Lo, the fated day has arrived: The Leagues of Votann army box is finally available! Once I had my preorder in, I started considering paint schemes in earnest. As soon as I saw the Trans-Hyperian Alliance color scheme — orange Void Suits with accents, grey clothing, tan soft goods — a few days ago, I […]
Testing basing schemes for my 40k Leagues of Votann army Read More »
There are relatively few Adeptus Custodes units, and from what I’ve seen they all use pretty much the same colors (adapted per one’s shield company) — kind of like Deathskulls Orks. So I have a feeling one main color guide will cover most of my army. Bases As ever, I’m using a recipe from White
Adeptus Custodes Dread Host color guide and painting steps Read More »
The other night I painted the rocks on my first Orks’ bases…and realized that after ~9 months painting grey rocks on grey Blood Angels bases, I’d painted these rocks grey. Time for a color guide, and in this case time to test some shading options. Testing time First I grabbed a larger rock and primed
Deathskulls Ork base color guide Read More »
This is my 400th post on Yore! I considered prepping something specific for the big 400, but decided that this post was more on-brand: it’s about miniatures, it involves some trial and error, and it’s a work-in-progress post full of photos. That’s where my head’s at these days, so it works pretty well for this
WIP it good: bases and undersides for Squad Ariete, and my 400th post Read More »
I’m pretty sure I’ll like the basing recipe I’m using for my Deathskulls Orks, which comes straight from White Dwarf #161 (also the source of the recipe I use for my Blood Angels), but a bit less certain about the tufts. So I figured I’d do up a test base and see how it looks.
Into the badlands: testing an Orky base recipe Read More »
Here are some WIP photos from November 7th, with lots on the go: Not sure yet if those Infiltrators are going to be the back half of Squad Dolos or a fresh squad, but I’m torn because to have the minimum number of troops it’s better to split them into two squads…but that sets me
WIP it good: Squads Caedes, Ariete, and misc. Read More »
After doing some serious noodling yesterday, I decided today to start a second 40k army to paint alongside my beloved Blood Angels — and after much decidedly un-Orky consideration, I chose Deathskulls Orks. Why Deathskulls? Lots of reasons! Some are purely practical, like not wanting to paint a second red army (ruling out Evil Sunz)
The Waaagh! is in the mail Read More »
Feo was fun to build, but I was equally excited to work on his base — because at a staggering 90mm wide, it presented a huge canvas (relatively speaking) to tell a little story. So I decided to tell a two-part story. Part one is the back, where I added the remnants of an overrun
WIP it good: Feo’s base, poop Chiclets, and a big hill Read More »
Even though most of the pics in this WIP post are of Squad Adamo, my Death Company gang, Squad Zahariel, gets most of the words. Death Company color guide For the figures, I liked the tweaks the GW studio guide puts on the usual red and gold used on most of my Marines. I’ve stuck
WIP it good: Squads Adamo and Zahariel Read More »
I painted my first Dreadnought, the Librarian Narses, back in April, and it was a lot of fun. Work-wise, he was about somewhere between one model and a five-person squad of Space Marines; I was curious to see how my second one would go. It felt like it went more smoothly this time around, although
Turiel, my second Dreadnought Read More »
