Here's most of a manticore, leftover from my Ordinatus project...



With some bits from the bin...



Gotta scrounge up some hatch parts, but otherwise: ACCEPTABLE IN THE 80'S, and that's good enough for me.

--B.

Excellent!

 Briancj wrote:
Well, as I am working my way out of 40K, that may happen.

You selling off your guard? That would be an end of an Era!

Nice Manticore save.

Not selling the guard, or my Adepticon armies, but I'm purging everything else.

H is taking what has been sitting about collecting dust and cracking on building them to clear those boxes out! Good to see!

Next year after all this flurry of building will be his wave of painting the things!

BTW I like the old school/FW like Manti there!

Taurox Prime.



Autocannons are swappable with the volleyguns (costs the same - free) and left the roof off, because it looks like a missile rack.

I still hate this vehicle.

But the way the coaxial heavy stubber came out is, in my opinion, cute.

I think it's a very good build Brian.

 Briancj wrote:

I still hate this vehicle.

As I. I have 2 for a the couple of squads I own, but I've decided to go with the Valks. More useful.

Switching to little plastik mans for a while...

Ladies and Gentlebeings, your Helldivers. These are the scum of the Imperium, Penal Troopers given a suicide mission. Jump from the back of a speeding Vendetta Gunship, with nothing but a satchel charge, and a few grenades. Other convicts are given the 'mission' of making sure the satchel charges are placed, usually by protecting the mad bombers with their lives.

No, you in fact CAN'T have a 'spare weapon'. This is the Astra Militarum, boy, and it'd just be a waste. Plus, it's what the rulebook says. Yup! Take a Demolition Charge, you're up the creek without a lasgun!

"Thankfully", you can give the squad Krak Grenades! Hee hee! With the 8" range of a 5" blast template, and a BS of three, plus tossing themselves out of the back of Vendetta, these are truly 'suicide troops'.









The bombers are using Valkyrie door gunner bodies, and Space Marine bolter ammo pouches as the satchel charges. Squads are primarily ID'd by their helmets.

Jump! Fling! Pray! BOOM!

So you have made the 40k equivalent of the Judean Crack Suicide Squad! -Life of Brian reference.

Well. My name IS Brian...


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Also, this guy needs a NAME. Lord Commissar....?

Gimmie a name, and I'll choose the best, and send something nice.







Yes, he is ANIME COMMISSAR. Somehow, even while standing, ONLY HIS CLOAK BILLOWS.

Octavius Bellecost

A smattering of heavy weapons teams. Each group of three will have a "Squad leader", in spite of the fact that the rules don't cover such. Why? Because I CAN.



There are more HWT's on deck, I just ran out of bases.

PROTIP:

You do not need to put two models on the HWT base, since the HWT team is a single 'model' with two wounds. It is just tradition.

--B.




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And now, Praetorian 88's.





These are all from Col. Gravis, https://curiousconstructs.theslowcentury.com/ocart/

These models, while wonderful, glorious sculpts....remind me how much I LOATHE working with pewter. Loathe.

However, I believe the good Colonel has switched to all resin.

Show him some love!

Biggus Diccus, if we're continuing the Pythonisms. He hath a litht of nameth...

Looking great btw

Thanks, Graven! Nice to be working on stuff again.

Lord Commissar Roland Falstaff

Working more units out of the boxes into the paint queue.

Have some snipers!

Likes me some o' dem!

Manticore, now with a proper front hatch, AND a set of the original Forge World track protectors I got in one of the Dakka Christmas swaps.

Good heavens Brian, you are just cranking out high quality builds all over the place! Fantastic work!

Did you see that your Ordinatus is going to have official rules now? Your build must have inspired the guys at FW to get off their butts!

The fact that they're putting in rules for a unit that is designed to destroy entire cities should really show how far GW has sunk.

I'll allow two options:

Vortex Missile: Str D, AP 1, Master-Crafted, Ignores Cover, Rending, Shred, Ordinance, Barrage, 96" Blast

Vortex Missile: Removes all units from the table, no saves of any kind allowed, ignores all special rules that would allow a model to be left on the table.

On the plus side, I don't need to spend the estimated $5-600 to buy one from FW.

I like the second option. With the following addendum....

The Ordinatus has the following special rule.

"Planetary Bombardment: The destructive power of the Ordinatus is far too overwhelming for the model to actually be placed on the same table where the missile could land. Therefore, place the Ordinatus model in the furthest corner of the room from the gaming table. The blast is automatically targeted at the center of the table. Roll scatter. Any roll that is not a direct hit and that scatters more than the Ordinatu's current BS misses the table entirely. Follow the arrow on the scatter die until you come to the next table where a game is being played. Remove all models from the table with no saving throws of any kind allowed. Note: This includes terrain, dice, pop cans, etc. and applies to ANY game being played on that table... not just 30/40k."

Works for me!

So sorry, uh, you weren't REALLY involved in that board game, right?

It turns out, if you buy enough heavy weapon squad packages, you can do something like this:



Merry Christmas, you remaining three readers.

Merry Christmas bud.

We are many , we are lurkers!

Oh and love the guardsman line up.

Merry Christmas Brian! That looks... formidable.

Oh my God, I'm going to play Warhammer 40K today.

WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?

LOL!

Have fun!

Happy Holidays bud!

Let's talk 2016.

First, a moment on Palladium Books, and the Robotech Kickstarter. Still waiting on Wave Two, still waiting for about half of my Kickstarter Rewards. Seriously considering dumping this on eBay for truly wacky amounts of cash. They really botched this one.

Second, a moment on GW: Really? A moving fortification for the Tau? F-U.

Thirdly, a moment on...me!

Still dealing with the mental illness daemons, which is why I don't want to commit to things like Adepticon, etc. Maybe 2017, we'll see. Fighting, fighting, always tired, rarely motivated.

I've made very good progress on de-spruing and sorting projects. I am about to sell off vast hordes of Marines, Necrons, and Ork. It makes me very sad, and it is very difficult, to sell off projects, whilesale. It tastes like failure. However, having this stuff sitting around, reminding me of everything I'm NOT going to do is even WORSE for mental stability, and getting rid of it really DOES make things better, and allows me to focus down on what really matters.

The Imperial Guard. Or, whatever they're calling it.

I have a small 40K group, which is trying toget games in, got a good game in a few weeks ago, will post a batrep soon, good pictures. I actually managed a win, so there's that.

Debating on my vast collection of terrain, I may purge it down, or donate it to the not-local-but-very-good game store, maybe for store credit. We'll see how that goes. Going to finish off pieces, and the collection of 2nd ed cardboard magic, for nostalgia purposes. Keeping the Cityfight table, because it is far, far too awesome.

Going to keep working on the Battletech stuff, see if I can find some players. And pull out.organize the massive FLEETS of X-Wing I now have, do some repaints, and try and get some action there. If I can get a once-a-month miniatures fix, I'll be pretty happy.

