40k 2nd Edition Army Challenge First Month Completed

 Combat Squad Zanthor 

Pictures like these make me think the whole Goblin Green bases we nostalgically love so much were just a photographic expediency because every table at the White Dwarf studio in 1990 was covered in bright green flock.

The first month pf the 2nd Edition Army challenge is in the bag and it was a lot of fun.  My army has always been in a color scheme that predates even 2nd edition, and my Space Marine weapons have been painted in a style that slightly exaggerates the already bright weapons of the "Red Period" of GW studio army painters so this challenge was the perfect fit for my style.  The community of painters in the challenge has been very fun to interact with since everyone shares a love of the old models and painting schemes.  

Spaceships Are Not Supposed To Be This Close Together Part XII

 Digital Edition Part 2

Your Fangs have to fly the rescue when the smallest member of your squadron flies under the Ghost.

 

 

 

 

Epic Scale Awesome

 

Battle Mallet Monday

 Episode 28 - Hex Ed - It's Morgin' Time

Episode 28 continues with the new format (ie episodes about just one game subject: AOS, WH40K, Underworlds) and has lots of hobby and gaming talk about Underworlds.  

Battle Mallet is a great podcast by four longtime gamers who talk about GW games and the surrounding hobby with an emphasis on balancing our hobby time and real life (marriage, kids, etc).  A lot of the podcast talks about GW's Underworld and the four podcasters annual trip to the Nova Open.  There's also plenty of content about AOS, 40K, and GW news as well as painting and the four principals attempts to grow a community for Underworlds in their local area.  There is also a fun discord community centered around the podcast with some great friendly chats about painting, games, and all aspects of the hobby.  You can find the links for the Discord server on the main podcast website.

Links: 

The Battle Mallet Podcast 

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Battle Mallet Facebook Page

Battle Mallet Podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts. 

#DadGoals

 Minifinity War - Pregame

First Row - X-men in order of their comics first appearances.  Second, Third, and Fourth Row - Marvel MCU characters in order of their movie debuts.

My son spent the first two hours of his Saturday watching cartoons and using his MCU encyclopedia and Ultimate Guide to the X-Men to put all his Marvel minifigures in order of appearance.  Cue obvious jokes about spherical fruit descending not far from arborial progenitor of said fruit. 

Finished ... For Real This Time

 The Iron Gauntlet Advances... In A Rearward Direction?

 

I wanted to show off all the squadron markings plus the newly completed command tank but it does look like he ordered an advance and doesn't know the rest of the company decided otherwise.

2nd Edition Army Challenge August WIP

Squad Zanthor and Characters Progress 

Progress marches along on the first month of the 2nd edition army challenge.  

Bonfires Of The Imagination

 

 

Pages like these in White Dwarf or rulebooks of the time fed my intense interest in the minutiae of the grimdark.  I imagined for years what I would paint on my Titan banners and now thanks to the Epic Proportions challenge I will get to try my hand at them with the two Warlords I have acquired so far for the project.

 

Battle Mallet Monday Catch-up

 Episodes 25, 26, and 27

The chaos of our current existence has left me remiss in highlighting one of my favorite podcasts about all things Games Workshop.  Battle Mallet has produced a few great episodes in the last couple of months if you need something to listen to while painting your way through the mounds of grey plastic.

Episode 25 was my favorite of the latest batch of episodes and what I've been waiting for since I started listening to this podcast - two hours of talk about nothing but WH40K!  The guys had a long, interesting, and entertaining discussion about all their thoughts on 9th edition.

Episode 26 discusses the sad cancellation of Nova 2020, and also has lots more talk about the Indomitus box set.

Episode 27 unveils a new format and gets back to the main love of the podcast, Underworlds.  The boys talk about all things Shadespire with a special guest.

Battle Mallet is a great podcast by four longtime gamers who talk about GW games and the surrounding hobby with an emphasis on balancing our hobby time and real life (marriage, kids, etc).  A lot of the podcast talks about GW's Underworld and the four podcasters annual trip to the Nova Open.  There's also plenty of content about AOS, 40K, and GW news as well as painting and the four principals attempts to grow a community for Underworlds in their local area.

Links: 

The Battle Mallet Podcast 

Battle Mallet Instagram

Battle Mallet Facebook Page

Battle Mallet Podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts. 

Inquisitional Conclave Week 2

WIP - Inquisitor Jorus Rhyloth, Ordo Xenos

Moving right along with this figure, I added shades to all the colored and metallic portions of the model this week.  The robes and black armor panels were also edge highlighted.  I used Incubi Darkness and Sotek Green for the black highlights for the first time and I really like how they turned out.  I highlighted the red all the way up to Fulgrim Pink, but I may go over the robes with Bloodletter glaze to mute the brightness a little.