tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43564717864166670032024-02-07T04:23:32.982+00:00Mind of the DaemonBig Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-32213328083850294252016-06-12T22:10:00.000+01:002016-06-12T22:10:58.932+01:00The First Tank......It was going to happen sooner or later, though when it did happen, I was pleasantly surprised.....<br />
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No, not that you perverts, I painted the first vehicle for my German force, a StuH 42. Probably my favourite of the German tank designs, yes the gun is in a low hull mount but the whole thing looks stubby and brutal.<br />
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One of the things keeping me from starting them was being unsure about how to apply a decent scheme without an airbrush, though that was soon solved by using a trick I found on youtube - firstly stippling the stripes on using a 50/50 mix of the stripe colour and the main colour, then using the stripe colour over the top to give a soft edged finish.<br />
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I've not added any weathering to this one for now as I wanted to get the paint recipe right before I start flinging mud and chipped paint everywhere. I think a bit of mud in the guts of the tracks and flicked up the side skirts should do the trick, while I'll probably keep any chips to heavy wear areas.<br />
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<br /><br />One of the things I'm pleased with and disgusted at in equal measure is the comment from my wife that it look like a shop bought paintjob, and in some respects she's right. I mean, everyone paints German armour and it all looks the same for the most part. What I need to do is work out how to make it mine. I think a few bits of stowage would help, as would taking panels out of the skirts. The rest of the tanks I've got built are all straight from the box jobs so I'll be going back over those in turn.<div>
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Big Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-71367642894978147482016-06-11T00:04:00.000+01:002016-06-11T00:04:39.289+01:00German Field Guns.....A jump back to World War 2 tonight as I finally decided it was time to get a few decent photos of my recently finished Waffen SS field guns.<br />
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These 3 gun teams took me about a year to get round to for a couple of reason. Firstly, I wanted to get the bulk of the infantry done first and secondly, Warlord's field guns have a reputation for being a pig to build. I'll be honest, they weren't fun but a few pins and some liberal application of super glue means they shouldn't be coming apart any time soon.<br />
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The crew are in a mix of field grey and SS camo (which I'll be glad to see the back of!) while the guns themselves were used as a test for a dunkelgelb coloured spray from Flames of War (I think it may have been changed since I picked the can up). It's made by Army Painter (who's sprays I tend to avoid) but it worked a treat. A quick wash/drybrush combo with some sponge chipping for weathering and that was that.<br />
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One thing of note is the bases. I was originally going to use some of the large oval bases by <a href="http://www.renedra.co.uk/index.php" target="_blank">Renedra</a> but found they were a bit too big for what I wanted. I remembered I had a bunch of ovals by Games Workshop and eyeballed the fit, between a couple of sizes for the different gun sizes I was onto a winner. They were used as templates to carve flat bases out of 3mm plasticard.<br />
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Big Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-65646312844478457132016-05-31T17:23:00.000+01:002016-05-31T17:23:14.499+01:00Yet more Chaos.....It always happens. Come back to something with a bit of enthusiasm and then you can't do it for a while. That's why I didn't post anything the last week or so or get back to comments (apologies!), A couple of days after I last posted it was time to leave the paints and desk behind for a while and take some much needed time away with the wife.<br />
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We spent a week in Cornwall, right next to the sea. Loads of awesome stuff to see including a couple of castles, one of which gave me some awesome ideas for building some Dark Ages terrain but that's for another time.<br />
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Before we left though I did start on another character for my AoS Chaos force in the shape of a Sorcerer Lord. Again went with the chipped black and gold with a dark grey robe and some red as a spot colour. A couple of hours and some basing when we got back and he was good to go.<br />
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When we got back from our break I took delivery of a copy of Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower, at some stage that will get broken into for playing and adding the Tzeentch elements to the force. I may even pick up a few more of the monsters to expand the units.<br />
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One thing that it did get me doing first was looking at other heroes, particularly ones that could do double duty in my force. I've had a half painted Lord of Plagues (or the plastic Nurgle Lord given that when I started painting it, it had a square base!) sat waiting for finishing for a while so off the square base it came with a round in its place.<br />
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Big Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-9306850529634296732014-05-26T12:54:00.001+01:002014-05-26T12:54:48.772+01:00More Terminators??!!Time for another post I think...<div>
