tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12695677109604944302024-02-19T11:27:02.496+00:00My Dreadnought Is Older Than YouStephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-337293641134643262014-05-03T01:14:00.000+01:002014-05-03T01:14:29.859+01:00I will return soon!It's been a while but I'm gaming again and will start posting new stuff soon.<br />
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<br />Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-71770377539106400552012-09-04T23:02:00.000+01:002012-09-04T23:02:37.205+01:00Cake, the way Russ intended!Sooo... been away for a while, things got rather busy in the last few months what with the arrival of reinforcements, We now have a 7 1/2 month old son taking up most of our time. The boy's getting so big I'm starting to think he may actually be an Astartes.<br />
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Modelling has been a back burner for a while but I've been painting where I can. got a few more projects underway. Painting a pure Thousand Son's army for a Friend as well as Alpha legion for myself. There's World Eaters waiting in the Wings, the usual Wolfy stuff, The Sons of Ignis are getting a repaint to Storm Wardens and I've got the new starter set to incorporate into the aforementioned Alpha Legion.<br />
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Returning to the main point of this post, I turned 34 at the end of august and my very talented wife made me this for my birthday.<br />
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She used one of my Space Wolf Rhino's as the model and needless to say I was over the moon when I saw it.<br />
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<br />Check out her stuff at <a href="http://www.cozzmiccakes.blogspot.com/">Cozzmic Cakes.</a><br />
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So that's all for now and hopefully I'll be posting more stuff soon. <br />
<br />Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-15804290671843712102012-02-22T17:28:00.000+00:002012-02-22T17:28:16.129+00:00March... the wolfiest month there is!So as you all know, Space wolves are kinda my thing. Imagine the nerdgasm that ensued when I found theses!<br />
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The big question now is what to do with my converted Arjac?Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-58434035075758154972012-01-27T19:52:00.000+00:002012-01-27T19:52:22.704+00:00Warhammer 25th AnniversaryJust Wow!<br />
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Also, slightly scared that I've been playing this games since Rogue Trader. Also the youngest member of our group is only 23! Damn I'm getting old.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-7818991752630253682011-11-14T16:03:00.000+00:002011-11-14T16:03:57.488+00:00Keeping it gribly!Nurgle.. despite not having a great deal in any game system I have a secret love of painting all things Nurgle.<br />
I've painted my wife's Plague Bearers, my brother in law's Plague Marines and I'm currently working on Epidemius for my wife.<br />
I recently finished the new Plastic Nurgle Lord for WFB. I'm not fielding nurgle but I couldn't resist the model.<br />
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I did a bit of research before painting on putrefaction in human tissues to get the colours right. Yellow mixed into rotting flesh and purple washes helped to add to the necrotic look of it's tissues. I also mixed up a glaze using gloss varnish to give the innards a nice gooey look.<br />
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My ultimate test for any nurgle model is my wife. If she refuses to pick up the model I know I've done a good job!<br />
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Been working on a conversion for my Space Wolves army, I purchased the Furioso Dreadnought kit while my brother in law pick up the Venerable Dreadnought.<br />
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After some furious bits swapping and chopping I was able to come up with this...<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=169238176493984&set=a.169238019827333.43766.100784413339361&type=1&theater">vote here!</a><br />
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However one of these new release is in my opinion amazing.<br />
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Liquid Green Stuff.<br />
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</tbody></table>I've used this to do a couple of projects so far, most notably the Doom of Malan'tai. It's a fantastic product, easy to use. Far easier to get into tight gaps with a brush rather than smoothing tool.<br />
The filler is also waters soluble, allowing it to run into gaps and with a bit of light brush work it can be blended out to mesh seamlessly with the surface of your model.<br />
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The price (£2.30 for 12ml) is very reasonable too.<br />
Regular kneadite green stuff is still an excellent option for sculpting and filling but this stuff adds a level of fine control that is invaluable.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-2646285210006049682011-10-03T15:16:00.000+01:002011-10-03T15:16:11.916+01:00Tyranids again (but not mine).Hello again folks,<br />
We had a visit this weekend from my friend Flint. Haven't seen him for ages and it was great to catch up and talk bollocks all night. Now, Flint is a fellow 'Nid player mainly due to his fascination with all things gribly (huge Cthulu fan). He also has the willpower of a crack addict when it comes to geek stuff.<br />
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Flint bought a couple of bits including a Zoanthrope and asked me if I could turn it into the "Doom of Malan'tai"<br />
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I thought it sounded like a nice challenge so here's what I came up with for him.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doom of Malan'tai</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>I hope Flint likes it as much as I do. He can now add it to the army I've already painted for him.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-68864752729812517492011-09-24T13:53:00.000+01:002011-09-24T13:53:33.691+01:00Tyranids continued..So I promised to put up more 'nids and here we go.<br />
