1 Year Anniversary - The gang's all here

This blog has been going for a full year now - hope you've been enjoying the pics. So where have I got to in a year? - well... so far we now have a workable small Ork force, a good start on the Marines, and the beginnings of an Eldar force. Not too bad for someone who has a job and a life to be getting along with, but productivity could certainly improve if I try really hard in the coming 12 months. For my stock gaming figures I now intend to improve things like increasing speed without changing the finish too much, and basing. We'll see how it goes...

Finally to celebrate my first year - here's a pic of the whole Eagle Warriors force as it currently stands (click to embiggen):

Right then - back to the painting table I think - got a game planned against my good lady at the end of the month and the buildings aren't finished yet - battle report only if I win!

Eagle Warriors Terminator Squad

With the 1-year anniversary of this blog fast-approaching (!), I figured the least I could do was finally get the rest of the Black Reach minis finished, and this weekend's change in weather from the recent sunshine into a more familiar delightful grey drizzle, gave me the perfect opportunity to buckle down.

So here we go with the mighty terminator sergeant Xanthus:

...bless him, he has his name written across his chest in case he forgets who he is...

Just noticed I haven't done the stud on his forehead yet - oops.

I've been working on feedback (from here and on Dakka) and drilled out the gun barrels. Also I'm changing my basing colour to a more muddy brown so that my marines don't look like they've landed on a planet of cornflakes. There will be a little static grass applied to these in the near future too.

In this side view you can see a bit of the blending work on his sword - I think it looks a little nicer than just plain metallics (it is supposed to be a funky powersword after all) - feedback and suggestions on how this looks / how it can be improved welcome as ever:

Here's the gang all together looking suitably threatening (new basing colour yet to be applied to the older minis):

Oh. My. Godhammer...

Here she is then - the latest addition to the Eagle Warriors force - the mighty Land Raider. Got a chance to do some painting over Easter and wow, does this beast take a lot of painting! - felt like I was working on this forever and I'm still not happy with it.

 The Eagle Warriors insignia was done by making a paper stencil, airbrushing in a light blue impression as a marker, then freehanding darker blue over the top - maybe a bit of touching up still required. Below is a pic of the stencil I made:

...and here's the Eagle Warriors gang as they currently stand:

Will post some better pics when I've got a mo! Keep rollin' them sixes folks.