Honored Imperium

What's up gang?

The end of May is usually a busy time for me and it always cuts into my hobby time. Things are starting to settle down around here and it's time to work. There are still a few terrain projects I want/need to wrap up before the crazy bionic bird-men make the scene next week.

Project #1 more Craters for the table. The Blastscape looked all lonely and a battlefield can never have too much devastation. The #2 Project is the infamous Space Marine Statue and it's other components. What 40k table is complete with-out this grim reminder of the Imperial might? I'm hoping to work on the stuff over the next few days and will post something up over the holiday.

Warhammer 40k Blastscape: Finished

The hobby time was plentiful this week and it made painting up the set rather easy task. I went with the neutral Grey scheme so the pieces would blend on both tables. After a Heavy Ink Wash and allot of Dry-Brushing, all there was left to do was add a bit of color. Nothing fancy, but I wanted it to contrast with the Grey. Overall, they turned out decent and add some flare to the Ice world. I could even use a few of them for for Warhammer Games.

Don't forget about the Give-away.....

Warhammer 40k Blastscape

Well, it's been a quiet week here around the hobby table. I haven't the time to sit down to do anything major due to numerous outside distractions. Yesterday was the only real chance I had to "hobby" and did not let it go to waste.

I stopped the by the LGS, earlier in the week to find this buried and forgotten gem. I thought it was just the regular Crater Set, but I was wrong. It turned out to be the limited edition BlastScape from the PlanetStrike Expansion. No matter, the rest of my Sunday was spent basing and priming. Hopefully, I will find some time to work on them over this week and I'll post up the progress.

Also don't forget to join up for the Give-Away before this Saturday!!!

City of Death Repaint Pt.3

It’s been a rather quiet week around the painting table.  Outside powers conspire to steal away my hobby time, but I still managed to finish off these two buildings.  That only leaves me two more to go.  Then this little vanity project can come to a close. 

I may end up building one kit, but I’m a little torn. I just don’t have the motivation to paint up more right now. I’d hate build it and then give it a half-a$$ed paint job. It would look some what out of place after all the time that’s been sunk into the other structures. Plus, I couldn’t just build one. That would give me an even number of buildings for the table. I don’t know why in the world that bothers me, but it does. Call me a bit odd, I guess.

So, if everything goes according to plan, I’ll finish this all up over the next week and we can move onto something more interesting.

City of Death Repaint Pt.1

Despite my various setbacks over the past week, I have managed to start one project that is long overdue.  My City of Death buildings have been in dire need of attention. Back when I first got the kits, I was in a hurry to get them together and on the table as soon as possible. That was like over 3 years ago...

If I had my way, I’d be cutting and hacking up some new Styrofoam hills for the table, but it’s not that nice outside. Instead, we’ll just spruce up the buildings for now. I didn’t want to start over completely; I’d already done some work on the gold skulls and other details. It was better to just bust out the Metallic paints and washes and have a go. 

 

These two are what I’ve managed to finish so far and I still four more to paint up. It’s a bit sloppy, but I’m just trying to drag out more contrast in the models and not spend the time it would actually take to paint up these insanely detailed kits. 

Warhammer 40k Battlescape

Well, after a weekend of paint work the Battlescape is complete. Something about a wreaked out Rhino, just appeals to the old Xenos player in me. I tried to keep the paint job as natural as possible that way it would blend on the table. The Rhino is painted up as a defunct Space Marine Chapter.(Really, just any old excuse to use Rotting Flesh and Devlan Mud.) I also used a little bit of static grass to cover up any major gaps between the trees and the base and I might add some more later on. 

I only a few comments on this kit... the mold lines on the trees too forevermore and day to scrap off. After all the effort it took to get them cleaned up, I still missed one or two. The kit has just the right amount of detail on it, but not a single bullet casing to be found. Not that big of deal, but I just found that a bit odd.

Hmm... Grey Knights...

