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Hi Folks,
just as an update to show you all the results for the Terminator armour challenge
Cheers



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Hi folks
finally bit the bullet and dodged some of real life and have decided to get my finger out with my Imperial Guard force.
ive decided to create a Blog here:
http://millests.blogspot.com/
this is where i'll showcase most of the models but in this thread i intend to give regular updates with pictures and more details, and most importantly to answer questions on anything youve seen in either the blog or on this thread.
not to mention ill be posting my poll later regarding one little colour scheme niggle i have.
so folks enjoy the first installment of the painting blog and hopefully the second post will come round much quicker that way
enjoy and i cant wait for your feedback
thanks
millest

Cool - I look forward to seeing how it progresses!

looks like an impressive(and expensive) pile of plastic you've got there. Good luck!

please check out my blog regarding a poll on my coloursheme or my thread in painting and modelling
cheers
millest

Good Day All!
Well folks it seems you've all spoken both on the blog and on the posts on my various forums i belong to and the decision is in!
Yes that's right its time to go with scheme B
That's the green armour over the grey/camo gear. However after a week of tediousness at work and some evaluating of spare time, not to mention my sanity, I have unfortunately needed to come to a compromise!
It seems after playing with the test mini again that painting the whole force in the COMPAT will slowly but surely drive me insane! well further insane should i say. So to save my sanity i have decided only Veterans and Storm Troopers will get the COMPAT (and I'm planning a lot of Storm Troopers for this force at a later date) and possible some command squads, such as the company HQ. Tanks will still get the COMPAT style camo I had planned as will Sentinals. The compromise however is that the bog standard Grunts will get a much simpler camo consisting of codex grey with some green folded in for pattern under the green armour.
Whilst nowhere near as spectacular as I had planned i think it will look very cool and once the whole force is assembled will pull the look off perfectly.
Over this weekend I wont be completing any work on the force as other plans are at the fore but come next week the construction will start anew and hopefully by Tuesday I should have the first conversions up for your to see! Though keep your eye out for some pics of my weekend if I get round to taking any. You might all get lucky!!!
Have a great weekend and see you all soon
Millest

hey folks
sorry for the delay in updates its been a bit manic here, basically this past two weeks have flown by and after having to be admitted to the hospital for an operation things have kind of been left on the sideline till I get fit and health again (well I say again but I actually mean for the first time ever) but now I'm mobile and able to breath yet again it looks like this week between work and sleep things will begin on my force and other odds and sods. so thanks for your patience and I hope to reward it with some proper updates this week
Cheers
Millest

Hi folks
After a long time away from the hobby and some serious "time to reflect" I've got back in to the swing of things and have finally updated my blog here:
http://millests.blogspot.com/

As before this is where i'll showcase most of the models but in this thread i intend to give regular updates with pictures and more details, and most importantly to answer questions on anything youve seen in either the blog or on this thread.

not to mention ill be posting my poll later regarding one little heraldry niggle i have.

so folks enjoy the first inew nstallments of the painting blog in some time and hopefully knowing people are watching means i will get my rear in gear and get some work done!
enjoy and i cant wait for your feedback
thanks
millest


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As I mention in the blog I fancy adding in a few Mentor Legion figures to spice things up and add some different flavour to thing.

For those of you who dont know who they are there is more mentor legion information here:
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Mentor_Legion

As you can see nice scheme and funky colours, but one question remains! Old Owl Heraldry or New Eagle Heraldry??? im really not sure on the chang icon from the old owl to the new raptor/eagle!

