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Definitely don't quite know how old they actually are but their the original plastics so early nineties.

Got one of each of the different types of Brigade Vehicles from my first order assembled so here's another scale shot.
From left to right we have a Battlewagon, Lisa Command Vehicle, Land Raider, Rhino, Shershen AA & a Leman Russ.


I've also got my bases from Warbases through this week. Very swift delivery arriving within the week as well.
As well as that I've got D Platoon of 21st Company 232nd Hrin Infantry finished. As you can see the 21st are an Assault Infantry Company. That means IG with jump packs. I've picked out some details on the Section HQ in bright blue so he stands out this will run through all the regiments of the Army Group. The 232nd will also be the recipient of most of my current forces. I'll discuss it's composition in detail when I've finished a company.

That is one OLD Leman Russ! Holy monkeys, it's more than 2 editions old!!

Loving all the updates, your shots of the recent Epic forces are very cool indeed.
Rawl plugs... I've mused about using them in the past but never gone for it. Maybe I need to rethink that

Cheers yep it's an old one I picked up when a friend was selling of his Epic collection. However the size didn't change much did it? Anyway it's about the only true IG tank in my collection. Thanks I'm glad your enjoying the Epic stuff.


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Unleash the Bead Knights now with paint.

First of all I've got a Bat Swarm done these are designed for 10mm and are therefore man size in 6mm.

Nice and simple to paint to.
I've also painted a converted commissar with jump pack to go with my guard assault troops.

These Sentinels have also received paint

I've also made the decision to use SEM infantry for the Hrin force it'll fit well with the old 40k stuff and has a nice clean science fiction look.

Just had a great day for receiving new toys. Graven sent me a Warmaster Chaos Dragon without wings which is either a) getting engines to make it a Heldrake b) will be left for a while and receive Scourge wings when I buy Scourges to make Slaaneshi Titans. Other than that my order from Brigade Models came in 2 more tank companies one of which will be modified to the Leman Russ Assault Company so Comqueror, Executioner and Vanquisher variants, 4 artillery companies when the mortars come from PFC and the armoured vehicles for 2 Mechanised Companies, these are Suwalski half tracks. This'll give me well over a hundred Brigade Model tanks and only one company of infantry in my guar army.

As I've finished the first company except the banner I'll give you the regimental background
511th Hrin Artillery
COMMANDER Colonel Hadrian Iactus
DOCTRINE Artillery
FORMATION
1 Command Company
20 Artillery Companies
5 Infantry Companies
3 Armour Companies
2 Cavalry Companies
10 Logistic Companies
BACKGROUND
The 511th like most specialist Hrin regiments have come from several PDF divisions from the same hive complex. Hrin artillery regiments are designed to be able to spot and secure themselves from the enemy.



29th Company of the 511th is a scout walker company. These are fairly rare in Hrin regiments most scouting being done by bike troops.

I've also got C Platoon of 21st Company 232nd Hrin Infantry done


Along with this I've also finished of Green Platoon D Company 3rd Gerwent

3rd Gerwent is a Ratling Regiment.

Some good fun stuff for you today. I've created my first Biz-quisher. That's a Leman Russ Vanquisher from a Bizon tank simply by adding a Las Gun muzzle to the muzzle of the cannon simple and effective.

I've also painted up C Squadron 22nd Company 232nd Hrin Infantry



I've also begun assembling the second lot of Brigade models from left to right we have a Rhino, Suwalska with Anti Tank Gun, Battlewagon, Shtorm Howitzer, Land Raider, Molotok Gun, Leman Russ & a Suwalska with Support Gun

Got the Command Vehicles for the 21st command group done, a Rhino and a Lisa, notice the difference in base thickness to hide the size disparity. The Net Epic rules has two command Rhinos for the company and actually using a Rhino for it makes the Commissars vehicle easy to distinguish.


I've also got the other Bat Swarm and a Luft Lancer done.


I even remembered to mae sure the Bat swarm ranks.

I've also done a Plague Crawler. This lumbering behemoth will count as a Plague Tower in my games of Net Epic. It's based around random Ramshackle games parts and armed with two smaller guns (IG grenade launcher and Heavy Stubber) as well as a Demolisher Cannon.

