17 January 2020

The Chaos Genestealer Cult Was Always a Thing (Part 4 - A New Year & more WIP's)

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.


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.


And that's it for the now. New place doesn't have a spot to spray paint at and I'm not sure I could get away with trying to do so on my balcony, but I'm going to see if I can't sneak in a late night effort. In the meantime, I'll be assembling more things to empty my shelves a little more and try to get posts up at least once a month as that's not really asking too much now, is it???

16 comments:

  1. You have plenty in work. I wager you can get more than post per month out of these items alone. Looking forward to seeing these with a lick of paint.

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    1. Yeah, I think the minimum of one a month is just a safety net really. Once I get back from my honeymoon, I'll be broke, so will have lots more time to get on with hobby for sure! :)

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  2. Very many congratulations on the wedding Dai and looks like you are off and running with the New Year's preparations.

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    1. Thanks Michael. Hope to actually get paint on this lot in the next month.

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  3. Congratulations on the wedding Dai, lots of great prep work to get the year off to a great start

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    1. Slow and steady wins the race or so I'm told. :) THanks Dave!

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  4. Congratulations! Nice pile of stuff, looking forward to seeing them with paint on!
    Best Iain

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    1. Cheers Iain! Hope I won't disappoint with the finished results.

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  5. I thought the churchill might be the second tank for the cult force. Where is the chaos gubbins I think to myself. Alas....

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    1. Ha! Would make for a fun conversion, maybe turn it into a "Cult Limo" of sorts.

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    2. I still have a cardboard cult limo one of my highschool buddies made and I got in a trade. Definitely appropriate for any cult worth it's diamond crusted grox leather full bench seating.

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  6. Congratulations!

    Spray painting in apartments is always chancy, particularly if anyone can see you doing it. Maybe get a big cardboard box to serve as a blind? There are also brush on primers of course.

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    1. Cheers LGP! I'll have to research the spraying thing some more. I "might" be able to get away with the box-blind idea.

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  7. Wow! Lots of assembly going on. Both in models and in real life (get it? Assembly of family? Might be a stretch).

    When ever I see a 28mm tank My first thought is how awesome the kit looks, and my second thought about just how huge it is bc I’m so used to 15mm tanks. 😀

    Keep on my friend.

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    1. (Might be plans for the creation of a family in the works....)
      Thanks loads matey.
      I prefer 28mm. Just feels like more bang for my buck.

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