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Orctober comes later every year. Also, an Apothecary.

24 Thursday Nov 2016

Posted by terryshithole in B & C challenges, Battlemasters, Finished Work, Oldhammer Challenges, Space Marines

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apothecary, Battle Masters, citadel miniatures, orc, space marines, Steel Guard

Two more finished jobs this week.  Firstly for Orctober, a base of Battle Masters Orcs.  Slowly but surely I’m getting on with Battle Masters.  There were over a hundred figures in this game, plus I’ve also got the two expansion boxsets as well.  It takes a while!  I’m trying to do these a bit quicker.  The minis aren’t good enough to justify the best paintjob I can do, but I still want them to look alright.  Hopefully I’ve achieved that.

The other challenge I’ve been doing recently for Bolter & Chainsword website’s Imperial Fists Expansion IV.  Knowing how busy I was I only vowed a single miniature, and only just scraped through.  I’m fairly pleased with this Apothecary though, I think I’ve done a good job here.

With only two days to finish my Oldhammer forum Chaos Villager it looks like I’ve been trying to do too much recently.  Should have started earlier!

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horny bastard!

08 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Chaos, Finished Work

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chaos, citadel miniatures, lead, minotaur, slaanesh

So I’ve been a lot more busy than usual.  I was hoping to have some Orcs done (for Orctober), but the only thing I’ve finished recently is this sexy Slaaneshi Minotaur for my ongoing chaos warband.  I had one of these miniatures when I was a lad but I didn’t really ‘get’ it.  Much more innocent times.  It’s a fantastic sculpt.  There’s such a lot to get your head around… bionic leg, jaw, and eye; that studded posing pouch without much in it; the long glove on its sword arm; the huge beefy pecs / boobs; pierced flesh; various cuts and scars across its back… definitely one of my favourite ever miniatures.  I hope that I have done it proud.

 

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Roll up, roll up, it’s Nargob da ‘banga and ‘is Amazing Mental Clown Parade!

23 Friday Sep 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Orks

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40k, citadel miniatures, freebooterz, lead, madboyz, oldhammer, Orks, Rogue Trader, Space Orks, warphead, weirdboy

‘e duz tricks, ‘e blows things up wiv ‘is mind, ‘e’ll make yer grotz widdle ’emselves!

Nargob is a Weirdboy who really enjoys being weird.  Where most weirdboyz are looking for an excuse to go and sit somewhere quietly out of the way, Nargob is looking for a war to fight.  He gets a thrill out of seeing how much power he can channel.  He particularly enjoys overloading over psykers and causing their heads to explode.  Long ago he left his minders behind and disappeared off in search of bigger and better battles, and along the way he has picked up a load of madboyz who sing and chant for him, doing tricks and pratfalls.  They travel from waaagh to waaagh, performing for da boyz and searching for psykers that Nargob can pit himself against.  He’s not found his match yet!

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It’s Always Beer O’Clock Somewhere… Bugman’s Cart & Dwarf Guards

06 Monday Jun 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Dwarfs, Finished Work

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bugmans, citadel miniatures, Dwarfs, hasslefree, middlehammer, oldhammer

In all the Cities and Counties of the Old World, Dwarven ex-pats live and work alongside humans.  They labour in smiths and mills, in mines and guardrooms.  They put together militia and regiments for their communities.  They live alongside humans, as friends, colleagues, and comrades.  But in every human pub, inn, bar, and tavern, everywhere that dwarf and man drink together, the same complaint is heard… “this beer tastes like piss”.  In order to keep the dwarf diaspora in beer, hundreds of carts leave the mountains every year, travelling across the extent of the Old World to reach eager customers sick of the watery human brew.  In order to protect these carts, guards are hired.  Occasionally a slayer or two might join the wagon, in the hope that a thirsty troll shows up along the way.

Aside from the Hero Quest miniature a few years ago, when I first started painting, these are the first Dwarfs I have done.  I’m quite pleased with them, particularly the beards on a couple of the Ironbreakers.

The Bugman’s Cart came out of my bits box incomplete.  I used a couple of bits of sprue to remake the yoke, ordered some wheels from Ramshackle Miniatures, and used a random pack horse from the leadpile – if you know where the horse comes from, do let me know!  I am happy with the conversion work, though I think I could have done better.  I’ve painted the carter to look like he’s wearing denim dungarees and site boots, though I’m unsure how obvious this is.  To paint the horse I followed some instruction from WD 197 (I think), which mostly looks ok but I think I need some more practise.

The guards are from a variety of ranges and represent all the dwarfs I could find in the leadpile.  There’s a plastic dwarf, which I thought came from the PBS3 Warhammer Regiments Box, but checking now shows that I’m wrong about that.  Can you recognise the plastic dwarf with axe and shield?  Three dwarves are mid-90s Ironbreakers.  Two are 00s LOTR dwarfs – one was missing his hands, the other had lost both arms along the ways.  The dwarf missing his hands was easy enough to repair, but the dwarf sans arms was a bit trickier.  I have plenty of dwarf arms knocking about, but only in heroic scale.  I hope that the banner helps to disguise this a bit!  If anyone asks, its because he skips leg day.  Finally there is a 90s Trollslayer and a Hasslefree dwarf.  Both are lovely models that I really enjoyed painting, but it is with the Hasslefree dwarf that that the scale difference really shows between Kev White’s realism and the Citadel heroic.

All in all, this project took a long time, and I’m pleased with it.  Some bits could have been done better, but I learnt a few new idea and techniques and hopefully the next lot will be better.  I hope you like this unit!

 

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Honour Guard squad

14 Saturday May 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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40k, citadel miniatures, Honour Guard, lead, oldhammer, Rogue Trader, space marines, Steel Guard, WH40K

Good afternoon everyone, here’s a second set of Space Marine Honour Guard to follow the one I did a few months ago.  It started as an excuse to renovate Honoured Brother Asmir, who I’ve posted before very early in this blog.  Asmir got himself broken, so he needed a repair job, which I used as an excuse to put him on a base and slightly improve the paintjob.  The other two are some of my favourite RT period Space Marines.  The chap with the bionic bits is a a fantastic model, I’m counting that odd sword as a relic blade!  The Ultramarines Captain is another great miniature, but it took so long to paint.

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Renegade Oddboyz mob: Da Big Gunz

12 Tuesday Apr 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Orks

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40k, citadel miniatures, conversions, freebootaz, lead, oddboyz, oldhammer, Orks, Rogue Trader

One muddy afternoon on a battlefield on a planet called Laroche, on the edge of the Coronid Deeps, a Mek called Wazguk and a Runtherd called Skumsol, met for the first time as they took shelter in a crater.  Wazguk complained that his Warboss wouldn’t let him use a Shokk Attack Gun.  Skumsol complained that his Warboss wasted perfectly good Snottyz on mine clearance.  At that moment an idea was born.  Shortly after this the two of them said “sod dis lark” and nicked off with a shuttle,  whatever raw materials they could pilfer, and a Painboy called Gutz who caught them nicking some bitz and fancied coming along for the ride.   Since then Wazguk has been building artillery pieces, Skumsol has been breeding the bravest Snotlings he can, and Gutz has been trying to work out how to wire Grotz into a Dred.

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I’ve been working on these on and off for a few months now.  I’m pretty pleased with them.  A nice mix of Oldhammer and Newhammer models that work well together.  The biggest problem was painting Snotlings.  I got so bored.  There were going to be 8 Snotling bases involved but after four, like the Oddboyz, I said sod dis lark.

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Newhammer Warning: 30K Death Guard

23 Tuesday Feb 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Betrayal At Calth, Chaos, Finished Work, Space Marines

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30k, Betrayal At Calth, chaos, citadel miniatures, Death Guard, newhammer

I was given Betrayal At Calth for Christmas.  I can’t tell you yet if its any good as a game, but the miniatures are lovely. Whilst they lack the charm and crazy genius of the late 80s Citadel output, these really are beautiful models.   Deciding against painting the contents as Ultramarines vs Word Bearers (as Ultramarines are yuk, and Word Bearers similarly uninspiring), I had to consider other options.  The baddies were an easy choice really – I’ve already got an Alpha Legion army and have given up ever getting a painting technique I am pleased with for those snakey scamps.  I do want to paint a Night Lords warband – in fact, I want to make the warband from the Night Lords series of novels by Aaron Dembski-Bowden.  I was tempted to use these as a place to start, but I want to use these as game pieces in Betrayal At Calth eventually, not chop them up into individuals.  So Death Guard it was.  Nurgle is my homeboy.

