Hi Dakka, Dakka

Been lurking on here for some time, So I have registered and taken the plunge to WH40K to wind down in the afternoon

I have decided on Dorns finest to start with as the colour scheme is challanging, and you might as well start at the deepend or not at all.



Are my first unit of termies , basecoated and having first ink wash

This blog will be updated as I go along

Thanks for looking

- T

Looks good, any chance of a closer shot?

Hey there, welcome aboard.

Looking like a good start, albeit slightly dark pic. Looking forward to seeing more in the future.

Ill give it a go, New camera and stuff so still learning , yea the light isnt great but flash and lightsource is to bright im mixing exposure times to see whats best

thanks for the welcome

God imperial fists rule!!!! (Don't even play them)
nice models though very well painted!!

Very nice!

Now for the obligatory "How did you paint yellow?" question...

Er, how?

Please?

Alpharius wrote:Very nice!

Now for the obligatory "How did you paint yellow?" question...

Er, how?

Please?

could be wrong but it looks like spray paint possibly from Army Painter line

Its Citadel Foundation Paint - Iyanden Darksun and Tausept Ochre from GW makes a great mustard hue yellow rather than the eye melting bright yellow normaly seen in IF

With a Gryphonne Sepia wash at the end?

Tauzor wrote:Its Citadel Foundation Paint - Iyanden Darksun and Tausept Ochre from GW makes a great mustard hue yellow rather than the eye melting bright yellow normaly seen in IF

ah very nice. I wasn't sure as the bases where the same color. The desert yellow from army painter looks almost exactly the same. Good job on the yellow!

Alpharius wrote:With a Gryphonne Sepia wash at the end?

You may be surprised its only a brown ink at the moment , more to follow

Could you possibly show us some more pics of more than that termie squad ? Its a great paintjob , i just like P&M blogs too be constant pictures Not that i do it though

Gretar

looks great but i really dont like the base color it looks all the same color but other then that great job.

While pondering the next washs and inks on the term's , I cracked on and made a start on a command squad in the same colour scheme

Thats not all, with the day off work today I also pressed on and got 10 more marines on the cook ...

Can't wait to see them all finished off, they already look better than anything i've painted...

frogboy wrote:Can't wait to see them all finished off, they already look better than anything i've painted...

Same here, I think your fists are turning out great

i like the muted yellow.

Landspeeder on the go..

Nice work.

I have thought about using regular writing ink as a wash. In fact I have a bottle of blue ink staring at me right now. How did you use the inks? Did you have to water them down before using them?

Alright, I have to ask!

I like how your yellow is coming out quite a bit, can you please post your recipe and painting steps?

Thanks!

The slightly muted white looks great against the yellow, nice work!

Simple steps Alpharius - no great magic to this paint scheme ..


1) Basecoat - black ( nothing fancy GW matt )
2) First coat - Tausept Ochre
2) Brown ink wash - In the recess's and armour lines
3) Second coat - Iyanden Darksun avoiding inked up
4) Highlight of 50/50 Iyanden Darksun & Skull white
5) Fortress grey raised area / chest eagles etc
6) Black ink the greys & retouch

Still to do -

a ) Decals / Icons
b ) Touch ups
e ) Fine details - jewels / honor badges etc
f ) Paint / fill / grass the bases


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C & D are secret ...

Normaly a beer and some food...

I'm liking this very much. Perhaps 'll try this method on a few of my own here.

Thanks Axyl. Go for it !

I have the Lanny spot glued to check lines / fit and did a quick ink and touch up to find gaps etc so a snap on the cammy attached..

Trying out different detail colourings.. comments welcome

I didnt like the *truss so its been replaced with the loin cloth - to be matched up in layers.

Some nice work you got there Keep up the good work , cant wait too more

One suggestion :

Make a dread :O

Only comment I have on the new termie is the color of the loincloth. It blends in too much with the yellow. I would try a graveyard earth color, or atleast something with a little more brown or white.

Tauzor wrote:Simple steps Alpharius - no great magic to this paint scheme ..


1) Basecoat - black ( nothing fancy GW matt )
2) First coat - Tausept Ochre
2) Brown ink wash - In the recess's and armour lines
3) Second coat - Iyanden Darksun avoiding inked up
4) Highlight of 50/50 Iyanden Darksun & Skull white
5) Fortress grey raised area / chest eagles etc
6) Black ink the greys & retouch

Thanks much!

