Blood Angels Death Company and Chaplain (Carl)

Earlier this year myself and Nick went to a 10th edition 40K Boarding Actions warhammer 40K midweek event at warhammer world.

After a hurried rebasing session on a few Tactical marines I needed to finish a few other models to take.

These are are a five man Death Company unit and a very old Chaplain to lead the Boarding Action force.

They were a bit quick so a light on detail work and minimal colour additions but they do the job.

Tyranid Ripper Swarms & Spore Mines (Carl)

I’ve kept some momentum going with painting the Tyranid force made up from various models kicking about on the mountain. I’ve managed to finish two Ripper Swarms and three Spore Mines.

These follow the colour scheme from the old school first edition Space Hulk Genestealers. There will be another Ripper Swarm and more Spore Mines eventually (I’ve actually bought a new Ripper Swarm  to add to the models from the mountain for this force).

Miniatures bought in 2023 (Carl)

I recently did a bit of a totting up of the miniatures I’ve bought over 2023. Compared to what painting I’ve completed so far it’s a sobering sight.

In no particular order:

Models bought 2023

Bad Squiddo:

4 x Viking archers

2 x Samurai Women

Horus Heresy:

20 x Marines

Age of Sigmar

1 x Aethervoid Pendulum 

1 x Chaos Lord

1 x Chaos Knight

Pendraken 10mm

2 x cottage/farm buildings

8 x Haystacks

10 x Livestock bases

Warhammer 40k

10 x Termagants

1 x Ripper Swarm

Warhammer Underworlds - Gnarlwood

9 x minis in two warbands (4 + 5)

Fenris Games

38 x Terrain Features

1 x wizard mini

Titan Forge - Bloodfields

8 x Vampire Hunters & Beastshape Tribe (4+4) starter box

This comes to a total of 116!

That’s a big ask to equal in completed models painted let alone getting ahead and shifting some off the mountain. It’s going to take some serious effort to get to this number between now and the end of the year!

Genestealers from 1st edition Space Hulk (Carl)

With the release of the new 10th edition of Warhammer 40K Nick and myself have been enjoying getting to grips with the system using the Boarding Actions variant of the game.

While I’ve been using my Blood Angels for the initial missions I’ve started putting together a Tyranid force built from old models I have knocking around on the mountain.

So the first new (old) models for the army are these rebased 1st edition Space Hulk Genestealers painted in the traditional colours from waaaaay back in time.

These models take me to just 11 completed models for 2023. But I do have a load of works in progress which ‘should’ see me hit 52 for the year. By my standards in recent years that’ll be a massive change. 🙂