Boardgames! 'nuff said.

So, what to do in 2016, let's see...

Part the First - General Games:

Battletech - Paint details onto all the 'mechs, flock the bases

Robotech - Make a decision, depends on how much of a fiasco it is in getting the rest of the Kickstarter in

X-Wing - Light repaints, organization

Battlefleet Gothic - Watch with wary apprehension

BONES BONES BONES

Part the Second - 40K:

Minotaurs - Finish the Airforce, including the Thunderhawk Transporter

Imperial Guard - Finish all available parts, then fill in some blanks, possibly a new codex?

Nids - All Spore Army? Plus paint more random nids I just found in a box. They're fun to inkwash.

Everything Else - PURRRRRRRRRRRGE

Part the Third - Terrain:

Fortification Line - Build and paint what I have, acquire the remainder

River Table - Finish the other two sections, repair the bridge

Everything Else - Tidy, Paint, Organize!

Thanks to all five of you who stuck around.

--Brian


PS:

Also working on my model railroad.

PPS:

Got a spankin' new airbrush, going to get that up and running!

It's good to have goals I know what you mean about the taste of failure, but you have to rationalise. It's the nature of the hobby that we end up with far too much crud all the freakin' time.

Purging is a very good thing. I've done that over the past two years and I don't regret anything. The things that are left are exciting and motivating & its even left a bit of room for new exciting and motivating things!

I understand your struggles. There's nothing I can possible say that will help, but know that your friends are behind you and sending all the good vibes we can. We'll continue to support and cheer your marvellous hobby efforts as they appear on this blog. It's not much, but it is a little positivity heading your way.

Sounds like a very challenging and exciting year ahead, can't wait!

Your braver than me I can't bear to think of letting anything slip away.

And ditto what Gits said, been there bud, we are here, honest. Know its not a lot, but we are here, with our love, support and encouragement.

Looking forward to whatever you have in store for us.

Oh did you mention some orks!!......

This arrived in mid-2015, and I'm just getting around to unpacking it.

Say hello to my leetle friend!



That's a Patriot 105, if you must know.

No love for the little friend. So sad.

---

Against my friend Brandon, at the lovely Battle Standard game store, in Auburn, Massachusetts, I got a game of my Guard versus his Iron Hands/Sisters of the Steel Lily army.

Board, deployment. I have three Vendetta in reserve, he'll keep a group of three Land Speeders in his reserves.













We're playing a Maelstrom mission, the Adepticon card set. I have my book with me, so I get to use the IG tactical objectives. It is the Intercept the Cargo mission, there are six objectives on the board.

He wins the roll off to choose sides, and go first. He chooses to thematically defend his fortress monastery against what he claims to be heretical guardsmen.

Mind you, *I'M* not the one building Iron Hands models using tau and necron bitz, nor am I the one fielding a daemon-like creature (Celestine).

I am just dutifully following the orders sent down from high command, and taking a fortress full of HERESY away from HERETICS.

Brandon disagrees.

I point out that I brought artillery.

Game on!

---

Turn 1 (Night Fight)

At the dawn of the day, forces rumble out of the fortress, to deal with the invaders.

Brandon advances across a wide front. A lone Sisters Immolator full of melta-goodness advances into the teeth of the trio of Leman Russ Exterminators, one of which is my Warlord.

On my right flank, a Rhino rushes forwards and gets stuck in the swamp. The squad of Sisters will hover the rest of the game around a single objective marker. That entire flank will barely roll more than a '3' for difficult terrain the entire game.

Celestine LEAPS forwards!

On my turn, the Deathstrike crew amble down from their warm crew compartments, and take a look about. They will decide, eventually, to launch their missile, but first hot toddies all around.

The two Manticores open up on the lines, stripping hull points and stunning vehicle crews. The Immolator gets hit, and Celestine is put down for her nap. She will awaken, angry.

Brandon: 2VP, Brian: 0VP





Turn 2

Brandon continues his general push. His Warlord, a Techmarine with servitors, walks slowly toward the artillery, with the full intention of reaching into various crew compartments, and stealing the various ignition keys.

Celestine wakes up form her nap, jumps forward again, and fries a pile of so-called heretics, who burn. I remove 8 miniatures from the board, giving each one a little death scream.

On my turn, more firepower leaps from the Manticores, and the three russes push to their absolute forward positions, infantry using them as shields ala the movie "Fury". This tactic actually worked!

In what will be a STUNNING turn of events to my Adepticon team-mates, all three of my Vendettas arrive out of reserves, at the same time. Now, I had the Emperor's Spear formation going, but I didn't need it. I rolled two fours and a five. Drink heavily, friends.

The Venedttas annihilate Celestine, who goes down for a longer nap. Additionally, the Helldivers suicide special weapons squad not only Grav Chute Drops without incident, but manages to land all three demo charges on the Techmarine and his remaining servitors.

The Deathstrike crew break out their boxed lunches.

My Warlord issues his first and only order, which allows them to fire, and pop smoke. This will protect his turret-mounted autocannons for a turn.

This is the moment when Brandon realizes he's forgotten to deploy a couple of Rhinos. We decide to give him an additional VP for keeping them in "Tactical Reserves" in the motor pool, to preserve equipment.

Brandon: 3VP, Brian: 6VP













Turn 3

Brandon easily erases the Helldiver squad, and continues to advance on the artillery, trying to beat the clock, and stop the rain of death coming down from the corner. The surviving Melta Sister will hold up my entire center push, immune to tons of lasgun and flamer fire.

His Landspeeders arrive, and put six shots of Pure Melta (tm) into the back of my Warlord Tank, and obliterate it.

I will continue to bombard his tanks, and start removing his two Dreadnoughts from the board, through hull-stripping. with the Warlord dead, and a second Russ immobilized, the third Russ becomes free and clear. He pivots back, and will strike down the landspeeders. Squads will start pushing toward more objectives, taking #6 (on my right side) for more points.

The other two Helldiver squads fail to land anywhere near the enemy, and pitch their charges out in desperate attempts to do anything, before being erased by bolter drills. They nick a few Marines.

Brandon: 4VP, Brian: 8VP













Turn 4

Brandon will struggle, regretfully, all game with troops just not being able to get out of the swamp.

He easily removes the two remaining Helldiver Squads, but can't remove the immobilized Russ, or get successful shots onto the Artillery, as his Predators have either lost their primary guns, or are the single autocannon variants, and my magic trees are jumping in front of the shots.

Miracle Mary downs a Vendetta with a 6-6-6 (heh) set of rolls.

I bring in vendettas from ongoing reserves, dropping into hover or zooming off, doing more damage to tanks, and removing the last dread. My remaining squads continue to take objectives, claiming the center of the table for King of the Hill, as well as denying another objective to be claimed.

It is at this point that we remember that anyone's numbered objective cards can be claimed by either side. AND that we forgot to roll Warlord traits. Hooray, US.