I'll give it a whirl on some Marines Malevolent I've got in the planning stages...

I was also thinking it would work great on bad moon orks as well, oh and oh oh oh ... TAU ...

Good point!

I'll give it a go on my Bad Moons long before the marines...

Plastic People wrote:Only comment I have on the new termie is the color of the loincloth. It blends in too much with the yellow. I would try a graveyard earth color, or atleast something with a little more brown or white.

I agree, I would do that with the purity seals too.

Noted, I was toying with the idea of a limited pallete on this army but yea I am going to need some contrast


*Update the postie has just delivered a dreadnaught that I won for £2.50 inc pp from Ebay , its in blood angels colour so ill strip it down and get it base coated today

A few touchs to the termie as per comments of others, still very much a WIP for the whole unit

The squad so far ... not bad for a weeks work

Wow this is really cool colour scheme, totally added this yellow to my free booter ork for some contrast. as no yellows before now have really worked.

cheers

Nice

Thats a ton of work in a week

hiya i have tried doing fists as i do bt but never found a fist colour scheme either too dark or too bright i think yours is just right!!! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!


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p.s is it a white or black its not clear to me even though i think you said black???

Tauzor wrote:A few touchs to the termie as per comments of others, still very much a WIP for the whole unit

The new loincloth is much better!!

Just a quick update on the squad, a bit of base updating, high lighting etc, etc.
More to do.

These really are coming along nicely. Are there any plans for bigger tanks? I'd love to see how a land raider would come out in colours like these!

same

I have got a landraider of ebay for a few notes that I am stripping down and ordering a few bits from forgeworld, When shes prepaint Ill post up a few pics step by step if that would help people ?




A landraider I got for 2 quid on ebay

and



10 assault marines i got for a fiver on ebay all to be updated in fist's scheme

Got me a spray gun to speed up base colouring.

lol. i like the guy falling over.

Looking good!

I really like where this is going...

Been a bit slow here with the fantastic warm weather requiring my presence in pubs drinking cider and topping up the tan with good food and friends.

A few box's of goodies from forgeworld have arrived over the last few days to replace missing bits & upgrades for a old Rhino carcass I found in the bits box and to update the landraider.

Breaking off old superglue is fun and very satisfying as long as you don't bugger up the part

The assault marines have been under coated and I have started picking out the primary colours on the marines

I am still wondering about the Fists shoulder pads for the marines, I don't like decals much and I found some raised fist shoulder pads from a number of places but I don't really like any of them so I am considering moulding some thing myself in green stuff but I am not 100% set on that yet.

Photos to follow.

Photos...

coming along quite nicely

Quick update in regards to the preddy and the 'Raider
Hmm vehicles seem to take a lot longer to do...

Don't look yellow yet
You're getting there though

The sponons need to be separate for the single lascannon or I am to sleepy and seeing things.

what single las cannon got to have more pew pew pew mate

Got a little behind due to working almost a month with out a break , So a quick update I am about to make a proper start on the Landraider so a quick before photo.

Burn the Heretic

oh wow, that land raider is awesome, the conversion (i assume it is a conversion) is really seamless

10 las-cannons!

like the yellow

these are really good. Most of the Imperial Fists Ive seen are quite bright & it makes them almost cartoonish looking, but yours are crisp & clean without being too dark or too bright. I am suitably impressed.

somecallmeJack wrote:Most of the Imperial Fists Ive seen are quite bright & it makes them almost cartoonish looking

Never thought of it like that.

Are you sure your buying this stuff on Ebay?

When ive looked its not £2 for a LR or £5 for a ten man assault squad!



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Ive looked on ebay and the cheapest raider i found was £25!

Do you "Buy it now" or auction?

Lord-loss , I have set up a search list that emails me everyday so i can snap up the best bargins that fit my army list, im also buying the really badly painted ones

PP , Somecallme jack , Deathgear & Edward089 , thanks guys !

I guess the land raider is a case of las cannon 4 the win, very cool boss i love it.

The army is coming along great. That LR makes me thank god I don't drive some form of mechanized vehicle in the future.

