Mavis, Ethel, and some Naughty Space Elves.

 Greetings. Here's the latest update on my painting.  In an attempt to speed up my I've decided to use a microphone app, so there could be some weird spelling punctuation. Less time wasted and more productivity here are the models.

Jain Zar

Many years ago I got somebody to paint my models are for me. He was very good painter , but I had the wrong size base , and it's take me thirty years to rebase her. Voila! His name was also Jason, but considerably more talented than I. Jain Zar is currently considered one of the best special characters in the Aeldari force and one that I really like. Hopefully I can unleash her with my Aeldari Corsair army that I am faffing around trying to build. 

Ghost Face Killa

Drukhari Cutthroats

My second unit druchari Kabalites. Not much to say about them really except they are a nasty bunch that hopefully will be a whole lot nastier in 11th edition 40k. From what I gather 11th will be better for close Combat armies and less sexy for gunlines so I think my murder elves will do just fine. In the first picture are my Splinter rifle armed chaps hence their expendable moniker. 

The expendables.

Here are my proper dealers of death? They are armed with all the horrific druchari, weapons that causes radioactive (half-life of thousands of years) eradication for those poor unfortunates left on the planet. Long after the bad guys have left with bucket loads of slaves. With the Kabalite Cartel detachment they are very good. With sticky objectives and rerolls to hit with a pain token they are one of the best battleline units in the game. I reckon, anyways.

The not so expendables.

Big Untirable Guns

A couple of years ago , my buddy gave me a Leman Russ hull, complete turret , but no sides. I then made the two sides using plasticard and a variety of bits to make it look like a real one. The sponsons are real so with minimal effort I had a free tank. After mucho deliberatio I went for the twin autocannon turret as giving every other member of the Astra Militarum army an additional -1 ap seems like too good a deal to pass up. Of course when 11th edition rolls up and takes away all unit abilities I'll be a bit sick, but never mind.

Mavis, in all her banged up glory.

Mavis, as is the name of the Leman Russ has yet to see active combat which if the deplorable state of the Imperium is anything to go by, her status may change as soon as this evening.Below is a better view of her sides, which I'm sure you'll all agree, isn't her best feature. In another break from tradition, I have given her two plasma cannons and a hull mounted heavy bolter. 

Mavis' side profile.

Ethel, the Rogal Dorn, is my final offering today. A 3d printed beast that my buddy Aaron gave me for the destruction of my enemies, and the possible mullering of his own Blood Angels and Tau. I have had a few outings already in her semi nude state and I'm very impressed with the firepower she can spew out. In a recent game, she almost single handedly accounted for nearly an entire Death Guard force. Ethel has been painted in my now standard camouflage scheme of olive yellow and aggaros dunes. I like it. even if it's not considered practical in urban, ice world and desert planets. 

  

Ethel, destroyer of heretics.

Ethel's rear end.

So that's all folks. This brings you up to date with my painting progress for now. So until the next time, be excellent to each other and hobby responsibly.

Thanks for reading.

Astra Militraum, Inquisition Cronies & Others.

 So following several months of inactivity, and a repeat of the Daemon Semen episode, I have completed some more models for my fantasy world of toy soldiers. These were actually finished last December but my impatience coupled with a bout of very cold weather that coincided with spray varnishing delayed that somewhat.

Demo Charge Cultist

Here's another member of the Assembly of D'Keddes, my ever increasing genestealer cult. This one represents a demo charge in the form of a barrel, parts of a Sentenel heavy flamer and some extensive arm repositioning. He's also holding the remains of an old beaky marine helmet to prove how committed to the cause he is.

Mucho Plosive demo charge operator extrordinaire.

Unconventional Inquisitorial Henchmen

A while back I was rooting around in my pile of shame and found several models that I had intended to use for some game/army/scenario and then the creative urge scarpered and landed on some other pretty. Well here are some of them finished and shoehorned into a fluff reason for their inclusion into this post.

Old Citadel Zombie

This lad was originally going to be a baddy for my Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay days. Him and two or three other undead medievil style chaps. Back then, there was no such thing as contrast paints so the flayed skin and general complicatedness of this model always put me off. I then thought that this model could be the henchman of a some heretic that my inventive Inquisitor has managed to skin and still keep alive while at the same time using his considerable psychic skills to ensure he is an expendable pawn and at the same time a horrific warning to others.That's my backstory and I'm sticking to it.

  

Lord Gorgol Rackmurder, former planetary governor of Strass IX insignificant moon of Strass VIII.

