Blood Angel Army show case

Well this is unprecedented two update in the same day!

As promised here are better pictures of my Blood Angel army that won the Armies on Parade last weekend.

The theme is a Pre Hersey 2nd Company Blood Angel army so the idea was to have no space marine armour higher than Mk 6 (beaky helmets).  All models have been converted in some way, also all symbols are hand painted as I hate GW transfers.

First up is 3rd Tactical squad under Sgt Darius

7th Assault squad under Sgt Valente.

Death Company Dreadnought Noctis and Drop pod

The Contemptor Dreadnought Faustus

The engine unit is scratch built as FW mis-packed and the actual engine was not included (they sent me a complete new Contemptor as replacement though) and the 2nd Coy symbol is freehand in practice for the Company banner when i get round to getting some Honour Guard.
Razorback/Rhino Invictus, or 3rd squads ride.

The Las/Plas turret is a conversion using the Lascannon turret and two Chaos Marine Plasma guns, the old school Rhino front is made from Plasticard and the hatches from 25mm bases.

Baal Predator Sanguis

The leaders of the army Captain Falcone and Librarian Sironis.

The Captain actually started life as a Sargent model but looked too cool so I promoted him (even though a BA Capt is a poor HQ choice) he's also all Plastic as the BA plastic sprues are fantastic.
The Libby was given the Mk6 helmet to fit in with the Pre hersey theme and based on a Rogue Trader Librarian Model.

Well thats the army that won, hope you like it....... of and like any good 40K army its always ongoing

See ya next time!

Desert Terrain showcase

Hey every one,

Today I thought I'd mix up the blog with a show of the often forgotten part of the wargaming hobby, the terrain.  You can't have nice looking armies fighting over any old table top (although the Dr Pepper refinery often makes an appearance on even the most realistic battlefields).

So first up is fresh off the painting table is a Plasma power generator.....

This was made using a old GW foam building that was for the game Inquisitor, the generator are made from chocolate milk powder container, and with some plasticard and guitar wire we have one desert themed generator to fight over.

Next up is a few bunkers, can't have a 40k battlefield without a few eh.  These are old out of production Forgeworld terrain pieces so if you want some you'd probably need to look on Ebay/Trade Me.
This single bunker has a slight conversion of 2 Autocannons but other than that its 'out of the box'

 Next is the Gun tower, sporting a twin-linked Lascannon and two heavy bolters it make for a formidable defence point, and looks cool to boot!

Lastly we have the group shot, the trio of defense