No relaxing now...

Second Thallax of nine.

These have made some interesting group shots on their own, and I'm looking forward to taking some with the new thralls, all the Myrmidons and the Altar.

Next up will either be the eighth Myrmidon or a surprise HQ figure...

The first of the last

This is the first Myrmidon of the final set of three.

You can see the mound of stuff this guy is standing on... well, that's how all of them came.

This meant that the razor saw got a lot of use, cutting down the piles.  Thank goodness I had a brand new blade!

Stay tuned for the final few Myrmidons!

Certainly not a lax work schedule...

Here's another type of Mechanicum unit that you have not seen.  This is the first of nine that I painted.

The base is 40mm, so they are roughly terminator sized.

It's called a Thallax Cohort.  Stay tuned for more!

150 years ago... a very different time

A few years ago, Marty and I did the team tournament at Adepticon, using the Wretched Alliance of Appomattox as the theme.

His Iron Brigade 'Union' Dwarves had to ally themselves with my 'Confederate' Chaos Dwarfs.

I converted all sorts of miniatures for the army, including a scratch built vehicle.  These Bull Centaurs were chief among the conversions.  You can find a few articles on the construction here:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/03/adepticon-team-tournament-army-civil_21.html

I have other articles on the Deathshrieker:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/03/one-day-project-scratch-built-chaos.html

An article on the Dwarf unit:

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/03/adepticon-team-tournament-army-civil.html

I tried to match the way that Marty had sculpted and painted his Iron Brigade, which was a very unique project to say the least!

We had a TON of fun building the display board.

http://wappellious.blogspot.com/2012/04/road-to-adepticon-construction-of-civil.html

And yes, we dressed the part!!!

Double trouble

More Thralls...

Ten of this type, twenty overall.

I'm looking forward to taking pictures of these guys next to the huge transport!

Stay tuned!!

Ganging up

OK, the Three Amigoes all in one place!

I think these group shots really are the best indicator of how unusual these figures are.

The nature of the robes, shoulder mounted guns, and the giant halberds make for so many challenges.

You have no choice but to paint them completely assembled, and that creates all sorts of logistical issues.

There's also a lot of activity deep into the crevices, and they are not easy to get at without any of the weapons in the way!

Three more of these have been completed, so eventually you will see group shots of all six Myrmidons, and then the three Destructors to put the total at nine!  Yikes!

Back to the Thralls

OK!  Let's get started with the second unit of Thralls.

I don't remember what these weapons are called, but they are a little easier to deal with than the first squad.

Part of that has to do with the ease of getting the brush into various areas, since they only have the one arm engaged with the weapon.

Much more to come!  Stay tuned...