My plan is to have a few models from this chapter scattered around, mainly in the following forms:
An Elite Squad - 5 man veteran squad - all with some pimped kit
A figure in the command squad - possibly master of the fleet as an advisor, with some boosted comms etc
At least 1 Deathwatch marine in a forthcoming DW squad, or maybe a terminator or two depending on what future rules we get
A Body guard (along with a Red Hunter) in my Inquisitors retinue

I'm sure there are more uses i could put them too such as a Scout squad attached to my Imperial Guard to represent a squad of hardened veterans, after all this fluff makes them ideal for that:

"The Elite Cadre of the Mentor Chapter are the most advanced warriors of their kind in the galaxy. It was originally envisaged that the Elite Cadre would perform a number of important semi-military roles, from counter-terror operations to complex undercover missions. They would be capable of dealing with threats outside a normal chapter's field of expertise. This aim has not yet been realized, but the elite Cadre are among the best the Imperium can deploy.
There are two ways Imperial commanders use them on the battlefield when they are loaned to them. First the cadre element may simply be used as a powerful squad, gaining the benefits of their special equipment; alternatively, they may become leaders for other units. The latter is preferred by Imperial Guard commanders as the Elite Cadre make especially good leaders for units of normal warriors."

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Mentor_Legion

So I have plenty of ideas to play with and over the next few months I hope I will have the time and money! so any ideas or thoughts on those comments would be great!
cheers
millest




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forgot to say if you want to vote on the heraldry there is a poll on the blog, located down the side of the blog:
http://millests.blogspot.com/

cheers
millest

Welcome back .

I've just got one thing to say...Too much time posting, not enough time painting ...I want to see some pix! (I voted old heraldry on your blog, by the way).

only posting cos im at work can post just not paint!
I like the old but the raptors i think have actual metal pads availible, still have to see what i can come up with!
cheers for the vote

Evening all!

Just a quick post tonight to show some schemes I've thrown together for my Red Hunters using the Bolter and Chainsword Space Marine Painter.

I have decided to base my Red Hunters on a force drawn from the 5th Company as the Red and Black trim looks rather good and gives me chance to play with a few other colour options! So without Further ado here are the example schemes:

Standard Tactical Marine


More details and images can be found over at the blog here:
Millest's Mediocre Meanderings

enjoy and i look forward to your feedback!
thanks
Millest

Hello Folks
Despite not posting much for a few days I've had a very busy few days. So below and coming over the next day or so are some Pics of the stuff ive been working on.

Due to the size of the pics and the number I will post the Red Hunters first, followed by a second post of the Grey Knights and the finally a third containing the Imperial Guard sneak peaks.
However for more fluff and pics of the models please visit my blog here:
MILLEST'S MEDIOCRE MEANDERINGS

Red Hunters Librarians

Codifier Khorion

Overall I am very please with how this model turned out, the simple green stuff icons have worked well and when combine with the Black Templar robes and helmet, along with the honour pad from the Red Scorpions set, gives a nice and simple Librarian conversion that works well.

Epistolary Rodriguez

Another relatively simple conversion using just plastic parts, apart from the Grey Knights Nemesis weapon and Deathwatch shoulder pad. Over all I am please with the Green Stuff work, though have noticed two missed parts - the right hand side lightning bot and the "edging" over one lower grieve, though may change this. Whilst the model is pretty static I think the Blood angels head gives a sense of motion or force.

Master Epistolary Haulvarn

Another conversion I am generally please with, however the skull on the chest really needs more work. I'm also not sure on the helmet so any views and suggestions would be great.

Red Hunters Test Pads
Some quick icon test casts of skulls to use for my Red Hunters logos, I know they need tidying up a little and possibly that the middle one is the best one of the three but what do you think?


Right well, that's update 1 of the weekends work complete.

Due to the Red Hunter's Chapter's canonical participation in the Siege of Vraks, you can include some forgeworld goodies in the army, also, Forgeworld do RH transfers but I think that your sculpted shoulderpads are gonna look great.

Its finally here folks, the second update from the weekend. My apologies on the lateness but really life and work caught up with posting and things haven't been completed on time.

This second post concentrates on two simple but good looking conversions of Grey Knights, both conversions are based on the same character from the Grey Knights novel by Ben counter.

Chaplain Durendin in Terminator Armour

MORE PICS HERE

As you can see an extremely simple conversion that looks quite impressive. The Older metal lightning claws were chosen over the newer plastic claws as I felt they were slightly more ornate and convey the age of the relics the Chaplain is supposed to be armed with.

