SpiceMerchant 6d ago • 100%
From an ease perspective the 40k start sets make it simple to test the rules out with minimal commitment: https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/warhammer-40000/start-here
All sold out on their site, but available at plenty of other places.
They just announced a similar Starter Set for Kill Team that looks like a good way to test out this game: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/B3EtzIYC/kill-team-starter-set-space-marines-vs-plague-marines/
If your ready to pick a faction and get painting/playing I think the 40k Combat Patrol format might be one of the easier options to pick up and play. No need to make an army list, the core roles are free, only needing you worry about knowing the stats/abilities for 4 or 5 squads. https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/7VlmRolQ/download-the-new-warhammer-40000-rules-for-free-right-here/
Kill Team is less models (7-10 per side), but they are often almost all unique and it really needs you to get some terrain set up to play right. But there are "lite" rules available for free right now that make it easier to try out: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/kill-team/
SpiceMerchant 1mo ago • 100%
In which Lemmy stops formatting posts from Pixelfed in the same way that it always has before.
SpiceMerchant 2mo ago • 100%
He's the classic metal version. I think I got him from eBay decades ago and only was ready to paint him up now that he's been pushed out.
I've also got a metal Corbulo that I think was from the same second hand lot. I'll probably get to him when the new Sanguinary Priest drops.
Edit: spelling
SpiceMerchant 2mo ago • 100%
Lol, more that seeing the new guy reminded me thati had Chaplain-with-Ball-Gag at home. It's a timeless look, apparently!
SpiceMerchant 2mo ago • 100%
Good suggestion. If I do a "real" one I think a transfer or two could help that.
SpiceMerchant 2mo ago • 100%
A bit slapchop.
I primed it Army Painter black, grey and grey/blue dry brush to make the edges stand out, heavier dry brush plus white dry brush on places to be red or gold.
Reds: Flesh Tearer contrast then another dry brush of Evil Suns Scarlet
Gold: Garaghaks Sewer, Army Painter Greedy Gold
Bone: Reaper Ion Soot (grey), Sepia Wash
Rounded out with: Sir Coates Silver, Guilliman Flesh, Magos Purple, Prismatic Bolt Speed Paint, Army Painter Strong Tone
They were mainly a color test, but I'm pretty tickled with the results.
SpiceMerchant 5mo ago • 100%
It's the Relic Envoy from GW's Cities of Sigmar, but where he is meant to be holding a sheathed sword I swapped in an AdMech rifle.
The setting is grimdark WWI with demons and plenty of crusades influence so adding guns and gas masks to AoS minis seems to work well.
SpiceMerchant 5mo ago • 100%
If anything, the blindfold is just an aesthetic because I wasn't sure how to do empty eye sockets:
"These devotees of the Church blind themselves ritually as a devotion to God and use only their faith to strike the enemies of the Church. During the Siege of St. Lux stories were told of a sniper priest killing a target 3 miles away"
SpiceMerchant 5mo ago • 100%
Not yet, but she's such a fun character that I jumped at the chance to paint her.
SpiceMerchant 5mo ago • 100%
Turns out that finger is where the ursus claw fires from all along.
SpiceMerchant 5mo ago • 100%
Time to abandon the finger and just kitbash a Power Fist Bump.
SpiceMerchant 6mo ago • 100%
Every month the official Warhammer stores will have a different mini that you can get for free. It's not something to make an army out of, but it is a great low stakes chance to paint something different or do an interesting kitbash.
SpiceMerchant 6mo ago • 100%
Yeah, the way they loom over even other marines is great. Hopefully they do more chapter specific variants as they others get their codexes.
SpiceMerchant 7mo ago • 100%
SpiceMerchant 9mo ago • 100%
There are a lot of PixelFed instances, this might get complicated.
I'd ask for https://miniature.photography but I'm one of only a dozen or so people who post there.
