Codex: Lords of the Wasteland

Like a lot of other modelers out there, I've always dreamed of a Wasteland Raiders style army that you'd see in Mad Max films. These guys are the first serious attempt I've made and I am loving it. Lego wheels were probably the best tip I got.

This truck is the called "the Scrapper" because it's made of scrap. The other buggies I've got are all based on toy cars but this one was made completely from scraps and extra bits in my bits box(es). Like the one I showed last week, this one can also roll.

I'm making my own codex to go along with this army Codex: Lords of the Wasteland.

These buggies are actually bikes so that they can engage in assaults, which is important--that's what they did in the movies at least. Their shooting is rather weak but when they assault, watch out! Another cool special rule I am giving them is "I am AWAITED!" In any turn they use their turbo-boost to move in the shooting phase, they become Fearless until the start of their next turn. This ensures they don't run away while zooming straight at the enemy.

How do you guys feel about fan-made codices? If they are not OP, I don't see a problem. Plus if the coolness factor is really amped up, I figure opponents would love to ride the Fury Road with these guys.

Work in Progress: Dark Eldar Reaver Jetbikes

Here are some of my near complete Dark Eldar Jetbikes. For you on the blogosphere, they probably look 100% done because the spots that need to be finished aren't visible in these pictures - the underslung weapons need to be detailed, their faces need a little work, the pony tails needs some work and the skulls and tassles on the leader's bladevane aren't painted yet. 

Viewing your models in pictures actually gives you some good perspective. When I see these, I am wondering whether the battle-damage adds to the model or detracts from it. These models are detailed enough to have plenty of visual interest, which is what damage tends to add along with realism. However, I can see the red blood stains adding to the models so I think I'll keep those. As for the paint chipping and rust, I'm going to tone it down quite a bit on the rest of the my Reavers (I have 5 more boxes of these guys - excessive? yes.)

Once these blokes are done, I'm taking a break from Dark Eldar to paint some Infinity figs. I have about 10 Tohaa models that I want to paint in a single batch. I'm planning on bringing down my standards considerably on them and work on some speed-painting techniques. The plan is to use GW washes to paint the symbiont armor and doing some very general painting on the rest of the figs. I'm also going to stick to the studio paint-scheme to minimize the amount of time I spend making decisions on what colors to use. 

Farsight Army Commission Work Comes to a Close

I finished a while ago (before Adepticon) but never showcased them here. They were the last items in a 6 month long commission for a client's Adepticon army. I wonder if any of you got to see it in person. I really enjoyed working on it and I impressed myself by keeping up momentum to get it done in time. Also some work on my new Dark Eldar army below...the end is still a long way off. Ah, 40k...

Not that anyone really cares, but I thought I should put it somewhere. I'm not currently accepting commissions.

Well that was a lot of drones. I invented a new way of mounting them for painted. Flying stands duct taped to a paint pot. 

The beginnings of Torchstar. I really liked this simple conversion. The flamers were simply flamer barrels added to Riptide plasma guns. 

The flag and head of Torchstar are available from Mad Robot resin kits. 

GLOWY EYES!

Ended up switching the head to a white color. Made it more noticeable. 

After painting all these drones, I really noticed how lazy GW was with their designs. The missile drones are simple missile pods stuck to the bottom of gun drones. Seriously?

My white Dark Eldar in a batch for painting. Still a long way to go on this chaps,. Having lots of fun painting them though. Kinda crazy thing about 40k...every time you want to try something new, you've gotta paint 40-some odd models...gets tiring.