Epic Armageddon Tyranids

Another post in 6mm. If I ever wanna play E:A with these Nids, I'll need at least double the amount I show here. It's more than enough for huge games of Grim Dark Future and I'll surely try them out soon. The miniatures are mostly GW and Onslaught Miniatures. Lots of units can do double duty with my 15mm alien forces. Space Marines are going to be next, I guess.

 

 

Some bugs and an important question

Whoa, that was close. Nearly a whole month without a new post! I could say that my children keep me me from painting and posting (which is partly true), but I have to confess something to you guys... I have been painting... something not 15mm! Right now I'm looking at a tiny starship fleet from Brigade models and I'm going to add a battleship tonight. Some weeks ago I had a lot of Epic 40k stuff on my table and I finished a lot of new models I plan to use with Polyversal.

Now for my question... Would it be treason to show these things here? I started this blog strictly 15mm, but now I feel like posting stuff even tinier... as long as I don't go back to 28mm, I could justify something off-topic once in a while. What do you think? ;)

And now the proof that I did work on some 15mm guys as well. Here are my Khurasan Gun Crabs!

 

15mm Space Hulk on Doom board tiles

I found the old Doom boardgame tiles to be a proper environment for 15mm Space Hulk like games. Miniatures and scenery are a mixture of Khurasan, Games Workshop, Rebel, Ion Age and GZG. I might replace the card tiles with a styrofoam board like I did for my 15mm dungeon, but for the moment I'm happy.
Needless to say that it would have cost me a lifetime to paint all this in 28mm (which I did some years ago). I will simply sell all that old stuff and buy some new 15mm armies!  

A Fistful of Space Marines

Happy New Year!

I start 2019 with my first batch of everybody's favorite Space Marine Chapter, the Imperial Fists. Allready owning a 6mm Epic army of those yellow fellows, I still couldn't convince myself to choose a different SM chapter. I was tempted by Dark Angels, but I resisted to heresy...
So here they are with new terrain pieces as well. All miniatures are from the Ion Age and where fun to paint. Alien scenery is Games Workshop.

I won't add too much, since I want to keep 15mm 40k on a skirmish level. Maybe another squad, some jetbikes and a Rhino/Razorback.

 

15mm Genestealer Patriarch and M-ATV vehicle

This weekend has been kind to me. I managed to paint another vehicle for the cult (Matchbox Oshkosh Defense M-ATV) and I solved the problem of not having a proper Genestealer Patriarch. Modern day plastic stealers are way too big and don't really fit to the GS familiars made of lead. I searched my bitz and came up with a Rogue Trader era metal Genestealer body and a pair of old plastic GS Hybrid arms. He is still too big, of course, but I like the idea of him being a real monster capable of crushing tanks and walkers. We're nearly done here, I think!

  

15mm Genestealer Cult

Well, I allready had the tyranid-like bugs, so I decided to give them a cult following too. Rebel Minis Sahadeen seemed to be a perfect match, I just had to add a Kremlin Miniatures Magus. The Rebel War Maidens present my Hybrids. I sculpted a third arm with Genestealer Claws on every miniature. The Matchbox Swat Truck is my Goliath proxy.
I will expand the army in the near future, I allready have some more minis, weapon teams and vehicles. But who will sculpt a Not-Patriarch for me?? I really hope Slap Minis might do something like this one day. Or maybe I will take one of those Epic Carnifexes and start a conversion...

If you are interested in my 28mm Genestealer Cult, have a look here:

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We came to shred - Attack of the Space Bugs!

Another example of how well different lines mix together in 15mm. Games Workshop, Rebel Minis and GZG stuff for my bug army which will also use 28mm and 6mm stuff. They will see play in Space Hulk like corridor crawls and with Gruntz or Fireteam Andromeda.