Chaplain Durendin Power Armour

MORE PICS HERE

Simple work again and the use of a similar helmet and the older style lightning claws work well to tie the model to its Terminator armed version.

There are further pictures and information on the conversions and the back ground behind them on my blog site here:
MILLESTS BLOG

That's all for now folks, comments and feedback much appreciated and update 3 will becoming soon.


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Folks its the second update of the day and the third Conversion Corner from the weekend. This time its a small selection of peeks at the ongoing work on my Imperial Guard and my Storm troopers (though cant decide on Guard Storm Troopers or Inquisitional Storm Troopers) that i thought i would share with you all.

WIP COMMISSAR

MORE PICS HERE

WIP STORM TROOPER SERGEANT

MORE PICS HERE

enjoy folks

The next few weeks are going to be a little dry blogging and modelling wise as I'm now heading off on a fortnights holiday, however to keep you enticed here are some group pics of my latest conversion. I will update with detailed single pictures on my return, however in the meantime this is what ive been up to.



Enjoy folks and I'll see you all on my return, in the mean time feel free to check out my blog for some 40k book reviews and other pics of stuff ive been up to!
check it out here:Millest's Blog
cheers
millest

Well folks I'm back after my fortnight away, again I apologise for not posting much for the last two weeks but I think the picture here explains where I've been and what I've been up to..............



....enough said really

still more pics and information on my conversions coming soon. hopefully there will also be some Airsoft pictures coming up over the next week.

Have a good weekend everyone

This all looks fantastic. I love the WIP Commissar, that resin torso/head combo is one that I've been seriously dying to get my hands on but never got round to ordering that kit. It's awesome though. The pose is perfect for a commissar and I can't wait to see what he looks like painted.

As for the rest of them, I must say that your minor alterations/pads featuring green stuff look brilliant. Really sharp and professional. Again, can't wait to see this stuff get a lick of paint because I can extrapolate your sculpting and conversion skills to a point where the paintjob's going to be awesome as well

Cheers

sA

Well folks time for a bit of 80's style shoulder pad action here!

The votes are in, the lines are closed and the decision has been reached on which iconography to use for my mentor legion! I am pleased to announce the winner is:

The Traditional Mentor Legion Iconography


The Traditional Owl design won by a clear margin and I personally am very pleased by that, however the only issue I foresaw with this was that a) I didn't think I could sculpt this and b) I didn't think I could paint this well. With that in mind I took the preemptive steps of speaking to Ron over at the "From The Warp" Blog - the blog can be seen here http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com - about commissioning a pad for me. After seeing his work on his blog I was impressed with it and on discussing the project with him he really appealed to my inner Northerner by having extremely low rates as well. I highly recommend him for quality of work, price and most importantly speed! To show you what I mean here is the pad I had sculpted that I will be using to cast the icon from for other pads:

The picture shows how good the pad is but o be honest it looks even better in real life!

Thanks to Ron for some excellent work and I cant wait to get some bits together to start using it on my conversions!

When I had the pad sculpted I also thought to make the costs more worthwhile and the project more practical for Ron to have an alternative "Master" Skull Pad sculpted for my Red Hunters to cast their chapter icons from. Again Ron surpassed himself and the level of detail was superb.

The pad icon is slightly larger then the one I had initially used in my tests and on talking to Ron it was suggested that this would allow the use of the small brass =I= symbols from Forgeworld on it, which I though was a nice touch, however the problem is I now cant decide which to use!!!

So it is now time for another vote! I would like to know which pad is most preferred by my readers and which would be most suitable for usage on my Red Hunters, so here are the choices:

A - Ron's Sculpted Pad


B - My Green stuff Cast Pad


As usual the voting buttons are located on my blog here:
http://millests.blogspot.com/
they are found on the right hand side in the side bar, please vote and once I have the results I will post them and be able to start casting and modelling using the decided pad.

Later in the week more pics of my Kasrkin Officer conversions and more news on my other ongoing Kasrkin Trooper conversions.

