A detailed account of my various commission/hobby projects.
Warhammer 40,000 – Tyranids might be on the rise again with the Genestealer Cults getting a new release. These Gaunts were painted to match an existing force.
A pretty basic paint job bone, light green with a wash to shade an tie the colors together.
Warhammer 40,000 – Warhammer 40,000 goes through edition changes every few years. When the edition changes some armies get better some get worse; likewise some units get bumped back into relevancy while others are sidelined. Tyranid players look to have gotten a little boost.
My work on this Hivefleet Leviathan Army still gets traffic so it’s nice to add some new units to the force in that classic purple and white scheme.
Warhammer 40,000 – The ubiquitous Imperial Guardsman has been making his presence felt through out the 41st Millennium and in the last year has found his way into a variety of lists. The Imperium, Chaos and Tyranids can take advantage of the benefits this little guy and his friends bring to the table. So it only makes sense that I’m starting to see “multi-purpose “ guardsmen. Built from the Imperial Sprue, with some Genestealer Cult bits mixed in painted to match the colors of three other armies while remaining unique is my latest commission project.
Read MoreWarhammer 40,000 – Much like in the background of 40K, the swarm of Tyranids on my paint table seems to be unceasing. This time around there's several Hiveguard, warriors and more 'Gaunts. While the Leviathan Scheme is a bit more tedious than others that can't be washed heavily and cleaned up, I think the look is worth the extra effort.
Read MoreWarhammer 40,000 – Genstealers wreck face. There's no two ways about it if you get charged by a unit of them they are going to put a hurt on whatever they charged. There's a reason I've always loved them and can't wait to get back to work on my Genestealer Cult (I'll probably not touch them again until a codex comes out, honestly). In the meantime I've been painting more to go along with the rest of my clients Hivefleet Leviathan horde.
Read MoreWarhammer 40,000 – Tremors was a movie that scared me, the idea of something popping out of the ground to rip you to shreds is scary. In general being attacked by something unseen is terrifying.
Read MoreWarhammer 40,000 – While the big flashy fancy units of the Tyranid horde do get much of the attention, the little swarms that make up the bulk of the army are nothing to scoff at. Throw enough bodies at anything and the enemy will run out of bullets eventually.
Read MoreWarhammer 40,000 – You know a codex is good when you start to see models being used that you've never seen on the table before. With this latest release my Tyranid client has been bringing me a bunch of models that I honestly didn't know existed.
Read MoreWarhammer 40,000 – I remember when I got back into 40K back in third edition. A small store in Almont, MI, Carmalot Computers and Hobbies, ran a tournament every Saturday. It was always 1500 points, $5 to enter and went three rounds. The winner got store credit and they always had a decent turn out. Back then going from 3.5 to 4th edition Tyranids ran the show. At the time I was running Chaos Space Marines and I always dreaded facing off against bugs. Sadly that store has been out of business for about as long as Tyranids have been not so great.
Read MoreWarhammer 40,000 – The never-ending horde of bugs continues to infest my painting station. What started out as a small force Shadow War: Armageddon force has grown into a full fledged army. now that the rules are out and Tyranids are pretty good on the table my client brought by several additions to his force.
Read MoreWarhammer 40,000 - Eighth Edition Warhammer 40,000 is out! With the rules that have leaked out so far I've had several clients bring by units that they never would have used in previous editions to get painted up to match their existing forces. Being able to assault out of reserve is a big deal and the Tyranids have a cool burrowing horror that can do just that, it can also bring along another unit to join the party. This seems like a pretty strong option, hence I have a Terragon on my table waiting for the purple and white of Hive Fleet Leviathan.
Warhammer 40,000 - Shadow War: Armageddon seems to be a popular topic as of late. I was always a fan of Necromunda, the idea of a gang war in the Underhive was just so cool. The setting was such a different take on the epic scale conflicts that the rest of the 40K universe focuses on (if you can find them the novel series that came out with the last release of the game are really good).
That gang war idea was so appealing that I jumped into the now out of print Judge Dredd Miniature game as a replacement. It's a shame most of the models for that were so dated looking and focused on the early Dredd comics. The system was great to create whatever you wanted with the skill trees and seemed to do a decent job keeping a reign on one gang running away with it. Since this is now out of print I've been reading Rogue Stars which reminds me quite a bit of Rogue Trader with the focus more on a narrative play rather than a straight up beat down.
I'd love to have more of an opinion on the new Shadow War release but it sold out everywhere and I don't get a feel good feeling paying significantly more to get the terrain and rules separately. I'm hoping they reprint the box set with the updated book at some point. Honestly The only reason I pick up the GW box games is because they're such a value compared to buying the individual boxes. fingers crossed they listen to fans and bring it back like the "limited release" of Space Hulk that seems to come back around every Christmas. (I still need to get that one.)
This small squad of Tyranid Warriors is a team for Shadow War: Armageddon. I haven't read through the rules yet but my client is really psyched to get these on the table. His group is planning on running a campaign for the next few months and is using this as his force. At some point he's going to have me paint up some genestealers and a few more warriors which will turn into a full force once the next edition of 40K comes out. It seems that several of my clients are hovering on their next force until they are sure it will work in the next edition.
Paint on these is pretty straight forward. I followed the Hive Fleet Leviathan color scheme which constists of a Pallid Wych Flesh base with some Carroburgh Crimson in the recesses. The purple is Naggorath Night with a Xereus Purple and Genestaler Purple Highlight. The red is Khorne red highlighted up to Wild Rider Red.
Warhammer 40,000 – Do you remember those cult movies form the '80s? Fanatics enact some crazy plot to summon a big nasty from another plane and inevitably it would eat them or do some other nasty nonsense. Well that's pretty much the theme for this game.
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