTBcwrL1iFWCk94e5nhKEBRyJZIuqJhJ8lY4lLri-EavK1wGIgT4iXf4u2mzVnCxhjM_r33IIYlCtw0ntljBtyf7_YfhdRkVqWiAj0wpiBRQ7wKUVgfKULmcHWi9JCyb0pk6fCX9pY4l7QHnA/s3000/20220804_092515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2946" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcKaA_Ntrg-XbbVp1sP-1AZmpilNjpx2epbD7sIZTSUTBcwrL1iFWCk94e5nhKEBRyJZIuqJhJ8lY4lLri-EavK1wGIgT4iXf4u2mzVnCxhjM_r33IIYlCtw0ntljBtyf7_YfhdRkVqWiAj0wpiBRQ7wKUVgfKULmcHWi9JCyb0pk6fCX9pY4l7QHnA/w393-h400/20220804_092515.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you missed my three previous posts about the army, I suggest going back to the front page and reading them! (Go ahead, I'll wait... no really...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My heresy blood angels are taking strong inspiration from 2nd edition and rogue trader art, and this guy continues the theme proudly with some hazard stripes and black flames. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDB6Z3g1N00k3JQ2SiyoXbuS3SGi6TsbeYGNmVTZBh9O-gFOSSdlK3tb-OYU-ledxiVCKRvpFnUWxqgHlvWsTMTU-qqqVws1xP_IQw4Ur4PygioJV9SmYouiFR0RO7PQMKQtXRxK8HbIf1mK8n_9TiyFzwAXgdl0wqUxCu0tPB6ttAXCN5rb9BqVg6NA/s2685/20220804_092409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="2193" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDB6Z3g1N00k3JQ2SiyoXbuS3SGi6TsbeYGNmVTZBh9O-gFOSSdlK3tb-OYU-ledxiVCKRvpFnUWxqgHlvWsTMTU-qqqVws1xP_IQw4Ur4PygioJV9SmYouiFR0RO7PQMKQtXRxK8HbIf1mK8n_9TiyFzwAXgdl0wqUxCu0tPB6ttAXCN5rb9BqVg6NA/w522-h640/20220804_092409.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AwwALYIbODD5Dp9OiElQS_vYBxvNGqOM3AT71fGWk_RSowL294q_tY5py9jA8jWOKIe9tJIPKPnKwIsorFA_9DP3rSN_yh7lzuTOUxwfw2JgeZu-YFaeOn0IobbOd6PmP8_WgWmGuMzi8XMS9e61_nlStFcfM4oSQoMokMnhuHkRwZuKuducRUTZUA/s4000/20220804_092523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AwwALYIbODD5Dp9OiElQS_vYBxvNGqOM3AT71fGWk_RSowL294q_tY5py9jA8jWOKIe9tJIPKPnKwIsorFA_9DP3rSN_yh7lzuTOUxwfw2JgeZu-YFaeOn0IobbOd6PmP8_WgWmGuMzi8XMS9e61_nlStFcfM4oSQoMokMnhuHkRwZuKuducRUTZUA/s320/20220804_092523.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbd9eSczGrlmUM8cJjlH9MY2oF8YXoWbMCdh3XEqzk9LFb3KYQEOZjzxlHskkkyLv72Tq7SKtt0f9tAFZgMUs6cxo9jt0fT6t2mEwifCmE44GGBF3KOzyltDYMirK5dt5KvgUE03H8b1sueotNyPpZjTG9sz1LbIUZFCBf_cSqhfnLdA7beqDvSq1DA/s4000/20220804_092546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbd9eSczGrlmUM8cJjlH9MY2oF8YXoWbMCdh3XEqzk9LFb3KYQEOZjzxlHskkkyLv72Tq7SKtt0f9tAFZgMUs6cxo9jt0fT6t2mEwifCmE44GGBF3KOzyltDYMirK5dt5KvgUE03H8b1sueotNyPpZjTG9sz1LbIUZFCBf_cSqhfnLdA7beqDvSq1DA/s320/20220804_092546.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtpRMsS6pJ4S8bRHw5bW6lR3ojeh5QHc6gBVj-dGL01_baKTQUO6vAxq8Os4aUog8T-vAEWa5x0r1y7RTrFKCiBMJ5nQJknMxDWacahosaWzntbgspUJTdrkmTuE_XLf8Yj9BNRs2oIewh7z27SlsGylWdc0I_9iHlup21gzCx-dSI99HJJAv29DFsg/s4000/20220804_092530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtpRMsS6pJ4S8bRHw5bW6lR3ojeh5QHc6gBVj-dGL01_baKTQUO6vAxq8Os4aUog8T-vAEWa5x0r1y7RTrFKCiBMJ5nQJknMxDWacahosaWzntbgspUJTdrkmTuE_XLf8Yj9BNRs2oIewh7z27SlsGylWdc0I_9iHlup21gzCx-dSI99HJJAv29DFsg/w640-h480/20220804_092530.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>He does have a name too - Del'Ragius! Named after the legendary hero Eugene Del'Ragio (an imperial guard sergeant from my youth, there is an article on here about him somewhere). Suffice to say, the hairstyle, eyebrows and blue colour ended up making my Praetor look a bit like him, so I decided it was high time to revive the legend! </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4rnMeo_RboXE8JJwsBlMx41XqtO45wkNa82dIH6DQVRVEzHBOcCAO3bjOgkvSSCKHf5VF9XK-GddYPSscJ8Pt1i6LIo7FuteQm5uveOt7cYAwIUu9H_nSlu4f0wRfPpsfCpwLdbBgRVCtTq1jb0jFBoxGIpW_WTWO6EtzPEw8HKWuhb85rQ6pIoL5Q/s4000/20220804_092611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4rnMeo_RboXE8JJwsBlMx41XqtO45wkNa82dIH6DQVRVEzHBOcCAO3bjOgkvSSCKHf5VF9XK-GddYPSscJ8Pt1i6LIo7FuteQm5uveOt7cYAwIUu9H_nSlu4f0wRfPpsfCpwLdbBgRVCtTq1jb0jFBoxGIpW_WTWO6EtzPEw8HKWuhb85rQ6pIoL5Q/w640-h480/20220804_092611.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMLm2zAxcn_OitAHm-p4xtX-btlo2cF47_tPpUE0oCuyn6SKisg-ilQd2w_aKlzNzu4jMZ6Leh_Vp2Ks5zv9guhCAER7Tr3ZqQCMnwHIN0xOVL3ilot7oLvDxaDvsrMtbadb0RYacToRpGBd5jfQhMMLw0VBG4yZq7NybM1TNxpj3KZ8axswWFf1VSQ/s4000/20220804_092557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMLm2zAxcn_OitAHm-p4xtX-btlo2cF47_tPpUE0oCuyn6SKisg-ilQd2w_aKlzNzu4jMZ6Leh_Vp2Ks5zv9guhCAER7Tr3ZqQCMnwHIN0xOVL3ilot7oLvDxaDvsrMtbadb0RYacToRpGBd5jfQhMMLw0VBG4yZq7NybM1TNxpj3KZ8axswWFf1VSQ/s320/20220804_092557.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Actually, the cloak was a lot of fun - an excuse to have a go at the equally old school yellow on black flames! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Layering the yellow to a smooth finish was a bit of a pain in the ass, but it certainly makes for a nice bold feature. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PRmELpKNP4lrgd8RgwiJT-0EcSW86BCbQ1VeaIccQov6W2XTkCMiEWTSkbXXOQBL2d6yaXUzpKD2-mn_LpMiCotVd1JXmHzCAcbnyQZKdi2DuyeimwJ0I7JVOcLs09hCsCFt2Iwm7lgBhytRnv8NGqq7qZj9SybV4xvPx6ZYzcETSlQPjXiRhhsamA/s4000/20220804_092439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PRmELpKNP4lrgd8RgwiJT-0EcSW86BCbQ1VeaIccQov6W2XTkCMiEWTSkbXXOQBL2d6yaXUzpKD2-mn_LpMiCotVd1JXmHzCAcbnyQZKdi2DuyeimwJ0I7JVOcLs09hCsCFt2Iwm7lgBhytRnv8NGqq7qZj9SybV4xvPx6ZYzcETSlQPjXiRhhsamA/w640-h480/20220804_092439.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>That about rounds up that post, I still have to post the Rhinos, terminators, bikes and scouts, so chances are one of those units will be up on the Blog soon! </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkt_N6wHeZ-1VNvCBo1eEF4Pyozvwg4vhv-20FJMJatU17j_x8Sv5xT-zGFSiYWcKFKuEPEwonWcgk4YUXOJq2zpSuC1r5ptbelxbytqFDwfu8XFZdZK_2KCAFXRfc7bBL3MDEa5-2VOciifd2SSdbLoqjtGyZDI1iDsorj5WTS-ZpQVxDAtq5ZLF6Q/s4000/20220804_092434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkt_N6wHeZ-1VNvCBo1eEF4Pyozvwg4vhv-20FJMJatU17j_x8Sv5xT-zGFSiYWcKFKuEPEwonWcgk4YUXOJq2zpSuC1r5ptbelxbytqFDwfu8XFZdZK_2KCAFXRfc7bBL3MDEa5-2VOciifd2SSdbLoqjtGyZDI1iDsorj5WTS-ZpQVxDAtq5ZLF6Q/s320/20220804_092434.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-15346109487729697442022-08-06T09:30:00.001+01:002022-08-06T09:30:00.207+01:00Horus Heresy, 30k Blood Angels Contemptor Dreadnought <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBmiR9HM5cwiQzsVKYi23YMXbDMMmkA5CVwdmdQgnJmef5zgeU9Kk3diZH6vKL2UCzL8dmJpU1WxsUCQYA52acpvwp6zPWRVTGN9HVrmIEAsf3ZcUm27ysi0sXj0iLVi5t3Sfgs32RFWNegNQZbkalkFLRdf6dtY1gFouqaJwaitMVvLsxzS9QPyCvg/s4000/20220804_092918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBmiR9HM5cwiQzsVKYi23YMXbDMMmkA5CVwdmdQgnJmef5zgeU9Kk3diZH6vKL2UCzL8dmJpU1WxsUCQYA52acpvwp6zPWRVTGN9HVrmIEAsf3ZcUm27ysi0sXj0iLVi5t3Sfgs32RFWNegNQZbkalkFLRdf6dtY1gFouqaJwaitMVvLsxzS9QPyCvg/w640-h480/20220804_092918.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">More Blood Angels today - this time the Contemptor. This model was actually the test piece for the whole army scheme, so was a bit experimental. It seemed like a good model to practice my freehand on before scaling down to the smaller troops. </p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu4oWmLl6CAeIcAt7FInzuO6Uw2G-Ec2Ib82CkGFSUIaSVz4lv3bouIUI3S0LHgRIWVXmhfC7a01LFgQrbH64OsDX1Abuqnbiq4qrdsRRb7XW8pQQKGdCqqbQSX04UoKxdjMFJYDUpOLCqFitELhmRjC0y728SboYKMHEtD8UyGexchn9dID_McdVSQ/s4000/20220804_092845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu4oWmLl6CAeIcAt7FInzuO6Uw2G-Ec2Ib82CkGFSUIaSVz4lv3bouIUI3S0LHgRIWVXmhfC7a01LFgQrbH64OsDX1Abuqnbiq4qrdsRRb7XW8pQQKGdCqqbQSX04UoKxdjMFJYDUpOLCqFitELhmRjC0y728SboYKMHEtD8UyGexchn9dID_McdVSQ/s320/20220804_092845.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The model is the older plastic contemptor that came with one of the box sets (Calth maybe?) - I had it sitting around down the back of a drawer for years and dug it out to add to the Blood Angels. I've actually managed to add a few things to the army from my collection, and it's been fun finally clearing some space in the cupboard of shame! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBu0MTCA6AMIHE8aqIPSazgAtAXjz4Kcmosvgdvjg6zgiGcUv2SxQMpJ8SRfXxIO02gScDAy15-bEnWdCUv4LdWSYTiDzPoufmx4cFv8FTUjzwmUs06xWJRwfe_-_-KxxYEPlf886PA3ITNqGTIRIheeVYYxp9vXlvmWF5c-RRLzvo0MRs3oWy0_ktQ/s4000/20220804_092830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBu0MTCA6AMIHE8aqIPSazgAtAXjz4Kcmosvgdvjg6zgiGcUv2SxQMpJ8SRfXxIO02gScDAy15-bEnWdCUv4LdWSYTiDzPoufmx4cFv8FTUjzwmUs06xWJRwfe_-_-KxxYEPlf886PA3ITNqGTIRIheeVYYxp9vXlvmWF5c-RRLzvo0MRs3oWy0_ktQ/w640-h480/20220804_092830.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Havoc launcher is actually an old Anvil Industry bit. I think they might be out of print now as a lot of the old Anvil range has gone. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYNnZAbv9rXpVk3KGGDa3aSD_DAcMbT3_rFUdQjYLkFEMpCn0mEJu4x4pbuKffgPEWKzpontiAu7GTOpOU5BZhFU4JgCUNthwUXVOSEt-vyDU7HYWELUJ8c5G6Zkwl4jTTb7_OWKtF0p9YtmdtG0aVg-c8w5R0U1TUBv8kr54nid7oYdC4cBzRrhHCA/s4000/20220804_092823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYNnZAbv9rXpVk3KGGDa3aSD_DAcMbT3_rFUdQjYLkFEMpCn0mEJu4x4pbuKffgPEWKzpontiAu7GTOpOU5BZhFU4JgCUNthwUXVOSEt-vyDU7HYWELUJ8c5G6Zkwl4jTTb7_OWKtF0p9YtmdtG0aVg-c8w5R0U1TUBv8kr54nid7oYdC4cBzRrhHCA/s320/20220804_092823.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Much like the Marines, I've tried to capture that old school vibe, so thrown in blue and yellow along with plenty of black flames! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbNF6QbTAb1GdgP8rz7lkWlhnLWRiVSPZIKWLhxSzvXJT8_UshHSBxSCCSFRtkgu7ygbuNChM7gVYRUqtkAjpQRkNPz_pl9QTMmY08pMgV_B3Vb3BD58jXDIVHMs-seQBLAMMCTnLFj2jCm8bPd6UK-uGkly1u4aC9ncM-tpRlubBN0Qbnx84FSD3wA/s4000/20220804_092816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbNF6QbTAb1GdgP8rz7lkWlhnLWRiVSPZIKWLhxSzvXJT8_UshHSBxSCCSFRtkgu7ygbuNChM7gVYRUqtkAjpQRkNPz_pl9QTMmY08pMgV_B3Vb3BD58jXDIVHMs-seQBLAMMCTnLFj2jCm8bPd6UK-uGkly1u4aC9ncM-tpRlubBN0Qbnx84FSD3wA/s320/20220804_092816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That about rounds it out for the dreadnought. The scenery pictured behind it is another project I've been working on and may share more photos of at some point </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5wjhDc-ihrEoSk1yf2WhPFbUHjcsUTNF2b_gR8z4OVp1mqHkRTSW6seRsYXJ-yjd9m-EwBAFOxP2pJTELtcv2z0KwUFdqCgUHEqEdqlNLKTgDv4r8TA_M7XbGrPJMG4e8w7qwe8r6Q9mY8tUfBHqAEigQXREahcv8OZryDNv1saQnKUrGmGNvfuTIg/s4000/20220804_092850.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5wjhDc-ihrEoSk1yf2WhPFbUHjcsUTNF2b_gR8z4OVp1mqHkRTSW6seRsYXJ-yjd9m-EwBAFOxP2pJTELtcv2z0KwUFdqCgUHEqEdqlNLKTgDv4r8TA_M7XbGrPJMG4e8w7qwe8r6Q9mY8tUfBHqAEigQXREahcv8OZryDNv1saQnKUrGmGNvfuTIg/s320/20220804_092850.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-6606527259850350202022-08-05T09:00:00.001+01:002022-08-05T09:00:00.199+01:00Horus Heresy 30k Blood Angels Tactical Squad 2<p> More photos - this time of my second completed 10 man Tactical squad. They also have a Rhino, but this time it's an old 2nd edition one! A classic model! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32HoB6RjCi4Qn15CqQ5EXWWxTAXtQaDDWZKcY9qOzx7Vu1RTgG19lwYwbuagEYSy7SK3A0dajStEJ1ZS_oGhOQqHqemxuAn1mpO3iPhkkPu4UrmQHXbzq-4Fc7N2ayYrrpPEiLxNgxit4JyrrWxtWockL8z8FCbgcQiPYbOJF8K5l5xWAiZCx6Urraw/s4000/20220804_092145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32HoB6RjCi4Qn15CqQ5EXWWxTAXtQaDDWZKcY9qOzx7Vu1RTgG19lwYwbuagEYSy7SK3A0dajStEJ1ZS_oGhOQqHqemxuAn1mpO3iPhkkPu4UrmQHXbzq-4Fc7N2ayYrrpPEiLxNgxit4JyrrWxtWockL8z8FCbgcQiPYbOJF8K5l5xWAiZCx6Urraw/w640-h480/20220804_092145.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxe93kpsZoXxlGCdCCMqBO0c88wPlUbgr5FGnCoOkCy0KrzatFO2MXs6lA7vlOpxxnwyl9G8GDgkcXphiHyul5CnJvU8RoTJ4g5gYOwBbQvOwqPUMe3MDSjso49O2NyfCrebMWp3HMd3Zcilgrhjmksincg5w8JEvFOg_jWxmxkwhp_qWXhVB4lsdPw/s4000/20220804_092124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxe93kpsZoXxlGCdCCMqBO0c88wPlUbgr5FGnCoOkCy0KrzatFO2MXs6lA7vlOpxxnwyl9G8GDgkcXphiHyul5CnJvU8RoTJ4g5gYOwBbQvOwqPUMe3MDSjso49O2NyfCrebMWp3HMd3Zcilgrhjmksincg5w8JEvFOg_jWxmxkwhp_qWXhVB4lsdPw/w640-h480/20220804_092124.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>If you've been around Warhammer, you'll recognise how many of the Heresy weapons and different looks were inspired by the older models in the range. The new Deimos Rhino is a good example as it's basically a rehash of the Rhino from the early 90s. Equally, a lot of the heavy weapons are variously different variants based on old models. </div><div><br /></div><div>As I was looking to capture an older Rogue Trader/2nd edition look with the force, I've tried to sneak in a few classic models where I can. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVhqdk9zTcQZIWe8cOR-zcaDahH5qHP1yLcRDT2QWk5XtLK55ONEen9ExnNvVxL9KbiiyZJzuXfJhyKi1yE2S-FnvVz52SXzovxsWocKtV_ThQ3fNwGnMRqZ5_psQhmlGcjuTBp3WZet_1dKrQO9GAcA5spmmTsWtZNaz8zvl_5q_vtxe7cv0IGtt7Q/s4000/20220804_092137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVhqdk9zTcQZIWe8cOR-zcaDahH5qHP1yLcRDT2QWk5XtLK55ONEen9ExnNvVxL9KbiiyZJzuXfJhyKi1yE2S-FnvVz52SXzovxsWocKtV_ThQ3fNwGnMRqZ5_psQhmlGcjuTBp3WZet_1dKrQO9GAcA5spmmTsWtZNaz8zvl_5q_vtxe7cv0IGtt7Q/w400-h300/20220804_092137.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Tactical squad themselves use the new mark VI Marines pretty stock. I'm consciously trying to let the paintwork speak for them, so I've kept conversion to a minimum. I think in this squad the only additional item is the chainmail loincloth on the sergeant. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbn5aAs7a4gNaYedAzlH3W9LVuBNHJ_e_iNhDreernmUB7VOJo8bX9byOP7XQ3sFL7rDTNTUvOxiMe0SkPfKN0-cd8WAqwD0egIYLneNKjeykQpa7umucQdaIdkgY93-jp7I9LCfi70u97AeYY8Y5YSDGo-DDWrg9c9lMkkQzY3nMaRL3kYJfVOIIQg/s4000/20220804_092133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbn5aAs7a4gNaYedAzlH3W9LVuBNHJ_e_iNhDreernmUB7VOJo8bX9byOP7XQ3sFL7rDTNTUvOxiMe0SkPfKN0-cd8WAqwD0egIYLneNKjeykQpa7umucQdaIdkgY93-jp7I9LCfi70u97AeYY8Y5YSDGo-DDWrg9c9lMkkQzY3nMaRL3kYJfVOIIQg/w400-h300/20220804_092133.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxa5vY4oHpG2mKO9e62m6710QXMbvuvL3IEt9xJxjLjH482zCnQ_VbIx3ekBtFCNx17Y3M5PKKLys7TXs-H5KIXLM3j6chMbYqEZV9rOwB6j-i3ZOQs1s02mObMV6-WjL_nv-7-Sa209eeyzcaEfSQpZpiaSkrx8dstnRsPr_lpCt6xMsGFk-NwWX5Q/s4000/20220804_092050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxa5vY4oHpG2mKO9e62m6710QXMbvuvL3IEt9xJxjLjH482zCnQ_VbIx3ekBtFCNx17Y3M5PKKLys7TXs-H5KIXLM3j6chMbYqEZV9rOwB6j-i3ZOQs1s02mObMV6-WjL_nv-7-Sa209eeyzcaEfSQpZpiaSkrx8dstnRsPr_lpCt6xMsGFk-NwWX5Q/s320/20220804_092050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOw-6YJf-bXRBU7Jry0KaFFE0GdYdUsvwFHxoBJx5bFZ4r7uTHVtlGn7mVgWQhYVXUlIVm6TV-MatYJAYBQOtfNN27CsSvvebYSU6hpBZ-hWhtNg61fkPa_3OiUB8skNwYwshsrZXJVzP6_LXgXcPvEJuC9l8p2xo-He6Tj2XPUn_Lfh_qGQ4NByz1qQ/s4000/20220804_092033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOw-6YJf-bXRBU7Jry0KaFFE0GdYdUsvwFHxoBJx5bFZ4r7uTHVtlGn7mVgWQhYVXUlIVm6TV-MatYJAYBQOtfNN27CsSvvebYSU6hpBZ-hWhtNg61fkPa_3OiUB8skNwYwshsrZXJVzP6_LXgXcPvEJuC9l8p2xo-He6Tj2XPUn_Lfh_qGQ4NByz1qQ/w640-h480/20220804_092033.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In addition to looking nice, I've found basic Tactical Marines to perform rather well on the field!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZEujLkeaBg3SV4js0IXhtLP21atbOH7HF_BZ8_0uKceXIzARaiEcTinaohf1IxfoqGRsAvOfR0jI4K4UF1isc7k4SR_HRrmuchwIX_P4I6aPEeH0UPUEEG0y_op6pGdA6w2cV_He9q3dy2kKhhvKPTq2HnElJStFjWNMk1QfTwAomga70wkySJ7crw/s4000/20220804_092105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZEujLkeaBg3SV4js0IXhtLP21atbOH7HF_BZ8_0uKceXIzARaiEcTinaohf1IxfoqGRsAvOfR0jI4K4UF1isc7k4SR_HRrmuchwIX_P4I6aPEeH0UPUEEG0y_op6pGdA6w2cV_He9q3dy2kKhhvKPTq2HnElJStFjWNMk1QfTwAomga70wkySJ7crw/s320/20220804_092105.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>If you like these guys, come back for more later when I'll be showing more of the finished force! </p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-65910626910226062862022-08-04T10:10:00.001+01:002022-08-04T10:10:20.771+01:00Heresy Blood Angels - Tactical Squad <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GzNvYIl98RFjA5Lug8-J3TJ_UFMXtY-NPLKKmG3UCGIAnRggMyRgbtrmFK4gqPzl3cj8IY2lP5jFXp0d6ngmnt6lY4MXk_VvAS5_ZpeASRG0STqr30KsCx7YfD-BJ8rk8MczTWBuLil-arkE2B9rHEJLtRryWMGaY7lnaeLyWUQVy6BkRhuI7xh-Jw/s4000/20220804_093347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GzNvYIl98RFjA5Lug8-J3TJ_UFMXtY-NPLKKmG3UCGIAnRggMyRgbtrmFK4gqPzl3cj8IY2lP5jFXp0d6ngmnt6lY4MXk_VvAS5_ZpeASRG0STqr30KsCx7YfD-BJ8rk8MczTWBuLil-arkE2B9rHEJLtRryWMGaY7lnaeLyWUQVy6BkRhuI7xh-Jw/w400-h300/20220804_093347.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Once again, I'm back after a seemingly long hiatus. What you won't know is that I've been busy behind the scenes working on a batch of heresy era Blood Angels!</p><p><br /></p><p>When the new box set dropped a month or two ago, it really peeked my interest- I've always liked Heresy, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to go all in on the "big box" - handily it was easy enough to get a hold of 2 Tactical squads and a Praetor new on sprue on eBay for just under £50 - a sort of Start Collecting set of my own devising. Needless to say, once I'd started, the collection grew and I've now painted 1150 points of stuff! (Army photos later...)</p><p><br /></p><p>With it all building up around me, I figured I should take some photos, so here is the first Tactical squad with their Deimos Rhino in the background. I will take separate photos of the Rhinos later. </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7HsH03LWnUMW6tZ_oH7vIJxiYUrEP3mfOFBPwJYFsnvQdWcNhyIQ88UWcrnrdcSylVQ12NqfdFFKy5YdHQ5ph-ELayu619SSx1iLiaLuThVnjqqd0Va5qiH9d5vaCXrz5guCb5Pk_Mn6kATcaawEeSf5Tk8eL6oLodiXuXqgqlMnmDCEL5nQ2ImuZA/s4000/20220804_091825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7HsH03LWnUMW6tZ_oH7vIJxiYUrEP3mfOFBPwJYFsnvQdWcNhyIQ88UWcrnrdcSylVQ12NqfdFFKy5YdHQ5ph-ELayu619SSx1iLiaLuThVnjqqd0Va5qiH9d5vaCXrz5guCb5Pk_Mn6kATcaawEeSf5Tk8eL6oLodiXuXqgqlMnmDCEL5nQ2ImuZA/w400-h300/20220804_091825.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>You'll notice the colour scheme is a bit unique. When they said "Horus Heresy 2nd Edition", I just heard 2nd Edition - and hit the old 90s books for inspiration. I've never been a fan of Blood Angels and their famous gold nipple armour - the ones I loved were the bright orange, blue and yellow space vampires of my childhood, and I've tried to capture that sort of feel. The helmets are Rogue Trader inspired with their stripes. </p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTU4DPULCNb8nhdELi_kXqmR2al-X_wpk6sY-OCdKk1Pn2UvtP3GA532I7RqCKvIrOWI42PhdMSStv_k3mHY9d6XWLsvnEq3SGb3qjnLzP9-9PZ97pgn5zgYlMaIj27apF_UqHVwwdXBzVHnYDy0sDTusB9DEnWyHIjYuPaeDKLLC0kpWVTkAqAbbSBA/s4000/20220804_091835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTU4DPULCNb8nhdELi_kXqmR2al-X_wpk6sY-OCdKk1Pn2UvtP3GA532I7RqCKvIrOWI42PhdMSStv_k3mHY9d6XWLsvnEq3SGb3qjnLzP9-9PZ97pgn5zgYlMaIj27apF_UqHVwwdXBzVHnYDy0sDTusB9DEnWyHIjYuPaeDKLLC0kpWVTkAqAbbSBA/s320/20220804_091835.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXMZLJVrsfRpItTlHpAUgeXVb-EeQlA2vZPnUPAZevuu-YzjnrCyvGav_zRdNY_yycFE8zAs1ZHnyGxi3Ow5XqTlAp0z3BzmzQR8p1qzZIHAT3E3g2mwCTXo2M4NObq_EaOmJQ2-ivIF1XNHhjZEko5HYRRccN9DreTQnO1yMB8VPgDDV_HyafvZfXA/s4000/20220804_091852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXMZLJVrsfRpItTlHpAUgeXVb-EeQlA2vZPnUPAZevuu-YzjnrCyvGav_zRdNY_yycFE8zAs1ZHnyGxi3Ow5XqTlAp0z3BzmzQR8p1qzZIHAT3E3g2mwCTXo2M4NObq_EaOmJQ2-ivIF1XNHhjZEko5HYRRccN9DreTQnO1yMB8VPgDDV_HyafvZfXA/w640-h480/20220804_091852.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I did go berserk with the freehand. Each man has a striped helmet and 2 panels of either cheques or black flames that I painstakingly added by hand. They all also have numerals on their helmets on the centre stripe with the legion number as well as hazard striped saw blades. Luckily old fantasy equipped me with the powers of batch painting to see me through!<p></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdNufO2YDbhYw4-IYGSoFAGEgFfM8ZM9e4vyp-WFEWLet66nqYdhQOroQJ7hrQeSHpESDI-h83H_pjoOl0IolG7F7P4za7ayrCCtslpZZ6sY2qZC5e3p_u1fdPbQmoEivxEYwFti2G1QvXuZ33S2W0IyS5av0wRMtC3dOtG8e14QaTyPm2TkWOmETjQ/s4000/20220804_091830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdNufO2YDbhYw4-IYGSoFAGEgFfM8ZM9e4vyp-WFEWLet66nqYdhQOroQJ7hrQeSHpESDI-h83H_pjoOl0IolG7F7P4za7ayrCCtslpZZ6sY2qZC5e3p_u1fdPbQmoEivxEYwFti2G1QvXuZ33S2W0IyS5av0wRMtC3dOtG8e14QaTyPm2TkWOmETjQ/w640-h480/20220804_091830.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I converted the sergeant with a few choicw spare parts</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsdbGA12M2mBDXu7N29bqX1gnPKcTJ5QH2nDQ2f00vUOnh286WgiI0gxwShSEnQSCEUPEYZM2sKajYd3Ht6Xweu5tpzwDu-5qAUuuwcPFqWoIzfT-LPsMCdaO75XeK-OuUG9Ht3QGogbC-IcCLMf8nk-Md57rnsdeJEYB-E7ub2v5ybldYqFWtIsKYg/s4000/20220804_091904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsdbGA12M2mBDXu7N29bqX1gnPKcTJ5QH2nDQ2f00vUOnh286WgiI0gxwShSEnQSCEUPEYZM2sKajYd3Ht6Xweu5tpzwDu-5qAUuuwcPFqWoIzfT-LPsMCdaO75XeK-OuUG9Ht3QGogbC-IcCLMf8nk-Md57rnsdeJEYB-E7ub2v5ybldYqFWtIsKYg/w640-h480/20220804_091904.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>My background for the colour variant is that they are a post Heresy force that has adapted a different scheme of helmets to make it less obvious for their marine opponents what their battlefield roles are, and to stop them from being able to assassinate their leaders - something like that.</p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0eEI8oidsNDec3iM2t3nmz_jxDshxYIW7oHZJUq_hKuOi_DwgOBl6XZlmGacqR86d_R-ry7JKvlSvjnOB-5dZgF9PNcVO2cmQLA0swX2hHMUnfw18rBFYA6vvVTvAZhQMivMffOiZVCfKhJkFm5RNDb5p7Fc-0R6YoI_gof7W7nAeHG4L-u0fwWkTw/s4000/20220804_091856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0eEI8oidsNDec3iM2t3nmz_jxDshxYIW7oHZJUq_hKuOi_DwgOBl6XZlmGacqR86d_R-ry7JKvlSvjnOB-5dZgF9PNcVO2cmQLA0swX2hHMUnfw18rBFYA6vvVTvAZhQMivMffOiZVCfKhJkFm5RNDb5p7Fc-0R6YoI_gof7W7nAeHG4L-u0fwWkTw/s320/20220804_091856.