Christmas, Heroquest and Eagle Warrior goodness!

Happy new year all! Yes, I realise its almost February...


Had a blast over the hols, hope you all did the same  =) First up a couple of new projects a la Christmas pressies

Tiger awesomeness!
Cant wait to build this up =) I don't have any real experience building tank kits so this will be a great start.

This one was a surprise. A lovely re-issue of a classic Italeri kit (back when they called themselves 'Italaerei' which is waaaay before my time)
Have discussed the idea of a tank battle game using these awesome kits with a friend who hopefully will get into it!

On the HeroQuest front I have finally managed to get enough time/space to photograph the completed minis so far. So without further ado -

So there's the Undead portion of my Heroquest collection, I should have mentioned before that it goes beyond the contents of the original box (hence why it takes so long to paint)
I was fortunate a while back and managed to pick up a second HQ box at a dump shop for $1!!

Some filthy-mouthed chaos warriors to chase the weak kneed heroes off the board...

And a sneaky mess of poo flinging goblins to lure them into traps...


So far so good. I've also completed the Gargoyle figure but he'll have to wait until the Chaos Sorcerer is completed for a photo shoot =)

Last but by no means least is my newly acquired classic Rhino. I didn't have to assemble this as it came already built and set up as some kind of Whirlwind and sported a paint job that I wont inflict on you. But with a bit of modification and a HUGE amount of white paint I think she came up alright!

Many more Eagle Warriors to go before the army is all complete (the dreadnought is gonna be a BIG mission) But hopefully I'll have it all up here asap.

Great, so thats it for now, lots more painting to get finished and tons of new ideas and projects to get on the go. Se you soon!

Merry Christmas all!

I know this hasn't been the most prolific modelling blog out there, and for such I can only mumble and look very guilty. But the mad Christmas workload is over now, and the plasticy-lead goodness beckons!

Have a bloody good time this Christmas people, may you break open many a long ago purchased kit, use up some smelly paint and for goodness sake try NOT to glue your fingers together!

Like I have just done.

Shit.

New arrivals

Muhahahahahahaaaa!

Just managed to get my steaming claws on my very favourite thing... free miniatures!!

Yay!

This is great, so basically the Chaos Renegade Fire Team (there's a mouthful) can now be completed, my (lately errant) Eagle Warriors will be getting a long over due Dreadnought (a proper lead one, you remember, the ones that break your foot when they fall off the gaming table) Some disgustingly soiled marines to swell the ranks of my ever growing Rogue Trader Renegade Traitor forces, and a whole mess of current (ish) Orks and Imperial cannon fodder.

Pics as soon as I have time.

Lovely.

Eagle Warriors FTW!

Re-emerging from the Warp

Yes, its been awhile I know.

Too much work in this world, that's the problem.
So whats been happening? Not as much as I'd like but I do have a few things to share with you


A couple of sites worth a gander if you like the way we used to rape and pillage dungeons and so forth.

fuckyeahbritisholdschoolgaming  - is a great place to get all teary eyed about those days you spent (mis spent?) as a youth with your spotty mates. Being spotty.

Warhammer for Adults







No, not a kinky 'readers wives' style dress-ups fantasy site, but a trip back to the way we used to go about our daily massacre of peaceful monsters. This site is packed full of nostalgic awesomness and common sense, the theme being again how to get the most out of what you have actually, already shelled out for. Some very nice painted mini's there as well =)

 And what have I been up to when not reminiscing? More of the same I guess.
A few undead minions to go in my quest to finish my HeroQuest collection (then its on to the green plastic... sigh) Had to overcome a problem with my plans to blow up my gaming friends in Space Crusade recently. You see at my mates gaming den we regularly get together in a group of five, which works perfectly for HeroQuest (four adventurous low-life's and one evil, dungeon owning property developer) But in Space Crusade there is only room for four mates to kill each other.
Until I came across this idea! (Sorry I cant remember where I read this first)
You play the Alien  ('cause its YOUR copy of SC...) The three mates you like the least get to play the Marines as per normal, and then the mate who cheats all the time and is well known to be a treasure stealing bitch and all around glory hog plays a FOURTH TEAM of Chaos Marines opposed to the other three!
I haven't had the time to work though all the elements of this yet but the team itself (my self styled 'Renegade Fire Team') is under way!  Yay!

Photos when its all up and running =)




Orcs can be brown

It wasn't lies, it was just... bullshit.

Yes I know I said I only wanted to do 1/72 models this year, and as far as aircraft go thats still true.


But I found these...

and those...

My boyish days (as in the last 30years) came flooding back and now its all completely out of hand.
















Sigh.

Still, the Spitfire is coming along spiffingly and now I get to relive my ultra silly childhood toy soldier games all over again!
The only awkward moments are when you get caught in the Toy store making machine gun noises...

I look like I could have kids... right?

Once more into the breach dear friends!

Take a look at what I just bought

Now thats a bit sexy isn't it.

 A bit of a confession to make today (don't worry, its all relevant to the Spitfire) I have never before actually made a scale model kit! I know, right? Its a bit bewildering to me as well considering how many years of Wargaming, board gaming and figure painting I have been through. 

To be totally honest it scares the crap out of me but I feel like a change.

Not to be deterred, I have resolved to make painting 1/72 scale models the main focus of several projects this year. 

Why 1/72? Mainly because I'm cheap... no, more to do with the fact that it is (from what I've seen) by far the easiest scale to buy a diverse range of figures and machines from all periods in, also I live in a shoe box sized building and any attempt by me to hang a 1/24 scale aircraft from the ceiling would probably end up with my wife hanging ME from the ceiling by... erm, something else...

So, why the Spitfire?? Well its like this. Since this will be my first attempt at a scale model, it HAS to be a Spitfire. Its the rules. That I have just made up.

Hopefully some pics of the intended disaster next post.

Great, well I'm off to glue my fingers together then, see you!

So many Zombies

So little time.

The Zombie figures from HeroQuest were always some of my favourites, well them and the Fimir.
Always ends in an argument when you talk of the Fimir...
Not sure why.

To be honest there isn't really a dud figure supplied with HQ (in my humble opinion) although as far as outfits go I think the wizard got the short end of the stick, especially that tiara.

Just why Citadel decided that the Chaos sorcerer should have a skull for a face instead of an actual face also perplexes. I mean everyone has a skull don't they. But not everyone has an evil, twisted, possibly lacerated and or ritually disfigured, snarling death mask of a face to scare weak kneed heroes with eh??
Well I suppose in a game aimed at 10 year old's a skull is plenty scary.

So, right the Zombies. Yes... no, I can't remember.