From the ashes of the Photobucket apocalypse rises my new thread
 

 
Thanks for checking it out
 
While there will be items on here from a variety of sci-fi manufactures, all are tied into the same 40k head cannon
e.g the Mantic warpath verse is a number of sectors south of the Segmentum Tempestus and west of the ultima segmentum founded by rouge traders.
There are Remnant fleets of Xenos (and sometimes human races) that were evicted from their planets by the Imperium during the great crusade.
Predators are still hunting anything they can, they love Catachan and hunting space marines.
Every now and again a strange person in a blue box shows up goes “nope” and leaves again.
 
I find I’m more productive/focused when I do a thread like this.
 
So these are things I’m working on/ have worked on
 
Albion Rifles Imperial Guard
“The Albion Rifles are a regiment from the united kolonies(there’s a reason its spelt with a K) of the Albion, unlike other regiments from Albion the Rifles recruit from Albion Prime, Icy Caledonia, the arid murphy’s world and the moon of Gwlad.”[/]
 
UK (mostly WW2) inspired imperial Guard

Spoiler:

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Albion S.A.S
[i]“Who dares Wins"
“The S.A.S regiment has a heritage going back to the first colonisation of the Albion system and even Terra itself.
For decades before the dark they were the elite of Albion's military, and that's all that is still recorded of them just the initials a motto and barley two sentences.

No one knows what happened to them, many think they were discarded by the techno knights of the noble families during the dark.
When Guilliman brought the great crusade to the Albion and united the Colonies they were just a footnote in a militarum history textbook.
It wasn't until 1000 years later that they would be reformed.

Major David Stirling during Waaagh Mary, recognised the need for an elite Commando unit to perform the tasks high command would wait 11 years for the Astartes to arrive for, after a lot of arguing eventually Stirling got his own way.
Named because he remembered the motto from his days in the Scolar, the S.A.S performed lightning raids and assassinations crippling the Ork invasion leading to Albion's forces eradicating the greenskins before the Astartes arrived.

The legend restored it has only grown since."

 
Got quite a few tanks that arnt in the pic to finish but I'm waiting on an airbrush purchase (got the cash saved just need to get one) before I do it.
I’m going to aim for the UK woodland camo look on them.
 
Deadzone Enforcers

 
I-pad armour on the standard (Mook) enforcers with the special characters in colourful armour matching who their based on.
 
Deadzone rebs

 
Tried to get them looking as individual as possible, so they’re a rag tag group. (Think serenity and Star Wars rebels)
 
Very Happy with how the Strider came out

 
 
Xenomorphs



 
This is all the Xenos i have, despite the poor effort by Prodos with the treatment of me as a backer the minis are fantastic.
 
It’s a shame the company is a bunch of lying T!”£$
 
Infinity PanO

 
Ultramarines

 
lots to do and add, but should have a big update with the DI boxed set.
 
Their all true scale btw (in 1/56 scale 7 foot would be 38mm and they would be taller if stood upright)

Vs primaris

 
My stance is that Primaris marines are just true scale marines in rules and proportions so I’m very happy with them being released.
 
I don’t mind that the Rhino looks small either as real APCs are on the small side too.
 
Deathwatch
 
 
Only Cassius so far but more will come, I’ve got Deathwatch overkill game and start collecting boxes to use to fill the role.
 
Thanks again for checking my thread out.
 
Please drop a comment if you like what you see or have any feedback, I really appreciate it and it helps keep be motivated.
 
Other project threads ill be bumbling about in shortly.
 
Inquisitor Diaries – Story and showcase thread for my minis and head cannon
Dark Millennium Tech support and the Virus – Mechanicus and Dark Mechanicus Project

Thanks for the side-by-side comparison. I really like the Primaris Marines, and like them even more now. Of course, my complete lack of interest in restarting 40K will save me from having to buy any...

Found you.

That is an impressive line up, have always loved your idea that they can and do all exist in one universe.

JoshInJapan wrote:Thanks for the side-by-side comparison. I really like the Primaris Marines, and like them even more now. Of course, my complete lack of interest in restarting 40K will save me from having to buy any...

The dots show temptation

Camkierhi wrote:Found you.