Looks great, dude.

Wow they look gerat, I like the green although the lightning claws should metal I feel not blue

Lookin' good!

I especially like the crazy lasacannon Land Raider conversion.

Glad you keep checking in... Keep up the good work!

Now my question is going to go a little off of the painting comments, which to quickly add looks superb. What I would like to know is, with the Land Raider, with the un-godly "Triple Linked" Lascannon. What are you going to rule it as lol, just a simple Twin Linked Rule, or are you going the creative route and making up like a Mod Rule or House Rule. I think it looks amazing.

... OR last minute thought are you going to run it as a Terminus Ultra Land Raider http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1180072_Space_Marines_Datasheet_-_Terminus_Ultra_Land_Raider.pdf

Terminus Ultra Land Raider my friend
Updates to the army to follow on sunday - ( need to find where the hell I put the dammed camera )

Tauzor wrote:Its Citadel Foundation Paint - Iyanden Darksun and Tausept Ochre from GW makes a great mustard hue yellow rather than the eye melting bright yellow normaly seen in IF

And that is why I like yours when normally I don't care for ImpFists, your mustard desert scheme is really nice (and that's coming from someone who hates yellow as a rule).

Tauzor wrote:Terminus Ultra Land Raider my friend
Updates to the army to follow on sunday - ( need to find where the hell I put the dammed camera )

Haha that is what I thought however I would love to come up with a Rule for the Triple Linked Lascannon lol

and yes you need to find your camera. I would love to see how everything is coming ^__^

I just finished playing a 1 vs 3 game the other night, 3000 points of Tyranics against 1000 points each of chaos, Eldar, and Ultramarines XD I won hahahaha

A quick update.
Having issues with lighting at the moment . ( oh mould lines! )

This is looking really good. Nice work on the Terminus Ultra conversion, sets it apart from the rest nicely.

One slight detail: the parchment of the purity seals could do with being a different shade of red to the wax, or even painted as parchment (eg white/ bone) and have some text/ litanies written on IMHO. I think that would add that extra level of detail to your models.

Just my two cents, you're quite welcome to ignore it!

Vitruvian

... More ( sorry the lighting isnt better )

More.


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Vitruvian XVII wrote:This is looking really good. Nice work on the Terminus Ultra conversion, sets it apart from the rest nicely.

One slight detail: the parchment of the purity seals could do with being a different shade of red to the wax, or even painted as parchment (eg white/ bone) and have some text/ litanies written on IMHO. I think that would add that extra level of detail to your models.

Just my two cents, you're quite welcome to ignore it!

Vitruvian

Yup I agree, this is still all a work in progress, and I am touching and moving colours around a lot on this army
(its my first back to wh for a long long time - so not worried in been 100% ) none of the models are finished yet and as you point out there is more detail to be added and painting to tidy up. Thanks for following and for your comments, they are welcome

Hey, First time look at your ImpFist's and they look great. I like the red grips on the guns.

However i would use a different colour for the ribbon bits on the purity seals as Vitruvian has previously stated.

I love the yellow's! Foundation paints for the win i reckon.


Slappy.

Oh and thats one mean land raider...

Tauzor wrote:Yup I agree, this is still all a work in progress, and I am touching and moving colours around a lot on this army (its my first back to wh for a long long time - so not worried in been 100% ) none of the models are finished yet and as you point out there is more detail to be added and painting to tidy up. Thanks for following and for your comments, they are welcome

That explains it then! No problem, im always willing to give advice. That pred is cool , i've gotta get me some forgeworld doors/ frontplates!!

Nice Pred!

Love the colour! The pred looks great, cant wait to see more pic's

Love the icons on the pred. spaced out very well.

ooopsie .. I made a little booboo. I will have to wait a couple of days to wait for a varnish to "clam" down

What varnish did you use mate? try matt stuff, it works wonders.
Or, the old GW ard coat (not sold on thier site anymore)

I really need to get started painting my BA so we can get a game at some point


so far though, your steaming through the models, and they are turning out pretty damn nice!


also, forget mould lines, it seems you can spend an hour trimming a single model, then manage to find one while painting

Meh , It was GW Matt.

A can I had that I suspect is probably about 8 years old now and was never used before.

