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My 100th blog entry! *queue a fanfair and confetti* Well as expected the new arms for my Contemptor arrived last week. For reference, the Contemptor Claw arm actually comes with a normal set of “fingers”, but a different ranged weapon – a Graviton Gun and Plasma Blaster (which the rules are only in Imperial Armour […]
Continue ReadingI’ve finally relented and just ordered myself a new set of arms for my Contemptor – a Kheres Assault Cannon and Close Combat Claw. As I mentioned in a previous post, I wasn’t very impressed with the range of movement that was available from the Heavy Bolter arm and after spotting one of the heavy […]
Continue ReadingWell as predicted my Contemptor Dreadnought arrived in the post and what a lovely miniature it is. A few odd bits that have needed filling, but my usual 50/50 mix of Green Stuff and Superfine Milliput sorted those out. The miniature comes as individual components, allowing each item to be angled just as you want […]
Continue ReadingGreat, just when I was getting into the swing of things again I go and injure myself. I’ve somehow managed to end up with an inflamed lung lining, this was absolute agony yesterday. So I am now on a short course of anti-inflamatories, hopefully it sorts itself out by the weekend as I’m meant to […]
Continue ReadingThe weekend allowed me to make good progress on the Wolf Guard Terminator that I’m painting. The armour has come out OK, not as smooth as I’d like, but it has been a learning curve without a doubt. The key thing I’ve learned is that I need to ensure that my highlights are thin enough […]
Continue ReadingI can’t believe that there has been 10 days since my last post, it’s true that the closer to the festive period you get the faster the time seems to fly past. I have however managed to get some painting squeezed into this last week and a half, so I’m thankfully not having large gaps […]
Continue ReadingI must admit that I’ve had a fantastic weekend modelling and getting my Space Wolves army together. It’s not been constant (which is a good thing as my brain would likely have melted) and I’ve got a chunk of the army ready. All of the torso’s have been tidied up and gaps filled with green […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been having a serious think about how to go about ‘labelling’ up my Space Wolf army and have decided to (sadly) take a change. I really would like to do an army themed around Egil Iron Wolf’s Great Company, however the standard decal sheet doesn’t have his company symbol on it. I could create […]
Continue ReadingThe handful of bits I ordered over the weekend from Games Workshop arrived yesterday, but due to various reasons I didn’t actually get a chance to open them until tonight. The techmarine and his servitor retinue are actually quite nice models, though quite fiddly. To make him suitably Space Wolfy is going to be a […]
Continue ReadingI may have already ranted about this in the past, but I fundimentally dislike many of the colour schemes used for Space Wolves. The standard Games Workshop scheme is far too ‘baby blue’ for what are essentially savage space marines. Grey is a popular alternative (I even used it for my 2009 Golden Demon entry), […]
Continue ReadingFor the first time this year I actually have a whole weekend entirely to myself! My Mum and Sister are both away from Friday, with my Sister not being back until Sunday evening. So much time what do I do? In all seriousness I’ve got a few things that I need to catch up on, […]
Continue ReadingI just chanced across this link to a long list of Norse names, I thought it was pretty cool for any budding Wolf Lords out there.
Continue ReadingI finally managed to get round to taking some shots of the Dreadnought that I entered as my Golden Demon entry. The paint job let the overall effect down, but overall I’m being positive in that it was a fantastic learning curve. I’ve begun to assemble a pack of Skyclaws now (jump pack marines), and […]
Continue ReadingI happily got home from work yesterday to find a jiffy pad containing a (slightly bent) Space Wolves Codex. Though £15 is a tad steep for a book, the codex is actually very good. As with most codices it’s laid out in the familiar format of Background Fluff > Troop Fluff > Coloured Section > […]
Continue ReadingAs I’m still in the planning phase with whatever I choose to do for next years Golden Demon, I decided that I’d start to assemble some of the new Space Wolf mini’s I bought at Games Day as it’s my intention to have at least assembled a 1500 point army by the early part of […]
Continue ReadingQuick post before I go out for the evening. Here is the almost fully highlighted torso. I’m going to work on the feet once the piece is fixed to the base. I’m also not happy with the powerfist – stupidly I should have left it unpainted and done it red! Mind you, there’s still time […]
Continue ReadingStill running behind and hit my first hiccup. I think that I’ve tried to highlight up too quickly. By that I mean that I’ve gone stright from the Codex Grey base coat (which is dark as it’s layered on top of Adeptus Battlegrey) to Fortress Grey. The end result is a pretty poorly blended highlight. […]
Continue ReadingI’ll add a progress shot up tonight, but yesterday I actually did get paint onto the main Dreadnought assembly of my Golden Demon entry. I’m getting the hang of the airbrush as well, which should make things much easier in the long run. I begun to shade and re-undercoat the various bit last night as […]
Continue ReadingOk, not everything is, but in principal the bulk of the Dreadnought is now assembled and ready for paint, despite the “don’t let him get it finished gremlin” making the carpet tiles at my brothers flat take longer than I want (not even finished yet). I’ve still got the fur on the cloak to finish […]
Continue ReadingIt’s daft just how quickly you progress when you get a decent block of uninterrupted time. I’ve just spent an hour and a half (or so) on both arms and they’re almost completed now. I’m probably not going to add any extra armour plates on due to time restrictions, but the gun arm looks pretty […]
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