That is an impressive line up, have always loved your idea that they can and do all exist in one universe.

ta dude
The comic geek in me needs cross overs

Got my first Ultramarine Primaris Marine finished.

The ultramarines symbol is etched brass.

Happy with how he came out now to do the rest of the DI boxed set

Looking good. A lot of nice touches. The checkered kneepad, the brass etch symbol, the blacklining.

Great stuff here. I like the Primaris, but the gallery of projects is awesome. So much amazing looking stuff here!

Thanks both

Ultramarine Reinforcements

Finished 4 more ultramarines




Pretty happy with the knee pad checks



Conversions in progress

[b]Captain in gravis armour[b]



Can't decide if I should replace the sword with an Ultramarine Gladius and if I should get some of those leather tabard things to put over his crotch.


[b]Interceptor[b]

Not a fan of the stock poses so tried to get this one to look like he's jetted past something and is using his foot to do a hand break turn



Thanks for looking

Necromunda Orlock and an adventure in stripping

No not that stripping you filthy boy…..

With New-cromunda announced it was time for me to strip the paint off of my old necromunda minis.




Don't judge me!

Their really old

All to be stripped minis in a bath of detol to wash away my sins



I also finished off one of my favourite minis from Necromunda that I picked up last year.




I like to think I've got better at painting since I did the old mundo minis.

That ganger does look nice. I like the denim-and-leather look.

You're a brave man for showing your older paint jobs. I can hardly stand to even look at anything I did more than, say, 10 years ago. I look forward to seeing the updated models.

Great work on the ganger, and don't judge your old work too harshly, it's all progress to where you are today. Loving the Marine above, but really not liking the gun shields thing, just daft, but each to their own, you may convert me once your done.

Oh and thanks mate, I just spent far too long staring at a male ass to be comfortable now, need a manly man fix quick.

Brilliant job on that denim.

Loving the Shotgun ganger. Classic 80s aesthetic.

EDC

Great work, especially picking out the old shotgun shells in the bandolier. I miss the old style figs already. I guess my Escher need a bath too.

JoshInJapan wrote:That ganger does look nice. I like the denim-and-leather look.

You're a brave man for showing your older paint jobs. I can hardly stand to even look at anything I did more than, say, 10 years ago. I look forward to seeing the updated models.

Cheers dude, it's safe to say I can't do them any worse

Camkierhi wrote:Great work on the ganger, and don't judge your old work too harshly, it's all progress to where you are today. Loving the Marine above, but really not liking the gun shields thing, just daft, but each to their own, you may convert me once your done.

Oh and thanks mate, I just spent far too long staring at a male ass to be comfortable now, need a manly man fix quick.

Brilliant job on that denim.

Cheers cam, I'm indifferent about the gun shields generally if they weren't attached like the multiparty ones I'd leave them off.

if your still in need of a manly fix I can take some rear pics of my infinity minis if you want

evildrcheese wrote:Loving the Shotgun ganger. Classic 80s aesthetic.

EDC

Cheers Doc

Theophony wrote:Great work, especially picking out the old shotgun shells in the bandolier. I miss the old style figs already. I guess my Escher need a bath too.

Ta dude, I'm still trying to collect some of my favourites from eBay managed to pic up the crouched ratskin Scout the other day.

Those Ultramarines are looking really good. The guy with the checks on his knee, especially. The subtle weathering looks great. You did a very nice job on that ganger as well. I'm jealous of how well his face came out. Nice work.

If there's any specifics your looking for let me know, if I can part with them at least I'll know they are headed to a good home.

Barzam wrote:Those Ultramarines are looking really good. The guy with the checks on his knee, especially. The subtle weathering looks great. You did a very nice job on that ganger as well. I'm jealous of how well his face came out. Nice work.

ta dude i got very lucky with the face the awesome sculpt helped too

Theophony wrote:If there's any specifics your looking for let me know, if I can part with them at least I'll know they are headed to a good home.

Thanks for the offer Dude but I'm after the wyrd pyromaniac, Kal jerico and Mad donna all of which are pretty rare and go for more on eBay than I'm willing to pay for them at the moment, if you've got any of them you want to get rid of id be a Douche not to encourage you to Evil bay them seen Kal and donna for for £40.....

I'm hoping GW bring some of them back with the reprint program

Joe’s first Plague marine

A slight break from painting smurfs but more DI.