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> That's it for this squad - more coming soon! <p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-14095731121806770472022-01-15T15:18:00.002+00:002022-01-15T15:18:45.744+00:00Warhammer Empire - Averland Army <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyjn-lNOvbZFQ_4MN1YNbAvNYFU6AZtmQffg-BN4IWhHookSxhj7WriQDvfTMXkjGfYrRzSZtPer4c19ObfTB2THB2kK0-CWAxNPykHIsnc3ZjhHBHI9lLvb79DBzFsVUfTQE-qqgPTNS_qEVOkRFl0Ni9D5XHPxH6OcvLKbxoDrUmSgBc9FtIjYo7MQ=s3762" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2231" data-original-width="3762" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyjn-lNOvbZFQ_4MN1YNbAvNYFU6AZtmQffg-BN4IWhHookSxhj7WriQDvfTMXkjGfYrRzSZtPer4c19ObfTB2THB2kK0-CWAxNPykHIsnc3ZjhHBHI9lLvb79DBzFsVUfTQE-qqgPTNS_qEVOkRFl0Ni9D5XHPxH6OcvLKbxoDrUmSgBc9FtIjYo7MQ=w640-h380" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Continuing the army showcases, today we have my old Empire army. This force has come together in quite interesting ways, as Empire models are now incredibly expensive to get hold of, so I had to be a bit cunning about waht to buy. Some models are still available from Games Workshop as they have been amalgamated into Age of Sigmar's free cities, so the Helblaster was easy to find, but most other things took a bit of effort. Handily, I was given a load of old Battlemasters models. I hadn't actually heard of Battlemasters before last year's forray into old fantasy. Essentially it's an old board game made with GW intellectual property that featured a range of pretty good plastic sculpts. In this army, the halberdiers, kinghts and crossbowmen are all Battlemasters sculpts.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhirDNOIi8IbWJ03Wz0y18ubarBzX0f6KioneaMJo3f-X32bUxbF_vjTDbHEREYi0uIQKs1GkBF9iqdVRiPOSJlXaacsP3JRY174iRSZZYnmqcUnkghkRY3ifIgfljJrUgkkbg5bH7T9vCcNmqeuV9JAj9hkU7-JoT5hD8pmdVRPNK6J74GA2otE1v_0A=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhirDNOIi8IbWJ03Wz0y18ubarBzX0f6KioneaMJo3f-X32bUxbF_vjTDbHEREYi0uIQKs1GkBF9iqdVRiPOSJlXaacsP3JRY174iRSZZYnmqcUnkghkRY3ifIgfljJrUgkkbg5bH7T9vCcNmqeuV9JAj9hkU7-JoT5hD8pmdVRPNK6J74GA2otE1v_0A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I remember when the first pikes came out for Dogs of War when I was younger and how exciting it was to have a new weapon in the game. If you're not familiar with old fantasy, it would probably seem strange to think that at the time there were about a dozen weapons in the game shared between all armies (two hand weapons, hand weapons, double handed weapons, spears, halberds), so something new was really exciting. The pike regiment are Landsknechts by Warlord Games. I'm really impresed with the models, and I've been using them as an allied in regiment in games using the dogs of war rules. Pikes are mean too - fighting with 4 ranks is brutal when it's not uncommon for a unit to attack with only one rank. Actually, the pikes do have an interesting thing in there - my first paper bnner in a very long time! It turns out that the secret is to varnish the paper a few times before you start painting to stop it from curling up. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoetC_pKXNRBSXhtDzauYS0rgvgO0aFASeF5q9DNH9PTgspDdIzGAGQv4jm7fT4qZ51hDDQGogKC6DUXE5hcnCcLExcsLZd7XniJYh_IVXUZ1bj1AtUtXxUj7-IbDAfHTLimq1Sxxtl7UEoHXTCqo5YjD8CHE5d5meBqx_B2yBmJJJcqShXppS7k1aIg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoetC_pKXNRBSXhtDzauYS0rgvgO0aFASeF5q9DNH9PTgspDdIzGAGQv4jm7fT4qZ51hDDQGogKC6DUXE5hcnCcLExcsLZd7XniJYh_IVXUZ1bj1AtUtXxUj7-IbDAfHTLimq1Sxxtl7UEoHXTCqo5YjD8CHE5d5meBqx_B2yBmJJJcqShXppS7k1aIg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The crossbows from the Battlemasters set are pretty good, but their bows have very triangular ends, so I shaved down the bow part to make them look better. Their faces are a bit lacking in detail too, but they do the job, and I like the feathers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz1h4smOvk7QFXWZMJUWcG9KRPXwG5GJ_ADWKXug5yYjntuLfUb0IGYgU_77bqN9aSj4_NqBmrf9hqgzsfygj9CUCXIuO5kTswJcJqM3deYEWR-93DxU95JIOwh-zVX_D1lcbSoiVoW7D1zJW2RVDsDO4s5F_ldRO0HBvYFULLL_RtetHF7DR00YMhFg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz1h4smOvk7QFXWZMJUWcG9KRPXwG5GJ_ADWKXug5yYjntuLfUb0IGYgU_77bqN9aSj4_NqBmrf9hqgzsfygj9CUCXIuO5kTswJcJqM3deYEWR-93DxU95JIOwh-zVX_D1lcbSoiVoW7D1zJW2RVDsDO4s5F_ldRO0HBvYFULLL_RtetHF7DR00YMhFg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Handguns (below) are from the 6th edition box set. I'm not really a fan of the more modern plastics as I think the proportions for these guys are better. Handguns are a real mixed bag in old fantasy, as they only fire every other turn. With 2 ranks, you can fire them every turn by slowly rolling them forward, so a rank shoot each turn. In theory, I still think they're pretty shite, but being as they decimated a whole unit of Orcs in their first game, I can't complain too much. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO4cMooyNftZt9oHmO0pCQmidK8We4tZRgJX8my2pBArU3e5iicDWe1vsO3LStK-gsuqXtQjcFfJWVMygmPu2IIADxg6kaA8nsZTrjrzlncz5PNwWAv_9NKt9L5lTnDdniakOMg0a5FwbpomMBIgAbJQoPQKgJzCykPVucSLSYWdq-PH7VPPy2aqNp0g=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO4cMooyNftZt9oHmO0pCQmidK8We4tZRgJX8my2pBArU3e5iicDWe1vsO3LStK-gsuqXtQjcFfJWVMygmPu2IIADxg6kaA8nsZTrjrzlncz5PNwWAv_9NKt9L5lTnDdniakOMg0a5FwbpomMBIgAbJQoPQKgJzCykPVucSLSYWdq-PH7VPPy2aqNp0g=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJS1W56J-SeyylUWFkW9k-i5MTD3B81E9IJjM6E1ymqePEi8PdIlVzhsqkmxe1okExlTmeRlsLkBhbCk4kGc3NQGgPo8ZKBjJwHz0ZI40e2OYXs1Y6ortkNFSLw0N3CD3YBfnZXlu2QUorKK8YgGLpmLTwNgpnYIWt_bbMgV1mLTNj-j_WJfUfNfBetg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJS1W56J-SeyylUWFkW9k-i5MTD3B81E9IJjM6E1ymqePEi8PdIlVzhsqkmxe1okExlTmeRlsLkBhbCk4kGc3NQGgPo8ZKBjJwHz0ZI40e2OYXs1Y6ortkNFSLw0N3CD3YBfnZXlu2QUorKK8YgGLpmLTwNgpnYIWt_bbMgV1mLTNj-j_WJfUfNfBetg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJpm_ocWr2wLMcLNx4h_-uzTjQ-I_sOB70_XLHwrw7CLXAXfly8TSZfHXgEiiRp8KjZamUmgRcHTDt-S-eVH8i4zOTDgj1oAh6USc1o-ytXPz5HNdDNKy_VNCzq-_JIDY5PqppFnO9GMO1hQb_GOk_0xPT1UC1r_a_XFsn2gY6AdTIF2hafSuCBVk0WA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJpm_ocWr2wLMcLNx4h_-uzTjQ-I_sOB70_XLHwrw7CLXAXfly8TSZfHXgEiiRp8KjZamUmgRcHTDt-S-eVH8i4zOTDgj1oAh6USc1o-ytXPz5HNdDNKy_VNCzq-_JIDY5PqppFnO9GMO1hQb_GOk_0xPT1UC1r_a_XFsn2gY6AdTIF2hafSuCBVk0WA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqQxriwEA35X7hW-lPTQfV__ewAFTfOd6FYK7nnh6CxQ0shhswHipVO7AjoxfGbzsFgguA_SwRT7mU1DZyhNpF0Xz-P0bBmDDyaS6vhmtDotknEvu53baCQjxJ58fDcVjyRjrvfIQvEQ5pvhE5qBfJtp6w9xNNqfh1IQ3rw5Gu9f6KqvNarpdsepOQjw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqQxriwEA35X7hW-lPTQfV__ewAFTfOd6FYK7nnh6CxQ0shhswHipVO7AjoxfGbzsFgguA_SwRT7mU1DZyhNpF0Xz-P0bBmDDyaS6vhmtDotknEvu53baCQjxJ58fDcVjyRjrvfIQvEQ5pvhE5qBfJtp6w9xNNqfh1IQ3rw5Gu9f6KqvNarpdsepOQjw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There are a few metal characters in the force - with a Knights Panther Grandmaster model being used as my general, metal wizard (below) and a Reiksguard captain leading the halberdiers. I was happy with the patterning on the Wizard's barding. I've done some patterning and stripes throughout the force and have been quite happy with the results. It's a lot of work though as I'm painting the yellow over a black undercoat. My one tip is that Balor Brown makes a good base for yellow as there's nothing brown about it and it's basically Averland Sunset, but is easier to apply!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKdL2a4rnGoJADyAK53lspbUcbMAg6MxBWq43ZeGwZyV-NVJAmDZ1NeYv0q0Wxr99cnoo5bBNnp3HK7sDVmtSY-PDZ7a5rrYbgSJv3cJlUxhCqEgYAye2Pf3z6mboDnSTXK7isMKqk4EMAWOazfyHwSzZDxWvOwRBRHK1Kme7fklqSiXef6c8mB7ot7w=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKdL2a4rnGoJADyAK53lspbUcbMAg6MxBWq43ZeGwZyV-NVJAmDZ1NeYv0q0Wxr99cnoo5bBNnp3HK7sDVmtSY-PDZ7a5rrYbgSJv3cJlUxhCqEgYAye2Pf3z6mboDnSTXK7isMKqk4EMAWOazfyHwSzZDxWvOwRBRHK1Kme7fklqSiXef6c8mB7ot7w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCRbpRHBw91BYEVcKjNd-MHdyRrC1al-oAucVGZvH7a5q9ZZu3mxemCr9aMvtllkLXwI834uZ_LhNf6xR5Q0AO9hCVZBB3_ocwBvcA64ZvtO_8ZgJibw9LpBL-iGZBcYscaiRt3fReSykLfRWB5qx3veWFwQeDUR1SrFWZnFnzjvHpKh4NEW_73mFWww=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCRbpRHBw91BYEVcKjNd-MHdyRrC1al-oAucVGZvH7a5q9ZZu3mxemCr9aMvtllkLXwI834uZ_LhNf6xR5Q0AO9hCVZBB3_ocwBvcA64ZvtO_8ZgJibw9LpBL-iGZBcYscaiRt3fReSykLfRWB5qx3veWFwQeDUR1SrFWZnFnzjvHpKh4NEW_73mFWww=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I think the army is at about 1200 points so far, but 1500 is pretty close, as my planned list involves adding a great cannon and Outriders, all of which are built and 2 outriders are already finished. There's also a Steam Tank in the works. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZSC-cRFY70S3Y7d6cxdEZR0BRwrYsupAt1mhWDPWhF0VKu3DHBuRziavlhdszFr55w7DUoU-eqTICgBgKYYJ09HtZf2yJm45B1wnQxHM3ndyppmEOrkx6fZgf3Wnk8bmWhw0p2Ndwsi8Ejlsrfo7Wxxnj6-y8tjCHa_eVoBpWNSPG4dlMbpW3CTRrMw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZSC-cRFY70S3Y7d6cxdEZR0BRwrYsupAt1mhWDPWhF0VKu3DHBuRziavlhdszFr55w7DUoU-eqTICgBgKYYJ09HtZf2yJm45B1wnQxHM3ndyppmEOrkx6fZgf3Wnk8bmWhw0p2Ndwsi8Ejlsrfo7Wxxnj6-y8tjCHa_eVoBpWNSPG4dlMbpW3CTRrMw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p></div>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-43402721165814725202022-01-10T10:00:00.001+00:002022-01-10T10:00:00.195+00:00Fantasy Orc Army - first 500 points complete!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj21lI_zuT9drTXqaGIoXZMGYQPlt-ZuY5XZIMrtsZ1RdIb-dXPiCGzPtjg_r1r9oKsakNAqEZ8_QIKAW2CHAVCbnzQX8-fUgvWlzJpAWCVL4nFoZALRnyPSQNbVQ8bbcSElFtp28BlhaLNPtYiavuSnbIZttVvQdD6hXe2lVXhsDYYu0wmMq1nruJFDw=s1869" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1767" data-original-width="1869" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj21lI_zuT9drTXqaGIoXZMGYQPlt-ZuY5XZIMrtsZ1RdIb-dXPiCGzPtjg_r1r9oKsakNAqEZ8_QIKAW2CHAVCbnzQX8-fUgvWlzJpAWCVL4nFoZALRnyPSQNbVQ8bbcSElFtp28BlhaLNPtYiavuSnbIZttVvQdD6hXe2lVXhsDYYu0wmMq1nruJFDw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As promised, I'm back with some proper photos this time around. If you missed my last post, I did a head count on my progress from the last year and found that I'd painted 387 models. Getting them all on the table was a challenge in itself, and there was no way to get nice army shots, so today I'm back with a focus on the small new orc contingent I've been working on. You might ask, where are the Goblins (there is one hiding up the back), but the focus is on Orcs so they can ally with my brother's night goblin force. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9vddGOUaYzyhA8ppCjV3TgOtVmzLDkE5gRXn5MIHw0cascEkDWldcGa_SgLFGnp-NRhXtxyHcFpG10s8978Ks_MZ_cEoqpKJ7k1yUzQbNbFFQI4Ox3lKxTwn8DkhzvxEF4Eop6PdBM-mbT80KQ5NIUGRNTbgBRtJUEc3guFk427NMlMqQuILgKhw1eA=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9vddGOUaYzyhA8ppCjV3TgOtVmzLDkE5gRXn5MIHw0cascEkDWldcGa_SgLFGnp-NRhXtxyHcFpG10s8978Ks_MZ_cEoqpKJ7k1yUzQbNbFFQI4Ox3lKxTwn8DkhzvxEF4Eop6PdBM-mbT80KQ5NIUGRNTbgBRtJUEc3guFk427NMlMqQuILgKhw1eA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>Overall, I'm really happy with this army. I've never really found a greenskin recipe that I liked until now, and the oldskool reds and blues set them off nicely. There's a mix of models here, with plastics from 5th Edition mixed in with Battlemasters orcs and a classic metal command for the big 'uns. I got a plastic troll for my birthday a few weeks ago too, originally from one of the starter sets. I'd love to source a few old metal stone trolls, but they're like gold dust! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVvOoCHMlpBIp4OX7wnryvJzMsvgUsF4ctpXb1v1PVAOM0HxoXL_73t1t3B8bs544HrUoCpTpuZ6rDqkVBj0hfhVdxHKdhKiKxlGIBA8shuRfSayls-QxyxDNhjvKo9N9w1Bp6vMwPxwiCILpRRluTb6roEWYTiMtUGRodvk-pqXkzzj4X4lO9j_6NDA=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVvOoCHMlpBIp4OX7wnryvJzMsvgUsF4ctpXb1v1PVAOM0HxoXL_73t1t3B8bs544HrUoCpTpuZ6rDqkVBj0hfhVdxHKdhKiKxlGIBA8shuRfSayls-QxyxDNhjvKo9N9w1Bp6vMwPxwiCILpRRluTb6roEWYTiMtUGRodvk-pqXkzzj4X4lO9j_6NDA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Classic plastic archers (below). Single pose sculpts have really grown on me. They look great when properly painted and they really take me back.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLwgrSFjRXS92HdSzYy_3N3vGJT2ejYFFYMnISNuXgdpf2ENqKHGqO-RLGjy2UU32OxTDGiBRYmsF9qUc0mu3WXgeaRtdV8On_KUofTY_Tdn46Lf6l7_c_ugNkGLSdxB3GIanzKC0rOJunQArJpbV2VUwRu2qhMSKa_HrpqZI4xnWz7ujPeIRHXQ9p3Q=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLwgrSFjRXS92HdSzYy_3N3vGJT2ejYFFYMnISNuXgdpf2ENqKHGqO-RLGjy2UU32OxTDGiBRYmsF9qUc0mu3WXgeaRtdV8On_KUofTY_Tdn46Lf6l7_c_ugNkGLSdxB3GIanzKC0rOJunQArJpbV2VUwRu2qhMSKa_HrpqZI4xnWz7ujPeIRHXQ9p3Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Savage orcs (below) are mostly Harelequin Models Barbarian Orcs, which are available now through Black Tree Designs. They were a bit of a Christmas present for myself. If you're looking at them and thinking it's hard to tell them apart from the GW ones, it's because they were also sculpted by Kev Adams in the 90s who worked on a lot of the older metal GW orcs. Speaking of Kev Adams, the warlord model at the top of the page now known as Oglud Bonebeater is an old Heartbreaker Miniatures models also sculpted by the guy. It turns out he's basically single handedly responsible for filling the world with the joy of grinning derpy orcs - just how I like them! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm3ZpcPHesq1oqtYH8k62BSosvMdeOd5DhbAOnH9YgxafBHrn_kB4Y3LzDCd118Yewx6xutn2ayfOOlnmJOgMlTw8LgjnyPufbXAoQPuHyJoOi1TqGMv1_WBh4TnN_7a9ZSSpmerW-wiZsTHE8kUw4zgDcfi4ZDHawajOuPo1nr9RLbCP9-_k06WojFg=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm3ZpcPHesq1oqtYH8k62BSosvMdeOd5DhbAOnH9YgxafBHrn_kB4Y3LzDCd118Yewx6xutn2ayfOOlnmJOgMlTw8LgjnyPufbXAoQPuHyJoOi1TqGMv1_WBh4TnN_7a9ZSSpmerW-wiZsTHE8kUw4zgDcfi4ZDHawajOuPo1nr9RLbCP9-_k06WojFg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>The Big Uns - I'm planning to split my orcs as the army grows so that the 5th Edition plastics (ones without helmets, and slightly smaller) will form a unit of regular orcs while the armoured battle masters orcs will be the more elite Big Uns. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdMGITD5Z2WpQQXJQWuDTYYr0Phuf1VuDeqnBR1Enjx0-J6SIhv1lXW8CRNOpqdlljrWUEead11oZHHMmoSDcKYXijE2Y4Be78Blhg9oCwU-eXa4SdqLuISdVi8qTbwk5RZIVowtTovmDp6tQZjDvjG7f3QytT2B0qXMQLpexG2r6BjvkP_K86S32JhA=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdMGITD5Z2WpQQXJQWuDTYYr0Phuf1VuDeqnBR1Enjx0-J6SIhv1lXW8CRNOpqdlljrWUEead11oZHHMmoSDcKYXijE2Y4Be78Blhg9oCwU-eXa4SdqLuISdVi8qTbwk5RZIVowtTovmDp6tQZjDvjG7f3QytT2B0qXMQLpexG2r6BjvkP_K86S32JhA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You'll notice a few spare models in the background that will be rolled into later units, they were out for the full head count!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjymZ76rUGm9TQ-Yl8PXBrV-OrbNLmQ4aA4eRO8mPDPoVezCd8MuTvVEZ0JSvaiNllpWP_L8YZf4hHPCgezLLqOlb8WTgzCXUVyVGhMvHGUtpaYh47JyiieDsRwssBm8-1TriIRRAgIsxDm312CU6KtuDcCtKv5Z-4KGKETCnxccpWKQud3HQKQzGrZ1A=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2584" data-original-width="4000" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjymZ76rUGm9TQ-Yl8PXBrV-OrbNLmQ4aA4eRO8mPDPoVezCd8MuTvVEZ0JSvaiNllpWP_L8YZf4hHPCgezLLqOlb8WTgzCXUVyVGhMvHGUtpaYh47JyiieDsRwssBm8-1TriIRRAgIsxDm312CU6KtuDcCtKv5Z-4KGKETCnxccpWKQud3HQKQzGrZ1A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>The scenery in these photos is all stuff I've been working on too and us scratch built as a set to match the army. Speaking of, I hand made the mushrooms on their bases too with some regular milliput. It turns out that it's not hard to do, and seems to be a pretty good thing to do with leftover putty! </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSWUpU36O5RC85cIFrjc6b52D4CAfptfaXSvgG1TrsasEfd0I_x6dSUem8AV91oqOfUD20tiZxK4T1fDyWtL4MwaLdNfhC2Th_2l1r4Ej6eD5S_qw_iw7Gxx-0RuHDkOppxiI87lffBV75kRWkxXoNY-bBnJEdv_Tr6WvYqZnL1TxrvcWoYfZWGPFQwQ=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2267" data-original-width="4000" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSWUpU36O5RC85cIFrjc6b52D4CAfptfaXSvgG1TrsasEfd0I_x6dSUem8AV91oqOfUD20tiZxK4T1fDyWtL4MwaLdNfhC2Th_2l1r4Ej6eD5S_qw_iw7Gxx-0RuHDkOppxiI87lffBV75kRWkxXoNY-bBnJEdv_Tr6WvYqZnL1TxrvcWoYfZWGPFQwQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-43146282487005596412022-01-06T21:35:00.000+00:002022-01-06T21:35:04.709+00:002021 in review - I painted 387 models!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-_x18fQWZfEeERrX5tQR0raUFBe53bmbmds63DJUiy2FaxoDOuvtxV_CuPqCkujG4VB8iSGBmsl3pxPb4ZunKx39E0VpwcC_zEL-tgtaeJpR_QSwWDV35cU1dIK7sPLXA2181p4g-p8rfX3nALxi2fXB9jWjlDB1bkUwgYQ2kJ5Cs2iCrnT7pXTh80Q=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2569" data-original-width="4000" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-_x18fQWZfEeERrX5tQR0raUFBe53bmbmds63DJUiy2FaxoDOuvtxV_CuPqCkujG4VB8iSGBmsl3pxPb4ZunKx39E0VpwcC_zEL-tgtaeJpR_QSwWDV35cU1dIK7sPLXA2181p4g-p8rfX3nALxi2fXB9jWjlDB1bkUwgYQ2kJ5Cs2iCrnT7pXTh80Q=w400-h258" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Despite a distinct lack of posting on the Blog, it's actually been an incredibly productive year for me. More than any year I can remember, I could completely track my progress as I finished my first oldhammer Bretonnian Knight on 4th January 2021. Throughout the year, I made a huge comeback to Warhamer Fantasy with multiple armies in the works and models both old and new on the painting table. What you see is the result of all this effort - with several sizeable forces at good levels of completion. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6EjnEoE4guoR-g4eT1s4x52Q0DwiH7DylDqTbmb65pid6NCGmznpGrARTmXA7Ws1VmMo1WdaYBC2lBG8ups01_pjydJWEGy3Hytrt71-gEQYDtSELqQB4WC-FjRhvgHt0_qcbTb5Re285p4khhpKQhh-pdAwEe3gH1-ZE8EQUgCdv3y9qbGGjtj9eNg=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6EjnEoE4guoR-g4eT1s4x52Q0DwiH7DylDqTbmb65pid6NCGmznpGrARTmXA7Ws1VmMo1WdaYBC2lBG8ups01_pjydJWEGy3Hytrt71-gEQYDtSELqQB4WC-FjRhvgHt0_qcbTb5Re285p4khhpKQhh-pdAwEe3gH1-ZE8EQUgCdv3y9qbGGjtj9eNg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I got everything together on one table for photos and I have to say, I honestly don't know if I should be proud or scared. One thing I will say, is that 2021 was the year I completely mastered batch painting - often producing full 20 man units over a few days. It was also a year with a lot of time on lock down, although as I work in an essential role, I was still working full time through the whole pandemic. Despite that, I still struggled to get everything in shot. I did take individual army photos, so I'll post the armies properly later, but here's some shots: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhji-F1qA7d0tS0sHNqQSTRkhXcuaqIHw_IkngKfNXcM8Dr5riFe1dHvWaP-2wRI7UGFiC4pfu1wjhqiZCFZLol7Yj4jsO5eRgXKjHcB8Orvtq4_N6_OlJSb5sEG_eu9EYd_HafU3_1X5ECuruHOWhTjmdWPdz3rSXL6Z76Ung0BZbrBF0qjp9rNF1Now=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhji-F1qA7d0tS0sHNqQSTRkhXcuaqIHw_IkngKfNXcM8Dr5riFe1dHvWaP-2wRI7UGFiC4pfu1wjhqiZCFZLol7Yj4jsO5eRgXKjHcB8Orvtq4_N6_OlJSb5sEG_eu9EYd_HafU3_1X5ECuruHOWhTjmdWPdz3rSXL6Z76Ung0BZbrBF0qjp9rNF1Now=w313-h240" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also built and painted all of the terrain too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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If I was guessing, I would have said 200 models, not 387. That's including dragons, chariots and anything sharing a single base as one model, so there was no fiddling the figures! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHk0qbXKsZABOOBNsRd3VkDTAI26PWTwLK477q6u85Bpcu_rzZ-F260owraMvM0rtk9hsr6HUeyppBpYjIf-sURlcCF-imCTye6GMRrwt6ZHxYWSh6rBTYFkP0xwwLFPjMKEe6jttsBGfiq5ECoy_VX_injCMJcv7R_hcXGH4NktpjUCgYLe3eYs1R6A=s2573" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="2573" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHk0qbXKsZABOOBNsRd3VkDTAI26PWTwLK477q6u85Bpcu_rzZ-F260owraMvM0rtk9hsr6HUeyppBpYjIf-sURlcCF-imCTye6GMRrwt6ZHxYWSh6rBTYFkP0xwwLFPjMKEe6jttsBGfiq5ECoy_VX_injCMJcv7R_hcXGH4NktpjUCgYLe3eYs1R6A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>To break things down in the count, here's the list, with a rough idea of the points value in 5th Edition Fantasy (without magic items):</p><p><br /></p><p>Skaven: 95 models complete - around 1500 - 2000 points depending on characters included.</p><p>Empire: 57 models complete, about 1250 points</p><p>Vampire Counts: 80 models, around 1250 points complete</p><p>Bretonnia: 17 models</p><p>Lizardmen: 37 models, Over 800 points complete</p><p>Orcs and Goblins: 31 models, 600 points complete with some extra models. </p><p>Dark Elves: 25 models, 500 points complete plus Black Dragon </p><p>Nippon: 23 models, 500 point army complete</p><p>Beastmen (still work in progress): 12 models</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Total: 377 models complete in 2021! 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(Soulblight Gravelords Blood Knight)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2id8oVMc2cCaxQAF8UDm0FWillxSpCH65jRcxIel0wV6pHs7x-zT1kdOMYjGNQwpdFbdtNj8H0cNbASd8gOB7-WWhgcbpfs5ybZBVvNgwgZNsVADyq-FD3IbyV7TI1y0WRxXZbWZ4Va5/s600/ezgif.com-gif-maker.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="600" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2id8oVMc2cCaxQAF8UDm0FWillxSpCH65jRcxIel0wV6pHs7x-zT1kdOMYjGNQwpdFbdtNj8H0cNbASd8gOB7-WWhgcbpfs5ybZBVvNgwgZNsVADyq-FD3IbyV7TI1y0WRxXZbWZ4Va5/w400-h363/ezgif.com-gif-maker.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>This is a first on the blog - miniatures in 3d! and you don't even need goggles to do it. I knew we'd get there one day. Finally something futuristic.</p><p>This is sort of a test post, and more photos will be coming in later. A month or two ago, I posted about re-doing my Lizardmen, and following on from that, I've been re-vamping (pause for laughter), my Vampire Counts. I have to admit that some of the new "Soulblight Gravelords" models are rather exquisite and I was ... transfixed... by the new Blood Knights. Blood Knights actually weren't a thing in my edition, but mounted vampires were as far as individual characters go. I'll probably be using this one as a Battle Standard Bearer when the time comes, although she might be a Count for now while the force gets off of the ground again. </p><p>I will try and fine-tune the 3D image making process for better results in the future. I got a cheap spinning solar display stand on eBay and basically just put a backdrop up and quickly filmed the model, then converted to a Gif. There is room for improvement, but it's pretty cool. Hopefully it'll display properly on the blog!</p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-31020776588432298722021-06-05T09:05:00.001+01:002021-06-05T09:05:00.197+01:00Bungo the Barbarian, Chapter 22 - Crunchy Confectionery that Kills!<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbaNGZA_IxC9W655W2O0U59P-ruOSLxNZfFE5UyY3n6C6m4oR-gCdvcZ7FbVVrG71Cpn0X8IhzavHiCWpTqqQxDQrUNB-Fv__AU6bu4gjPyptkDxaE5GnofQdBAm0RLokFZlX38EJacUT/s515/Bungo+Poster+Alternate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="383" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbaNGZA_IxC9W655W2O0U59P-ruOSLxNZfFE5UyY3n6C6m4oR-gCdvcZ7FbVVrG71Cpn0X8IhzavHiCWpTqqQxDQrUNB-Fv__AU6bu4gjPyptkDxaE5GnofQdBAm0RLokFZlX38EJacUT/s320/Bungo+Poster+Alternate.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="border-bottom: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Chapter
