Miniature Mayhem

Why does GW metals have so much flash. :(

In the past 3 weeks I have accumulated a tornado of stuff. I’m looking at all the items that have come in recently and I’m feeling a little bit overwhelmed.

Here’s the breakdown of goods.

1. High Elves 2 Boxes of Spearmen (32 models)
2. High Elves 1 Box of Silver Helms (8 models)
3. High Elves 1 Chariot (5 models- Chariot, 2 lions, 2 elves)
4. High Elves 1 Bolt Thrower (3 models – 2 elves, 1 bolt thrower)
5. High Elves 1 Box of Dragon Princes (5 models)
6. High Elves 1 Box Elf Mage and Mounted Arch Mage (2 models)
7. High Elves 1 Box Elf Lord and Noble (2 models)
8. Imperial Guard Batallion
9. Imperial Guard 1 Box Cadian Shock Troopers (20 models)
10. Imperial Guard 2 Boxes of Cadian Kasrkin Sq uads(20 models)
11. Imperial Guard Shadowsword
12. Imperial Guard Baneblade
13. Imperial Guard 2 Basaliks
14. Imperial Guard Chimera
15. Imperial Guard Hellhound
16. Space Marine Drop Pod
17. Space Marine Rhino with Forgeworld Vindicator bits
18. Space Marine Devastator Squad
19. Ultraforge Dragon
20. Warlands Black Box Starter
21. Epic Morgul
22. Dark Elf 2 Bolt Throwers
23. Ork Stompa

The pile of unfinished stuff gets larger. On a side note I traded away my Eldar for a some of this. 1 step forward and then 2 steps back. :)

Here are some WIP shots of my Shadowsword.

Most of my Stompa is built up. Just have some minor parts to add.

Yesterday I picked up these big boys. I can’t wait till I’m done assebling them so I could slap some paint on them.

My next 40K army will be Imperial Guard. Yesterday to start of my Imperial Guard project I picked a Battalion and a unit of Imperial Guardsmen. Today Ipicked upa Basilisk. I have a couple months to get these things read for the May release of the new codex. Hopefully I would have everything finished by then.

I stumbled on to this today.

Well today is election day. I started this morning watching the news but then quickly decided to do something else. What’s the point in watching pundits talk about who’s voting for who or who will win by what. By this time tomorrow it won’t matter. I figure I have better things to do… like put together some miniatures. :)

I assembled 20 Guardian models which are now ready to be primed. At this rate I may be done with my Eldar army box by the end of the week.

Just for fun I’m adding a poll to see who folks that visit my site will be voting for. Please do not comment on who you vote and why. Or any other comments relating to your choice… It’s been two years of this kind of stuff and I really just want it over with. I also get to test out this polling feature for WordPress.

Eldar. Yesterday picked up the Eldar Codex and later today I plan on picking up the Eldar Army box. I hope to have a 1500 point army finished by mid December.

Just picked it up today from my local game shop. My initial impressions: Very hefty. Lots to read. Sort of sad there’s no Terminator command squad anymore.

Yesterday I played 2 games of 40K. First game was my Space Marines against Daemons. Man that was brutal. Once they get into close combat it was hard to do anything else. My second game was against Chaos Space Marines. Another fun game. Very tough to play against. My Vindicator didn’t do very well but in the end I had fun for both games.

Got a lot done now that I have the engine and wings. I still have more detail work to do before I start painting it.

I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated but I’ve been tackiing several projects at once. The biggest one for me is a scratch built Thunderhawk. Here are some pictures of where I’m currently at with my Thunderhawk. I friend of mine has some extra engines that could be used that I will pick up tomorrow. Once i have those on hand I will start on the main wings.