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Really enjoyed following your blog! Very nice Nid army

Thanks TH3FALL3n! We're working on a couple of things. Got him painting up his termigants... that should keep him busy for a while... and I've got a little side project of my own. Stay tuned!

For Thing 2 fans...

Just put up a batrep between my Mantis Warriors and Thing 2 running our house Bad Moon army. A very fun battle & a good read I think.

BA Mantis Warriors vs. Orks: 1000 pts



By way of an update... Thing 2 is slowly working on some termagants. I'm slowly working on a group of FW uber-spore mines thingies.

You should have about 30 guants per tervigon (just for spawning). Good Thing he doesn't have 2 right now. Have fun .

That may take him a while... but he's been told that I won't work on any more of his figures unless he does... so we'll see.

Awe...yah missed my pun

Now you know what to get him for his bday, another tervi!

"Thing 2" I see it. Sorry, made the last post from my i-phone so I don't see subtle things like bold text very well on that tiny screen.

He has plenty... and doesn't need any more until he shows some initiative and starts to paint his own stuff. Same goes for his older brother.

Well, my little one built me a tankbusta for Christmas and is finally getting around to painting it all on his own. He wanted me to post his progress, so I'll put this on his blog and the other in hopes of schmoozing a few comments for him to read (he's young and uncertain... still needs lots of encouragement). I'm actually looking forward to getting this bad-boy in my force... only have one other tankhammer and someone needs to be free from shooting to release the bomb squigs!

Was the Mantis Warrior head his idea

Looks pretty damn awesome. Mantis Warrior head is definatly a good idea, need to tell those guy who's DA BOSS!

Colours are looking clean and i wish i could get a yellow that looks that good.

Also, the tankhammer kinda reminds of the staffs the droids in StarWarsIII:Revenge Of The Sith wield. But with a rokkit on top.

Yep, his idea. I made the rocket, but other than that it's his work. We'll see how work progresses and how neat he can keep it as he goes.

looks good so far

I appreciate all the comments guys, we went through them this morning and he was beaming! Hopefully, this will help keep him motivated through the next session or so. He and I called the pic of his mini up on the computer and we discussed his next steps. So far, so good!

GOOD Start..

Tell him to get going on the rest.. love the MW helmet.

SL

Lovin' the tankbusta Thing 2, if you read this
Gits, make sure you tell him if he doesn't read it

Matt.Kingsley wrote:Lovin' the tankbusta Thing 2, if you read this
Gits, make sure you tell him if he doesn't read it

I agree with Matt.Kingsley, and tell him that For being only a few years younger than me, he sure is a much better painter than I was

Will do guys... just have to keep him focused.

Good luck Mr. Splitta!

Keep it up thing 2, Soon you will be better than your dad!

Wow... has it really been over 3 months since the last post?? Threadcromancy! ... or perhaps just lazyness...

I'd been doing a lot of painting for my eldest son's Necron army and I didn't want my youngest to feel bad... so a whipped out some Meiotic Spores and Spore Mines. Need to snag 6 more mines and the set will be complete. I realize they aren't the best choices... but he doesn't have any FA in his army yet so at least this gives him an option.

I love those meiotic spores, so cool. He'll be stoked for sure!

Thanks Vit! He was indeed very enthusiastic. Nice to be able to whip out a significant number of figures in very short order. Not the most militarily significant unit... but what the heck... gets him an FA slot (finally) and they are fun at the very least. Nothing like a table dotted with spore mines to give cover to the advancing horde. (and once in a while they even kill things!)

I really like the barrage balloon aspect of the Meiotic spores. Very cool. Don't know how functional they are... but to a certain degree I don't really care.

I hope they go off with a bang for him

Those look great, Gits. I love both the bone and the fleshy pink.

Well, my nickname for it is "Hive Fleet Pepto"... for obvious reasons. There will be more activity on this blog as we approach Thing 2's birthday and I get some painting done for him as part of his present.

Gits, they look wicked! I love seeing Nids when they're painted in familiar almost realistic hues, the tendrils remind me of stretched out entrails with the gore washing of them showing you the skin through the fluid!

and what do you mean they're not the best choice! c'mon man, how can something so much fun floating around randomly blowing up not be good!

*I* love them! The 8-year-old loves them! Pretty much for the reasons you state...

Good, I mean, the game is meant to be about fun and having a laugh when something hilarious happens! like when.... well,.... in my case it's hilarious when i kill an opponents troops or anyone...... as it's so rare! :-)

Gitsplitta wrote:Well, my nickname for it is "Hive Fleet Pepto"... for obvious reasons.

No doubt, you've seen Nard's Nids...?