BOTH manticores manage to get off salvo #4, and the Deathstrike crew, perhaps seeing the empty launch rails of their compatriots, decide 'what the hell', and launch their strike as well. This final artilly bombardment will remove Brandon's forces on my right flank.

The rest of my infantry move forward to attempt to counter-claim objectives, and will inevitably be scythed down like wheat.

Brandon: 5VP, Brian: 9VP



Turn 5

This is pretty much mopup, the turns go so quickly, I forget to take pictures.

I gain an additional VP in turn 5, as Brandon tries to push figures into my backfield.

Brandon: 5VP, Brian 10VP

Turn 6

At this point, Brandon is down to a few marines, and a couple of sisters. His final push fails to break the line, but he does pick up some VPs due to last turn card draws.

I push men and equipment onto final objectives.

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Final Tally:

Brandon: 8VP (Slay the Warlord)

Brian: 12VP (First Blood, Slay the Warlord, Linebreaker)

A well fought game by Brandon, who recovered from some early bad dice rolls, and stuck with it. He is new this this version of the game, and much of the game was discussing tactics, and such.

An enjoyable day!

Game notes:

Brandon forgot that I have an air force, and failed to bring anything that could really handle knocking things out of the sky. He gamely went forward, anyways.

Hard for me to pick an MVP. All the units did what they needed to do, and I do think that I like the Heavy 4 Autocannon Russ, with three heavy bolters.

Zero of the game: Imperial Guard Orders. There just wasn't anything to do with them, aside from an occasional 'run better' order. However, the Tank Commander order of "Shoot and Shroud" definitely proved its value. Admittedly, I did not have a lot of "boots on the ground", but the fact that orders take effect before the normal turn sequence means I have to put troops in position the previous turn, and pray something survives to be able to TAKE an order, next turn.

Nice to have a new compressor!

Game Nicely done. Nice to see you at it slugging away again. Love the tables with the pull out extra space.

Wonderful battle report Brian... and yes, I am flabbergasted at the simultaneous arrival of the vendettas! Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I know a lot goes into it.

Really enjoyed that. Looks like you are enjoying it.

I am yet to get the whole air power bug, but it is coming on.


Nice new kit too, will that speed things up for you, or just improve quality?

Mostly speed, but an increase in quality on the bigger stuff. We'll see what I can do with it!

Brutal battle!

It was fairly brutal, but...not for me.

I've gone and re-organized my first post, with a breakdown by year, and by major modeling project, for those of you who may stumble onto this blog.

Nothing like going back through years and years of blog, the ups and the downs.

--B.

The recap was good. Enjoyed revisiting those moments. You have to know where you've been to understand where you need to go!

So now on to 2016. Still like to see you at Adepticon. Lots of stuff to do beyond 40k.

Cool batrep and some great pictures as well

Starting a Necromunda campaign, gives me a chance to use tons of OLD SKOOL.



Goold ole' Uriah, and a pair of Deacons.



A Sister, a Brother, and a Zealot.



And a pack of Novices.



Enjoy!

Nice! That's going to be smoking hot...

Some really nice old skool there, going to be a nice Gang.

Oh my God, I have put paint on miniatures. I may have broken the 5th seal. I'm so very sorry.









White, white, baby.

--B.

I like 'em Brian. Great start.

Blacks roughed in for metallics.

Yanno, I really never THOUGHT about how long this sort of thing takes. Even batch-painting, I've done about half the work, or so, in a day of work. With breaks, admittedly, but still. We really do devote a lifetime to this hobby.

^ So true. Unfortunately, by opening the paint, you have now heralded the end times.

These cultists are going to be so brilliant. And very appropriate for the apocalypse you have now doomed us all to. You should finish them before the 6th opens...

A life time indeed, but it is a worthy pursuit.

Like the colour choice they are looking good already from a distance, like 20feet but still looking good.

 Camkierhi wrote:
A life time indeed, but it is a worthy pursuit.

Like the colour choice they are looking good already from a distance, like 20feet but still looking good.

Yes, I only paint using the 20 foot rule. It saves a lot of time.

LOL Brian! Exalted.

I'm not sure if anything I've ever done, here, has been exalted before.

You, sir, have a LOT of guardsmen. I'll be sticking around (though likely lurking) to see how your projects turn out. Best of luck to you!

Lovely gang, I have some of those models on my table now waiting for paint.

Nice redemptionists.

EDC

It is time to, literally, switch gears. Got a bit of an artist's block on the Redemptionists, so it is time to start a project I've wanted to do for a long time.



Full. Interior.

It's CONTEST TIME:

I need a proper name for this tank. My guard army is lightly WWII soviet-themed, but I'm open to all ideas. "Fury" is right out, so is "Easy 8". No using movie tanks, here!

Winner gets a standard Ziploc brand "Sandwich" bag crammed full of bitz.

Contest ends in one week, 11:59pm, Sunday, Eastern US time.

Go!

--B.

(Very) Old but (Hardly) Reliable?

Do you realize how many current everyday things were even INVENTED after that thing was made?

Do you realize how many people who now play 40K were BORN after this thing was invented?

--

A harder project that I initially imagined. I have to invent, wholesale, the tank's interior. And there's not a lot of working room in here. I'm also going to have to cut holes in various bulkheads, to create the interior space that exists. For example, most tanks store their ammunition inside the left and right tread sponsons.

Additionally, as if that wasn't enough, the tank's turret is way, WAY too small. There's almost no way one could actually get out of the top hatch, if there's an actual main cannon breach inside the turret.

Good thing I re-organized my styrene supplies!

That kit is what got me into the hobby when it first came out, of course until recently I have never played an army that could take one but hey.

So depending on how you feel about Cyrillic,

старый молоток
"Old Hammer"

 Raskana wrote:
That kit is what got me into the hobby when it first came out, of course until recently I have never played an army that could take one but hey.

So depending on how you feel about Cyrillic,

старый молоток
"Old Hammer"

PM me your address, because we already have a WINNAR.

Full on interior? Nice. Will be avidly watching (no pressure...)

 Briancj wrote:
Do you realize how many people who now play 40K were BORN after this thing was invented?

Oh god... All my kids were born after this thing was invented... Great now I feel old!

Also, awesome project love tanks can't wait to see what you do with it!!

I remember that tank, (I also remember 1994) Cant wait to see how the interior decorating goes .

You know, I'm not too sure what year that tank came out, but I think it might be older than me. Dang I feel young now.

 War Kitten wrote:
You know, I'm not too sure what year that tank came out, but I think it might be older than me. Dang I feel young now.

1994.

I recall the old Rogue Trader book landing here in the US about 1988

 Briancj wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:
You know, I'm not too sure what year that tank came out, but I think it might be older than me. Dang I feel young now.

1994.

That Leman Russ, like some of us here, is a 90s kid. The 90s Kid? Heh.

