Last of 2017?

I finished up a bunch of stranded models on my desk top.  Finished an Yderis scout, a squad of five Pirate scouts, and two Dark Reaper exarchs (based on the sadly awful 2nd iteration of the Dark Reaper models).

Not overly chuffed with them as the dip went on rather thick and kinda ruined them, but models are models.

Dire Avengers...bloody thousands of 'em.

Finally able to pull myself out of a depressed non-painting slump of about three weeks.

I salvaged the following eBay auctions:

And this is the result.

This is my third squad of Dire Avengers - now I have three full units of ten (including Exarchs).  I just really like the figures and keep happening upon them on eBay.  Not a great or spectacular paintob, but competent and I'm happy with them.

I've recently decided to change the Craftworld strategy I've been using in Warhammer 40K 8th, so perhaps these guys will pay off.

Games!: Warhammer 40K

Played and observed some games of 40K with some buddies...sadly I didn't take many pictures, and some of these armies are new and very much "in progress".

 Quick game against some Dark Angels for a mini-tournament.

 The game next door on our three-game table.

 The start of an oddly non-violent game between Tyranids and Imperial Guard.

 The Tyranid gargoyles take lots of fire from deployed guardsmen.

 A Tyranid Carnifex leads the charge into the midst of the Steel Legion.

 Gargoyles deploy behind the IG lines to cause trouble.

 A Lictor emerges to eat some heavy weapon guardsmen.

 The tech priest tries desperately to fix the Chimera as it drives in reverse, away from the Carnifex.

 A table set up for a game or two of 40K...I promise I'm working on some actual 40K terrain.

 Eldar of the Yderis Craftworld face off with Brazen Claw Space Marines.

 The Brazen Claws prepare to lay into the weak Eldar.

 A Chimera on the prowl.

Brazen Claws face off with the Imperial Guard across the acid river, Primaris marines in support.

Oktos, Exalted Champion of the Wandering Sons

...or something like that.

This is Oktos, an Exalted Champion.  Like the unnamed Sorcerer in my army he sports the homage-armour of the Death Guard appearance.  He's the primary opposition to Chapter Master Khyrum Saal - having embraced the attention of the Chaos Gods.

The small faction of my army which has accepted the Chaos Gods will be primarily white-armoured and will be the ones predominantly bringing in daemons and directing cultists.

It is a mystery, even to Khyrum Saal himself, why Oktos and the "true believers" have not overthrown him.