Miniature Painting Service and Hobby Blog
Myself and a few of the club chaps have decided to go down the nostalgia route and put together some armies for 40k 2nd edition hehe.
Ive picked up some awesome squats that i will be posting soon but decided to start by printing some very retro dreadnoughts from Rogue Trader as I never owned the originals as a kid!
A Blood Angels and Badmoon Ork Dreadnought ready to fight it out on glorious green boards!
My second unit of Commandos is now finished:
Thats me all complete and ready for Lock n Load next weekend in Sheffield, pigz ftw 🐖
First unit of our awesome new cavalry unit painted up:
Absolutely superb models and will hopefully be rocking the tabletops at the club in the near future!
Closing in on Lock n Load so its time to pick an army and get it sorted! With that in mind I think I have enough time to get April and Mays Thornfall releases done:
Ive a 2nd unit of these Commandos on the go and two units of the fantastic new Chainbelcher cavalry.
I had sold up before the plastic brigand/commando kit came out so never owned any back in the day... Nice to give them a run out at last.
This has been on and off the paint station for most of April but its finally done!
Looking forward to giving the big lad a run out soon hehe, glad the Crucible Guard are done for now as im a bit behind on printing piggies!
Back to the Thornfall with a couple of Efarrit Scouts today:
Its 75pts in our journeyman league so i desperately needed some more solos for flag camping... solos with long ranged guns most importantly!
Forgot to post Prospero during the week and printed a Retaliator whilst still working on the Vulcan:
Some post Salute painting before the wife gets home hehe:
Prospero and the Vulcan remain on the shelf to be painted!
Choo choo!
Finished off my Railless Interceptor that ive been working on for most of the week:
Its been a slog but im glad its done and im happy with how its come out!
As the holiday draws to a close I had time for one last addition to the army after some much needed gardening, with Alyce Marc and her alter ego Big Alyce:
Alyce is the warcaster attachment in the faction and also a surprisingly good beatstick when she transforms!
Some support units for the army now with these Combat Alchemists:
They can hand out magic, fire and poison to friendly units and have a reasonable ranged attack too... backfield objective campers!
Some heavy weapons and debuff tools with this pair of Dragon's Breath Rockets:
Some long range attacks and the perfect solos to camp on the flags in scenario play hehe.
Another quick addition to the guard with this Ascendant Mentalist:
A fine support solo, she will be parked behind my Vulcan bumping its armour up haha.
Another addition to the Crucible Guard with their Character Unit, The Triumverate:
More to follow soon!
After some sterling work by my existing units at a tournament last week ive printed and painted two more to go to max FA:
Next months goodies have been reviewed so will be getting Commandos and Effarit Scouts ready as soon as they are available!
Two more Jack's for the Crucible Guard today with a Vindicator and Suppressor:
Im not sure how much use i will get out of these two as they are a bit niche in their utility but they are cool models!
After finishing March's pigz it was time to get back to the Crucible Guard so I decided to get Apollo painted up:
The new character jack from the command starter, rather awkward to photo tho haha! It will be a boon to just about all the casters with the various buffs and debuffs it can apply.
The good Dr is in the house!
My third Dr Arkadius haha, I quite like how hes turned out, no red on him to keep him slightly distinct from the actual Farrow members of the Thornfall Alliance!
The feat is a lot easier to manage now, not as much of a threat extension but still decent.
Another Crucible Guard model today and I wanted to try the scheme out on a Warcaster so here is Aurum Athanor Locke:
It came out quite well I think so will be able to crack on with other infantry models as time allows.
Some heavy infantry support guys for the Asylumists with these Butchers:
Hopefully there isn't too long a wait till the Confederation and Host get their big hitters with The Arsenal and The Mutalysk!
Free time last night to get a second Toro painted up:
I shall be working through these as time allows, and completing what i have before getting the extra expansion sets.
My gunboar arrived! On the day its announced that March's digital release is Dr Arkadius and the three lights haha.
I had sold out of the game by the time the new lights and the updated gunboar were released so its still nice to have a go painting one.
It completes my 50pts journeyman forces for March so there's no stress on getting the new lot completed ASAP.
After what seems like an age I have finished these two units of Farrow Brigands:
The new Brigand sculpts are far ahead of the older metal ones, and show up the Warlord who came out in late mk2.
Can't wait to get them on the board again!
The last of January's piggy goodness is now completed:
Lytersis is Midas's prized creation, a Great Hog with bonegrinder abilities hehe! A fantastic model and a fine addition to the Thornfall Alliance roster.
Now begins the mountain of Brigands to print for February!
Another Warlock in Midas, and the faithful Farrow assistant in Targ:
Targ has always been a staple of my forces of yesteryear so its good to get him back painted, and Midas looks as solid as ever so I shall look forward to playing some games with him in charge soon.
A veritable herd of little piggies for my Thornfall Alliance with these six Razorboars:
You can field eight of these hehe, but only six fit on the build plate at once so six is what i shall have!
Finally some brush time! Two units of Bonegrinders added to my forces... much changed since the last time I used them as they are now a pure support unit rather than a weird magic missile unit!
Three beasties for my new Farrow army with a Road Hog and a pair of War Hogs:
The last photo is my 30pts Journeyman force for February; Emperor Carver, Warboar and a War Hog 🤘
