Category Archives: 40k

40k, Dark Eldar, Past Projects

Dark Eldar: Grisly Trophies

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Back in January, I realized I wanted to put Grisly Trophies on some of my Dark Eldar skimmers.  The game was an Apoc game which required vehicle upgrades to be modeled.  These poles come in the kit, and I hadn’t been using them.

Grisly Trophies

To make it easy to move around, a glued a thin magnet in the vehicle and painted it to blend it in a bit.  I drilled out the base of the poles and put in a matching magnet.

I tried out the Citadel Technical Blood for the Blood God paint on these guys, which I think looks neat.  Don’t ask me why these clearly dried skulls have fresh blood dripping from them.  Maybe the Archon decorates them before going out to battle.

Updated July 2019 with improved images

40k, Eldar, Past Projects

Eldar: Guardians

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These guys are part of the first reinforcements for my Eldar allies force.  I should get a different color background to photograph against, so the white helmets and guns don’t get lost.

Eldar Guardians (first half, front)
Eldar Guardians (first half, front)

The heavy weapon platform is magnetized, and the weapons can be swapped with War Walkers

Eldar Guardians (first half, back)
Eldar Guardians (first half, back)

I’ve gone for painting all the blisters on my Eldar as gems in a couple colors.  I think it adds a nice bit of detail.

Eldar Guardians (second half, front)
Eldar Guardians (second half, front)

This is a pretty old kit, but it goes together pretty well.  The arms are matched, but once you cut them off the sprue it’s hard to see which goes with which.  Since I generally don’t glue on arms until after I’m done painting, I need to keep track of it through priming and painting until I get to final assembly.  I ended up sketching out each pair’s defining characteristics (the pendant and arm angles, mostly).

Eldar Guardians (second half, back)
Eldar Guardians (second half, back)

 

40k, Spin-o-matic, Ultramarines

Ultramarines: Multimelta Marine

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While I was painting up the last Tactical Squad, I added one more into the mix.

I bought a devastator box for cheap over a year ago, and have waffled on what exactly to do with it.  It doesn’t have enough included duplicated weapons to make an effective Devastator Squad or to equip a bunch of Tacticals.

Multimelta Marine

I decided that I was letting the indecision hold me back from doing anything with them, so I’d make up the multimelta as an option for one of the tacticals.

I went with marking it for Squad I, since that’s the one without raised Ultramarines shoulder pads, so I thought it would fit in the best.

The end of the backlog is so close I can taste it.  Just one more Reaper Bones to go!

Updated July 2018 with improved images.

40k, Spin-o-matic, Ultramarines

Ultramarines: Another Tactical Squad

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This is the second Tactical Squad I bought as part of the Strikeforce.  Now I’ve got the other Tactical, Scouts, Razorback, and Drop Pod done from that box.  That’s all that I’m planning to do for now, although the idea of the Deathwatch Dreadnought does intrigue me.

Tactical Marines (sergeant group)

Once again, I’m using Custom Minis tactical shoulder pads and GW Ultramarines ones.

This is the fourth tact squad in my adult hobby career, but I use markings for the 5th squad.  The first one I painted has plain blue pads.  The second and third are marked I and II.  I decided to use V on these, since I thought it would fit the raised arrow better than III or IV.

Tactical Marines (flamer group)

Of course, the special weapon is magnetized.  Sadly, the only heavy that comes in the box is the missile launcher.

Tactical Marines (missile launcher group)

I finished this unit off just in time for the Inquisition War finale.  It’s going to be an apoc-lite game, so it may not even be silly to have four tact squads running around.

Updated December 2018 with improved images.