Went with the usual green scheme but dirtied it up a lot, rust in the steel, lots of typhus corruption and (can't even say it so I can't spell it) oxide on the brass.

Thanks for dropping by

Very nice, very Nurgle-y work. I especially like the slime on the left pauldron. That's a very subtle and effective accent.

I've still got a Mad Donna in the blister pack, it's a bit dinged up, but I got it for about that price a couple years ago. I never got Kal Jericho, not sure of the pyro.

I'm at work right now and they have started to block imgur pics, so I can't give you feed back at the moment on the plague marine.

Really nice work throughout your recent stuff. Are the Ultras that light in hand, or is it the lighting? Nice old-school touch with the checks on the kneepad as well there.

I like the Orlock ganger as well. The red over their old scheme of white tabards adds interest to the scheme. It'll be good to see their resurrection.

Those are the plague marines I remember nice work.

Wow long time since I posted here and a long time since I finished a mini

First finished mini of 2018






The blight hauler is soo cute...

Where have I been

I went to the hobby meca last year.

Warhammer world is pretty epic, a must visit if you can get there

I’ve been doing bits of hobby but I just haven’t had the time to take pics and post here and also interact with other threads on here (I don’t feel right only posting my stuff wanting feedback and then not giving comments out in return)

I’ve also been trying to get some of my friends into the hobby with a softly softly approach was a pretty big deal for me as im quite private about my toy soldiers IRL

Thanks for reading here’s some Necromunda bases



Thanks for looking

Bases look good, but Blight is beautiful. Spot on. Good start to the year!

Cheers Cam

Lots of great work here- I look forward to learning more from you!

Loving the worn palid green color of your DG , the blight hauler just has the right amount of cheery spokiness too.

Thanks guys

House Escher Ganger



First of my House Escher done, I'm letting the girlfriend decide on the hair colour and the colour of any thing thats not armour. (more stealthy trying to get people involved in my hobby)




Decided to paint the ting on the belt like a lantern and then the OSL around it happy with how its come out on her bum and arm less so on the white tabard.

I would like to give the Escher Champions power sword Katanas, does anyone reading thins know where i could get some Good scale katanas ( sheathed and unsheathed)?

Nice job on the Nurgle truck thingie.

Good work, all round.

A nifty escher ganger! I like the purple hair. You gotta have purple hair.

The purple turned out great , tell your girlfriend you get to choose her new hair color when all is done being painted .

NIcely done.

Lovely Escher. Great color combo with the yellow and purple.

Excellent Escher.

Thanks for all the kind words all, something less pretty this post

Plague marines & Zombies

These were mostly finished last year but I’ve put the finishing touches to them now.



Had a go at the white/bone armour and really liked it so my death guard will be a mix of Green and white armour.







This is chaos after all so the scheme should be a bit chaotic

Zombies done too




Thanks for looking

Wow , everyone is coming up with some great DG paint jobs and this one is excellently done as well. Unique choice of colors. These models really have such potential.

Deadly Viper Squad - Juve


Back again, been on holiday to the states for 2 weeks the rest has just been me being too busy to post/ not done much

Finished a Juve for the Escher gang and named them the Deadly Viper Squad.





Shot of both the completed Eschers



And finally i give you the head of Gregor Eisenhorn

Brownstone building & End to my AvP saga

From TT combat, i bought it to so i didn't have to draft my own facia template for some buildings I'm going to scratch build.






I like it

I wish there were stairs in the interior but its nice, big, cheap and cheerful.


Also FINALY after almost 5 years I've got the last of my AvP kickstarter stuff



If your still missing stuff, i contacted their customer service email and missing item email address and eventually got through to a person then took 7 weeks for the order to process but its done!

Great looking Escher juve there. But why the deadly viper squad? Why not the cuddly Viper squad, or the not as toxic as a mamba but still really dangerous viper coalition?

Brownstone looks great too. I want to do a whole table like that, but I’ll probably be using the dust tactics buildings instead.

The rattlesnake pack was on the cards for a time but lost out in the end :p

In truth the girlfriend wanted to call themhouse hufflepuff but no way am I mixing potter in my Munda.

Cheers Theo

XIX Century Walkway

Walkway from Wolsung







The Wolsung steampunk terrain goes well with 40k in my opinion.




