Hmm, I seem to have lost the last post...

With #Dreadtober all wrapped up I did write a final post with my 'photoshopped' image. I used Gimp to do the work, all based on lessons learnt from tutorials Joe posted up for us in the last week.

This was fun to do

• Honoured Ancient Fidelacchius, Contemptor of the Dark Angels Deathwing (2014)
• Honoured Ancient Uru of the Dark Angels Deathwing (2015)
• Codicer Tuvian of the Angels Sanguine (#Dreadtober 2016)
• Fury of the Angels Sanguine (#Dreadtober 2016)
• Honoured Brother Durant of the Angels Sanguine 2nd Company (#Dreadtober 2016)
• Honoured Brother Thanatos of the Red Hunters, seconded to the Deathwatch of Fort Pykeman (#Dreadtober 2016)
• Ancient Brother Shuro of the Dark Angels 4th Company (2013)
• Ancient Brother Kain of the Dark Angels 9th Company (2016)
• Brother Garam of the World Eaters Legion (#Dreadtober 2016)
• Congita Est Athemia of the Mentors 2nd Company (2015)
• Honoured Ancient Cicarus of the Dark Angels 9th Company (2016)

Next up, the Horus Heresy, Blood & Steel.

The Remorseless - Dark Angels 9th Company - Demi-Company

WHW Command Tanks

Grand Master Xerophus, Master of Relics, The Red Blade of Stavros
His personal heraldry is on the two shields here

Landraider Excelsior

Rhino Primaris

Master Davial, The Iron Angel

Elixian, company Chaplain

The Remorseless, Command Squad

The Relic Guard - Squad Cadorush

Squad Amian

Squad Trayfal

Squad Lenial

Squad Ainstein

Ancient-Brother Cicarus

Honoured Brother Kain

The Pride

Lion Fang & Lion Claw

Grand Master Xerophus (Command Tanks)
• Land Raider Excelsior: Extra Armour; Rod of Command 220
• Rhino Primaris: Dozer Blade; Extra Armour 215

Brother-Chaplain Elixian (Interrogator Chaplain in Terminator Armour): Digital Weapons; Melta Bombs 155

Dreadnoughts
• Honoured Brother Kain (Dreadnought): Twin Linked Lascannon; Twin Linked Autocannon; Extra Armour 140

Venerable Dreadnoughts
• Ancient-Brother Cicarus (Venerable Dreadnought): Plasma Cannon; Powerfist; Extra Armour 140

The Remorseless (Command Squad): Company Champion; Apothecary; Storm Shield; Company Standard; 2 × Meltagun 165

The Relic Guard - Squad Cadorush (10 Devestator Squad): Veteran Sergeant (Plasma Pistol; Thunder Hammer); 9 Devestator Squad; 4 × Plasma Cannon 250

Squad Ainstien (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Combi Plasma); 4 × Lascannon; Armorium Cherub 235

Squad Lenial (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Storm Bolter); 4 × Missile Launcher; Armorium Cherub 210

Squad Trayfal (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Storm Bolter); 4 × Heavy Bolter 185

Squad Amian (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Lightning Claw; Lightning Claw; Meltabombs); 4 × Grav Cannon & Grav Amo 315

The Pride (2 Predators)
• Lion Claw (Predator): Lascannon Sponsons; Dozer Blade; Extra Armour; Storm Bolter 135
• Lion Fang (Predator): Lascannon Sponsons; Dozer Blade; Extra Armour; Storm Bolter 135

2 500 points

Games Workshop Oslo's 40k Hobby Week (June 27th - July 1st)

Back at the end of June my local GW held a hobby week for 40k. Running up to the 27th the staff had helped me with list planning and conversion ideas. I got together a ton of bits from various boxes at home and ordered a couple last pieces to complete the list.

This is what I came up with:
Grand Master Xerophus (Command Tanks)
• Land Raider Excelsior: Extra Armour; Rod of Command 220
• Rhino Primaris: Dozer Blade; Extra Armour 215

Brother-Chaplain Elixian (Interrogator Chaplain in Terminator Armour): Digital Weapons; Melta Bombs 155

Dreadnoughts
• Honoured Brother Kain (Dreadnought): Twin Linked Lascannon; Twin Linked Autocannon; Extra Armour 140

Venerable Dreadnoughts
• Ancient-Brother Cicarus (Venerable Dreadnought): Plasma Cannon; Powerfist; Extra Armour 140

The Remorseless (Command Squad): Company Champion; Apothecary; Storm Shield; Company Standard; 2 × Meltagun 165

The Relic Guard - Squad Cadorush (10 Devestator Squad): Veteran Sergeant (Plasma Pistol; Thunder Hammer); 9 Devestator Squad; 4 × Plasma Cannon 250

Squad Ainstien (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Combi Plasma); 4 × Lascannon; Armorium Cherub 235

Squad Lenial (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Storm Bolter); 4 × Missile Launcher; Armorium Cherub 210

Squad Trayfal (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Storm Bolter); 4 × Heavy Bolter 185

