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One of the problems I have found with using Citadel plastic miniatures in games is that they are quite lightweight and prone to falling over.
What I do is add a penny (or a washer) to the bottom of the plastic bases which though does not add a huge amount of weight, does add some and also lowers the centre of gravity, both of which means that the model is less likely to fall over.
Space Wolves Drop Pod.
This 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 army. Also have a look at our Drop Pod gallery.
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.
I am slowly building up my Grey Knights army (and doing even less painting).
I purchased the new Space Marine Librarian in Terminator armour as I really do like the model and for me will certainly fit into my Grey Knights army with all the books and purity seals.
Obviously at £8 it is quite expensive for a single model, but then when has Games Workshop ever made “cheap” models.
Nice model and nice that all the weapon options are included.
The model comprises three castings.
The fit of the pieces is okay, but a couple of times as I was sticking another piece on the other arm fell off. It also took a fair bit to get the model onto the 40mm base.
A very ornate model, will be fun to paint.
Dark Angels Death Wing Land Raider Crusader on display at Warhammer World.
Very nicely done. More Land Raider Crusaders.
It’s not uncommon for Feral Ork tribes to capture vehicles left by other forces. These vehicles will have been heavily damaged, and it’s rare that a Feral Ork tribe will either have the mechanical expertise or spare parts needed to get them going. But that does not stop the Tribes from cobbling things together with their boilers and boars to make surprisingly effective war machines.
The Junka Trukk is a model from the Epic Armageddon range.
Having a Trukk model hanging around… I decided that I would see if I could build a 28mm Junka Trukk. It would be more Trukk than the Epic version, but the idea would be the same, cobbling things together with their boilers and boars to make surprisingly effective war machines.
I built the Trukk according to the instructions, but added two extra parts, a Rhino frontal armour plate to the front and a Land Raider top front door to the rear. I had these parts left over from using resin Forge World doors.
I then added a Rhino side door as a roof to the cab of the trukk. I also added the trukk’s frontal armour plate to the Rhino front armour plate I had already stuck into place.
Of course needs more junk!
Full workbench feature on the Junka Trukk with more photos.
Back in 2003 saw Forge World release their 40K scale Warhound Titan, this is it on display at GamesDay 2003.
Now with Apocalypse we are seeing Forge World getting inundated with orders for Titans, so much so that they are having trouble coping with the orders…
Now I suspect we will see more Titans on the gaming table, I have considered getting one (if I had the money and more importantly the time to build and paint one), but as an Ork player there is very little choice, ah well.
This was an Epic game (one of many) which was happening at GamesDay 2001.
Those are Ork Gunwagons advancing on some Imperial Guard Leman Russ and Hellhound tanks.
Back then there were quite a few games of Epic on show at GamesDay, this year there was (as far as I could see) just the one.
I have quite a large miniatures gallery of Epic miniatures on my website.
One of my Ork units I do like are my Stormboyz (even despite Simon calling them the Lipstick Boyz) however they are leaderless, until now!
Games Workshop do produce a Stormboyz Nob, however it is only available by mail order and not from their shops. So when I was up in Nottingham recently I did get the Stormboyz Nob when I visited Warhammer World. It is a nice model and will certainly give my Stormboyz mob a bit more punch.
You get a fair few parts. The main body, two arms, a head and the rokkit! 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.
When I painted my Stormboyz I actually painted the rokkit packs separately, partly as I wanted to use light browns. With this model I have already stuck the rokkit pack to the Ork, so it will be black undercoated. However by using Foundation Paints, I am hoping that this will not be an issue.
Full workbench feature on the Stormboyz Nob.
With Apocalypse being the buzz expansion of the moment, of course everyone is talking titans…
Using titans in Warhammer games is not a new thing though, the Forge World titans have been around for quite a few years now.
Before them we had the Armorcast models (and if I could find one at a reasonable price I would certainly get an Armorcast Great Gargant, if only so Simon’s new BaneBlade could blow it up!)
At GamesDay 2001 there was this very nice Warlord Titan which was being used more for display than gaming, but was still very impressive.
More pictures of Titans.