Something is Rotten in Research Facility W/Y-U74N1...

+++ FROM: INQUISITOR VON HIMMEL +++
+++ REPORT ON XENARITE RESEARCH FACILITY W/Y-U74N1+++

<MESSSAGE STARTS>
< FOLLOWING A LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE XENARITE RESEARCH FACILITY W/Y-U74N1 FOR SEVERAL DECADES, DUE TO A WARP STORM, INITIAL ATTEMPTS TO RE-ESTABLISH A COMM LINK WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. >

< INQUISITION VESSEL 'HEART OF GOD' SENT TO INVESTIGATE AND IS NOW IN GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT. STATION IS STILL NOT RESPONDING TO COMM REQUESTS. A VID-SERVITOR HAS BEEN SENT TO THE SURFACE TO INVESTIGATE. LAST VID-PICS ATTACHED BEFORE IT CEASED COMMUNICATION, PRESUMED DESTROYED. >

Feral Worlder WIP update.

So, here's a representative group of my Feral worlders that I've been working on. These are a real mish-mash of stuff, but mainly as follows: Perry Mahdists bodies and arms, Westwind Weird War 2 German gas mask heads, Warlord WW2 German equipment, Rogue Trader/Necromunda era weapons and with a few Vic minis bits for the officers. 

As you can see, I've got quite a few of the buggers to paint, which leads me on to a question: How would you guys suggest I paint 'em? I'm probably going to go with an African skin tone, to match the Ferals I've done already (Who I can now use as scouts.)

As there are 40 of them to paint up, I need ideas for a colour scheme that would look impressive, but be fairly quick to do. I toyed with the idea of SS oakleaf camo, as they're all wearing baggy smock-like clothing (and it would match the German kit), but that might be a bit too busy for me to do a: quickly, and b: well, so I'm appealing to the hive-mind.

Any thoughts?

Feral Worlders, continued...

Here's a few more photos of the Feral Worlders I've been painting up recently. Not sure why, I should be working on my 40k Slann, but I felt like a change, and now I appear to have made a start on yet another new army...

A squad of Ferals defending their territory from an Ork slaving party.

More photos after the cut...

A little Games Workshop history...

Here's a bit of a rarity I've picked up recently, a small part of GW history all the way back from when I was working there. It's a rather hefty Terminator shoulder pad belt buckle, in solid brass, and not to be confused with the much more recent 'Bulldog Buckles' pot-metal crap.

Psst, wanna see something heretical? (Or Space Slann, continued.) Oh, and some unrelated Feral Worlders.

So, judging by the amount of traffic the last post generated, either you guys  like Space Slann, or were all *really* bored over the xmas period. I'm going to be generous and assume the former, and so present the next unit in my Space Slann Warband...

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?