Chaotic Reinforcement

Finished up a dreadnought for the Chaos forces (no, I won't call it the stupid "Hellbrute" name or whatever).  Also speed painted 10 cultists and was pleased with the result.  Slowly adding a few options to my force.

Will be doing some more weapons/arms for the dreadnought in the future.

Almost forgot!  I picked up some old metal minis off eBay.  The only one I wanted was my favourite Techmarine model ever done by GW (seemed to sneak by under the radar on eBay somehow)

I'll be adding him to the Chaos force - either as a simple Warlord/Champion for 2nd (Chaos didn't have techmarines of any sort in 2nd) and a "Warpsmith" or whatever for 8th ed. if I decide to play more of it.  These are all being stripped down as we speak!

Games! Warhammer 40K 8th Edition.

Well, on a lark I went and played a game of the new 40K.

Background: I played 2nd ed. 40K in high school and played a little bit of 3rd/4th edition before quitting because I lost interest in the game's mechanics (not the fluff, but the rules didn't intrigue me at all).

Fast forward around 12-14 years and while I still play a modified version of 2nd, I decided to try 8th since it's the first major change since the change from 2nd to 3rd (all of the subsequent versions were build on the "bones" of 3rd ed...which sucked.

Shocking development?  I enjoyed it! (sorry, crap photos)

Why did I enjoy it?  I played a guy who had a similar attitude toward the game - I made up a simple/fun scenario and we didn't get overzealous with any nonsense or rules lawyering - we just played the game and had a good time.  A nice change.

The Fuzzy Sorcerer

Well...I kitbashed a sorcerer for my Chaos force today, and sadly because of the humidity he fuzzed up a good bit when I hit him with the matte spray.  I managed to touch up a few pieces, but I'll try to fix him later.

Chaos reinforcements!

Finished up five more marines, and one Chaos Lord for my 2nd ed (possibly 8th ed.) 40K Chaos force.

Asurmen...the jawless.

Finished Asurmen - and removed his jaw in the process.  I chopped out his ugly facemask, and filled it with putty.  The putty shrunk after drying and I ended up with a bit of a concave face.  Regardless, he'll do service as a Dire Avenger exarch or actual Phoenix Lord.

Tarnished Spears

I attempted to mash together some old metal Shining Spear bits with the new Jetbikes and rider's legs...it was not really successful.  You'll note none of the riders are actually grabbing the handlebars and they've got some weird ab-exercises going on.  Regardless I like the colour scheme and I'll keep them around unless I can sell them off and replace them eventually.

Fuggin' Fuegan.

So, I almost didn't bother posting this...because seethance.

This is my third alternate-colour scheme Phoenix Lord.  I don't love it, but this is the first attempt of three that I don't hate.  I'm just going to leave it and carry on.

Another Mordheim weekend!

Went to my buddy's for his birthday weekend/memorial day and we knocked out maybe six games of Mordheim (five of which I enjoyed!).  In one three-player game my kick ass Undead warband fell apart when two expensive henchmen and two advanced heroes actually died after the game (forcing me to re-start basically).

More wicked marines!

Finished up a Chaos Terminator squad and a handful of assault marines (for either use as actual assault marines or the occasional sergeant).

Walls. Yep. Some walls.

Nothing overly exciting here, but I spent my morning painting walls.  Little ones.  For little people.  Like, 28mm tall people.

These were two unpainted 4Ground kits from their old Rorke's Drift set that I purchased.  Finally got around to painting them.  Will split use between Old West gaming and Mordheim.

Chaos Marines

The first group of marines for my 2nd ed. Chaos Space Marine force.  These will be in support of Nurgle and are thus painted to match.  A mix of MkIII/MkIV and some Vanguard heads w/ Chaos Backpacks.  Sadly they're not quite as vibrant looking as these pics!

Plague...tank...things?

Problem: You wish to build some Rhinos and Predators for an upcoming Chaos army (Nurgle themed).  Sadly you don't like current Rhinos or Predators...and you can't find the old ones - and they're a bit small. 

Solution?  Find a couple of images on the internet and become inspired.  I give you...the Rhino Russ (actually there are two of them).

 The Predator version using magnetized Sponsons and the turret deck plate (simply placed on the model) w/ aftermarket "Deimos" style turret and magnetized autocannon.

 Body consists of a Rhino chassis trimmed down...crammed between Leman Russ tracks and then the back end is made from card/plastic/bits to fill it out.

 Aftermarket resin exhaust stacks on the back sides.

 The rear Rhino gate is kept...even on the Predator (sadly!)

 Sponson heavy bolters will be magnetized or glued in (I may just make spare sponsons instead)

 The Rhino version features the basic Rhino deck plate and simple hatches - I only have one pair of hatches at the moment - more on the way.  Note that without additional vehicle wargear, the Predator will not have the twin-linke bolters on its hatches.

 I find this "version" matches marines a good bit better - and is very Horus Heresy era looking - more robust and brutal.

 The weathering is sloppy at best but I've never painted tanks before...so mostly hand-painted scratches with some additional foam slaps.

Planning to have a third one sometime soon - I will do a full "how to" build post now that I know it works and is possible.