Game 3 vs Winters SEO - Coming Soon!

Hey gang,

So on Sunday I travelled to see Winters SEO for the third time and do battle with my Auxilia against his latest army - The Sons of Horus! It was, as usual, an absolutely cracking game with lots of laughter involved and delicious cheese and onion pastries. Mmmm. 

The game should be out in a few weeks which I will link to once its up, but for now here are just a few pics of the battlefield and the armies, you should be able to make out my finished Stormblade hiding in the corner ;)

Hopefully that has whetted your appetite for madness and mayhem! 

Peace out,

Rob

Colour me Red and Purple - The Ynnari Come

Hi Gang,

So the main reason that I dropped out of 40k, other than a general swell in people playing what I would term unfluffy lists (at least in my meta), was that nothing about any of the current factions excited me well enough to persuade me that it was worth my investment of time and money. 

The Imperial Agents codes had me ruminating over lists as I think its a very well made fluffy 'codex' but it didn't make me jump in with both feet... The Gathering Storm on the other hand...

I have always loved the idea of both Cegorach and Ynnead (ee-nee-ad like Yggdrasil) and the birth of the Eldar god of the dead has got me frothing at the mouth to start an army. Oh yes, I will be a dirty Eldar player, though I am definitely hoping that they give you rules to make it Dark Eldar heavy. 

I don't know when I will have the capital to start this army, but I am hoping to have the book fairly soon after release and then have a 1200-1500 points army up and running by October. I am VERY excited by this. 

So back to 40k we go... Lets hope 8th edition is exciting as the rumours seem to hint at!

Peace out,

Rob

Sneak Peek of the Big TANK...

Coming soon to a battlefield near you...

Peace out,

Rob

The Execution Force Assembles - Be Afraid... Very Afraid!

Good evening, this is the Inquisition speaking...

The High Lords of Terra have spoken following a report from Inquisitor Corr and the Emperor's finest killers have been released, a surgical scalpel to the bludgeoning hammer of the Astartes. The Execution Force!! 

Thoroughly enjoyed painting these and (somewhat annoyingly as they aren't mine!) I would say some of my best work is contained in these 4 miniatures. I am particularly proud of the Eversor assassin as a whole, though the hair of the Callidus assassin, the eyes of the Vindicare and the body suit of the Culexus stand out individually as things I am proud to call my work. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing the genesis of these guys and look forward to seeing some Night Lords crop up :)

Peace out,

Rob

The Final Foot Soldiers of the Deathwing

Hey all,

So as I have been saying for some time now... The basic Deathwing are now complete! The dreadnoughts are well on their way as well as you will see later this week. I had originally told the client I would be done by the end of Janaury but well obviously I've missed that deadline!! I hadn't expected to be moving flat over the christmas period which obviously ate into my painting time somewhat. But having shipped off the assassins that is one thing out of my hair! 

I have really enjoyed the commission painting that I have done, but being realistic going forward, I think I will only really be able to have 1 or 2 jobs on the go at once AND be able to keep up with my own painting, professional work and social life. So once I have finished my current jobs I will be scaling back due to those other commitments, particularly professional as I go all out on my thesis (10k words and climbing!). I've already agreed to take on more Ravenwing from the same client so that'll be an ongoing job and I've got another client lined up as well for mid to late march. 

In the meantime I have these guys to finish, a squad of blood angels to do and the night lords to get cracking on with!

In other news you'll be seeing a big beast of a tank appearing soon as well as my finished Malcador Infernus :)

Peace out,

Rob

The Callidus Assassin - Complete

Hey ho, lets go!

So I've been working on these Assassins for some time now, but I've really enjoyed painting them and I would go so far as to say that they are some of the best work I have ever done, particularly with regards to the Eversor. The Callidus completes the Execution force and I'm going to get some pictures of them all together before I get these sent off and I'll post them up at some point :). But for now here's the finished Callidus for you to feast on.

Peace out,

Rob

Laser Cut Candy - An FAQ with Mario Ruf

Hey gang,

So sometime ago I reviewed some awesome laser cut gubbins from ML Shield. Well the lovely young chap Mario who runs ML shields out of his university has put together an FAQ video for you to get some more insight into what he does and what goes on. A really nice guy, give a watch and be inspired :) you can find his facebook page here!

Peace out,

Rob