So, here's tonight's progress. Working out how to punch holes through the sponsons, as well as how the heavy bolters would be operated. If I was thinking ahead, I'd have carved the rotational cylinder apart, making it into a gun shield, as in the real world. A little late for that, unless I steal a sponson from my OTHER '94 vintage Leman Russ. Which may happen.

The small box is behind the "Maintenance hatch", which I've converted into a tool box. As a note, some tanks had external communications sets, so the infantry outside could talk to the tank commander inside.

FYI, this will be a Leman Russ Vanquisher, with three hull heavy bolters, and a pintle heavy stubber.

--B.

Sponson parts:



Sponson exterior:



Sponson interior:



Unlike previous projects, this Russ will come apart (magnets) to be able to show off all the interior work. At a minimum, the top hull will detach from the bottom.

Enjoy!

--B.

PS: Yes, all muzzles and whatnots will be drilled out.

IIRC the old Inferno magazine had cut away views of IG tanks. I don't specifically recall if they had the Leman Russ though.

I can look at my collection later and see.

Great work; keep it up! Good to see another Guard log floating around Dakka, and a creative one at that too.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
IIRC the old Inferno magazine had cut away views of IG tanks. I don't specifically recall if they had the Leman Russ though.

I can look at my collection later and see.

I've found some online, but glad to see anything we can find!

Ooh. What a swell project.

Are you going to paint it retro too? And 1994 was my birthyear. That's crazy, your tank is almost 22 years old.

 Stormwall wrote:
Ooh. What a swell project.

Are you going to paint it retro too? And 1994 was my birthyear. That's crazy, your tank is almost 22 years old.

I'm not sure. I may go retro, as I have all the decals, and a flag. But I may go hyper-detailed, and add it to my Winter Guard as part of my Vanquisher Squadron.

I started in '87, so much of my collection is old enough to vote in the US.

--B.

Hyper detailed would be sweet.

Did they make a 1994 Chimera too?

Edit nope, they made a Razorback though, (which I coincidentally own already. *table of shame.* )

Wow. Full interior. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this.

EDC

"Lucky 7" or "Pain" I love the old retro stuff.

Necromunda figures look great. I loved that game, even ran a store campaign once.

Found this with some Google-Fu.

http://www.spikeybits.com/2013/10/awesome-leman-russ-tank-cut-away-diorama.html

Might help somewhat.

Spent the day back on the Redemptionist trail. Batch painting is finished. I'm now down to doing the 'nitty gritty' for each figure. Touchups, eyes, and channeling my inner Knightley.

The group:



The Redemptionist Priest:





The two Deacons:





Brother and Sister:





The Lone Zealot:





Novices:

They look great Brian, excellent work!

Love your pale flames. Looks tremendous.

They look great, and that Redemptionist Priest brings back memory's, I used to have one years ago.

They look brilliant, love that flame effect. And the colour theme works brilliantly.

Excellent Redemptionists, i really like the lone zealot.

EDC

Great gang, excellent job. Loving the blue flames.

Nice to see a different take on redemptionists, really like them and the blue flames are great...

Thank you all for the complements!

I had to use my magnifier for the first time, on these. Protip for you young folks: Don't get old.

I also brought out the last of my Citadel "Flesh Wash" for the gold/brass and faces/hands. This was the best wash, ever. Even more useful than Secret Weapon's "Soft Body Black". I have about a fifth of a paint pot left of the miracle fluid.

Blue flames for the win.

Now I want to get out my old Goliaths and get roid rage.
Very Nice.

One of the bulk 'job lot' auctions I pulled off of eBay contained a Chimera that had been lovingly converted into a 'Leman Russ". I stripped it down, and was going to use it for terrain, until the new Cadian formations came out, and the Basilisks returned as useful. Soooooo, into the bitz box we went...

And final shots of the Redemptionists Gang. Photos are zoomable. Zooooooooom!

Very redeeming gang you have there Brian. Nicely done indeed.

Good move turning that old conversion into a basilisk. Looks like the top was an old panzer II, needs some crew

Gang are looking fantastic, that scheme has really paid off.

Nice save on the Basilisk, has turned ou well, Kinda like the idea of the larger platform covering the tracks like that.

Nice salvage job on the Chimeria into a Basilisk.

EDC

Added the extended barrel, and built the gun elevation cylinders, and barrel breach.


There's no very little room in this beast, and I'm going to need to curve some styrene for the turret rotation ring. Coming along. My workbench is covered in Russ Parts (tm), as I test-fit various designs and such.

Things I am thinking about:

Ammo storage - main gun and secondaries

Driver and gunners - positions and controls

Seats.

The engine itself.

Watching a lot of "Fury", because it shows how people moved around in the tank, and how the commander's cupola works. Very enlightening.

Turret interior completed. Ammo storage for the heavy stubber, barrel breach, barrel elevation cylinders, the tank's main radio.

Exterior, hatch open, and a new mount fabricated for a 'modern' heavy stubber, a conceit for being able to use this tank in current 40K games, instead of the kit's storm bolter.

Need to sand and smooth our the barrel, but progress is made. Also fabricated a ring/shroud, which will have further edits as I design the interior of the main body.

Enjoy!

--B.

Good job cramming all of that in there...

Very nice. Like the details.

I new here but loving your builds, inspiring stuff

That's interesting, I've never seem someone lavish that much attention on the interior of a leman Russ build. Looks really cool. My only complaint about Fury is why didn't the Germans just go around through the fields instead of right up the road?

That's very neat Brian, can't wait to see all those details painted up!

Nicely done, well done with squeezing it all in there

The devil's in the detail. Guess we know what that makes you

Here's a shot of my thought process. It's as messy as one might suspect.



I pin-vised the engine hatch hinge, but it isn't sturdy, and won't stay closed, even with magnets, so I'm going to have to build something else.



I also opened up the hull mount area.

Full interior coming?

Ambitious but looking good so far.

I want a cross section!

Look what I found in one of the hive scrapyards...

You just happened to find that? I need to learn to look better for lost and forgotten things, then...

Tank is coming along great, love the "thought process" pic!

It was in a bin of stuff I'm prepping for eBay selling, from folks who have commissioned me to unload their old crap.

It needs...a LOT of love. Freakishly, I may have all the parts needed to salvage it into a Baneblade.

Nice job on the interior of the turret. I know how hard it is to make something fit in one of those.

Thanks for all the encouragement!

Going through my leftover superheavy parts bin (tm), not only did I find that I had the missing track unit, but I also have enough pieces to build many of the variants.

Bitz Box. Serving 40K modelers since 1987.

Outstanding! Going to look forward to that!

Stripped off all of the extra pieces, opened the turret mount, and found pieces parts. Barrel is just there for illustration, will have to magnetize 'em up.

Lots and lots of work to do on this one, but the parts are there, and we're off to the races. Next up? Bath-time with simple green!

Inside of the turret looks amazing.

EDC

Is this the old FW version? GW kit?

Looking good Brian!