Also for those of you that are interested (and because i think posting it in this blog would probably be against forum rules) i have recently posted some Airsoft related posts on the blog so please head on over and check them out if your interested here: http://millests.blogspot.com/

Thanks for reading and please vote

We don't need 10+ links to your blog, if we didn't click the first one we won't click the second nor the third (or any other for that matter). I go read a modelling thread expecting everything to be in the thread not on several links of self advertising, we understood on the first post.

if you notice its all in the blog, the only additional stuff on the blog is the voting, which i cant do on here, and the airsoft which i dont think i can post. as for you not wanting to click on it i can assure other have so please dont just assume cos you feel one way about something others do.

thanks for the reply but if its not about the modelling is it needed? im not one to moan or be petty about things normally but was your post needed as it certainly hasnt added an comments on the modelling that you say came looking for.


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smiling Assassin wrote:This all looks fantastic. I love the WIP Commissar, that resin torso/head combo is one that I've been seriously dying to get my hands on but never got round to ordering that kit. It's awesome though. The pose is perfect for a commissar and I can't wait to see what he looks like painted.

As for the rest of them, I must say that your minor alterations/pads featuring green stuff look brilliant. Really sharp and professional. Again, can't wait to see this stuff get a lick of paint because I can extrapolate your sculpting and conversion skills to a point where the paintjob's going to be awesome as well

Cheers

sA

thanks for the feedback, it was a nice simple conversion and it also leave me the Lt Varras torso to add to some cadian legs as an advisor or officer.
Thanks as well for the GS comments, its nice to know the works not as bad as i think - even though it does take me a couple of times to get it right
at the moment given the schedule im doing at work and that im currently working with metal on my Kasrkin its going to be a while before i get the bits together to start painting though i do want to start soon just so i can start playing with my Mentor Legion ideas.
hopefully with have some painting started by the end of the month - fingers crossed!
cheers
millest

Hi folks

As promised before my holiday here is the first part of the detailed pictures of my Storm Trooper Sergeant conversions. These models have been converted up to represent Veteran Sergeants and Officers in my Imperial Guard and Inquisition forces.

Vet Sergeant Thor - Thunder Hammer Conversion



Vet Sergeant Pugnus - Power Fist Conversion



These are the first two in the five conversions I have, I know their relatively simple conversions but I think when they have the appropriate backpack on them (such as grenade launcher back packs for those with bolt weapons to simulate them carrying ammo rather power packs) they look really sweet and surprisingly different to standard models.

I will hopefully have some background and history for them if I get time to work on it soon.

let me know what you all think of these chaps.

These are looking good, keep up the converting

Hi Folks

As promised part two of my selection of converted Storm Trooper Veterans and Officers.

Vet Sergeant Telum - Bolt Pistol and Head Conversion



Vet Sergeant Procella - Storm Bolter, Scanner and Head Conversion



Vet Sergeant Saeta - Female Head Conversion



Thats the officers folks I pretty pleased with them over all and hope you all like them. I did get an email questioning how I came up with the names and if they related to anything in particular, lets just say if you want to know the relevance of them try running them through a Latin-English translator (suffice to say I may shortly be renaming Serg Thor!)


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PS - All, the voting on the blog is now fixed so you can cast your votes on the shoulder pads
cheers

Love the guy with the long hair

Surely that'd be Gal?

And as much as i love these guys, the fact they're in the same pose may lose a sense of variety somewhat..

But again, loving these!

IMPERIAL ARMOUR EIGHT: RAID ON KASTOREL-NOVEM - FORGEWORLD
Waaagh! Garaghak is gathering pace across the Forsarr sector. Several of the Imperium¹s worlds have already fallen to the rising green tide of Orks, and now the sector¹s primary hive world has been invaded. Garaghak¹s hordes seem unstoppable, except that the Raven Guard¹s Scouts have discovered a secret behind the Goff Warlord¹s unending warbands ­ - an Ork technical genius called Mek Boss Buzzgob who has created his own factories on the former Imperial refinery world in the Kastorel system.

