Our number is legion...

Okay, it's not quite a legion yet, but I finally have finished some Necrons! Yes! Imean 'beep'! I have coveted an army of these shiny warriors for a while now, probably since I used them in Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, and finally I can say I have completed some. First up, a mighty leader, carrier of a Staff of Light, leading the warriors of living metal to sew death among the stars...

I've had the metal model for a while (many years, in fact), having bought it second hand, already badly painted, and I just touched it up and put it my display case. But now, I have given this Lord a proper paintjob and a sturdy, minimalist base. They currently have no name, nor a dynasty, but I'll get working on that...

Next is a group of Warriors:

These were also second hand, but I repainted and rebased them. I'm not too bothered about having second hand models, since Necrons aren't the kind of army that demand you convert them. Sixteen warriors here, awakened from their long slumber...

Along with some Immortals. These are by far my favourite Necron models. I love the look of their huge gauss blasters, and the way they represent the character of the Necrons even more strongly than the Warriors, slowly stalking across the landscape, firing precisely but without mercy.

I'm very pleased with the green connecting pipes and the glow of the gauss energy. I have more models on the way -  a monolith, and the contents of a start collecting box - more Warriors, an Overlord and a Triarch Stalker. Until next week!

Imperial Warhost - yearly update

I've decided that it would be good to do yearly updates of how my armies look, as it makes me feel proud to see the progress I've made each year, and it looks really epic to see my apocalypse-sized armies mustered in full!

This is my Imperial Warhost, with a contingent each of Divine Exorcist Space Marines, Dark Angels Space Marines and Ordo Malleus, with accompanying Knight Titan.

This is what it looked like a year ago:

And this is what it looks like this year:

As you can see, there have been a few additions! The biggest change was the expansion of the Dark Angels from a dreadnought and some Deathwing terminators to a full force of around 1300 pts. I added two tactical squads, a rhino, another Deathwing squad, a command squad and three characters. I also added a rhino, two dreadnoughts, a command squad, Librarian Israfil and a terminator assault squad to the Divine Exorcists. I took away a couple of models that didn't fit the theme (such as the captain - the Divine Exorcists are only supposed to be led by librarians). I also kitbashed a Grey Knight Brotherhood Champion and painted Inquisitor Lord Torquemada Coteaz. There will be further additions this year, such as a Stormhawk Interceptor and some more Ordo Malleus models, although that will probably be it, since I plan to focus on other armies this year.

Here are further pictures of the force:

 

Dark Angels up to scratch

This is the latest addition to my Dark Angels force - a command squad. Command squads and other elite, customisable units, are my favourite thing to build, because their options mean you can really create whatever you like. This squad therefore have a mixture of Dark Angel, Blood Angel and other parts to create something that hopefully has a lot of dynamism.I particularly like the posing of most of the models. It's not easy to get that right, actually, when you are mixing and matching parts from various models. I usually cut and rotate arm portions to get the poses right. It's quite easy to do that with plastic models and a sharp knife. 

This squad was also the first in which I used my new magnifier. This goes over my head and has magnifying lenses in front of my face. This just makes it a little easier to paint details and to be neat. I think the neatness on these is a step up from many of my previous infantry. I say infantry, because comparing infantry to monsters or vehicles is not a fair comparison, since I paint them in different ways.

I'll be painting some more Dark Angels soon, since my friend Steve just gave me a box of models, including many Dark Vengeance models, and I plan to add these to the force. However, I have many other models to paint before that!

More soon, and here's a sneak peak of something coming soon!