first of all is a request from a mate who wanted to see my Old One Eye.<br />
I assumed this wasn't a come on and he meant the carnifex instead.<br />
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He's a great beast and I was so lucky to pick him up listed as "bitz" for £6 on eBay.<br />
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Death Leaper & Lictor<br />
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not had a chance to field these guys yet so still to see there effectiveness, still they are great looking models.<br />
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</tbody></table><u>Tyrant Guard</u><br />
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</tbody></table>Probably one of my favourite 'nids. They just exude brute force and aggression. Never let the Hive tyrant go without them. <br />
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<u>Genestealer</u><br />
Usually field two good sized squads of these from reserve or Infiltrate to mess up my opponent's day.<br />
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</tbody></table>Excuse the brood lord in back, his arms are unpainted after a swap out for a pair that didn't come with the kit.<br />
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<u>Hive Tyrant</u><br />
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</tbody></table>In a moment of weakness I actually included guns on this guy, twin linked death spitters. Then I manned up and replace it with a full set of scything talons. Much better!<br />
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So that's all for now, hopefully soon I'll put up some pics of my nearly complete marine army.<br />
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Laters!Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-12640149102277556122011-09-17T11:51:00.000+01:002011-09-17T11:51:30.382+01:00Shameless Plug!I currently have a Space Wolf Wolf Guard sitting in the cabinet at Games Workshop, Middlesbrough.<br />
He's been entered for this month's "Big Choppa" painting contest. Voting starts on the 24th of September.<br />
Look for the Space Wolf In Terminator armour with Storm bolter and converted frost axe.<br />
If you happen on this article please drop by and vote for my mini.<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/GWMiddlesbrough?sk=wall&filter=2">G W Middlesbrough</a>Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-50552306313830207442011-09-17T11:44:00.000+01:002011-09-17T11:44:21.882+01:00TyranidsHive Fleet Wyvern. This hive fleet is a bit of fun, I decided that guns were a very unmanly way to play 'nids so I have entirely excluded them from this army. The whole army runs close combat with he only ranged attack being the Bio plasma on my two screamer killer.<br />
Paint scheme wise i decide to go old school and have the old rogue trader genestealer purple and blue. Oh how I wish you could still run a Genestealer Cult army.<br />
First up is the Mawloc <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mawloc</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Has been a great unit to use, though he's a little hit and miss as an actual attack I've found leaving him in plain view in reserve has a great Psycological effect. most opponents tend to be very cautious with there tanks when they see I have him.<br />
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At some point I'd like his other brethren to bolster my army but that may be some time from now.<br />
More pics of the nid's to come as well as a progress report on The Sons of Ignis<br />
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More pics to come soon. <br />
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Oh I have also been putting a lot of time into the new Space Marine game from THQ, great fun, even better when they fix multi player.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-67663888434692079482011-09-11T12:20:00.001+01:002011-09-11T12:44:32.939+01:00Tomb World CyclopeaSo first update in a little while and as promised, it's Necrons this time.<br />
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First out It's my converted Necron Destroyer Lord.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Necron Destryoyer Lord Conversion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spider Lord, Spider lord...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Inspiration for this guy came after completing my Tomb Crawler. This guy is you basic spider lord with the addition of some legs from a non GW kit. I drilled holes and then made notches in the side vents to accommodate the joints of the legs. <br />
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To answer a question from a mate, the legs come from and old Airfix Robogear kit i got for Christmas ages ago (one of those misunderstood your hobby presents!).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robogear Spider</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The robo gear stuff is out of print now but apparently popular in Russia? I do spot the odd bits on eBay every now and then.<br />
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Overall I;m really happy with the look, he's a really imposing mini on the battle field and he gets a lot of attention.<br />
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Tomb Crawler<br />
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</tbody></table>This guy was a Christmas gift from Coz, had a lot of fun putting it together even though it was a nightmare to do. My first Forgeworld model too. He follows the same multiple metal paint scheme as my Necron army with glowing green interiors showing through the slits in the carapace. Base was brought to life by the addition of a hoard of scarabs.<br />
Unfortunately he's been a bit bashed recently and is missing a foot. If any one has a spare let me know.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-66464491702783642472011-09-07T12:43:00.000+01:002011-09-07T12:43:50.254+01:00I think I'm famous (Ish)!So i was researching some Space Wolf stuff today and after tapping Sven Bloodhowl's name into google and look at other people's interpratations of him. I was amazed to find that 3 of the first page images are of my model!! Wierdly it also show's me on page 3.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-10737759803261834062011-07-28T13:18:00.003+01:002011-09-05T15:37:18.814+01:00Space WolvesAs previously mentioned Space Wolves where my first army and although my much coveted Leman Russ is somewhere on a land fill in the north of England I decided to start again.<br />