This book contains a detailed history of the Raid on Kastorel-Novem and the rise of Warlord Garaghak. There is a complete Elysian Drop Troop Imperial Guard army list, including the Vulture gunship, Valkyrie Sky Talon and the Tauros and Tauros Venator rapid assault vehicles. There is also background information on the Raven Guard Space Marine Chapter, along with a new special character, Shadow Captain Korvydae. Rules, background and technical details are included for all of the recent Forge World Ork releases.

This book is heavily illustrated with over 50 colour pictures, 60 full colour vehicle profiles, over 30 technical drawings, plus colour profiles for the Elysian Drop Troops, Raven Guard and the Orks of the Goff, Evil Sunz and Death Skullz clans, all to add new depth and detail to the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Also included in this book is a folded copy of an A1 Ork poster featuring artwork by Paul Bonner, Sam Lamont and Kenton Mills.


As I'm sure you can already tell I am some what of a Forge world fan so I really had to pick the lastest Forgeworld book up to complete my set, initial thoughts were along the lines of another expensive although impressive book, but was I right?

On arrival i found I was lucky enough once again to have managed to get in early and get one of the 500 signed books that forgeworld do for each new release which cheered me up no end after spending a lot on this book.

Initial impressions were good, a well made book and a really awesome looking poster (that's never going to be wall mounted), the quality of both were great as one would expect given the price of most FW books.

The fluff inside was good but in my mind when compared to the previous offerings from Forgeworld I don't think was of the same level of depth and quality. I appreciate the raid was meant to be a rapid deployment and was meant to show case the orks equipment but within the fluff i don't think that happened to the degree it has previously.

There was some fluff on the Raven Guard but nothing new or overly exciting and the only new info on the Elysians was the new Tauros vehicles (if only they would release a version with cadian crew!) and even then not much about its history etc.

The main protagonists had a lot of new kit that in most cases was briefly mentioned in the fluff section of the book but thankfully did get more background in the rules section of the book.

Overall I guess i was happy with the book as with all FW books the artwork was superb and the modelling and painting ideas are amazing, i was slightly disappointed in the quality of the fluff and the actual size of the book too! Personally with these factors in mind i think the book for once was slightly over priced (what FW stuff isn't but usually with good reason) and really in my eyes should have been £10 cheaper then it actually was.

Either way overall a good (but not amazing) book and one that needs adding to anyone's FW collection.

Available from:
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk
RAID ON KASTOREL-NOVEM - Forgeworld

The Chapters Due - Graham McNeill
War is unending in the life of a Space Marine. After defeating tau forces, Captain Uriel Ventris of the Ultramarines has returned to the Chapter’s homeworld of Macragge, but there is little respite. The Ultramarines are thrust back into battle, and this time the enemy is the Chapter’s greatest nemesis. The traitorous Iron Warriors, led by renegade Warsmith Honsou, have gathered together a massive and brutal warband. Their target is the realm of Ultramar. Their objective is total annihilation. It is a final showdown between legendary Space Marines, and Uriel Ventris must take on the might of Honsou if he is to save his Chapter’s homeworld.


This is the latest novel in the Uriel Ventris series of Ultramarines novels and i really hope it isn't the last. Whilst it potentially appears to be the last in this story arc and the last in the Honsu, Newborn, Ventris arc it luckily ended withe just enough suspense to mean it may not be - we can only hope.

The novel was a great climax to an awesome story arc and my only complaint is it was only one book instead of two, the scale of the campaign (for want of a better word) and the raging battles could easily have stretched to two novels. As it was this one book was fast paced with action on virtually every page and makes you not want to put it down, i read it over the course of two evenings it was that good.

There are some interesting portions of the books with great flash backs to the past, for both Ventris and the Newborn. There are also some fascinating cameos from the Raven Guard, who would have thought they would turn up seems as FW have just released some awesome new models, and most importantly there were some surprise appearances from the least unexpected quarter. That's right the Legion of the Damned, my apologies for the spoiler but i must say the way in which their background and origins was hinted at was superb and one of the best notions i have ever seen for these mysterious warriors, the Men in Back of 40k. the way they were dealt with was superb and i hope it becomes cannon in the way GW themselves deal with the Legion.

