Los Hombres

Red, Cord and Shane

Well here's the rest of the gang, or at least the full fledged members that is, sugarfoot's don't get to wear the hat so aren't really part of the gang and won't be shown here.  Meaning that I still have a bit of work to do on them yet.  I'm debating writing all their names on the bases, but I might save that for later.  Use it as a mark of respect or something in the campaign as they make their first kills and all.

Slim, Bart, and Hoss

Here you can see the max mini machine gun I discussed in an earlier post, it's a bit bigger than I had first thought.  In fact, it's "Almost" to big for the model, but it's original and I like it.  I think what I'm disappointed about now is that as we progress through out the campaign I'm going to have to figure out a way to update these guys without chopping them to pieces...  Maybe I should have modeled them using plastics from the get-go but there's just no way I could have gotten the results that I have now.

Next up is going to be a bit of terrain.  The trick here is going to making the terrain small, easy, and compatible with 40k, as I'm not a paying member of the local gaming group and don't quite want to donate everything for free as of yet.

Necromunda update

Well here's my gang leader and his trusty sidekick for our upcoming Necromunda campaign. I've decided to name my gang "Los Hombres del Emperador", and the two you see here are "Lucky Luke" and the "Duke" (left to right) I know the bases aren't great, but I'm waiting for the real ones to come in and seeing that they won't get here till sometime end of August, I thought I'd at least do something so they weren't flat black.

O'er the next two weeks I'll get the rest'em finished so ya'll can expect to see "Hoss", "Red" and "Slim" real soon now.

Melta Marine

Another fist is done.  Actually he's been done for a while now, I just haven't gotten him posted up yet.  This brings the number of completed fists up to 4 with only 2 more to go  :)  to finish the squad.    I trimmed down the ridge on the shoulder guards to give them an older look, and made sure to use one of the old backpacks as well.  I really tired to give the base a marble affect, and although I think it looks good I'm not sure if it's marble.  I'd love to give credit to the company who made them but I can't.  I found them in an unmarked bag at the bottom of a game store in Cologne on a recent trip there. 

Well back to the grind...

Princeps on Foot

I picked this model up at Games Day Germany a few years back (2 I think) and have had him sitting around since then.  I tried painting him once before but just couldn't get him the way I wanted.  Recently though, I started scratch building a Warhound titan seen here. Canis Vulpis She's still a work in progress, and one I hope to get back to real soon, but while painting her I decided to give this guy another go.

I tried doing him up in the colors of the Legio Astraman.  In game I have no idea what I'll use him as... maybe an adviser of some sort, we'll see what comes to mind.  Once the Titan itself is done, he'll prolly go on the base.

Imperial Fist Techmarine

The next of my 6 Imperial Fists.  Still working on this battle damage and weathering idea.  In the past I'd just paint and go, but in the name of progress, or just getting with the times I've decided to start paying attention to the little details.  Next post I'll put up some comparison shots of my mini's from 12 years ago...

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Vet. Sgt. Kris Knebel (Pask)

So I waited how many months until GW released it's Knight Commander Pask model only to be sorely disappointed.  That said, I decided to do my own with the results posted above, I'll leave the copula of my next Russ unglued so that I can swap out Pask as warranted.

A 12 year veteran of the 73rd Armoured Regiment Vet. Sgt. Knebel has 168 confirmed kills, more than any other tanker assigned to the 73rd or those in the battle for Arcturus. Although a lowly trooper Sgt. Knebel is highly regarded by his superiors for his skill and dedication in destroying the enemy. He has worked his way up from the ranks filling ever position from driver, to loader and gunner; if not for his renegade streak, Knebel would have received a field promotion to the officer ranks many times over. Instead he is content to command the Leman Russ "Tigers Eye"

Marshal Argos and Body Guards

 

Here's my IG General "Marshal Argos" and his bodyguard.  In game terms he counts as Creed and the two bodyguards are... well bodyguards.  He's been shown here before so the focus isn't really on him, but the guy on the right.  He's finally finished, after 2 years and umpteen different weapon arms he is finally staying exactly as you see him below.

  

He's depicted the carrying the combat banner for Battle Group 82, newly formed under the command of Marshal Argos.  Eventually I want to do up a spiffier one looking more like a display banner but that will probably be done after another year or two of kicking around ideas in my head.

Crimson Fists Captain Cortez

Well I mentioned in an earlier post that I've been wanting to paint some Crimson Fists for my Black Templar army, Yes the one that I rarely use.  This has been an idea of mine since, oh say 3 years or so and one that's finally seeing the light of day.  It's been a while since I've really painted any SM's and the Attack bike I did a few weeks ago really was fun to do.

So it's been a pleasant few days working on this guy on the side.  A much needed break from IG and the Warhound I'm building.   As you can see I didn't go all out on him, and left a few places empty so that I can add stuff later.  You see I'm the type of player that likes to add decorations after using models in a game, like war trophies.

Now I've only got 10 more Fists to paint, and a 2nd Attack bike and this little force will be done.   I'm hoping to have them done by summer but with the other projects I have planned we'll see how it goes.

Painting points system

Well as I mentioned in my last post I plan on using the "Painting for Points" system that so many others used last year.  AFAIK "Lone Pilgrim" came up with this so all credit goes to him.  The idea behind this is that you "earn" points for every model that you paint completely.

Now I'm not sure where I saw this next part but my plan is that at the end of the year I will convert these points into cold hard cash.  In other words the models I paint, the more points I get, the more money I can spend on 40k in the next year.

And here's the Painting System I plan on using.

1. Infantry = 1 Point
2. Bikes/Cavalry = 2 points
3. Dreadnaught/Walker = 5 points
4. Tank = 10 points
5. Superheavy Vehicle = 20 point

Now some of you may have already noticed but I've added a new text area on the right side to display the number of points painted so far.   As you can see so far I haven't completed any, but I'm hoping that with a winter storm setting in over Germany this weekend I'll have the chance to change that.