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See, I'm now imagining you went on some kind of epic trek from Korea to Dublin just to get some Green Stuff!

Looking forward to you tackling the EF set, not only are the assassins rather awesome but the Chaos Terminator Lord is one of the best kits GW produce. Awesome array of parts to work with, and probably quite easy to put your own twist on with some conversion work.

What's the mini in the blister?

Yeah - was pretty surprised with the Chaos Lord - double sprue with a serious load of parts - sweet - the bitz box will be happy

the blister was my 'why the hell not - thats a wkd fig' buy. It's a Guildball fig - Ghast of the Mortician's Guild. Haven't played the game but most of the figs are really nice so I decided what the hell. I ordered 'The Nurse' by Thirdman Studios the other day as well instead of getting Corax. Need to start studying up on skin painting now as it has a lot!

Cannot WAIT to see your cultists!

ahhh - well, I have the 20 cultists from the DV set which are the same as the EF cultists - so I'm thinking of just using them for play and then these 15 new cultists will using for conversions for AdMech and Inq.....not totally decided yet though

Great work on that Tanith base. And good to see you had a bit of fun shopping!

Cheers Az. Got the Tanith base primed before I left and really happy with it. Can't wait to get it all painted up

Was just sitting back and watching some PB vids and popped open this badboy I got yesterday. He's Ghast of the Mortician's Guild from Guildball. I got for no other reason than I quite dig their sculpts and I'm wanting to start doing more practice on skinwork. This fig is pretty cool so I got him. Not the cheapest at 21euro I think but just looking him over the now - seriously great quality cast. The details are pretty near perfect and there really is some nice detail work. I haven't done any clean up on him - this is the fig straight out of the blister - pretty ready to prime - well, I think there is one little nib that needs to be trimmed on the end of the chain - but that aside NO flash or gates or anything! Damn folks - bit of a contrast to some other companies.

Really impressed. Reckon I'll be collecting some of their other figs as there are some really really nice characters. Haavent seen much of Guildball about in the galleries - anyone else her paint or play it? Whatcha think?

I've not really looked into Guild Ball, but I hear great things about the game (apparently it's really taking off in some places) and the minis get rave reviews. There were some really nice ones (Alchemists, I think) posted in P&M earlier. I'm not normally one for sports games, but the aesthetics look great so I may have to look into it more.

They didn't have many of them at the flgs I went into yesterday but the ones they did have plus what I've seen about the net make me want a few more The Butchers, The Morticians, The Alchemists and the Fishermen all looked great

This being away and not able to hobby is turning out not to be much of a money saver at all!! Spending more while on hols than if I were back at my desk - meh c'est le vie - hobby on
Anyhow - nice new kickstarter just went live that I saw on BoW's weekender earlier called 'Shattered Earth'.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/freylis/shattered-earth-emergence

Pretty tidy backstory with lots of room for expansion, game is a skirmish one and most importantly.....the figs are bloody gorgeous. Some of the nicest I've seen from a KS in a while. Well rec/mnd you go and have a wee gander at it. Don't think there is any danger of it not being funded as it seems to have dotted all the 't's and crossed all the 'i's but then again what do I know!! Have a look n see what you think. Cult of the Dragon is where it's really at

Second that about the Cult of the Dragon. Just need to decide how poor it's safe to become ......

Lol. Very poor!!

Damn, little bit if terrain /basing for the sniper dude looks amazing!

EDC

 Januine wrote:
Lol. Very poor!!

You're like that little devil conscience guy that sits on Bugs Bunny's shoulder the Angel guy has no chance!!!

@TP - lol. You know it makes sense. Im the Angel guy giving you fine advice!

@EDC - cheers fella. Really looking forward to getting it painted up when I get back. Dead happy with it so far

So, it's my last night in Ireland before I head back to Korea tomorrow. And typically I decided to go rooting about in some old boxes of my stuff from when I lived in Scotland. It's been bothering me that all my old figs from when I was last painting (some 13 years ago I think) have been .....unlocateable!! In typical form, I left such excavations 'till the next before I leave. Long story a little shorter......paydirt!!!! I found them.....well most of my finished stuff. There's still some unaccounted for but hey, happy I found any!!!! I was building an Eldar army at the time so it's mostly aspect warriors and a few other odds n sods. All in all they're in great nick and a bit better painted than I remember which is nice. There's a few minor repairs needed and the Harlies need basing but all that will have to wait till the next time I'm back in Ireland - for now here they'll have to stay.

Anyhow - I snapped some quick photos with my ipad. Quality isnt the best but still nice to have some shots of them. Here's how Jan was putting the paint down 13 years ago!!!


seems pertinent considering what's to be released by GW soon!




remember this fella taking an age to finish!!


love(d) these sculpts


the aspect exarchs are still some of GW's best figs ever imho




feth - thin your paints '13years ago Jan' lol




still pretty happy with this guy




layered blends.....crikey


this one is just for Dakka's own lord of purple, Minus!!


urrgghhhhhhh ><


original Harlies


the whole horde!!!


Well, hope you enjoyed that little trip down memory lane!!!

Haha, nice stuff! That Avatar is wonderfully retro! All pretty decent stuff, actually, even those a fair bit of it doesn't compare to what you're doing now, stuff like the blends on those weapon platforms and the Wraithlord's chequered fist are still impressive!

Cheers Para - really am chuffed I finally unearthed all those old figs. Pity I can't bring them back with me.....for now

Wish mine were that good 13 years ago......or now for that matter

Congrats on the find, great to find treasures like that.

Thx TP

Old eldar best eldar! How was Ireland?

Ah lovely - always nice coming home Weather could've behaved itself a bit better but sure isn't that always the way - lol

An excellent trip down memory lane Jan, and still some excellent work. My first ever metal minis were the original Eldar Guardian set with plastic arms and weapons so these have a big place in my hobby history.

Wait a few more years with this lot and you can probably retire! Have a swift and easy journey home.

Cheers Thraxas - it's a bit of a hike back but looking forward to seeing the wife and hound again....and getting some hobby back in hehehee

Lovely stuff, Jan! Much better than my models from 13 years ago...*shudders*

Classic stuff there, thanks for sharing.

Yeah that is pretty awesome for 13 years ago, hell I still remember my first mini from 3ish years ago and it was terrible.

Cheers folks. Wish I could bring them back with me the now and get them fixed up but just not poss this trip. I'm gonna just bring the firedragon exarch this time as I thnk he's pretty much my favourite. Really like the sculpt and still really happy with the colour scheme i went with. Tis really nice finding my fig from yesteryear as i was beginig to think they'd been lost for good

Oh wow, congrats on the finds! They're lovely stuff indeed.

Those pics just show how the 40k models have changed their looks over the years. Looks like your painting has definitely improved, although the old stuff does look pretty good!