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Splendour here. I've taken a fairly long break from the hobby and now that I am finally in steady employment, have decided to get back into it. And what better way than with Assault on Black Reach? So I finished work today, headed down to my LGS and picked up AoBR and a copy of the "new" rulebook.



Exhibit A

Obviously, I'm about 3 years late to this party but wow! What a set! For plastic snap together starter miniatures, the level of detail on them is amazing!

So far I've assembled the Orks and drilled out the gun barrels, so here's some pictures of grey plastic everyone has seen before!









Tomorrow they'll be based, primed and hopefully a few coats of paint applied, so stay tuned for something interesting and colourful to happen

good luck with the painting, im still thinking about getting aobr but im not sure, i wont use any of the greenskins or the marines, just termies and dread.

very cool. Welcome back to the hobby....im sure you ahve probably already figured it out by now, but the AoBR comes with a small hand rulebook. Ill keep an eye on the thread to see your progress!

I like the drilled gun barrels. Can not wait to see what will happen next!

Not really visible in the photos, but the gun barrels are all different sizes, shapes and positions. I figured it was more orky that way. I'll spend more time on the Marines bolters to make sure everything is uniform .

So a minor update, went to the International Living History Faire this weekend. Got a wooden bowl, met Mike Loades (OMG!) bought his new book, came home and painted some more of the Orks.









After the previous photo session, the boyz were beheaded and dismembered in order to reach into the details that would be obscured. Still very rough at the moment, but hopefully they should come together nicely in the end.
The skin is dark angels green, then a 50/50 Dark Angels and Snot Green, then pure Snot and then a 50/50 Snot and Goblin Green highlight, with a wash of Thraka Green to blend it all together. The black/grey cloth is just drybrushed Codex Grey and will be cleaned up and improved upon soon. Leatherwork is Vallejo Cavalry Brown which I am currently working on in between typing this out.

Moar updates coming soon. If I can stop reading that book...

Any updates?

A wild necromancer appears!