Monday 18 March 2024

VETERAN STATUS

 In 40K veteran Space Marines are normally in embellished armour, or armour that is only available to them, with one notable exception being Space Wolf scouts, who had a veteran status. Now this may well have changed, as I'm not up to date with GW's rules. As my army relies heavily on scouts, I thought it would be a cool idea to have veteran scouts, as well as normal scouts. To depict the veteran status I decided to paint the armour in my normal chapters colour, rather than the bone colour I normally use (except the sergeant's, which could also be veterans). To further the look as well I've kept the kneepad colour the same as the rest of the armour, instead of the white.


This is the first 5, and I used the scouts from the storm speeder, which gave some quite dynamic poses, the sergeant has a regular marine head with a face grill, to add to the look of his veteran status. I will need to do 5 more to bring it up to a full squad of 10, but will need to find some models first, I may get the new Killteam box to make up a second squad, and also have a stand in for some bikers, but more on that in a later post. So that's all for this post, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

Thursday 14 March 2024

THEY HAVE A CAVE TROLL !

 And now so do I, well a painted one at least ! LOL The box has a wide array of models in it, so I'm picking out interesting models to work on, while I slowly chip away at the bulk of Uruk's and Goblins, and I really like the cave troll model, so this was the next to get finished.


I've also got five Ringwraiths on foot finished, while I finish the two on horseback, and the one on Fell Beast.


Expect a lot more LOTR models as I work my way through, but I may get some other stuff finished every now and then to break up all the same colour painting ! LOL So until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

Monday 11 March 2024

PAINT WHAT YOU GOT 2023/24 ROUNDUP

 As promised here is the roundup from this years challenge, we have had some returning participants as well as some new ones for this challenge, and a big thank you to everyone who took part, as you are all what makes this challenge worthwhile, and to everyone that helped support each of the bloggers.

thewargamingerratic new to this challenge and he also joined the AHPC for the first time and pulled double duty, cleared some units that needed finishing.


justneedsvarnish John joined in again and cleared a variety of projects.


doubledowndice Brian returned again, and got some models for his Dungeon & Dragons games.


kuribospainting Jeff is back again and got multiple gaming models finished, but you should check out the large scale model he is currently working on as well.


markamorin Mark added some more units for his wars of Ozz gaming, which he has already used at a games event, where he ran 10 games ( no small feet in itself !)


dagreenhorde snapfit has also been working on some Dungeons & Dragons characters.


convertordie Wudughast joined in this year and painted a wide variety of models.


fantorical Simon has completed a wide variety of subjects.


azazelx Azazael joined in late, but still managed a large number of excellently painted models.


and then there was me, where I managed to get a few models off the painting table.


The eagle eyed of you may notice that I forgot to include my N1 Starfighter in my group shot, and to be honest I ran out of space ! LOL Again a huge thank you to all who took part and all that helped support the event on the respective blogs. If you want to see more pictures check out their respective blogs through the links.

That's all for this post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave