Death Korp of Krieg - Minotaur

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Warhammer 40,000 – Sometimes I feel like the designers at Forgeworld watched way to much “Pimp My Ride.” (You know the 2000’s era MTV should that had car customizers put ridiculous upgrades on questionable vehicles.)

The Minotaur feels like one of those cars, hey we heard you like Basilisks so we put a Basilisk in your Basilisk. When my kids saw me painting it they were like, “Wow you can shoot the guns and go faster…” and now I can get that image out of my head.

Apart from the weird paths the vehicle design takes my mind, the kit is very cool. Death Korp are known for siege warfare so having this artillery piece join the rest of the force. The scheme is a pretty simple camo pattern that is easy to do with a bit of patience. When using painters tape on resin models I’ve found it’s important to give your paint a full 24 hours to cure between coats.

Custodes - New Ride

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Warhammer 40,000 – Having super elite troops is one of the staples of playing an Adeptus Custodes army. The problem with having super elite troops walking across the table is one bad batch of dice rolls can mean they never make it across the table.

This transport brings some much needed additional mobility to the golden boys. Painting follows the more basic tabletop scheme I painted up a while back.

Down with the Sickness - Black Legion Plague Marines

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Down with the Sickness - Black Legion Plague Marines

Warhammer 40,000 – Death Guard are gross. This project is adding some special characters, greater daemon, basic troops and blight haulers to an existing Black Legion/Death Guard force. The initial force was a bunch of terminators who were part of a very nasty list. This scheme is unique to allow flexibility with the other models in the range while keeping a consistent look across the force.

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Black Legion on the Horizon

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Warhammer 40,000 – Black Legion is one of the more popular color schemes for Chaos Marines. It’s iconic and ties in with the big bad of the faction so most people who play Chaos Space Marines have at least toyed with the black and gold scheme.

This Vindicator and Maulerfiend are both part of a Black Legion force that I’ll probably be painting a little at a time. The scheme is the same as most of the other Black Legion models I’ve painted starting with a dark gray base and shading to get the black right with gold trim.

Silent King - Necron Overlord

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Warhammer 40,000 – The new Necron range is very cool. After years of sitting on just a few kits Games Workshop has finally updated the entire range to bring them in line with current modeling standards. I for one am super happy the glowing acrylic rods are a thing of the past, they didn’t add much to the models and made painting and assembling unnecessarily complicated.

Having painted a few of the new kits I was excited to see the big boss come across my table. The Silent King is one of the signature “BIG” kits that has been dropping with each new release. This model is huge, complicated and stands as a centerpiece for your force.

Of course to match the existing force this guy is supposed to go with I had to match the scheme I’ve been painting with the very generic silver black and green. I’m happy with the results sticking to a simple scheme on a complicated model really helps to tie it all together.

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More Indomitus Crusade

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Warhammer 40,000 – The Indomitus Box has so much good stuff in it that its no surprise another set has found its way onto my painting table.

This time around part of the set is for a Death Watch force and part of it is going to be used for a Dark Angels force. Both of these are painted to match existing forces that I’ve been painting on and off over the last couple of years.

Necrons - Alternate Colors

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Warhammer 40,000 – Necrons are usually printed boring to paint. Gunmetal with a wash and glowy bits means they’re simple to crank out. This project I had to come up with a different color scheme that looked cool but was just as easy to crank out.

Since Necrons are essentially skeletons in space I opted to work on a color scheme that feels bone-like but different. My solution wash to start with a khaki base coat with a heavy wash. Once that dried I applied a off-white dry-brush to the whole model to pick out the details and smooth any pooling from the wash. I then picked out the details with a neon green and gold before applied a wash to each of those colors. The end result is a different looking scheme that is easy to replicate quickly.

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Flying Saucers with Death Rays?

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Warhammer 40,000 – Necrons find their way to my table in tiny bits, I’m not sure why that is with this army in particular but I rarely will get asked to paint a whole force in one go. instead it seems I get little bits of random pieces salvaged from bargain bins. This is the traditional black green and silver scheme.

Iron Hands Successor Chapter - Additional Elements

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Warhammer 40,000 – This Iron Hands Sucessor Chapter has been slowly coming together. While it’s my least favorite way to paint an army the color scheme for these is simple enough that I don’t mind the piecemeal nature of the project.

Blue and Gold - Eldar Finished

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Warhammer 40,000 – This batch of models completes a good size force of space elves. A pretty simple color scheme at my basic level can get a nice looking army of the table quickly. This is ideal for players that want to get those 10 points for being fully painted in ninth edition without breaking the bank.

Rising Phoenix

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Warhammer 40,000 – The plastic Jain Zar model is so good I’ve painted a few of them. Not much more I can say about it.

Dark Angels - Indomitus

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Warhammer 40,000 – Dark Angels getting rolled into the main Space Marine book is a good thing. In fact thiis ninth edition change for all the Space Marines is the right direction. Getting all factions on the same page to avoid the random, Well out Storm Shields cost XX and do YY instead of ZZ.

With the supplement that was recently released they’re getting some cool unique options that give the First Chapter a bit of flair.

Hivefleet Levithan Gets Some Super Sized Support

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Hivefleet Levithan Gets Some Super Sized Support

Warhammer 40,000 – Dimachaerons are giant bugs that are about the same size as an Imperial Knight. Their rules like most Forgeworld units have jumped from pretty ok to really good to overcosted and back again. Regardless of the edition or current rules the models are really cool and make a great center piece for any force.

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Death Korp - Still Viable in Warhammer 40k?

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Death Korp - Still Viable in Warhammer 40k?

Warhammer 40,000 – The Death Korp were one of those fancy Forgeworld Imperial Guard factions that had a special army list with weird rules and points costs that would alternate between way over costed and broken depending on the units or edition of the game. Recently Games Workshop revamped all the existing Forgeworld units and put any that didn’t have models or were discontinued got put into Legends which caused a bit of an uproar. So are Death Korp still viable?

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Thousand Sons Kill Team

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Thousand Sons Kill Team

Warhammer 40,000 – Happy New Year! I’ve never had the opportunity to play against the Thousand Sons in Kill Team, however I have a regular 40K opponent that plays them and he’s mentioned they’re tough to pull off in Kill Team. This set is part of a matched set for a travel Kill Team set, the other half consists of the Grey Knights I painted up last year.

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