Tor Garadon

Well, it was bound to happen eventually. I painted my first Primaris Marine. It just so happens to be a character, though I usually enjoy painting characters first. I'm planning to try him out in my next narrative game with my friends, when we are permitted to meet each other again. Still, good to finish another model for the Imperial Fists.

Didn't do my usually heraldry on the little shield, like I usually do, however, I did make use of his knee pads and did my usual writing on the armour.

Here you can see the usual battle damage. Sponged some very dark brown, filled in some bits with black, them went over it in a shiny armour. If I was really keen (which I wasn't), then I'd do a very light yellow highlight above the damage to make it more 3D.

Ready to punch some enemies of the Emperor.

Thanks for looking, cheers!

My battlefield rocks...

I have tried to be a little more productive and proactive on the blog. There is a few goals I have set myself over this school holiday, one of which was to finish some terrain I have been working on.
 
I drew my inspiration from my hobby origins in the old 2nd Edition of 40k. So perhaps if you are of that particular vintage, some of these might look familiar to you. 

I also got a lot of ideas from this old, citadel book on How to Make Wargames Terrain. It has a lot of the old terrain and ideas from way back when.

So without further ado...

 I made these out of a surplus of polystyrene that came in packing boxes for furniture, which I couldn't get rid off fast enough. So i decided to make some of the old rock pillars. I carved them with a sharp Stanley knife, stuck them on round drink coasters, and glued them together with PVA. When dry, I then went over them it plaster to seal it a bit, then went at them with some cheap bulk paints. Finally, a bit of green flock, and all done.

Next, I finished my old project which I actually started nearly 20 years ago with my dad. I remember one day after a local 2nd edition tournament, he said we should make some terrain for my games with friends. So I picked what I think, is the most iconic 2nd edition terrain I can think of, the old fortress. So we made plans, had a rough idea of scale, comparing it models from pictures and then made the core structure out of wood. And that is where it stayed for many years. Finally though, I got some impetus to finally get this old model finished, and here it is in all its glory.

 The rocks I made out of Woodland Scenic molds and plaster, which I think work well.

 The decking is from plasticard and the back of the fortress is made from the new Necromunda doors and some old Baneblade armour I had in my bits box.

Finally with some old 2nd edition models for scale.

I am quite happy with it and have been using these new terrain pieces with games with my boys. Feels good to get the fortress in particular, finally done.

Anyways, thanks for looking.

Stay safe.

A few 40k npc's

Finished off a few new models, that will be some npc's in some custom games I am running for my friends.

 Valerian, Alaya and the Rogue Trader extraordinaire, Janus Darke. I attempted to give them all the same type of base, which came with the Black Library models. I used some instamold to make copies of the bases, in case I needed them later. Not 100% happy with the marble base, but will leave it for now.

 I did try to make the blade extra interesting.

 Rogue Trader Janus Darke. So far we have played 1 game with this intrepid adventurer, which was just an intercept game, as apparently he has come across some forbidden knowledge...

 

Still, was fun painting something different. Even better to get it painted in a relative short amount of time, unlike a lot of other models I can think of.

Still, thanks for looking. Stay safe.

Death by indirect fire

Finally finished a project that has been on my table for nearly two years. That is a long time to look at something and paint something else.

Still, am glad I got it done.

Plus it's the first Imperial Fist I have painted in a long time.

 

Good to finally clear it off the table! Next is something a little different.

Thanks for looking, cheers!