First Blood of 2016 !
And its' the jailbirds from the TGG kickstarter. A big tick on the list (see previous post)These girls, former inmates of one of the planets foremost correctional institutions, are now members of the...
View ArticleThird LRMBT for third ASL tank troop
This is the third tank of the third troop in the ASL tank squadron (bringing it up to the same strength as the DKK tank squadron).You can possibly tell that this pheaton pattern LRMBT arrived with...
View ArticleReinforcements for Devos IV PDF's 2nd Inf Regt "la Guarde Presedentiale"
So this is another 'fail' according to 'the rules'. I was browsing ebay (why do I keep doing this ?!?!) and found these RTB Imperial Army figures for a reasonable price, I think I went in £10 under...
View ArticleThe 3rd Troop for the Steel Legion Armoured Squadron
So the three panzers are mostly done; I have found the driver's vision port for the last tank and will have to dig around in the bits mountain for two pintle mounts and a hatch and the comms kit. But...
View ArticleAfter the War
Miniature corgis aside...As you already know, 14 million civilians from the Hive cities of Palladia (Pop ~74 Trillion) were re-located, some willingly, some less so, to Devos IV. It is well documented...
View ArticleArmageddon Steel Legion 3rd Troop Progress
Antennae, decals, spare turret, base coated stowage. And yes, despite the blue, these are daylight photos (iphone 4S). I had to go back over the decals the day after with 'ard coate as they had mostly...
View ArticleOh No !
I had no idea...From here Siege Studio face book postSaddened to hear that Wayne England has passed away. He created some of our childhoods most memorable artwork from 40k & Magic. Our thoughts and...
View ArticleHorus Heresy Book Six
So the sixth book in the series is out. Should be good, it includes the 'black sheilds', marines from Legions now in Horus' army who remain loyal to the Emperor. Which sounds like a great idea for an...
View ArticlePheaton & Sacramento Pattern Wolverine Armoured Cars
Elements of Cadian 144th LRRR (in Pheaton pattern Wolverine Armoured Cars) deployed as part of 17 Korps Screen to the North of Fort Nuttar. Practically all of 17 Korps recce elements were deployed as...
View ArticleArmageddon Steel Legion heavy armour
So this update does not include the Chimerae of the Infantry screen or the Sentinels, so these arn't complete family portraits, just the heavy armour element. A group shot showing the corpus. 42...
View ArticleSalamander progress
Wow, you think. That's been a long time. Yes, but nonetheless, progress is made ! In the dim mist's of the internet's past, a nice man who goes by the moniker "Sheep" (he now does a fine line in...
View Article17 Korps Recce Assets
17 Korps protects itself by deploying elements from its constituent formation’s recce units in a screen; pickets when stationary and outriders when moving. Not all of each recce unit is used like...
View ArticleArmageddon Steel Legion Heavy Armour
So these babies are now done. I may add some little extra bits of stowage around the turrets before they hit the boxes, but they're pretty much done. Perhaps some sooting around the muzzles of the...
View ArticleOverlord 2016 One of Three
So Abingdon Wargaming Club host 'Overlord' every year. Who knew ?! It's not that far away so, despite it being Mothering Sunday, I was let out for a couple of hours (the numbskulls and I having...
View ArticleOverlord 2016 Two of Three
One of the things I like about these occasions is that you can see all most any sort of game next to each other. So ancients - Romans (what have they ever done for us ?) vs Carthaginians. Gotta love...
View ArticleOverlord 2016 Three of Three
There was a small display of new products from Thundercloud Miniatures; I did have a chat with the guy there. The range is small at the moment, but they are doing more. The photo does not do it...
View ArticleBroken Promises, Shattered Dreams
My rules of Acquisition are not those of the Ferengii, who have loads. But it's basically that expenditure is only allowed in order to further or finish works already in progress.So I have broken the...
View ArticleRules ? What rules ?
A bit of a tease. These were painted by Raven's Nest Painting.I've got some cars too, but they need modification before they're fit for Fury Road...
View ArticleInto Xyphonica
At D+18 of Operation Redrake, three squads of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils were moving out ahead of the Battalion, using their bayonets to probe the rubble as they crawled forward on their belt...
View ArticleReinforce Success, do not feed failure
Mortars fired. The bombs were landing around Y Company’s rear, causing casualties. Squads scattered to avoid the stonk, seeking cover in the rubble. The forward positions, already in cover, found...
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