Zebulon 's Slann Starmaster

Hey all, today I bring my Slann Starmaster to the blog. I painted him in a single session yesterday that took about 8 hours. I'm incredibly impressed with how he turned out, one of the better paint jobs I've done recently!

Zebulon's Seraphon Test Mini

Hey all, well today I've been dabbling with a Seraphon (Lizardmen) colour scheme for Age of Sigmar. I'm planning of getting the Start Collecting box to give me a small starter force for quick games of AoS. I've had an on off love affair with Lizardmen for years, I was obsessed with Dinosaurs when I was little and they were going to be my first Warhammer Fantasy army. I bought a box of Saurus warriors and the Army Book at the time and then..... nothing. They've sat with me for the last few years and i've started collecting Skaven in the mean time.

The White Hand Army: Sharku

Hey all,

so as is traditional between Blackmane and myself for Birthdays and Christmas, we get each other gaming stuff, be that models or supplies. Well this Christmas just gone Blackmane surprised me with Sharku!

Tau Ghostkeel WIP

Hey all, today I bring an update on my Ghostkeel suit I got for Christmas from my niece. I'm rotating through my projects trying to give them equal amounts of time. As kits go this is a very nicely put together, again it shows the massive advantages of digital sculpting!

Rogue Trader RPG: Astropath mini

Hey all, I've recently started playing Rogue Trader with my gaming group and I chose the Astropath. We've done it for a few weeks now and we're finally getting into the meat of the campaigns. Last time we were surrounded by cultists and I tried to use psychic scream, failed and caused a mass daemonic possession :/ We've started using minis to represent ourselves so we can keep tabs in combat, so one day last week a made a mini me!

He's made out of various bits, Catachan legs and vest torso, some Empire head, halberd arm and a random open hand from a bitz box. The robes are green stuff obviously, and whilst I'm not the best at green stuffing, they came out ok. The cloak too is from some random bitz box and the purity seals just bring it into the 41st millennium, My character is armed with a Stubber and a Shock staff, he is very old and has a habit if falling over. I'm rather chuffed with him overall, with maybe the exception of the tattered robe ends, they just don't seem quite right. The staff top is from the Empire General kit I think? Again it came in a random bitz box I bought. Be nice to get him painted up!

Anyway, that's my little blurt for today. If you like what you see please feel free to leave a comment below, whether it be good bad or inbetween.

Zebulon

Start Collecting Skitarii Review

Hey all, today I'm giving my little review on the new Start Collecting Skitarii box. Firstly for a GW price of  £50 ($85) these are exceptional value, in this box set the Dunewalker is £40, Rangers/Vanguard £23.50 and the Dominus £22. Even at £50, that's a £35.50 saving. If you're like me and bought it from an online store ( Goblin Gaming for me, 20% discount and £3.90 postage, just under 50% off standalone retail price)

Mechanicus Knight Titan WIP

Hi all.

Today I bring another WIP for a project I have been working on for what feels like ages which as the title of the posts says is a Knight Titan. 

So here are some pictures of it so far. 

The Phoenician WIP

Hi all.

So my first post of 2016 and I bring something more than a little special. As you can probably guess from the title of the post I've been working on The Phoenician, the Primarch Fulgrim of the Emperor's Children. 

Quite a while ago now, about 2 years, I decided to start a heresy era army and after reading the book Fulgrim I settled on the Emperor's Children. Fast forward about 2 years and by chance I came across Fulgrim on ebay for £45. How could I say no to that? So since about November I've been working on and off on Fulgrim and here are some pictures howing my progress so far. 

Merry Christmas from Sign of the Aquila

Hi all.

Just a quick post to wish you all a wonderful (possibly hobby filled) Christmas from myself and Zebulon. Have a nice day.

Blackmane and Zebulon

End Times Nagash (Short) Review

Hi all.

So I haven't posted anything since I went on my sort of hiatus. However I have recently finished reading the End Times Nagash (the big book not the novel) and I thought I would do a brief review.

Firstly is the sheer amount of new background that is contained within the book. For me this was the main reason for wanting to read the book as I love the background material. Even so there was a lot to take in so I definitely wouldn't recommend trying to read the whole thing all in one go. I'm not saying it wouldn't be possible, but I feel if you rushed through it then you maybe wouldn't take it all in. 

I like that even though the story mainly revolves around The Empire, Chaos and The Undead a few other races get small parts. In the case of the Elves (all 3 kinds) and the Skaven they go on to get their own books detailing their involvement in more detail. So for me having a few sections about the Dwarfs (my fantasy army) was nice even though it doesn't go very well for them at all. The battle at Valaya's Gate was for me both an epic and very sad moment. 

I felt the conclusion of the book, which mainly focuses on Nagash's war with the Tomb Kings, was a good way to end the opening act of the story. It's not often that the background stories venture in to the Land of Dead so I really did enjoy this part of the book. War between armies that can't be killed and don't know fear or fatigue led to a very different pace in terms of how battle unfolds. It added a certainly sense of relentlessness which carried over into the story as a whole as the story relentlessly strove towards the climax of the first part of the End Times story. 

Overall I really enjoyed the book and I'm really looked forward to having the time to dive into the End Time Glotkin book.

Well that's all for today. Thanks for taking the time to have a read and please feel free to leave comments be they good, bad or somewhere in between. 

Blackmane