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Auric Runefathers inspire awed devotion in those they command, fearless and mighty warlords who stand at the head of each Fyreslayer lodge. Mounted atop a flame-belching Magmadroth, a Runefather thunders into battle and hacks down enemies with his long latchkey grandaxe, while his steed tears foes apart by the dozen with its searing talons and blazing maw.
This was one of those models that I liked the idea of. If you have ever seen the special edition of ALIENS, you will remember that the Colonial Marines used automated sentry guns to defend the colony from the aliens. I am pretty confident that these models are inspired by that film. I also liked the Tarantula sentry guns that were once available from Forge World.
In the pack you get two identical sprues that allow you to build two turrets mounted with twin grenade launchers, and two with twin heavy stubbers. It also includes ammo crates and control consoles. The models go together quite easily.
As is the case with many Games Workshop models there are a number of parts, some quite fiddly. Next stage will be a white undercoat.
The Land Raider MkIIb is probably my favourite Land Raider variant. I do have one of them in my collection. I knew that if I was going to get a Land Raider it would have to be the Forgeworld MkIIB Land Raider. I did get one in the end at GamesDay 2006. Sadly it was recently retired from the range. I wrote up some reflections on my MkIIB Land Raider, on the current state of the painting and what I needed to do next. In the end I went down a different route.
This one was on display at Warhammer World.
The standard Land Raider, also known as the Land Raider Phobos, is an Imperial main battle tank and troop transport which serves as the “armoured fist of the Space Marines.” It is one of the most resilient and iconic armoured vehicles in the galaxy. The Mark IIb Land Raider Phobos is one of the earliest marks of the standard pattern of Land Raider, and it still bears similarities to both the Land Raider Proteus and the Spartan Assault Tank that served as the models for the design. The Mark IIb Land Raider Phobos is the only pattern of the standard Land Raider Phobos that uses the older armoured sponsons, as they do not allow the weapons they hold to fully rotate. This pattern of Land Raider is mostly extinct, however, some Chapters may still possess one or two as treasured relics of their ancient past.
Of course the Mark IIb reflects the Epic 40000 version of the Land Raider from the late 1990s.
These are Citadel snotlings from my collection.
I based them individually to use them as Lesser Goblins.
Long ago, before Sigmar was plucked from the heavens by the great drake Dracothion, the powerful Draconith empire was brought low at the hands of Kragnos, whose divine rampage smashed city after city until only a handful of Draconith remained. In a desperate gambit to defeat what they could not kill, the princes Krondys and Karazai enlisted the aid of the enigmatic Lord Kroak to seal Kragnos beneath a mountain, where he stayed until the Necroquake sundered his prison. With the God of Earthquakes returned, the Draconith princes have sworn the Pact Draconis with Sigmar and lead a new generation to war against the enemies of Order.
Having bought some metal models recently from Warhammer World, I have been thinking about how I could build my Old World Dwarf army. There are plenty of plastics now available, as well as some metal models.
I did look into my miniatures archive. I knew I had some drunken dwarfs and some metal miners.
The drunken dwarfs were released twenty five years ago in 1999 and were designed by Colin Dixon. There were four dwarfs in the pack, including one miner.
The miners were released at the same time, I have three of them, four if you include the drinking miner.
I also discovered I had three Ironbreakers as well.
Though in theory they are finished I think they’re not and need some additional work.
I know I have a classic Dwarf Gyrocopter as well, well I have the pilot, but need to find his aircraft.
I like my miners and drunken dwarves, so would like to get some more like that.
I am thinking I might have to go to the eBay to get some OOP miniatures. A really challenge is finding some 25mm slottabases, as the newer Warhammer: The Old World models are coming with 25mm bases.
The Trojan is a workhorse used by Imperial Guard armoured regiments as a towing vehicle for artillery platforms and as an armoured ammunition carrier, ferrying extra ammunition to the platforms once in position. Each Trojan is equipped with a crane to lift heavy crates of ammunition from it’s hold.
I was going through some stuff and I found some Imperial Dwarfs that I have had a few years. This is a unit commander and a standard bearer. I didn’t have the bases, and there was only one plastic shield.
According to the copyright information on the base these are from 1987.
I don’t know if I have any more unpainted models of this era in the garage, but I don’t think I have anymore than these two unpainted models, I know I have some painted miniatures, somewhere.
Having bought some metal models recently from Warhammer World, I have been thinking about how I could build my Old World Dwarf army. There are plenty of plastics now available, as well as some metal models. I am thinking I might have to go to the eBay to get some OOP miniatures. A really challenge is finding some 25mm slottabases, as the newer Warhammer: The Old World models are coming with 25mm bases.
Even amongst the gloried ranks of the Stormcast Eternals and the star-born hierarchy of the Children of Dracothion, only the mightiest and noblest are chosen to lead an Extremis Chamber. So infused with celestial power are the Lord-Celestant and Stardrake that they radiate azure energies. The power of the stars themselves is theirs to command…
On the cover of a recent Miniature Wargames was a sprue of Wargames Atlantic Werewolves.
I constructed the models, you get a number of choices of arms and heads, so if you had the box, all twenty of your werewolves would be different. They were simple to put together, however I did find the placing of the tails a little challenging.
I based mine on twopence coins. There were no bases provided on the cover of the magazine. As these are plastic miniatures the coins add weight to the models.
The next stage will be landscaping the bases with sand and then a white undercoat. I will probably use a contrast paint as the main basecoat.