Lost in the Warp

I have been lots in the Warp for some time. A series of real-life events robbed me of the time and inclination to blog.

Now I am back. Bigger, badder and smellier than ever!
I was recently honoured with the title of Chapter Master by the Emperor's Pride, which means that hobby related activities has become much more important as I am no longer only responsible for enabling my own hobby but also that of others.

I continue working on the Iron Hands and progress is steady. Here is a groupshot:

I am also working on an Iyanden Eldar army with 1 Wraithseer, 2 Wraithlords, 3 Warwalkers, 10 Rangers and lots of Wraithguard. Problem is, Wraithguards are HIDEOUSLY expensive and the one I tried to sculpt myself (for casting) turned out really ugly. So, until I find a solution, I think this army is on hold. I will post some progress pictures some time soon, though.

Finally it seems that the Necrons are getting an update! Yay! Unfortunately, I can't afford to buy any of the stuff. Oh, well. EP will get a copy of the Codex and I can use my existing army for a while, I guess.

And the geek shall inherit…

Well, having a bit of cash float my way is nice. So nice, in fact, I had to celebrate. I went and bought: 4 Fiends of Slaanesh, a Keeper of Secrets, a box of Screamers of Tzeench, a Monolith and a box of Horrors. Oh, and a Chaos  Daemons Spearhead. Pfft!

The Monolith is all done. No pictures, it is at the Fortress Monastery. I am not 100% satisfied with it. I tried some OSL painting on it and it turned out ok but not completely. I will attempt some quick fixes with the airbrush and then give it a matt varnish, to see if that brings it more together. Apart from that, I am almost ready to declare my Necron army finished! The Lord got a small conversion: I put him on a Terminator base and gave him 2 wound counters in the form of scarabs. They are magnetized for easy removal.

Fra Minis

The Fiends complete the Elite part of my Slaanesh army, the Keeper completes the HQ part. All that army needs now is for the new plastics to come out, some assembly and a whole lotta’ lovin’. I assembled the Fiends and Keeper already and they are ready to be airbrushed on Wednesday. No Pics of the Slaaneshi models. I am looking forward to doing a full post on my Slaaneshi Daemons and, after that, on my Nurgle army which has been finished for quite a bit.

The Screamers are assembled, also and I have started painting them.

Fra Minis

I am closing in of 6000 points of Daemons. Yay! Some day I should make a list.

Vessels of the C’tan

Aha! I finished basing the rest of my Necron army! Yay! Too bad it is practically unplayable until I shell out the cash for a Monolith. For some reason, I just don't like the idea of shelling out that much money on what is essentially a plastic box. So I will wait a bit and then do it. Yeah.

Anyway. The basing is just GW Sand, Chaos Black basecoat, a heavy Adeptus Battlegrey drybrushing, light drybrush with Fortress Grey and fine highlights with Skull White. In reality, you could do without the Fortress Grey but I am going for an “Ash Waste” kind of theme with another army and I thought I’d practice on these guys. I am satisfied with the result but when basing the next army with this methid, I’ll go for a more mottled look and perhaps flick some Macharius Solar Orange on there, for embers.

Here are a couple of quick photos. First 40 Warriors and a Lord with the obligatory Ressurrection Orb and Warscythe.

Last, 6 Destroyers. I should get more.

Basic

Settled on a basing scheme for my necron army. "The worst army in the game!", I hear you say. Well, true but this is strangely fitting since I am among the worst players.

Also, I make it even worse by playing without a monolith...

Anyhoo. Here are some scarabs.