 Solar_lion wrote:
Is this the old FW version? GW kit?

It is the original Armorcast version, abused. Salvaged pieces from modern superheavy GW kits will make it complete!

I have my Simple Green, and a fresh new razor saw and spare blade.

TO ACTION.

Nothing a lick of battleship grey primer can't fix.




Now....how should I paint this lovely lady?

Hot pink and Turquise Slaanesh needs some heavy artillery

That Battleship grey makes it look sexy right off the assembly line.

I agree with Theo, Slaanesh needs a big gun!

I field no Chaos forces at this time. This is an Imperial Baneblade, you filthy heretics.

Also, which one of you people took all of my Imperial decal sheets?

--B.

 Briancj wrote:
Nothing a lick of battleship grey primer can't fix.




Now....how should I paint this lovely lady?

Paint a lady on the side of the hull! Add a slightly humorous nickname next to it, and you've got yourself a superheavy with a little spunk!

A little spunk? He said this WASN'T a Slaanesh Baneblade remember!

Even though I have no nostalgia for these armourcast models, for some reason I am really fond of their oldschool simplicity. Especially when some of the excessively underdetailed stuff gets swapped out for more modern bits; it creates the perfect blend of old and new!

Now you see THAT looks like a tank. Far too much fiddly stuff these days.

 Briancj wrote:


Thankfully, a store in the UK sells JUST THIS ONE BIT. Took a bit of searching to find it, but enough to extend all six missiles are on their way, along with some more shells and a Baneblade crew. Just 'cause if I'm going to order from the UK, I might as well make it worth the shipping cost.

The shells will be used in a future project, tentatively titled 'Brian builds a full interior for a Leman Russ'. Regretfully, to do this project correctly, I need an OLD SCHOOL Leman Russ. Like, really old school.

Sigh.

-B.

It has only take 4 years... but we shall finally have it!

Damn, what an improvement the grey makes. Great work.

EDC

Great recovery job on the Baneblade,

As for the full-interior Lean Russ (I'd guess you might already know, but just in case) there's a cross-section schematic of one in Imperial Armour V1 (Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy). Chimera's and a Baneblade or Stormlord's (maybe you'd like to interiorize that one too!)

Excellent. I still have my AC super heavy as well, though it's the duel kit.

In only 1850 points, I can cram in three Knight Titans, a pair of Leman Russ battletanks, a Banehammer, and a pair of IG veteran squads.

This is a perfectly legal Warhammer 40K army.

Embrace the utterly crazy, I guess.

--B

Beautiful job on the Baneblade Brian. And you're absolutely right... embrace the suck... make it your own.

So, got in a good game of Necromuda with my friend Dave. A lot of learning was done, and it was an enjoyable afternoon!

The table:





We rolled off, he chose the side and I won the toss to go first.

He chose to deploy across his side of the board, which allowed me to do a refused flank maneuver, and try and focus my amazingly short-ranged firepower. I left a small group of a heavy flamer and two acolytes up the middle, to slow down his flanking forces trying to attempt any encirclement.







My forces 'rush' forward along a board edge, trying to hug whatever cover is available. Dave's heavy-with-a-missile-launcher climbs up to a vantage point, and his eventual missile shot would do tremendous damage, but too late in the game, as I was forcing bottle rolls starting a few turns previous.





I managed to get two heavy flamer shots off in this game, and they are fairly brutal. My gang got bunched up trying to push into the building he occupied, but I was eventually able to knock his forces down, and gain access to whatever technology was within!









In the middle, I was able to roast his leader, but at the cost of everyone else over there. But trying up half his gang with a quarter of mine was well worth it.





I know that a lack of long range firepower is going to hurt in this campaign, so I have to hope for lots of cover, good tables, and some interesting rolls on the trading post tables! On the plus side, my gang rating is quite low at start (can't hire any 'hired guns'), so I should gain some good XP, and be able to promote some novices, quickly!

The former launch facility is mine!

Looks like much fun was had! Lovely terrain setup. Those dumpsters are great, where are they from?

Definitely a busy table. Looks like fun was had, which is the main point after all. The gang look great in the shots.

Think Necro was my favourite game ever.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Looks like much fun was had! Lovely terrain setup. Those dumpsters are great, where are they from?

One of the dumpsters (the sleeker one) is from Reaper, their Bones line.

The other ones, the chunkier ones, are from Warsenal!

Excellent report Brian, just loved it! Brings back all kinds of warm, fuzzy, Necromunda memories. I remember that cardboard terrain too.

 Briancj wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Looks like much fun was had! Lovely terrain setup. Those dumpsters are great, where are they from?

One of the dumpsters (the sleeker one) is from Reaper, their Bones line.

The other ones, the chunkier ones, are from Warsenal!

Thanks, I can get the reaper ones really easily

Who owns Underhive? Brian owns underhive!

Awesome.. Love Necromunda. Was (is) a great campaign game.

The necromunda game looks fun. Which edition of the rules did you use?

We only play it every couple of months, but I've really been enjoying our club's Necro campaign.

We're using the Yaktribe community edition.

Cool. Nice to see a Necromunda bat rep.

EDC

My how time flies.

Finally got off of my butt, and while working on rebuilding my life, decided to repair "the twins". Behold the glory days, when GW gave away awesome trophies for things OTHER than Golden Demons.

(for some value of 'give', you had to buy them as part of the tournament packages they offered)



Won 'em, fair and square. 40K was a large Rogue Trader tournament, BFG was at a GW Grand Tournament. Rather proud of that one.

Repaired the broken wings, gave them a good dusting, and touched up the paint.

--B.

Awesome. The glory days!

Lovely trophies Brian. So glad you repaired them... you should have good mementos of those days and your achievements.

Congratulations!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Congratulations!

Thanks! This is back in 2001, so they're old victories.

 Briancj wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Congratulations!

Thanks! This is back in 2001, so they're old victories.

Still, you have them in good shape.

Damn they're such cool trophies.

EDC

2001, but still amazing achievements, surprising how long a company can treat it's fans poorly and still survive. Glad to see you back and motivated to working on some of the older pieces.

Yep.. agreed.. what on the mfg .line ?

Wellll, I got another battle in...which is amazing!

My opponents, Brady and Brandon. Brady's a nice Necron player, doesn't push the limits. Brandon's a Necron-tainted Iron Hands player, who is new to 7th, and had fond memories of 3rd.

I brought an incredibly silly IG list. Let's begin.

We rolled the perfect mission for my army's silliness level. Hammer and Anvil, 'The Relic'. I can't POSSIBLY win. But I can provide a very good time.

1500 Points.

My army:
Fortress of Redemption with the Krakstorm Upgrade
2x Command Squad, Kurov's Aquila (everyone in the fort has preferred enemy, effectively), 2x Master of Ordinance
2x Vet Squad, grenade launchers (the fort is now nothing but BS4)
2x Hellhounds
2x Wyverns

annnnd...

A Baneblade.