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This time though I decided to use this as a showcase army. So far this is my slowest painted army and I'm currently averaging one mini in a day of a painting. Most impressively I've manged to make this army out of 2 boxes of space wolves 2 boxes of wolf guard and 2 single miniatures.<br />
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I stared with a ten man squad of Blood Claws, but to emphasise the wild nature of these young marines I swapped out the standard legs for assault marine running legs. Now with ten spare normal SW legs i could order torsos from a reliable bits store and hey presto, 20 marines from a ten man box. I think in total it cost me about an extra £10.<br />
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Then came the Wolf Guard, I bought a box to make a standard squad of 4 Wolf Guard and My Customised Wolf Lord. Unfortunately one of my miniatures went missing after taking them into work so my wonderful fiancee forced me to buy another box. (She really did, we had an argument in GW over it that left the staff speechless. It was the first time in their careers they have ever seen someone shouted at for not buying miniatures.)<br />
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This second set allowed me freedom to play around, from this I constructed a Wolf Priest, Rune Priest, a Wolf Guard, Lone Wolf and most importantly Arjak Rockfist.<br />
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I've added a few more embellishments to the army with a custom built Wolf Priest in Power armour and Some Wolfen.<br />
Oh and I went on a massive scrounge to find all the missile launchers I could to make my long fangs.<br />
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All I need now is about six Razorbacks with converted las-plas turrets and I'm sorted.<br />
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So Images, first up Sven Bloodhowl. The fluff of this great company really ammused me. Gotta love guys who set themselves on fire for entertainment.<br />
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</tbody></table>This guy won me Best Single Miniature on Grey Knights release day in the Middlesbrough GW Store.<br />
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Lone Wolf, Einar Stormcrow<br />
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Ulrick The Slayer<br />
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</tbody></table>Grey Hunter with Mark Of The Wulfen<br />
Another cunning conversion, the clawed hands are from the rear set of an old Genestealer. Then I just greens stuffed a little fur over the cuffs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hairy Palms, nights must be quiet on Fenris!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ingvar The Bloody<br />
Battle leader of one of my Grey Hunter squads.<br />
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Wolf Banner<br />
Why wouldn't you field these? Re roll everything for a turn, yes please!<br />
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Blood Claw<br />
The running legs really enhance the feels of these guys.<br />
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Arjac Rockfist<br />
This heavily converted miniature draws it's inspiration from the codex image. The Thunder Hammer was shortened to represent it's special ability (That of Mjolnir, Thor's Hammer).<br />
The Shield was crafted plasticard and green stuff, the cape was cut repositioned and greened to fit and the anvil (perhaps the trickiest bit) was sculpted from a spare Thunder Hammer.<br />
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Next time, Necrons.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-1091587893340665832011-07-27T18:00:00.001+01:002011-07-28T12:28:14.858+01:00Sons Of Ignis part 2OK just to round out the days posting on Space Marines here a few more images of my minis.<br />
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First up, My crazy converted chapter master. I have lost my list for the army so his name escapes me right now. The Helmet is made from Dark Angel wings attached to a modified chaos marine helm. Many would say that twin thunder hammers is a little silly, and they would be right. However it was just to awesome not to do. I rarely include him in a list anyway as he is a massive points sink. He was however great fun to make.<br />
Bren gave him the unofficial name of "Captain Baddass McAwesome".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you have a big enough hammer, all your problems look like nails!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I've got two ten man squads of these guys to compliment my second company, fairly basic lay out and sticking with the plasma weapons that match the fluff of my army. All my squad sargeants have Corvus helmet with a white stripe. If money where no object i would give them to the entire army.<br />
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Devestators<br />
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Again to compliment a full battle company I have two full ten man squads, plus enough heavy weapons to load out the 6 tactical squads.<br />
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Perun is a fun little mini, converted from old rogue trader stuff that had seen better days. The cyber leg is from an old terminator. The thunder hammer also hails from left over terminator parts from about 20 years ago.<br />