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That plus GW dropping 7th ed 40k makes for a pretty eventful few days. I'll leave the analysis of the rules to others better suited but with every edition I seem to be falling further out of love with 40k gaming, though i'll always come back to the figures and world. I've got too many army projects i'd like to see come to fruition to simply drop it right now. Most of my dice throwing comes from Bolt Action these days, and given that Warlord is working on Rick Priestley's new Sci-Fi game based on the Bolt Action mechanics, I can see that becoming one of my go to games in the future.</div>
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The Cataphractii are set up in a similar way to the previous unit (well, the first half of the unit as it's now 10 strong) with a plasma blaster, combi-plasma and a power fist in addition to the combi-bolters and power axes. Should make a mess of most things they come across.</div>
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<li>I'm a huge cat lover. We've currently got 3 - Tank, Lilith and Bryan.</li>
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<li>I'm the current chairman of my local gaming club, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Ammobunker.South/" target="_blank">Ammobunker: South</a>.</li>
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As i've mentioned before i'll be going through the existing army at some point in the future and documenting the process of refurbishing them, this chaps and the Contemptor previously shown are the start of the project, as longs as I don't get bogged down on other things first.......<br />
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I've been procrastinating as per usual the last day or so and in doing so, made mistakes. That'll be the Breacher's shields into the stripper then. I didn't let that stop me though, and got the transfers and armour basecoats done on them so I can now move onto the chipping.<br />
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Also had a package of Cataphractii Terminators turn up today so i'll move onto those next, taking the squad to 10 strong. Might have to change some of the weapon fits around on the current squad, the idea of two Reaper Autocannons is quite appealing.....<br />
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I fancied doing a small project over the xmas period as I had the time off and thought a new lord for my post Heresy Death Guard would fit the bill, Typhus can't be everywhere after all. Wanted something cheep and cheerful to lead a Terminator unit so out cane the Burning Brand and a Power Axe.<br />
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Conversion wise he's quite involved, using parts from FW's Death Guard Terminator and Lugft Huron kits, a handful of parts from the Terminator Lord kit and a head from the recent recut Tactical Squad sprue. A few extra Nurgleish details and he was ready for the brush.<br />
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For now, thanks for reading.Big Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-46679636984488848792014-04-21T21:04:00.000+01:002014-04-21T21:04:40.534+01:00Rising, in a zombie like fashion.......For some reason (well, after seeing my blog pop up on the small but perfectly formed blog roll of <a href="http://agalaxyinflames.blogspot.co.uk/">A Galaxy In Flames</a>, cheers fellas) I decided it'd be worth a new post to show off a couple of things i've done recently that im particularly proud of.<br />
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First up is a freshly painted unit of Grave Wardens for my Heresy era Death Guard army, some of my favourite figures from Forge World's Horus Heresy range. They've been sitting in a box waiting for paint from release day but for various reasons only got a look in over the last couple of weeks.<br />
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Not the last of my trip back to 30K, or the Death Guard for that matter.....<br />
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The second thing I wanted to showcase was a project i've had on my mind for the last year or so, well, at least since I saw the Death Guard Legion Contemptor. I knew I needed to corrupt it to fit with my 40K Death Guard, I just needed to decide how.<br />
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Thematically I wanted to tie the Contemptor to the same look as the Death Guard Terminator kit by Forge World, primarily using the spikes on the top of the body, the broken pipe work and the boils.<br />
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I had a lot of fun putting it together, the next one will be in the white of the 30K Death Guard. I had though of keeping the weapon loadout the same on both pre and post Heresy machines but a Mortis with two assault cannons is too cool a weapon to pass up. I might have to play about with some magnets.......<br />
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Lastly today, a peek at what im working on next. Just before christmas I finished the first 5 figures for a Breacher squad, though it might be time to finish them off before moving onto something fun.<br />
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On a brighter note, I finally managed to finish up the first full 20 strong Legion Tactical Squad for my Heresy-era Death Guard army. Bit of procrastination to get there but I'm very happy with how they turned out.<br />
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The Sergeant is my favourite figure in the squad, probably as it's the only figure that isn't holding a bolter across it's chest! Still, a squad this size will make a mess when it finally gets onto a table.<br />
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Lastly, the behemoth that is a new Space Marine codex is on the horizon. Personally I can't wait, having played Marines since I got into 40k close to 20 years ago. I'm going to put my hands up and admit I was tempted to paint a new Ultramarines army with this release, but good sense over ruled, coupled with a desire to see the Centurions in a Minotaurs scheme. Speaking of which i'll come back in the week with an update on the Cataphractii and a glimpse into what i've already done with the Minotaurs.Big Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-1521781192407169072013-08-11T00:00:00.002+01:002013-08-11T00:00:35.166+01:00Of Lizards And Men.....As I mentioned in my last post I'm looking at putting together a Lizardman army, using my good lady wife's cast off figures. It was mainly down to needing an excuse to paint the new monster kits, the Carnosaur in particular, which I think is one of the best looking big kits GW have released.<br />