I roll my Warlord Trait, Tactical Genius. I put the hellhounds and the 'blade into Outflanking reserve. How they didn't hear the Baneblade coming, I'll never know.

I have ZERO ability to take and hold the Relic. Or anything else, for that matter. I brought an army to team up with someone else at 750 or provide an epic amount of firepower to bomb the heck out of someone.



Their Army:

Brandon brought a techmarine on a bike, a couple of squads in Rhinos, and a Vanguard squad with TH/SS.

Brady had 3 Wraiths, 3 Destroyers, a squad of Warriors, a squad of Immortals, a Ghost Ark, and a Command Barge with his lord.

Necrons take the Warlord, and gain the Cityfight trait, bonus cover and move through cover (ruins). Perfect!

PROTIP: The new Reanimation Protocols are disturbing. a 5+ super feel-no-pain save.

This is my entire starting position:



And here's their lineup:



Uneasy Allies.

They advance quickly to the Relic, but even with move through cover, it'll take a couple of rounds to get to it in the building. Meanwhile, I start the orbital bombardment, smashing buildings, Marines and Necrons. The barge goes down early, along with both Rhinos. Wraiths take a beating, but Brady is rolling saves like a champ.

And then the Outflanking occurs.





The Techmarine survives long enough to plasma-and-beatstick one Hellhound into scrap for the Machine God. This is where I forget linebreaker.

The Necrons turn around, and in two turns glance the 'blade to component particles, which predictably explode. The lone Necron Warrior survives the apocalyptic blast, and will get a new paint job to show his status as 'the one'.

Here, we see Brandon very excited to receive a beating.



The Vanguard vets arrive, and proceed to knock on the door. The vets answer the door with a pile of lasguns and krak grenades, killing two of the five. the remaining members would jump up to the battlements, force the hatch open, and return the grenades. Heavy hand to hand combat ensues, but the vets manage to kill one, and hold their ground inside the bunker.



Knock, knock!



The wraiths grab the relic, but are whittled down to a single wraith. Things are very, very tight as Brandon moves some forces in to try and pick up the Relic, should it be dropped. To their credit, they really focused on the Mission, and this carried they day for them. The command barge delivers the final blow.



At the end, they had a couple of Vanguard Veterans and a couple of Marines on foot, a couple of Immortals, a couple of Destroyers, one Warrior, and one Wraith-with-a-relic.



Everyone had a ton of fun, and they really enjoyed the thematic battle of having to retrieve the relic under massive city-leveling bombardment.

Necron/Marines: 3VP (The Relic)

Imperial Guard: 2VP (Slay the Warlord, First Blood)

Nice to see fun games. Sounds like decent opponents!

Sounds like it was a wonderful game Brian, very cinematic feel to it for sure. Thanks for taking the time to put the report together!

Hello! Have some bunkers! Next up, some baseboards for them, for maximum stability.

I love the designers of these terrain pieces, but damn do they suck to build.

That is one of the sets I'm still missing, I had it years ago, but the cardboard got ruined. Nice to see that piece of stc has not been lost forever.

Those bring back such good memories. ..

They look good.

What makes them difficult to build, out of interest?

Hmmm, any plans to plastic-card-clone them?

Mmm... Tasty retro goodness.

Hi.

Nice. Many fliers.

EDC

Dr H wrote:They look good.

What makes them difficult to build, out of interest?

The card stock warps easily, and while they do have the plastic bulkheads, they're not used at all the junctions of the card stock. So, really, I should have broken out my squaring jigs.

shasolenzabi wrote:Hmmm, any plans to plastic-card-clone them?

Nope! too many other projects, to start another one!

Looks like you plan to dominate the new dogfight subphase!

Not enough actual fighters.

So, the board, which is the new thing, was an experiment. Printing out tile-able textures from the internet (typically used for them video games) and gluing them to mdf boards. And they look great! So very cheap.

--B.

Indeed they do. Is the table top one solid piece, or are there sections that can be moved & rearranged to create different designs for the table?

They're my standard 1/4" mdf sections from Home Despot/Lowes. 2'x4'.

I used wood glue for this experiment, in future, I'll probably stick (ha) with my gold standard, 3M's Super77.

Good idea, very effective.

That's a cool idea. Love the airstrip.

In OTHER news...

After being lost since at least the beginning of the year, I have found my stash of decals. this is especially important because I own dozens of the original 1991-era decal sheets, which have symbols and designs no longer produced by the Gee-Dubs.

This includes an entire stack of about twenty Epic-Scale Imperial decals.

Tank painting can re-commence, my wallet breathes a deep sigh of relief.

--B.

I bet you did a happy dance when you were reunited with that stash!

EDC

And so, the ladies come out to get their winter coats. There's a pair of leman russ and a chimera still in constructionville, or boxlandia.

About half way to the 15 Russ Chassis needed to fill a Combined Arms Detachment...

And thus the blog has come full circle. It began with winterised imperial guard tanks before going through a series of distractions and has now returned to the winterised tanks. They look really impressive.

I just read through all 106 pages of your blog and you have made some impressive stuff. Good job and keep it up.

Now that's alot of tanks. Impressive stuff.

EDC

Phwoar! the armoured might of the imperium. nicee

 the Signless wrote:
And thus the blog has come full circle. It began with winterised imperial guard tanks before going through a series of distractions and has now returned to the winterised tanks. They look really impressive.

I just read through all 106 pages of your blog and you have made some impressive stuff. Good job and keep it up.

Thanks for slogging!

The circle of modeling is complete. I'm out! PEACE!

Heh.

I guess I just have ADHD. Adult Distractable Hobby Disorder.

 Briancj wrote:
I guess I just have ADHD. Adult Distractable Hobby Disorder.

More common than you think.

Sweet lordy be that is a lot of armour, beautiful sight.

Got my self a couple of Valkyries for my A tempest. I just hated the Taurox ( though I have them as a option ).

Was looking for some advice on the best way to kit them out.

The Valks or the Tauroxen, Solar?




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And here's the Tower of Power.

That is a thing of terrifying beauty. It's like weaponized nerd porn.

Oh man aren't those plastic shelves kinda rickidy?

its so beautiful in its potential destruction in more ways than one.

 Desubot wrote:
Oh man aren't those plastic shelves kinda rickidy?

its so beautiful in its potential destruction in more ways than one.

Normally, yes. But when you cut the pipes in half, and bash them together with a rubber mallet, not so much.

The Tower of Power is both beautiful and terrifying to behold!

EDC

Both.. I have no Guard experience
.. So far my taurox weapons are interchangeable. The Valk are a WIP.

Tank washing. Kind of the opposite of a car wash, really...

Are you repainting them?

No, this is a giant bowl of ink wash, so I can assembly-line my winter tanks.

Gorgeous

Also giant tower of doom for some reason makes me think of the death star......

Good Lord that's a lot of tanks...

The advantage of keeping things, is that you have the BEST reference material.