Thanks for looking

That scenery looks really nice painted up, good job !

Cheers big H

How did you go about painting the cement between the bricks in the Brownstone building ?

Painted the lines with watered down light grey then

Tidied the bricks up with a combination of sponge and drybrushing to recover the raised area with black then followed the same process with burnt umber again. The spongeing will help add a little texture to the MDF too

 JoeRugby wrote:
Painted the lines with watered down light grey then

Tidied the bricks up with a combination of sponge and drybrushing to recover the raised area with black then followed the same process with burnt umber again. The spongeing will help add a little texture to the MDF too

That's a cool way of going about it, I will most likely steal that trick !

Cool look forward to seeing it

WIP Star Saga - Corporate Security



Nothing finished since the last post :(

Tried to knock out the corporate security guys from Star saga but only got to just after base coat stage.
Now I’ve put some paint on them I’m a lot happier with the amount of detail in the minis.

Aiming for a posh security look, white shirt and grey trousers, with black tactical gear.

Thanks for looking CnC appreciated

Nate

That Xenomorph is great! The shine on the head turned out well.

I didn't want to Thread Necro your other blog, but I really like those civilians you have lined up for the Kitty Booth, where did you find them? I'm playing in a Dark Heresy campaign and it's always hard to find unarmed models.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/698675.page#8864583


Also, the first link in your signature has a typo that breaks it, it says:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/734370.page//url
when it should say
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/734370.page

Cheers dude, link fixed

The minis are from the colony87 kickstarters https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/62661939/return-to-colony-87-28mm-sci-fi-civilians


There’s a 3rd Kickstarter coming this year
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/759810.page

Unfortunately it doesn’t look like he will have the old minis up for grabs again.

You've made a nice start on those models. They look like they'd work in any number of settings as well. Have you played the game? I pledged $1 to the kickstarter, but decided that I didn't need another game I probably wouldn't play. Now that I've finally gotten around to trying Dungeon Saga, I regret that decision.

I agree with Josh about being able to use those in lots of different genres.

I’ve stayed away from Mantic for some time. I keep seeing some great models from their lines, but also a few misses and the delays seem to continue from them. Until Mantic gets it all together I think I’ll keep away until the items hit retail.

How is the overall game experience? Is it smooth and intuitive? Or clunky because it’s trying too hard.

Not had a proper go at star saga yet but the rules read like a more shooty based dungeon saga and Ive really enjoyed dungeon saga, even the girlfriend likes playing it.

I want to get star saga all painted up before I play it to motivate me to actually paint it all

I finished some minis YAY

First three security guards done

First is Paul Blart


including tiny Mustache

Then Claire


and finally Kevin


Pretty happy with how they turned out overall, but I'm not sold on the bases i did them to fit in with the star saga tiles but think their a bit meh.

Ass shot



Random angles


Thanks for looking

 JoeRugby wrote:
Cheers dude, link fixed

The minis are from the colony87 kickstarters https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/62661939/return-to-colony-87-28mm-sci-fi-civilians


There’s a 3rd Kickstarter coming this year
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/759810.page

Unfortunately it doesn’t look like he will have the old minis up for grabs again.

I'll have to look into that kickstarter, thanks for the info. I like the security guards a lot, the white shirts black armor scheme really 'pops' and screams 'private security', particularly the shoulder patches, they go a long way to completing the look.

Cheers Phr


Getting those security guards done inspired me to get some test Corporation Rangers painted.


Wanted them to look like the martian marines in the Expanse




more pics



Also finally started some work on one of my knights

You hit your mark with the Rangers- spot on! The knight looks to be coming along nicely as well!

Thanks Meer_Cat

Grid Xenomorph

To celebrate the last of my AVP kickstarter coming in, I picked up a few more Xenos from eBay at clearance prices.

Going to try to make the 5 infant Xenos i picked up into “character” Xenomorphs, like 6 from the AvP Game and the one I've done here Grid from the AVP movie.



giant pics spoilered


“Nothing down here Central”



The AvP predators an Xenomorphs will be a quandary for me going forwards, i love the minis their great but i really dislike Prodos games or archon whatever their calling themselves this week.

