Another Space Slann warband...

Following on from Andy (Of http://talesfromthemaelstrom.blogspot.co.uk/ fame) putting up some photos of his rather nicely Space Slann on his Facebook page, and also an associated discussion on the origins of the miniatures, over at the Oldhammer forum (here), I decided to pop up a few photos of my as yet unfinished Space Slann warband, also spurred on by my recent trip to the Mayan ruins in Mexico.

This one is based around the mysterious Nohoch-Mul, an ancient Slann Mage, seen here at the back, in his armoured, floating throne.

More after the cut...

A look back on the year...

Seeing as a bunch of other people are doing this, I thought I'd chime in as well. Be warned though, it's not a chirpy as most people's.

Bothered?

The beginnings of Altheim...

Or, in other words, what's in the box?

Yet more marines...

Another fairly brief update, as I'm off on holiday at the end of the week, so I'm glad I've finally got these finished before I go, they seem to have been on the painting desk for ever!

I've not been entirely idle...

Here's a small taster of something I've been working on...

It's the fortified monastery of the cult of St Sigmar At The Crossroads, a small, obscure Sigmarite cult based on the coast, in the sparsely populated Nordland Province of the Empire.

My plan is to create a small, isolated town, 'Altheim', with it's assorted inhabitants and characters. Mainly to give my friend Andy a target for his Norscan Warband to attempt to raid, but also as an project to get me back into wargaming after the bad taste it's left me with recently, as the character models are all single figures that I can paint up as the mood takes me, with only a few larger units. (the Town militia, mainly, and possibly a unit of warrior knights holed up in a coastal fort).

The village buildings themselves are more of a large project, but at least I've made a start on it.

So, there you go.

Birthday Awesomeness....

Not a huge amount to report at the moment, I seem to be suffering from a case of "painter's block" and everything I try to paint looks like crap, so I'm having a bit of a rest for a few weeks until I get my mojo back.

However, it was recently my birthday, and my girlfriend, and a group of my closest friends clubbed together to get me this bad boy:

How to ruin a perfectly good £50 kit in one easy lesson. (WIP)

or, 'Oops, I got distracted again'...

Suffering as I do with the wargamer's equivalent of ADHD, I wasn't content with just getting on with my PDF/IG army, so I fancied building/converting something.

I decided in the end to make a start on another space freighter for Port Imperiale. Long story short, I had a spare Stormraven knocking around, from my currently postponed Space Marine army, and having seen one too many episodes of 'Space 1999', I wanted to make an Eagle Transporter style ship to carry for the Sarissa Containers I picked up a while ago.

After cutting the Stormraven in half, I used a few spare Necromunda bulkheads as spacers, along with a few extra detailing parts to hide the chop. I was never that keen on the original 'dumpy' Stormraven, and actually think the proportions look a lot better when it's elongated. I also left most of the weapons off, as y'know, it's a transporter, not a shooty war-wagon.

It's not finished yet, the next problem to solve is how to make the container easily removable, and add some more details, then it's a paint job for it and the crew, which are from the excellent http://www.fouraminiatures.com/

More pics as and when I get it finished!

And a few other denizens of the Port...

Forgot to put these at the end of my last post, but here's a few other odd paint jobs I've finished recently...

This guy's an old Citadel ninja that was damaged, so I've turned him into an alien assassin, with the aid of some weapons and some Vic Minis breathing apparatus.

The end of the world, or my other hobby love.

Well, one of 'em, is Post Apocalyptic wargaming, specifically 28mm skirmish wargaming. Most of you probably aren't aware, but a long time ago, I co-wrote a wargame called Babylon's Burning, and even produced a range of figures for it. Mediocre figures, it had to be said, but still. (The game's actually still available HERE, if you're that way inclined, but this post isn't meant to be selling anything!)

The game was based around the San Francisco area, after a devastating meteor destroyed pretty much everything, raising the sea level and killing off the vast majority of the world's population, after the dust in the atmosphere blocked off the sun for years, and caused global famine etc. Fun huh?

Anyway, being a Cold War era kid, I've always had a soft spot for Mad Max style gaming, so here's a few photos of some of the scenery and figures I've painted up for it.

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something (that used to be) blue...

Or, in other words, a Horus Heresy Death Guard update!

Here's a group shot of what I've managed to get done so far:

There's a Rhino, Dreadnought, three RT Marine squads, one FW Destroyer Squad with Jump packs, Mortarion and Durak Rask conversions, an HQ squad in Terminator Armour, A Praetor, a chaplain and one lonely Scout.

If you're interested, further pics and details are after the cut...

+++ INCOMING TRANSMISSION - ORDO HERETICUS +++

+++ FROM: INQUISITOR VON HIMMEL +++
+++ RE: HERETICAL ARTIFACT OF ISTVAAN III +++

++ ATTACHED VIDPIC SHOWING REMNANT OF THE KHRY VANAK OF ISTVAAN III, DEFACED BY HERETICS DURING THE ATROCITY. RELIC WAS UNCOVERED DURING THE CRUSHING OF THE CHAOS CULT ON QATAIRIC VI, BEING USED AS A HERETICAL ICON ++

++ RELIC HAS SINCE BEEN PURIFED BY FIRE ++

+++ TRANSMISSION ENDS +++

Or, read more, if you're that way inclined...

A milestone! A project finished, and a new start...

Well, I've actually finished something, for once, as you can see. That's a whole army's worth of painted, vintage Citadel Dark Elves up there.

Want the meet the gang? Read on...