Someone asked about how the backdrop book looked with epic scale minis so I did a fun little photo shoot. I only have the one rhino at that scale and only the one bit of terrain to pose it on. These books and some new ones are on Kickstarter for another day or so: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonhodgsonmaptiles2/jon-hodgson-backdrops-two-backdrops-boogaloo/description [![][1]][1] [![][2]][2] [![][3]][3] [![][4]][4] [![][5]][5] [![][6]][6] [![][7]][7] [1]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/7c649620b-69b6c5/lwCMs8dRH8PK/5b7cLj6mbYTZGVsLbyN7h874a4BwL1wpUKmVvH1z.jpg [2]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/7c649620b-69b6c5/DKLAyNdvLfSi/TNvi5gxSidfg6wm4SedhxRbiEnMiVc4eMHWMyvnX.jpg [3]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/7c649620b-69b6c5/NZkufI1PaidE/WwU0Kp4wuisk6bpzrI4moJZjrO45L9pqmCEwfL7A.jpg [4]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/7c649620b-69b6c5/AmSvXtTnNLTk/LJfvn9qo1ReOy14gCmZpK8nE8oM0qXMy9is5OC47.jpg [5]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/7c649620b-69b6c5/WRU7q8VUl2KD/5dlSGGg8bkoT3F4H314GWEePerlueZkAEZDi2CYw.jpg [6]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/7c649620b-69b6c5/BLd85fdGHlBw/le9MPN2YJU6qkhsE1EXr6gbJDnDqRT0dHUoFacjk.jpg [7]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/7c649620b-69b6c5/KgR4pQsCeSNF/SFiHq0O5TzUgNNOQXD7Fe113GmEL2I5vtdi2hbJq.jpg
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11306675 > Aeldari Rangers > > Testing out a new Lemmy client instead of cross-posting right from PixelFed. > > One of my goals for this year is to finish more of the projects I left in various states previously. Since I am about to do some Aeldari Kill Teams I grabbed the Rangers off the shelf where they had been assembled, primed, and only got as far as the yellow earlier. > > After these guys I started to do combo bone/black weapons because it seemed to dull this way. I might retouch the faces later, "rosy" ended up just "pinky". > > Fun dynamic poses and it feels nice to finish them up after a long delay. > > [![][1]][1] > > [![][2]][2] > > [![][3]][3] > > [![][4]][4] > > [![][5]][5] > > [1]: > https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/3b17271c9-2ea36d/zn0SppbueDEf/QuMDqFGk4BN75uifcSoepDk5d9dBe5x6GyX5wbjR.jpg > > [2]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/3b17271c9-2ea36d/bpsmixbUfHLZ/jur6Rc7KQC3iMBLVX1dLUvSar0AMe0XlXLiU8dwx.jpg > > [3]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/3b17271c9-2ea36d/crlfRtqKoqSx/sSM0yGtEBJaSTltuTPvfJZYxt2CArSp5kghwtzgN.jpg > > [4]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/3b17271c9-2ea36d/pNY6NyQNYE78/RrXc8OKAqoYRTRAG8IONJUUbBrVwGXvjMXya4HJc.jpg > > [5]: > https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/3b17271c9-2ea36d/Z9cakBehxuoA/O9mh7nDdvhhpGXCLxX19VMLM7W0ossz4ZJcELKfI.jpg
SpiceMerchant 9mo ago • 100%
Contrast base coats and acrylic highlights.
