Movember

I'm doing No Shave November at work. It's coming along!

The Deathwatch

I'm starting work on a Deathwatch army which will probably end up being around 1500-2000 points or so. My intention is to use Space Marines as the primary force with Grek Knight allies and an Inquisitorial detachment to act as Warlord. For the marines, troops will be Sniper Scouts in Deathwatch "Infiltrator" Pattern Scout Armour. This is detailed in the Deathwatch RPG books, specifically Rites of Battle. The idea is that they are veteran marines equipped for stealth ops. I think the models turned out nicely. More pics to come as I work on the army. 

Ork Battleforce

My local GW store in Bear, DE is doing a thing where if you're able to paint a Battleforce or Battalion in 30 days, you get a cool looking patch that says Ready 4 Battle, or something like that.

I decided to go with an Ork Battleforce.  My plan is to ultimately have a Grot only (as close as I can get) allied detachment.  I'm thinking that this will be doable with a couple of very large Grot squads with some Killa Kans and maybe a Big Mek Conversion to give all the Grots a cover save/invuln.  I don't really remember how exactly the Kustom Force Field works.  I'm thinking I would just model up some sort of custom force field conversion and have a couple of grots poking at it.

Here is my standard bearer grot.  He's from the Biker Kit.

Grot Standard Bearer

Purity Seal

I made myself a purity seal. Only took about 30 minutes not including mold and plaster drying time. 

Tau Remora Counts-As 3D Designed

I've been working on a Tau Remora Counts-as since the Forgeworld quality control is so absolutely poor.  Let me know what you think.

Tau Remora Drone 3D Design

Iron Hands - Clan Raukaan Rhino Door

I've decided to do a small Space Marine Allied force and I'm thinking of Iron Hands because I think they would be relatively easy to paint and I have a ton of Techmarine bits laying around.  Plus, the new Forgeworld Iron Hands models are amazing looking.

I threw together a 3D Iron Hands Clan Raukaan Rhino Door for this upcoming force.  I think I still need to dress it up a little.

Iron Hands Clan Raukaan Rhino Door

Games Workshop in Olney MD

Today is field trip day!

Myself, my buddy Steve and his girlfriend are running down to Olney, MD today to visit the store I used to run and that my friend Josh now runs.

I have a bad habit of not bringing enough stuff to keep myself occupied and since we're going to be there for 8 full hours, I've made a list.

1. My Farsight Bomb army for playing against Steve.
2. My Blood Angels Codex for making a Blood Angels allied force for my Tau.
3. A ton of Blood Angels and Librarian bitz to use for the Librarian leader of my HQ team.
4. An unopened box of Sternguard.
5. Everything I need to base, prime and paint the 18 Drones that still need to be finished before October 4th (exactly 13 days from today).
6. All my tools and whatnot for hobbying and converting things.

My plan is to buy whatever I need for my Blood Angels allies while I'm there.  Most likely, this will be an Assault Squad or two.

Should be fun.  I'll try to remember to take pictures of the battle.

More 3D Tau Work

I've begun working on the weapon mount for the Aegis Defense Line.  I've decided to go with an Ion Cannon looking thing.

Check it out.

Taugis HOOOOOO