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Waiting on Amazon to deliver these guys

https://www.amazon.com/Humans-Aliens-Monster-Action-Playset/dp/B0747QDHGV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AKSO4I3VL50U&keywords=humans+vs+aliens+space+monster+action+figure+toy+playset&qid=1686222469&sprefix=humans+vs+aliens+action%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1

For 25 bucks, they are about a quarter a piece, or fifty cents if you want to throw the humans away, and just use the aliens as 40k warp entities. That's my primary purpose, but I'll put quick paint jobs on the humans and use them all in a horror game too.

Not the greatest figures in the world, but some neat sculpts for all that. Some are quite fitting for the 40k battlefield.

I'm adding a lego otter to a base. The trick is to find the right base.

 amazingturtles wrote:
I'm adding a lego otter to a base. The trick is to find the right base.

Way above my head, sensei.

Slowly getting my Valkyrie I bought for terrain built. One or two more days and I'll be ready for gap filling and priming.

 tauist wrote:
Slowly getting my Valkyrie I bought for terrain built. One or two more days and I'll be ready for gap filling and priming.

Definitely looking good so far.

Got to play a mission of Undaunted: Normandy with a buddy. Really love the game engine

Made a bit more progress on Samus Aran; she's nearly finished now. I'm finally happy with how her skin has come out.

game of LotR, where the evil forces of Mordor dominated over the forces of Mordor..

I won which is the important bit.. not used to winning, feels wrong

then a game of Adeptus Titanicus where normal service was resumed

Finished painting 5 mortain tanks. Am painting 3d printed mudguards for THE BANEBLADE! And starting detailing a pair of macharius vanquishers.
A very tank heavy day today.

I think todays hobby time will be spent continuing my on-again/off-again quest for the correct shade of Grey.

I was going to do an assembling spree today, but I had to help my dad after he got his car stuck. I assembled a Howling Banshee exarch and the elf chick from the Blackstone Fortress box. I did a bit more work on Samus Aran too!

I managed to fight the urge to begin another assembling spree and started old miniatures that have been sitting around for ages. Another Hero Forge version of Attelus I intend to use for a diorama I plan on starting and a Hero Forge mini of Inquisitor Azakir Halgriv from my long-term sequel Rogue Trader campaign that's set 100 years after the "current" big arc. I also worked a lot more on my Zero Suit Samus Aran, and I'm finally very happy with her now! I fixed up my Autarch Raloth Arlyandor and his scenic base a bit. Need to give him a coat of matt varnish to protect him from further damage in the future. I also clipped off his flag and turned it so it looks like it was blowing back behind him as he lands on the ground. Might post pics later!

Edit: Oh! And I began working on a flier for my tabletop gaming club!

As the Space Wolves were my 1st 40k force waaay back, I always give them the honor of leading the charge into the next edition.

So I'm about to download the Space Wolf cards.
Then I'll be digging out the SW case & getting everyone sorted for 10e.
Too bad the pts aren't available yet.

More work on my Falcon.

Cheers,

CB

Build a bunch of characters - Gravis Captain w/cool chainsword, Gravis Captain w/Heavy Bolt Rifle, Primaris Apothecary, Primaris Librarian and the best Primaris unit: A Savage Orc Warboss.

Wait...

I've pretty much finished my Zero Suit Samus Aran statuette, and I'm happy with her; she's the main character of one of my all-time favourite games (Metroid Prime), and I hope I did her justice. Also photos of Autarch Raloth Arlyandor from Secret War on his scenic base!

picked up the Book of the Outlands for Necromunda, and a few paints plus the dirt down rust & moss effects stuff to try out

would have gotten another copy of Hive War and more walls etc except the floor tiles are all out of stock, wanted for the weekend, if its going to take longer I may as well print them

Had the game night last night. The kids had fun we continued the game we went halfway through last week with two new kids who weren't there last time so I gave one the Harlequins (which I was playing last) and the other one played half of the "Havoc Brothers"/Chaos Space Marines. The Harlequins and Chaos had a resounding win slaughtering all but one of the Custodes/Dark Angels team where they only managed to kill one cultist. It was sad, but fun lol

