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I think I wound up painting 3 different armies last year so having different threads seemed a bit much. Current armies are: Chaos Space Marines, paint and play Chaos Knights, paint and play Dark Angels, paint and ebay Tyranids, paint and ebay It's been a long time since I've updated anyways, so this will help to keep me disciplined on progress beyond just the annual paint challenge.

Greetings and welcome to my army log! I've been a hobbyist for many years, and am recently back from the longest hobby break since I started painting my first Chaos Warriors at the age of five. The reveal of the Emperor's Children codex is what got me back in, and in this log I will detail my EC-CSM army's transition to a true EC army. No more handicapping myself with limiting my Marks of Chaos, or being miffed that the god-specific keyword had no effect! I've been collecting and playing 40k with my Slaanesh/EC marines since 5th edition, which means that a lot of the collection is outdated, all of my wonderfully converted Noise Marines are now a bit on the small side, their power-fist wielding champions have no place in the army. Many of my old characters have found a perfect match for size and vibe with new units like for example the flawless blades! So I'll start this log with my then-exalted champion, now flawless blade member 1 of 3. I didn't realize just how dusty the model was until I reviewed the pictures, apologies! This guy was converted immediately upon the release of the noise marine commemorative model, but only painted two years later. Very indicative for my usual building to painting speed..! I hope to do better with all the new models, after all I need to get these guys on the table sooner rather than later, having vowed to play no more games with half-finished models. I was inspired by colours of a fresh bruise for this guy, and while I like the usual black and pink for my Emperor's Children, this guy and many of the flawless blades to come will probably come with more individuality in their colouring. To round off my first entry we need some of the new models as well! This is my first converted group of Noise Marines made from the new models. To be honest I was quite disappointed in the uniformity and cleanliness of the new Noise Marines, who to me look nothing like the augmented monsters I had hoped for, they look very factory made to me, more hulkbuster iron man than noise marine. But even if I liked them, I would probably convert them anyways since that is such a fun part of the hobby! And as disappointed I was in the overall look of the kit, as awed was I by the bits and possibilities in it! It is such a beautifully tooled sprue, with options for days, and a proper heavy sonic weapon that did not look like a guitar or something equally silly, wow! The clean lines on these guys also makes it so much easier to cut into! The first changes I made to all of my sonic weapons was removing the fluid containers attached to the underside. This allowed me to cable the Screamer Pistol to the wearer, giving me a compromise giving the small sonic weapon (why would a noise marine ever want a smaller gun?!) some more weight by hunkering it down. I wanted the Blastmasters to stick out a bit more as well, by building the shoulder-mounted cannon and moving the dial to the weapons left side so my marine could still tune it. Both blastmasters also have a backpack with the two weaponized exhausts being reduced to one for a Slaaneshi asymmetrical look. Another part of note is the caped crusader using an infractor head, inspired by talks of caping in Dr Rhuminaus thread. I hope you like them! I will get to painting as soon as possible so hopefully I can post some of these painted soon, together with a rebased Lucius the Eternal, and my then-obliterator-now-Lord-Kakophonist.