Love the crazy crawler! Nice plugs.

Cheers thanks for it actually I found the parts looking for Rhino Doors. I imagine it churning smoke and channeling the machine from Fern Gully

B Squadron 22nd Company 232nd Hrin Infantry.

Christ you're prolific! I think those are among my favorites of your recent work.

Thanks a lot I've got painting massed 6mm armour down to a fine art by now the process is-
1)Undercoat sprayed black.
2)Cover in German Grey
3)Add Shadow Grey camo
4)Grey Base
3)Gun Metal on tank wheels gun aerials and base gubbins
4)Electric Blue on the eagles
5)Black tracks
6)Neaten with 1 of the Greys
7) Slosh with Black Ink
8)Basing Material
9)Glue on Base.

Simple as that.

More of the 22nd Company 232nd Infantry with A Squadron.

Got the Landswehr Sergeant done. Nice model the face gives it an elder and distinguished look

I've only got one more Landswehr and The Luftlancer Sergeant to do and this bath of Prussians is done. I'm also cranking out the Wyrdstone Wanderers. I've also been playing about with 6mm tanks.

That's great and your painting's looking sharper by the day!

Thanks. It actually surprised me how much I'm moving forward still. Especially with the scratchbuilding and kitbashing, the Epic Chaos contains some of the best work I've done. The painting was given a huge push by this site sharing my work has been a great motivator and pushed me forward to complete more stuff. Completing stuff progresses you as a painter you get quicker and sharper with practise it is simply the best way too improve as a painter. Frankly paint and you'll get better worry about how bad your stuff is and you won't paint and you'll never improve. This is actually aimed more at any lurkers than you mind Graven.
I've been waiting on some SEM mortars for a few weeks and wandered into the shop to look for them. I managed to avoid the temptation of ordering in Scourges and War Rocket models but instead picked up a few Tyranid parts. I've used Tyranid parts on Chaos Titans before with a good deal of success and wanted some of the basic Gaunt weapons for my Warhounds.

The spinefists make great Titan weapons (currently planning on using them as Vulcan Mega Bolters. The old lead legs kept snapping on one so I posed him to look as if he's climbing. I swapped both heads out as well which gives them a far more vicious look.

I've also got my Chaos Terminator Company done. I've bunged quite a few command models on these bases as I'm hoping to eke out a second company and I've got loads of Chaos Champions already. The line bases are to match my originally based Terminators. Land Raiders have received the spike fence treatment.


For the Guard I have the command tank done for the 22nd Company of the 232nd

Technically the company is finished but I've also done some attached armour who will feature as well.

I've also got B Platoon of the 21st company of the 232nd Hrin finished


Here they both are together.


The backdrop they are on is the box for the folding table I've brought to give me a battlefield it sadly folds the wrong way. So I cut the box so it folded in half wallpapered and painted it. Crude but it'll do for a small playing area twice the width of the table. Not quite big enough for 40k fine for smaller size Epic and After the Cataclysm games. One sides done in Grey the other is in Green. I haven't flocked it due to the mess involved. Frankly I'll probably pick up a few sheets of Sundeala as it's light and easy to work with and do it to them eventually.

I've got the last Landwehr done I'll get around to a squad portrait at some point.

As well as that I've finished of D Squadron of 22 Company 232nd Hrin.

These are the Rosomakha Light Tank modified with lengths of styrene rod as fuel tanks a banner pole from the epic base sprue as a weapon nozzle and turned around.

Caffeine related daftness these are my Hell Scourges. Stupid Wargames Factory Skeleton legs (separate feet just separate feet uggggghhhh) and a Tyranid Devourer as head weapon creepy thingy.

Hello my name is Llamahead and I'm addicted. My Rawl Plug obsession is getting more and more bizarre. These things seem to turn up everywhere in my modelling from Psycannon

To Drop Pods

& Scenery

My addiction however began with Orky Space ships

Recently it has returned to my old obsession with my Ork Landa's 5 of them made using junk and rawl plugs and caffeine lots and lots of wonderful caffeine. To get these new from Trouble maker games would be about £90 and from GW would All Epic stuff gone from there website.

The drop pods are genius!

Thanks Graven another card of them is on the to do list.
First of all here's the Landswehr squad.