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</tbody></table>So that's all from the Sons of Ignis for now. I'll update you with some of my other projects soon.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-18680835753561074782011-07-27T17:10:00.001+01:002011-07-27T18:01:08.956+01:00Tanks, I love em!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tanks, fantastic things. I've always had a love of tanks even from a young age so it's only right I should include a few in my Marines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This Land Raider is a project I'm really proud of.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I Bought the Land Raider Crusader/ Redeemer kit and through careful planning, bits stores and the cunning use of neodymium magnets I have managed to make tanks that can be swapped out to be all 4 versions of the basic land raider (Terminus Ultra included).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtlOTo1-3DsUZn8xMjegsUJW1b5-EMle6B-Txy2wSd-53_W23pUnDJVGZaoy-g0AO6CetrMDvC6jXHkCgo4L5YRKwmQhCovPbF_hFVNkpAoF6TjgxeUY_JKxqGgd5zG_2-0H4CgQR6DHy/s1600/P1000047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtlOTo1-3DsUZn8xMjegsUJW1b5-EMle6B-Txy2wSd-53_W23pUnDJVGZaoy-g0AO6CetrMDvC6jXHkCgo4L5YRKwmQhCovPbF_hFVNkpAoF6TjgxeUY_JKxqGgd5zG_2-0H4CgQR6DHy/s400/P1000047.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another Important thing for me is the interiors. I spend a lot of time making sure all my tanks have nice detailed interiors even if people never get to see them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Can't quite get the angles right but I custom built a shrine in the Land Raider just by the doors as well.<br />
More tanks to come later when i get them finished , mostly my fleet of magnetised Rhinos/ Predators/ Razorbacks.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-20705226368332279162011-07-27T16:43:00.001+01:002011-07-27T18:01:49.770+01:00My Dreadnought and the Sons of IgnisSo how did my blog get it's name? Well from this guy<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Venerable!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I love this guy, he's awsome. Getting on for 20+ years old now. Beaten up, Painted and stripped several times, but still loved. His arms have gone missing long ago, probably in a house move or in the 15 years of loft storage. I rebuilt his arms using a host of bits from my spares including venerable dread shin pads, rhino driver bodies for shoulder sockets and a guard sentinel close combat arm.<br />
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I love using him at the local store, all the kids and even some of the staff are very confused by him, but he's GW so table legal.<br />
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The Sons of Ignis project continues at a slow pace but here a few of the minis I've finished so far.<br />
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Sticking with Dreadnoughts for now<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iron Clad Dreadnought Battle Brother Vernius</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battle Brother Tyrus</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Battle Brother Janik</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I have a venerable dread in progress at the moment. Most of all I have tried to make as many weapon options for these dreads, the arms are all interchangeable and I've even made weapons for them which currently have no pre made options (Twin linked heavy bolters, Heavy Flamers and Autocannons).<br />
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Terminators<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Company Terminators lead by Veteran Sgt Khan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brother Chaplain Lucianus</td></tr>
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Still have on more terminator squad and a terminator librarian in the wings.<br />
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Not a bad start really, will leave it there for now and post some more later on. Right now, in true British form i need a cup of tea.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-25344098965282019042011-07-25T20:08:00.000+01:002011-07-27T16:10:17.927+01:00It's A Kind Of Magic<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new defence against teh dark arts proffesor?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So, first real day of the summer hols and the first mini rolls off the production line. This guy is the new Chaos Sorcerer from GW's new plastic range for Storm Of Magic.<br />
The army seems to be heading down the slaanesh route at this point with a lot of purple making it's way into the armour. Still a few finer details to add but overall I'm happy with this guy. Made a slight conversion to the original by repositioning the arm and adding a flaming skull from the empire wizards kit.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-40349185007687194542011-07-19T12:37:00.000+01:002011-07-19T13:37:24.065+01:00Dabbling With HeresyThis weekend gone marks my return, after some considerable absence, to GMing. My play group (currently consisting of <a href="http://knightsoftheblackbanner.blogspot.com/">Bren</a> and <a href="http://cozzmiccakes.blogspot.com/">Coz</a>) have allowed me to run Dark Heresy, the 40k RPG from Fantasy Flight.<br />
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I've been pretty nervous about running anything after so long but decided the best approach was just to do it like I was taught to swim, jump in and see what happens.<br />
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After some playing with the character generator both of my players settled on the role of Arbiters. So now I basically have Judges Dredd and Hersey running around the Calixis sector. The first game session, although a little slow went well and I really feel that this game has potential.<br />
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There are a few key points that really draw me to this game:<br />
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1. The Mythos, the 40k universe is wonderfully rich with a healthy mix of sci-fi and fantasy elements that allow for dark humour and even true horror at times.<br />
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2. Random character generation. I've always loved this aspect of games; it’s incredibly liberating and good for breaking players out of their comfort zones. I love games that actually encourage role-playing, there's nothing worse than that one player who just rolls the same dull warrior in every single game. As an unrelated note perhaps the best game I've ever played for random generation has to be the now well OOP Cyberspace bye ICE.<br />
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3. Combat. It's brutal, violent, bloody and most of all deadly to players.<br />
Again this comes down to my love of actually role-playing, if going in with guns blazing just gets you killed you’re far more likely to use the old grey matter to solve a situation.<br />
