Back in Black (and green)

I don’t usually post work in progress shots, but as there has been very little progress in the last month I’m making an exception. Having been very distracted from 40k with a return to RPG campaign building it’s high time my rogue trader got some more painted troops. I still need to have at least …

I can hardly contain myself…

I’ve had a few weeks off from 40K stuff, playing a few sessions of D&D and getting distracted by new minis. Some of this has been prompted by a few of the recent releases from GW in the form of the re-released Killzones. I can understand their price points, but their utter dishonesty in advertising, …

March Forwards!

February's output was nowhere near what I wanted to achieve, in fact I haven't painted anything since my last update. I even missed out on painting up Severina Raine for Lead Balloony's Fembruary challenge. There are a few reasons for this. Firstly, the other two players in our household Tale of Four Three Gamers have …

#NewYearNewArmy – Parts 9 & 10- Elites

Time for another update! Given the awful weather we've had recently, I've not really been able to prime anything (either too wet or too windy), so I decided to look through my upcoming models to see what was 'brush ready'. The tally was (from the top left, clockwise):- company command squad- 1/2 infantry squad (I …

#NewYearNewArmy – Part 8 – Troops (the second)

I have now finished the last of the units I'd planned for January and the 25 power Combat Patrol is done. Only two weeks overdue... Pictures are a little fuzzy And all gathered together: I've added the Rogue Trader's sigil transfers to the rest of the units, as well as recolouring the holo projection in …

It’s oh so quiet…

How’s the painting going you ask? Well... I still haven’t finished the last infantry squad from the January combat patrol. Most of the base coating has been done, and I’m planning on getting them done by the end of this weekend. I would say that real life has got in the way, but in truth …

Who Run the World? Las-Girls!

As a little treat for getting (most) of my painting done, tonight's hobby session was focused on building kits. The first squad on the list for February is the Escher gang. This is a great kit with two copies of each body, but loads of customisation options with the weapons and heads/hair. Six of them …

#NewYearNewArmy – Part 7 – Heavy Support

In today's hobby episode, the Heavy Support choice of the Combat Patrol is completed with the addition of the penultimate unit: the Heavy Weapons Squad. This was one of those units where I had not considered ease of painting before I'd stuck them to the bases and glued sand all over. They certainly put the …

#NewYearNewArmy – the story so far…

As the calendar now says 'February', I had a quick review of my hobby progress for the last month. The plan was to paint up a 25 power Astra Militarum combat patrol in January: Obligatory Before shot So how did I actually do?: Errm... Combat Patrol - yes. 25 Power - no. I finished up …

Kitbash Corner – Colour Sergeant Kell

As my army is led by Lord Castellan Creed (for rules purposes anyway), it only seems fitting that he is accompanied by his faithful heterosexual life partner Colour Sergeant Kell. Now as CS Kell died in the Fall of Cadia, I'm not holding out much hope for him to make an appearance in the next …