Thanks for looking C&C very much welcome

Poor guy got his head caught in the predators screen door . Looking good Joe , glad the end is in sight for you with that Kickstarter and all it’s debacle.

Thanks Theo, yeah poor Xeno if only it had eyes

Love the corporate security guards - great work! Lovely combination between being individually characterful and generic enough that they could fulfil a bunch of scifi roles. Particularly like the stubble / hair on the gent with no hat - makes him look very real.

Nice glow effect on the grid xenomorph. I've not played that game - has the poor bastard walked into a security field or something?

Good stuff. The Rangers look great.

The Knight is looking fantastic so far. I love what you have done with Griddy. The treatment of the skin is fabulous, as is the gloss on the head.

Thanks for the kind comments guys really appreciate them.

Hoping to do some painting today, not a lot of hobby time this week and what time I had went into the cleanup below

WIP Imperialis Cathedral

Currently I’ve got the kill team starter set and the Sanctum set all cleaned up and ready to play with.



Was very bored of clipping and mold line scraping at the end.

I want to create a large centrepiece kit from them and then make some small ruins to go with it.

Here’s my initial blu tack fit of the “cathedral”





I Need to get 2 more full walls for the sides at the front.

The tower will have a one tile floor the floor and a half is so I didn’t cut up a tile before I knew what I wanted.

I’m going to build a ruined roof for the main building and the sniper tower and build handrail on the 1st floor.

Thanks for looking

So much goodness on here, that imperial ruin will suck up some hours ! Good luck !

It might be too dark for my taste, but it still is awesome! Thumbs up!

While I'm not a big fan of GW's Industrial Gothic aesthetic, the layout of that building is great. It'll be a lot of fun to play on, I expect.

Thanks for the kind comments guys.

not managed to finish anything recently but I've got a day of rematching stargate and Hobby today so i hope i can get a load finished.

Great work. I like the Nurgle scheme you use, and that Woslung terrain is really good. I like the new buildings - they are actually kind of more restrained than the old ones, which is good IMO.

And I always love anything with Aliens. Great job there!

After ages of not finishing anything finally managed to start getting stuff completed

First Sector Imperials Ruins Finished

First couple finally done



And the biggest piece so far…




Really happy with how their coming out just all these to finish and Phase 1 of the cathedral will be complete.



Super bored of painting Dark metal

Thanks for looking and wish me luck

Terrainlooking great .

Really digging the Corporate Rangers. Where did you get them?

Nice choice of colours on the buildings ! The metals contrast nicely!
What's the recipe for that dark metal ?

That terrain is looking great, I like all the attention to detail, the black and yellow cables in particular!

Have you considered adding some posters to them? There's not really many flat spaces to put them but I find they add a lot of character to terrain.

Thanks guys

xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:Really digging the Corporate Rangers. Where did you get them?

Their from Mantic http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/warpath/gcps/product/gcps-troopers.html

Big H wrote:Nice choice of colours on the buildings ! The metals contrast nicely!
What's the recipe for that dark metal ?

It’s about 1:1 gun metal and black dude.

Commander Cain wrote:That terrain is looking great, I like all the attention to detail, the black and yellow cables in particular!

Have you considered adding some posters to them? There's not really many flat spaces to put them but I find they add a lot of character to terrain.

Probably not posters on the main structure, I’m planning on having the finished piece as a ruined cathedral, will do on the separate ruined sections.

Nightmare Hulk - Gnasher Screamer

Took a break from scenery and managed to finish painting this beauty

Was loads of fun painting this guy/thing





Thanks for looking

Is that a Beano reference?

 Excommunicatus wrote:
Is that a Beano reference?

Maybe, you'd have to ask GW tho

it might be in the 500 facts actually

Goliath Champion “the Beast”



This is the first/prototype mini from the Goliath Gang ill put together one day “The Boys”.

The rest of the gang will have normal goliath heads but the beast needed a skull mask



Partly Based on the Boys comic and Bane from Batman



Took a while to get the vials right but I'm happy with them now.

Thanks for looking

Loving your work mate, especially the terrain.

That face mask really sells the deal, the black and white uniform is great too.

Superb. Nice and simple, but brilliantly executed. Looking really nice bud.

