A Day of To-Dos!

Greetings, fellow Warhammer 40,000 enthusiasts!  Today, I was motivated by +Dave Weston over at his blog to create a 2014-2015 To-Do list for my current army and other projects.  I would hope all of you try to do the same thing, as its great to keep track of what you need to get done, and celebrates certain milestones as you accomplish them.  They can be as large or small as you want, which means you can celebrate as often as you like!  And when I say celebrate, I also mean beer.

The real point is to stay focused and motivated, while not overstretching myself to unrealistic goals.  My goals will span all aspects of the Games Workshop hobby.  Mostly involving my Chaos Space Marines, but may dabble into the Mordheim or Fantasy realms.  So, that being said, here's my 2014-2015 To-Do list in no particular order!

Minor Goals:

• Build 10-man Renegade Guard squads at a time (various equipment), multiple squads.  Some consisting of Heavy Weapons Teams.
• Build a 10-man squad of veteran "engineers" for the Renegade Guard.
• Build a command section fitting of the Renegades.
• Make interesting objective markers that carry the army's theme.
• Finalize a proper army list for Urlag's Warhost.
• Build (or finish building) the current Mordheim warband.
• Find more local players in New Orleans area.

Major Goals:

• Paint any squad to completion.
• Paint any vehicle to completion.
• Build / convert a custom Bloodthirster model.
• Paint Bloodthirster model.
• Play a proper game with +Kyle Haydon to further our narrative campaign.
• Involve outside player's games to further the campaign setting (at their request).
• Enter a  painting competition.
• Acquire heavy armor for the Renegade Guard (type TBD).
• Add LED lighting to Cities of Death terrain.

There it is!  I may add more in the coming week or two, I'm sure I'll add stuff I think about.

Any suggestions? Do I need to be more specific?  As usual, give me feedback.  And if its your first time here, check out the rest of the posts!

Traitors Emerge

First five renegades are done! Using the Death Korps of Krieg list, as it fits the theme nicely (and +1 WS fits the Khorne theme!).  I figure I want to represent an engineer company, specifically an artillery section.

This is half of an engineer squad. Shotguns, CC weapons, heavy flamer, and a demo charge (wired jerry cans!).  They'll be the lunatics that charge at whatever they see, and either roast it with the heavy flamer, or throw demolition charges at armor.  I'm thankful

I saved all those little shovels and pickaxes that came with my Imperial Guard kits from years ago.

I've since reposed the torso and arms.  It looks a bit more natural now!

Rest of the FW torsos will be built as a standard "guardsmen" platoon with lasguns and a bunch of attached heavy weapons.. Likely mortars and a heavy bolter or two.

Some of the completed traitor Engineers! Masters of siege-breaking!

The real debate is whether or not I want to include armored vehicles in the allies Astra Militarum (Krieg) list. If I did, it would likely be self propelled Armageddon pattern Basilisks.  

Thoughts?

Urläg gets a do-over.

Would love input.  Rebuilt Urläg Blackfang. The old model I had (standard FW Justaerin Terminator with extended axe) looked too vanilla.  This looks a bit more lordly,  though I might replace the head.

The sorcerer also got a do-over.  Like his pose better.  I wanted to do some G-Stuff warp effects off of the staff, unsure if it'll over clutter the model.

Thoughts?

A much more impressive pose and some much needed height.

Comparison shot of height.  The slight lean to the rear is exaggerated here, its offset by the weapons and cloak.

Tzeentch-aligned renegade sorcerer, pledged to Urlag's cause!

They worked on their suntan a bit.

Propaganda! The Emperor Needs You!

I've pilfered the internet and saved a LOT of neat posters people have designed / modified over the years.  Adding little touches like these to my terrain will breathe more life into the pieces, much like the stenciling of caution words and LEDs add that little bit of realism.  It needs to appear to be "lived-in" and I feel these little additions fulfill that role!

Naturally, the terrain is most of the old ruined Cities of Death buildings, a toppled Basilica, the Skyshield landing pad, statues, rubble, and so forth - this suits perfectly for my chaos force, as I'll have many Imperial posters, but also a good portion of desecrated ones! 

Here's just a fraction of what I've found.  Even one in what looks like French!  It deals with the Sisters of Battle / Inquisition, and I assume they speak some form of "Gothic" French anyway :P

The top middle one is by far my favorite.

Warhammer, or any wargame for that matter, is a great hobby that I thoroughly enjoy.  However, the part that involves building tiny cities / terrain / dioramas is by far my real passion.  It's just the little kid in me that still enjoys setting up model train sets! 

Have any material to add, suggestions or comments?  Post below!

Imperial Stencil Model 9872396325.b

Added lettering! Man, it was more complicated than I thought: had to make a matrix to align each letter.  It's off by a few millimeters but... That's the imperium for you!  My biggest concern was having the paint bleed through the stencil, which would have infuriated me to no end.

Just need to do a little more touch up work on the exterior panels and a couple details on the interior (like the non-LED lights).   Have anything to add? Tell me below!

Thanks for those that have input on what to have the warning say!  "DANGER" or "CAUTION" would have looked weird.  I like how the two words are stacked.

Showing off the Imperium's ballin' 3cm granite countertops.

 

Edit: it appears the servitors in charge of landing zone maintenance need to replace one of the light bulbs!  One of the wires just slipped from the LED hookup, easy fix.