Space Wolves Terrain Update

Today, I thought I'd share some of the terrain pieces I've been working on.  Not all of them are complete, but I've made enough progress to feel comfortable showing them off.

First up, my Aegis defense line:

If you're familiar with the Aegis kit, you'll notice that the gun is different on the one I assembled.  I used the Autocannon parts from the Aegis kit to make arms for my Dreadnoughts, seen here.  At one point, I was planning in simply tossing the gun emplacement and using only the Aegis walls, but I came up with a better plan.

When I made my Land Raider Crusader, I had the Flamestorm Cannons (meant for a LR Redeemer) left over.  I kit-bashed them a bit, with the help of some plastic tubing, and completed the gun emplacement with them.  

At first, I thought that a Flamestorm Gun emplacement was a bit silly.  But, since I've used so many Tyranids in basing and kit bashing (as victims and caracasses) on my Space Wolves forces, it kind of make sense.  

I recently purchased the Honoured Imperium set, which has some awesome pieces.  First, the simplest piece, a chunk of ruined imperial building:

This piece is pretty small, but could provided a bit of cover.  Here's another shot for scale:

After I saw the sprues in the Imperial Sector, I realized that this is just a cut-up rearranged bit of that kit.  Also, forgive the basing on theses pieces, I ran out of hobby snow.  Eventually, they'll based to match my future snow-themed game board.

The next piece from this set is much cooler.  A shattered Aquila:

And lastly, the coolest piece:

I love this statue!  I made some modifications from the basic piece.  I added some damage and bullet holes across the surface.  I also removed the laurel and skull from the shield, and replaced it with a space wolves icon, sculpted in green stuff:

I also added some iconography to the shoulder pad and modified the skull on the pommel of the sword to make it look like a wolf skull:

I plan on picking up another of these sets, so I can have a companion piece for this statue.  I plan on using them to make a sort of gate, with the two statues standing vigil.  When I get that started, I'll share some photos.  

That's it for this week, next time I hope to share some of my kit-bashed and customized Space Wolves HQs.

Thanks for reading!

-Dave

Imperial Sector First Impressions

If I have time, I'll do a more formal unboxing later.  For now, I thought I share some quick first impressions of a recent birthday gift, the Imperial Sector:

The first thing I noticed?  This box weighs a TON!  There is a lot of plastic in this thing!

There are a total of 14 sprues in the box, in 4 different styles:

(2 of these)

(4 of these)

(3 of these)

 &

(5 of these!)

That is a serious amount of plastic!  It seems like, with this amount of pieces, I should be able to create several unique buildings.

I'll post something more in depth later, as time permits, but I was so excited by this box I had to share!

BTW, please forgive the picture quality.  In my haste, I used my phone to snap them.

Thanks for reading!

-Dave

Space Wolves Mech units on Parade

So, if it wasn't clear, I play Space Wolves.  As much as I enjoy modeling infantry, I really get a kick out of Warhammer 40K vehicles.  So, I figured I'd start things off with some of my tanks and Dreadnoughts.

First up, my Rhino and Whirlwind models:

There's not a lot of customization on these, but there are lots of bitz from the Wolf Pack kit, and the Forge World Space Wolves brass kit and Space Wolves Icons kit.

The Rhino was the first vehicle I painted, it was a lot of fun.

Next up, we've got my Predator:

I originally bought this kit with plans to magnetize it, and use it optionally as a Rhino.  After some painting, I realized that the sponsons and doors were too tight to work easily.  So, I ditched that plan.  However, I was able to keep the magnetized set up on the actual sponson weapons and the weapon on the turret.  Here's the the other options:

I have a Land Raider and a Land Raider Redeemer as well, but they are not far along.  I hope to share them in a future post.  I can share my Dreadnoughts, though.  

Some of my first customization work was on my Bjorn the Fell-Handed model:

I started this one with an Ironclad Dreadnought kit.  I think it lends the chassis a bit of age, without the guadiness of the Venerable model.  The claws on the CCW are custom sculpts, as is the wolf-pelt on the banner.  The arms are magnetized, so I can switch out weapon options.

My 2nd Dreadnought is based on the model in the Assault on Black Reach starter kit:

Since I rarely actually play a list with Bjorn, I actually use this Dread more often.  I love the Tyranid Gargoyle in the CC arm!  A friend donated that bit to me, and I had fun cutting it up and using it for this model.  The arms on this one are magnetized, too.  Here's the autocannon variants:

The last model, for now, is my Drop Pod:

This was a real challenge to paint!  I assembled the whole thing first, which made painting the seats a real pain!  I think it cape out pretty good... though, when I build my next one, I think I'll paint it when it is partially assembled...

Thanks for reading!  Hopefully, I'll post next week with some more tanks, or some terrain...

-Dave

The Warp is stirring.... again!

Wow!  Has is really been almost 18 months since I last updated this blog?  Is it really even fair to claim I updated it then?  Only 2 posts, and both nearly void of content... it's kind of embarrassing, actually.

A lot has happened since I started this blog, and I never really got to the chance to get it off the ground like I wanted.  But, I'm back at it, and I hope to get it started in earnest now.

My Space Wolves army has grown quite large, and I hope to share some pics this weekend.

Thanks for reading!