Squad Amian (9 Devestator Squad): Space Marine Sergeant (Lightning Claw; Lightning Claw; Meltabombs); 4 × Grav Cannon & Grav Amo 315

The Pride (2 Predators)
• Lion Claw (Predator): Lascannon Sponsons; Dozer Blade; Extra Armour; Storm Bolter 135
• Lion Fang (Predator): Lascannon Sponsons; Dozer Blade; Extra Armour; Storm Bolter 135

2 500 points

During the week I was able to turn up each day, but later than everyone else (kids on summer holidays). Still my kids were also away on holiday so I was able to make up the time during the evenings. It was great fun, and really inspirational to hobby in a real active environment for a change. Over the course of the week I managed to finish building all 58 Infantry models, the two Predators (the WHW Command Tanks were already built and basecoated) and the two Dreadnoughts.

After this came a lot of drybrushing,
a really effective way of getting a good highlight down on the Marines
and their tanks that saves a loads of time when you've a lot to do

By the end of the week I'd got a few games in, tried out my first ever Predators in a multiplayer game, another chap had one so we teamed up to form a Squadron, now I know I want a third. Some people got a lot more than me done, by the end of the week I'd got all 62 new models built, undercoated, drybrushed and the blacks were basecoated. I also got one mode complete.

Finally, here is a link to a post with the finished army.

The Remorseless - Dark Angels 9th Company - Demi-Company

We Do Still Play

Well I last posted in March, we're almost in October, by my maths (math for Americans) that's over half a year! So appologies, excuses and reasons abound. We hope to do a little better in the future, let's call this a wip.

In the past almost seven months there has been a lot of gaming and modelling though. The Highlights include Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, Sushi Go Party, over 6000 points of 40k built, and about half of that finished painted and based, some AoS & 40k has been played, the Marvel Super Hero game was tried out and we've completed all four scenarios in Mansions of Madness 2nd. Ed.

On top of that Mari's broken a finger, we've been to Disney World, Sweden, Cornwall and Stavanger. Life has been great, and now I'm just starting on my #Dreadtober and Tim has recently gifted me Destiny to try out (Level 17 Titan already).

I'll be in touch again soon, some details about all of the models I've been building and painting and a few photos of some of the games played.  

Busy Few Weeks With Dinosaurs

Hey, a couple of weeks missed and I apologise for that. I've been pretty busy in the evenings so the spare time I have had has gone towards painting not writing. Tim also promises a new game write up soon. :) I have got in a couple of good sessions whilst I've been an author-absent.

I've built up a bunch of Seraphon now, beyond the Ripperdactyls I begun with I've made enough models to equal the new Starter Set (Old Blood on a Carnosaur, eight Saurus Knights and 12 Saurus Warriors) I alos got a chance to get out to the garage and undercoat a bunch of models. So here comes a photodump of what I've got done since last we met. Enjoy and please comment.

First off I finished building Sol-Qlor on Starror

The 9v battery is in the giant base, it was quite the challenge getting the wire

and LED through the whole figure

Here are the Seraphon so far, Skink Priest was kitbashed

After a few goes I found a nice way to do an easy Lava Base
Tutorial coming!!

They then went into mass production

I've started putting basecoats down to test the colour scheme, please so far

Did I say 8th Company before, I meant 9th. Devastator Command

Hobby Progress Week 4 2016

That's another week gone by, how fast they pass. I've not made any progress on the Seraphon discussed in the last post, but I haven't been idle. I decided to finish up a couple of small parts of larger projects before cracking on with the new army, and I converted up a 1st Legion Praetor from the Betrayal at Calth set too.

Project one was to get some models ready to use in a small game. My Dark Angels, as discussed were built mainly in the summer of 2013, before "Basegate", meaning they were all standing pretty on 25mm bases. So although I have built all 107 Astartes for The Feared, I technically only had one completed, as I mentioned on Twitter, that is less than 1% of the Company. Well that's changed, now I have 32 completed. These were the models that preciously were finished, so rather than ditching the (I think) quite nice bases I had, I bought 32mm converter rings from Eccentric Miniatures and was very pleased.

 

With some other characters that's 38 32's

The rest of the Marines are unbased so far so they will go straight on 32's to begin with. Soon I'll have a complete Demi-Company as all of those models are painted already. I also took the opportunity to muddy up their legs a little, perhaps oneday I'll add some battle damage too. 

A Dirty Dark Angel

Project two were the two tanks that make up the Space Marine HQ Command Tanks set. The Land Raider Excelsior and the Primaris Rhino. These are lovely, super detailed models that I'm very pleased with. I applied a light coat of kit bashing to them to let them show their Dark Angel roots and will be painting them up as Eighth Company assets. The pose on the Company Master in the Excelsior is perfect and reminds me very much of a popular meme. :)

I'm really pleased with how these are turning out

So onwards and upwards, I'd like to finish building a couple of half started kits and perhaps at least get bases ready for carrying on project one (perhaps that should get a better name), before I start anyday now in ernest on the Seraphon

Nicodemus, Praetor of the Monitors
The First Legion's 88th Company