Key players were: Iyanden Yellow, Black Templar, Army Painter Camo Cloak, Army Painter Hardened Leather, Army Painter Goddess Glow
Testing out a new Lemmy client instead of cross-posting right from PixelFed. One of my goals for this year is to finish more of the projects I left in various states previously. Since I am about to do some Aeldari Kill Teams I grabbed the Rangers off the shelf where they had been assembled, primed, and only got as far as the yellow earlier. After these guys I started to do combo bone/black weapons because it seemed to dull this way. I might retouch the faces later, "rosy" ended up just "pinky". Fun dynamic poses and it feels nice to finish them up after a long delay. [![][1]][1] [![][2]][2] [![][3]][3] [![][4]][4] [![][5]][5] [1]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/3b17271c9-2ea36d/zn0SppbueDEf/QuMDqFGk4BN75uifcSoepDk5d9dBe5x6GyX5wbjR.jpg [2]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/3b17271c9-2ea36d/bpsmixbUfHLZ/jur6Rc7KQC3iMBLVX1dLUvSar0AMe0XlXLiU8dwx.jpg [3]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/3b17271c9-2ea36d/crlfRtqKoqSx/sSM0yGtEBJaSTltuTPvfJZYxt2CArSp5kghwtzgN.jpg [4]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/3b17271c9-2ea36d/pNY6NyQNYE78/RrXc8OKAqoYRTRAG8IONJUUbBrVwGXvjMXya4HJc.jpg [5]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/3b17271c9-2ea36d/Z9cakBehxuoA/O9mh7nDdvhhpGXCLxX19VMLM7W0ossz4ZJcELKfI.jpg
SpiceMerchant 9mo ago • 100%
So much character!
SpiceMerchant 10mo ago • 100%
Nice work!
Have you done some troops too, or just the characters so far?
SpiceMerchant 11mo ago • 100%
Do you have accounts logged in on more than one instance? One of my accounts is with an instance that just updated to the Lemmy 0.19 beta yesterday which doesn't with with all clients. Once I removed that account from LiftOff everything went back to normal.
Testing uploading a photo instead of pointing to a pixelfed link. The starting arc survivors who took on the crimson crocodile!
For anyone in the US, at least, it finally showed as oh stock at [Barnes and Noble](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/combat-arena-lair-of-the-beast-games-workshop/1143059914). Lot of great sculpts in there.
[![][2]][2] [![][3]][3] [![][4]][4] [![][5]][5] I wasn't as sure about how "40k" these guys would look back when they were previewed but I think they ended up firing the aesthetic just right. Scrap tech, plenty of chaos, begging for some grim dark colorations. [2]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/c51ea9690-856390/qjnlSMxAZQWa/CUS9pLkWClpRtqAaLrTuNw4DSRttvPBKFwARYRuT.jpg [3]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/c51ea9690-856390/92s3PPYyjd63/4hlT2IsnUl1WLlJXqH04kR0IUiHXHZiDg4Z1qcK6.jpg [4]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/c51ea9690-856390/DzY4gSg3j52p/ifzHABjus4Vs4yOem971IKIjHGNNzoW8mzUX64cm.jpg [5]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/c51ea9690-856390/X6e0HOOhYZu8/c07BskRgoYXdsIom7sTJrG1cokfo6Q8Hq5umGyXl.jpg
I didn't receive a tracking number or anything so it was a wonderful surprise to see the new Kingdom Death: Monster expansion arrived today! This is a lot to unpack, time to get ready for some mental trauma. [![][1]][1] [![][2]][2] [![][3]][3] [1]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/bf0f52ff2-92677b/hIX6rk0u8VAu/J3VHylXLbwRVU4nbIKvPm4BE1GqBjt0LCkRUma8p.jpg [2]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/bf0f52ff2-92677b/Nm3e3VUBkVfh/icLggBEAaYhpMRNcve6ZkOyA6JAwDfgk25FYkA0x.jpg [3]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/bf0f52ff2-92677b/g7VT8GxEee7c/pc65cpi6fPU7a2T3TsgHhDiyZ10dd2eTJCbdIaYd.jpg
