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**Ratius**

Latre last year I went on a bit of 40k spending spree with the intention of finishing off my 5 armies with some units that would "complete" them imo.
The 5 armies I own are Space Wolves, Tyranids, Eldar, IG and Orks.
Heres what I bought:

I've been plugging away ever since and have most of it finished so thought I might as well show a few of them off. Please note: I consider myself about tabletop standard, nothing more

I'll probably get a few kits up every day so lets begin from the top left.....

Space Wolf Stormwolf. I bought this kit to give some anti air to my Space Wolves since I was lacking in air units overall.

Tyranid Crone/Harpy. I usually use it as a Crone. Again it was mainly to give the Nids some air power and presence.

**Ratius**

Up next Ork battleforce and Baneblade!

My Orks are all Goff so I stuck with that theme overall.

I had loads of Ork boyz when I got this kit so decided to kitbash some of them into Tankbustas since I had a decent bits box and some ideas

The box also contained 3 bikes and I had another 3 from back in the day

And finally a load of Boyz

The Baneblade was purchased as my goal was to have at least one superheavy for each army. I painted it up to fit with my Mordian Iron Guard IG army.

**Trondheim**

Nice work all around, particulary enjoyed the Baneblade

**Ratius**

Thanks Trondy

Today we have Gants, Gargs and Go Fastas.....

I have a fairly sizeable Nid army but picked these guys up mainly as TerviGants for spawning.

The Gargoyles were a nice addition as they synch well with the other winged beasties and Flyrants

The Dakkajets were bought for the same reason as the Crone/SWolf, to add some airpower to the Goffs. I originally was going to buy one but having two Vendettas for my IG, I decided it only fair to even the score

I did them up mainly as red unz go fasta but tried to add some Goff colors to keep with the theme (black and white panelling etc). They were actually a joy to make and paint.

**Ratius**

Wulfaz and Ulrich join us for todays update.
I bought Wulfaz months ago but was kind of scared of doing him incase it went belly up. However I decided to bite the bullet a few weeks back and get him painted.
He was done to fit in with my Space Wolves and give them a Super Heavy element just like the other armies.

Ulrich I bought a few weeks back to compliment him. Plus I could not resist that Avenger Cannon sculpt.

So now they are Battle Brothers

**lliu**

I like it! Wish I had the financial support to buy a knight every 2 weeks...

**Ratius**

No kids.
40k = little babies.

**FeindusMaximus**

Digging your nids

**Ratius**

Thanks FD!

Today we have The Greatwolf and some Tactical SWs.
Have to say the tactical kit was a joy to put together and paint, very customisable with lots of options and they fit really well too.

Logan. I havent actually used him in a game yet which is a shame. Despite the hate it got on release I think its a cracking kit, very characterful and I love the Wolf sculpts.

**Ratius**

Today we have old Deathleaper. Another poor soul who I have never used in a game. I really should root out his Lictor Buddies and have them hunt some IG. He was Finecast but I had no issues with him tbh.

And an Eldar Crimson Hunter. As above, added to my Eldar for some airpower. I need to get some transfers onto it however.

**lliu**

Nice. I love the multitude of models.

**Ratius**

Thanks lliu!

I didnt actually manage to finish the finecast Banshees I have in the pic, they are still to do. However I did complete five old metal ones from circa 1995. With the FC pack , I'll have 10 in total. Just need to find my Jain Zar now.

And whilst he isnt in the pic, during the last few months I also did up my version of Swarmy for the Nids. Hes an old 4th ed metal sculpt afaik. Was fun to paint being honest.

**Ratius**

Today we have some truely ancient Ork Boarboys that I painted up a few months back. I proxy them as Znardsark and biker nobz mostly.

And the last of my Ork Bikes. These were plastics from 3rd ed I think - its been that long. I had some extra bitz left over from the other kits so kitbashed them somewhat because their original incarnation was pretty weak.

**Ratius**

Got a few more bits in bobs done this week.

3/6 Eldar Jetbikes. These are old 3rd ed ones iirc with a weird converted Autarch I made up for a tournament.

I also got some transfer applied to my Waveserpents.

And some onto my Baneblade for my IG Mordians.

**Ratius**

Got the last of the scenery done yesterday ala Nid style.

Group shot

**lliu**

Nice! Like the nids.

**Joyous_Oblivion**

Thats a lot of painting man, very well done!!!

**Ratius**

Thanks guys!

Finally got the last of the transfers onto my Falcons, I had them done up a few years back but most of the transfers had flaked so now all reapplied.
The Falcon with the busted scat laser turret is circa 1996 I think. No idea where the gun or his cockpit canopy are.

and the last 3 jetbikes. One is missing an arm.
I wonder if any of my stuff is in 100% condition

Have to say a few well placed transfers can make a big difference to a model.

**Lord Corellia**

:O How do you have both the money to buy all that *AND* the time to paint it all?!

I really love what you're doing with it, and I think I may need to start up some threads for myself so I can get more into painting and less into buying...

**Ratius**

Thanks! Its a labour of love really

**Reality-Torrent**

They look good! Just a suggestion though, thin your paints a little =)

**Ratius**

Thanks RT.
Little update today.

6 finecast banshees to add to my 5 old metal ones. I havent bought too many FC kits to be honest but the ones I had bought before were decent quality. These though were very much less so. The halbeard on the exarch actually broke which really annoyed me as I wanted to model it and one of the feet on a banshee also broke off too. Another sword handle went bye bye also. Realistically I should have sent them back but wasnt that bothered so thats my problem but it was frustrating.

Anywho.....

Heres a shot of them with their sisters

Which do you prefer old or new?.....

**Trondheim**

Those Eldar man... Definitly some of your best work! Particulary enjoyed the Falcons. But those two Knigths are also up there, great painting on them

**Ratius**

Thanks so much Trondy

I put a bit of extra effort into the Knights, I really wanted them to be centre pieces. Cheers.

**Trondheim**

Np praise when praise is due! And yes it clearly showes.

**Ratius**

Thought I'd share a few pics of my Nids. They are basically complete as an army except for a Heirophant and some pods.
Enjoy

You. Look. Tasty!

**LeCacty**

Hissy? HISSY!?!?!

**evildrcheese**

Amazing.

D

**Talizvar**

The end times are upon us!

You show a fine example that well done individual models are interesting to see.
Entire squads completed are a joy to behold.
An entire army brings majesty to the table.
Hail to the king baby!

Well done.

**Tactical_Spam**

a couple suggestions:

One- Thin your paints. If you use a slightly watered down paint and apply multiple layers itll look great.

Two- Shading works wonders for your models