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I've always had a fascination with dinosaurs so I struggled to pick a scheme - should I stick with the 'traditional' blue or go with something else? I thought of using a more natural scheme on the basic troops but came to realise that they'd end up blurring into the base. Back to the blue then. It does mean I can go with a more natural scheme on the big fellas.<br />
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Next up another 5 Mk3 Astartes for my Heresy era Death Guard army to add to a Tactical Squad. For those not familiar with Forge World's excellent Betrayal book, Tactical Squads can be up to 20 Astartes strong - with the Death Guard's preference for infantry assaults a 20 strong squad was to me the best place to start the army. This will be 11-15 of the squad, with the command element to add last.<br />
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The wonderful British weather has well and truly buggered me the last few days. I'm very sensitive to heat, and being a grumpy sort to begin with my fuse gets a bit shorter the hotter it is. It also means that trying to paint anything is an absolute nightmare as the paint decides to dry up before you get it on a brush, let alone on a figure.<br />
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I did however manage to finish off a unit of Forge World Tartaros Terminators to add to my growing Minotaurs Space Marine army (i'll show that off in another post). They were an impulse buy at the 2012 Forge World Open Day and hadn't been touched since. I had a look at the parts and made an immediate call to Forge World as the castings were disgusting to be frank. The replacements weren't that much better but workable.<br />
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I'll be the first to admit it's not my best paint job, I just wanted to get them finished and off my desk. I did however have a bit of a brainwave - none of the figures come with any kind of purity seals or scroll work sculpted on, something I didn't spot until they were practically finished. Enter the Grey Knight Terminator kit and a handful of long flappy purity seals later the unit was complete.<br />
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On the subject of cleaning off my desk, my next project presented itself - a 10 man Heer Infantry squad for my Bolt Action German army. Bit of a departure for the blog as normally I'm a 40k guy, but I was really captured by the mechanics of Bolt Action. Also lets me dip my toe into historical gaming.<br />
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Instead of the 'you go, I go' system that 40k uses, Bolt Action uses a container that holds a selection of counters for each player. A counter is drawn, and the player who's counter was drawn completes an action with one unit - whether it be move/shoot, run, overwatch, ambush or similar. Once that action is completed, another counter is drawn and the process followed again until there are no more counters in the container. At that point the turn is over and the counter is re-filled. Doesn't sound that exciting now I've gone back and re-read that but it's great in practise and well worth checking out if you fancy a break from 40k or other GW games.<br />
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I've had the above squad sat on my desk in that state for at least 3 weeks now, think it might be time to get them finished. My Germans tend to get a pretty basic paint job as it's more a gaming army than anything else, though i'll make sure the vehicles get a decent job with some weathering and other effects.<br />
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With any luck the next update should be some more work on the Germans, really does depend on the weather. Thinking the evenings will be the best bet.Big Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-21045692178784727612013-07-12T21:17:00.001+01:002013-07-12T21:32:04.122+01:00Ramble On......<div class="MsoNormal">
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I’ve seen blogs fall by the wayside in a similar manner to
my own, and i’ve seen them go from producing average content every so often to
great content on a weekly basis. While real life can always get in the way
(remember my spinal surgery a couple of years ago? That gets to happen again
soon!) the blog always seems to sit there like the loyal pet, waiting for the
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way to go considering the slapdash nature of the updates but It seemed to gain
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Big Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-50229103832251265902013-07-10T18:54:00.001+01:002013-07-10T18:54:18.912+01:00Hmmm, is this thing on?Well, just over 2 years later and I come back to the blog. Just feel drawn back to the idea of it I think.<br />
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<br />Big Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-3322831000582229352011-06-19T18:30:00.001+01:002011-06-19T23:55:10.978+01:00Another day, another late blog post.......I think at this point im stuck with sporadic blog entries, for those that visit occasionally hoping for a new post, I apologise. I think If I can manage a new post at least once every 2 weeks then i'll be happy. Anything on top of that is a bonus.<br />
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On a modelling related note, i've been a slave to Forge World the last couple of days hacking away at Renegade Militia torsos to get arms that fit with a minimum of green stuff work. Im not afraid to throw a bit of the ol' green onto a fig but I resent paying top dollar for parts and then they fit badly.<br />
