Warhammer 40k Epic

This game was put on by Rob Anderson from our club at the Targe show in Kirriemuir earlier this month. Well done to Rob for the effort he put into this solo effort particularly as it came 3rd in the Demo game section.

The terrain was mostly scratch built by Northumbrian Painting service/MBM Scenery with additional buildings from Empires at War

The full table in all its glory.

Note the aircraft and tanks

 A nice shot of the main road through the table

 Lots of armour here

A shot of thr MBM terrain 

The impressive entrance to the city. 

Massed armour approach the city walls. 

A grunts view of the battle 

The defenders with airfield on the right and port on the left. 

The Empires at War Laser cut kits quarter of the city painted by Michelle of MBM. 

MBM scratchbuilt models. 

Some nice robotty type thingies decorate the table. 

Troops assault the walls supported by tanks.

Other troops target the port area. 

Rob is planning something quite different for next year rather than the usual Waterloo or Agincourt anniversary games of which we will probably see hundreds. Watch this space and i will let you in on the secret when i'm allowed. I will run regular updates if Rob is agreeable.

Colonel Schaeffers last chancers.

This Sci Fi lark! 

Now i have to admit i'm a historical gamer at heart and wouldn't normally waste valuable painting time on this sort of stuff. Some sculpts are ,however, simply too good to pass on. Schaeffers lads, and lass, fall into this category. Carl bought them some time ago and patiently waited for me to cave! Well, appropriately, it was the sniper wot got me! This really is a nicely done piece of work. In a break from my usual painting plan each figure was painted in isolation as they are all dressed differently.

 The first three are pictured here and i have to say i'm pleased with the way they have turned out. Just need a coat of matt spray to finish.

I will be painting a couple more of these over the next week or so and will add them to the Blog when they are done.

Inspired by these figures and in another break in a habit of a lifetime i intend to actually purchase some 40k figures of my own, namely the Tallarn Desert raiders sniper team. The sniper in that set is even better. I will add to these a few more desert raiders in due course, just enough to do a desert raid in fact! That will be the limit of my dabbling into 40k.

The main man. 

The sniper 

The eye candy. 



MY FIRST PAINTJOB

Having acquired a horde of Games Workshop paints and some paint brushes for Christmas i set about painting my space orks that i purchased a few months ago. I finished my first squad a few weeks ago and here is the finished result.

I used the paint scheme from Growler Model Painting and i am pretty happy with the result.

Any tips on how to improve my painting skill are welcome.

Thanks For Reading

Carl