All in all an excellent book, a great way two finish of both the Uriel story arc and the Iron Warriors story arcs in one concise and simple novel. well executed and superbly written a real joy to read.

A full 5 out of 5 stars from me for such a great ending.


Available from:
http://www.blacklibrary.com
The Chapters Due - Graham McNeill
hardback, 320pp • ISBN 9781844168606


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Well folks, second post in a day and second post about shoulder pads! It really is beginning to feel like the 1980's all over, all we need now is to fire up the Quatro and we're sorted!

Well once the vote was repaired and people could vote I'm glad to say a small number did and they reached a decision as to which skull pad to use for my Red Hunters an I am pleased once again to announce that the winner was:

The Ron's Red Hunters Skull Iconography


Once things are back to normal here I will begin the arduous task of creating GS moulds of both this and the Mentor Legion pad to start casting soon.

So thanks to Ron for an excellent pad and thanks to all those that have voted in the poll.

nice work in green

Legends of the Space Marines - Edited by Christian Dunn

Space Marines and their evil counterparts, the Traitor Marines, epitomise the wartorn Warhammer 40,000 universe. This short story collection focuses entirely on these super human warriors, telling high-action tales of heroism and savagery. Combining the talents of Black Library favourite authors such as Mike Lee and Nick Kyme with hot new talent, this collection is truly not to be missed!

Contents
Hell Night by Nick Kyme
Cover of Darkness by Mitchel Scanlon
The Relic by Jonathan Green
Twelve Wolves by Ben Counter
The Returned by James Swallow
Consequences by Graham McNeill
The Last Detail by Paul Kearney
The Trial of the Mantis Warriors by C.S. Goto
Orphans of the Kraken by Richard Williams
At Gaius Point by Aaron Dembski-Bowden




CAUTION MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!

As a whole this book is an excellent compilation, the only downside to it I’m my mind is that many (roughly half) of the stories are tie-ins to other novel series in the Black Library collection. Mind you with that in mind I still think for original ideas this is one of the best compilations of marine stories put out so far.

Hell Night by Nick Kyme
The first story in the book is a tie-in to the Salamanders series of novels. This is one of Nicks great short stories that could really have filled a full novel. It helps expand the series and completes some parts. All in all its punchy and well written, I can’t really fault it but then I think I am a bit biased in that respect. Over all a good start to the book.

Cover of Darkness by Mitchel Scanlon
The second story revolves around the white scar, well written but to my mind didn’t have the speed and punch I would have expected in a story about a lightning fast chapter, the references to their past were good but weren’t played up well enough, however as this is linked to the forthcoming Hunt for Voldorius novel in the space marine battles series I can only hope that does it to a greater degree. Still interesting concept and the way the marines we’re portrayed as humorous helped break that colder then ice front they appear to have.

The Relic by Jonathan Green
This was a black Templars based story, with this one I can’t say too much without giving the plot away other than its set during the Armageddon campaigns, a startling discovery and an awesome premise to the story really pull this together and makes it a short story worthy of reading. Well written if slightly slow in places but the threads running through it hold it together well.

Twelve Wolves by Ben Counter
As I'm sure you can guess this one is a space wolves story, it’s a story that has quite cleverly being written as someone reciting a story that’s being told to tell a story of a story being told! Very clever I think. It’s a great source of information on the mentality and psyche of the space wolves and opens up some interesting ideas and concepts on characters and squads for game use. An excellent piece of background that really should have been in the last space wolves codex it’s that good.

The Returned by James Swallow
A doom eagles based story that is tied in to the Uriel Ventris/Honsu twin story arcs and really helps answers some what happens next questions! It is another tie-in yes but it’s a good one. I can’t really say more again without blowing the plot but it does show the dilemmas many chapters and marines face but it explores them quite well for such a short story. Again well worth a read and helps tie up some loose ends.

Consequences by Graham McNeill
Another tie in this time from the ultramarines perspective, this is the missing section of the Uriel Ventris novels that deals with his trial, imp not going to ruin anything by saying he’s guilty as its obvious from the books. This deals with the humanity and consequences of the decisions taken both at the event and in the trial. A rather human piece by marine standards but definitely worth it to answer some of the questions thrown up in the Uriel series.

