On the bench - Imperial Guard Shadowsword #1

Another 40K Imperial Guard vehicle.  This time it's heavy...

Building the Valkyrie WIP#3 - Colour Modulation

Making progress...

Building the Valkyrie WIP#2 - Cockpit

Work continues on the Valk...

Dropzone Commander - Neptune Dropships

Hello!  Well, it's been a while hasn't it? Apologies for the gross negligence of my little corner of the internet over the last couple of months.

I'm hoping normal(ish) service will now be resumed for the forseeable future and I'd like to kick things off with some pics of my most recent project, 3 Neptune Dropship miniatures for Dropzone Commander!

Ork Bommer, step-by-step #1

Part 1 of a step by step guide on how I built and painted the Ork Bommer.

Perdita Ortega - WIP #1

In a departure from GW and in the interests of painting alternative/interesting mini's I'd like to introduce you to Perdita...

WIP - Hammerheads, FireWarriors and army list

Some tangible progress on the Tau army I'm putting together... Both Hammerheads have received the first coat of primer! I've also taken a step forward with the highlighting of the Fire warrior squads and finalised(ish) the army list.

WIP - New Tau Army - primed again

Hi all, just a quick post to bring you up to date on the progress on my three Fire Warrior squads.

Happy to report that I'm back on track again and making some headway.

Primer Fail

Darkness.  Then light. A door is opened and warm fluorescence cuts into the shadows.  A figure appears at the door, staring for too long into the freezing London night.

Unnoticed even to him, a low groan starts to emanate from his throat, imperceptible at first but growing louder each second.  He holds aloft an impossibly small plastic figure with both hands and at last the groan becomes a shout -"WHYYYYYYYYYYY ME?"

Yes folks, it's a primer fail. Read on...

Airbrush first test

As promised, a little post about how the very first firing of my airbrush went.  I predicted either a triumphant report of success or a comedy story of paint explosions and near death experiences.  Happily for me (but less entertainingly for you) it's leaning much more towards the former.

Details after, as they say, 'the jump'...

My DIY spray booth

It's my day off from my regular job tomorrow (sound of high fives all round). Thursday also marks the first time I will use my airbrush 'in anger' so to speak.  I'll be able to tell you more about my airbrush experience tomorrow, come-what-may.  It'll either be a triumphant report of success or keystone cops style tragi-comedy, but either way I'll let you know how I got on...

In the meantime I thought I'd talk about the spray booth I made specifically for the airbrush and share a few pics too.

Work in progress - New Tau Army

I thought I'd post some pics of my current project, a new Tau army. It's a follow up to the Battleforce I completed recently (that I keep on going on about...).

This will be a much larger project in terms of force size and modelling challenges.  The pictures show the 36 Fire Warriors I've assembled.  You'll notice that most of them don't have any arms yet. This is a deliberate strategy to keep the models as 'open' as possible during the painting process.