Very Quick Death from the Skies

As they say, an army is never actually finished. Thus it is with my Necrons. I came across this Doomscythe on eBay and being built but unpainted and rather cheap, I decided it was a bargain that would really add something to my Necron army. Up to this point, it had no aerial firepower, so a Doomscythe would be useful. Little was I to know that a week later, I'd come across a rare copy of Stormcloud Attack in the local game store and I'd end up with two Doomscythes! I haven't built the second one yet. That box also came with a T'au aircraft, which I'll build first, so I'll have the two aircraft built for the game (this one here being the second). I'll either build the second Doomscythe or sell it, depending on how I feel about painting a second one. To be honest, it was quite hard to paint. It had a lot of highlights of long, straight edges, and I find that difficult. Still, the model is done now and it looks lovely. 

I experimented with a different colour background for my image today. What do you think? Does it complement the model well?

 

All aboard!

T'au Devilfish! Continuing the gentle expansion of my very cheap T'au force, I have this Devilfish that I picked up cheap when the local store had a clearout of old stock. This kit is super easy to build: the hull is about four parts and they slot together pretty easily, though make sure you put it together in the right order! 

The paintjob utilises the same experimental style as for the troops and the Piranha I've already painted, and looks very cool on this transport. 

I have one more T'au model planned (a Riptide!) for now, which is on the build table. But for now, enjoy the hovery goodness of the Devilfish.

No matter what species you are, you still need to pop up and use your binoculars!

 

The Stormcast Trials

Over a period of time, I've collected a small group of Stormcast Eternals. You know how easy these are to come by: free gifts, cheap ebay auctions and Warhammer Mortal Realms; so you end up with a lot of them!

So now it's time to start painting them. I'll be taking my time and painting them nicely, so I've only done these two so far. 

They came out quite well. I was confident with the blue robes, but I'm less good with white, so I'm going to think of these as practice with painting white cloth. I'll get better by the time I've done all the Stormcast I have! I bought the Dominion box set so I'll have quite a lot eventually!

 

Tasty American Treat

While I was visiting my partner in the US, we popped into a lovely little game store that stocked all manner of miniatures and games. As you probably know, I love picking up minis from other brands that would work as "counts as" in Warhammer 40k. Thus I spotted this Dungeons and Dragons Umberhulk that would work perfectly as a Chaos Spawn. 

What's fun about D&D models is that they come fully assembled. They're made of a softer, flexible plastic that is a little strange to the touch, but taking something out of the box and painting it straightaway was quite a nice change from all the construction I normally do (though I do love building and converting). All I had to do was mount it on a Warhammer-appropriate base.

The "Spawn" has now been painted with a sort of crustacean-influenced colour scheme that was quite fun and easy to paint. It was just a lot of drybrushing with various bone colours and washing with purple and red, before adding detail colours for the mandibles, claws and eyes. I think it looks pretty cool!

I also updated an older model. I was looking at Eldgrim Whitemane, Space Wolf Dreadnought, and I thought he was a little lacking in colour. Since the other Space Wolves have yellow pauldrons, I thought that was probably the source of my anguish, so I updated him, and now Eldgrim matches the rest of the army.

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After:

 

Following an inquisitor around

Today's post shows you a couple of models who form part of Inquisitor Coteaz's warband, which is now nearly finished.

First up is an acolyte, whom I believe is an old Necromunda model. It's been converted a little, removing a severed head from their left hand and adding a laspistol in the right.

 Second up is a battle sister. I've never been interested in building a Sisters of Battle army, but I thought it might be interesting to make one to assist Inquisitor Coteaz. 

 

Minotaurs are back!

After a bit of a break, let's back to some more regular posting! I have a new phone, and I've finally figured out how to take good photos with it. These photos should be better than with my old phone, so hopefully the quality being posted will be higher! I'm also excited about some of the models I will be working on in the future, so I hope to be posting somewhat regularly.

To kick off, here are a couple of Minotaurs that I finished very recently. 

First up is Chaplain Plades, whose piety and aggression are legendary among even the Minotaurs. He is determined to lead from the front and tear into the foe as fast as possible.

And the model is beautiful: I love the flowing parchments and the way he is holding the crozius aloft to inspire his comrades.

The second is Executioner Pheidon. Pheidon leaps around the battlefield on his jump pack, hunting down key figures in the command structure of the enemy, executing them with his twin plasma pistols.

Bull Games

I'm away from home at the moment, staying with my girlfriend. Thus I'm not painting any of my own miniatures. However, my girlfriend has a 3D printer and is keen to things for me, and today they printed me a pair of bulls that will be statues for my gaming board, to accompany my Minotaurs marines. 

The model was found on thingiverse, and we slightly adjusted the pose and added a plinth, before creating a second bull by mirroring the first. 

When I get home, I'll tidy them up and paint them to look like bronze statues. 

Even when I'm away from my hobby stuff, I'm still hobbying!