Miniature Painting Service and Hobby Blog
Time for some heavier support for my EC and since i have never owned a knight or Armiger etc i figured i would pick up a couple of these for a go... and finding some unbuilt ones going cheap on ebay helped haha:
I'm starting on the other one tomorrow, and i think i will reverse the armour plates scheme to make them stand out from each other.
Finishing off the current round of Cephalyx models is the super solo combo of Exulon Nostilla and Aberration:
Looking forward to getting these on the table soon! And now SFG are releasing the Crucible Guard on digital too that will be another force from back in the day i can add to the collection.
Next up for the Cephalyx is my unit of Dominated Stormblades:
I want my dominated units to look like they are from some of my mates armies so first port of call was asking Sherwin (Of Steamforged fame) how he painted his Cygnar troops and then did my best to replicate it whilst keeping any specific Cephalyx parts on them done in my armies style.
Hopefully more dominated units come out and i can rob more schemes from the boys at the club haha!
A second Daemon Prince for my Flawless Host:
I decided to use Sigvald this time as a Prince on foot and he fits right in... Just a pair of War Dogs to go and they should be arriving in a couple of days!
The big lads are done!
Two units of the new 50mm base Drudge for my Cephalyx army... finally some guns in faction haha! I printed these at 80% and they are still massive but not stupidly large like i felt the original scaling for them was.
Had a really good day for painting yesterday and got my second unit of Noise Marines painted up:
That takes me to 1500 fully painted, I've ordered a Sigvald model to use as a Daemon Prince on foot and for the remaining points I'm probably going to add a pair of War Dogs as they are the cheapest way i can find to bring my army to 2000pts.
Back on the brushes after a week or so off, work and a trip away defeated painting haha! First of my Noise Marine Squads today:
On to the other squad later today!
Another squad completed for my Flawless Host with these Flawless Blades:
They don't get much love from the player base but in the precisely one game I've played they performed admirably hehe, killing many marines and a Lieutenant!
To round out my current collection to 1500pts i decided the quickest and cheapest way was a Daemon Prince... this one cheap from evil bay at around £30 for a 200+ point model was a great return haha:
I went with Syll'eske from the AoS range and a quick trim down of the Daemonette feet on the back bling and it was ready to go!
A quick diversion into Cephalyx for the home stretch of Flawless Host with some more Agitators/Overlords and another Wrecker:
The extra Agitators were done because i forgot i had already printed six of them and only realised when they were half way through the print haha what a tit!
I managed to track don a copy of Horruskh from a German retailer... i started collecting Orgoth before Steamforged Games released their new style boxes so i wasn't able to get one as i had all the models in the box already:
I really like this model and it was good to be painting some Orgoth again... roll on November and the Deathless!
Trying to get the computer away from the kiddos during the holiday is proper hard haha! Finally get to post this pic from Saturday:
Still think the whip is silly but the rest of the model is superb! His bodyguard of Flawless Blades have arrived but its some Noise Marines first up.
The biggest squad in the army, a unit of ten Infractors:
The close combat version of the basic marine squad, these will be led into battle by the Lord Exultant I painted earlier!
Next up for the project is my Lord Exultant:
I decided against the cloak so needed a different right shoulder pad and had to modify the loincloth a bit. Back to the units again before tackling Lucius!
My second unit of Tormentors are done for now:
The shelf above the paint station is starting to look pretty cool now with a plethora of Chaos marines on the go!
Another week to get a model done... gonna be Xmas at this rate!
Quite a cool model to paint to be fair, and there are some variant parts so I can get a second one and it can look reasonably different.
First squad of Tormentors now done... have sat half painted all week!
I enjoyed painting these and am really happy how they turned out. I picked up a Lord Kakophanist today at the local GW so now have a full 1000pts of toys to paint up.
The other model i picked up before the Champions of Slaanesh box was a Chaos Sorcerer to try out a scheme idea with but never got round to it until today haha:
I didn't bother converting him or giving him a new head as ill only be fielding one of these at most in a list.
I picked up the Champions of Slaanesh box on release in March but I've not had a chance to start on it due to other projects in the queue! I also picked up a Sorcerer and a Terminator squad from one of the 40k magazines haha, and that all gives me about 1000pts to get cracking with.
I decided to start on the Terminators and test out the Flawless Host scheme on them:
The last bits of gaming minis from the Mercenaries KS are now completed:
I will get that 100mm tall Madcat painted soon!
Julys release on the SFG digital for the Cephalyx are the new Agitator sculpts and a refresh of Cognifex Cyphon... I've not bothered printing him as i recently picked up the older resin / metal version and am happy with that lad:
I printed six of these as i wanted some models to use as Overlords until those come back out again haha.
The third Warcaster for my growing Cephalyx swarm is here:
Pleased with how he's turned out and much better than the last time i painted him!
Next up are a few Visigoth Fighters that came free through stretch goals and some Inner Sphere Battle Armour troops from one of my Lance box options:
I finished these before the weekend but with being away at a tourney and kiddies hogging the computer i can only now post them!
Two boxes of various tanks and hovercraft from light to heavy from the Support/Fire/Cavalry/Assault Lance packs.
Next up is the Clan Cavalry Star box, along with a couple of Clan salvage boxes i also received:
There's plenty left to paint and its all Inner Sphere stuff from here on out haha
Whilst waiting for the last Cephalyx model to arrive i decided to get on with the BattleTech minis that have been sat above my desk for 5 months! Here's the first Inner Sphere mechs from salvage boxes:
A nice battle lance with some Savannah Master hovercrafts ftw
Last bits for now:
My third unit of Mind Bender Drudges and a second Warcaster, Cognifex Cyphon! The other older caster, Exulon Thexus, is on route and should be here in a few days hopefully.
Thought i had posted some of these but it looks like not!
One last unit to go then hopefully thats completed till Nostilla and Aberration arrive in August.
Finished off my Warcaster Exulon Khythos today:
That's the Hive Mind Cadre completed so its on to the big swarm of Drudges now haha
Finished off the real meat of the army yesterday with the three Monstrosities!
Wrecker
The best thing about these now being printable from home is that should i find i need anymore of them its just a day turnaround on printing, curing and painting haha!
Next couple of solos now finished and added to the collection with Akulon Thaemestra and Silexus Xiphus:
More to follow shortly!
My second unit of Criterions is now finished:
Really enjoyed painting these and the whole printing an army process, first time doing a full force rather than just a few skirmish dudes.
One of my mates backed the SFG 3D prints subscription so I've been printing off a few bits of the Cephalyx and Cryx parts for us... guess I'm starting a Cephalyx for MK4 in addition to my Orgoth and Khymaera haha.
First up are the Malfessor Monstrosity and a unit of Criterions:
I have got the rest of the Cadre, three units of Mind Benders, another Criterions and three Monstrosities still to paint!
