A bit of Yarrick

Last week I started on this one. I'm not going to use him in any army and I'm going to mount him on a winter-styled base when it's finished.
I was aiming for a bit of a blue/pale/"winterish" kind of theme on this one.

The sash and the stormbolter and some other details still need some love before I start with the base.

Once you go big, will you ever go back..?

Last weekend I finaly got around to try something new. After some research I came across a nice tutorial on masteroftheforge.com titled "How to make an actual scale Space Marine". And since I hade some plastic Terminators just laying around I thought "hey let's try this".
And here are some pics of my progress last sunday:

There are still some gaps that needs filling and I'm thinking about adding some more raised plasticard details. I'm also working on the backpack. And I'm following the tips from the tutorial so it's going to be a bit bigger than the original size. Amazeingly the standard sized Space Marine head works great with the added size of the mini.

Here we have a comparison shot with a standard sized marine and a standard sized guard.

The title of this post is a bit missleading - I do prefer the standard sized marine when it comes to gaming and armybuilding but the bigger, "true scale" sized marine works great when it comes to "one-offs" and dioramas. Now I just need to decide on which Chapter he's going to be a member of. And I'm really looking forward to paint this one.

Please check out www.masteroftheforge.com for the tutorial.

Back from vacation - back to the workshop and my many projects..

On vacation I had to sample some of the local painting talents of Amsterdam. In the middle of the usual tourist-chaos I found GW Amsterdam to be a relaxed and easygoing retreat.

The "Try the game"-table, with a real nice Blood Angel Flyer.

I had a nice talk with the creator of this one (whose name I regretably have forgotten). It's made of half a Land Raider, most of a Valkyrie flyer and Hbolter turrets from a Predator kit.

I also found some nice Eldar and Nids tucked away in a big display case.

I really regret not getting a better pic of these ones.

Some nice Red Scorpion Space Marines.

A crisp and clean IG Super Heavy supporter.

I'm usualy not a Warhammer Fantasy-fan but this one caught my eye, maybe it was the banner.

On a more personal note I'm back to my own projects. Right now I'm trying to build a small Killteam for The Imperial Guards. I'm thinking two Veteran squads, Last Chancer style!

Finished the Valkyrie/Vendetta

The local GW painting competition "forced" me to finish this one. It's for my Strom Renegade Army.

The weapon mounts are all magnetized so it can change weapons and go as a Valkyrie or a Vendetta. I also made the side gunners removeable. It's designated as "01" but there will be no more flyers for my army (not for a while anyway...).

Raptor Chapter Armylists

Since I've been having some problems with finding a working armylist for my Marines I've been testing out some different ones. These two are the ones I will be playing with from now on.
First of the 1750 points list:
HQ:
Captain with terminator armour and Power Sword.
TROOPS 1 and 2:
Standard, full, Tactical Squads with flamers and missile launchers. The Sgt is armed with a chainsword and a Boltpistol.
TROOPS 3 and 4:
5 Tactical Marines and a Sgt with a Power Sword. Transported in a Razorback armed with TL Heavy Bolter.
ELITES:
A full ten men Terminator Squad with two Cyclone Missile Launchers. (Very expensive but a solid block of death).
HEAVY SUPPORT 1:
A Land Raider, with a HunterKiller Missile and an extra Stormbolter.
HEAVY SUPPORT 2:
A Devastator squad with two Heavy Bolters, A Plasma Cannon and a Las Cannon.

The 2000 points list:
HQ:
Captain with Terminator Armour and a pair of Lightning Claws.
Command Squad;
with Company Champion, Company Standard and two Veterans armed with Power Swords and Boltpistols.
TROOPS 1 and 2:
Full Tactical Squads with a Rocket Launcher and a Plasma Gun in each squad. The Sgt carries a chainsword and a Boltpistol.
TROOPS 3 and 4:
5 Tactical Marines and a Sgt with a Power Sword. Transported in a Razorback armed with TL Heavy Bolter.
ELITES:
A full ten men Terminator Squad with two Cyclone Missile Launchers!
HEAVY SUPPORT 1:
A Land Raider, with a HunterKiller Missile and an extra Stormbolter.
HEAVY SUPPORT 2:
A Devastator squad with two Heavy Bolters, A Plasma Cannon and a Las Cannon. In this edition this squad has 4 extra marines with Bolters.

The 1750 list totals at 1741 points and the 2000 points list ends at 1990 points.

Raptor Chapter Updates!

Since I've been trying to win some games with my Raptors I've also tried to have them look the best! So I repainted and touched up some of my units. I've also built and painted some additions that are currently collecting dust on my shelf.

First up there's my two Tactical Squads:

My Devastators and my personal favorite the Plasma Gunner:

Here are some Sternguards, yet to be tested:

Right now I've been beaten by Orks, Marines and a Guard Army... But I think I've finally found a armylist that might work for me!

Raptor Chapter Landraider

So I got around and added some last minute touches to the "Green Machine". Kind of hasty, but I needed it for a game last week. A game where it got ripped to shreds by an Ork Warboss in the third turn.

A bit of touching-up

I found two of my AOBR dreads I painted for my Raptors Chapter Army. I was a bit bored when I started them so I tried out a bit of camo on them. But I ran into a bit of trouble when I mounted them on their bases. When the glue dried the whole thing had bent out of shape. So I removed them, did a rework on the bases and touched up the painting a bit. I also added a bit of chipped paint and some scribbling on the scrolls.

Since there are no chapter-logo on this one I was thinking about adding a banner to its back.

A bit of a front/back shot of the first dread.

A total take on the Strom Renegade Army

So I got around to taking pictures of the whole army. (Well not really the whole army since the Valkyrie and the Sentinel aren't in the picture).
Here we go:

HQ (front and center) with banner, dual flamers, Vox-caster and Commander with two Body Guards. Also, to the right of the main HQ we have the "Dark Commissar".

I have two main Infantry platoons. The far most left one has a unit of (Zombie)Conscripts added to it. The units have a mix of flamers and granadelaunchers with a Vox-caster in every unit. The platoon command squads have a Vox-caster, meltagun, banner and medics.
If I am to pick out any favorites in my army, we have my dug-in Heavy Bolters, and not to forget the "Ogryn Autocannon Carrier":

And my Psyker Battle Squad, one of my overall favorite builds in this army:

Then the question is, "what's my next move? What plans do I have for the future of this army?" Well, first of I want to put two more Armoured Sentinels on the table - so I have a full trio of them. Then I'm thinking that I might want some Storm Troopers to put in my Valkyrie Transport. And another thought is to add more Conscripts to the squad - right now there are 20 of them. I might want to max them out. But that's all in the (near)future. Right now there are still some details to finish up here and there on my existing minis.

Project Multitasking...

I like to multitask! It's good to mix your painting-projects - so you don't lose your interrest along the way. Right now I'm putting my main interrest into my Valkyria/Vendetta -flyer, but I'm also getting some job done on some other projects:
First up is my re-painted Space Marine Scouts. They used to be Blood Angels but now they're part of my Raptors Chapter Army:

There are still some details remaining, like eyes and hair on two of them. I'm also working on adding some more infantry to my Strom Renegade Army:

Three more to go!!