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Again I progress and my usual snail pace. I finished the last two members of my Trenchers squad. Next will be Illic... well that's if I don't get distracted by RL again my hobby span is very short



M.

Awesome stuff!

Thanks for the comment somebody reads my blog after all


This is my current project for the week, to finish some special weapons to complete my infantry squads. Mostly I'm using them as plasma guns count as but made a flamer and a GL conversion for variety.

M.

It reminded me of these old models. I loved looking at this system when I was younger, made plans to get a bunch of Mishima that never eventuated. You make them look really good.

As usual instead of continuing with my Infantry Squads I jump to another half finished project.

Terrain from the Impudent Mortal guys, wanted to magnetize it but failed so I glued it, sprayed some Tamiya aluminium and currently I'm in between layers of mahogani varnish to weather it a bit. The 4 veterans are there to give an idea of the size.



plus a close view of the veterans, made with the old WZ plastic troops with alternate heads (Secrets of the 3rd Reich I think) and GW weapons. I thought that I had 2 more meltas but for the life of me I can't find them now, I'll have to trick somebody around here for a trade becuase I'm totally not buying the GW ones at japanese prices.



M.

I'm worse than a toddler after a case of Red Bull. Instead of finishing one of my multiple projects I tore apart my autocannon teams to rebuild them more along the lines of WW2 AT-guns, then got distracted with my bits box and ended up improvising a HB team.



M.

Back on track I managed to finish one HWT, just three more to go... for now.

Made with bits, cardboard, many curses, lots of glue (the reason of said curses) and love . The crew are a mix of Urban War and GW with Pig Iron heads. It's not 100% finished as I need to apply some weathering podwers and probably add more rivets to be up to IG standards but I joined NANOWRIMO and my figures will have to share my free time with the magnificent story that will give me the Literature Nobel and make me rich... I wish

Next in the to do list: FINISH MY PROJECTS BEFORE MORE MINIATURES ARRIVE!!!!!!!

M.

Great work, excellent combo of count-as, conversions and bashing

After a very unproductive last couple of months a friend managed to get me painting again. So over the weekend I slapped some layers of paint over my IG and finished (well almost) these two. An Al Rahem count as and a Veteran sgt. The sgt needs some lights but it's almost ready.



Next in my to do list. More infantry, many many more!

M.

As usual long time between updates becuase I'm such a lazy painter. But the proximity of Nagoyahammer forced me to take stock of what I really have available and as a good grown up child I spent the morning playing with my toy dolls . 4 years between photos, still everything is wip as I can't stop buying stuff, still the box is full with even more guards waiting their turn, sometimes it sucks playing IG horde

2010

2014

Close ups in my gallery.

M.

Super impressed. Can't wait to see what you do with the new IG book.

Thanks. The sad part it's that at the rate I paint I'll be death before I'm finished.
Luckily I was not shafted badly by the point hike and the missing vehicles.

M.


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Also some terrain by Impudent Mortal



M.

Ah, being in Japan, you really have access to some of the best models around for some of the best prices. I envy you. Though, if I lived there, I'd be broke.

I've always liked those Warzone plastics. They work great as Imperial Guard. Their only true downside is that their poses are so limited.

True, poses are limited but faceless horde has a certain charm too. On the other hand a Tamiya kit that costs half price and looks better than a GW one with some conversion effort (that I love) is much a better piece to paint and enjoy.

M.

My Quad-gun is missing someplace around the seas around Japan so I decided to convert a small squad of Krieg Combat Engineers to substitute in my current list. I made (I think ) a good use of the Scion helmeted heads, cut away the magazines from the guns and now I'm searching for some cables to use as the fuel line conecting both members of the heavy flamer team.

M.

Leaving 40K for a while I found this at a shop barely 300Y so I bought it and run a micron pen along the lines for some shadows and it's ready for the next time I go and play with little robots or Btech


M.

Returned home from work and ofc I had to go shopping again :O I hate Japan. A kit like this at half price it's a must! Why GW can't take some pointers from Bandai. The thing not only can be built three different ways but can go from Batroid to Fighter and back.

M.

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Returned home from work and ofc I had to go shopping again :O I hate Japan. A kit like this at half price it's a must! Why GW can't take some pointers from Bandai. The thing not only can be built three different ways but can go from Batroid to Fighter and back.

M.

Because there is no other Hobby than GW! Why buy the model kit, i bought the Huge toy version for just 1500 Yen!

Because I can't resist model kits!

M.

Been slacking painting lately, mostly the usual burnout after the rush to finish stuff for Nagoyahammer but last weekend found a few interesting old Space Battleship Yamato at the store and had to get some. Ofc I had to convert the very simple bomber to something more of my liking like a Btech Shilone ASF.

But the Chaos Gods were angry at me and while carving the cockpit glass out of a piece of clear sprue, my very sharp blade slipped, went through the small protection I use on my thumb and sliced deep into it :O It was really painful and somewhat flashy with all the blood spurtting around.
(Not pictured: lot's of blood)
That has put a stick in my "painting wheels"... it doesn't help that on Monday I got my new desktop too and now I'm discovering the marvels of Windows 8


M.

More cheap Space Battleship Yamato.

M.

Buying too much, painting too Little.

M.

using the scion heads on the "old warzone " minis is a stroke of genius! your huge good looking army deserves way more attention... you have some very cool looking conversions shown here!
I too own a zillion off the warzon minis and the heads always where the weakest point for me...so I guess the stuff will now eventually get used after all...thanks for the inspiration! also...did you find the plastic of stronger structure than GW stuff? it always gives me a hard time to cut through the sprues to pry free my minis....

cheers, vik

Thanks Vik. Frankly working with the old WZ plastics is a bitch too hard to cut and dealing with mold lines is a pia but then for most Rank and File IG no need to put any effort, faceless hordes are what brought me to IG.

Today taking advantage of my wife's absence
I think I'll paint them following the Homeworld Kushan color scheme rather than the gamilion green.

M

This is a really cool thread and army you got going. I picked up a bunch of warzone figs last year, I love them. The plastic is very hard, and not easy to deal with, but the models are absolutely amazing. The detail on them is better than cheapo models today.

Kudos to you, I really enjoy seeing them brought back to life. Subscribed!

Whoa, those kits bring back some old memories. I can remember finding old Crusher Joe kits back in the day in some absolutely random hobby shop in Orange County. I used to love the Power Suit kit from that line.

Thanks for the comments. I had to refrain myself from buying 1/200 Dougran/Btech kits yesterday, it was really hard! Been slowly progressing and today I finished a Gamilion ship using Homeworld colors. I plan to make two fleets one in Kushan pattern and the other in Taiidan even if it involves lots of rage at having to paint yellow

I hope to have them ready before July to ressurect Renegade Legion: Leviathan for gaming around Kobe.

M.

Long time in between posts again, mainly because 7th ed killed my drive to play and that made me stop painting. Taking advantage of the holidays back home I rescued my old btech miniatures from the storage closet and painted them in one go. Desert colors with very basic techinques, might do some weathering later on after I buy some hex bases. The Victor is not mine, some guy painted it for me like 20 years ago, when my skills where close to 0.



also more wip ships.



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Planning on infinity? or Warzone resurrection? Never played battletech, what is that chaos marine with the axe doing in the back?

That's a 60 Ton Ti T'sang of nasty disposition. Warzone looks much better now that I got the second part of my KS, just 10 months late.

M.