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Working in groups. A pair of Hellhounds. A third HH will be added, but I want one of the large-tank FW ones, or I'll kitbash one.

Oh. My. God. Beckus, look at their butts.






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Mediator and Arbitrator. "I wonder where he learned how to negotiate like that?"

Is this you're finally breaking out The Aquila? Fabu!

Yup! I still need to find a dome/canopy for it, but I can paint everything else on the wobbly falcon.

I'm also bringing the two Arvus Lighters into the colors of the Rogue Trader fleet in my fluff.

Kudos on the aircraft - it pleases me to know someone has invested some coin and time to use the lesser represented flyers.
I regard using two Arvus in a game for troop transport to be as fluffy as a bunny on a van der graff generator.

loving the ordinatus too!

keep it up!

Yeah, the Arvii are tre-chic'.

Artillery Company, First Battery

Really looking forward to seeing what you do with the Arvus Lighters , such cool models. Tanks are looking awesome too.

EDC

This lot will be something to behold when you finish. Looking great so far.

 evildrcheese wrote:
Really looking forward to seeing what you do with the Arvus Lighters , such cool models. Tanks are looking awesome too.

EDC

All three flyers are going into the red-white-and black paintjob of the earlier "US Coast Guard" colors, which are my Rogue Trader's house scheme. Thanks to recovering my decal collection, I have eight of the original Lord Solar Marcharius heraldry symbols, which I will apply to the four flyers to link them together.

--B.

I really hate basilisks... but those are awfully nice looking.

Liking the scheme on those tanks, nice.

Missiles, anyone?



Proceeding on the plan. Painting and decals on all hulls, so I am no longer playing "Team Grey". Then, I'll follow up with a mass detailing pass.

Then, onto the infantry.

--B.

Great mechanized forces there Briancj! and that tower of power! Great work!

Happy Canada Day to all of you maple leaves, and happy 4th of July to all of us turkeys.

In celebration, allow me to offer your forces the opportunity to experience the finest in Imperial Guard fireworks. I, of course, will provide the explosions. And pie*.



Welcome to the "Emperor's Wrath".

--B.

*Pie will be served on multiple 5" plates.

PS: This is image 1111 in my gallery.

Looking great there sir. Scary looking across the table at that.

Thanks, Cam! The paint and decals are 2nd edition, updated to 7th edition formations (command chimera, instead of a command gun).

Up next, well, more tanks of course!

Those look great Brian. Quite an impressive force. "Rocket's red glare" and all that...

Very nice artillery pieces indeed!

I am impressed at the quantity you paint at a time. That can get demoralizing. Well done.

Three of the Imperium's finest. Chekov, Anton, Yelchin.

Custom 2nd edition style banners, full magnets.

Nicely done.. I Like the green with the white. Flags are also a nice touch.

Winterguard is shaping up nicely!

A fitting tribute

Continuing the push, here's the three 'siege' Russ, now with pennants. These tanks are named after famous Soviet female tank officers of WWII!





And all six lined up:



Some decal work, weathering, and then they'll go on the shelf, so I can bring up all the Chimeras to the same standard.

Then, onto individual details, such as packs, extra armour, making sure everyone has smoke launchers and searchlights, and personal touches for each tank.

Oh, and I've been playing 40K, too! Crazy talk, I know.

Hope everyone out there is having a good time!

--Brian




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And, as a bonus, progress on getting a full set of swappable weapon options, the two older Russii with Vanquisher Cannons and Multimelta sponsons, bow lascannons.

Very nice work! and that stretched Russ is so cool!

Got a game in, today, rock and roll. My usual dice luck, but the Paskisher did its job, and the two Vanquishers also did their jobs. Got to tarpit FIVE hellbrutes with a 20 man guard squad. THAT was hellafun.

--b.

Tanks are looking excellent. Good to hear you had fun, that's the important bit.

Mighty fine motor pool there, and getting games in is a big WIN!

Tanks are looking great. Awesome scheme.

EDC

Sounds like a good game overall.

Very pleased you got some satisfaction out of your game. I think you just re-defined "tarpit".

It was a risk, but worth it.

Pictures of this weekend's battles coming soon!

 Briancj wrote:
It was a risk, but worth it.

Pictures of this weekend's battles coming soon!

Cool! can't wait to see how it went, and the foe's army as well.

Tanks look good lined up together.

Happy Holidays, from me and the lads from the 22nd.

Seasons greetings.

That is a serious lump of footsloggers.

Happy holidays back at ya!

Same back to you Brian. Nice looking group!

Hope all went well for you this new year

Happy 2017 bri!

Happy 2017!

Sooo many infantry!

EDC

Everyone's happy about 8th edition 40K, right?

RIGHT?

--Brian

I'm excited about Shadow War: Armageddon

I would say cautiously optimistic about 8th, there's certainly a lot of gak I'm looking forward to being gone like superhero bullet sponges etc....

I'm not ashamed to say that I'm rather enthusiastic about it.

As I.. though the proof will be once we get to playing it. For us who have been there from the start, It's once again learning another way to play 40k. We often get the rules mixed up form edition to edition.

From first impressions it's cleaner, but is it capable of being balanced in match play.

Just waiting on the launch date ( and the cost for all the books - I have quite a few armies)

From What I've read, the Guard will be formidable again...so yes

$25 per index, hardcover rules at $60. Core rules: Free.

But aren't the hardback books compendiums of the Indexes?

All I know is that there's 5 indexes. Two Imperial, one Chaos, two Xenos. And a new "Black Book" core rulebook.

Welp, so much for Vendettas.

There will be free datasheets for missing stuff, right?

Vendettas are in the FW index, It will have 6 Lascannons (yay) but -1 to hit from moving, (boo) Hover mode will be useful however.

Aha! Thanks Randy! It makes sense I guess, since the hardpoint-mounted lascannons were always FW or converted.

Relics from 2012...

Glad to see you still existing!

 dsteingass wrote:
Glad to see you still existing!

That's debatable.

---

Life, as we know, is full of wants and sacrifice. For example, I wanted an Aquila Lander. I consider it to be one of Forge World's greatest works of art. Sadly, they pulled it right around the time of the Dark Angels 7th edition codex.

So, after trying to find one through normal channels, I looked for options. The tutorial for turning the crashed lander into a non-crashed one didn't really float my boat. So, I turned to other means. I have no guilt, because the object was 100% OOP, and unavailable on the secondary market.

Regretfully, the canopies were total arse, obscuring the amazing detail of the pilot and observation chambers. I tried an SoB turret glass, but it was way too small.

So I sacrificed parts of a crashed Aquila Lander, as seen below:



My Rogue Trader rides in style.

That works well.

That's great! RTs have connections all over the place!

Good work on the canopy.

Nice!

Nothing reminds one of just how many unfinished projects you have, like having to move them all...

Noble AND worthy Sacrifice there.

Good job!