Primitive Feral Operatives

Here are two old citadel chaos warriors or possibly thugs, that were originally for my chaos fantasy army (back in the 1990's I think most people started collecting them), but as is a very common theme in my stories, I got bored and never finished it. These were before all chaos warriors wore exactly the same armour and used the same weaponry, very unchaotic! These lads have been through dechoasifier before they were allowed into the IAHGWU (Inquisition Acolyte Henchmen General Workers Union) and are now fully paid up members. The one on the left has an heretic's head for the lols and the one on the right bears a rather heavy blunt sword for close up Inquisitorial activities.

Hockey McSever and Grinny O'Headblatter.

Ex-Mordian Lieutenant.

This model is an old metal Mordian that was the last survivor of a half assed attempt to go for a Mordian army. I realised I didn't like painting them and Ebayed the lot. Contrast paints were then invented and I gave him the green light to join the Ordo Hereticus or some such to delivered hot bullet pain to the enemies of his Inquisitor master. If he had a back story I'm sure he was the last of his battalion to remain after some 40,000 heretics attacked and was scooped up by an amiable Witch Hunter, giving some vermillion pants and told to go get some.

Lieutenant Bluto the Reasonably Unkillable.

Necromundan Thugs

Inquisitor Jao (the guy who controls this unit of acolytes) summered on Hive Primus and fell in love with the place, the cramped, hazardous conditions, toxic air and highly fractious inhabitants made him enjoy his time there. That, and three cults and a minor rebellion to quell. So whilst he was there he picked up some of the locals as scouts and bullet catchers. Two of these remain in the form of  a Van Saar and Orlock by the names of Chipsh Clintmeir and Bolly 'sideburns' Zamgel. Both are fiercely loyal to the Inquisitor and have so far survived many of the horrors of the 41st millennium.

 

Chips & Sideburns

Necromundan Young Scuts

Also collected from Necromunda were two waifs picked up during some of the many gang fights Jao witnessed. Both were against the aforementioned cults and both showed great bravery and an equal amount of savagery. Little Nutski (Goliath) and Stabgelina (Esher) were initially constantly trying to kill each other, but an hour in the pain glove soon redirected there aggression into more constructive channels.

Little Nutski and Stabgelina

Archaic Astra Militarum Device

Rarely seen on the 'modern' battlefields is the multimelta weapons team. Seen here without the operatives, the multimelta weapons team was thing during the Rogue Trader era. As it now, due to the vagaries of  progress it now has a range shorter than most basic weapons meaning any engagement the weapons teams are picked off before they can contribute to the battle. Hence multimeltas are generally mounted on vehicles that can stand up to massed lasgun fire.

Often deployed with 30 or 40 operatives to maintain firing rates during skirmishes the Multimelta weapon team is now rarely seen on the battlefield.

Promoted Astra Militarum Troopers

Coming with extra corpse starch rations, the AM special weapons troops are a sought after position. Considered slightly more dangerous than Heavy Weapons duty, but less so than mine field clearing and penal assault troops. Many soldiers with average shooting skills and a resistance to plasma burns are assigned the double edged sword that is plasma gun operation. Often the hero (posthumously), of a battle, these brave souls can punch holes in ceramite (heretic and otherwise) and oftentimes provide the coup de gras for a reeling commander once his infantry bodyguard is brought down by the emperor's flashlights. The two below will be joining Cadians or Krieg squads and the poor old Catachans are trusted with plasma weapons apparently.

Troopers Bunko and Sharlatan

Grenadiers

Next are some Valhallan grenade launchers who will almost constantly over dressed in the balmy jungles and sweaty urban battlefields that I generally play on. Hopefully one of my opponents may create an artic table so they can really appreciate their extra tog duffle coats.

Troopers Fluey, Shuey & Pooey.

Nork Deddog Stand In

An old metal Ogryn has been finished to a) enable me to field a unit of six, and b) use Nork Deddog for a close combat oriented Catachan force that will be using plenty of legends unless the Adepticon models preview has loads of shiny new Stracken and Harker models. Not much to say other thab he may also find employment and an augmented Bone'ead from the new Crucible of champions supplement.

Ready to Smash for the Emp!

The Whole Gang.

So that's all folks. Hopefully some of these models brought a warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia to the gamers of my vintage and for those who haven't seen this sort of thing, maybe a bit of wonderment, and yes, these models do hurt when used as weapons. So until next time, happy hobbying and be excellent to each other.

Thanks for reading.