After enjoying the time savings from spraying my first batch of 40k terrain with Citadel’s Wraithbone rattle can — a primer and base coat in one — I decided to go the same route with my custard lads. They’re 90% gold; this is a potentially huge time savings. So I built my entire army before […]
Spraying my Custodes with Retributor Armour: notes to self Read More »
I woke up this morning, walked past my work area for miniatures, and realized I’d forgotten to put in time on minis yesterday. My hobby streak is broken! I made it to 539 days — from February 20, 2020, to August 12, 2021. Yesterday morning I had a plan for what I was going to
I accidentally broke my first hobby streak Read More »
I started building this squad of Allarus Custodians — the first three of 10 Terminators in my draft army list — last night, and finished it up this afternoon: Kanumba, Cathalan, and Adomako. As with my first squad, I stole the Shield-Captain’s build for one of them — Adomako — because I love the stance
Second squad of Custodes Read More »
I finished my first Adeptus Custodes squad tonight, adding Halfden and Konstantyn to my first custard lad, Inkaef, to form a full unit of Custodian Guards with Sentinel Blades and Storm Shields. In 9th Edition, this unit is 234 points. Three troops in my Deathskulls Ork army would be . . . 24 points. Playing
The custard must flow: one squad assembled Read More »
There are relatively few Adeptus Custodes units, and from what I’ve seen they all use pretty much the same colors (adapted per one’s shield company) — kind of like Deathskulls Orks. So I have a feeling one main color guide will cover most of my army. Bases As ever, I’m using a recipe from White
Adeptus Custodes Dread Host color guide and painting steps Read More »
I’ve been maintaining my hobby streak for miniature-painting (today is day 495), but over the past few months my pace has slowed considerably. I’m okay with that, and I stand by my philosophy on this: Any forward progress beats the zero progress I made for many, many years. Even if all I do is paint
40k army number three: Adeptus Custodes of the Dread Host Read More »
I started Killa Kans two and three — Stikkit and Skraggit — back in April, and finished them up on Thursday night. They join Mukkit, my final mini of 2020, to form Mukkit’s Murda Mob, which bring my Deathskulls army up to 591 points. The Killa Kans kit is incredible — just absolutely packed with
Mukkit’s Murda Mob: now a full complement of 3 Killa Kans Read More »
I finished my Trukk! I built Da Fancy Wun back in February, and worked on lots of other stuff at the same time (painted 11 Boyz, built two Kans and a Dread, converted my Warboss)…but it still feels like I’ve been working on this Trukk forever. Back of the napkin, I’d say it took me
Putting my finished Taurox Trukk conversion in the new lightbox Read More »
I’ve learned some lessons about drilling, magnetization, and efficient assembly over the past 14 months, and I applied all of them to “Ripfist” Gorg, my second Deff Dread for Moonkrumpa’s Megalootas. Had I done things this way with “Facepeela,” his build would have gone much more smoothly! Drill bullet holes before assembly Yeah, it works
I finished Da Fancy Wun last night, so while the varnish is curing I figured I’d post the WIP photos I took along the way. This is the final post in a five-post series documenting this Trukk. Assembly is in part one and part two, the color guide is in part three, and the finished
WIP it good: Da Fancy Wun, my Taurox Trukk conversion Read More »
