Warhammer (with the models and everything)

But do only those jump dudes have them or are they a general thing now?

So far as I know in the marine range it’s them and the odd model with a heavy bolter - there’s a heroes/honoured of the chapter (can’t remember the name) where I think it featured. Thinking about it I think it may feature on the Invictus Warsuit too.

Have you ever seen those YouTube vids from that guy at the Royal Armoury? He looks at guns in games and then talks through the realism/lack of/real world comparisons/inspirations.

I’m sure the bull bar muzzle has come up before and he said it’s based on a certain weapon where the shoulder stock is foldable forwards, and that the ‘U’ would actually be the end of that. Designers have then either not understood that when designing a weapon without the folding stock, or just liked the look. An example I can think of if you want to google it is the Skorpion submachine gun.

I take it you are not a fan anyway!

You may have just inspired a 4-man diorama. Will get back to you when I've painted the big zebra crossing base.

Get a bunch of sprue in that

I really like the Mr.Hobby equivalent, but holy shit it gives me major headaches if I use it for too long. Thousands of brain cells die every time I unscrew the top.

I might need to steal that winged jump-pack from Astorath for a conversion. S'very nice.

Revelation today. Have until now been following a video that described the decal process thusly:

1. Gloss varnish the area
2. Micro Set the area
3. Separate the decal, again using Micro Set
4. Roughly conform the decal, allow Micro Set to dry
5. Apply Micro Sol
6. When dry, matte varnish

The problem I’ve found is that stage 3 is b*llocks. Basically the Micro Set acts as a glue, so it’s been absolutely saturating the transfer with glue making it extremely difficult to position as it’s setting very quickly with a glue-to-glue action.

So today I’ve replaced that step with a good old dunk in the water pot to separate the decal. Whaddayaknow, not only does it separate much more quickly (and I mean much more) but the decal then slides about nicely to where it’s needed. I guess the clue is in the title - waterslide!

Bit of a facepalm moment when I worked this out but I’ve just had a much easier time of it today.

I’ll have done five in just under two weeks 😂

Good going

What I did on my holidays (2 of 2)

Inceptor:



Sarge:



And the gang:



I think these three models had the most highlighting needed of any model I have yet painted. They are panel and rivet city. After struggling so much with the stands it feels great to have them complete. Such a rewarding hobby!

I can’t remember who it was discussing this but yeah it’s one of those very specific models that would look silly on the table against any army that isn’t Tyranids. His actual lore is that he is the last survivor of his detachment when the reinforcements arrive to a Tyranid invasion and that’s why he has a Hormagaunt carcass on his shoulder.

The creature he is stood on is also not real - as those are simply synapse tokens for the Neurotyrant - although I reckon that was probably not the intention when they were sculpting them.

I will add that only an Ultramarine would be so resourceful in the face of adversity.

Who knows. I got mine from the old Dark Angels combat patrol, hence the chaplain.

I built all of the Intercessors with backwards holsters and couldn’t remove them so they have been binned sadly. Still have the Redemptor to tackle.

Luckily I’ve got two Blood Angels Combat Patrols and a Space Wolf one do have another twenty Intercessors between them. I think I’ll make a squad of ten and two squads of five.

Need to get some building done soon really. Doesn’t sound like there’s much happening at work and am expecting a light touch tomorrow when I return because they know my other half has just had surgery. Maybe I’ll try and build it all 😂

Them's the bunnies

Are the Aggressors monopose or the full kit? (I.e. can have bolters or flamers)

The Impulsor is a seriously nice kit. I’m loving building it!

Edit: I’m revising this lol.

Had to abandon it for the day and think I’ve been at it for several hours now. Some bits that feel daft like glueing individual weapon handles on the pintle gun and individual flaps all over the hover tread things are actually a bit of a pain.

I will say it’s a very nice model though and still easier to build than the Dreadnoughts I’ve done so far.