Don't be hasty! Lord of the Rings Treebeard

This was still a metal kit back when I painted it, so it was more of a challenge to get this put together.  I did add some extra branches and leaves, however.

I also used some Woodland Scenics tree materials on those very fine branches on the top.  That product is pretty expensive, but it looks exactly like trees, at a perfect scale.  It also is relatively easy to work with.

Thousand Sons Games Day Squad with display base: part two

Here's the rest of the squad, including another view of the display base and some group shots of the minis by themselves.

Army Photos of the World Eaters

While I don't have pictures of all the vehicles with these guys, I did run across some big pictures with all the infantry together :-)  You have seen lots of posts of thie Tainted World Eaters army, and more are to come.  I reworked the pictures of the Raptors squad, and those will go up tomorrow.

It's not very easy to set up these shots, since you want to feature everything all at once!  Alas, some units just have to be a backdrop for whatever primary units that you really want folks to see.  Getting pictures of them in their "natural environment" is satisfying, however.













Here are some closer shots that I took on my own gaming table at home!

Thousand Sons squad with display base (Games Day 2009)

Here is a Thousand Sons squad that I created for Games Day a few years ago.  My primary goal with this project was to see what I could do in terms of a display base.

I knew I wanted to have the marble filled with daemon faces, which would also be carried onto the base of every miniature.  I was reminded of this when I started painting the floors and bases of my new Tomb Kings army.  You also saw some designs similar to this painted on the 72mm mounted Chaos Knight.

This is not a very easy design to carry across large surfaces, as I discovered!  To get enough variation in the faces becomes more  and more trying the bigger the space you need to cover.





Here is the display base minus the minis.  You can see the daemon faces a bit better with the unobstructed view.

Eldar special edition Bonesinger

Here is a figure that I guess is somewhat rare.  I have not really seen this too many times, except on Cool Mini once or twice.

Skirmishing movement trays for skinks: the finished results

OK, here are the two trays all painted with flock, static grass, and foliage!

This unit was broken into two trays for a variety of reasons.  First, it is handy to be able to alter the formation as needed.  My other trays limited what I could do with my formations of salamanders & handlers.  I certainly didn't want to do that with these guys!

The pictures show how you can set them up in different ways.  Also, they tend to die in bunches, and it is never fun to move around big trays with only half the original number on them :-)

Angels Solarus Forgeworld Chaplain Dreadnought

For those of you who have been checking out the blog, you have seen the introduction of the Angels Solarus, a Blood Angels splinter chapter that was pretty close to Apocalypse sized.


Thus far, I have focused on just the infantry, but now I am moving on to the vehicles. I painted 6 dreadnoughts of various types, with many weapon options. I also painted 5 dreadnought drop pods (sneak peek in the "Glory Shots" post from a few days ago), as well as a Storm Raven and two Baal Predators.

Those will all find their way to the blog, and some will be posted on CMON.  This particular dreadnought was the Forgeworld chaplain version. As you can see, I did lots of different weapon options for it :-)

It's also on CMON here:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/306701