Artillery standing by.

More Guard, this time some reinforcements from the Manchesini 148th Artillery. Left to paint: 2 Mortar Heavy Weapon Squads 2 Sentinels 1 Lord Commissar I'm so close I can taste the finish line (tastes good...

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Platoon no.2 Reporting!

More Guardsmen from the Asardis 61st! Getting close to the finish line with these guys now, which is a pretty good feeling. Should have it all done before the end of the year, then on to the next projec...

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Armoured Fist

I always loved the old Armoured Fist Squad entry in Codex Imperial Guard, before it became that anyone and their aunt can have their own Chimera. Having one in my army doesn't really fit with the light infantry theme I'm going for, so I figured it would have to be included as assistance from a mechanised company. So here they are, a little mech support for my Asardis lads from the Indantium 29th Armoured...

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A foul emissary appears...

As a break from my Guard (pics coming soon) I've painted up a Plague Priest. This is an old model (kindly donated by a friend) which I'm pretty certain wasn't intended to be a Plague Priest, but I think works pretty well as a lvl1 scroll bearer. I tried a few new things with this model, like painting his flesh to look very sickly, and painting his fur a more blondy brown. I think the first...

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Guard on Parade.

Thought it's about time I get some pics of my Imperial Guard up. These were the guys I first started painting when I got back into the hobby just over a year ago, and at the time it was the most advanced paint scheme I had ever painted. Which doesn't say much. Going back to them though I'm pleased with how they look, although simple in scheme they still make an impressive display on the board though...

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Clanrats!

After spending the last month working on getting these 60 clanrats I can honestly say, though it has been said many times before by many Skaven painters, I'll be happy if I never have to paint another one ever again. Fortunately, for me that is now the case, since that's all 100 of my clanrats done! Unit 1: The Warpfire Thrower with this first unit is the one I painted a while ago, now joyfully...

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Progress Report #1

In the next few days I'll be going far, far away from my hobby table for a while, so I really wanted to get my remaining 60 clanrats finished before then. Alas, I was only able to get them up to a minimum tabletop standard (base coloured, washed, some details and based). However this is still a good point to take stock of how I'm progressing so far and what I still have to do. So on to the pictures! "Capture...

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To the Skies!!

My local GW is doing an Apocalypse game this Saturday for fliers, skimmers and jump infantry only, so I thought I use that as an excuse to slow down with the Skaven and get some Assault Marines painted up. A quick note about me and Space Marines, I have a large and neglected pile of them from my much younger days in the hobby and a while back decided I wanted to redo them as a Dorn successor chapter....

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Finished BSB

Just got this done and I'm pretty pleased with the result. I did the banners first so that I could hold the model further up without rubbing off the paint, and after I did them I wasn't really taken with them. I imagine many people have similar feelings when it comes to freehanding though, since it takes practice to really get the image in your head onto the model. But anyway, now that the...

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More Clanrats, BSB w.i.p.

Just got done with another 20 clanrats with spears, which completes a unit of 40. I'm planning on mostly just using this unit as a bunker for my Grey Seer. Also apologies for any blur in these pics, I'm still getting used to the camera I'm using. As a break before I get started on another 20 (I dunno about anyone else, but painting these guys gets old fast) I've started working on my BSB,...

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Doomwheel!

Well, it took longer than I thought it would (while at the same time I did less with it than I could have) but its done and I'm pleased with how it has turned out. The model mainly consisted of painting two types of materials, ie metal and wood, neither of which I'm particularly comfortable with. However the new Balthasar Gold was a big help, it went on like a dream. I shudder to...

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The Verminous Horde Shows Itself!

Picture time, here's everything Skaven that I've finished so far:  Warlord Massiskikk the Scourgebringer!  Grey Seer Velsisk.  Engineer Thant.  Infernal Devices of Clan Skyre.  Horrors of Clan Moulder. And what would any Skaven force be without the humble Clanrats? I've done another 40 Clanrats but only to tabletop standard, so I won't show them till they're...

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Hello world!

Greetings! I'm a long time Warhammer/Warhammer 40k player recently returned to the fold after a, oh, 6 year break or thereabouts. I'm starting this blog for the same reason that many seem to, to provide motivation for my hobby during those times when my enthusiasm falters. I collected many an army in my younger days, yet they are almost entirely in a terrible state, so while I will eventually be spending time and blog space on getting them fixed and painted (yup, I used to be a grey...

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