Irrevenant

More laziness and a complete lack of hobbying for a while, but I've been through rather an abrupt career change in the last few weeks.  

Wraith-like

I suppose this could be interpreted as my first attempt at multibasing, but not really.  

Trolling the depths

I bought a regiment of Zombie Trolls as part of my Mantic bender and I love them.  But then I had horrible visions of the buggers being obliterated in a first turn hail of arrows.  

Instant Army (just add Tyranids)

I started several projects all at once this week, none of which I finished.  I did manage to repaint 3 Genestealers in my latest hivefleet colours. A fairly random thing to do, given that I'm playing Kings of War at the moment and I haven't used Genestealers in a game since, well, I can't remember exactly when.  

KoWabunga

First I would like to announce that I just achieved my highest ever tournament placing (cue trumpet flourish):  6th Place!  

Ghoul-ish

"Roland looked up and saw exactly what he expected: clouds in a line.. This was the true world, the one where no roll of the dice could ever be taken back, the one closest to the Dark Tower.  And they were still on the Path of the Beam." - Song of Susannah, Stephen King

28 Days Later

Well, strictly speaking 54 days since my last blog post but they didn't make a zombie film called 54 days later and I'm being topical.  

Humans all look funny

Necron Phalanx complete.  I used all 40 of them in a game the other week.  

Dealing with the Fallout

I had to be physically dragged away from the computer.  My wife pointed out that our teenage son had been waiting patiently for two weeks to play Fallout 4.  She wanted me to behave like an adult and let him have a turn.  

oooh shiny

We interrupt this scheduled broadcast to inform you that the author is currently lost in The Wasteland and is unable to attend his paint station.

Normal service will resume...  shortly.  

Maybe.

God Shackle

"The God Shackle is a relic discovered by Anrakyr in the depths of the Star Hallows that allows him more exacting control of the C'tan shards in his possession. On Asphodex this would even allow the Overlord and his Crypteks to boost the power of the Burning One, rather than relying on its innate rage alone.  The only drawback of using such a device is that the tighter the leash placed around a C'tan's neck, the more likely the creature is to rebel against it."

- Shield of Baal: Exterminatus

Stealth Trygon

So, as usual when I have a ton of painting to do, I lose interest or get distracted.  This is one reason to enter competitions.  It focuses the mind and provides a deadline; you get shit done.  When you only have a vague urge to complete a project, the temporising starts.

Pimp My Ride

44 magnets, 20 nail heads, 3 steel plates and just a smidgen of aluminium putty.  My fully magnetised Necron Pimpmobile is built.  If I ever tried to take this to another country and went through airport security they would probably blow it up in a controlled explosion. "Whats in the bag, sir?  Never mind, we're going to detonate it, just to be sure."

Losing your bits

The Decurion Auto-Take

This week, I ha' been mostly painting Tomb Blades.  They are remarkably sturdy given their delicate construction and long flight stands.  

Where have all the magnets gone?

The slow trickle of Necrons continues.  This week I've only managed to finish the Overlord and the Canoptek Moth.