1. The Dread Knight is just preview of how smooth a some New Tau Battle-suits might be...

2. Games Workshop is marketing genius to cram 4 different squad lay-outs into the power armor set.

Get yer' wallets ready!

Return to Mordheim pt.2

 

Well, I can not help myself. Every time I play a game of Mordheim. My mind goes all crazy with more hobby ideas for the City of the Dammed. I'm starting wonder if the table will ever be finished?  These are just a few of the side projects that have been lying around, while I was busy painting up the Elves over the past month.

This tomb used to be part of my 40k collection, but I ripped off all the identifiable bitz. I also added more rubble and static grass to base to help blend in better with other pieces. It looks pretty cool for being an old paper cup dispenser.

Everybody seems to dig the original tree stand. So, I built a second one. I didn't have another dead tree but, so I left the center clean until I can add one. Wire trees are not that hard to make. They're just time consuming.

Finally, the Well or whatever you want to call it. It didn't turn out the way I thought it would, but overall, it gets the point across. My mistake was pouring all the glue at once instead of working in layers. With the stuff I just built and Temple from back in August. I'm half way to have a decent Warhammer table in addition to more terrain for the City of the Dammed.

Mordheim rebuilt: 19

The Temple is finished. I ended up painting it over the weekend, but I've been distracted by getting ready for the Warhammer 'ard boyz silliness. For the most part, I've had my nose in the rulebook trying to wrap my head around all the changes and what it mean to my Lizzies. Unfortunately, I will only get one test game before the event, but its cool. My expectations are low and I'm really going just to play some 8th edition Warhammer.

So, Mordheim will go on a little hiatus this week. I did get a chance to put in a few more test games and it looks like we might start the campaign in the next month. Very exciting stuff....

Mordheim rebuilt: 18.5

Just a small update on the temple. Most of the work on the construction side of things is complete and I'm just waiting for the glue to dry. I slapped on a few bitz, here and there, but kept away from anything that would have rooted to the Old World. Just in case, I'd like to use it for a 40k game someday. Over the weekend I should be able to get some paint on this thing and make it a bit more presentable.

Mordheim rebuilt: 40k Style...

This is just a bit a show and tell post. The point is demonstrate how the same construction methods and materials used to build my Mordheim city can be used make 40k buildings too.

 
I built these a long time ago, back when the City of Death kits were first coming out.  I had very little funds and “needed” some buildings for my games. All I had special was some old Necromunda bulkheads. The rest of the details are old bases, molding strips, and balsa wood. The only regret looking back on the projects is size of the towers. Other then that, they are some of my favorite terrain pieces.

Its a shame, I don’t use them very much. The smallest of the them is still freakin’ huge. All three, on the same  6x4 just dominate the table.  I consider them my Apocalypse terrain. You can hide a Reaver Titian behind the last one!

Mordheim rebuilt Pt. 18

First off, thanks everyone for the generous comments left on my last post. Everybody likes to get compliments, but when it comes from your peers. It means all that much more!

Now it's time for all the fun stuff that is going to add some character to the table. One of those projects will be this big old thing. I can't remember for the life of me, what game it is from, but should make for a wicked shrine/temple for the city.

 
It's fair size, as you can see, but there is one issue. The backside of the shell is open and will need to fixed up. Not a big deal, but one that has kept this thing on the back burner.

Mordheim rebuilt Pt. 17

Welcome to Mordheim... rebuilt.

Man o' man, I can't wait to play a game!

Mordheim rebuilt Pt. 16

This was Mordheim. The city of the dammed had fallen on some tough times. Just about every building in the the set was busted up in some fashion.

                                         It was time to rebuild.

The test building was a little trouble, but after I figured out what to use for what the collection grew quickly. In my hobby frenzy the city began to take shape.

It has taken about two months of solid work to get to this point. An insane amount of glue and paint later, the dark city rises once again! I'll post some more of the current city over the weekend.