Kromlech New Release! Legions Quad Thunder Gun

Hey gang,

This gem crossed my paths today and it looks like an awesome alternative for certain quad launching guns... Find it here!

Peace out,

Rob

Night Lords Champion - WIP

Hey everyone,

So as well as painting the Yncarne, I've been beavering away at various different parts of the Night Lords that I have to get done. I have been somewhat limited by running out of leadbelcher undercoat and also terrible windy wet weather which limits my ability to spray (I am very much banned from spraying inside the house!).

But in amongst all those problems I have been working on this chap. The client is happy with how he is coming along, and I'm following his directions for certain style aspects a best I can. The head wings need finishing and the power pack is coming along as well.

I'm particularly pleased with the metal of the power fist fingers. I think its ended up with nice depth to it that I sometimes struggle to develop on metal. 

The Forgefiend is nearly complete and the Daemon Prince will pop up soon as the base layers are pretty much done on most of it. Then once my new leadbelcher spray arrives I will be cracking on with the Land Raider and Helbrute that make up the rest of this commission :)

Peace out,

Rob

The Avatar of Ynnead - A Primal Scream of Death and Rebirth

Hey gang,

So in between a lot of prep work on the Night Lords I have been putting time into a personal project which has recently been the Yncarne. Even if I never end up building the wraithblade army that I have running around my head (I cannot ever bring myself to bring ranged D weaponry even with a -1), I am just extremely glad to have had this model as a painting project. I am very thankful my lovely girlfriend bought me the box set!

I wanted to go for something much darker than the official scheme and make this look like a god of the dead that the Eldar will both follow and fear as the story indicates. I feel the official scheme makes the Yncarne seem to definitely friendly to my mind. And as my skills are just better suited to dark (scruffy) painting, that is the way I went...

There is so much I need to do to this model still!! There are a couple of small bits to add to the swirl that are currently awaiting primer, there are bits of glue that need painting over and just so much that needs blending together better. I don't think it is going to win any awards, but I am pretty happy with how close I have come to my original vision. I would say around 65% towards what I wanted, but with such a complicated model I am very VERY happy with that thus far. 

Thoughts on a postcard :)

Peace out,

Rob

Even in Death I still Serve - I'll take a beer then...

Hey all,

Courtesy of my ever lovely lady Serena :) you can find her on instagram @serenacherrycats :)

Peace out,

Rob

Culexus Commission the IInd - The Lineage of Fear

Good day to thee,

Another Culexus to go along with the old Vindicare and the Night Lords currently in my possession, a few touch ups needed and I still need to chat with the client about what style the bases need to be on these, but pretty much there otherwise!

Peace out,

Rob

Working on the Night Lords

Hey gang,

Been doing more work on the Night Lords in my possession that are part of the same job as the old school Vindicare I posted up a few days ago. I've got a Land Raider, Forgefiend, Jump pack Lord, Daemon Prince, Night Lords specific HQ and a Helbrute to do, along with a Culexus assassin.

Some good progress on the Forgefiend and jump pack Lord in todays post. Though the Culexus is nearly done as well. The basing for these guys will have some dismembered imperial knight parts strewn around, so they will be painted up completely separately as and when I finish the rest of the commission.

Pleased with how they are coming along, hopefully the client is as well!

Peace out,

Rob

Building the Yncarne - It Begins

Hey all,

So recently, my lovely girlfriend bought me the Triumverate of Ynnead which has sparked my re-involvement in 40k and the probable development of an Ynnari army... The first step to this is building and painting the centrepiece itself, the Yncarne.

In between painting steps on the Night Lords I have going on, I treated myself to starting the build on this beast. This is the first of 3 major sub-assemblies that will be built and painted before being glued together, though there are several minor pieces that will be painted separately as well. 

As you can see, this thing is incredibly detailed. I won't be following the paint scheme of GW but be going for something altogether darker in tone! I'm planning on getting the rest of the sub-assemblies built and undercoated this weekend with some work on this first section starting late next week should time allow!

Peace out,

Rob

Old School Vindicare Commission!

Hey all,

I'm currently working on a Night Lords commission with some attached imperial assassins. The Vindicare is an older sculpt though not the very very old one. I had a lot of fun laying paint on this guy and as it was done in one sitting it felt very much like progress!

I've also begun some work proper on an army I've had gagging at the bit for some time, so that should rear its head soon...

With some extra professional commitments coming up I will be curtailing the number of commissions that I take soon, so this will be the last fresh commission you will see for some time. I have a boat load of Dark Angels though still to do so expect to see a lot more of them over the next 6 months, which is my time scale for completion :)

Peace out,

Rob

Podcast Preparations for The Burning Lore - Coming Soon!

Hey everyone,

Still busy as hell with work so little hobby to show at the moment (should change next week). But the picture above is my lovely and rather amazing girlfriend Serena, who is live mixing the levels and effects of both my voice and Ed's (Darkfuture30k) as we record narrative dramatisations of our army fluff for our upcoming podcast!

Here's an action shot of Ed looking like a blue peter presenter as well :P

We aren't doing this by halves, so the end result should be a very high quality audio for you to listen to as you paint :)

Peace out,

Rob

Winters SEO Solar Auxilia vs Sons of Horus on YouTube!!

Hey gang!

Here's the game I played against Winters SEO a week ago. Its a belter :) enjoy!

Peace out,

Rob

Deathwing Dreadnoughts get some love

Hey all,

Image Right held by creator as indicated by watermark :)

A very busy week for me and not been terribly well with one of those stomach bugs going around, hence not many hobby posts going up! Here is a quick look at a couple of Deathwing dreadnoughts that have been seeing some brush time. Absolutely loads to do on them though! All the arms will be getting painted separately after I decide how to make them interchangeable. I'm actually favouring just filing out the holes rather than magnetising right now.

Peace out,

Rob

Arbitrary Milestone - 3000 comments!

Hello!

Welcome to another self-congratulatory arbitrary milestone that I'm sure grips every fibre of your being with rapt attention!! I recently passed over 3000 comments on the blog and this, more than any other measure, makes me happy with how the blog is going. I love interacting with people who have taken the time to write a little something on one of my posts. 

Admittedly I have taken to bulk replying every 7-14 days for which I apologise! I really need to get on top of replying to comments better than I do currently. But I can assure you that I read and reply to every single one, so always check back if you are curious to see what I said :)

Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to comment and I hope you are looking forward to April and the second birthday of my blog with another giveaway competition in the works!

Thanks again and as always,

Peace out,

Rob

Darkfuture30k - Recommended Reading

Hey all :)

As many of you will know, one of my regular gaming partners and all round good guy is a chap called Ed. Ed owns a BEAUTIFUL word bearers army that you can see throughout this blog and he is also a real talent when its comes to writing personalised fluff and narrative battle reports. 

I am happy to report that Ed has started his own blog called Darkfuture30k and its already got some top notch content up there, particularly his latest post being a battle report between his Word Bearers and our mutual friend Toby's awesome World Eaters. 

Definitely check his blog out, give it a like, give it a follow and you will be justly rewarded :)

So check Ed out at Darkfuture30k, you won't regret it!

Peace out,

Rob