 Briancj wrote:
Nothing reminds one of just how many unfinished projects you have, like having to move them all...

I don't envy that at all, I'm still unblocking from our move 5 years ago .

Well, if you insist.

We do and welcome home.

Briancj, the loveliest boomerang in the dakkaverse.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Briancj, the loveliest boomerang in the dakkaverse.

Heh. No, I just don't have any place to play, so motivation is just GONE. Plus, I've been dealing with depression (mostly successfully), and "real life".

Now that I have a foundation under my feet again, it is time to try and get back into the things I truly enjoy.

I could use all the support I can get.

You've got it Brian! Very excited to see you get that big boy together!

I know you're not playing much at the moment... but my thoughts on knight load-outs having played them quite a bit...

The Crusader is probably the best build at the moment. Because of the utility of "stomp", the knight doesn't really need any dedicated CC weapon to be effective. As a result, the knight variation with the sword and fist is probably the worst build at the moment.

The gatling gun, battle cannon and meltathingy are all quite viable. I'm really liking the melta myself. I think the carapace missile rack is a better choice than the autocannon.

Obviously you should build what inspires you, but I thought I'd volunteer a bit of tactical analysis in case you think you might actually get a chance to play.

Thank you, it is most appreciated! I was reading over the codex, and re-reading the main rule-book, and that is what really "got" me. All those CC weapons, and...you can use one of them at a time. Not very "Epic", let me tell you!

Agreed. Ramos made me one of the 2cc knights (sword and fist) and right now he's just sitting on the shelf. :/

That being said... my FW knight lancer is a god.... but you have to put him in the right circumstances to be effective.

Gotta practice my High Gothic.

LOL! Looks good!

We've got your back Brian! I know the frustration of not wanting to enjoy your passions.

Forced static poses can suck my left nut.

First, some leg surgery:



Now, we can pose this a little better. Practice your lunges!



Side note. This model was designed to have some form of interior. Note the mounting points inside the sub-assembly.



A little subtle lighting for this one. Noch brand pre-wired surface mount led, made for model railroad lighting.



A little poster tack, and we strike a pose!



Questions? Comments? Fruit Pie?

I thought that they did have interior details!

Excellent work and talk about in at the deep end, repose is looking brilliant, but will it fit on its tiny weeny base now?


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 Briancj wrote:
Forced static poses can suck my left nut.

First, some leg surgery:



Now, we can pose this a little better. Practice your lunges!



Side note. This model was designed to have some form of interior. Note the mounting points inside the sub-assembly.



A little subtle lighting for this one. Noch brand pre-wired surface mount led, made for model railroad lighting.



A little poster tack, and we strike a pose!



Questions? Comments? Fruit Pie?

It's great to see you on! I'm glad I subscribed to your blog earlier with plans to read through all of it, so that I can see you're back on your blog. That's some nice looking progress on the knight, and I hope you're able to get some games in soon.

 Camkierhi wrote:
I thought that they did have interior details!

Excellent work and talk about in at the deep end, repose is looking brilliant, but will it fit on its tiny weeny base now?

Oh, Cam. You know I can't ever go back to the kiddie pool.

And, yes. Yes it does.

Excellent. Really looking great.

Really? You think I'm going to lie here and take your non-swappable weapon choices, GW? AU CONTRAIRE!

First, we hacksaw off the 'mushroom' end, leaving a straight cylinder.



Then, we add a magnet. I'm using magnets only on the two 'shoulders', and washers/nuts everywhere else. I'm cheap.



I also magnetized the 'wrist' joint of the [pugnus tonitrua], so I can pose the thing even more.

Here's the collection of shoulders and CC options.



I should find my little light-box.

Welcome back Briancj

Look! Guns!

I used plastruct tubing, instead of magnets, to allow me to swap the two gun barrels. Magnets and nutz to swap the 'ammo' chambers. I used the internal magma cylinder to fill the rear of the chamber, and removed some tubing. Finally, I glued the heavy stubber ammo box to the gunshield.



Now, two poses to show what we can do, for all that extra work:

"Don't move! There's something on your Rhino!"



Senpai has noticed you. That wasn't your best plan.



I hope this mini-tutorial has been helpful. ^_^

I love it Brian! I need to hunt up some of those lighting sets!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I love it Brian! I need to hunt up some of those lighting sets!

Look up the Woodland Scenics "Just Plug" system. They even have flashing lights in various colors.

That's an impressive amount of updates in a short amount of time. Looks great

Yep, once we leave the kiddie pool, there's no going back Looking good!

 Syro_ wrote:
That's an impressive amount of updates in a short amount of time. Looks great

When I'm "In the lane", my output is...significant. I can visualize what I want to do with a lot of clarity. For example, I've never built one of these Knight kits before, and had barely looked at the sprues before boxing them away about five months ago.

--B.

Excellent progress sir, definitely making the most of the kit.

And I am afraid you will have to go back in the kiddies pool, once the offspring start kicking about, unfortunately they look at you very strange if you play about to much.

P.S. I know your pain with the depression bud, seems to be something we as a community struggle with. If you need me just shout bud, right here, most of the time in fact.

Been working on an entry for the 25th (!) LOER competition. Because I needed to purge more bitz.

The difficulty, of course, is that I donated all my terrain-bitz to the game store run by my friend.

Thankfully, I found my ork box, and I had stashed stuff in there. FOR THE FUTURE.

Thanks, past-me! You're the BEST.

Very promising!

Welcome back Brian. Good looking project to come back with.

And nice work on the changes to the knight.

Thanks for all the kind words!

Here is your thought for the day:

Based on movement speeds of the various unit types, the average game of Warhammer 40k (5 turns or so) represents, at best, 2 to 3 minutes of "real time".

Think about THAT the next time your game drags out.

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PS: I had insomnia last night, so I fleshed out an entire diceless tabletop wargaming system. Lemme know if you wanna help playtest it.

Shouldnt we pay attention to the fact in scale the table we play on is also the size of a walmart parkong lot in scale?

Diceless... sorry no dice for me helpong you play test.

I like your knigh tut. Informative and insightful.

Man, don't get me into table sizes, CP!

Why no love for diceless systems? I BET YOU HAVE GOOD LUCK WITH ROLLING DICE.

As opposed to me.




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Makin' orky supply transfer station. Da Lugga Boyz in action!



Yes, the crane can be repositioned.



Oops, missed the landing.



Oi! Grotboy! Throw audder 'ead on the barbie!



Mek's workshop.



Trukk parts.

Awesome.

Great to see you around again.

 Littletower wrote:
Awesome.

Great to see you around again.

It's nice to BE around again.

Wow, Brian! Your NMM technique has REALLY improved!



I hearby declare a new acronym: RMM - REAL Metallic Metal

Enjoy, my minions.

--B.

This is pure gold (leaf) right here.

BTW, Daleks spotted on the impound

 Ruglud wrote:
BTW, Daleks spotted on the impound

You win the contest!