There’s a lot that’s been happening my end that explains my
lack of posting these past months.
My lady and I got married, we also moved to a larger
apartment and then add in all the traditional Holiday fun that comes with
attending my wife’s family gatherings. No complaints from me on this though,
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being welcomed into her family and returning those
sentiments as best as I can.
On the hobby side of things, a New Year is here once more
and I’ve at least not been completely idle, O no.
I’ve been slowly assembling some of the model kits I have
sat on my hobby shelves in preparation for the projects I intend to get done
this year.
A Kellmorph for my Chaos Genestealer Cult from my Kill Team box. "Chaos" cos he has horns alright? Actually, I really liked the stock sculpt as is, but realised he would look like anyone else's and he also needed something "Chaos" about him, so yeah - horns. I like them, though there'll be some cursing as he tries to get through the lower doorjams.
Next, a Games Workshop Leman Russ tank that was a
birthday gift last October from a very good friend. The kit doesn’t seem to
have changed that much since the Leman Russ was first released (I got one on release day even) and
went together pretty well. In lieu of the wholly uninspiring commander mini that is supplied on the sprue,
I instead stuck in an old re-casted Forge World Imperial Guard tank commander
that I’d had in my bits box for around the last 10 years. I’ve also added
Genestealer Cult badges on it’s hulls and a Chaos back-banner cut down to show
it’s leanings toward the Chaos god Khorne.
After that, I got inspired by the preview picture of a
future supplement for Bolt Action, D-Day (Brit/Canadians) and began putting
together a Warlord Games Churchill tank that I built as a Mark VI. The kit was
not at all simple to assemble like the Leman Russ as the instructions were
bloody vague. After a few evenings of cursing and fingers glued together, I
finally ended up with this beast. Not a bad finished result and like the Leman
Russ above, I used an alternate metal tank commander (Produced by CompanyB) as
the one on the sprue was awful.
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| Somehow the rear didn't sit flush against the lower chassis, so I had to get creative and cut down sprue pieces to fill the gap. It'll do for me. |
Lastly and assembly completed just last night, is this full
section of Commonwealth infantry by Warlord Games for my Dieppe Landing
project. These lot were a flippin pig to assemble and I had no fun at all
during the process. Why on earth the designers thought that making all of the
water canteens, pouches and so forth separate was a good idea, or that separate arms
and weapons was “fun”, I have no idea… I’m not even sure I’ll make the
remaining 15 in the box the process was so painful. Any future additions to my
commonwealth will be metals for sure, though once done this ten-man squad at least looks half decent.
