Painting converted Obliterators

Introduction

Nothing new about these boys, mostly inspired by the first two Obliterators.

Converting Obliterators

Introduction

The idea to do this is actually very old. Once upon a time I used a lot of Obliterators in a local tournament. I borrowed the models; saw how well they did; and decided to get some. At the time, we only had the old Finecast models which were a) resin b) horribly expensive. I decided to convert some. Of course with real life knocking out the hobby side of things for a while, it all remained a fanciful idea. When Shadowspear came out and we finally got updated models, I was disheartened to see that the models had grown to be humongous. I left everything half baked... Now as I started on my Chaos Marines, I decided on finishing these lads as well.

Word Bearers vs Emperor's Children, 22.09.2022

Round two of some Chaos on Chaos action, with the scenario taken from Tempest of War (although my opponent request we scrap the extra mission rule, to which I agreed to).

Triangle deployment, with brave, brave Cultists ready to jump on objectives. On my side most things hide inside transports, while the Emperor's Children blob up the center. Abaddon and a large squad of Terminators waiting to teleport in.

Painting sandbags

 

Painting the Master of Possessions

The Master of Possessions from Shadowspear, in Word Bearer colors.

Painting Obliterators (Shadowspear)

Introduction

I bought the chaos half of Shadowspear when it came out, but never got around to assembling the models. In preparation for the Chaos Space Marine codex release, here's the two Obliterator models.

Dungeon of the Mad Mage: Scouring the princess dollhouse

We carried on with our investigations, relentlessly scouring the halls for anything to do. And we did find a control room, with levers and buttons. We found controls for lighting and heating inside the castle, as well as ambient music and door switches. The first truly interesting lever teleported us to the top floor. Let the dungeon crawl continue!

Painting an axe murderer

Part of a Mansions of Madness lot I bought off eBay some time ago. I decided against the slapchop method, as I envisioned the guy in a white blood stained shirt, blond with a manic smile.

Painting zombies (slapchop method)

Part of a Mansions of Madness lot I bought off eBay some time ago. With the success of the slapchop method on the flesh golem, I decided to try out multiple color schemes.

Painting cultists (slapchop method)

Part of a Mansions of Madness lot I bought off eBay some time ago. With the success of the slapchop method on the genies, I decided to experiment more on cloth.

M.A.G.U.S. - It's the Blob!

The adventuring party reassembles once more, in almost full numbers! Cahir was replaced just for this session by a surprise guest, the assassin Nor. A good thing too, given the prevalence of combat encounters during the evening.

Painting Rubric Marines in a Heresy-era color scheme

This unit of 10-man flamer-equipped Rubric Marines should be useful as auxiliaries to the Word Bearers. Just in case I'll ever start a Thousand Sons army, I want to set them apart from the usual blue/gold guys. And so I decided to paint them in Heresy-era red/gold. Incidentally, this is also an easy, drybrush and Contrast based color scheme.

Rubric Marines kit review

I know the kit isn't new... but it is new to me.

Dungeon of the Mad Mage: Inside the princess castle dollhouse

Previous session synopsis, which I missed (first one this campaign, I think): the party exited the side cave, only to encounter a patch of quicksand, where Stella[1] died. They went into another side cave, encountering a pool of darkness. They crossed it on flying brooms, but Stella was made to jump and she died again. Inside there was a castle dollhouse, which the adventurers approached while diminished in size by some magical effect. Inside they fought a homunculus and a flying sword.

Painting purity seal wax

 

August review and September goals

I had to dial hobbying back in August, due to both real life responsibilities, as well as time off with the family. However, it still went well. 

I got some Word Bearers done, including two cool daemon engines. I painted a batch of infantry. And I also stripped some old models of paint, readying them for September. But now the daemon codex is out... oh well. We'll see.

Gaming was also subdued, with one session of D&D (which, however, went surprisingly well. I feel motivated and excited about the game for the first time in months); one game of Warhammer 40,000; and one session of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. That was new, we'll probably continue next month.

September might be tough, with the school year starting and real life still looming around the corner, but here's to new and successful endeavours!

Painting a shield maiden

I got her as part of a job lot, already primed a dark silver. Her right face is disfigured (bad cast?), but I'm sure I can work that into her story one day.

Painting dwarves with 2 maces

I got them as part of a job lot, already primed a dark silver. At least I could track down these minis, they are part of the Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt Board Game.

Painting knights

I got them as part of a job lot, already primed a dark silver.