Hello! I'm starting a plog for my nascent Emperor's Children army!! This summer, I'll have a lot of warhammer stuff to do which is awesome (especially with that 3rd ed boxset!! Mk II is my fav!!) and I have already very nearly fully painted a miniature (see below) and I am very satisfied with the scheme!! <lore section> I'm not sure anyone is interested in the pages of lore I have on these guys, so to summarize, the 28th Millennial is essentially "what if the Iron Warriors were purple?". When the Emperor's Children stopped exclusively fighting alongside the Luna Wolves, the 28th was soon assigned to battle alongside multiple Grand Battalions of the IVth, and was struck with the ambition to surpass the sons of Perturabo in their own specialty of siege warfare. Initially, even though they were trying to emulate the Iron Warriors, the 28th was distrustful of automata, only employing them in small groups, and rarely. However, Fulgrim soon received word of how the 28th had developed, and was not pleased with their high casualty rates: for the Phoenician, maintaining the Legion's numbers was absolutely paramount. To appease him, the 28th began inducting large amounts of automata into their ranks to act as expendable siege-fodder. However, the 28th slowly came to regard these Mechanicum troops as valued battle-brothers, appreciating the perfection that a finely calibrated machine could achieve. Commander Paitux, leader of the 28th Millennial, was covertly informed of the Horus Heresy before it would start, and stood very firmly alongside his Primarch. At Istvaan III, the Millennial would start barrelling down a path it could scarcely come back from... </lore section> Anyways, here's my nearly-finished Techmarine, Ornest Redlos, who was made a techmarine a few years before the Heresy, and received a suit of Mk IV armor when he went to Mars for his training. Before the Siege of Mykana (c. 003.M31), Mk IV power armour was a rare sight in the 28th, who often operated far from resupply ships and among which many stubbornly clung to their tried-and-tested Mk II and IIIs. I'll take some more professional-looking pictures once it's all done (tomorrow I'll receive my Microset and Microsol so I can apply transfers, then I'll do weathering, then I'll varnish!!)

Hi all! Besides working on a cheeky Horus Heresy army I'm also preparing a 40K army for a local tournament. I've got about a month left to finish up 2000 pnts of Emperor's Children, but most of it is about 80% done, so I figure I have plenty of time ;) The recipe for the paintjob is heavily influenced by the Fletcher Giles tutorial, though I've made some adjustments here and there. The snow/ice bases contrasts fairly well with the pink on the models but I realise I still have quite some work to do before these can be placed on a table. [THE ARMYLIST] > Fulgrim > Winged Daemon Prince > Lord Exultant > Lord Kakaphonist > Lord Kakaphonist > 10 Infractors > 10 Infractors > 5 Tormentors > Flawless Blades > Noise Marines > Noise Marines > Maulerfiend > War dog Stalker I know, it's not THE most competitive list out there, but I just wanna have some fun and play cool units. The Land Raider is not part of the army, but sometimes they do end up in the picture :P I still have a lot of work to do for this model... I placed him on a wrecked Armiger, but I'll also be adding snow on the base. The whip is a small little conversion. So far I've just done the basecoat on the armor, but I'll be adding more. I'm nearly done with these guys... I just need to clean up the skin, paint the vials and finish the bases... perhaps some small detail here and there but in general I feel I'm close to finishing these guys. On the board I'm not really a big fan of their rules and how they perform, but damn, they look so cool! It's an autoinclude for me :P I wish I had more points for the landraider to deliver them safely... Fulgrim and the Stalker... I used magnets on Fulgrim's waist to connect the snake body to his torso, so I can still transport this huge model. I just finished up on a first small layer, saving him for last ;) The Stalker has some small conversions... the cannon is a conversion from some noise marine bits, I've swapped out the head and added bling on the shoulderpads. The first Infractor squad... nearly done I'd say... I just need to finish the plumes, the cloth, skin... and clean up the bases... also the sergeant needs an arm... I've added snow to the bases, but it doesn't seem to photograph that well... I hope it'll look better on a picture after I clean up all the bases Second Infractor squad with a Lord Exultant. The lord is an absolute beast in combat for the small amount of points you actually have to pay for him. The squad itself is also nearly done, just like the first squad. Not in the actual army, but still part of my collection ;) It's a horrible model to assemble... all the plastic piece were warped, but as they are hard to find I had to make due... Quite happy with the paintjob so far, but I can't really seem to find room for this beast in a 2000 pnts list These Noise Marines are on my paintingstation at the moment. I have 2 units of them and right now working on their cannons. Sub-assembly makes everything so much easier to paint :P I still need to do some work on them, but they are getting there... as with the rest of the army; still needs snow on the bases! Last but not least... a small unit of Tormentors, 5 of them, because I had some points left :P The OSL still needs some cleaning up, but we are getting there :D ALso in the background my Maulerfiend... Fairly cheap unit, and really cool to paint, but the AP is pretty disappointing :( C&C is greatly appreciated!

Because you can't have enough fun painting white....