22 - Crunchy </b></span><b>Confectionery</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b> that Kills<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Janboe leapt from Wendy’s back; sailing through the
air like a diminutive suicidal comet plunging into the sun. His drop from the
colossal bovine beast’s back had been considerable, and he hit the floor with a
resounding thump; finally arresting his rolling momentum by going headfirst
through a display stand for alchemical components. He had just enough time to
catch a glimpse of the angry horde of Butt-Goblin head-hunters that were
swarming through the gap where the wall had once been before he slipped into
unconsciousness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">……………………..</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Eat my biscuits!” Bellowed Bungo; the throaty roar
eliciting both terror and confusion from his adversaries as he jammed a fistful
of crunchy confectionery down the throat of his would be attacker. He followed
this unconventional attack with a swift kick that sent the unfortunate creature
spiralling back down the home-baking aisle; before crashing headlong into a gang
of charging Butt-Goblins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Choking and spluttering in dazed confusion; the bruised
beasts didn’t even have time to draw breath before Bungo was amongst them. The
world seemed to go into slow motion as Bungo’s mighty fist collided with a
goblin’s unprepared face. There was a sickening crunch as its cranium imploded
and the goblin’s brain burst from the back of his head and splatted wetly on
the opposite wall like a damp ball of snot. The whole scene was lent an air of
both hilarity and depravity when to the horror of the onlooking goblins, the
brain-ball oozed its way onto the already roaring grill of a display barbecue
and burst into flames.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The finest warriors of Turdmondaz turned tail and
fled in abject horror; their simian brains entirely unprepared for the heroic
might of the unshackled barbarian. Unwilling to give up so easily, Bungo
grabbed a straggler and drove him buttocks first into his armoured
crotch-plate; splattering the poor creature into a grotesque
chunky-cheese-omelette of death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Excelsior!” The barbarian leapt atop a potion
display stand; gyrating menacingly at the remaining miscreants as they
scampered out the door of the Adventure Mart. They looked back in terror, only
to see Bungo as he pointed towards the barbecue again and rubbed his herculean
six-pack hungrily. It wasn’t until he started to motion the next phase of their
potential trip through his small intestine that several more goblins died of
sheer terror.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Suddenly, all went quiet. Even the Butt-Goblin that had
been dying a slow death choking on biscuity crumbs was suddenly dumbstruck in
mute awe as a colossal dark shadow fell across the otherwise well-lit adventure
mart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“The … the champion of…of … Turdmondaz” The creature
rasped the words with its last ragged breath, dying with a smile on its twisted
lips. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“I challenge you” the voice that issued forth from
the shadow was strong, yet clear and held with it the power of wisdom and
certain victory. Bungo looked up towards the door which swung inwards perfectly
on cue; revealing the colossally armoured form of his new adversary silhouetted
against the light of the setting sun.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-33374380745172286122021-04-07T08:23:00.001+01:002021-04-07T14:25:38.258+01:00Warhammer - Empire Helblaster Volley Gun, Averland<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGrrv3KTHlfN2PRiOuOh1nEZxlK95hOAA04kdhbtCABVqd2lQyCP4wXyh2dm5c9Oq5ycnin0Uj1vCKT0w_3DPf-ZkJdnRUDavUAHh3fSTPUT5VsOm5WTMHsvjy0ztWO051lmYH7AW5YC6/s2048/20210403_080739.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGrrv3KTHlfN2PRiOuOh1nEZxlK95hOAA04kdhbtCABVqd2lQyCP4wXyh2dm5c9Oq5ycnin0Uj1vCKT0w_3DPf-ZkJdnRUDavUAHh3fSTPUT5VsOm5WTMHsvjy0ztWO051lmYH7AW5YC6/s320/20210403_080739.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Just a quick post today to share a few pictures of this Empire Helblaster that I've painted up. I started working on this thing just after finishing the Skaven force that I shared last week. This is actually a more modern model and is the current plastic edition of the gun. I've painted it in black and yellow, which is the colours for Averland. I wanted a punchy scheme that was going to be relatively easy to apply. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIn3C4xw88ajiQ1TE2cdhfSFkekiix5gGI__LOFKfnFgBB_U7q74eaY-i2OgmR1Sk7XteQunJ9G6sDrsFRhlvrvmBXQV7UGg2jfjRxvPmaNSXeI6rlGbFDv7GiaszO2Igy_llum4C0HFOg/s2048/20210403_080810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIn3C4xw88ajiQ1TE2cdhfSFkekiix5gGI__LOFKfnFgBB_U7q74eaY-i2OgmR1Sk7XteQunJ9G6sDrsFRhlvrvmBXQV7UGg2jfjRxvPmaNSXeI6rlGbFDv7GiaszO2Igy_llum4C0HFOg/s320/20210403_080810.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Despite just painting a bunch of Skaven in yellow and black, these guys are painted in the reverse order - with the black areas applied first and then the yellows layered on top. With more black than yellow to get through, it just made sense. I've always had a soft spot for Helblasters ever since I was young and used to stare at the pictures in the old 5th Edition Battle Book for endless hours. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has been a great source of amusement that for some reason, one of the crewmen came out with more than a slight resemblance to Owen Wilson. Maybe it's just the way the hair is painted, but I now know the perfect head if someone wants to recreated Shanghai Noon in a tabletop game! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHeO657AXg_2dVv9TRnI0BN_Ik5cPiP6rBonosJSDb0nTwQ0NjMy5UDoiWDrioxwi7jVo8jvcuNIGjf64QniKYrbtUoUuiaLJf3dc6CV3_XqGiCJ9N-r8tn-ZDhntxxE0qH6sIsXETelE/s2048/20210403_080609.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHeO657AXg_2dVv9TRnI0BN_Ik5cPiP6rBonosJSDb0nTwQ0NjMy5UDoiWDrioxwi7jVo8jvcuNIGjf64QniKYrbtUoUuiaLJf3dc6CV3_XqGiCJ9N-r8tn-ZDhntxxE0qH6sIsXETelE/s320/20210403_080609.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owen Wilson struggles to work out what to do with his ram-rod thingy...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>That about rounds it out for this one. I have some really ancient Battle Masters Empire sculpts that my brother recently gave to me that will be forming the backbone of the force. They're old single-pose models from a pre-historic time. I'll be interested to see how decent or not I can make them look with a proper paint job. <p></p></div>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-44287427057054247782021-04-03T08:51:00.001+01:002021-04-03T08:51:24.410+01:00500 Point Warhammer Fantasy Skaven Army (Also the end of Monster March)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CEuwa-AHmibCFp6gCSWymCNZZtR9cvbQtOGDxvoisDiu1YOK8lIVcVDXDxwfrXbN8byvMjCSg1y6DGoI1Mpn1rSHxcAxB7Ce2z1zV-Ci91_ogSGcEmR8-jjZJdfeeAFQxsJiYK8CZADF/s2048/20210403_075839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CEuwa-AHmibCFp6gCSWymCNZZtR9cvbQtOGDxvoisDiu1YOK8lIVcVDXDxwfrXbN8byvMjCSg1y6DGoI1Mpn1rSHxcAxB7Ce2z1zV-Ci91_ogSGcEmR8-jjZJdfeeAFQxsJiYK8CZADF/s320/20210403_075839.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Although this is a post about the Skaven I've been working on, it's also sort of the end of Monster March as well. This army was entirely built and painted during the last 2 weeks of March!<p></p><p>It sounds really fast, considering it's 40 models, but I realized early on that I would need to be painting fast if I wanted to actually ever finish a Skaven force. This is only 500 points, but is already 40 models!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAd_9kqi2WnPhk7T1hkbhYxxd7slZddgoADc6fPImXsbFpQekG8yPF3H4j3UP_02QA9fVL8XfWwkK9uQ0bqxVBU5Z2awIccwFzRjckBDxRgiB-DNFl1QSNftJ8CF_ctPzb7x12lvFibC9v/s2048/20210403_080029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAd_9kqi2WnPhk7T1hkbhYxxd7slZddgoADc6fPImXsbFpQekG8yPF3H4j3UP_02QA9fVL8XfWwkK9uQ0bqxVBU5Z2awIccwFzRjckBDxRgiB-DNFl1QSNftJ8CF_ctPzb7x12lvFibC9v/s320/20210403_080029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I've used a few classic metal models and some of the more modern plastic kits and bits from Island of Blood. You can see the stone-age Warpfire Thrower and Poisoned Wind Globeadeer above. These are really classic nostalgic models for me, and just looking at them takes me straight back to the mid 90s. I love the old rules for them too. They're incredibly dangerous, but it's pretty much in the hands of fate if they devastate the enemy or just explode and shower your horde of chittering rat-men with napalmy death!<p></p><p>I also have Grey Seer Thanquol (below), who I'm using as an ordinary Warlock in this force. It's a really old model, but I think the sculpt is still nice. I did a little bit of a glow effect around his eyes which I think came out really well. It's something I don't do very often, but I wanted to make him look a little bit magical. I've also been reading the old Gotrek and Felix books that feature him quite heavily, so it's fun to be able to use the model. I just wish I had an old metal Boneripper to go with him!