Let's Fall In Love

 I got into work today after a week off and the stuff I'd ordered from the bits site had arrived while I'd been on holiday. 

If I'd know when it was due I'd have had it sent to my address, not work...

With this one from the Hells Last box and the Tactical rock stance totally not Commissar Greaves built that's 4 Commissars for this army, plus Commissar Bin Face, so 5.

Is that too many, as I can build at least one more tactical rock Not Commissar Greaves and would need to check the sprue for on foot version. 

 

My aim for last night was to get the gunners finished for the Greaves Centaur, I flipped the colours around to give them pink jackets under the armour. 

When I was building the Commissars I had an adhd moment and botched building the one with the plasma pistol, I glued it, it wouldn't fit right, I stood up, found I really needed the toilet and then went to bed as I was tired, coming back in the morning to it glued and massively messed up. So down one Commissar.

The coats got a base of the blue black, I'm bringing thousands sons blue tomorrow for the highlight stage, golds for the armour and something for the sashes on the 2 I have on the table,

Pretty sure I can build both versions of Greaves again from the sprues I have at home, I just need one of the heavy stubbers for the 2nd gunner here and they're done.

Crew wise the standard bearer needs a head still.

So before pay day I aim to get the gold on the armour of the Commissars here, and get them finished, as well as the standard bearer.

So next month it's the Greaves on the Centaur first, then coin toss on the tech support or the 30 Boogers, I do need to build a couple of vox guys for those but otherwise they're done.

The capped gunner is done, the helmet gunner needs the bionic eye sorting, as does the gaunt Commissar, and gold on both to do as well as bases. I think bases are probably going to get done Saturday. 

To The Bat Tank!

 That's it guys, the 4 tanks for this army are done!

Well almost. 

I need a head for the machine gunner on 1, a body in a hatch on another and a heavy stubber on another.

I'm currently building the tech support and the command Squad for the Boogers.

Plans for the run to the 12th.

Tomorrow I'm priming the Tech Support and the Command Squad, then finish the crew of the Command Centaur in the week.

The Boogers are getting started probably after the 12th of November and will run to the 20th of December.

So looking at the command squad I need to swap out a guy, probably the Commissar and add a vox com guy in his place.

I did drop into my local, local store and asked if they can order me the Necromunda Ogryns, they've taken my order at least and if the worst happens I have to get the bus to Wigan

The tech priest engine sees are a lucky find of the kill team, I might build the servitors one day, but it's absolutely not this year, the older metal version, a plastic version and I did buy a second techno archaeologist. Not a clue where they're going currently.

Also don't forget GTA 6 comes out next month, so I'm fairly sure I'm going down that rabbit for a bit next month.

Though it shocks 'em I know

I spent most of Monday doing nothing until I'd eaten something and then got squad 3 out and finished them off, with the Mirky Mire wash, weapons, hair, shirts and flames.

With this squad finished I've got one section of the army done.

I used a collage maker to add the star scape to  background to hide my living room and TV. 

You Are So Pretty, It Makes Me Sick

 

I got squad 3 into work with me this week, getting the base coats on the squad as well as the command Tank's crew. 

Commander Buck, the Rogal Dorn Command Tank crew and my Commissar for this army 

I need to get some grey for the shirts, tabard and webbing. 

And finally got some colour on Commander Buck.

When I'd picked this head, I didn't notice the half face mask.

I had planned to paint this tonight, with doing the tabard in a matching tartan as her tank rider version, but I've been blessed by Grandfather Nurgle this week and I'm not painting tonight, especially tartan with the coughs coming randomly. 

Booga, That Was Very Smart

 

I managed a semi productive weekend getting 2 squads done, okay squad 2 still needs the Dickinsain pallor wash on the bases, but aside from that it's there. 

Plan to get squad 3 started this week on my sleep and then it's just Kangaroo's riders and the heavy weapon gunners.

A 3rd party shop opened this week very near by and I picked up the Army Painter Imperial Rogue pink as Emperor's Children pink still isn't available and the tone pro stuff hits the shelves next week and I've got 1 day off so can see a crash day next Saturday rather than doing anything productive.

