Steel Legion Sergeants with Orks Head
There are only 2 Steel Legion Sergeant minis. Neither are particularly satisfactory. One is static pointing his laspistol and chain sword, while the other waves a severed Orks head. The static sergeant...
View ArticleThe Theory of Lucky Dice Rolls
What happens when you roll dice. You get a random result. Actually no. It's fractal. Everyone knows that for shooting by Imperial Guard with ballistic skill of 3 requiring a 4, 5 or 6 to means that 50%...
View ArticleSteel Legion Mortar Squad
The next Steel Legion project started is the mortar heavy weapons support squad.Many a time the humble mortar squad has been derided as a poorly effective weapon. Yet the psychological effect on an...
View ArticleBane Wolf Progress
So far so good for the Steel Legion Bane Wolf. The drums containing the chem components have been painted brown, grey and blue to indicate the different chemical components used in the Chem Cannon. The...
View ArticleBane Wolf - Finished I Think/Hope
When is a mini finished. Probably when the ideas for enhancing it outweigh the improvement that they actually deliver to the model.Anyway the Bane Wolf addition to the Steel Legion is finished for now....
View ArticleSawing up Osgiliath
Time has been spent or wasted, depending on how it turns out - see previous posts on the Steel Legion Mortar squad's bases. Some nice stone work has been extracted from the ruins of Osgiliath and made...
View ArticleTroublesome Preachers Redeemed
Preachers are a fluffy addition to Sisters of Battle force, yet what exactly is their place in the battle line. As independent characters in the SoB codex a basic Preacher costs 45 points. Up to 5 may...
View ArticleSteel Legion Mortars Progress
Getting there, but not done yet. Much effort has been spent on bits of Osgiliath on these bases. The standing Mortar loader is missing his left hand as it is glued to the mortar shell at the moment....
View ArticleWhat is done and What is not done
Its near the end of 2012. So here it was thought that there should be a review of what had been completed. This thought was initiated by a review of posts being viewed yesterday. One from the list was...
View ArticleBattle Reports : How do you do it
GW is looking for a "cinematic feel" for playing a game of 40k. On the other hand the battle reports in White Dwarf have more of the feel of match of the day and a learning experience.Here is a battle...
View ArticleSteel Legion Mortar Battery Finished!
Finally done and sheltering behind the remains of Osgiliath. Where next with the Steel Legion - perhaps some veterans. The question is how to distinguish them from the standard Steel Legion minis given...
View ArticleSteel Legion Veterans 1st Squad
The first Steel Legion veteran squad has only just commenced. There are 6 minis available. A missile launcher team, 3 riflemen and a sergeant. Adding 2 veterans squads to the existing 2 Steel Legion...
View ArticleGreater Daemon Wing Attachment
Those of you who have been following this blog will have seen that a Forgeworld Greater Daemon of Khorne had been inherited. While it has not featured in recent posts work has been progressing. One...
View ArticleBloodthirster Greater Daemon of Khorne Progress
Almost finished. Mounted on a larger base to add some heroic Imperial Guard.Those with sharp eyes will note that its dangly skulls are missing. An unfortunate handhold weakened the chain and as it is...
View ArticleSteel Legion Veteran Squad #1
This is definitely a work in work in progress. There are only 6 minis in this squad so far. At present there are 3 legionnaires with lasrifles part painted. An undercoated veteran sergeant - another...
View ArticleSisters of Battle 3 Squads Completed at Last
Finally 3 squads of Rhino mounted SoB are completed. These are Emperor Angels. When are the plastic SoBs that were rumoured to be ready for last summer going to be released?What's new in the pipeline...
View ArticleForgeworld Greater Daemon of Khorne
It is probably finished. Blood for the Blood God. DefianceFor the Emperor
View ArticleSteel Legion Veterans
Progress has been slow for many reasons including some fiddly conversions particulartly as all the minis and at least original metal steel legion torsos and legs. The veteran squad at the moment...
View ArticleGameswork Shop Tools a personal view
How many GW hobby tools do you own? Here there are five.This is a brief opinion based review of their usefulness here.OK. The five are from top left to bottom right, to spell out the contents of the...
View ArticleEcclesiarchy Preacher with Eviscerator
There is no GW mini for a preacher with an eviscerator at present. The only minis with eviscerators currently available are the SoB Repentia. A future planned unit for the SoB Emperors Angels minor...
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