Warhammer 40k: Chaos Marine Sorcerer

Another miniature I've been looking forward to painting, one of the three original Chaos Space Marine Sorcerers.

I remember when these were released and this sculpt stood head and shoulders above the other two as he just looked so evil.

That crazy helmet and Chaos star staff, he just oozed what a Chaos Marine should look like.

I never did get around to buying him but when I started picking up pieces for my old school army he was top of the list of miniatures I wanted.  Luckily GW were still selling the same mini many years later (around 5th Edition if I recall) so I picked one up and added to the hoard for later use and here we are now with him all painted up.

As an aside I've got a new camera and it seems to be making a real difference with the image quality but boy it's unforgiving!

Warhammer 40k: Chaos Dreadnought

After finishing all the squads of old school miniatures (there's plenty more modern ones to do) it was time to add some heft to the army.  I remember when the Dreadnought was released and wanting one for my Chaos Marine army but younger me couldn't afford it at the time so it brought me a certain amount of satisfaction to paint this up.

Being a bigger centerpiece miniature I did a small amount of extra highlighting just to make him pop a little more but nothing too extravagant as I'm not overly keen on the edge highlighted look.

This is the first time I've used a transfer in decades as I wasn't feeling brave enough to attempt a freehand design but the blank space was begging for something.

He's quite a beast when held in hand (talk about heavy metal) and looks great standing next to this Chaos brethren.

Kickstarter Spotlight: In the footsteps of the Mad Wizard:Forbidden Psalm Expansion

Occasionally a Kickstarter catches my eye more than most and I feel it's worth getting the word out there about it.  Forbidden Psalm is definitely one of them.

Forbidden Psalm is a miniature agnostic table top skirmish game based on/compatible with Mork Borg.  The sheer old school wackiness of the rules and aesthetic won me over almost instantly however I missed out on the initial Kickstarter for the core book but the new campaign allows you to get this and the expansion, which continues the campaign, together.

The game is very much fueled by the hobby experience where you kitbash your band of misfits to pit against whatever evil they're thrown against or perhaps you want to draw your own paper monters and characters instead?  The book is a well spring of inspiration for both and the limit is your imagination.  There is even a monster creation competition currently ongoing over on Discord and Instagram which ends with the Kickstarter (in 5 days as of posting) so why not join in and maybe you'll get your monster in the new book!

If you love random names (you might see a familiar one in the new book, wink wink), character generators, weapons tables, socks and some of the nuttiest monsters you're ever likely to fight then go check out the Kickstarter and head over to GMG on YouTube as Ash has been playing through the main campaign:

In the footsteps of the Mad Wizard Kickstarter 

Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader Chaos Terminators

When I first got into the hobby in the early stages of second edition there weren't many Chaos Marine miniatures about (or a codex), in fact all you had were the Rogue Trader minis.  This meant that there wasn't much in the way of options when it came to picking up my first unit however once I saw these in their blister packs I knew I had to have them.

Those first Terminator miniatures were unfortunately sold off when my interest waned in the hobby but when I decided to collect a second edition army I knew I had to have these for my Terminators rather than the actual 2nd Ed minis.

The paint job for these is much the same as the rest of the army but I wanted to give these chaps a little extra time due to who they are.

The Captain has some great detail with the bone armour and as he will also be used as a Lord in some games I wanted to give him a Daemon sword rather than a power weapon.  Contrast paints worked great for this and gave it the otherworldly feeling I was after (he really stands out now).

My original Skullface had a power sword and combi-bolter but he's had a bit of a mix up this time getting an autocannon and chain chainfist, for when he gets up close and personal.

The Heavy Flamer has a great flame motif on his shoulder which I painted in red at first but I felt the the balance of the miniature was off so I went over it in gold and he looks much better.

Last up there are a couple of standard termies to round out the unit.

Though they are quite small by modern standards there's still something about these sculpts that hasn't been bettered in my eyes and they've been a real joy to paint.