I had a look through the whole thread, really awesome work! As other's have said, the skull masks/face paints are brilliant, both on the Goliath ganger and the 1st page's Strider. Also, do you have more pics of the "Happy Panda Noodles" building and the rest of your scenery? I'm a sucker for cool scratch-built terrain!

Thanks for the kind comments all

The lense of my camera broke on the weekend :( (dale ca era lenses are stupid expensive) so I’m waiting to get some pics of under my new light setup. For those of you in the Uk Lidle are selling LED strip lights the cool white one is great for taking mini pics.

@McMattila will do, the Happy Panda isn’t a scratch build tho it’s from antenocities workshop, fell in love with it when I saw that sign

The new light strip in action

Heres some before and afters







Not mentioned for a while but i love that the sector imperialism stuff has cast iron Radiators on them


and the Nightmare hulk




all the colours are a lot more like they look in real life so All in all happy with my purchase

Thanks for looking

=][=nquisitor Justice Sedante

Inquisitor Justice Sedante (Ordo Xenos)



Mini from Hasslefree with a weapon swap, Gun from the Escher set and the Sword is from shape ways (ill do a review soon)



Justice Sedante is an Ordo Xenos Inquisitor focusing on the Minors threats (anything not a galactic threat or deemed not to have to pose a danger to an entire sector on imperial space), minors threats include the Xenomorphs, Mi-Go, Weeping angels & Yautja.




Now she's finished ill try to restart the Inquisitor Diaries Thread by the end of the year.

Really enjoyed painting this mini, C&C always welcome
thanks for stopping by

The Boys, you say? This can only be awesome.

The Hasslefree lady makes an excellent Inquisitor, too.

Cheers Dude

 JoeRugby wrote:
Thanks for the kind comments all

The lense of my camera broke on the weekend :( (dale ca era lenses are stupid expensive) so I’m waiting to get some pics of under my new light setup. For those of you in the Uk Lidle are selling LED strip lights the cool white one is great for taking mini pics.

@McMattila will do, the Happy Panda isn’t a scratch build tho it’s from antenocities workshop, fell in love with it when I saw that sign

Ah, I was debating on whether it was scratch built or MDF, that cylinder threw me off! Anyways, looks great. I checked out Antenocitis, they got some cool stuff!

Also, really big improvement on the photo colors with the new setup! I might have to look into getting some of those LED strips myself, we have Lidl here in Finland as well.

thanks Dude

Inquisitor Vs Xenomorph


“Plasma and power weapons cauterise, perfect for Xenomorphs. A Deathwatch kill team is preferable still though” Inquisitor Justice Sedate

Toy bash thread
Ive opened up a new thread where i do a toy bash on this toy
to make it a Morat AFV


please check it out
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/766602.page#10224957

Currently on the Painting table



Theres a lot but i should get some paint down while watching the day of Rugby on today.

Last but one of the 2nd colony 87 Kickstarter finished






These guys are soo fun to paint

Thanks for looking

Last of the colony 87 wave 2 minis done




Thanks for looking

Lovely characterful models, nice job on them too.

Really cool civilian models, are you doing anything with them? They would work really well in some sort of hangar or workshop diorama, I think.

True Scale Deathwatch Antor Delassio

Heres my last finished mini of 2018.








Really happy with how his face and gems turned out less happy with the writing on the jump pack scrolls and the turbines.

2 of Kill team cassius true scaled and done now to move onto the next in 2019

Thank you all for the kind comments this year, for those of you in the community that have had a crappy 2018 i sincerely hope 2019 is massively better for you.

Thanks

Very cool model. Nice job pulling out all that detail. Love the heat stress on the flamer, the gems, and the gold.

Beautiful work on him. Looks pretty much perfect to me.

Great work, hope my version turns out as good.

Thanks guys

Started painting my copy of blackstone this is the progress after a week.



Pretty good progress for me in one week especially as I was away for most of the week.

Ur-ghuls and spindle drones almost finished and paint is going down on the others.

Was going to wait to finish painting all the minis before playing



Turns out I couldn’t wait......
First game played with my girlfriend we played the bonus mission from the December white dwarf.
Might make it a thing going forwards that I’ll treat myself to a game if I make a decent bit of painting progress each week.

