Thursday, 2 July 2026

The Finish line is in sight for this.

 

Last squad is another 10 Berzerkers this time in classic world eaters colours and then shared around the 3 Berzerker Squads 


So tonight saw me getting the ushabati bone base coat on everything. 

I then went over that with the Dark Star Mirky Mire wash, trying to leave holsters and pouches, bare arms and heads so I could use the contrast flesh tone on them. 

Plan A for tomorrow is brass trim and reikland flesh wash, with depending on times, highlighting with brass scorpion and then screaming skull most of the armour and I've just remembered that classic World Eaters have blue shoulders. So it's macragg blue before brass trim tomorrow, with screaming skull and wraith bone layers on Saturday night. 

Once this squad & the Predator are done where does this army go? 

Firstly I need a full photo of this army. 

Plan for this is probably Friday next week. 

Well there's another Havoc squad I've got ready to go but not worried about that yet. 

Those Forge Fiend weapons look too good to waste so I'm thinking of using one of the Redemptor dreads as a base for that.

A second box of Jakhals to make them wolfie

I also want the new Defiler to tower over the army. 

The last re-enforcements that I can think of are the new Chaos bikes and DOOM RIDER!

If anything really tasty gets added with the World Eaters codex or Chaos Codex expect me to add that but with zero rumors in the mill beyond bikes I can safely wait. 

Oh yes and the Dino Riding Exodites, I will be getting some, the nebulos plan is to go halves in the box with Jack who has the beast Snaggers army, but if he's not got the money/ doesn't want to I'll just have to wait and get the individual box when that gets released, at least boxes, probably 3 for the 3 characters and a squad of 6 Dragon Knights. Should also check that army, will plan that for Friday as well. 

Any chaos and Eldar Exodites, if they arrive soon enough, will be around the tanks when I want a break from paint dazzle camo. 

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

The Mauler Fiend

 




I've spent a few days and ignored it for a week when it was too damn hot. 



I got the Fang base coat on it and balthazr gold on the brass, Fang got the crimson wash and reikland fleshwash on the gold.



Then I got the Russ Grey over the Fang and brass scorpion over the gold, the steel areas had a base coat of iron warrior and a reikland fleshwash then a leadbleacher highlight. 

I've spent the time I've been working on it trying to work out why it looked vaguely familiar and I realised it's the big blue mimic from Live, Die, Repeat that gives Tom Cruise the reset ability. 

Sunday, 28 June 2026

Progress On The Mauler Fiend


 Sat in Cafe Nero in Preston before work and grabbed a photo of what I'd done yesterday on the Mauler Fiend.

Base coat of Fang and a wash of Carroburg Crimson on the panels with ushabati bone on the flesh and contrast flesh wash over those areas. I'm making a lot of work for myself with the trim by starting with a balthazr gold base coat, the other metal areas got a coat of iron warrior and everything got hit with a reikland flesh wash. 

I hope to get some work done on this tonight after I kick everyone else out. 

Saturday, 20 June 2026

11th Ed Plans And A Mauler Fiend

 


That kit goes together so well, going to be a right bitch to paint though, certainly wish I'd sprayed it black on the sprue. 

The last squad of Berzerkers is also built, but no need for another photo of grey plastic Berzerkers. 

This last squad I'm thinking of doing most in World Eaters colours, and then rearrange the squads for a mix of white and grey.

With the points being out already I've started redoing lists, starting with The Lion's Blades 2nd Company as that's the first one I'm using against my mates speed warrgh.

The following lists are at the very least firmly crooked

3 squads of 6 or 6 squads of 3,

3 ATVs 

Land Speeder Vengeance 

Storm Speeder 

Chaplin on Bike 

Sammeal on jet bike 

2 storm Talons 

1 storm raven

1 Nephilm 

Right now there's a Dark Talon/ Nephilm still new on sprue. This, dispute being my first 11th Edition game, is on hold, I really want to add another 6 bikes, hoping for multi part outriders, then 2 Ravenwing Black Knights if they get ported over to Primaris, a bike Commander squad if that gets done, and then support, that's 1 ATV to even the numbers up and 4 Land Speeders, hopefully either attached to 4 bike squadrons of 3 in 2 squadrons of 2, Astartes Codex, Dark Angels suppliment and hopefully the rumoured Ravenwing box set is a good kick start and has wedge of what I want.

Björn The Betrayer project will  get some bikers added, Jade Talons lead by Doom Rider if rumors are true, put some aside for a box if that happens, fairly sure both of these are 2027 plans.

Terra Australis Chi Visionem Faciens 

Everything is bought, as the Avenger Strike Fighter is in the points list I've added that to my plan, along with 2 Vendetts or Valkyries.

Genestealer Cult and Power and Water 

The plan is still to build the combat patrols as one blended army, pretty sure this is a 4th quarter project and hopefully there's been a preview show with a road map of what's coming so an inked in plan can be made rather than just tough.

The Björn The Fell Handed Brutalis Dread is still a plan and I ordered some armour bits for the redemptor dread with a Dark Angels theme, so look out for that as well. 

Friday, 19 June 2026

Brass



 I got the brass on and reikland flesh washed last night.

Todays plan is pick up the last Hatchette package when I get home and start putting the last 2 core parts of the army together, with the hope of getting all the Berzerkers and mauler fiend finished over the weekend and start on the Predator as well. 

Thursday, 18 June 2026

Berzerkers And Predator


 While at work yesterday I got an email from evri letting me know that the last package was on its way, so I got it diverted to the local post office.
Just checked again and it's in the {sarcasm} safest of safe hands that's evri.{ /end sarcasm} So that plan A for this weekend sorted, build the Mauler Fiend and Berzerkers and make a start on painting them 

So I didn't get any brass done yesterday on the Berzerkers. I guess I'll have to do that tonight. 

Nearly there. 

Tuesday, 16 June 2026

The Predator


 I'd built the Predator over the weekend, along with all the weapon options. Out of all the options I like the neutron laser the most so I'm going with that, the sponson weapon will probably be the Las cannons, there's heavy bolter and vulkite options. I did want to use the vulkite but I'm not sure. I'm thinking magnets here, but it's only every going on the table in a friendly game so it's not an issue really and I did want to mount the vulkite on a Casterferum dread..

Painting plan for this is a low light of Fang, minor highlights of Russ, brass over balthazr gold on some areas and the usual iron warrior, nuln oil, lead bleachers and try to keep it as dark as possible.