Category: Miniatures

World Eaters Land Raider – The Taxi of Kharn the Betrayer

This time a little bit something for the Chaos forces. This is the first Land Raider I’ve put together and painted up. I’m not a fan of the endless spike parade usually associated with 40k Chaos forces and thus I opted to leave them out from this model. While painting I tried several new techniques including enamel wash paints by AK Interactive and enamel effect paints such as Engine Oil and Engine Grime by AK Interactive. Most of the work is by pigments (I use a combination of Vallejo, AK Interactive, Mig and Kromlech pigments). The rust effects are accomplished using Vallejo Oxid Paste resin which I diluted and painted with a broken brush. The dust and mud are done with Vallejo Brown Earth resin paste and touched up with pigments.

I learned a lot with this miniature.

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Arkham Horror / Mansions of Madness investigators

Well. Arkham Horror is the long time favorite game of mine and my active group of players. It’s the “go-to” game when the novelty factor from various other games wears thin. Luckily the investigator figures from Mansions of Madness can be used in Arkham Horror, Eldritch Horror, Elder Sign and of course Mansions of Madness, so painting the investigators seems like a wise move.

Here’s a group shot of investigators finished so far:

 

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A batch of new True Revilers painted up

Here’s a batch of new True Revilers miniatures painted up.

 

True Reviler Terminators
True Reviler Terminators. I got a group o 10 terminators. All of them are built from left over pieces found in a bits box. I built 10 and plan to deep strike them using a homer beacon available to scout sergeants. All terminators are magnetized (feet for basing and hands for weapon choice variety).
First two scouts - a sniper and sergeant with a missile launcher. I plan to have at least 2 sniper scout teams.
First two scouts – a sniper and sergeant with a missile launcher. I plan to have at least 2 sniper scout teams.

 

Cloaks of the scouts. Cloak models from Victoria Miniatures in Australia.
Cloaks of the scouts. Cloak models from Victoria Miniatures in Australia.
Assault bike with a multi melta. The bike is from Max Mini in Poland.
Assault bike with a multi melta. The bike is from Max Mini in Poland.
I posed the bike in such a way that only one tire touches the ground.
I posed the bike in such a way that only one tire touches the ground.
The marine driver is removable although I don't think it fits anywhere else. Backpack is magnetized so it can be switched to other backpacks.
The marine driver is removable although I don’t think it fits anywhere else. Backpack is magnetized so it can be switched to other backpacks.
The front small dozer blade was a left over piece ... comes from the Ramshackle Games' wide range of pieces if I recall correctly.
The front small dozer blade was a left over piece … comes from the Ramshackle Games’ wide range of pieces if I recall correctly.
I plan two squads of 5 bikes having one assault bike each. This way I can take the bike squads as troops choices when using a HQ character riding a bike.
I plan two squads of 5 bikes having one assault bike each. This way I can take the bike squads as troops choices when using a HQ character riding a bike.

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Nurgle Herald

 

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Herald of Nurgle for my mono-Nurgle Daemons army.

 

 

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The model is made by the Polish alternative manufacturer Maxmini. It’s a three-part resin model about the size of a common Terminator. In fact I could see usage for the model in a Nurgle-themed CSM army as well.

 

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A simple back shot. The “blood” is Vallejo Water Effects combined with Vallejo Gore Red -paint.
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A scale shot to show the size of the model compared to the giant Kromlech Rotten Butcher I featured earlier.

Thousand Sons

 

The Thousand Sons chapter has intrigued ever so much. At late fall 2013 I eventually started to gather an army around Ahriman. It’s a simple 2500 points army with Ahriman, a lord on Tzeentch disc, 2 units of Mutilators, 2 units of  Devastators, one unit of Chaos Spawns, a unit of Terminators and 2 big units of Thousand Sons marines. Oh … and a single Defiler. I’m not a big fan of the GW output regards to Thousand Sons and thus the army is a mix-match of beans from various sources.

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Chaos Spawn. This model is from the nineties. It’s a 2-part resin model manufactured by Scotia Grendel from their 28mm Fantasy line. I don’t which game it’s supposed to fit at, but I reckoned it would make an awesome Chaos Beast for my Thousand Sons. This is the first one finished from a unit of 3.
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Ahriman and his rubricae boys. This one is a scale comparison shot so the size of the Chaos Beast becomes apparent.