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Nice collection shots, that's a lot of little (And littler) dudes!

Thank you

I can’t recommend display cabinets enough. I mean, now I’m nearly done with Heresy?

Those Nids are winking at me.

Wow that's impressive!

I wanted to 'akshually' you on Tyranids blinking but I couldn't find out if its canon that they do / do not.

They most likely have at least a nictating membrane type thing. Something to protect the eye, but not necessarily block light.

Just remembered I’ve another 20 Termagants to build. So that might be a job for later in the week once the Contemptor (now done in grim black, but not pictured) and the Praevian are done.

Will also start looking up interesting, simple, Tyranid schemes, see if anything tickles my fancy.

I know, as best as I can trust my memory, their eyeballs are hard, it was mentioned in the 3rd ed codex? I think.

You’d still want something to clean them with. Otherwise, first detonation and your swarm won’t be seeing much!

Cassius defeats the Tyranid hordes by crop dusting flour onto them

Oh my, impressive shelves!

Day 218

First Metallics on the Contemptor, and realised I forgot the left arm elbow armour, which will still be on-sprue.

Also got the Praevian drybrush done.

Next up is let the Contemptor dry, before a quick tidy up of any metallic overspill with Grim Black, and I’ll do the Praevian’s Grim Black at the same time.

Also bought some new toys, specifically a box of Castellax and a box of Legions Imperialis Predators, as I fancied a second squadron.

Right. Tidy up done, Praevian in Grim Black. Also tidied up the metallics on the Dread (how did I miss an entire finger?) and put on the first red, and the chest badge things. He now just needs a thinned black wash to deepen the metallics, and top coat red.

ANGERY BOOP BEEP INTENSIFIES.

Quick purchase, as running low on Army Painter Vampire Red, and always need to make sure I’ve got Gun Metal.

And what do you know? A box of Thallax used their jet packs to nimbly entrench within my basket. The cheeky so-and-so’s.

Now I need to decide how far I’m going with Mechanicum. Current plan is just to give the Praevian and to-be-converted-Forge-Lord some dudes to boss about. But it wouldn’t take much to knock that up to a formally allied force, and from there “sod it, guess I’m doing a second army”.

And that’s an important decision. Whilst those fielded via Consuls can be done in Legion Colours? I may want to do them somewhat differently. I’m thinking the 40K scheme, but with brassy metallics. Might look crap though.

Nids do really well with contrast paints. Or other equivalents. Purple/flesh/red is like 90% of mine. And would be more, but I use a second coat of nuln oil on the red because I didn’t like the shades available at the time.

Day 219

And it’s the second Castellax underway.

I wasn’t gonna use the Darkfire Cannon, but then I realised whilst cheaper, the Mauler Bolt Cannon, due to Pinning but only AP4, is probably best off as a single loadout squad. Something to shoot up enemy infantry enmasse, with the chance of making them do precious little in their next turn.

So for this Maniple, it’s special/heavy weapons ago-go. Also, everyone loves a pinched Dark Eldar weapon roughly reverse engineered.

I will however be saving over the Combat Blade Array for the Mauler Bolt Cannon maniple.

Day 220

Second Castellax assembled. Delivery day, so awaiting that. Will also crack on with the Praevian, who should only take a couple of hours I reckon.

Three Teeny Tanks. First half of a new squadron, as I felt the first was looking a bit lonely for such a work horse classic design.

And a Thallax, because I do what I want.

Have you played any LI yet? Will it replace Epic Space Marine in your heart of hearts?