Spartan Games Dystopian legions are nice chunky pieces of Lead remember they are 35mm scale not 28mm and far chunkier than GW. They also used to seem pricy GW soon solved that problem however

I've also painted up a Thunderer squadron based on the Brigade Miniatures Volk Assault Guns

This means I've finished the first company for the 232nd Hrin Infantry so here's there basic TOE

232nd Hrin Infantry
COMMANDER Colonel Agathius Sextus
DOCTRINE Infantry
FORMATION
Command Company
2 Armour Companies
2 Mechanised Companies
1 Artillery Company
20 Infantry Companies
5 Logistics Companies
BACKGROUND
Formerly the 11th PDF Division they were inducted as an entire unit into the guard and are a useful balanced force.

This is the Regiments 22nd Company. As an Infantry Support Company the Leman Russes have also been supplemented by a Thunderer and Hellhound squadron for close in support.

The fleet got a bit of an airing today and actually won a game. My opponent made the bad mistake of massing his Imperial fleet right opposite my Orks this cut the play area in half and dealt with my chief worry closing under heavy fire. I also used my Assault Boats well picking on ships which had already fired their turrets at torpedoes. This managed to render both the Overlord Battlecruiser and the Retribution Battleship unable to fire. I plinked away at his ships and managed to unleash a devastating boarding action my pair of Killkroozers boarded the Overlord which disengaged without much trouble. A Dominator got closed and crippled. However my Terror Ship and Hammer managed to board and hulk a Dictator utterly devastating it. With that the Imperial fleet buggered of save the Overlord which got crippled before it escaped. Lessons learnt focus Ordnance try and hit ships with both Torpedoes and Assault Boats and focus Assault Boats on ships which have already fired turrets. Boarding is probably less devastating than closing in and using heavy guns but far more fun. Orks need to get in close and focussed small battlefields are therefore excellent against Orks and admittedly Battlefleet Gothic like most games is more fun when you are winning.

A good day today I've finished the Black Scorpion Blood Bowl Team the Wyrdstone Wanderers and here they are.

Nice simple scheme and fairly bright.

I've managed to end the 6mm Undead winning streak by playing them. Game felt right and with the finished spell lores its time to get really playtesting key flaws remain but that's what play testing is about. This game involved a very nasty human mage with an excellent Death Ray and a brilliant performance by Nelly's Wrath after annoying the Gryphon (unluckily saved by the riders Magic Armour) and badly hurting the Abomination it was in melee with it went on to kill the Vampire and the final Cursed Knight. Not catching the Knights when they broke and several lucky courage tests saved the humans bacon.

The first step is always acknowledging you have a problem. It all seems so innocent when it's just a bit of pluggage....but that's the start of the slippery slope. In a few months you'll be using neighbourhood walls in your work, and we find that over 50% of plugaholics have tried to create something with an entire estate within 6 months of using walls

Hmmm I need a bit more rubble for my Epic battlefield its slightly out of scale though.


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I've just completed the last Luftlancer. He's the Sergeant with a rather dapper mask


The Squad looks really nifty.

I've also got C Squadron of 16th Company 46th Hrin Armoured finished.


These are the Brigade Miniatures Mech Tank Hunters lovely vehicles that they are.

I've had a burst of enthusiasm at painting Chaos War Engines again.
Here are the Blood Reapers

These are the Doomblasters (dystopian Legion models Burza mortars if I remember correctly

I've also bodged together some Djinn

I originally sculpted the bottom half from milliput but it didn't look right so I used glue gun glue and span it around for the magicy floaty bit. The torsos are Mantic ghouls and the heads are from Wargames Factory they provide me with greater Chaos elementals for After the Cataclysm.

Last but not least is this critter


49p plastic toy dinosaur card and guns. I also brought another tub of the small ones so I've got a big herd of Squiggoths (30 or so) but most importantly I've got enough Pterodactyls for a card of Snakebite Cyber Wyverns an utterly crucial element which I hope returns in the next Codex. To be honest a big return for the Snakebites would truthfully be awesome.

You are a man obsessed! Love the djinni, and it always amuses me how happy you are to carve up epic minis too.

Cyber wyverns? Now you're talking

The dystopian legion mortars fit in very nicely.