Astra Militarum / Imperial Guard = Ebay tank extravaganza

It is with great regret that it is time to sell the last remaining Astra Militarum / Imperial Guard tanks from my collection, see this Ebay link to my items, but my loss is your gain especially with the new rules for Deathstrike missile Launchers which certainly pack a punch.

"If turning a small number of hard targets into a fine mist doesn’t match your battle plan, there are two more warheads to pick from. One blankets a wide area in searing plasma, while the other creates a persistent bubble of gravitational pain. The best part? You get to choose which warhead to bring after you’ve seen your opponent’s army list".

See the full details at Warhammer Community

 

Armies on Parade 2022 part 2 - Chaos knights

My second installment / submission to Armies on Parade 2022.  Just like part one I am using limited scenery.  One thing has become apparent to me when looking at my Chaos Knights, considering they are all sculpted differently and belong to different chaos gods and also painted over many years, how differently they are all painted, I may have to go back and repaint some of them :)

I also forgot to include my Armigers.... Damn.

My latest chaos knight all hale Tzeentch

I made a change to my Black Legion Knight, I've used bits from Be'lakor base. 

 

Armies on Parade 2022 part 1 - Imperial knights

It has been a while, but here is my first installment / submission to Armies on Parade 2022.  Just to mention it is not my intention to win but only to take part and to show case two of my latest armies I have completed.  Also it is worth noting that the lighting is not great. camera is OK but my skill is mediocre at best :) but I did make a conscious decision to have limited scenery on my board, as the title states 'Armies on Parade' lol.  I hope you enjoy.

 

Imperial Fists Primaris Centurion Conversion "We need bigger guns"

 

Welcome back to Imperial Fists painting project part 2 (click link to part 1) Ever since the Centurions came out I was not a fan of the model, the concept idea I was fine, so when the Primaris Space marine strain came out it was always on the cards to upgrade these bad boys.

I included this image just so you can get a feel for how big I have upgraded them.

Even compared to a Primarch they are all most as tall.

I kit bashed these guys using the legs of the Primaris Inceptors, Heavy Intercessor helmets and greystuff tubing for a more armoured look to all cables.

As previously discussed I'm not a fan of painting yellow with browns so I have been experimenting with airbrushing purple up to white and then giving it an airbrush yellow ink wash.

I have been using Liquitex Acrylic Inks.

Then they are gloss varnished, inked and weathered.

Time away for good behavior and Showcasing my friends yearly successes in 2022

Yes your right I have stepped away from Blogging for a while, but I have still been busy painting.  I have explored speed painting with interspersed bouts of technique improvements segments.  For a large part of my time away we have been gaming and playing Middle Earth and Battle companies.  Over the coming days I will be showcasing almost a years worth of work including an actual painting on a canvas. 

Today however I want to talk about what a great bunch and talented friends I have, which I have had the pleasure to grow up with since I was a teenager.

Chris Otterburn has spent a large part of his modelling time last year creating Middle Earth's Helms Deep from Lego, yep that's right Lego, to his children's dismay.  Otty also sent Zorpazorp a box of Middle Earth villages he kit bashed which was unboxed live on his channel, in my opinion that's cool.

Dave Western famed blogger from Confessions of a 40K Addict on the other hand has been very busy with his Tyranids showcasing on the Warhammer Community page "This Tyranid Army Looks So Good You’ll Want Them to Eat You" and gearing up for the new codex.  And speaking of new codex, even my son has been doing a bit of painting:-

I have been very lucky to have very good friends who are super talented, eager to improve, bounce ideas about and share knowledge and experience.  We all strive to be better creatives and enjoy our hobbies together.  It is my dream we will work collaboratively under our own company name and workshop and have blogs and Youtube channels, don't tell my wife but that's my retirement plan :)

I thought I would end with a few images of my mates taken over the past few months that literally made me laugh out loud. 

KYTAN DAEMON ENGINE OF KHORNE part2

 

Welcome back to my Kytan Daemon Engine of Khorne, it has been 6 years since last I spoke of him and he has gone through some changes.  Lets start with a quick recap- When the Lord of Skulls model was released from Games Workshop I rashly bought one, then I came to realise I didn't like the model.  So I decided to use it and create two Chaos Lord of Wars, first would be a FW Shadowsword and the second would be an Iron Man style construct.  And that's what I did.

Then in 2006 FW released the Kytan Daemon Engine of Khorne and I did a post on it (click here to see it) and explained that now I had seen it, it made complete sense to give it hind legs and I was angry with myself for not thinking of it first.  Anyway,  it had taken 6 years to get over myself and a complete rebuild and now it is finally complete. 

Because I was happy with the top half of the conversion I just had to do snap the top of my original version which was collecting dust.  I purchased some cheap Imperial Knight legs and the new Renegade Knight Feet on ebay, with a small amount of kit bashing I cut the legs apart and inserted a section to give them the hind legs look.  I rolled out tubing with green stuff using the Green stuff's Roll Maker 

I got the airbrush out and set to work

I decided to do it section by section as I was using the NMM technique 

Oh and I magnatised the legs section for ease of transport and in case I change my mind again regarding the legs ;)

And there we have it, I have to admit the conversion is better but I am still not 100% happy, but at least I have knocked it off my to do list :)  I just need to find a way to field it, may be Be'lakor would let me do it?

Please note I am 12 months behind on my blogs so this was actually made last year.  I have a lot to catch up on lol :)