Category: workbench

Ork Kommando with Burna

At GamesDay 2006 I purchased a box of Ork Kommandos. They were a release from Games Workshop as part of the Medusa V campaign.  I also got a couple of Kommando with a Burna. This is a nice model. The Ork Kommando with Burna comes as two castings, which provides four components, the main body, a backpack and the two arms, one of which has the actual burna. I constructed the models and I added some slate and modelling sand to the base.

The next stage was to give the models a black undercoat, where the black spray has “missed” areas this was touched up with thinned down Chaos Black paint. Having given the models a black undercoat, they were drybrushed with Tin Bitz.

Grey Knights in Terminator Armour

I had both a Grey Knights Terminator with Psycannon and a regular Grey Knights Terminator. These were metal models, which went together very easily.

I gave them both a black undercoat.

…and then I lost interest. However I have got them out of storage recently. As you can see the models have suffered by being in storage and there are parts of the models where the undercoat has been worn away. I don’t think though I will redo the undercoat at this stage. I am thinking about painting them with Leadbelcher, but I may need to get a new can of spray as my current can doesn’t seem to be doing the trick at the moment.

Grey Knights Librarian in Terminator Armour

In 2007 I purchased the new Space Marine Librarian in Terminator armour as I really did like the model and for me would certainly fit into my Grey Knights army with all the books and purity seals.

Obviously at £8 I thought it was quite expensive for a single model at the time, but then when has Games Workshop even made “cheap” models. Of course today the plastic Librarian in Terminator Armour is slightly more costly at £26.

Nice model and nice that all the weapon options are included. The model comprises three castings, once I had put these together I gave the model a black undercoat.

I then started painting the armour, using Leadbelcher…

…and then I lost interest. However I have got it out of storage recently. As you can see the model has suffered by being in storage and there are parts of the model where the undercoat has been worn away. I don’t think though I will redo the undercoat at this stage, especially as I had already started painting the armour.

Stormboyz Nob

One of my Ork units I do like are my Stormboyz. Games Workshop did produce a metal Stormboyz Nob, however it was only available by mail order and not from their shops. So when I was up in Nottingham back in the day I did get the Stormboyz Nob when I visited Warhammer World.

At this point the model is constructed and has been given a black undercoat.

Stormboyz Nob

As you can see the model has suffered by being in storage and there are parts of the model where the undercoat has been worn away. I don’t think though I will redo the undercoat at this stage.

Stormboyz Nob

The parts went together very easily. The only exception was the model was too heavy for the slottabase (and the tab was on the thin side). So I decided to use a resin piece from my Urban Basing Kit and use a 40mm round base instead of the supplied 20mm base.

Reflecting on the Ruined Factorum models

I got a number of the Ruined Factorum sprues, when they were included with copies of. Warhammer 40000 Imperium. Most of the versions of the ruins were partially completed. I think I will need to get these finished.

Workbench features on the different models

Another Ruined Factorum

Converted Ruined Factorum

More Ruined Factorum conversions

Ruined Factorum

White Ruined Factorum

Thinking about that 15mm German Armoured Train

After much consideration I did in the end get a German Armoured Train for Flames of War. Though they were not used on the Western Front (as far as I am aware) it is my intention to use it against British (and American) tanks. Then again I might just get in a few Soviet tanks for a quick game.

Well that plan which I decided I would do, was back in 2013, and then like too many projects, it got shelved and put in that pile of shame, that I guess quite a few of us have.

There was another kit I liked, which I didn’t get, which was the Tank Hunter Car.

I have been thinking about getting the models out again and getting them painted. I think what may have delayed the model was the fact that the completed models on the Battlefront website (at the time) were painted using an airbrush. 

They don’t sell them on the Battlefront website any more, and they seem to sell on eBay, so another option would be to sell them and then buy some different resin models to add to that pile of shame. Decisions, decisions.

15mm ruins

I noticed on the Amazon site that there are quite a few companies out there who are producing 3D printed ruins at what I think are quite reasonable prices. I also remembered that I have quite a few old style 15mm resin ruins that are in various stages of painting.

I think before I start buying more ruins, I really ought to find and finish painting what I have already.

Painting the T30 Heavy Tank

One of the Clash of Steel Starter Sets have been on my wants list ever since I found out about them at the beginning of the year. I ordered Operation Unthinkable boxed set containing the British and German tanks.

I decided I would add to the game by ordering the other Operation Unthinkable set, which contains American and Soviet tanks.

The T30 was designed at the same time as the T29 Heavy Tank. The T29 Heavy Tank was an American heavy tank project started in March 1944. The Heavy Tank T30 was developed to counter new German tanks, such as Tiger I, Tiger II, and tank destroyers, such as the Jagdtiger, or Soviet heavy tanks, such as IS-2 or IS-3.

Having constructed the tank, the next step was a white undercoat.

I then sprayed the underneath of the model with Army Painter Colour Primer: Angel Green. This is to add shade to the model before applying the basecoat. It looked a bit like this similar T29 model.

Then the models were sprayed with Army Painter Army Green Spray.

Next stage will be painting the tracks.