Von Ryan's Leapers and Barbgaunts. I'm not as pleased with the yellow-on-purple guns this time as I was with that scheme on the Termagants. May need to revisit that later. Also need to find a good neon tufts to help the bases give a better sense of space like @shepherd@kbin.social suggested. C&C welcome! Testing out some markup to share images from pixelfed: [![][1]][1] [![][2]][2] [![][3]][3] [![][4]][4] [![][5]][5] [1]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/bf0f52ff2-92677b/5PBV2DkFKDcN/tWwvlgywIBBzLKh3RMe01AfCMoK0bDpDnk11rYky.jpg [2]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/bf0f52ff2-92677b/vUOgyy4bKGne/Kb1kFDm9TXnwAhhkfVWQs8f1iJLIQ4x5XKjoqGey.jpg [3]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/bf0f52ff2-92677b/fuT9iaDBQ2Cj/FtssqaIFQpP1BQBiEYUGLQHLxQ11XxcUO7TVeo0G.jpg [4]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/bf0f52ff2-92677b/umoMfRzNmFKu/bFUV1YloAOLmXWrVIdAroZQA3uWkj89Nuu4pMB79.jpg [5]: https://miniature.photography/storage/m/_v2/576869903681498805/bf0f52ff2-92677b/j1mOmbjHXWUl/9tlkfuzpWHAhr9tV2DwTCAPbbVYni7L9siJQOMfU.jpg
Rounding out the five from the Combat Patrol. Not having to care about which weapon variant they use was very freeing. C&C welcome! ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/661a7dad-12ce-4809-89aa-3aeeb2c1a1b9.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b63c948f-1a08-4766-ab10-f4499f933f58.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/59deeb79-ac8b-4798-bc28-91c8b2112260.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/39636fba-d922-48bf-8ffe-5b2bd030bc81.jpeg)
Rounding out the five from the Combat Patrol. Not having to care about which weapon variant they use was very freeing. C&C welcome! ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/661a7dad-12ce-4809-89aa-3aeeb2c1a1b9.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b63c948f-1a08-4766-ab10-f4499f933f58.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/59deeb79-ac8b-4798-bc28-91c8b2112260.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/39636fba-d922-48bf-8ffe-5b2bd030bc81.jpeg)
They will need some toxic slime on the bases to really sell it. C&C welcome! ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/79972355-053b-449d-90dc-ce049a480f7f.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9e8dcf7f-f471-4f77-8fb4-ccdaf2b3c6ef.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3e1e4ed8-d958-4c68-8a81-947d62d91033.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/49f7554d-24b4-47e1-9342-b9d2f569c8c6.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b3900c6b-853d-4e57-a3a7-cda0111a747f.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d8a91a0e-e51c-4320-aa86-c74d2bb99e53.jpeg)
Finished the last piece for the new Necron combat patrol right before picking up Leviathan. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3887533e-0ce8-47a7-b3c9-3532197f2f74.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e64ae9b7-883e-41b0-baa1-32add8631ad4.jpeg) On to some Tyranids next!
Minis are from Heresy Lab. C&C welcome. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e6798d62-a61c-4b47-bfb4-b98b34431958.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/77cd0094-f674-43ad-b5c2-3f67ace2f1ab.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/af100e5d-6760-46e0-9249-d6ca69fb438e.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d1152ccf-eb63-46bd-91b2-ab9575899f9a.jpeg)
With the rules for the new Combat Patrols dropping today (https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/20/free-combat-patrol-rule-downloads-let-you-fight-fast-balanced-skirmishes-in-the-new40k/) I decided to check whether I ever finished a full patrol worth of a given faction. Blood Angels is close so I primed their Impulsor to get that done. Necrons only need the Doomstalker so that might not be too bad either. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2155e57a-b4ea-4749-b6f4-f85a84fd1490.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/bfbed2ca-2ce9-4368-ae4a-3f125786532f.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a8f8bf08-81a8-4950-8ebf-4bf727d2d888.jpeg)
![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/21ee5a49-b60f-4755-8129-064b239ea942.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/171e9b22-b652-4160-a7dd-387c8b759565.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e10dd881-b9ad-4e20-8d92-b0624d7fb048.jpeg)