The Last Detail by Paul Kearney
A story from the tales of the Dark Hunters Chapter, one I can see we will see a lot more of upcoming novels. An interesting story with echoes of the ending of the original Deathwing novel but with a more interesting ending (and a lot shorter). This is another story that shows some of the weaknesses of marines but helps ground them with humanity and also helps show that every day humans are not always as weak willed as the marines believe. A tad slow with regards to action and pace but a well written story nonetheless.

The Trial of the Mantis Warriors by C.S. Goto
The Trail of the Mantis Warriors pretty much does exactly what is says on the tin, can’t really expand on that any further! Written after the Badab war this deals with the chapters trial and punishment. Quite rightly written by C.S. Goto, the only person to use the Mantis Warriors in his novels (the Deathwatch novels) it is well written and helps illustrate the problems that occur when there are shades of grey thrown in to the politics of the 40k world. All I can hope is that after this and after the Deathwatch novels there are some more Mantis Warrior stories or novels planned.

Orphans of the Kraken by Richard Williams
A short story about the Scythes of the emperor or Emperors Scythes, depending on who you speak to, and their work to rebuild their chapter after the disastrous that destroyed them fighting the Tyranids. I don’t want to give much away but all I can say is the idea of Salvation squads sounds awesome and fluff wise this is without doubt one of the best (either this or Relic) in the book and if you can’t buy the book I recommend either going to the library or borrowing it from a friend just for those two stories.

At Gaius Point by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
This is an odd story about the Flesh tearers and their curse, I can’t say too much but it’s an odd and dark story starring both the Flesh Tearers and the Soriatis. Worth a read but definitely an odd one, also explains why the name Gaius Point has been cropping up in other novels and fluff recently (especially the Blood Angels and Successor fluff). A good read and well paced. Just very odd and not what I expected, but still good.

All in all one of the best compilations to date and most definitely a full 5 out 5, go on get out there and buy it.


Availible from:
http://www.blacklibrary.com
Legends of the Space Marines - Edited by Christian Dunn
softback, 544pp • ISBN 9781844165612


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Hi Folks
second post of the day, decided now was a good time to show you the first of my Storm Trooper Specialists. I've decided to run my Inquisitional Inducted Imperial Guard with a command sqaud all decked out in Carapace/Storm Trooper Armour to beef them up and make them stand out more from the platoon command squads. My theory being if the officers are that good the Inquisitor will give them the best equipment to stay alive that little longer.
So here is the first of my command squad specialists:

Medic Bota





I know its only a simple conversion thats not quite finished, just need to add a green stuff helix to the right shoulder pad and one to the pouch on the rear but for the most part its finished. I make no apologies for it being so simple as this models true identifying features to make him stand out more as a medic will be in the final paint work, once I get round to it.
Hope you like him and let me know any thoughts you have on him.

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Following on from the Storm Trooper Command Medic next is the latest in my Kasrkin based conversion. This is my heavy weapon gunner for the squad, Heavy Bolter trooper, I intend to tie him in on a senic large base (with two small bases on) with a removable squad buddy.

This model uses a normal Kasrkin model tied in with a slightly modified Space Marine heavy bolter. There are some small modifications to to Heavy Bolter but nothing too major so it still looks like what it is. Using the Heavy bolter in this format was decided as I though if their Inquistion Inducted they are going to have access to the best kit, and what better kit could you want then a Heavy Bolter with suspensor fields. so folks here he is:

Squad Weapons Specialist Kraftig





A little more involved as a conversion but not majorly so. Once I've aquired some FW bits, CoD bits and a large base I should be able to mount this chap up with on a base with Trooper Barare and some ammo crates. Any veiws and thoughts would be great, hopefully once I've had some practice at digital camo painting I'll be able to make a start on this.

Also to answer a few emails, for the names of these Squad troopers I came up with them by sticking some appropriate words in to an english-swedish translator, just gives some extra spice rather then the normal latin names we get in 40k.