The Yderis Warhost, August, 2018.

Just doing a kind of inventory last night, figured I'd set it up and take a picture.

"My name is Inigo Montoya...you killed my chapter. Prepare to die."

Oh, snapple craps.  It's Rapier Battery time.  Hellforged, even!

Aftermarket tracked batteries from Kromlech.  Turrets are not glued, though I may magnetize them in the future.  There are a few more weapon options I don't own at the moment, so I may order a few more in the future.  Two quad-heavy bolters, and one conversion beam cannon.

The six crewmen are new as well, but are basic Chaos Space Marines.

"Tryna catch me castin' dirty..."

He is rollin'.  They are hatin'.  They are simply trying to catch him castin' dirty.

A new Chaos Space Marine sorcerer on bike.  Didn't turn out the way I had envisioned it, and in retrospect I would change a few things.  However, he'll do for now.  No name or background yet, but all sorcerers in the Wandering Sons are lodge members and wear the colours of Malavyn Saal.

Had to take pictures with my cell phone since my digital camera is acting up, hence the completely random balance/white levels, etc. 

Scorpion reinforcements.

Not overly chuffed with these guys (just really struggled to get motivated to paint them) but bodies are bodies.  I may eventually re-do the Exarchs.

Yderis Spiritseer

A quick kitbash. It came out pretty good, but the plastic bits are on small contact patches so I'm already expecting it to break in the future.

Renegade Riders

An exceptionally annoying project that I mishandled (making it worse), I finally managed to finish a squad of bikers for my Wandering Sons.

Never look a gift Commissar in the mout-BLAM!!!!

So, story time!  Gather round kiddies!

Back in 2nd edition, when I was in high school I discovered the new Imperial Guard minis which were being churned out.  While I played Eldar, the historical wargaming part of me demanded I make a useless purchase, so I ended up with a squad of Valhallans, a single Leman Russ, and a commissar.  That Commissar is one of my all time favourite miniatures.

Fast forward 20 years.

I finally found one at a vaguely reasonable price on eBay and decided to paint him up for my buddy Danny's Imperial Guard force.  A late birthday present you could say.

As received via the eBayses.  Good shape, complete, missing the slottabase tab (which is fine), and pinned to a nice scenic resin base.

 

 Stripped down and cleaned up.

Re-based, and note: on a proper 25mm slottabase to match my buddy's army.  No flat Renedra here!

 

 I managed to knock him out in two sessions, one long one of painting, and then this morning doing the base, the power sword, some gloss on the boots and cover, etc.  Pretty happy with the result.

Games!: Warhammer 40K 8th Edition (Tokenhammer)

Had a 1250 points three-way game this weekend.  A friend borrowed my Chaos minis while hers are in production, and my buddy brought his Guard to play.  I ran my Eldar.

In the end the Chaos had a points lead, but an Imperial Guard sweeping was inevitable.  Excellent game, and the token system continues to shine.