Two at a time.

I've been back to work for the last 2 weeks and have been finding hobby time a bit tighter, but i did spend a couple of hours yesterday finishing off these two guys.

Now that my fighting army is 95% basic painted, i have been struggling to get the motivation to get groups of 5 or 10 models finished off properly. Thankfully James at the club said to try "2 at a time" and i had a enjoyable couple of hours lavashing attention on these 2 yesterday.

I've not done any squad markings or Raptor logo as i'm going to leave that until another time but i think that is the only real finishing needed now.

I am also going to need to practice on the Plasma chamber as i'm not happy with this one although i do want a glowing green core with red crusting effect!, any ideas on how best to achieve it?

A rag tag bunch!

After seeing Drax's infantry company structure, and purchasing the new codex a few weeks ago i couldn't resist dusting off every Guardsman i had to try and make a 1500pts list.

So excuse the state of this disorderly mob but i have been meaningly trying to avoid them as i knew it would slow down my Raptor work.

Rough set up is;

Company Command Squad with 2 bodyguards

Platoon Command Squad with Commissar

3x Infantry squad who will be joined and advanced behind the Leman Russ with the PCS and Commissar making them stubborn.

Last infantry squad will stay back and protect 3 heavy weapons teams while 10 veterans will be in the Chimera with meltaguns and Lascannon to fire out the hatch.

The 1st Leman Russ is a standard Battle tank with bolter sponsons and hull lascannon.

The 2nd Leman Russ is a Punisher model with bolter sponsons and Lascannon hull gun and Knight Commander Pask to make the most of the Heavy 20. 

Let me know what you think,

All the Best

Andy

Brother Chaplain Dandist

At long last Chaplain Dandist has a full paint job, the painting seemed to be never ending job but i have enjoyed doing it. A first for myself also as i hand painted the shoulder pad raptor!. It may not seem like a biggie to some of the more able painters, but it took a while for me.

Dandist will regularly team up with Captain Orelius and 10 Assault Marines to hopefully give me a first turn Feerless assault squad with some serious punch.

Thunderfire Cannon

After another bright idea!, i decided i would like a Tech Marine so i could Bolster the Defences of my Camo Cloak Snipers giving them a 2+ cover save. So i made a custom guy based on the artwork in the Codex but wanted to give him a Servo harness so he could help my Dreadnaughts if they got damaged.

I extended the shaft of a power weapon you get with the assault marines and managed to make a custom Servo harness from Drop Pod seat belts, i was quietly proud of myself and added him to my army last week at the cost of 90 points.

I should really stop reading the codex so much, because i then realise that i could get a Thunderfire Cannon and Tech Marine for only 10 points more. I would loose the ability to follow around my Dreadnaughts but i gain an artillery piece that can cause some dice to be rolled for armour saves.

I realised they were £30 to buy and did not want to fork out the money as i had already made my Tech Marine, so when i visited the GW store a friend Jamie mentioned the Warhammer Empire Volley Gun at only £12 it seemed a bargain. I thought it would do fine for a trial piece and if it became a regular part of my list i would buy the real deal. 

After getting the parts out of the box i thought i could customise it a bit to make it more 40k than 40B.C. using some more Drop pod parts and the spare tracks from a Leman Russ. So now i have a Thunderfire Cannon with Cup holders:-)

I'm in 2 minds to do some armour plating around the mid section of the gun but i quite like it the way it is, let me know what you think?

Great Gift!

Here is my early birthday present and i have to say i'm a lucky laddie!, my good wife allowed me to get my presents whilst we visited the Edinburgh GW.

I had always wanted to get Vol 3 because i knew it had information in it about the Raptors but grudged paying £55 for a few pages of info on them, so i had resisted. As am sure most of you know resistance is futile, and only leads to a build up of angst, so i had to grab Vol 2 also, as it's not very often i'm at GW store!(honest)

Having only just skimmed the pages of both books, i'm well impressed, the quality is excellent and i've got a fair bit of extra information about the Raptors. Luckily it was the 3rd company who was written about in the book and that is who i'm creating so i now have a name for my Captain.

He is Captain Orelius, and it is great to read about a character and company who i have been building and painting for months, so i have to say the books are well worth every penny.