Luna Wolves AoBR Captain

I am trying out my hand at ... well ... painting well instead of vomiting on minis.

Here is the prototype for my marine repaint - Luna Wolves Captain Fester von Festerson (name may not be Warhammer canon).

I intend to do decent photos soon, this was a 3 minute this-morning job.

Some touchups, shoulder pad embellishments and a base TBC.

If I think its worth the effort will be entered into painting comp @ Cowcon - the local RTT.

Some daylight pics of the brood...

 As the Warmaster approaches, so does his vanguard....

Bloodletters and the first ASM with custom (read: simple) Jumppacks....

For the Warmaster: Part 1, Bloodletters

The Bloodletters aka BA Scouts are done, apart from:

1. Eyes

2. Tongues

3. Cleanup

4. Varnish (I never varnish, but these babies have seen a few dings already and that scares me)

More pictures after the jump (god I feel like Goatboy!)

I am very happy with the banner effect, which was:
- Dehneb Stone
- Washed with my super-Sons of Horus mix (50% Thraka Green, 50% Asurman Blue)
Then free handed the logo in black!

How to: Pre Heresy Terminator (Justaerin) Shoulder Pad from AoBR Terminators.

D-D-Double posted on 3++ Is the New Black!

So, it's time to look into how I did my shoulderpads, and like all good conversions, simple is awesome is simple.

And end-result can look like the image to the right.

Anyway, here goes nothing.
Pardon the HUGE break in text, but if I don't all the images and instructions wont line up!

How do I do my basing

Had a query in the Chat box on 3++ when I was *shock horror* actually working today and MIA...

How do I do my bases?

The truth of the matter couldn't be more embarrassing.

1. Take a sheet of .5mm (0.020 inch) plasticard and randomly chop it up into shapes

2. Glue in some semblance of a pattern (think slate) on the base.

3. Basecoat Black

4. Wet coat Beastial Brown

5. REALLY wet paint (just splash it around) the raised areas with Codex Grey

6. Wash the grooves with Devlan mud, just to cover any spots you messed

7. Repeat step 5, leaving spots, with Dheneb Stone.

Jobs Done!
You can go from start to finish in a 2 hour night, including drying time.

Concept photos!

Ladies and gentlemen (ladies?).... (gentlemen?)

This is my latest and fester-est models.
These are the proof of concept for my BA Footspam variant, which is basically as follows.

Terminator Captain
2x10 Shooty Termies with CML
2 Priests
3x8 Blood Letters Scouts
2x5 Devastators with 3 ML

Uhh, yeah, thats 1750!

My Marines, in detail.

Bad news, no Battle report
So my wife decided, instead of my playing 40k, she should get Gastro and I would look after my darling rugrat.

So here, Monday, and I'm still looking after the pair of them. The upshot is that I finally pulled my finger out and took some shots of my Marines.

Warning: HUUUUGE images follow.
I know that the paint job is "crappy" and chipped in some places, but the army was a repaint of a repaint of a repaint... when I got it second hand.

Theres a job in the to-do for me to strip and re-do these guys... one day.

New-codex-itis, a few months late

Well, we have spoken about how piss-poor my Marine model collection is.

If you don't, its a collection of old SM army collections from 2nd/3rd ed that have been sold and resold around the are over the last decade. I have finally grabbed them, added to the pile with Black Reach and made a god-aweful mess of an army.

To make up for this, I hat thrown together a possible option for an army based on some key purchases and modelling.

Arvus Lander Conversion

Recently saw on WGAU a guy asking about the 2 Arvus models and if they were any good.

So instead of replying there direct, I thought I would try drive some more traffic (and add searchability) with what I did.

I actually use is regularly in normal games (and tourneys) as a Counts-As Landraider.


It is almost exactly the right size. (about 10mm wider than a regular land raider)

Model quality was excellent overall. I was very happy with it.


I magnetised the weaponry on it for playability and WYSIWYG whingers.

Size sample:

Example of the end product:

I drilled 3 holes in the under-wing and in the chassis and glued magnets in there so the wings are removable.

I also magnetised the entire body (it splits in half for "wrecked" results).

I got Razorback turrets and popped a little 1.5mm magnet in the mounting and wing for the lascannnons and glued the Heavy bolters to the front cockpit window.

Overall, most people love it, and as its for my Pre-Heresy Sons of Horus, I can get away with the fluff too!

Istvaan 5 Terrain for Cowcon, Part 1

So, the plan is as follows for this table:

2 pieces of area terrain.
4 Wall sections ~1ft tall x 1 ft wide. This is the bastion that the Death Guard set up.
1 Titan to anchor the centre of the board.

This is the general plan of the table.

RED: Area Terrain.

GREY: Walls

GREEN: Titan

WHITE, open space

Its a little unusual, but remember that the walls are 100% LOS blocking, even for Valks (they are that tall).

Right, onto some more pics:

Titan, Updated, weapons painted, good colour, and the base @ 60% (just needs the rubble picked out).

So, thats the centrepiece.

Now for my 2 centre (flanking) wall sections.

Sons of Horus Logo on the wall

 
Khorne Logo on the wall, and some models for size comparison

My 1750 Sons of Horus for the 2010 Aussie Tournament season.