Retrospective V (2017)

Back in the dim and distant past of oh god almighty seven years ago what I started documenting what I was painting (and working on) over on the Book of Faces; turning that place into a blog of sorts. I suppose most social media is a variation on the web log concept, really. Anyway, this weekend I'm off to freeze to death in a hut at an airsoft site while engaging in a 40K LARP - Guardsmen: The Siege of Tarris. I'll be playing an Imperial Preacher, Katyna Nurhayne, attached to the 404th Arcadian Infantry Regiment. It should be a ton of fun, but it does mean my ability to get any painting and modelling done will be somewhat stymied by not being anywhere near my stuff. So it's Retrospective Time!

A bunch of Night Goblins - cackling green maniacs all tripping on psychedelics

Then I finished off a squad of Catachan Devils that I'd started in 2016

(Here's the whole squad - shotguns, flamers, and a melta. I ended up selling these at some point)

Nik-Nak the snotling, part of my Gorkamorka Rebel Grot warband

Mortar (metal!) for the Grand Army of Wissenland; one of the gun crew is a Southlander and the master gunner wears both Wissenland and Nuln colours

The Gargoyle (Bloodthirster, really) from HeroQuest - I painted a friend's set for her, but only managed to get this one done in 2017

The last 10 Flagellants for my big block of 30 in the Grand Army. These were fun to paint with a very limited palette

I have a plan for a Savage Orc and Forest Goblin army and this remains the only model I have for it...

Tauroxes - the leftmost two were the ones I painted in 2017. The wheels are a now-oop conversion kit from Victoria Miniatures; they have been replaced with a much better version

I have a very slowly growing Dark Eldar army - well, I actually have all the models for it, I just need to sit down and paint the damn thing at some point - and this is the first Incubi I did for it

I have a small number of 54mm Inquisitor models, and this one is a conversion of the Eisenhorn mini. It uses the bolt pistol from Inquisitor Covenant, the head of Slick Devlan and the right hand from Inquisitor Scarn

A converted plastic Lord Commissar for my Imperial Guard army. The head is a Statuesque Miniatures one with the cap from the original plastic mini

Dreadnought II, 2nd (Battle) Company, Adeptus Astartes Righteous Fists

Archon's Court minis - a counts-as Ur-Ghul (left) and a captured Iyanden Warlock who's been subjected to a horrifying transformation...

I bought the set that had Cawl, Celestine and Greyfax when it released and immediately converted Greyfax to this puritan Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor. Part of the conversion was making her high heels into flat boots! The pistol is an old Khorne Bezerker one, the helm is from a Tempestus Scion crew piece from the Taurox kit, and the back banner is from the WFB Empire range

Also released in 2017 was the resin version of John Blanche's iconic 2nd Edition Codex: Sisters of Battle art. I immediately repurposed her into a Mistress of Repentance for my Order of the Pure Blood, using a spare flail from the Flagellants set

Landspeeder Storm to transport one of my Righteous Fists' Scout Squads

Motorbike mounted Scout squad, with crash helmets made from Cadian spare parts. I wasn't going to have Scouts driving around without helmets - any crash would be much more likely to kill them otherwise!

The Geminae Superior who accompany Celestine. They have since been repainted from Order of the Pure Blood to Order of the Argent Shroud

Celestine! She hasn't been repainted at all, although I might give her Argent Shroud plate (or gold)... I did rebase her though

Mk 2b Land Raider to carry my Righteous Fists Terminator squad - I deliberately picked this version because the very first Righteous Fist army was an Epic 40,000 one which used these Land Raiders

Scatter terrain (I think from TT Scenics) with the addition of a random mini I had to make the bronze statue. The fountain has clearly been drained at some point...

Some SF fast food!

Simple detailing painted simply - works well for pretty much any SF setting honestly

I had a bunch of Termagants for some reason and painted them as Hive Fleet Kraken. These ended up going to my son

Belisarius Cawl - one of the very few miniatures I've painted in seperate parts before assembly!