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAQDsv3gEKLf97ha-ezBLNdKZOpAO8nd3tGakUJRnxj9K3-ACASy8cf8ZwbmtIYFKtXsT4K2PF9yIQZHbsdI-_u-aE3j26D67KM3YIoN7QTseffA6kH1f2fTlfD-Ut9CRD9AbZERopfx7/s2048/20210403_080126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAQDsv3gEKLf97ha-ezBLNdKZOpAO8nd3tGakUJRnxj9K3-ACASy8cf8ZwbmtIYFKtXsT4K2PF9yIQZHbsdI-_u-aE3j26D67KM3YIoN7QTseffA6kH1f2fTlfD-Ut9CRD9AbZERopfx7/s320/20210403_080126.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>The plague monks are probably my least favorite kit in this force. They show their age a lot worse than the metals. I did a lot of filling work on them to get them to a stage that I was happy with. As with a lot of the force, I didn't want to spend too long on them, but I did stop to sculpt some hoods and to fill in around their necks and I think it was worth the time and energy. The banner is freehand. I tried to keep it simple enough as I'm not great at freehand designs. I'm pretty happy with how the horned rat symbol came out. <p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTSqd63ONqP8o-LZFjX6TImSwQBgveFeBRLJ3WBDS0hmnp00aUqqZK9XrFn7c0LmbvkyBhnlavPw7wTBagsbQew3oONkmFQcl3v9-aCkUFVJ1E1SEW6XX8BpU2-HSu8OgN-L9kUpurHoz/s2048/20210403_080143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTSqd63ONqP8o-LZFjX6TImSwQBgveFeBRLJ3WBDS0hmnp00aUqqZK9XrFn7c0LmbvkyBhnlavPw7wTBagsbQew3oONkmFQcl3v9-aCkUFVJ1E1SEW6XX8BpU2-HSu8OgN-L9kUpurHoz/s320/20210403_080143.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>The unit below is 25 Clanrats in a massive block. I wanted to get a good quality finish quickly, so for the whole army, I airbrushed a yellow colour over the whole of every model. I hadn't used contrast paints before, but I basically used the yellow as a nice bright undercoat that I could pick out the main colours over. They're quite detailed models, but by batching them in pretty big chunks of 10 or 15, I made it to the end of the force in good time. Their fur is Gore Grunta Fur Contrast and the blacks are Black Templar. I did do highlights on each part, but it cut down on the middle stages. It was also nice to work with the contrast paints because they're so fluid that they were easy to apply. Whenever I build an army, I have to decide it it's going to be more for play, or more as an art project. These guys are definitely designed for play and are a speed and quality that matches! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bhIdjj7L271mcsR4ZkTiz_WQT48_y1y4Xgp3Ig1KRFEo-XAiM5WfB73oUK2Tz3vD99FCuYnQw8sSPGC2kzQMMEIDx9exuTJx_WLmSTmbeKPh2MfZRLWA_E7m18fjENYEt77GFqNaILKZ/s2048/20210403_080152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bhIdjj7L271mcsR4ZkTiz_WQT48_y1y4Xgp3Ig1KRFEo-XAiM5WfB73oUK2Tz3vD99FCuYnQw8sSPGC2kzQMMEIDx9exuTJx_WLmSTmbeKPh2MfZRLWA_E7m18fjENYEt77GFqNaILKZ/s320/20210403_080152.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Last, we have Warlord Spineshank! He's the metal Spinetail model, but has a few conversions on him - including his back banner and actually a robot eye that's on the other side of his head so you can't see it in this photo. He was a model I bought a while back and converted for my 40k Skaven before I had any idea where I was going with them. At the time, I didn't have a clear direction and when I picked up the army and worked on it properly a few years later there wasn't really a place for him anymore, so he's been languishing in a drawer ever since. Handily, he is perfect for this force, so I got him on a square base and set him loose on the Old World!<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nly7g7Ac6rxOucjS2E8z5ApaWcp8sDgPqqzzTh5TZpEFedN6F2Hn5MGDtwQMJHfS6DCLZKY2VJADZmz_pOxh1fp8DXxVStSHfE8Rr8He0OOSxbxSnZCOaiAtRsjjDKFadjIWGSwz8hrm/s2048/20210403_081346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nly7g7Ac6rxOucjS2E8z5ApaWcp8sDgPqqzzTh5TZpEFedN6F2Hn5MGDtwQMJHfS6DCLZKY2VJADZmz_pOxh1fp8DXxVStSHfE8Rr8He0OOSxbxSnZCOaiAtRsjjDKFadjIWGSwz8hrm/s320/20210403_081346.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> And that's about it. It certainly was a productive month - I painted a Dragon, a Stegadon, and 40 Skaven. The best part is that I'm really happy with how everything came out! I have planned to increase the army to 1000, and It's quite achievable. It's pretty much just adding a Doomwheel, 10 Stormvermin, an a few more Plague Monks. <p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-34362443984942909542021-03-20T21:05:00.018+00:002021-03-20T21:05:01.100+00:00Monster March Week 3 - Lizardmen Metal 1990s Stegadon ... Stega...done<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiuZ1YrpnmQvekSxeQJJl_IE-gtY2_x_7Hp6eoxaGRA0soYu3N19b4ccBM1MZLrxYNKxbbICOeiC1nE2oGgzg5Qldi9qb7g2FX5GTSDRNDwbd9lrzHXVZnEXcfccZCffWyM7MtWqkOnvo/s2048/20210320_201237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1899" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiuZ1YrpnmQvekSxeQJJl_IE-gtY2_x_7Hp6eoxaGRA0soYu3N19b4ccBM1MZLrxYNKxbbICOeiC1nE2oGgzg5Qldi9qb7g2FX5GTSDRNDwbd9lrzHXVZnEXcfccZCffWyM7MtWqkOnvo/s320/20210320_201237.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Monster March is still in full swing. I finished my Dark Elf Dragon last week, and to follow it up I've been working on this metal 1990s Lizardmen Stegadon. After a week of work, the Stegadon is finished!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is a classic model that means a lot to me as Lizardmen were my first army ever, and the Stegadon was one of the very first models I ever owned. As with the rest of my classic Lizardmen, I've followed the colour scheme I used when I was younger, so the skinks are green and the Stegadon is a fetching dark red. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQS-IQW39HQR9wb17i7BvytWVFWjJWUFThBEJJ9m-IU12XSt7duoJ9seN4dWGi3DZI_SJixJzvlu_L-pq1yJ4Dzv3PaczQNGEoS9FfpDH822RWfd2Y_dCGcnPRuuzDwi08JPde8RW_2Sq1/s2048/20210320_201256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQS-IQW39HQR9wb17i7BvytWVFWjJWUFThBEJJ9m-IU12XSt7duoJ9seN4dWGi3DZI_SJixJzvlu_L-pq1yJ4Dzv3PaczQNGEoS9FfpDH822RWfd2Y_dCGcnPRuuzDwi08JPde8RW_2Sq1/s320/20210320_201256.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">In the end, it didn't take too long. It was a pain to build though. It's all metal, and I had to pin a lot of the bits - especially the Howdah to make it good and strong. When I was a kid, I mostly just drenched it with superglue and then painted what I could reach. I wanted to do a better job this time, so I painted it in 3 chunks - one for the actual Stegadon, then the howdah and finally the 6 crew. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSoPrGyEyrXHi1HPEbb_6Z-gusjZuoTX3D4oxBF34wGbW17ElUeCCTpWbY7LdhnkVJUUuZx06NjYGEKw1Vg-lCPSsSsxmfFCLAyk4lvr_j9zPOHxP58TNNXicbCFV7HLa3SifbdDFvsxq/s2048/20210320_201314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSoPrGyEyrXHi1HPEbb_6Z-gusjZuoTX3D4oxBF34wGbW17ElUeCCTpWbY7LdhnkVJUUuZx06NjYGEKw1Vg-lCPSsSsxmfFCLAyk4lvr_j9zPOHxP58TNNXicbCFV7HLa3SifbdDFvsxq/s320/20210320_201314.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In addition to being a big nostalgia tank, this thing also weighs about as much as a tank. It's solid metal and is basically a house brick... with points on it. It also makes a big chunk of my 1000 point plan, and puts me in a good position to move the army on towards that goal. I've recently finished the skink cold-one riders. My planned list is almost done, with just 5 more saurus warriors to paint. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The other thing that has been nice has been having this thing on a real base. The actual model never came with one, and was part of that era when a lot of metal things didn't have bases at all and just sort of rolled around on the green flocked plains of the old world. Anyway, it fits a chariot base nicely.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEAxXXk1oPD4zuoUShLIROWjngaky9qhIkF2j0ttRoDWjbsTk5EeNo8xVKkWdJc5Zqpz_S7Z5gMUl6oCs34Gz2cXWyIqDSnHaIwLqjSCIpWkm2N9dN0PTzpEoFmfYbbedI2z3XyWQ_SrA/s2048/20210320_201330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1818" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEAxXXk1oPD4zuoUShLIROWjngaky9qhIkF2j0ttRoDWjbsTk5EeNo8xVKkWdJc5Zqpz_S7Z5gMUl6oCs34Gz2cXWyIqDSnHaIwLqjSCIpWkm2N9dN0PTzpEoFmfYbbedI2z3XyWQ_SrA/s320/20210320_201330.jpg" /></a></div><br />Well, that pretty much rounds out my Monster March this year. Maybe I'll just try to paint whatever I have about the place as a final pledge for the last week. I'm batching a bunch of Skaven right now, so maybe if I paint enough of them, I might get a final photo. I really should be working on those final saurus though. The horror of having so many projects on the go!<p></p><p>Head on over to Path of an Outcast to see how the other entrants are doing. I have to say, I was shocked to read last week's update as Gav Thrope has joined the event. Exciting stuff!</p><p><a href="https://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/">Path of an Outcast</a></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-73192565061899004292021-03-11T09:30:00.002+00:002021-03-11T09:30:05.321+00:00Monster March - Week 2 Dark Elf Dragon Complete<p></p>
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It's time for an update on my Monster March progress. I'm happy to say that my
first monster is down! It was touch and go for a minute there, but I got the
thing done. I still have half my pledge to go (an old metal Stegadon), so this
is sort of the half-way point and the perfect time to finish a project.
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Overall, I'm really happy with the way the dragon came out. Work may seem to
be fast, but it was a flurry of activity. It's been really fun though, as a
lot of my work lately has been painting blocks of infantry, so taking some
time to work on a big monster was a nice change of pace.
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I'm using one of my oil paintings as a backdrop again as it just makes things
more fun and brings out a bit of the old fantasy style. It does make the
photos a bit busy, but if you're having trouble reading it, just remember it's
a big honkin' dragon and you should be fine. Here's a photo of the back so you
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Front shot/rider. I used a corsair helmet as it was the single most dragon-y
thing in a 500 mile radius. I can't believe that thing is intended for someone
on foot to wear to be honest, but anyway here it is on the head of the
notorious brigand known as Filthy Lu'Gar
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A close up shot so you can see the paint-work. I have my own techniques to be
honest. I like to highlight up to small tiny dots of white that look a bit like
the light is catching a shiny surface. I think I mentioned in an earlier post
that the dragon was inspired by the nautical themes of classic Dark Elves, so
the sea vibe is still strong. It's a sea dragon!