Solid progress on the Blackstone box! Looking forward to seeing them all done!

ta dude

Enter the Blackstone fortress - Week 2


Calling finished on the Ur-Ghuls



Went with more of a ghoul/vampire look rather than the usual blue/purple look.

Heres my current progress on painting up my copy of Blackstone fortress (sorry about the glare)



Hostiles only


Explorers only



Particularly happy with the face on Janus


Me and the girlfriend also got our second game in (pictures were awful so there wont be ay here), we have gone with the rule that if you suffer a grievous wound you cant heal it in combat but can heal in the recovery phase. (there is a contradiction in the rules around this).

After this adventure both Amallyn and Janus found their Secret Agendas and no one died so good Quest

Lovely ur ghouls. The transition to the redder colour o the claws is nice.

Also the drones look ace.

I tried my first solo mission last night and it's pretty brutal. Only survived because the mission only generated 2 mobs and I ran for the exit like a bunny.

Keen to try it again tonight.

Also on the grevious wounds, I thought the idea was that you were lumped with them until you got back to precipice. That was my ready g at least. I couldn't actually find anything in the Precipice book that says the adventurers get fully healed between expeditions.

Cheers dude

With grevious wounds on pg 14 when talking about grevious wounds it says that they are treated by explorers in the same manner as wound counters but can’t be healed in an encounter. Aside from that any rules that apply to wound counters apply to grevious wound counters.

The only other reference to an encounter is in the healing section where it says about healing a wound in an encounter with a vitality roll.

Because of that I interpret it that you can heal in the recovery phase, until there’s an update to the FAQ it’s just an interpretation tho.

Think the mention of wounds going away is in FAQ and the GW play vids

Nice work on the Ur-ghuls. Quite ghastly. The Rogue Trader is looking properly aristocratic. The eye is super expressive.

Ur-Ghuls are awesome.

In fact all looking awesome. Especially Janus.

For some reason when I saw the drones, I immediately thought of Maelstrom's Edge. They are not exactly the same but really made me look twice.

cheers both, see what you mean by the drones think its the white and purple scheme.

Week 3, not got much painting in this week

Did get a Button from Beasts of war for week 2s progress though (mostly the 5oclock shadow on my WIP Janus) which is pretty cool



But heres the current state of the set.

all


hostiles only


Explorers


also got a cheeky game in on Sunday, me and the girlfriend rolled really badly so the exploration was a slog.

No one died but it was close a couple of times.



UR-025 leaves the meatbags to deal with the spikey meatbags

Hopefully i can get a decent bit of painting in this week but seeing as Resident evil 2 has arrived i think ill be distracted

Fantastic work, Joe! Looking forward to seeing more done.

Cheers dude

Spindle drones done



Rest of week 4s progress


All

Hostiles

Explorers

Completed


Not got a lot done last week, Resident Evil 2 and Six Nations rugby have been a big distraction.
Hopefully my order of paint will arrive and I can finish Grekh and UR-025 this week And finish Resi 2 so I’m not so distracted and I can start sharing some hobby love again on here.

Took a while but I’ve finally finished an Explorer

Grekh finished




Redid the face a couple of times but now I’m happy to call him done

Whoa! You've really upped your game with this project.

Really nice work on the Blackstone fortress minis, I was looking at the game for me and my lad. Do you play?
Is it any good ?

Lovely work.

JoshInJapan wrote:Whoa! You've really upped your game with this project.

Cheers dude, trying my best

Big H wrote:Really nice work on the Blackstone fortress minis, I was looking at the game for me and my lad. Do you play?
Is it any good ?

Thanks mate, yeah played a few games now solo and with the girlfriend, we both love it and she normally struggles with how complex mini games are.

Arakasi wrote:Lovely work.

Thanks

Negavolt Cultists done

Not my best work but their ok





Thats 13/44 done

Thanks for looking

Taddeus the Purifier finished. Took me a long time to realise he didn’t have a weird nose but his Pope hat had a nose guard.



Pretty happy with him though i think i could have done the white better with a softer shade.






2nd Explorer finished that’s 14/44 done.

Thanks for looking C&C very much appreciated

I am really enjoying these models, great work on the paint jobs.

 Camkierhi wrote:
I am really enjoying these models, great work on the paint jobs.

Cheers dude

Loving the book. Great detail on a very characterful mini.

