Monday, 30 March 2026

FORCED MARCH Part 7

 As Keith's challenge Forced March draws to a close I have another unit finished, an old metal Raptor squad, I much prefer these models to the new plastics, but it probably isn't a legal unit anymore, but not to worry as they will still get used in my house ! LOL


I've painted them up as Night Claws ( the Chaos element of the Night Hawks chapter), the hardest part on these were the base, I tried painting the bit they are balanced on as smoke first, didn't look right, then as magic, looked even worse, so in the end went for vegetation, which was the best of the three. Originally these models were going to be a Chaos army called the Sons of Malal, but I only ever painted the raptor champion I remembered to take a picture before repainting.


The next thing today isn't a squad, or unit but a trio of Servitors, two armoured, and a small one carrying a book, they were part of a set that never got released in the UK, but a friend got them from the US for me, many years ago, and they've waited until now, to finally get painted.


I can probably mix these in with the Mechanicum model I have as part of the Inquisitor's force. I still have five unfinished squads on my desk, and two speeder squadrons, but I feel the need to paint some individuals for a while, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

Friday, 27 March 2026

FORCED MARCH Part 6

 You'd think with Monday's post being unrelated I'd have more to show today, but my hand has really been playing up, so anything finished was a bonus ! LOL So what have I got ? First up a Auxiliary Defence Squad, what's one of those I hear you say, well it's a squad I've come up with for my Night Hawks. Each company of Marines is normally 100 men plus support, as my third company and half of the fifth company are devastator squads I have some spare troops, as my devastator squads are only 5 man teams, giving me 75 marines in total for defence  of outposts and their monastery. The squad consists of a squad leader, and four troopers with specialised weapons.


I went with two plasma guns and two melta guns, this should help defend against vehicles and strong monsters and characters. Next today I have a jetbike for my second company, this brings me to a grand total of 3 completed so far.


As I need another 100 + I really need to increase my productivity of these ! LOL That's all for today, hopefully I can get something else finished before the end of the challenge, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

Monday, 23 March 2026

PAINT WHAT YOU GOT ROUNDUP 2025/26

 Sorry for the delay in this post, but had to make sure I had all of everyone's entries in before posting. We had returning entrants and new ones as well, with a wide range of subject material as well.

oldschoolworkshop


periodicpainting


caveadsum1471


jonhobbydesk


lostdamnedstunted


kuribospainting


dagreenhorde


rantingsfromunderthewargamestable



thesafehole


thewarcrow


justneedsvarnish


thewargamingerratic



carrioncrowsbuffet


annesimmaterium


azazelx


tarmor21


markamorin


grimmleigh



convertordie



Each site has more pictures of their entries, so check them out, and hopefully I haven't missed anything ! LOL. Thank you to all who took part, and all who supported them along the way as well. It's at this point Roger would say what about yours, well I did get a lot of Star Wars models finished, and quite a few 40K models finished as well, I chose a picture from each group as example.


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

Cheers Dave