Author: Felix

Space Wolves Space Marine Army

This is one of those displays at GamesDay which makes you go wow! And then you think how much did he spend…

Space Wolves Army

This fantastic Space Wolves army includes virtually (if not all) the Space Marine models and conversions from Forge World as well as all the plastic and metal models from Citadel.

It was on display at both GamesDay 2006 and GamesDay 2007.

More photographs of this amazing army.

Painting Tanks, well an Ork Gunwagon

In my recent Painting Tanks blog entry I said:

I am now thinking that maybe I should give my tanks a black undercoat and then use something like Tausept Ochre from the Foundation Paints range for the base coat. I would follow this with a wash (as above) and then highight with a lighter brown, before weathering the tanks.

After thinking about this for some time, I remembered that I had my Ork Gunwagon, and it was undercoated black. So it was out with the paints and here is the initial result.

Ork Gunwagon

I was really pleased with this, that I will be using this method on my Daemonhunters’ tanks. Before though I will finish the Gunwagon off first.

There was an article on the Games Workshop website which got me re-thinking about how I was going to paint my tanks.

Inquisitorial Stormtroopers

As well as my other Daemonhunters Inquisitorial Stormtroopers which are based on the Cadian Kasrkin I have also decided to add a unit based on the Tallarn or I may just use them as inducted Imperial Guard.

So far I have purchased a single blister.

Having taken the models out of the blister I was disappointed to find that the slottabase tabs on the bottom of the figures were way too narrow for the slots on the slottabases, so it was out with the green stuff to thicken the tabs up.

Inquisitorial Stormtroopers

I enhanced the bases with some slate and resin from the Warhammer 40K Basing Kit and some Games Workshop modelling sand.

Inquisitorial Stormtroopers

One day I might get a few more of these.

Ork Bommerz

This very nicely done Ork Bommer was on display in the Gaming Club Network display cabinets at GamesDay 2007.

Ork Bommer

I do like this model and wouldn’t mind getting one, though the amount of time it has taken me to model and paint my Ork Fighter makes me think that if I did get one, it will probably be 2015 before it ever flew over the gaming table!

Also Forge World are going to make 28mm versions of their Heavy Ork Bommerz which they recently produced for aeronautica imperialis and that might be even more fun to make and paint.

Grey Knights Razorback

If you have looked at my Grey Knights pages you will realise that I am attempting to paint a Grey Knights force which goes beyond the listings in the DaemonHunters Codex. What I am trying to do is to create a Grey Knights force (using the Space Marine Codex) and then using a DaemonHunters force as allies.

One model I got last Christmas was a Forgeworld Razorback the one with the much bigger turret, which I much prefer over the plastic kit version that you get in the shops. As it is only £2 more now, I think the Forgeworld version is much better value for money.

Though you would get some spare weapon parts with the plastic version…

I constructed the main weaponry of the Razorback, the twin-linked Lascannons. This went together fine once I had enlarged the holes in the weapon mount turret.

Grey Knights Razorback

I constructed the Rhino, I wasn’t going to detail or paint the inside, so I left that as was. I also left off the frontal plate and the doors.

Grey Knights Razorback

It went together fine and I checked that the Lascannon turret fitted the turret ring.

Next stage will be to add the Grey Knights detailing and doors.