Plan A is finish squad 3 this week then it's on to the last couple of tanks before focusing on the pink section.

There is an actual plan here.

Week off plan is build the power and water squads I might need to buy a Cadian box to get 3 troops, tanks, artillery and Sentinel, with the Storm Lord being the start on the Boogers, tech Priests and Hells Last and see how I feel about the Genestealer Cult stuff.

The first squad and my total normal, unnamed Commissar both needed shoulder pads which I took off the  command squad sprue and glued on to the arms. I hit both with screaming pink base coat, a layer of pink horror, then a blended mix of pink horror and Imperial Rogue, the Commissar pad had some decorative bits, so I went over that with a gold pen and then a reikland fleshwash. 

I found another base to mount this one on and called this one done. 

 So my week off can looks like it's going to to start with a big jump up on the last major project of the year. 

Monthly Vow 12th of October To The 12th Of November

 So the next one November to December will be longer, I think about 20th of December so just under a week longer, the pinks are getting released in 2 weeks and I'll be using those on the tanks and heavy weapon Centaurs. After reading some of the source material I need to check the kanji for kangaroo 袋鼠, I also need my glasses so I can see that as I write this, which will be the name of the Centaur. After getting my glasses, that's going to be fun to try and paint. 

And so I don't forget and start something else November to December is the Storm Lord and The Boogers. 

My army also calls for some Tempestus Scions and some Valkyries. Let's just say that's probably a 2027 project, before I start on the Exodites. 

Okay so the plan for this month, finishing the tanks, all 3 Rogal Dorns, the Leman Russ and the 2 Centaurs, the rider squads and the command squad. 

Review Time 

Work has been a monster this period, and will be until pretty much Christmas so small steps.

I finished these off with a Mirky Mire wash, just need names for the 3 of them, just the weapons left to go, I just need to find the blue wash for them or maybe Nuln oil...

I'd had these guys in my house for a while not touched so looking at another week of sleep late, sleep, late I broke the cycle with the Lego mini figures.

Over the course of the month I'd thought about next year's Exodites project and was wondering if I could do something similar to the Wraith Lords I did a few years ago with Wraith Guard and Wraith Blades.

So I grabbed a single Wraith Guard and some Kurnoth Hunters bits and a box of them for later, and put this one together. I think it will work with more time applied as this was just a rough up.

I'm still down 1 Rogal Dorn in this picture, I got everything out to try and see where I was up to.

I got the dazzle Centaur done and gave it a wash with the watered down Ratling Grime and was very happy with the outcome. Again it's just the wash on the tracks and bogies that needs doing.

Then there was the preview show with those excellent Orlock Ogryns. Literally cannot wait until I get my hands on those guys, while I wait I got this old relic out of deep storage and, frankly, used him as a test piece for the army "uniform", I also gave the base some of the desert sand basing material I have. I honestly can't wait to get my hands on these Necromunda guys, I'd even pay full retail. 

I made a start on the 30 tank riders getting the pink horror on trousers and other bits. 

My larger Tiberos had some progress, added some green stuff to the leg and the 0.5 mil ball bearings pushed in as bonding studs. Fiddly little things. Plan is to paint him with the Power and Water section of this army as both will be mostly grey. 

I picked up some blue black paint from AK interactive, which is kind of close to Corax black looking at it and used it on my "regular Commissar". I borrowed some arms from the command squad sprue to give this one a plasma pistol and power sword. I still need to finish the arms and weapons off. 

These still need a wash plan A is Mirky Mire, thinned a little bit, then it's weapons, hair and matching base rims so I can see at a glance which Centaur they've jumped out of... 

Folks in Siam do it

 

The first squad is coming on, I still need to find the blue wash for the weapons, and plan a is to get the Mirky Mire wash on the them tonight.

Just needs a wash on the base, the highlight on the Gangers shirts and 1 mohawk to paint. Only other colours I have are Thousand Sons Blue and Tau Ocher, think I'll go blue on the mohawk

Got the blue done, last thing on these is a wash on the base, I feel like Mirky Mire is going to be too dark so will have to wait for tomorrow and some agrax earthshade