“Where’s the goddamn beacon? Oh. I see it.” Tau Skyshield landing pad

I finished my Tau Skyshield this morning by adding some weathering effects and adding the blue glow effect, I have been a little sneaky I have bought a pack of very light blue paper and I have glued them behind the vents were the light will emanate, because I have placed blue fairy lights inside and the paper diffuses the overall brightness, unfortunately my flash on my camera is stronger then the LED's so you can't see them, but it looks good in the dark :)

More posts to come on how it was made and the concept behind it.

 

This is my original Imperial Skyshield landing pad painted about 5 to 6 years ago when they first came out, note :- Its still not finished Oh well my new one is :)

That's a big tick off my to do list :)

Stay on target...Armies on Parade - Tau Skyshield landing pad WIP

A sneak peak of my Armies on Parade project X (WIP) and one of my painted Riptides and yes I know it's a rubbish photo, I have to leave you wanting more :)

Chaos Shadowsword WIP part 1

For those enthusiasts out there who spend 50% of their time looking for inspiration while the other 50% in their creative corners building and constructing.  I have images below that show how my Shadowsword / Fellblade cross breed came about.

Warning..... butchery and cheating may have taken place in the creation of this scratch built tank, you have been warned.

I used the central hull from a Baneblade kit and the tracks/wheels sections from a Lord of Skulls kits, all purchased from a bits store, obviously when they had a sale on at 33%, the total amount of bits purchased came to £10.50        bargain....  Most of the other parts have been taken from my bits box, Also I used 3mm plasticard for the top hull plating and 5mm foamex board for either side of the tracks. finally the detail and trim is 1mm plasticard.

 The Turret has been created using 3mm MDF board topped with 4 layers of 5mm foam board each one cut in decreasing sized circles and then covered in my secret ingredient???? "Ultra fine wall filler" its quick trying and easy to sand. A well placed cut piece of 25mm tubing glued on the side and there we have it, one symmetrical turret, well nearly.

Warlord Battle Titan, Part 5 - Last day on eBay and time for some battle shots.

My Warlord is down to the last 24 hours on eBay, it's had 2729 page views in nine days and it's time for some battle shots..... stay on target.

As you can see from these images the Titan hadn't quite got it's full paint job, but the lads let me go against our "no unpainted figure on the board rule", since I had only put the slightest of effort in building it for the game :)  

It's first game was a roaring success, in it's first salvo, if memory serves, it killed a Hive Tyrant and it's Tyrant Guard along with 7 x Carnifexes (using the old Apocalypse rules).  At this point the lads were regretting letting me place it on the board.

It's at games like these I remember how much stuff I have acquired over the years and how much stuff I have scratch built.  I think I have a problem, I can't stop building and creating stuff, it is plastic crack and my wife says I need counselling but at least she lets me play out, I suppose it does gets me out the house :)

Sorry I couldn't resist the army shots, which includes 8 scratch built models, Warlord Battle Titan, Warhound Scout Titan, 2 x Imperial Knights, 2 x Ceastus Assault Rams and 2 x Imperial Navy Lightnings

Any way that's it for the Warlord, tomorrow it will belong to someone else and I hope they have as much fun as I did making it and destroying all it's opponents.  Farewell my friend you will be missed.

Good luck and happy bidding........

Ebay:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40K-Apocalypse-Warlord-BattleTitan-Scratch-built-3ft-tall-/251453520684?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item3a8bcc3b2c

Cool Mini or Not:-

http://www.coolminiornot.com/351477?browseid=8224105

Warlord Battle Titan, Part 4 - When you absolutely positively have to kill everyone on the table - accept no substitutes!

It's on eBay and it now has postage for the UK only.  It's also beaten my total blog views which has been going since October 2013 of 2296 page views in 6 days, probably all me to be honest.

Ebay:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40K-Apocalypse-Warlord-BattleTitan-Scratch-built-3ft-tall-/251453520684?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item3a8bcc3b2c

Cool Mini or Not:-

http://www.coolminiornot.com/351477?browseid=8224105

I also have some competition on eBay. We should all get together and have a real life Adeptus Mechincus game 40K scale that would be sweet, any way you should check these bad boys out:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Warhammer-40-000-40k-Apocolypse-Warlord-Battle-Titan-/321329234614?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item4ad0b702b6

And this one too:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/warhammer-warlord-titan-/161232702919?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item258a37cdc7

 

Warlord Titan, Part 3 - It comes in bits

I've had a little interest in how the Warlord Titan comes, i.e. is it whole or does it come apart?  Well from the offset I built this model for the intentions of gaming so for ease of transportation I designed it to come apart.  The head, arms, turbo Lasers, body and legs are all separate.  It will also mean that the winning bidder wont need to own a great big van :)  I am also considering and toying with the idea of postage, but finding suitable packaging or designing my own will be expensive not to mention expensive to post... but I am open to negotiation if people cant come and collect and are desperate to own a WARLORD TITAN.

The body slots on top of the legs.

I have used "4 x blue Lego Technical Axle connector pin splits" to attach the head.

The Turbo Lasers are attached by "2 x black Lego Technical connector pins" each and the left and

right arms I have used plumbing 40mm push fits with out the rubber seal.

It's on Ebay:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251453520684&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

And  Cool Mini or Not:-

http://www.coolminiornot.com/351477?browseid=8224105

Warlord Titan, Part 2 - Stop Frame Animation :)

So Long, farewell, au Wiedersehen, good night, so long, farewell, au wiedersehen, adieu, adieu. :(

It's now on ebay:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251453520684&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

And on Cool mini or not:-

http://www.coolminiornot.com/351477?browseid=8224105

Warlord Titan, Part 1 - The WIP shots

The time has come, I now have run out space and with the imminent release of the Imperial Knights codex it could be a good time to clear the decks and make space.  But what do you do? how do you choose? It's like picking one of your children to be given away never to seen again.  How does it make you feel when you have to give up one of your favourite loved possessions?  Like ***t.  

In the end it had to be the biggest, he takes up so much space and I'm always afraid of damaging him or knocking him over.  It's been 3 great years with blood sweat and tears at the beginning, I almost lost my left thumb in making him (I've still not got 100% feeling back in it yet) but best of all he is undefeated in battle.

It's time for the big guy to be looked after by some else and long my he be undefeated.  but before he goes I just thought I would showcase some of the WIP shots before he gets ebay'd.