Even now I can see the shine is reducing on them.

Thanks for the support, I'm not a perfectionist so when I bugger up I am not that concerned .

This is my 1st army after a loooooong time away, So I am treating it as my tester/getting back up army

Oh and the only painted one I have, so I need to have it completed soon ™ if I am ever going to get a few games in.

I'm not a big fan of using both Blue and Red on a Yellow model. Have you considered tightening your use of colors to Yellow and a single "accent" color instead?

Wasnt that purity seal gak was it?
Maybe something to do with its age lol, could have started to clot and the chems seperate.

Im far from a perfectionist, i refuse to drill barrels even lol.

Seems you have your painting back allready then

lol, thats why i need to kick my own ass into painting faster.
Had 1,200 points sat there for a week now, and ive only just this minute undercoated a libby lol.
allthough, im out of blood red (not good when you play BA)
I have no spray left, and my white is nearly gone.
so to undercoat my libby ive had to use watered down skull white, 6 coats of to get a slight cover of the model, allthough its still far too thin in places, but its allmost so thin its a wash XD

Breotan, yes I have but sometimes you need to rock the boat. The blue is only on the preddy at the moment and is not on any of the figures.

'cept the termies ... lol the blades will be metal when done




@ JD
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Wasnt that purity seal gak was it? - feth no


And you need a beer ... just like I do. Sod the painting .. I need pizza and beer.

So shiny! I actually like the shiny look on them. What's up next? Are any of the vehicles going to be finished soon?

Nice progress!!

hey man, glad to see more work.

I thought you were dead for a while there lol.

The only thing I have to say is... they are Shinny...XD

But the painting is still awesome

A bit too shiny for me.

Still awesome.

The varnish has lost some of its shine overnight , phew - I think a quick splash of new matt can might help as well

If youre worried about your varnish being to glossy or shiny give it a quick spray with some dullcote, it will tone it down right away and help take the shine off.

Great progress by the way and a great army. It takes a confident man to paint a yellow army, even with the foundation paints

A quick shot of the unit under work as it stands at the moment. Still a lot of work to do.

Thats a nice good bit of troops and they look nice ^_^

Looking like a nice army, well done, good work!

Postgirl ( lumpy jumpers fantastic ) dropped of a new box of goodies today

The plan is to make a modded double crew terminator car , one driver and one crew member
as I am well bored of painting yellow and fancy a little deveation.

Looking good, My posty could'nt open the door to the van on saturday and my Space hulk was in the van.

Can't wait to see it =D

Miss Dee wrote:Looking good, My posty could'nt open the door to the van on saturday and my Space hulk was in the van.

ohnoes !

My guy got the wealding torch out and the postie laughed but we got the door open.

Good luck on your termi-mobile.

I've always wanted to do Imp Fists. I love the yellow, it's just so audacious a color for armor ^_^. I guess that's why I play The Sons of Medusa now!

A few minor things for the future:

I agree with a few others in suggesting an alternate color to your parchments. Red seal with a paper colored parchment can still tie them into your scheme.

There are some pretty glaring mold lines that are hard to overlook. I'd definitely think about at least scraping the mold likes from the helmets, some of them have near iron halos ^_-. But for a table force it really doesn't matter too much! Just something to keep in mind for characters and the future! Doesn't take too long if you only hit the big ones, and really pays dividends in look.

A few coverage issue spots ( around joints etc. ) show their head when close ups are taken as well, but again, table top, they're just fine ^_-.

All in all a great looking table top army. Add in a few facebreaking characters with some of the additional attention above for a focal point and you're golden!

Indeed GreyDeath, but you known the score allways 1/2 sodding mold line you miss that you dont pick up till you see it in pic ! ( dammit ) - been rescored and touched up since

yea the parchments are allready changed mate , still a wip and your right about the few spots here and there.
( I do get to them all )

Thanks for the comments and support it is welcome and appricated !

Miss Dee wrote:Looking good, My posty could'nt open the door to the van on saturday and my Space hulk was in the van.

That's kind of what is happening to me. It arrived in the post safely but there is magic ward around it known as 'gift wrap' that will only be penetrable on Christmas Day. Strange, huh?

She also forgot the sign for pad.

