Elysian Drop Troops

With the impending release of Imperial Armour Volume 8, which should contain a new army list for Elysians, i've decided to start collecting! The idea of a completly airbourne force of veterans in Vendetta Gunships supported by Vultures was to tempting to pass up!

Watch this space, more Guard, more Glory!!

More from the 'Nid Factory

Its been a while since my last post, but i haven't been idle. I've added another 16 Termagants to the swarm, along witha converted Wingged Hive Tyrant!

With the Trygon Prime nearly completed, next on the cards is The Doom of Malan'Tai! Pics to follow!

Tyranids! Well, the Guard need someone to fight right....?

With my Vostroyans pretty much done, and my Krieg army growing out of control, i decided to restart on my 'Nids!

As with most people i suspect, i was swept along with 'Nid mania when the new codex was released, so rushed out and bought loads of models. These inevitably ended up collecting dust on the shelf! However, after taking inspiration from a White Dwarf Nid colour scheme, the hoard began to grow again!

The scheme was an easy one. The flesh is a 1:1 mix of Shadow grey and Graveyard earth, with a black carapace. The flesh was drybrushed with Astronomican Grey. The markings on the back were created with Tau Sept Ocre and then a layer of Bleached Bone. The soft tissue sections are Thraka Green and weapons are Charadon Granite with a Badab Black wash. There is next to no shading or washes on these models and i still think they came out great! Easy and straight forward, just what a hoard army needs to be!

Below you can see 16 Termagants undercoated in my Nid Flesh ready to be painted. Theres also a nearly complete Trygon Prime, along with some finished Warriors, a Carnafex, Termagants and Homagaunts. Next purchase will be a Winged Hive Tyrant which i have big plans for, so watch this space!!

Finished Vendetta Gunship

This Valkerie has been sitting on my shelf undercoated since the day they were first released! Now I finally have a use for it, and I think i've done it justice!

I went for an Imperial Navy colour scheme rather than a Vostroyan scheme. I reasoned that the regiment would probably be supported by Navy flyers rather than having their own! Plus it give the Vendetta a bit of interchangabillity, just in case i get the urge to collect ANOTHER Guard regiment!

I'm just a little unhappy with some bits of this model. I stupidly assembled the tail end wonky, so it looks lop-sidded from head on. Also i cracked the windshield while gluing it down, but this could be blagged as "battle damage"!

This Vendetta will carry one Veteran squad with 3 melta guns. With the Vendetta itself armed with 3 twin linked las cannons, tanks better beware!

Finished Medusa and Chimeras

Got the Medusa done now. Quite pleased with how it turned out - went with a "less is more" approach with it. However, im still not entirely happy with it. Think i just dont like the tank because of all the trouble i had putting it together!! Lets just hope it performs on the table now!

I also got my final Chimera done. Now have 3, each of which will have a Veterans squad in it.

6 more Vostroyans, 2 Advisors, and a Vendetta Gunship and the armys done!

Medusa Siege Gun

Behold - the most irritating kit to be produced! This is quite easilly the most difficult kit i've ever put together! Yes, even harder than my Reaver Titan!! After 2 days of trimming, sculpting and modeling the thing is finally together! Now its together it looks great, and will be the latest edition to my Vostroyan tournament army. Hope to have it painted in a few days.

Vostroyan's

Aside from my passion for Krieg, i also love to paint Vostroyans! They really stand out from other guard armies, with all that bling! Thier backgrounds also really interesting, trying to atone for mistakes made during the time of the Heresy.

Anyways, the club that i am part of has an anual tournament againt Lampeter University, which i have decided to enter! For this i chose my Vostroyans! Not only do they look great, but they give me a more flexable army list than my Krieg do. I only had 2 squads painted and a pair of Russ', so i needed to get a move on to get a tounament army ready in a few months.

The Tournaments on the 1st of May and the points are 1750.