What fun is a wizard if you can’t animate chains out of the ground? I asked myself that very question, and answered with “not fun enough!” Thus, Soulsnare Shackles.
They’re quite simple models, although I certainly appreciate that they’re three distinct sculpts. To break it up, I added some rust colors. I’m not sure it sells as rust, but at least it brings in a bit of color.
I totally stole this idea but lost track of who from. This is a Knight Incantor model from the Getting Started magazine with a spare helmet from the Vulkite Berserkers kit. I’ve got a few other bonus bits, like the horn and Kharadron tool hanging from his belt.
From time to time I’ll reach into the hobby vault to feature models painted before I started this blog.
Let’s take a trip back in time. My wife had been doing a lot of shopping at the craft store, and I had been eyeing a F-15 plastic model kit like one that I lusted after as a kid. I never really got into model airplanes as a kid. It turns out that $30 is unimaginably expensive to a nine-year-old but quite affordable to an employed adult. So I bought it and put it together.
With that done, I thought I’d try some 40k again. I had a bunch of stuff in the closet from when I briefly played in the 2nd and 3rd edition era. While I made some attempts at painting back then, most was unpainted, including this squad. I read some articles, watches some videos, and bought some paints.
Then, with a handful of painted models, I had an excuse to try playing again. I found a pickup game at the local shop with a kind soul who was willing to put up with my ignorance. Things kind of snowballed from there.
From time to time I’ll reach into the hobby vault to feature models painted before I started this blog.
These metal sniper scouts were part of my original second edition foray into 40k, but left unpainted until 2009 or so. If I recall correctly, there were only two sculpts for the single-piece models, so a full squad would include duplicates.
These models represent an early attempt at camo. The cloaks have some blotches of gray. Not particularly effective, but at least it’s subtle enough to be ignored.
