Saturday, 26 November 2016

The Storm Lord, First Commander of the Legions Reconnaissance Wing


This was fun to do, annoying to wait for tea bits but good fun to make and paint.

I started off with a Bolt Action WWI Renault tank, in the above photo you can see the very big difference between true scale 28mm and heroic 28mm tanks. It's an extremely detailed kit but the actual track fittings are a bit fine.

This was the point I realised it need to look wider at the bottom. I ordered some 5mmx3mm magnets to add some space.



I also added a 5mmx1mm magnet in the recess and cut the lug off under the turret and fitted a second 5mmx1mm there.

Once the 5x3's arrived, on the same day as the Contemptor, which gave me the assault cannon I was after, before I put the cannon together I cut the cannon off and fitted a 5mmx1mm magnet in the recess and one on the cannon itself and some green stuff to fill that joint out, you wouldn't notice without getting hold of the arm itself.
On the tracks I cut of the lugs on the back of the tracks and fitted a magnet there and trimmed bits off the tank to fit the magnets snuggly to the hull.


This was the second time of fitting, the first time the left side track was off slightly so I had to do it again.

At this point it was early morning and my eyes were tired so I left painting until after I got some sleep.



The finished version.

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Thursday, 24 November 2016

Vindicators

2 of 3 Vindicators for my second Hammer Of Caliban formation, along with a Land Raider Crusader. I plan to buy the Laser Vindicator when I get down to Warhammer World in February next year and thus finish off this formation.

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Mk1 Predator

I finished this last night, just too tired to post till now.
The Mk 1 Predator converted to have all weapon options for a Predator and Deimos pattern.

Autocannon turret

Magna melta made from a Space Crusade dread multi melta and a couple of other melta guns.

Plasma cannon, formerly from a Contemptor dread.


Conversion Beamer from the Space Crusade dreadnought.

Flame storm cannon.

And the badge for this Hammer Of Caliban formation, a Lance.

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Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Monday, 21 November 2016

Forge World Bulletin 21/11/16


This juggernaut of iron and firepower is the Acastus Knight Porphyrion, and he’ll be striding his way across the war zones of the far future very soon.

While we’ve take this handsome fellow to shows in the past, we realised we’d never given him a proper show on the Forge World bulletin, so it’s high time that was put right.

As you can see, he is considerably stockier and bulkier than the existing Knight classes. This guy will not be running at enemy formations attempting to grind them to bloody slurry with a giant chainsword.

Instead, the Acastus Knight is equipped with firepower to rival a small titan. With its two twin-linked Magna-lascannons, the Acastus stands ready to obliterate any armoured foe, while an Ironstorm battery of missiles allow it to simultaneously blast infantry to oblivion.

And there are a couple of autocannons on there too… just to be sure.
knight-2 knight-3

What a beast!

The Acastus Knight Porphyrion will be available to order very soon.

For now, you can check out his little brothers here.

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Salt To Taste

This has come up today on Facebook from various sources and various groups.

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