Year: 2015

Star Wars: Armada painted fighters

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Quick and dirty paint-jobs meant to look good at a distance. I actually felt a bit ashamed after I had painted these; googling pictures and seeing the amazing stuff some others have done. Still, they were quick jobs to get them on the table and I may go back and tidy them up later (well, probably I won’t, but I will feel better for telling myself that). The people I board-game with are not generally the same people I war-game with, so they are amazed I painted them at all, not judging how well I did it.

The TIEs led by Howlrunner herself, 5th from the left. ... or is she 2nd from the left...? Damn, they all look the same!
The TIEs led by Howlrunner herself, 5th from the left. … or is she 2nd from the left…? Damn, they all look the same!

The TIEs were really quite hard to paint but I think they look ok from a distance, certainly much better than they did before. Continue reading →

Blood Bowl WIP and Inspiration

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My latest project is the Averheim Avengers for Blood Bowl. This is taking a bit of precedence over other projects at the moment as there is a tournament in August which I may attend if I can: 1. Learn the game (having never played before!); and, 2. Paint a team! This all came about by innocently commenting in someone’s painting diary on the WAU Forums, discovering we live in the same city, and being invited to the tournament! Be careful how liberally you comment on people’s threads it seems! 🙂 This is the team so far. I expect to have some test models done (at least to base coats) in the next week.

The whole team
The whole team – the models are sculpted by Gary Morley with the exception of the ogre which is a Hasslefree miniature sculpted by Kev White

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Chris Dennison’s Dark Angels Army from White Dwarf 223 (1998)

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White Dwarf 223 (1998) Back Page – Chris Dennison’s Dark Angels – click for a (much) bigger picture

As is obvious from the title of this blog, my main hobby inspiration is from what I consider to be Game’s Workshop’s golden decade, the 1990s; the time stretching from the closing years of Rogue Trader through to the first couple of years of 3rd edition Warhammer 40,000. As such, I may, from time to time, post material from or about that era that I consider to be inspirational.