Apart from three of these Repentia, the Rhino and the other six Repentia were painted in 2017 (as, of course, was the Mistress)

I picked up a Start Collecting: Deathwatch and painted them all up. The Dreadnought has lots of "stained glass" which was fun to do, even if my tiny detailed freehand skills are not as good as some peoples'

And then I got to put them in the window of my local GW!

Random Palmyrene Spear Intercessor (now rebadged as a Raptor)

Hellblasters, one with a Mk VII helmet - all now rebadged as Raptors

 

Intercessor Sergeant, now a Raptor. Head from Statuesque Miniatures

Deathwatch Librarian (a Dark Angel). Converted from a plastic Librarian with some Deathwatch parts

Some of Heresy Miniatures' Andy Foster's excellent not-Delaque, painted very deliberately with Spider Jerusalem glasses

 

Ganger with lasgun

Leader with chainsword and pistol

Ganger with autogun

 

Rogue Trader (I think) Eldar Harlequin, a birthday present from CH - the chequerboard was a nightmare but looks great

 

What's fancier than white armour and a golden gun?

 

For Christmas 2016 I'd been given essentially a complete set of all the original metal Van Saar figures, and so it was time to paint them up - these are the Gangers

Leader and Heavy

Juves

Some names

More names

Converted (sacrilege!) alternate Leader, to make a second Heavy

Really sadly I ended up having to sell these, which I do regret a lot - but I needed to pay bills and eat!

And that was it! All the stuff I painted in 2017. See you all on Sunday after the madness of Siege of Tarris!

Painting Points:
2017: 177

Gork, General Vodkahead, and Confrontation

Well, it's been over a week since my last post, but as this is a faster post rate than the last couple I am counting this as a heroic and glorious victory worthy of, if not columns, then at least fountains. I haven't actually done any extra painting, but I have organised a lot of things, thought deeply about stuff, and found some figures I had part-forgotten about.

First on the list are my Gorker mob from Gorkamorka, whose name escapes me. They are almost all current Warhammer 40,000 Ork models with the exception of the Boss, who is a (converted) original Gorkamorka figure:

MORGRIM NARDAKKA: He used to have another Choppa, and a different 'ead. I decided that, bein' a Goff, 'e 'as no truck wiv any of dis showy bizness, so 'e wears a 'elmet so 'e can get duffin' wiv da best ov dem.

KRUMPLUG BADTHUG, Goff Ork Boy. Choppa and six-shoota. Coz 'e dun't like dem new-fangled sluggas.

GRUBKOP (L), and DUFFGIT (R), Goff Ork Yoofs. A bit dimmer - or is it dummer - dan yoor average Ork.

GULDREG NARGROT, Deathskull Slaver, and NURD, his Grot slave. If it in't nailed down, they'll 'ave it. If it is, NURD will distract 'em while GULDREG nicks it.

RUKFANG GARDAKKA (L) Evil Sunz trak gunner wiv 'is favourite shoota ('e calls it da dakkablasta), and GRUDMEK DUFFBAD (R), Evil Sunz Mek, and driver of Da Trak. 'e 'as a Massive Choppa, an' it has worky bitz.

Da Whole Mob, wif Da Trak. I forget wot it iz called, but if yoo can read Ork, it is on da side. It 'as a Rokkit Launcha an' goin' forward bitz. An' going forward fasta bitz.

The esteemed and noble General Graf von Vodkakopf*, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Molgravia, as painted by Al Front some years ago for my first crack at imagi-nations...! He is shown here wearing the coat of the venerable IR2 Von Marwitzen regiment with the white smallclothes of the Royal or Guard Regiments.

And finally...

...Confrontation! This is a commission for a guy at work who had the game when he was younger, but slowly lost all of it; he found a copy on eBay and I agreed to paint it up.More specifically, it is Confrontation: Hybrid which looks like this.

Anyway, I will be painting up the 13 or so figures that come in the box. They are sumptuous white-metal figures and I have made a start on the goodies, the Templars of Hod:

The painted figure on the far right is all that remains of the original set, painted by his uncle. It is a solid 7/10 tabletop paintjob heavily gloss varnished for play. I will be seeing if I can do better! I am rather looking forwards to painting the 'Clones of the Heresiarch'.

Olley Painting Points:
This Week: 0
October Total: 0
2012 Total: 41