Star Wars Legion Land Speeder

 Yes, I am a terrible blogger but I have gotten some painting done and hopefully will get cracking towards 400 miniatures a little bit faster.  First up is a Land Speeder for Star Wars Legion.

I am working on speed painting a little, on vehicles and things with large flat surfaces I am doing a lot of wet brushing.  Wet painting is basically the same as dry brushing without wiping anything off the brush first.  It’s a little faster than normal painting and doesn’t get as “ashy” as dry brushing does.

   Decals are actually from the Bandai 1/48 scale snowspeeder kit, you can get on Amazon below

https://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-Star-Speeder-Building/dp/B00U7A8MT4/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=2USVVKRFPK0HX&keywords=bandai+snowspeeder+1%2F48&qid=1682796372&sprefix=bandai+snow%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-2

Requires more assembly than the Legion version but comes with two sets of decals and is almost exactly the same size.

Starting a New Year

 Well it’s been 12 years since I really had time to post.  Since my last post I have gotten married, started a family, moved a couple of times.  Really just been doing a lot of other stuff that didn’t involve much painting.  Sitting here on the eve of a new year got me thinking about what I would like to accomplish with my pile of shame.

   I think putting it all down in writing will help me start to really tackle the pile of shame this year, not that anyone is reading this blog!  Oddly enough while my painting pretty much went by the wayside over the last 12 years my incessant collecting of miniatures I will probably never paint has kept chugging right along.  Seriously, kickstarter is the devil and basically the same as putting a crack dealer in every addiction house.  Here is to hoping they just stop making Zombicide games!

   So my first goal is simple, paint 400 miniatures this year.  My second goal is to accomplish this by tackling all the half finished projects I have sitting around the house.  I am planning on painting the following stuff this year:

Italian Hill Tribes by Aventine (90 miniatures)

Horus Heresy Iron Hands by Forgeworld (120 miniatures)

Warhammer 40k Celestial Lions (40 miniatures)

Warhammer Chaos Warriors (50 mjniatures)

SAGA Vikings by Wargames Foundry (60 miniatures)

The fellowship of the Ring by GW (9 minis and Bill the Pony)

And 30 other random miniatures to try and keep my going when I get bored of big projects!

Iron Warriors

My first squad of straight marines. Aspiring Champion with a plasma pistol and power fist, marine with a plasma gun, and another marine with an autocannon. All my Iron Warriors have the Iron Warrior torso and shoulder pads.

Iron Warriors Raptors

Thought I would post some pictures of my Iron Warriors I just finished. 10 Havocs. I figure having jump packs during a siege could really be useful. But I did find out that it is really annoying to paint caution stripes on a curved surface. Well 60 more to go.

I thought I would give the squad a couple storm shields. It doesn't fit in the army list but I like the way they look.

Early Imperial Romans

I put together 30 Early Imperial Roman Legionnaires by Warlord Games. I was a little surprised how small they are (as you can see in the picture below) but the quality and detail was

very good. I was pretty impressed by how easy they are to get off the sprue. I didn't have to use any tools at all and they popped off the sprue without causing any damage to the pieces. I had enough parts to build 3 command models (centurion, signifier, and musician), 17 models with pilums, and 10 with gladius.

Rogue Trader Iron Warriors Terminators

Just finished some Rogue Trader terminators. Painted them as Iron Warriors. I went with a dark metallic color instead of the bright silver that is a common color for Iron Warriors. I actually prefer the old Rogue Trader terminators compared to the newer metal or plastic ones.

I decided to paint the warning stripes on the side of all of the shoulder pads to add some color to what really turns out to be a pretty monochrome color scheme. Makes them look a lot better without having to spend a lot of time doing it.

Below is the classic terminator sergeant with the correct arms. Probably my favorite terminator model.

The old school heavy flamer. Really cool looking. I decided to go with two of these in my squad. Not really the most effective weapon but I guess it would make sense for an army that is supposed to be all about laying siege to people.

Limited Edition Sergeant Centurius

I have had this minis for a while so I finally opened the blister and painted him. So here he is the man, the myth, the legend..... Legion of the Damned Sergeant Centurius.