On the Workbench [May] - Marines and stuff...

 

Hello and welcome back! While puttering away on the Death Korps of Krieg heavy weapon squad, I have been assembling various other nice-to-haves for my 40K Dark Angels collection.  Here we have a Gladiator Valiant tank.

It was just a stock build with some Dark Angels bling added on, but will paint up nice. Next I added five more assault intercessors with jump packs to bring an initial squad of five to full strength.

Then out of the blue I chose to assembled the Souldshackle kill team 'Hand of the Archon'. You just never know when those evil Xenos are going to make an appearance...

All joking aside though, these are fantastic Drukhari models. I realize they were really nothing new; just a Kabalite squad with an upgrade sprue.  But they are new to me!  Very characterful models, I thought.  I mounted mine on 32mm Sector Mechanicus bases I had in the bin.  Larger than the 25mm bases they come with, but more interesting (and stable) for kill team games.

Not done with the building itch, I also put together an Acastus Knight Porphyrion I picked up on eBay by mistake (I can't count apparently...). And then two Acastus Knights Asterius. The heat sinks (?!) are left off the weapons for future painting.

I have these knights in resin already in my Adeptus Titanicus collection.  However after some thought I felt it might be nice to have a couple for Legions Imperialis to support the Mechanicum. And of course that meant I needed some Cerastus Knights Atrapos.

The Questoris Knights box is still awaiting assembly to fill out the household. Though I haven't decided just what household that will be. It will likely be something other than House Taranis which I chose for my Adeptus Titanicus collection (not that I've put paint on any but a couple Questoris knights there yet...). It will be nice to have a different paint scheme to work on for the experience.

So anyway, that's what I've been working on from late April into May while not painting. I very much enjoy the process of snipping, cleaning and assembling the models - probably more than painting them if I'm being honest.  I'm definitely more deliberate these days as to what I assemble, but it's still hard to keep up. :)

For me, the goal is to hobby in general, not arrive at any specific set of painted miniatures.  Assembly for me is every bit as important as the painting, Maybe because I grew up with loads of unpainted green plastic army men?? At least I matured past lighting them on fire with loads of plastic cement and detonating them with firecrackers. The flamer dudes always got the upper hand in my games as a kid...
 

Cheers and Happy Gaming!!

DKoK Heavy Weapons Squad (Stubbers) - To DONE!

 

Hello and welcome back!  My how time flies.  I managed to skip at least a week of posts somewhere in there, but it's not because I've been lax in the hobby.  I've been poking away at these guardsmen and a few other things I'll share in good time.  But today's post is about for the Krieg.

It amuses me that this updated plastic heavy weapons squad will be the first that I have completed for the collection. I have several of the Forge World teams on Secret Weapon Miniatures bases as shown above.  Only my custom rocket launcher squad has anything more than primer on it. And that's a shames since that weapons option has been long gone from the army in the rules. *pout*

I took my time with the details - not in the name of care, I mean I simply took my time. 😂 I added what I hope look like topo lines and points of interest to the map the spotter is referencing.  In the close up it's messy, but I think it came out well for the effect at arms length.

In hindsight, I realize the map is likely folded so I could have painted more map stuff on the other side.  Perhaps I'll go back in at some point and correct that.

This squad is assigned to the 262nd siege regiment. I didn't take good angles to show the insignia, but all troops bear the regimental numbers on the right shoulder, and the Astra Militarum badge on the other.

It's a shame they removed the loader from each weapons team.  Not only will it cost time for these gunners to swap out the dual clips, but you can imagine these being too heavy to maneuver through the mire of a battle field with only one soldier. I liked the Forge World take on that with their model line, even if I didn't prefer the running soldiers for my collection.

The scenic bases painted up well, and I like how the addition of the shell casings played out. I might have liked to add a few more casings to each base, but this is fun and flavorful. Hobby pack-rat for the win!

Oh, I did get a couple side shots that show the regimental numbers and Astra Militarum badge with more clarity along with a closer look at the model detail.  These were great fun to paint up.

So that's another project in the DONE box and another completed squad for the Death Korps of Krieg (FINALLY).

When I was playing more, the rules just didn't seem to favor the guard and as a result I gravitated more to painting Dark Angels and other projects.  However, I love the look and challenge of painting up DKoK models.  I'll look to include a squad or two here and there as I continue with tiny dudes, super soldiers and other projects. Just so much fun stuff to get paint on!

I hope something here has inspired you with your own projects.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!