Battlefleet Gothic: Just another stupid idea

 What to do if you have countless unfinished projects in the painting queue? Start another project from zero! This time I have to do something about that space combat itch! I will surely not play the original BFG rules, bit I aim to have some fun with OPR Warfleets oder Void Admiral. Here is what I have painted so far. 

   

Really, I don't get it.

I have checked prices for 3D-Printers recently. You can get the formidable Mars 2 Pro for 130 Euros. That's the price for three Warhammer 40k Codices. It is easy to use. Since I changed scale, I don't paint models, I paint armies. Why on earth do people stick with GW and 28mm scale??

Well, I'm not THAT arrogant. You do whatever you like, of course. But I solemnly swear that I will never paint a "big guy" again. ;)

 

Food in white cans - hard to open, delicious to eat

It's only three of them, but I couldn't resist to shoot some Space Hulk photos with my Deathwing Terminators. I placed them on my Doom boardgame floortiles which will be replaced by some properly painted corridors one day. There is so many projects I still want to do, but I'm also happy with the stuff I allready finished. Happy gaming to all of you!

Gloomy Green Coffin Boy

Finished my first Dark Angels vehicle in 15mm. I'm very happy how the print of the Contemptor Dreadnought came out and I managed to paint him in 90 minutes. Always took me a little bit longer in 28mm scale. I will use him for Xenos Rampant. Maybe I will add a Rhino and a Predator as well, next are Assault Marines and Terminators. 

 

 

Play more, paint less - 6MM GDF Batrep

One of my plans for 2023 is to play more often. I just discovered the excellent One Page Rules Forge App, which allows to create Army Lists for my favorite system in no time. Painting 40k-sized armies in 6mm is just a matter of days, so you should see a lot more AARs in the near future. Game on! 

More Datafax madness...

I can't help it... coming from Warhammer 40k 2nd Edition, I cannot imagine playing war-dolly-games without Datafaxes. These will be used in Grim Dark Future 6mm which is why they have boxes to tick off damage. Will do High Elf Fleets first and Battle Brothers afterwards.

New computer, new data cards

I finally managed to make some new data cards with the Mac I bought... The new publisher tools I can use now are so much easier to use and speed up making gaming aids significantly. I can also do some quick miniature photos with my iPhone now, which are instantly available on the Mac afterwards - nice! 

Here are my first cards for Grim Dark Future - Firefight. I used the terms of OPR not the original Games Workshop names, just in case you wonder. 

It's Necrovember, but here it feels like summer!

It is really warm for this time of year and I spent lots of time outside with the kids. But some quick paintjobs per evening for little more than a week gave me a respectable 15mm Necron force. I used the superb Cronz-files from Ankylo Miniatures that came out of my printer in perfect shape. I added a downscaled Skorpekh Lord and now I'm ready to harvest! Can't wait to try them out with Grim Dark Future or Xenos Ramapant, once it is available.

Orktober is here - Evil is back!

A big hello to all who remember me. I took some time off, much longer than I thought I would. On February 24th I stopped painting wargaming minis. When I saw real tanks invading european countries, I couldn't motivate myself playing with tiny ones... So I followed the news for an unhealthy week and decided to start/continue other projects like my metal vest that I'm wearing when visiting concerts. I read books, started to do some research on my family's history and after months I accepted that this war is still there and will continue to do so. 

In September I started a new Necron army in 15mm that I will show you in Necrovember, today I'm restarting this blog with some Orky stuff. I have painted over 60 miniatures in the last six weeks, so you will definetly see some stuff here, if you are still watching. Of course I will have to check out your progress as well and look forward to see some awesome stuff! 

Love and Peace and Waaaagh to all of you, 

 Skully :)

 

 

Back with a WAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

I'm still alive and I find it orkward how time flies... two months without any update is the longest pause I ever made since I work on this blog. When I started to post stuff on Instagram, I thought people might have a look here more often - but it seems the opposite is the case, haha. 

Whatever, I'm old fashioned and I will continue to write here. It fits quite well to the theme that I fleshed out my 15mm Space Orks made by Slap Miniatures. I also added a Mega-Ork from Wake's Emporium which I 3D-printed. Gretchins and Killa Kanz are in the working queue. WAAAAAAAAAAGH!