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Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-54775337299513952322021-03-08T09:30:00.001+00:002021-03-08T09:30:04.450+00:00Dark Elf Army - 500 Point Showcase<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtC3GA6pMVKCwVK_MmXzBfXTI6Yt-jLjs0Ce0dP-WOUfj9YMg_sfwu42mAqt8QnvCL4odTYInj9-6E1P9ao8GgscUXdMS4Agl5mzWKmy9zlsa-Go3Gqlc0eKxWq82XK2BXpGwmpFbCnjI-/s2048/PSX_20210303_102353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtC3GA6pMVKCwVK_MmXzBfXTI6Yt-jLjs0Ce0dP-WOUfj9YMg_sfwu42mAqt8QnvCL4odTYInj9-6E1P9ao8GgscUXdMS4Agl5mzWKmy9zlsa-Go3Gqlc0eKxWq82XK2BXpGwmpFbCnjI-/w640-h480/PSX_20210303_102353.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Above) Lizardmen burst from the jungle to repel a marauding dark elf force<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Continuing with me fantasy theme, here's another small army that I've been working on recently. Unlike the other projects, the dark elf force uses mostly modern models although I have been using a metal executioner champion as the general. I'm working on some cold one knights and a mounted general to go with them for when I next expand the force. </p><p>The army is shown below as it stands so far:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mn_uAQtOVUd7twrH0J8cQcslH3UOylWwbMbWbFfFcQxyoQwXDUYnMaTv51JzxoNGpKuRYO87ayra0xaCCkojZ9RAogSmODT3fWje7zhnf4iRHouoYCoq2YMPdXTYtwfHuSiAH16UZSRZ/s2048/PSX_20210303_204049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mn_uAQtOVUd7twrH0J8cQcslH3UOylWwbMbWbFfFcQxyoQwXDUYnMaTv51JzxoNGpKuRYO87ayra0xaCCkojZ9RAogSmODT3fWje7zhnf4iRHouoYCoq2YMPdXTYtwfHuSiAH16UZSRZ/w640-h480/PSX_20210303_204049.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I found it really hard to find good painted examples of dark elves on the internet. Nobody seemed to be doing what I was thinking, and to be honest, I got the impression from looking around that they weren't that popular and got rather shafted in the switch to Age of Sigmar. That said, the Daughters of Khaine range is rather nice.</p><p>Probably the stand-out parts of the scheme are the metallic red armour which was achieved with Vallejo Mecha Red. The other thing that's a bit different is the dark blue skin tone. I've always liked drow and thought it might be interesting to do something similar with my dark elves. I didn't want to go pure black with the skin as it wouldn't have combined as well with the other colours I had envisaged for the scheme. As often happens these days, I had a look through my paints and found a pot of Kantor Blue which looked perfect as a base colour for the job. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyD2Ta59-hG_WDwtW7LIFzOITmhzsiJ0Uz1WnOYQ9u6F1kFvI9ANkw-JbeVcx7UHSlyIxMVGznugzaJwlI61BWaqms_dXkz0sBNRfhsRfxcVZDrRS8WqjK4uoDC04mmlbZYHpVsEL_Of8P/s2048/PSX_20210303_204153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyD2Ta59-hG_WDwtW7LIFzOITmhzsiJ0Uz1WnOYQ9u6F1kFvI9ANkw-JbeVcx7UHSlyIxMVGznugzaJwlI61BWaqms_dXkz0sBNRfhsRfxcVZDrRS8WqjK4uoDC04mmlbZYHpVsEL_Of8P/w640-h480/PSX_20210303_204153.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>As with my other armies, I've been preparing these for 5th Edition. I did play against Dark Elves a few times back then, but I never really knew anything about their background. I got hold of an old Armies book, and I've been enjoying reading about them and especially their seafaring background. There was also this whole bit about a big underground sea that I'd never heard of that I thought was very cool. It's also funny how they didn't seem to pull their punches in terms of what was deemed acceptable back then. There's whole passages in that book basically describing how the dark elves like nothing better than taking as meany slaves as they can, tearing out their still beating hearts, eating their flesh and then stripping off and getting busy amongst their bloody remains. It's a little weird that most of them are now "Cities of Sigmar" armies.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnkEswVM9YafumAK4kdC98Nz-4xUDF1DI6Is6Li_9y_AJL0ahZfBqzB6x1oJFVpTsDaOcP_HfxwGh0QPPu7aEEv81ZT8yIHDFY3aTI2D7VoYzR1bWG4mNnxTFalQiJ0OGXH_JRnqA2z6I/s2048/PSX_20210303_204245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnkEswVM9YafumAK4kdC98Nz-4xUDF1DI6Is6Li_9y_AJL0ahZfBqzB6x1oJFVpTsDaOcP_HfxwGh0QPPu7aEEv81ZT8yIHDFY3aTI2D7VoYzR1bWG4mNnxTFalQiJ0OGXH_JRnqA2z6I/s320/PSX_20210303_204245.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In keeping with their seafaring background here's a sea sickness-inducing tilt shot... </td></tr></tbody></table><br />Repeater crossbows (above) are pretty cool weapons too. I did a bit of conversion with a few of the poses as they come posed to lock into ranks and don't aim by default. I also did a little sculpting and added an eyepatch to their leader for the pirate factor - "argghhh!" <p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zr837Mu3qx40L7BbOJohfNOSroKuXIVYBGkR6ADQjgKlJLkdbF_PWjMILIvGKb1J4kyFhMTx8RKk7pgKo36knVuLfswDTKO5twLBCUY7k25379-Q52ak11T2w4Vu3Nsk0IqzHb6wkGj2/s2048/PSX_20210303_204339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1909" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zr837Mu3qx40L7BbOJohfNOSroKuXIVYBGkR6ADQjgKlJLkdbF_PWjMILIvGKb1J4kyFhMTx8RKk7pgKo36knVuLfswDTKO5twLBCUY7k25379-Q52ak11T2w4Vu3Nsk0IqzHb6wkGj2/s320/PSX_20210303_204339.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Also, a repeater bolt thrower was definitely necessary. Despite playing fantasy for many years in my youth, it's actually my first ever war machine! I played Lizardmen and Vampire Counts back in the day so never had access to a cannon or anything of that type. Alongside the modern plastics, I've been gathering a few metal 6th edition models for the force and this Bolt Thrower is one of them. It's a cool design and is by far my favourite both thrower model for fantasy. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNfrsoPVjt6shS84TiwivDXFm4trPMy8NzaMGqtq5Z-9hWTmXqggb2fOEx_VWQXamJY6iSCa5IH-Z9vAJzM_I5Q1472TntuUXaI8i_CIx30qPkIFpuxgnjTyKMcuYno5naAswhyphenhyphen1xThf1/s2048/PSX_20210303_204504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2048" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNfrsoPVjt6shS84TiwivDXFm4trPMy8NzaMGqtq5Z-9hWTmXqggb2fOEx_VWQXamJY6iSCa5IH-Z9vAJzM_I5Q1472TntuUXaI8i_CIx30qPkIFpuxgnjTyKMcuYno5naAswhyphenhyphen1xThf1/w640-h464/PSX_20210303_204504.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Well, that's about it on this army for now. I do have a lot more models to add and have started on their dragon for Monster March. I don't really need a dragon as there's no way to even fit it into a force until you hit about 2000 points, but the models is just really cool and I couldn't resist! To be honest, I bought way too much stuff for them, but what do you do with yourself when you basically haven't left home for a whole year?<p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-91405899341392964742021-03-05T09:30:00.003+00:002021-03-05T09:30:02.946+00:00Monster March 2021 - Dark Elf Dragon Week 1<i><i></i></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vHeqVvvHrBfJx2XlFZTWnjdBJ1o-MmGasOaScoRmWJQE-rWTdSSMe9d2HXt8oZtm0MdeBRGDevms2qHpSC4t5ZPkY5SZ5utrpMmoZhbJJwUhPOOM2EGRdPnqOfT6NDQr1k5wVjevXC-U/s2048/20210228_135548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vHeqVvvHrBfJx2XlFZTWnjdBJ1o-MmGasOaScoRmWJQE-rWTdSSMe9d2HXt8oZtm0MdeBRGDevms2qHpSC4t5ZPkY5SZ5utrpMmoZhbJJwUhPOOM2EGRdPnqOfT6NDQr1k5wVjevXC-U/s320/20210228_135548.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm back for Monster March again, and this year I've pledged my Dark Elf Dragon and possibly an old metal Stegadon depending on how progress on the dragon goes! At the moment this is the state of the dragon after 1 week of work. The Stegadon has been stripped, but is a pile of metal chunklets that need a lot of TLC, so we'll see if I can manage that one.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you're not familiar with Monster March, head on over to Path of an Outcast to read more:<a href="http://swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com/2021/02/monster-march-part-1.html" target="_blank"> Path of an Outcast: Monster March - Part 1 (swordmasterofhoeth.blogspot.com)</a>. It's a community event where the goal is to pledge and paint a monster, large model or pretty much anything in the month of March! About 2 years ago, I successfully painted my Shadowsword for the event. </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, here's the dragon so far. I started the month with it built and I've spent this week completing the airbrushing on it. I think it took about an hour and a half to get it into this condition.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2i3tHXEuLhWQWm7MKd7NsR7FzPKPP8bAtynhkV71M9avln2nmFeZaH8Xf3YJCwy4LKz2RXkEKM9tWFkA4a_nmm61qlSGRA2bgRQQTzuUTbbUw0b88gzke7RFHO9XfR-1x1DYv0iFLqBD/s2048/20210301_211616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1821" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2i3tHXEuLhWQWm7MKd7NsR7FzPKPP8bAtynhkV71M9avln2nmFeZaH8Xf3YJCwy4LKz2RXkEKM9tWFkA4a_nmm61qlSGRA2bgRQQTzuUTbbUw0b88gzke7RFHO9XfR-1x1DYv0iFLqBD/s320/20210301_211616.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I've been reading the old 5th Edition Armies book, and was kind of inspired by the background in there of Dark Elves being a seafaring race, so rather than going for black on the dragon I wanted to paint it a bit like it could be a sea dragon! Anyway, I've gone for a sort of blue hide with an orange/red trail down its back. I added a few indications of stripes, but I'm not that happy with them, so that whole area is something I'll be sorting out with the regular brush now. I did the skin on the stomach and wings in a sort of almost flesh tone that's not far off Rakarth Flesh in colour.</div><div><br /></div><div>I normally name some of the paints that I've used, but in this case, I'm really not sure as it was a lot of layers. I definitely remember base-coating the body in Prussian blue, but I can't remember what I highlighted it with, possibly Vallejo Emerald and white mixed with the blue. The skin was definitely Vallejo Dark Flesh with white mixed and added for highlights.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, that's my week 1 progress on this thing. It's fun to paint a dragon again after so many years. If I want to finish the Stegadon, I probably need to finish this dragon up pretty quick (I am not looking forward to building the Stegadon - it's the metal howdah with 6 metal crew - I'm going to have to pin them all so I can paint them separately and stand any chance of getting it looking good!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of pinning, the dragon has a rider that I have mounted on a block to paint separately. </div>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-11088129466262058662021-03-03T21:30:00.002+00:002021-03-03T21:30:47.593+00:00Bretonnian 500 Point Army Showcase<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIcgMeeAW3CIpHR3Xo62XLR9Omp9z-Gl1ymV3Q3YLcq_HZHoZDoHQIX9vcaHdYBkY5zyD-ZLNFRAiGEd7WFXTOyPiVxefQOKVFGOSjL_tkKeGX7pQAxmKcyXTVQA7cpSFlKvulULKD4B0/s2048/PSX_20210303_204624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIcgMeeAW3CIpHR3Xo62XLR9Omp9z-Gl1ymV3Q3YLcq_HZHoZDoHQIX9vcaHdYBkY5zyD-ZLNFRAiGEd7WFXTOyPiVxefQOKVFGOSjL_tkKeGX7pQAxmKcyXTVQA7cpSFlKvulULKD4B0/w640-h480/PSX_20210303_204624.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>So, a few weeks ago, I posted a few photos of my finished 5th Edition Lizardmen force. I did mention that I'd also done a matching Bretonnian force - and here they are in all their splendor! I got all the scenery out lately for photos, so more pictures of some of my old fantasy stuff should be inbound soon.</p><p>These guys and me go way back. In fact, they live in constant terror that my childhood self may return to abuse them once more. Luckily for the men of Bretonnia, I felt guilty for my past transgressions and in some kind of lockdown-induced haze, I decided it would be a good idea to finally get them back in fighting order. Many repairs and paint strippings were had by all and this force is the final result.</p><p>For those that don't remember or weren't there, these guys were part of the original box-set for Warhammer 5th edition that featured armies of Lizardmen and Bretonnia clashing over what appeared to be a tower, shack and barn. Anyway, they're ready for war once more and I even sourced a metal sorceress to back them up.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOyf9s-9Jw6Xu_CIsrnPQ5zI95u69e0mQCHbSkDEKJiwFGlBlYDuCJKReSIBfPeLM_G2TQ6IxUgxA3FDmTAQNAhQAWkKageVrevOgMU1NxP6dvv6pO-OFMkXEN3FWf2PtaCUvmjrOJb5d/s2048/PSX_20210303_204859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1924" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOyf9s-9Jw6Xu_CIsrnPQ5zI95u69e0mQCHbSkDEKJiwFGlBlYDuCJKReSIBfPeLM_G2TQ6IxUgxA3FDmTAQNAhQAWkKageVrevOgMU1NxP6dvv6pO-OFMkXEN3FWf2PtaCUvmjrOJb5d/s320/PSX_20210303_204859.jpg" /></a></div><br />The sorceress model was always a very good sculpt, and it's nice to say that time hasn't been terrible for her. For the army, I wanted to capture a bit of the crazed mult-tone that characterized old Bretonnia so they have a few different colours, but yellow, blue and red feature quite prominently. I painted the knights with their own heraldry each. <p></p><p>I also had a go at photographing a battle scene for them with a few skeletons that were marauding nearby. I just hope that isn't a Vampire Lord at the back, or those knights are toast...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveFW0hJC9W_7DjUKGhxj7N5TP4IKMI0OhhyphenhyphennuT7ug5HqumVmdwSWNZuZ4-MOQLEV_wt_qiG26IgqbQeJb7HdT2c0HaHSnpivS436f1A8B7NYaAh67TDxMji2wlhyUWqUDfeOsYM7speUV/s2048/PSX_20210303_102215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveFW0hJC9W_7DjUKGhxj7N5TP4IKMI0OhhyphenhyphennuT7ug5HqumVmdwSWNZuZ4-MOQLEV_wt_qiG26IgqbQeJb7HdT2c0HaHSnpivS436f1A8B7NYaAh67TDxMji2wlhyUWqUDfeOsYM7speUV/w640-h480/PSX_20210303_102215.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Actually, I didn't have a general model, so I had to convert one (seen at the front of the lance formation) by using a knight and adding a cape and head swap. He came out pretty good in the end. The whole force is pictured below - complete with 10 archers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEl0_6CN2C0PH3MzFvtxLhIQKlVMQE7Eb_FQZhzNa5unpQNBKOMJa69e5skEM0PJcMtnFs4_VnNuyWJ3Fd8cvx_bl4Y5wkz20rNUnE2uSwsuwGPHDKl9uhyphenhyphenUI3zGT2vXT7mTxB0ertkpgm/s2048/PSX_20210303_204748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEl0_6CN2C0PH3MzFvtxLhIQKlVMQE7Eb_FQZhzNa5unpQNBKOMJa69e5skEM0PJcMtnFs4_VnNuyWJ3Fd8cvx_bl4Y5wkz20rNUnE2uSwsuwGPHDKl9uhyphenhyphenUI3zGT2vXT7mTxB0ertkpgm/w400-h300/PSX_20210303_204748.