Month: September 2009

Marauder Destroyer

The Marauder Destroyer variant was developed during the second war for Armageddon after heavy losses in the Naval airforces. Orkish dominance of the skies over certain areas of Armageddon forced the few remaining Marauders to be refitted to operate at night, flying at extremely low level where they could evade detection. Their new heavier weapon payload made anything which got in the way seriously regret it!

Marauder Destroyer on display at GamesDay 2008.
Marauder Destroyer on display at GamesDay 2008

This is a model on display at GamesDay 2008. This is also the Marauder Destroyer featured in the Modelling Masterclass Volume 1. I love the detail on these models.

More photographs of the Imperial Navy.

Ork Pulsa Rokkit

One model which worked well in Epic was Pulsa Rokkits.

There use to be a metal version for Warhammer 40K, but Pulsa Rokkits were kind of ignored for a few years

In the current version of Warhammer 40K there are no models and no rules in the new Ork Codex. However there are rules for Apocalypse.

Apocalypse Pulsa Rokkit

As a result I am thinking about building one for my 40K Orks using a 1/300th Space Shuttle kit.

Ork Pulsa Rokkit

I am less interested in the Shuttle, more interested in using the rocket boosters and the fuel tank!

Ork Pulsa Rokkit

Hmmm.

Imperial Guard clearing an Ork Settlement

At GamesDay 2006 there were a fair few demonstration games. One such game featured an Ork settlement under attack from the Imperial Guard. Here we see the Imperial Guard on the top of the settlement.

I wonder if they have managed to clear the building of all the Orks?

More photographs from this game.

More photographs from GamesDay 2006.

Grey Knights Land Speeder Crew

Having worked a lot of my Grey Knights Land Speeder, one of the key components is the replacement crew. Here is the finished crew in situ.

I could have used the included plastic Space Marine crew, but in the end I used some metal Grey Knights models. I started with a black basecoat and then gave the armour a basecoat of Boltgun Metal. This was followed with the gold metal parts been given a base coat of Brazen Brass.

After painting the base coats for the purity seals and other iconology on the Grey Knights, I gave the purity seals a top coat of Bleached Bone and highlighted with white paint. I then added text and writing using a fine brush and thinned black paint.

I then cut the legs off…

Placing the crew in the Land Speeder gives an idea of the final  effect I am trying to achieve.

Another view.

See the full workbench feature.

Eldar Revenant Titan

Forge World’s excellent Eldar Revenant Titan on display at GamesDay 2004.

Forgeworld Eldar Revenant Titan
Forgeworld Eldar Revenant Titan

I am never sure whether I like this model or not. Don’t get me wrong the paint job (by George Dellapina if I remember correctly) is excellent. I do like the sculpting, the lines and the pose. I guess my problem is that for the Warhammer 40K universe it looks too light footed, too flimsy, too featherweight!

Forgeworld Eldar Revenant Titan
Forgeworld Eldar Revenant Titan

But then again I am not an Eldar player so what do I know?

More photographs of the Revenant Titan. More photographs from GamesDay 2004.

Warmaster Scenery

Warmaster is one of those games which I really like, but actually never do very much with in terms of modelling, painting or gaming! Maybe it’s time to do something about it in 2010!

This is one of the many Warmaster games which was on show at GW’s Bristol Conflict back in 2004. Really nice statue.

Warmaster Game

See more photographs from Bristol Conflict 2004.

See more photographs of Warmaster miniatures and games.