First Post of the Year! 40k Renegades Project is Underway!

First post of the year. I have decided to spend the first 2 weeks of a month working on my AOS Empire army and the last 2 weeks working on my 40k Renegades. Work will begin on The Empire models from the 1st of Feb and thought I'd spend an extra couple of days getting work underway on my new Chaos Renegades project. I have made good progress so far and have put together 2x 10-Man Marauder squads (armed with shotguns) and also 5x Renegade Ogryns. I was also lucky enough to get a Valdor Tank from my Fiancee for Xmas but as with my usual luck when ordering from Forge World their non-existent quality control made sure that work on that would be delayed by "3 weeks due to how busy we are to get the faulty part cast". Why they cannot take a replacement part from one of the others in stock and send that to me to speed things up I have no idea. People always rave about the excellent customer service they provide with replacing parts but shouldn't the mark of good customer service be checking the parts BEFORE sending them out so people don't receive poor quality models that they charge premium prices for? Then add to that making the customer wait weeks before the issue is resolved? Very poor indeed. Anyway, enough moaning.. it is what it is. Here are a few more pics of my progress so far:

10-Man Marauder squad #1

10-Man Marauder squad #2

5-Man Renegade Ogryn Squad

Regnak vs BPPV vs Hobbytime

Sorry for the lack of updates. I have been out of action for last 3 weeks due to BPPV (Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) that triggered with the slightest movement of my head. I have spent the time basically lying still in bed or on the sofa. My Netflix backlog has reduced considerably but my hobby progress has been ALMOST non-existent. The last couple of days I have felt better and managed to get in a bit of hobby progress. I have almost finished my first 10 Marauders (waiting on a couple of special weapons and a shotgun I ordered from a bitz store) for a Renegade army I want to crack on with in the new year. They look like fairly simple conversions but it was actually a little tricky getting the torsos to sit right on the legs and required lots of cutting, trimming and gap hiding. Evening though they were fiddly I think they work really well and these test subjects will pave the way to a full army in the new year. That's all for now, hoping to add an update or two over the festive period once I'm off work.

Forge World Grot Tanks

This was the most fun I've ever had modelling/painting. These models are so full of character and have lots of little details that you don't notice on first glance. They are still WIP and need finishing off but heres what I have so far. I tired to make the yellow colour on the tanks appear washed out/worn and applied heavy weathering all over for that "fresh out of the junkyard" look. The thing that really makes this kit is the amount of build options. You can swap around the turrets, tracks, weapons and hulls to come up with some great combinations. I'm considering picking up another set of these and also the Grot Mega Tank. I still have lots to get through on my work bench and you should see some of this progress in future posts. I also need to choose some foam trays for my army having recently picked up an empty Battle Foam P.A.C.K. 720. Will post more on that later.

Engineers.... Engineering....

I'm still going. Damn this horrible hot weather! Here are some WIP shots of my Engineers... all 20 of them! I still need to add transfers to all their shoulder pads and tidy up the colours and bases but here is a quick pic to show where I'm at. I wish Forge World released more poses than the standard 5. I've tried to convert them but theres only so much I can do! :p

Grenadiers Squad Almost Done....

I got these done yesterday. They have been sat assembled but unprimed for nearly a year and its about time they got some love. I set out to get the squad done within a day. They still need a bit of a tidy but otherwise they are almost done. I also converted up a Death Rider Command HQ Squad and put some base colours on a Artemia Pattern Hellhound and a Leman Russ Vanquisher. This weekend will be a "Hobby Weekend" so expect some more updates soon.

Hades Breaching Drill WIP

Been working on my Death Korps over the last few days while my friend has been assembling his Necrons and testing out some paint schemes. I'm not going to post any of my troop photos yet as I'm batching painting and all you'd see is a some squads primed white with only the coats and helmets painted! So instead here is a WIP shot of what every Death Korps army needs... a Hades Breaching Drill! I still need to do a few touch ups and add a bit more rubble on the conveyor belt but I'm pretty happy so far with how its turned out.

Death Korps of Krieg 2.0

Yep, I've gone back to the well. A friend of mine has reignited my passion for 40k by picking up the new Necron Battleforce and a few other bits. He has never played 40k before or any other games systems. It all started when I recommended he pick up Space Marine for the xbox. He knew nothing about the fluff or factions apart from the occasional peek at what I am working on or listening to me waffle about the latest Black Library book I have read. After picking up the game and playing it through and then spending many hours online together on the multiplayer modes he started asking questions about the 40k Universe. I lent him my copy of the 40k rulebook and after reading through this and looking on the GW website I met up with him a week later to find he had picked up the Necron codex, Command barge and the Battleforce boxset. We have arranged to have a 500 or 750 point game as soon as we both have our armies ready. I have dug out my unfinished Death Korps and began working on a new scheme and list for our first game. I have lots to paint and I'm working on a tough conversion for my army commander which will be part of the Death Rider command squad. Lots of updates to come as I make progress and also some ideas for a list that I'll be using, until then I leave you with a look at my "almost finished" Grenadier Centaur.  Enjoy!

Progress?

Well, I'm late. Story of my life :) Managed to pretty much get the FW limited edition Ork done. Also nearly finished up with Molly. Pics of her "soon". Plan on building an all girl Malifaux crew what with the Dead Doxies coming out soon. Pics are a comin'. Sorry for the delay....