Its been a slow few weeks, not much time for work on the army.
I have been collecting old models of the 'net to get some chars for the army , one of which I include below.

I want to 'mod him up somehow but I am at a loss for ideas!

The termie' scout car is coming along and I will have photos up soom about it

Extra purity seals , flag on the bakcback , maybe GS a neclace or something similar are all my suggestions ?

And what do you mean when saying Termie Car ? I can imagane that happening :

HOLY GAK HIT THE BRAKES !!
- I AM HITTING THE BRAKES , MY LEG JUST HITS THE GAS TO !!
OK THEN TRY TO TURN!
I BROKE THE STEERING WHEEL OFF !!

See what i mean by that ?

Thanks, yea I suppose some simple things might work better,
ah the termie car, read up ( previous posts ) and you will find what I am on about.


( sneak preview )

Dude, thats strange!!

Been a while, work and life keeping me busy.
Had a bit of time today to work o this

Lookin good.

Quite wierd but good notheless.

Still plugging along
A box of chapter masters arrived yesterday

These will be at a higher quality than the quick nasty Sm's I had to knock out for the tourny ( I will be revisiting those to touch up )

Don't you just love the Chapter Masters?

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Ugg something going funny with the pictures today, basecoated and first layer of face done

Great stuff there Tauzor. I tried IF awhile back and gave up after just a few squads. Major kudos to you for sticking with "the hardest color to use. period.". One thing that might help a bit from what I have seen with all of your stuff. I am not a big fan of drybrushing because it leaves a grainy texture on the model. Try putting a bit of flux into the paint before you drybrush. It improves the flow of the paint. This has really helped me when I drybrush.

But keep at it! I would LOVE to see that finished "VW termiwagon".

Cheers , I will give it a try,

The termiwagon is still in the garage the mechs are trying to fit a twin storm bolter system

Order placed today for the following

1 x Space Marine Sternguard Veteran Squad
2 x Space Marine Megaforce
1 x Space Marine Rhino
2 x Space Marine Landspeeder
1 x Space Marine Drop Pod
1 x Space Marine Vindicator

To bolster up the force.

£250 quid .. P00f gone

I think "Super-size" is a better phrase for it.

phrase you mean?

Oops...

[ Lumpy Jumpers look what arrived ]

holy frack

Oh damn!

Wait, theres 2 Sternguard boxes and 1 Tac. Squad

Care to explain yourself?

I got a little carried away....

A little carried away??

Just a quick question - are you fully constructing the marines before painting them? How do you get over the problem of painting the body when the boltgun is in the way?

I've tried leaving them in bits when I paint them, but to be honest I find it a real hassle painting all those little parts and then scratching the paint job when I have to force the bits together at the end and they don't quite match up!

I put the arms together and put the boltgun resting on the hands and move them into possition while the glue is still wet, and then put the boltgun on after painting.

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What glue are you using? Im using stuff in a glass pot with a brush.

Well funny you should bring that up,

I tend not to have the BG across the Sm bodies to counter that problem Monkey, If I cant avoid a "dead" area I will undercoat it and paint it before assembly in the same manner of doing internals of vehicles and the like.

Just checking in.

A loft project has delayed me a bit, however the loft project means that the loft is now my hobby room !

Whoo hoo

Oh, I think I have gone yellow blind as well.

They look amazing - especially for Yellow Marines. The ony advice that I can offer is that I don't like the joinson the marines, i resckon that they would ook better with a black basecoat and then boltgun metal on the ridges so that they just add a bit of a contrast to the awsomely done yellow.

MOAR pleez

They are looking quite good especially as the colour yellow is really hard to do

Neat stuff, love the Humber SC conversion.

Ok then,
The mini leaugue / table battles are over and now I can return back to the army and get it the way I want it.
so.... the first tactical squad have had a bath in dettol and are pre disassembly before been filed , cleaned and primed again

look -> naked marines !

I didnt like the mould lines and the paint job was rushed on this unit, I didnt want the same standard in the rest of the army

Im loving that standard bearer on the first page

Undercoat.

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Can't wait to see it done!

Hi all,
A few months ago the wife and I had come to an agreement...

In return for allowing her to decide on the furnishings for the house, I have secured the attic as my own hobby room/cave/panic room.
Since then I have put in a window and spray sealed the roof with insulation foam and the last few days I have been upgrading the floor and laying boards
I thought I would post a little piccie of the work so far.