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This project is now complete - I basically just ran out of models to be honest! I do have some more knights and archers, but I never collected Bretonnia at the time and getting any of the metals now is just painfully expensive. I actually finished this force before the Lizardmen, and I have plenty more of them to be getting on with (Including a Stegadon for Monster March ... hopefully)<div><br /></div><div>Speaking of Lizardmen, am I the only one that thought that was an odd pairing - they're basically from other sides of the old world and have very little possible reason to ever cross paths. Here's one more classic-style battle photo for the road - <br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6YeGFlGKf8ipJTOBnZlKANDsIoBIbivJxrGPLpHpMZslAxDADRt15kY9LxcyDabYfgS3h_mlX2KKkUzqZb5Ww_ifk2VwJACm8ylVGPVrt1tG_CHVbyzTScgtlUTVhih9udCIMdm5Gn32/s2048/PSX_20210303_102600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="2048" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6YeGFlGKf8ipJTOBnZlKANDsIoBIbivJxrGPLpHpMZslAxDADRt15kY9LxcyDabYfgS3h_mlX2KKkUzqZb5Ww_ifk2VwJACm8ylVGPVrt1tG_CHVbyzTScgtlUTVhih9udCIMdm5Gn32/w640-h390/PSX_20210303_102600.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Bretonnian hunting party is ambushed by Lizardmen after straying too close to a concealed temple-city</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div></div>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-27705620784446068192021-02-15T09:05:00.003+00:002021-02-15T09:05:00.941+00:00Oldhammer 500 Point 5th Edition Lizardmen army - Painted! (again)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_bDzNSq3_pGYXjEwuMinM8PhKz8OUPhWskaMU2Nv5QCHknss8bYbfZUav4FVc_NEJwPTuxXU3OJMqrQf-FpYeO1nlo0rGJz_EqhrM0vI8M33axfi169ikM5R-bswWNF5grCDK_hLLK7b/s2048/20210213_153751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_bDzNSq3_pGYXjEwuMinM8PhKz8OUPhWskaMU2Nv5QCHknss8bYbfZUav4FVc_NEJwPTuxXU3OJMqrQf-FpYeO1nlo0rGJz_EqhrM0vI8M33axfi169ikM5R-bswWNF5grCDK_hLLK7b/w640-h480/20210213_153751.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So, I haven't posted in some time - at least 6 months I think. I have been doing some hobby stuff though, but taking proper photos and making posts for the blog takes some time to do. Anyway, a while back I posted about maybe doing a diorama with some of my old Lizardmen. The project took a different turn, and I've started remaking the army as an actual force. I started messing around with some fantasy again, and one thing sort of led to another.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These are all models that I have owned since the mid-late 90s when they were released. I was quite young at the time, and as a kid, I made a bit of a horrible mess of building and painting them. It's surprising how good they look when you take off all the old paint!The scenery they're photographed on has been another lockdown project. I discovered the magic of hot-glue guns for scenery and it was pretty quick to put together in the end. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsKBL95nsqrMpi1ZIv1hmkSTxZpmF1m1wZIE4czobx3A2VB278pZ8FE3OcRc1qPuf23iXQHR3SUHzYLTPuDyeYguLau2d2NnO2JT811ZiK3S_fRcOn8aCGmQfJZ6z8Dk9VufzUXxXbI-o/s2048/20210213_153604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsKBL95nsqrMpi1ZIv1hmkSTxZpmF1m1wZIE4czobx3A2VB278pZ8FE3OcRc1qPuf23iXQHR3SUHzYLTPuDyeYguLau2d2NnO2JT811ZiK3S_fRcOn8aCGmQfJZ6z8Dk9VufzUXxXbI-o/s320/20210213_153604.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In terms of their actual colours, they use a revamped version of my original scheme. At the time, they were painted with a liberal coat of the notorious oldhammer classic paint "goblin green" and given a hearty dollop of blood red for their claws, frills and, well... pretty much everything else. I took the same colour ideas, but did a new version with the actual details picked out and everything! My childhood self would be thrilled (but confused why my 500 point list wasn't a maxed out character's allowance with wither the hydra sword or frost blade equipped!)</p><p><br /></p>As a special bonus in the photo above, if you look in the background, you'll see mountains and sky - an oil painting used as a backdrop which was another one of my lock-down projects. Bob Ross style (but a bit shite as I'm not an oil painter really!)<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvV0FfSp_n-r5d8wZyI_4LzN2JB_MvdfTIRlcqBa9OrirhMU574TQPM2T7tbv7CpHMuYmXPY5hyTlNUQ2lEwI8nXnJta4ytCCm7pxOdNtWvQTZJ6zrMUCnsCRlJh1mnOHEXfitITtLqm8/s2048/20210213_153835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvV0FfSp_n-r5d8wZyI_4LzN2JB_MvdfTIRlcqBa9OrirhMU574TQPM2T7tbv7CpHMuYmXPY5hyTlNUQ2lEwI8nXnJta4ytCCm7pxOdNtWvQTZJ6zrMUCnsCRlJh1mnOHEXfitITtLqm8/s320/20210213_153835.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;">A bit of a zoom in on the skink champion for the javelin unit. I'm sticking with modern techniques for painting, so you can see little points of light on there. I've made them really vibrant. The movement trays are from Warbases - and are incredibly cheap and work great, so I really recommend anyone doing old-style units picks some up. </div><p></p><p>The Slann is pink - he was originally green, but I wanted to match the accent colour for the army with him and make him stand out. </p><p>I actually like this range of models a lot more than any of the later kits that came out - I've got the next 500 points planned out, but over half of it is a Stegadon, so that should make for an interesting project. I've also started painting my Skink cold one riders - which were originally a dogs of war unit when they were released and I bought the box set. Just for the record, Saurus should never ever ride anything as it's against the established lore - I used to love the background of the great crested Skinks as a kid - the only ones strong enough to tame cold ones (and with strength 4 on the profile and toughness 2 they were certainly interesting!). Saurus were too stupid to actually ride or tame anything - and were basically super-violent warrior crocodile men who were barely able to utter more than a few words. When they released those horrible Saurus riding cold ones models in the next edition it was tragic. Not only did they change the fun and characterful lore, but the models stank - with hunch-backed cold ones and the riding pose that looked like they were mating frogs...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7SIFnzQH8LsQPbOgiSCSLK_DLuecFYWQbH6xmDK7-IfHzir2v5LP_VaAYa2VaSZr3uL2WN0d8_6e3lSE3QbWM2CO4q_qrA8Rji_4SjBrooPzVAxeQ8952GXNgCHrSYWlH9eI_nD6uc0d/s2048/20210213_153220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7SIFnzQH8LsQPbOgiSCSLK_DLuecFYWQbH6xmDK7-IfHzir2v5LP_VaAYa2VaSZr3uL2WN0d8_6e3lSE3QbWM2CO4q_qrA8Rji_4SjBrooPzVAxeQ8952GXNgCHrSYWlH9eI_nD6uc0d/s320/20210213_153220.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Saurus command group were my first ever Warhammer models. I actually have the top of the blister pack stashed away somewhere for safekeeping! This was back when the champion was £3! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Hopefully, I'll post again fairly soon. I also painted up a 500 point force of Bretonnians - with 10 archers, a small lance formation with mounted general and a level 1 sorceress. I may take some photos and post them later on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Comment below if you like old crap, want to see some Bretonnia ride again, or if you are insane and in your deluded state want to defend the hideous saurus cavalry.</div><br /><br /><p></p>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-849790626853031762020-08-10T17:25:00.001+01:002020-08-10T17:30:01.803+01:00My first Diorama - GK Competition 2020 Entry<div style="text-align: justify;">It's been quiet here … too quiet. There's a good reason for it though; as at least for some of the time I was hard at work on a top secret entry for this year's GK Competition (run by E2046).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80zc0zk3K__dwldusQppx8eIXZHBHWtbbVp_R-rcHjBRcIp6kJqpEBHwpv-h-D4g65sesZQo30VwnmrScsNJ0w6cfYVEw6kR9pDcCpMoNpqd8GTzme_UNDiRryMtv1_zTKXzEf3Qa8Ou5/s1440/A1+%2528102%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80zc0zk3K__dwldusQppx8eIXZHBHWtbbVp_R-rcHjBRcIp6kJqpEBHwpv-h-D4g65sesZQo30VwnmrScsNJ0w6cfYVEw6kR9pDcCpMoNpqd8GTzme_UNDiRryMtv1_zTKXzEf3Qa8Ou5/s640/A1+%2528102%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The competition entries are up, but voting won't start for another week or so. After that there's an official judging period, so results won't come out till September. Anyway, my entry this year was a bit spontaneous in the end. I bought a couple of 54mm miniatures from RN Estudio with the thought that maybe I'd make a tiny diorama - like both on something not much bigger than a small base. It just so happened that at the time, I started playing a little Valkyria Chronicles and it kind of inspired the colour scheme which went on to influence the rest of the piece and in the end I kept adding more bits influenced by the game - like the recruitment posters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zpGTDD7ZZykI1WbtN2aJTj12sOx3nGw6N7GNE9wGp551gz6oHUZMO3dbhwFSOXH8OYbRIiZQCzepE3df9JlekWzbpeVLJSuqeMTGGx68pHMKNovfh9L2OCnWc-e_SU5ie89GDTEbrS5Q/s1440/A1+%252864%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zpGTDD7ZZykI1WbtN2aJTj12sOx3nGw6N7GNE9wGp551gz6oHUZMO3dbhwFSOXH8OYbRIiZQCzepE3df9JlekWzbpeVLJSuqeMTGGx68pHMKNovfh9L2OCnWc-e_SU5ie89GDTEbrS5Q/s640/A1+%252864%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9cIuH_IwApY3iN3Twf0_TJk6t0XTmxrT9-BzmxIziWgkWdU8myQF94P3eHTklCCBffBIsi1lYbnoVo2XQ_XqC801BPKjD9JOeQ6regeNTgq_gNhzueomdMSl01ZQaRhp2qRIqutwN6Jw/s1440/A1+%252867%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9cIuH_IwApY3iN3Twf0_TJk6t0XTmxrT9-BzmxIziWgkWdU8myQF94P3eHTklCCBffBIsi1lYbnoVo2XQ_XqC801BPKjD9JOeQ6regeNTgq_gNhzueomdMSl01ZQaRhp2qRIqutwN6Jw/s640/A1+%252867%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJ1ir0-CP_ddU6gRw5STdTq5l7DP7SpfOAxWJ1PW8RSpI9877a6ljTp0l2vBd386whHGTKssZw7CTqtZs4uDYHx9S_0cJYGkv6TMqmlF2SYOXcFy_snmf3XWBzaFKbEFFfqzFovZUzLr4/s1440/A1+%252899%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJ1ir0-CP_ddU6gRw5STdTq5l7DP7SpfOAxWJ1PW8RSpI9877a6ljTp0l2vBd386whHGTKssZw7CTqtZs4uDYHx9S_0cJYGkv6TMqmlF2SYOXcFy_snmf3XWBzaFKbEFFfqzFovZUzLr4/s640/A1+%252899%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The other main parts of the kit are the building and bike. The bike is a plastic model Harley kit made by Italeri which came in a lot of parts for something so small. The building is a kit by MiniArt. It was like nothing on earth to build though - the building was vacuum formed and came in big sheets that you had to cut the walls out of. I'm really happy with it now that it's done, but it took a lot of work to get it looking good. The scale would probably be good for Inquisitor though if anyone was interested. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7u89p-cxYedLkCQ7Y075IC7j7l2-iWFrieoOxc_QdIdR3qKL92UuRde8UZB7nI3aUpwoVwhbmBAhWleRzBy_ECITtHnWbnJL2IhVrJlBovkCcHoiLnBSAp3McwJS1vIrLZBeIYjLibsh/s1440/A1+%252841%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7u89p-cxYedLkCQ7Y075IC7j7l2-iWFrieoOxc_QdIdR3qKL92UuRde8UZB7nI3aUpwoVwhbmBAhWleRzBy_ECITtHnWbnJL2IhVrJlBovkCcHoiLnBSAp3McwJS1vIrLZBeIYjLibsh/s640/A1+%252841%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs12WScnjyAeNXPvEDKXlA5rX4-cR9FOQySIDCRTCLSJvJ_YtWob4uwwx4zx6DlEhyphenhyphenSp04RWPAjcYgoSIddza68bblMxJVwbyaYSsxOeAFJTrrbW92GEDw_Y3M9zSwRYNkg2zk1W2wX1F/s1440/A1+%252845%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs12WScnjyAeNXPvEDKXlA5rX4-cR9FOQySIDCRTCLSJvJ_YtWob4uwwx4zx6DlEhyphenhyphenSp04RWPAjcYgoSIddza68bblMxJVwbyaYSsxOeAFJTrrbW92GEDw_Y3M9zSwRYNkg2zk1W2wX1F/s640/A1+%252845%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBY2bAnEWgDg1Q551vwNL2_SB4kEk61Tt8O1ah9FPOCrSbXP9fZkLNgOpZ5JhyLmyA3BGAS2-krahSaQioMm-9eBSIRP54gVXu-uGG21MBgBwepT0dRO3CcIdZ6YzB3BEFyqhEjPSAmzb/s1440/A1+%252848%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBY2bAnEWgDg1Q551vwNL2_SB4kEk61Tt8O1ah9FPOCrSbXP9fZkLNgOpZ5JhyLmyA3BGAS2-krahSaQioMm-9eBSIRP54gVXu-uGG21MBgBwepT0dRO3CcIdZ6YzB3BEFyqhEjPSAmzb/s640/A1+%252848%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Painting wise, I used my usual mix of airbrush and brush. I intentionally chose to try more non-metallic techniques as a way to match the sort of animation style that I was looking to create.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can check out all the entries <a href="https://www.e2046.com/contest/2020/view/&type=2">here </a>(there are figure and robot categories too accessible at the top) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For just my gallery with more photos:<a href="https://www.e2046.com/contest/2020/preview/7066"> Click Here</a> </div>Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613914236644834382.post-85554596602968310372020-06-04T09:13:00.003+01:002020-06-04T09:13:26.069+01:00Emperor's Children Lord Discordant Well, this is a model that has been sitting around ever since the release. 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Due to the conversion work, painting was very difficult. In order to fit the lady on his lap, I had to do a lot of culling and shaping. By the time they were finished, the whole thing had to be glued together and then painted as one huge chunk, which really made it difficult to get to the riders! That and the 6 legs worth of gold filigree really made it feel like a challenge.<br />
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Style-wise, I always thought it would be fun to try adding a sort of love-interest semi romantic edge to a Slaanesh model. I think I was also inspired the original art for the cover of the first Vanpire Hunter D novel, which I've always really liked. As far as actual lore is concerned, I imagine perhaps he fell in love with a noble noblewoman he took as a slave - unfortunately she didn't survive the warp energy she was exposed to in the eye of terror, so he clones her again and again, enjoying the sensations of both love and heartbreak as only his gene enhanced physiology and twisted mind can. Something like that anyway.<br />
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As far as the actual paint work is concerned, this is my regular Emperor's Children scheme. I've also been working on a Leviathan dreadnought for them, which I should be able to start painting soon.Blazmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652054848276828040noreply@blogger.com10