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I'm looking forward to continuing the game now, feed back has been positive and hopefully this could become my next big game.Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-6077633363256191982011-07-12T11:55:00.000+01:002011-07-12T11:55:38.390+01:00From The Frozen WastesI've done it again! <br />
My willpower regarding the collecting of small plastic models seems to be about as strong as a Grot with the flu. So after mumblings and murmurings over the weekend we went to GW and left with a regiment each. My friend opted for Orcs where as I am now the proud owner of Chaos Warriors.<br />
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Looks like my summer hols will involve plenty of painting.<br />
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More images coming soon, just bought a new camera.<br />
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Oh and if you like classic board games like Hero Quest and Space Crusade keep an eye on our joint project over at <a href="http://sendthedwarfin.blogspot.com/">Send The Dwarf In!</a>Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-14126105350458402272011-06-30T14:08:00.000+01:002011-07-12T12:14:32.395+01:00The Real Talent in the FamilySo while i'm talking about painting miniatures i feel it only fair to mention my fiancee. She is probably one of the best painters I have encountered in all my years of war gaming. We introduced her to 40k when we all decided to return to the hobby.<br />
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She decided that Deamons of chaos where her thing and took to it like a duck to water. She has created a beautifully painted army that quite frankly puts the rest of us to shame.<br />
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While I don't yet have a great deal of her stuff photographed I intend to show off her work here to.<br />
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Here's a piece she did for Bren over at <a href="http://knightsoftheblackbanner.blogspot.com/">Knights Of The Black Banner</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I find the swirls quite hypnotic!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Oh and to top it of she makes CAKE!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cake Tearers, a lesser known succesor chapter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sons Of Ignis</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Marines where never my main focus.<br />
When I made the return to wargaming a couple of years ago my initial choice was to play Tyranids but with the rumours of a new codex on the way I decided instead to defer to Necrons, an army that had always interested me. Sure enough the Necron army went well, a healthy collection of warriors and destroyers had built up and i was pleased with progress. At this point i decided to pick up a box of marines just for the fun of building and painting them.<br />
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After browsing throught the list of existing chapters i decided to opt for one of my own design, The Sons Of Ignis.<br />
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The first box went well, my painting was a little rusty though overall I was pleased with the result. Then christmas came around and my wonderfull fiance bought me another box of marines. However thsi box was the now oop Space Marine Mega Force.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey that should be all the marines I need!</td></tr>
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Well it all kind of spiraled from there and I now have enough marines to stock a full battle company.<br />
I pointed the army out the overday and after filling all the slots on a standard FOC it came in at around 3500pts. so much for the little project.<br />
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There's still a hell of a lot to paint but it makes an immpressive display.<br />
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Sad thing is that i actually need to finish it of with Rhinos, probably another 8 or so.<br />
I've worked up a chapter list, named all my squads and at some point in the future i'll post the details for anyone who's interested to see. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first stage of recovery is admiting you have a problem.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Stephen Winwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968474321177407052noreply@blogger.com0Hartlepool, UK54.6824924 -1.216696899999988154.631408900000004 -1.2768968999999881 54.7335759 -1.1564968999999881tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269567710960494430.post-91060869999219883992011-06-28T21:29:00.000+01:002011-06-28T23:02:28.128+01:00Sven BloodhowlSpace Wolves, the first army I ever collected for 40k. Alas My mother consigned the warriors of Russ to an ignoble by deeming them "In the way!"<br />
It is amazing how many of my belongings where in the way.<br />
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Most <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">devastating</span> of all was the loss of my original <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Leman</span> Russ mini, from long before he was the mainstay tank of the guard. oh well!<br />
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So starting again was the only option.<br />
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This time round I have chosen the Great company of Sven <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Bloodhowl</span>. Know amongst the Wolves of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Fenris</span> for being so mad they set themselves on fire for fun.<br />
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This is my converted Wolf Lord used to represent Sven. (no mini currently available).<br />
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Quite proud of this guy, He won me the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Middlesbrough</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">GW</span> painting contest on the Grey Knight release event.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sven Bowlhowl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The runwork was a bitch!</td></tr>
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