I aten’t dead...

Despite not having posted for a long time, I still intend to keep this as a running record of my projects.  I may have some catching up to do. 

I’ve played one game of 8th edition WH40k and, to be honest, I was in a state of near permanent bafflement throughout.  I’ll probably pick up the 9th edition rules because I’ve never missed an edition however I doubt I’ll play.  I seem to have wandered away from WH40k. 

Having said that, I still like the universe and have spent the summer cleaning up and building some Sector Mechanicus terrain for Necromunda.  I’ve also made progress on the 2nd edition Eldar army from several posts ago (pictures at some point in the future).

The largest part of my modelling time this year has been spent building scenery for Mordheim.  I’ve even managed to collect some of the lovely Tabletop World stuff.

Right. Where was I? 

The killiest squad...

First Crimson Fist Assault Squad

After a somewhat lengthy hiatus following a job offer I couldn’t refuse and a year of settling in, my aim is to continue logging my painting output and whatever else springs to mind.  I’ve been running WFRP 4e for some friends since the start of the year and have painted some minis for it which I’ll post in due course.  There’s also the Imperial Assault minis and Lord of the Ring minis from last year still to post.
Having said that, I’m going to quickly knock out the remaining Crimson Fist stuff that I’ve photographed. So without further ado, I present for your delight and delectation the massively ineffective assault squad...

Third Crimson Fist Tactical Squad

Slightly different blue dudes than the ones before...Seriously - what was I thinking when I armed the sergeant? Oh yeah, that was it.  Screw the points cost - what looks the killiest?

And now the bloody Goblins!

I’m going to blame the medication that I’m taking however it’s probably just my shonky brain...

Gerblinz - farsands of ‘em!

Not quite thousands, but the largest batch of models that I’ve painted in one go. For some reason, I thought that painting 96 Moria Goblins in one batch would be a good idea. I managed to not insert the blunt end of the paint brush into my ear and slam it into desk, thus killing myself, but I gave it serious consideration at one or two points.

These models had been under coated since 2009 and were built as an addition to a Moria Goblin army that I painted back in 2006/7.  The more recent models are not up to the standard of the original 100 or so Goblins, but I’ll be buggered if I’m painting eyes on 96 more Goblins.  Having said that, they are a pretty good match for the first batch.

Back in January/February, I also painted many spiders and wargs. Sorry, for the crappy pictures. I have yet to photograph the original army.  I have yet to paint 24 Gundabad Goblins and a Cave Drake...

Second Crimson Fist Tactical Squad

Painted shortly after the first squad, around 2002ish, and finally varnished at the end of last year - I’m nothing if not tenacious.  With each squad, I tried to have a theme - the first squad had close combat blades attached to their bolters whilst the second had scopes on their guns.  I even went as far as naming the squads - I think this was Scimitar squad.

First Crimson Fist Squad

This unit marked the start of the second iteration of my Crimson Fists army.  The original army consisted of plastic beakies and assorted RT era metal marines, of which only one painted example remains (somewhere).  This squad was constructed soon after the ‘new’ fully plastic boxed set came out and were painted sometime around 2002ish.  I stole the chainblade from an Epic Knight to recreate the attachment that came with the RTB01 set.