A photograph of two of Simon’s Leman Russ Main Battle Tanks from one of our games.
As you can see these Imperial Guard tanks have been inducted to support a detachment of Grey Knights.
Author: Felix
Grey Knights Jetbike
The greatest threat to the Imperium of Man is, and has always been, the followers of Chaos and the foul daemons of the Warp. The Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus, the Daemonhunters, are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend and, together with the holy warriors of the Grey Knights, they must take the light of the Emperor into the darkness. The threat of the daemonic is so great that only these heroic warriors have the necessary skills and knowledge to stand against such diabolical foes.
When the Dark Angels were released I really liked the Master of the Ravenwing on the “last” remaining Imperial Jetbike.
Master Sammael of the Ravenwing is a true Angel of Death. From the saddle of his jetbike he cuts down any foolish enough to stand in his path with the infamous Raven Sword, its blade cut from the same meteorite as the Sword of Secrets. A highly accomplished hunter of The Fallen, Sammael is rightly honoured by his brethren and he is feared by his foes as few other holders of his rank have ever been.
So much so I knew I had to get one for my Grey Knights army, possibly maybe more than one! If anyone other than the Master of the Ravenwing was going to have arcane technology it would be the Grey Knights!
These are the metal parts you get in the box.
Dwarf Lord with Hammer
A Dwarf Lord with Hammer from the display cabinets at GamesDay 2005.
When battle is joined it is the Lords and Thanes, with their finely crafted armour and rune-inscribed weapons who seek out the enemy’s most powerful combatants, matching bestial fury or dark magic with courage, honour and honest steel.
See more pictures of Dwarfs. See more photographs from GamesDay 2005.
Inquisitorial Thunderhawk
If you’re an Inquisitor you can get your hands on any Imperial equipment, including the Thunderhawk.
This is the Forge World model from their display cabinets at GamesDay 2004.
See more photographs of Thunderhawk Gunships.
See more photographs from GamesDay 2004.
My gallery of Inquisitorial forces.
Centaur Artillery Tractor
The Centaur Artillery Tractor is one of many Centaur variants, designed to manoeuvre and deploy light artillery in the field.
This is one from Simon’s collection.
As you can see, compared to the Baneblade that it is quite small.
Really nice model.
Warmaster
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.
See more photographs from Bristol Conflict 2004.
See more photographs of Warmaster miniatures and games.
Victorian Imperial Guard Sentinel
The main focus of Bristol Conflict 2003 (was it really six years ago now) was the tournament games. Yes there was a Forge World stand and yes there were demonstration games and yes there was a very very small Games Workshop retail stand, however the main reason people went was to play games.
One Imperial Guard army which caught my eye was a Victorian Science Fiction themed army which made extensive use of the Praetorian Imperial Guard figures.
It was a really nice army and I will post some more pictures over the next week or so.
More photographs from Bristol Conflict 2003.
More photographs of Imperial Guard.
Great blog on someone else’s Praetorian Imperial Guard army.
Ork Desert Fort
One of the things I liked about Cities of Death was the large Ork “town” which was there alongside the ruined Imperial Cities. I know I will never have the time, space or resources to make something similar, but I did like the concept and thought it would be nice to have some buildings for my Ork Airfield, well at least something that could be used alongside my Ork Bommer.
So I took an old DVD-R spindle tub I had, these are available in various sizes depending on how many disks there are, I used a 25 disk tub.
Once you have finished with the disks, you do have the basis for a good building. They come in various sizes as well, 25, 50, 100, therefore you can have different heights as well.
The first thing I did was cut up some plasticard, wooden sticks and Starbucks™ wooden stirrers into similar lengths. I also delved into my bitz box to get some parts, in the main from Imperial vehicles, ie Rhino and Land Raider doors.
Using strips of wood, Starbucks™ stirrers, plasticard, bitz from Imperial vehicles, I stuck them to the side.
Then using a hot glue gun I stuck these to the side of the DVD tub. A hot glue gun is perfect for this kind of thing, as both plastic and super glues are unsuitable for this kind of model.
When I thought about the floor of the fort, I did initially think about adding a series of wooden planks or metal sheets, however in the end I went with using modelling sand, which I think will look quite effective when painted and somewhat Orky.
The next stage was to add rivets using cut plastic rod and plastic sprue.
I used both strips of plastic rod and hexagonal rod. Using the hexagonal rod to make nuts and bolts.
These were also added to the Imperial scrap as well.
See the full workbench pages for the fort.
Might of the Imperium
Of the many display games at GamesDay 2001, one of many which caught my eye was this Epic game involving the might of the Imperium. There are Space Marines fighting alongside the mighty Warlord Titans of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Check out the Epic section on the main website.
Inquisitor
The greatest threat to the Imperium of Man is, and has always been, the followers of Chaos and the foul daemons of the Warp. The Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus, the Daemonhunters, are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend and, together with the holy warriors of the Grey Knights, they must take the light of the Emperor into the darkness. The threat of the daemonic is so great that only these heroic warriors have the necessary skills and knowledge to stand against such diabolical foes.
One of the HQ choices is of course an Inquisitor and a very nice model it is too.
I decided early on that I would leave the book he was holding separate and glue it on later. He started off with a white undercoat and the paper areas were given a thinned coat of Desert Yellow.
I have given the Inquisitor a purple cloak. Purple is a very stately colour and fits well with the Daemonhunters fluff. I then highlighted the cloak with Warlock Purple to accentuate the edges of the model.
I painted the gun and the wrist black.
See the full workbench feature on the Daemonhunters Inquisitor.