We built this city on rock and Rooollllll!!

Decided to blitz my PE tiles at the weekend having only just got them from VSM on Thursday.

The 'Hive City' is indeed three saucer sections from Star Trek Micromachine toys!

When you're feeling blue....

... and so here come the Orks. All dressed in yellow....

Mr.Nob with Power Klaw & Bosspole; the only figure in this first mob of 20 that didn't come out of the Assault on Black Reach set.

A mob shot...

Two of the lovely fellows; one showing off the fact that not all of them are wearing entirely yellow.

One of the two Big Shootas in the squad. These chaps wear a fetching orange jump suit; they are the Orange Jackets.

A slightly further out mob shot...

For those with an interest:
Skin = Mordian Blue with Azurmen Blue wash
Clothes = Iyanden Darksun (majority) + variety of other foundation paints + Gryphonne Sepia wash
Belts + Boots = Calthan Brown + Gryphonne Sepia wash
Armour, Guns, Weapons = Boltgun Metal + Badab Black wash
Base = Shadow Grey + Railway Flock that was bought years ago.

So this lot come in at 170 points. 2 more mobs just like this to do.

... Blue is the new Green don't you know!!

Panzers March

Well I have finally decided on a colour scheme for my Panzers, I have used the Desert Yellow Spray from Army PAinter and overbrushed with Middlestone, then washed with Army Painter Soft Tone....still a little "brown" for my liking, nut no doubt the finished product will get better the more I practice.

Here we have my first Tiger I

And some StuG G's emerging from the woodland.

Pz IV's Hanomags a Tiger II and soem much needed Panzer grenadiers next.

Here's the T-34s (see post below) as it wouldn't let me post 4 pictures in 1 post!

I'm baaaaaaaack!

Yep, here I am, ready and raring to post for the first time since... well, suffice it to say it was when the BFG was a nipper, so it's been some time ;)

So, What have I been up to? Glad you asked! In a few words, Russians & Daemons. Piccies attached! So, what are they? Well, the first one there is a truckload of Russian Infantry, and there are more Russian tanks than you can shake a stick at (14 T-34s of both the 76 and 85mm version), and 6 Katyushas (although I need 2 more to field all 6 as it's 2, 4 or 8) and there are also 27 daemonettes currently on the table o' painting - so more rending attacks than a pocket full of genestealers! I'm pleasantly surprised at how quick this posting malarkey is, so feel free to give me a poke and get me to do more if I don't do a post for a while!

What's up next? Well, it's time for the 40k Planetary Empires campaign to kick off, so I'm thinking either mobile IG (as I have Valks & Chimeras/hellhounds to paint) or Dark Eldar (as I have loads of them to paint and need to get them done for the 40k Doubles tournament in January - so watch this space and we'll see what appears!

GoG 2: The one after the first one

My word it's been a long time since I last posted anything.

.... and so it begins. GoG 2 is now under way. This time we've decided to keep it more fluid and we'll update with our own targets soon. Suffice to say we're aiming to have an outing to Nottingham in March so we might well have new stuff for then.

My own targets for the end of April 2010:
Space Wolves (cos they're cuddly) to 1750 points
Orks (cos they're not cuddly) to 1000 points minimum
Easterlings for WoTR to 500 points minimum
Uncharted Seas - 2 starter fleets painted

I do have some other little targets set up and I'll update on those as the year progresses.

Salamanders for a GoG auxiliary!

Well it's been a busy few weeks for me painting a new Marine force from scratch. A friend of mine Andy Powell asked me to paint him a Salamander force for use in a Tournament. He quite fancied the Salamanders as their Chapter Master Vulkan is pretty nasty and the benefits he bestows his army a re really second to none.

The army was listed with Vulkan (conversion from DH GK Hero Stern!)

3x 10 Tac Marines, utilising 2 Razorbacks and 1 Drop pod for transport. The Heavy wpns are 2 Lascannons and 2 Flamers a Multi melta and a melta.

1 x 5 Scouts in a storm Speeder.

1 x Landspeeder with Multi Melta and Hvy Flamer.

6 x Vanguard Marines including a TH and SS, along with 2 PS and 1 Pl Pist.

2 x Ironclad Dreads with Hvy Flamers and Meltas in dropods, both with Deathwind launchers and 1 with Locator Beacon.

All for 1,750 pts when the additions of a few Wargear bits and bobs.

The paint Job was relatively straightforward, thanks to the input from the SilverBack, who acquired me a tin of Army Painters "Color Primer Greenskin", this made shirt work of the undercoating, which massively reduced the time I would need to paint the whole lot.

I have used the Army Painter before with mixed results and have learned that in order to get a really good result you need to give the tin a really good shake for a 2 minute period then spray no closer than 10-12 inches from the figure. The results are excellent.

After this I over brushed with "Snot Green" then drybrushed with "Goblin Green" once this was dry I washed the figure with "Thraka Green" and then put the black and metals on! These were then washed with "Badab Black". I highlighted the black with "Codex Grey", then some "Fortress Grey". Lastly the eyes were picked out in "Dwarf Bronze".

The vehicles were a challenge for me, I haven't done too many large flat surfaces before now, (being an Ork and Tyranid player primarily, there are not too many even surfaces with this lot!)

I used the undercoat spray then went about drybrushing the edges with "Goblin Green", then I started applying the "Thraka Green" wash, this was put over all of it initially, however the fnish wasn't what I was looking for, so I adopted a style where I applied it in the joins of the plates and the recesses where I imagined light would portray a darker recess. This seemed to work well.

Andy needed a Vulkan character, he needed resuscitation when he realised one figure was £12, I told him that it was still worth it, as he did the job of a whole box set on his own....he wasn't to be convinced though ;-).

I had a few bits in my bits box, way back when you could purchase any parts from GW, so after fishing out my ol' Stern Character I set about givng him the Brother Captain arms, so he looks relatively different, due to time constraints I couldn't convert the Storm Bolter, something I hope to do later on.

Simple yet effective I hoped!

Last but not least, the basing is simply my mix of sharpp sand and "Budgie grit", I then washed this with Army Painter "Strong Tone" then dry brushed with "Bleached Bone". In the near future there will be tufts of dry grass put on to finish!

Hope you like the look! (Since taking the photos, I wasn't impressed with the very "flat" look of the green on the marines and have gone over these again! To a much more "shaded" look, much better!)

Carthage and the 1st Punic Wars next for me with a Roman Army just behind it! Still this is for another site I feel......Enjoy!

The BFG!