Nice mate! Good to see some more imperial fist players! I started them today with AOBR so do you have any tips?

Yup, Take your time with yellow
The undercoat is vital in these swatchs

I opted for a more mustard colour for my boys.

Plan your scheme well, take your time and use very thin layers despite the temptation to lash it all on.

Take care in using black.
Purple mixed in yellow makes a good shader

oh and sharks only attack you if you are wet.

Glad to see life return to a good blog! Looking forward to seeing more once the man cave is done!

Thanks for the tips i have decided to use Lyanden darksun as it gives them a nice mustardy yellow colour and so far they are looking good!

I used Ember Orange for one of my deathwatch fists looks cool.

* ohmy *

I sorta popped in to WH world as I was in Nottingham and decided why not !
I came away with a CAESTUS ASSAULT RAM and some Mk2 Crusade space marines...

damm you fw !

Cant wait to see one together! Really thinking of doing a big arse FW order after 9/10 come out

You got the mk 2 marines! I so want some of those they look awsome! Oh by the way i play my first game today using my imperial fists and i sadly lost to my own orks! :( But i did manage to kill their warbossin the third turn before they had laid a finger on my commander!

Nice army blog and some mighty fine looking IF. Looking forward to seeing those FW units and ram painted up. Lucky bastard, I wish I could pop by their store

Great stuff so far!

Just curious how many pieces is the assault ram?

Looks good so far. Imperial fists are going to be my next chapter and I think your yellow recipe is just perfect!

Looking good, looking forward to seeing the finished ram, also could you put a yellow painting guide up? i find yellow really hard to do

@Young_Logan; There is a full list of colours and stages on page one about half way down.

Thanks guys and gals !

@Foda_Bett , 17 listed components working out to be 23 parts in total

Attached is the Caestus Assault ram , in pre glue stage held together by bluetac

Im thinking of getting one for my Iron Warriors, looking very cool.

Looks awesome, imo you should mod the wings slightly to make them look like they're actually attatched! But thats just me

Hi all.
I took a short break from painting, (you know how it gets) , finished my man cave and started on some other house projects like sorting out the garage floor and roof and relandscaping our garden to be ready for some awesome summer parties this year.

I have also been playing around with a lightbox and camera settings , still not quite there yet on what I hope to achive but (macro/focus etc) , practice makes ... well you know!

I have been playing more games, and the rules are still new / dont get it all the time - to me and I have lost a "lot" but in saying that - I have had good times!

a quick look at pictures



yes you have seen him before but after a few games of been handled / dropped / closecombat / beer split on - its all good.

Looking nice, definitely a better photo setup.

Hows the Caestus coming along??

Love the Caestus Assault ram - any chance of a scale shot with a rhino or something?

Also, not sure how I have missed this PLog for so long

Love IF's and your army is rather excellent.

@XVII , yea I have been slack with other stuff, getting back into it now

@Silver, Can do !


- Been messing about and trying out magentic arms and different stuff

DCCW/HF and TLLC, interesting combo to be sure.

Working away.

Dakkalites overnight on Sunday to the early hours of this morning my entire IF force shown here was stolen along with my Audi a6.

Any information leading to the recovery of these marines and my car. ... Will be passed on to the police .

I have owerwatch on the usual sales area , if you see any of the above for sale they are stolen

Dude...that sucks....
Still. You should take it as a complement that someone thought these good enough to steal! (I really doubt that helped. Sorry. My commiserations)

That does suck, hope you get em back, hope you get your car back also.

Cant say more than that.

just got a call from the police the car has been found.. its gone to a forenisc pound and I should get it back in 2 days.. dont know about the marines yet in the boot.


gak, its burnt out. dam.

Looterz? blasted Orks get everywhere

I really hope you get good news on all parts of your misfortunes.

I am SUPER JEALOUS of that Caestus. Probably the model I want the most out of anything ever made. Make it awesome for me.

Good work all around, I like the duller yellow as opposed to the "hello, I am right here, shoot me now" variety on most Fist armies.

I'm sorry to hear the car was burnt out. Hopefully they took the stuff out of the car first to try and pawn it?