Acquisition Tyranids

Been a while since I have provided any real content to this blog eh...

Notice anything in that pic?
So much yellow... so many bugs.

That's right folks, Tyranids.  I have been up to my elbows in painting the 'Nid horde you see in the following pics.  These came to me by a buddy looking to off-load them.  I got them for quite a great price, and I gotta say, other than the time consuming nature of painting such a swarm, it's been nothing but a lot of fun.

Special Mission: Starport Assault

Playing with the set of clouds was rather enjoyable, I gotta say.  Just took a couple of shots on the setup and a few in-game shots.  I wanted to show the versatility of the setup, and man, was it great seeing my buddy configure the setup.  I can't believe it never occurred to me to put a bridge directly over one of the clouds, but yeah, it just reinforces the idea that I will only ever have a partial picture of the potential of the things I make.  That being said, the games we played were quite excellent.  We ended up doing 2 games on the special mission list. The setup was perfect for the "Starport" mission, and played really quickly.

From Trash to ....well still trash, but Terrain too!

What would you do if you liked to make Terrain but had a shoestring budget?  If your answer was prostitution, you are looking at the wrong kind of blog.  If your answer was dumpster diving, look no further!!

I made a small set of pieces for a monthly build contest, the theme of which was "Terrain from Trash"  Rules were very open ended, but each item must be made in the majority out of trash or recycled materials.  Gotta say, the number of entries in that month's build was absolutely CRAZY, but I learned quite a bit, mostly through trial and error.  Pics as usual after the jump.

More Urban Ruins

 So I made a few pieces for a terrain building contest on Miniwargaming.com and the theme was Recycled Goods.  I did up a few pieces, and even if I didn't win, I saw with the huge variety of entries just how versatile trash could really be.  I made quite a few pieces revolving around that idea when I have wanted to build, but not spend any money.

The idea behind this set was a quick and dirty assembly of nearly all plastic bottles/cardboard.

Ruins. Quick and Easy.

This set was quick and easy.  Nuff said right?  I have been building for a while now, so this set when handed to me was a very fast turn around.  I immediately saw the potential.  I got handed a set of brick walls made by Tamiya, and they were already red brick plastic.  I knew some finishing touches would make this set pop and it would be really painless.

Mounted on foamboard, and then flocked with a mix of sand and turf, then I just added some grass and foliage.  All I did to the bricks themselves was wash heavily in brown and then lighter in black.  Gave it a worn and dirty look.  Hit the jump for pics of the set.

Urban Set - Game Pics - Black Legion vs Daemons - 1500 Special Mission Arena

  Finally got a game in using the new urban tile set, and I gotta say, this was one of the most entertaining games I have had in a while.  I wanted a massive punchy fight, and that was exactly what I got.  A friend and I were getting tired of the same old bad guys vs Tau, so we decided to mix things up with a special mission.  Using the recently acquired Black Legion Supplement we did the Khorne Arena fight.  SO MANY MC'S AND WALKERS!!  I used every single MC and Walker model I had, and we still had to proxy a Blood Slaughterer.  It was grand.  Many pics after the jump...

Urban Tile Set

This project has sat on my shelf half finished for nearly a year.. It was primed black, and at the time it felt like it was taking FOREVER, so I put it down.  If I am not enjoying my hobby, I set it aside, and find something that sparks my interest.  In going through my basement storage area a few weeks ago in an attempt to clean and hopefully find more room to store terrain... I am finding that I had half a dozen half finished projects in various places.  That led me actually winding up said half finished projects, and TA DA!!  I finally got a great working compressor for my airbrush, and now I get to breeze though applying paint on a massive scale.

This tile set is a layer of foam-board topped with a 1" thick polystyrene foam cut into 1'x1' squares.  Yes, it is still a work in progress, but with a little color, I wanted to show my progress on it.  All of the "Sewer" tiles match up and as usual my rule of infinity configuration was my inspiration in this set.  I wanted a set that could really make a wide variety of setups, and with 40 tiles that always leaves me with extras to play around with.