Raptors Army Complete - For Now

So I attended a tournament at the weekend, and before I head off to work today I thought I'd post a couple of pictures of my army, I would do a review later but it would mainly consist of bitching about my dice rolls and the inability to roll 2+ armour saves.

Raptors Drop Pod

As part of the Heresy Online Army Painting Challenge I have decided to do a Raptors Space Marine Army.

First up, for my March entry is a Drop Pod.

Raptors Predator Destructor

So having decided upon a list and built the units I'll need I now have a little under 2 weeks to get everything painted to at least a three colour minimum to take part in K-Con.

Now this is the part where things get interesting. I could paint the models to a quick 3 colour minimum and get in some practice games or I could go to town on the models and do a really good job and no doubt get my arse handed to me by all and sundry. Guess which I've picked...

PIP - Enclosed Medusa

For the last two weeks I've been finishing off my enclosed medusa, I've done a bit more work to the conversion itself (adding pintle weapons etc) and have started the painting of the model.

3rd Salopian Airborne Rangers - Part 3

Part 3 of this series is all about the paint scheme I've chosen. I wanted somthing realistic but quick to paint. These photos are of one of my veterans I converted last week, the weapons they're carring have been made into carbines similiar in style to my autoguns, and as you can see from the pictures below I've removed the shoulder pads from the arms to give them a lighter armoured, more modern, look.

Achtung Panzer!

Hey all, I'd like to apologise and put to rest the rumours of my demise, I started an OU law course in February and thought I'd have plenty of time to keep everything going but I was overwhelmed with the work, I now only have my final assignment to do so I should be more active from now on. At least until February again.

Anyway, on to the main point of this post - incoming tanks for the NWG tournament next Saturday

For those not in the know, the NWG tournament is a 2000 point event that allows the use of some FW units and lists (basically anything not a super heavy or gargantuan creature). I've decided to take an armoured battlegroup using the IA1 update.

Just one problem...

Heresy Online Army Painting Challenge - January

Hi all,

Again its been a long time since I put up a post, I have two reasons, firstly the damn broadband was down all over christmas (can't complain too much some people round here were without running water) and I've been busy painting my January entry into the Heresy Online Army Painting Challenge as well as doing some extra detail work on my IG tanks.

Infantry Squad Reporting For Duty

Well its taken a while but I've finally got the first squad finished after about 3 weeks, I'll need to pick up the pace if I want this army ready for the tournament I plan on attending next month.

Verratian 3rd Colour Scheme

Finally got round to finishing a model and taking the necessary photos, this will be the colour scheme for my new Imperial Guard Renegade army...

Chocolate Chip Desert Camo

Today I shall be providing a quick ‘how to’ on desert camouflage, specifically the ‘Chocolate Chip’ camouflage used by the United States Military during the Gulf War and in the early 1990s.

In this example I’ll be using one of my converted Guardsmen (without his arms or weapon) created by combining the Cadian and Catachan sprues but the general tips still apply