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A blog showing and showcasing the various models of my collection and pile of shame while I progressively paint/repaint/update them. 

 

Inc. WIP, completed projects and, I hope, the models in action back on table tops (after a gaming break other the past 3 editions).

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Call to Arms 2023

Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - The Falcon

The Falcon was the last eldar, perdon, Aeldari, Tank chassis I had left in my Xenos´ Pile of Shame. I have always liked this model was was the first one issued by GW that was not a bulky shoe box, Something with elegant lines and curves. The model aged quite well IMO for such a venerable sculpt. Yet there is something that always left me a little bit uneasy: don´t you think it is a little bit squt? it looks like the balance of the scuulpt is missing something. At the rear. The Wav Serp
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Bouargh in Call to Arms 2023

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Call to Arms 2023

Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - My entry for Master of the Forge

This conversion comes from the bottom of my Minature Closet. It had been designed and preassemblied a long long time ago, when rules for Harlies were only available in the Citadel Journal. A time with almost no internet but instead Xerox machine and a very popular lad in the club that owned copies of this Journal´s issues. I xeroxed the pages, lost them and though that it could instead be a steed for a converted Nuadhu Firehearth mini (That I never completed) when rules were available in th
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Bouargh in Call to Arms 2023

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10th Edition

Appearances are deceiving...

I have been a little bit surprised, as most, with the way point values for the Datasheet of the indexes were set. Especially in respect of cost managment of the options. Or rather in respect of the total lack of cost managment of the options. I already stated in other places of B&C that in my opinion, the whole design (from profiles to poitn values) would be te result of a series of probabilities to suceed vs. an average profile defined a rating reference. of course this is theory as th
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Bouargh in 10th Edition

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Beating the back-log

Reset of my Eldar army - thinking about a second vow for Call-to-Arms 2023...

Something that I like from B&C and participating to these forums and BLogs is how it gives me will for completing projects. Challenges helps in that sense. For example I joined because of/thanks to the BCK Vehicle Challenge: it was the motivation I needed to complete a conversion I had started but left with close to zero progress for months (years). The same happens with tehe Call to arms 2023 challenge. It is a motivation to get out of the shoe box some minis I have accumulated and left asi
Call to Arms 2023

Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - Week 3 progress

Week 3 is on-going and I have some substantial progess to report.   A. HQ My vow includes a Farseerand a Skyrunner Warlock that have been completed Here are those two boyz.         While the Farseer is a clasic model, the Skyrunner is a converted one based on the ooP jetbike, a torso from a metal warlock, backbanner from ooP Shining Spear and executioneer from olf Jain-Zahr model. I have been inspired by the colour scheme from Void Dragons a
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Call to Arms 2023

Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - The Guardians Defenders - Almost finished

After a small attempt with slap chop technique on the Guardians I finally made a step back and used a more basic and standard painting approach using the recioppe of colours previously tested.   I must confess that painting these models has been a kind of revelation: it is refreshing not having to paint purity seals.... Anyway, the Guardian plastic mini (the previous kit now ooP) is not necesary the smoothest surface and arms tend not to stay glued properly. some repairs jobs were need
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Call to Arms 2023

Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - The Wave Serpent

My first post on B&C started with this sentence: "long time lurker, first time poster". As far as painting models is concerned I could be considered as a lurker too. Indeed I barely demonstrate creativity for my paint schemes. What I like above all is being guided with some suggested colour pallets and paint schemes. I suppose it comes from long long time ago, when I was passing hours reading on books about liveries or camos & unit paint schemes of WWII troops.    Anyway,
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Call to Arms 2023

Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - Weeks 1 and 2 progress

After a well deserved rest of 1 week in a cabin in the woods, I finally started working on my first vow. Progress has been relatively satisfying with two of the units pledged at a completion stage of 75%:   1. The first unit I focussed on is the Wave serpent, for which I had great expectations. Indeed it is the first time I try a bicolor scheme (black/red) on a model so curvy. So a kind of new challenge for me. I worked with masking tap which in the end was globally satisfying eve
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Call to Arms 2023

Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - 1st Vow

And here is my first vow for the Xenos Stronghold. The equivalent of a Patrol box, changing the Wraithlord for a skyrunner Warlock.     Primed and assemblied, except the Wave Serpent that will be painted hulls and chassis separatly before being glued together. But where did I put the canopy???   All minis are ooP ans have seen for some of them conversions or modifications/swaps: - Wild Riders logo from Dark Elf shield sprue (WFB) - A Dark Elf (?) pol
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GorkaMorka

Closing a trip on Memory Lane - Gorkers (or are they Morkers?)

Within the big closet cleaning, some Gorkers (or are they Morkers) reappeared a while ago. I finally painted them after all these year with them waiting for a little bit of love (the other way to call a base coat of Ork Flesh Green).   The WIP was covered in various post here...:     ... or there:     So, here there is the Gang, all together:     Led by Skool (and its gang):     I do not play Orks but it has
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Bouargh in GorkaMorka

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New Year/New Army 2023

Making Servitors from ooP Necromunda Pit-Slaves - #2 guns and paints

After adding some Kataphron bitz to the ooP Pit Slaves bodies (see former blog entry), its time to paint the brain washed killing machines:    The pallet I used is the same than for all other servitors, with some exceptions: these lads exhibit some serious parts of skin and no coats or areas suitable for the grey I use on my Skitariis. But in the end it is rather consistent in terms of general aspect. Skin was done with Kislev Flesh washed with Apothecary white. Not do decayed in
Call to Arms 2023

Preparing to Call to Arms 2023 - Basing tests

As a new blog entry into the road to Call to Arms 2023, here are some tests for prospective basing. As I am a little bit feed up by tanned earth and plascrete type of basing, I wanted to try something else. My attempt to swampy bases as not been to my taste, but as my Wraithlord was getting quite a  good contrats on its white primed base, I wondered: Why not stay like that?   Huh. "Stay like that?", really? Well, not really: I will try a Iced World basing. Maintaining the red
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Bouargh in Call to Arms 2023

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New Year/New Army 2023

Making Servitors from ooP Necromunda Pit-Slaves - #1 glue and guns

While looking for Eldar metal bits (see Call to Arms 2023 entries) I casualy encountered 4 bodies of old Necromunda Pit Slaves. They were probably coming from a swap I did years ago and I had forgotten these lads. But what to do with them???   Servitors!   It is not that the unit itself ios really worth but at least it has character. So, as I was missing most arms, I refreshed these models´ extremities using spare bits from the Kataphron sprues. In order to stick to an AdMech
10th Edition

The cost of 10th - What I will have to spend to legalize my armies

The release of the Indexes has introduced some changes in unit composition and minimums. Some of the armies I gathered in the past will have to go through a good face lifting in order to be able to be fielded under the new unit canons.   I am no affected for the big Space Wolves faction of mine - sure a lot of stuff is probably not as it should be per the Index but I bet I have more than enough to rebalance and equilibrate some legal squads without necessity of investing again.
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Bouargh in 10th Edition

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Call to Arms 2023

Preparing to Call to Arms 2023 - Colour testing

I joined B&C during the BCK Vehicle Challenge in 2022. It has been a great source of motivation in order to stop procrastination and reboost my modelling and painting.  The Call to Arms challenge will be another motivation to refuel the dynamics, which has slowed down a little bit lately.   My first objective is declutering of some Aeldari minis I have in a crate for 20+ years, barely assemblied and primed. At the time they were Eldars, not Aeldari... My first vow will be
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Bouargh in Call to Arms 2023

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