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But I digress. I've actually managed to get the 2nd and 3rd Autocannon teams I want in the army assembled, with the 4th on the way. The majority of the time is spent hacking up bases and plasticard to make a slot in the base for the 2nd crewman to go - I was torn between modelling each as mini dioramas or making the crewman removable for ease of keeping track of wounds. Seeing as the bases on my Nurgle Militia are quite plain, I went for the latter.<br />
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</div>Big Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-58297565944200324672011-06-05T15:51:00.000+01:002011-06-05T15:51:38.472+01:00More Undeath?One day I will get this whole posting frequency thing sorted. One day.<div><br />
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Been a strange few weeks in world, most of it spent in agony due to a bout of Sciatica - still on pain meds with potential surgery incoming.<br />
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Went off to Germany for a week with the wife, the majority being pretty uneventful until we hit a town called Darmstadt, where our host introduced me to a friend of hers that owns a FLGS, full of everything you'd expect in a decent store. The owners english was very good so we spent the best part of 3 hours talking hobby.<br />
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After having a look about I spotted a holy grail of sorts, a rack of OOP and generally old GW stuff, a lot of it from around 15-20 years ago, the oldest figs being Dark Elf Cold One Riders, back from the times when the mount was as skinny as the elf riding it. Not being a Dark Elf player I passed, but soon discovered some useful stuff.<br />
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GorkaMorka Digga Trukk (soon to be converted to Traitor use), a Chaos Blood Bowl team, blister of Chaos Cheerleaders and 2 blisters of Plague Marine Special Weapons, from the time of the current metal Plague Marines and shortly discontinued. Pretty chuffed with these as they were all mint, the boxes themselves still being shrink wrapped.<br />
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As a side note, if anyone has any of the old Chaos Blood Bowl minis to shift, let me know!<br />
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Later that evening we headed off to a Goth Club, strangely enough called Das Biergarten. Excellent night all round, much beer was consumed and much hobby was spoken of (the FLGS owner is a regular). It's quite an odd feeling hearing Rammstein in a German club.<br />
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Then we came home, and my cat died. Hit me pretty hard as he'd grown up with me since I was a child. In spite of that, I went out and got myself a new tattoo to remember him by.<br />
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Then, <a href="http://s3.zetaboards.com/The_Ammobunker/topic/7485856/1/">The Spider's Web</a>, <a href="http://www.ammobunker.org/">The Ammobunker forum's</a> Games Day table for this year started taking shape, with myself deciding it would be a great idea to co-ordinate the kill teams. Got a room to build for that so keep an eye on the thread for all the progress.<br />
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We're nearly at the end, hang on.<br />
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After a few days of organising GD stuff I figured I better get some of my own painting done to ward of the madness. Enter some Zombies. 5 of exactly the same zombie figure (seeing as i've got 13 of this fig alone) to make a start on the 25 i've got to do. Im aiming to get these done in time for the Ammobunker Open as im planning on taking down a Nurgle Traitor list with me.<br />
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Nice and quick these, lots of washes and hardly any highlighting. Real lazy painting.<br />
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For those of you that made it to the end of the wall of text, cheers. For those that didn't read the text and just looked at the pictures, shame on you! A large man will be knocking on your door shortly.<br />
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In the coming weeks there'll be a couple of Retrospectives, first up will be the next instalment of the Space Wolves series, then a series on my Death Guard army.<br />
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Thanks for reading.Big Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16258749124354709222noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356471786416667003.post-87808793100769919772011-03-30T22:51:00.000+01:002011-03-30T22:51:38.209+01:00Well that was a slog......Finished up another pair of Sanguinary Guard today, much later than I wanted. Ideally i'd be pitching them out at roughly 1 every 2 days, but im starting to hit the wall.<br />
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Every army painter knows this wall, it's the one that reads 'paint something else'.<br />
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Need to push on though, got too many projects lined up that I want to start.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Something else I promised for the weekend that didn't get delivered was the army list im working to. Well, after some thoughts on the list, here it is</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Ideally this would of been posted a few days ago as I wanted to do a write up on the army list today, instead i'll post that at the weekend.<br />
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Lack of speed aside, i've managed to get the first squad of Sanguinary Guard complete. Very pleased with this as i've managed to paint 5 white armoured marines without harming myself or anybody else. Only another 15 plus characters to go......<br />
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Not sure how im going to do it but im aiming to get 1750 points done before june. I'll be throwing up a list next week to see what everybody thinks.<br />
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