Black Armour Test

I want to start to do some black armour using the GW contrast paint so I have tested it on a few random old models.

They do look a bit dull, but I guess that is the point to a certain extent. Even with a bit of boltgun to pick out weapons and the occasional armour panel they still look very flat. A bit of edge highlighting will help.

A model with a little something in a different colour helps such as the skull shoulder pauldrons on this old Chaplain model.

I will have to try a few others out. At least they will get used in games of Stargrave and Rogue Stars.

Turnip28 Kickstarter

Turnip Max has just started a Kickstarter to product a load of Turnip28 STL files for his weird and whacky vegetable and mud based wargame. I do not have a 3D printer, but I know a man who does. The initial ask has been smashed and who knows where it could end…

MDF Landing Pad

Another project that has been going along, on and off, is a small sci-fi landing pad.

I wanted a simple design that would allow various ramps, ladders and stairs to attach to the edges of the pads.

It is just about done, so I need to get another cut and painted up for a game.

MDF Check Point

To go with my current WWII MDF projects, I am making a checkpoint with sentry boxes and a barrier.

Just need to tweak the roof a bit and these wil be done.

Kill Team Terrain

Got to use my newly painted Kill Team Octarius terrain for the first time in a game last week.

My Starstriders went up against the Death Guard, and although they died for the Emperor quite a bit, they did manage to just get enough objectives to squeak a win.

I really need to paint my Ork Kommandoes…

MDF Aircraft Hangar

We play a number of WWII games, either historical like Bolt Action, or with a more weird war focus, such as Dust and Konflikt ’47. I have had sketches of some airfield building ideas for ages to design and build in MDF.

I decided to start with a large building and make a huge aircraft hangar.

There is plenty of room inside for any of the aircraft I have and high enough for the Mechs in Dust and Konflikt.

Last Two Bloodletters

Not brilliant, but done and ready for the Kill Team and Warcry table, a quick base colour followed by a splattering of Dark Tone ink.

…and this also should give me a total of ten for a small Oathmark unit in my Chaos army.

Whats On The Table?

Since finishing a terrain painting marathon, I needed a painting pause to recharge and decide what to do next. There is no shortage of models in the backlog, I just misplaced my mojo and could not get motivated.

I decided to start very small and finish two more old Bloodletters for my Warcry warband and daemon Kill Teams.

Remembrance Day

Mule

Back in 1999, I was really into a game called Vor, produced by FASA. It was a really good sci-fi game with a bunch of interesting forces. I have three forces I think (two fully painted), one of which was the human Union force. In the Union force was a robot model called a Mule. Today in Stargrave’s Quarantine 37 expansion, there is a robot model called a Mule.

It needs a repaint, but the model seems to fit the profile in Quarantine 37 perfectly.