Finished the content of Shadespire this past couple of days

-Threw my laptop out of my house(not literally, figuratively) to do a tech-detox (still using a laptop at family adress for online stuff as I'm doing now, the laptop at home was internet-bricked to begin with, and I have no internet at home anyway) because it was screwing with my energy levels (went to bed too late etc a few times and during summer light at 5 in the morning that is not a good thing).. I'll live without tech till september then get back to work (documentaries etc) So that also means photographing warhammer figurines will be a bit riskier considering I cannot see the photos before I'm @ family adress laptop.

-My wood-elf knights (kitbash from vampire knights) are starting to look smashing, only need to still do bases and some details like swords and trinkets. Even managed to make the big dragon flag look epic (made the dragon look like my actual dragon figurine (dark elf black dragon, which I made into a green dragon)

-Still waiting for my (new) order of a rotation-platform for making rotational movies of my (bigger) mini's. (a store ordered it for me because I don't ever use internet for shopping, but the order has been postponed twice now.. sigh)

-Finding out that when you accidentially hit a white drapery on a mini with a color and try to fix it with apocethary white you end up with some awesome effects which I decided to leave on the bit.

A bit more progress on my diorama of Attelus and Adelana vs Cultists. My cardboard base is pretty much ready for more. My dad suggested I coat it in epoxy resin (which is called "West System" to him, as that's the brand). I'd like to do that soon, but I must wait for the Imperialis Ruins I bought from eBay (which I'm going to be waiting for a good while as I bought them from a guy in Germany, the Cultist proxies even longer as I ordered them on Etsy from a company in Ukraine). I would like to use some of my bountiful Deadzone Mantic terrain (as it is in the photos below, but that's just a placeholder), but I have too few classic 40k things in the diorama as Attelus and Adelana are Hero Forge minis, and the Cultists are proxies from Etsy (again, the GW ones are placeholders). I've also made it a bit more complicated. For Attelus, Adelana and the surviving Cultists, I plan on having holes for their bases and the bases magnetised on the diorama. We plan on using a circle cutter to cut holes for them, which is one of the reasons Dad suggested covering it in epoxy resin to harden the cardboard so it doesn't get torn apart by the drill in the process.

















Don't know if using cardboard as a base was a good idea, but it's too late now. Might begin a thread blogging my progress when I get the stuff I need. Just gotta be patient lol

Got my Sicaran Venator and Cerberus built.

Really nice kits, with nothing overly fiddly.

Updating my shopping cart with Alternative Armies, for my next buy.

Always something else I just can't live without.

Unexpectedly busy for the past few days, so just now getting around to downloading the datacards for Xenos & the pts, & tallying up some of my forces.

Then later tonight I'll build a Conoptek spider for my Necrons.

Assembled my Harlequin Solitaire, Fuegan and Maugan Ra proxies I bought from Etsy today. Man are they beautiful minis and really hardy for resin minis. I'm not a big fan of the new Maugan Ra mini by GW, this one is just a really nicely updated version of the old one and it's much better than the GW one in my eyes.

More work on my Falcon.

Cheers,

CB

I did a bit, primed my Maugan Ra, Solitaire and Fuegan proxies and a Howling Banshee Exarch. I was so happy to have the awesome Maugan Ra, but of course, it fell off its tactical rock and on the concrete step outside of my hobby room when I was taking it inside after priming. The head exploded off and landed somewhere, either under my house or lost among the debris nearby. I looked and looked, but it was pointless, so I gave up.

I got dinner, and that helped me get over it. Then, I began painting my Solitaire, and he's a frigging joy to paint.

Still working on the Eldar Falcon.



Cheers,

CB

getting to grips with resin printing, so far we have 2x five man Recon squads for heresy in Mk II armour, plus bases, and ten legs/torso/backpack intended to be the start of a breacher squad

so far going nicely

also running the FDM printer making terrain for Adeptus Titanicus

Making a few 40k 10e lists for tomorrow night.