 

The paintjob was loosely based on the Forge Word painting instructions for Death Guard, along with some making-it-up-as-I-went-along.  It’s pretty hit or miss to be honest.  I’ll be changing the recipe slightly for the next Death Guard squad.  Still,  I am happy with this first attempt.

 

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Brother Codicier Tan Jemes

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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40k, citadel miniatures, lead, librarian, oldhammer, space marines, Steel Guard

Brother Codicier Tan Jemes was recruited from a feral world.  His face has been ritually scarred, with saurian blood rubbed into the wounds, leaving his features a mess of scars and primitive tattoos.  Had the Steel Guard not come along looking for candidates, then Tan might have wound up a shaman, much respected for his powers.  But what would have been the price?  His mind would have shone into the warp, leaving him vulnerable to psychneuin, Enslavers, or worse – daemonic possession.  Instead he was inducted into the Steel Guard as a neophyte, where he was identified as a candidate for the Librarium.  Jemes is a powerful psyker, and has achieved the third rung on the Librarium ladder, that of Codicier.  His feral features hide an urbane mind; he is a skilled tactician, and Commander Melmoth considers him a strong leader who he trusts to lead kill teams and to divine powerful and accurate futures.

 

I really enjoyed painting this miniature, i think it’s a lovely mini, and I’ve done a good job on it.  I think I should have used a different colour for the force weapon, but I’m getting the hang of wet blending and I think it’s a good effort.

 

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Codicier Jemes of the Steel Guard chapter

 

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Steel Guard II Company – complete SM company!

10 Saturday Oct 2015

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Space Marines

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2nd Company, 40k, citadel miniatures, lead, space marines, Steel Guard, WH40K

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago I finished painting the whole 2nd Company of the Steel Guard.  Actually, when I laid them all out to photo them I discovered I’d actually painted 11 squads!  Not sure how you can miscount squads of Space Marines but I achieved it.

I posted the pics of the Rogue Trader period miniatures already, I think they make a wonderful little warband.  But here’s the whole lot.  Warning!  Modern Space Marines included 😀

 

The whole lot!

The whole lot!

 

This is the newest squad.  I have started making scenic bases for them.

This is the newest squad. I have started making scenic bases for them.

This RT chap makes a great assault sergeant.

This RT chap makes a great assault sergeant.

Based around a damaged mid-period Calgar miniature I converted this captain to be a close-combat monster.

Based around a damaged mid-period Calgar miniature I converted this captain to be a close-combat monster.

The gulf in quality between the earlier and later marines is huge.  One of the best things about this hobby is being able to watch yourself improve.

The gulf in quality between the earlier and later marines is huge. One of the best things about this hobby is being able to watch yourself improve.

This sergeant is from Dark Vengeance.  Next to him is a Rogue Trader plastic.

This sergeant is from Dark Vengeance. Next to him is a Rogue Trader plastic.

This techmarine is one of my earliest conversions.  I found painting red really tricky.

This techmarine is one of my earliest conversions. I found painting red really tricky.

In the end I fixed upon using the astronomical icon for 'comet' as their insignia.

In the end I fixed upon using the astronomical icon for ‘comet’ as their insignia.

I tried out different iconography as I went along.

I tried out different iconography as I went along.

Snagabog’s Bugz – Ork-Genestealer Hybrids

17 Monday Aug 2015

Posted by terryshithole in Finished Work, Orks

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40k, citadel miniatures, conversions, freebooterz, oldhammer, ork-genestealer hybrids, Rogue Trader

Now this is a squad I’m pleased with.  As part of my ongoing project to create an army of Freebooterz, one mob of each type, I present Snagabog’s Bugz.

These were a lot of fun to paint, and aside from the actual Genestealers that I think I should redo, I am well chuffed with how they turned out.   I enjoyed making use of various Gaunt bodies from my bits box to make these, I’m sure some purists will argue that termagaunts and hormagaunts aren’t Genestealer but to them I say piffle!  Snagabog and palDa Bugz

excuse the purestrains, i was trying to learn about zenith painting!

excuse the purestrains, i was trying to learn about zenith painting!

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Model picked in homage to another OG hybrid freebooter!

Model picked in homage to another OG hybrid freebooter!

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