Thulsa kane

Need some headway into painting thulsa kane of the executioners tonight. Alot more bluer than I originally planned but I am glad as I really like it like this.

Off with his head...

Right so I made some decisions and turns out I will be doing a successor chapter of the Imperial Fists, but their not green, metallic grey-blue, they are the Executioners, the Emperors Headsman, the Axe of the Imperium. The fluff behind them is pretty damn cool, and even though they were on the tyrants side in the Badab war that was only because they owed a blood debt to the Astral claws and were still loyal to the Imperium and the Emperor.

And so I ordered a few things, some axes from PuppetsWar.com, A Scibor Model purchased from Wayland Games. and a few other things like tactical marines and a couple vehicles like razorbacks rhinos and vindicators.

So as the War draws ever closer, just under a month till the campaign starts, we should hopefully see some Executioner's in all there Glory.

Badab War - Made the Choice

Right, last time I wasn't sure what army list I was gunna use for the Badab War Campaign. However now I have, i decided I would go for the siege list, it just seemed so cool. So far I've made 1 and two half lists, I say two half lists as its actually the same list just with the addition of one thing, an expensive, point and money wise thing, but still one thing, :P

depending on which list troop choice will be taken up with normal tactical squads with Vet Sgt and no other upgrades except either a rhino or Siege Mantlets. HQ is a siege master or three depending on size of list. which will go with the Devastators to make use of his signum on the lascannons, 2 of 4 lascannon's hitting on 2's should be a tad helpful.

Chapter wise I'm thinking of staying away from dark angels just for this campaign as I'd like to try out Cypher, so I am contemplating using Imperial Fists Chapter Tactics as they are the siege specialists back in the pre-heresy Era. Plus they get some nifty rules which are cool. However do I paint up some marines in proper Imperial Fist attire or go with a successor chapter that is green, hmmmm, again choices....

Early Christmas Present.

Well this morning Parcel force delivered the Christmas present that I'd bought myself, Air compressor and airbrush, had a quick play already just using some paper and was actually quite fun. Need some more practice on my thinning skills as I wasn't sure if I got the mix quite right yet but the more I do it the easier I will find it Right?

Badab War Choices

Starting in February my gaming club is starting a Badab War Campaign, While I am very much a Dark Angel player, when asked which side I wanted to be on I said I didn't mind, so this week I find out I will be on the secessionists side, that,s the traitors side. Going through the Badab War books you come across two different and interesting Army lists, Tyrants Legion and Siege Assault Vanguard.

Both lists seem to have something that appeals to me, the tyrants legion lets you have a mix of marines and guardsman while the siege list offers an increase into the amount of heavy support choices I would be allowed to take, and the two things I always take in abundance is Tac and Dev squads, I am very much a volume of fire player.

problem with the Tyrants Legion list is Dark Angels aren't exactly part of the Tyrants, yes I know it doesn't really matter what colour they are painted but to me it doesn't really seem right. Siege list on the other hand has the really cool and fluffy siege objective rule, where I give my opponent a marker to place as an objective no matter what the game type however the problem with this lies with, unless I can control that specific objective by the end of the game the best I would get would be a draw. Also until I get clarification from Forgeworld I'm not sure if I can use Deathwing as normal Deathwing in this army list, it may not seem much however the Deathwing Deep Strike rule is have the fun of having Deathwing is it not.

So what do I choose, one of these cool lists or just a normal list?

A Storm's a'coming

I havent done this recently but a few months ago I got hold of a Storm Eagle from ForgeWorld, While it is a very nice model but boy what a bitch to put together.

 Evn though it wont really be seen in all its great detail I started by painting the interior, drybrushing the plates and braces and picking out the finer details like computer screens and such.

Then came time to attaching both sides to the base plate, this proved to be fiddly as I wasnt able to fully straighten the sides fully without risking breaking the pieces at the narrow door bottom...

Next the top Plate was attached and I picked out all the panel instruments, I hadnt seen the cross panel that the levers he's holding onto attach to until to late so at the moment not sure if its the best picture really... I'll let you decide...

Cockpit canopy plate got painted seperately and then attached in place. I then masking taped off the hole in the cockpit ready to paint (Spray with Army Painter Angel Green) the rest of her.

Just before spraying I decided to use some of Forgeworlds Etched Brass.

And then here's the pretty much finished article, there are still a couple of things I need to do but its about 80-90% done

Taming the Contemptor

Here's a Work in Progress I've been playing with, A Contemptor Dreadnaught for the Angels,

Most of the body work is done, just need to paint up the arms and feet, then sort out the base for it.

These things are such good fun to build, all the ball and socket joints do was advertised and allow a huge amount of versatility when it comes to posing them. Arm / Weapon wise, I decided to go for 2 Kheres Assault Cannon's, 12 Rending shots cant be to bad, and also a twin-linked Autocannon and Lascannon, to give myself some choice when fielding him, as I wanted the choice I just added some small 2x1mm disc neodymium Magnets that I bought from Anvil Industry, Service was very speedy and excellent, I had also bought some little weapons and some cloaked legs from them which I used to make some marines.

The Kheres Assault Cannon's turned out to be a bit of a mare to assemble as the barrels come seperate from the main body and the muzzle ring and require glueing in, which turned into a pain with my fat fingers. 

Anvil Industry's M88 Negotiator

Anvil Industry's Winged Helmet