Traitor guard done

Took a lot longer than i was expecting to get finished, Soo much black to highlight :(



The 14 guard are split into 2 squads Black squad and red squad. (guys with a red stripe on their helmets)




makes it easier to split them up into squads for games (theres 8 in the black squad as thats the most guard that will show up in an encounter)

fur close ups



Think the Grenade boys are my favourites tho i would like to know how to paint a whisky like colour better for their Molotov’s.



with these guys finished that means….




*that was the best version i could find of only the Chorus

28/44 done, I'm going to try holding off on buying Abby and Shadowspear until I've finished Blackstone fortress.

Thanks for looking

Nice work on Thaddeus and the traitor guard, very smooth white you achieved, I have no patience for that work . Love the glow in the traitor guardsmens bases.

 Theophony wrote:
Nice work on Thaddeus and the traitor guard, very smooth white you achieved, I have no patience for that work . Love the glow in the traitor guardsmens bases.

Thanks Theo

That's a nice set of models there. I like the minor variations in color on the fur and uniforms-- that really brings out the individuality of each model.

Those sre some classy bad guys. I particularly like the furs. Great work

Good work. Tidy job.

Thanks guys

Espern Lorcano Imperial Navigator

Before getting stuck into Six Nations Super Saturday. Another Mini finished, thats 29/44 now.


Espern Poses for a pict Capture before venturing back to the Blackstone fortress

Really enjoyed painting the cloak.


Now loads of pics







Thanks for looking

Lovely work. The glow on the head of the cane is a nice touch.

Awesome work. Inspiration for those of us who have the minis all primed and ready to be painted.

Love the purple. In fact the whole mini and indeed all of the BSF models have been smashing

The Navigator looks great, as do the rest of your BSF models! You'll soon have a beautiful boxed game I reckon.

I've also noticed that I really enjoy painting cloaks!

Thanks guys

UR-025 “Imperial” Robot

UR-025 the “Imperial” Robot finished putting me up to an even 30/44 Finished.






I tried to get the armour as close to the official paint scheme as possible, got it close enough that I'm happy with it

Thanks for Looking C&C welcome as always.

Such a nice blue, and great highlighting on the red arm .

His name makes me think

Robot awakening for the first time: “Who am I?”

Technomagus who uncreated him and assembled him and 24 others previously that day. “ You are 25....of ..... how many more of these things have I have to put together? The I get assigned for looking at a blender schematic after hours.”

Another solid model. I think you nailed the scheme.

I ended up doing mine in entirely leadbelcher and then... didn't do anything more with him.

I feel like a jerk.

Nice looking robot Joe with tidy edge highlights !

If only my hands wouldn’t shake.....

Excellent work, love it. These models are very tempting, but thanks to you I wont bother, you have done too good a job, no way I can get close.

I love the robot, looks like a 60s fridge both the design and the teal.

60s fridges had flamenthrowers and assault cannon? That was indeed a wilder age...

Thanks for the kind comments Guys, The Motivation Meter is well high now


Chaos Beastbois Finished

That gets me up to 34 out of 44, 10 left whoop




Speaking of here are the 10 thats left to finish



also First completely finished Explorer group



and Lastly Ur being UR

“Run Meatbags” UR-025

Skin tone on the Beastbois is fantastic, love the variety, the one on the left with the grayish skin is my favorite. Also the swords have a nice blend to them.

Sooo….. long time no update. Real life has been too busy to get much hobby time in let along, get an update on here or to interact with any of the blogs on site unfortunately.

Here’s what I’ve been able to get finished on the blackstone fortress in the time I’ve had

Beastmen


Chaos space marines
Tried the blueish edge highlighting on them not sure if I’m a fan or not….





Rein


Tried to paint him with a SMEG fridge



Raus





The Bros together


Pious Vorne





Really hard to get a clear pic of her face here’s my last attempt




Chaos psykers







That means in now at 41 out of 44 minis finished! ALMOST THERE!!!!

Thanks for looking C & C welcome

I love the Colony 87 stuff! I painted mine with orange gear also but yours look cleaner

Also great progress on the Blackstone Fortress. They pretty much all look good, very tidy.

Nice work on the BSF minis, love the eyes of the Rogue Psykers especially the discolored skin around them!

Thanks Both