Traitor converts to loyalist side

Pretty simple to remove the chaos iconography from this guy whilst keeping the cool bandoleer slung across his chest.

Below you can see him in his original state with the pointy arrows on his leg and chest. I've also filed down the ridge across his eyes and filled a few hollows to smooth out his helmet.

I'll post later with more pics of this build as i'm cracking on with it and the PC is behaving oddly so may be ofline for a few days if it goes bang. It's just my wifes knac for tinkering with all things tec that has kept it going lol just dont tell the cog boys.

When you see the next pics you will probably guess what i've planned for this guy.

Blitz

What i scored at Crewe

Got 4 metal and 4 plastic minis for a tenner including this chaos traitor marine, anyone remember what Legion he was ment for tho it dosn't matter as he's seen the light and is on his way to becoming a loyalist.

Also got this KVII, again for a tenner. I'm planning to build it up as local PDF armour to accompany some converted PDF troopers i'm planning for my inq warband.

Speaking of which here's another warm body to go along with my small but growing warband.

And finally all the minis i picked up at Crewe, the tec marine was £1.50 and the trator a quid. the plastics were about 75p each.

More soon on the trator marines conversion to a loyalist.

Blitz

Heres the pics from the Crewe Model show last Sunday above is the first test build in Europe of the Mk VII Viper from Mobius. A lot of interest was generated by this model on our stand. Thanks to Frank from Mobius for letting Ian (jargonking) build this gorgeous star fighter for our display.

And here's the big lady herself Excalibur built by Alun our illustriouse leader for the show.

And this is what it was all for, getting 11 modellers from all over the UK and one from the US (hi Jay) to build a Viper MkII and it's hanger bay and bring it all together for a mega display.

You can find the build threads for this project on the SFM:uk forum for more detailed shots of the individual Vipers coming together.

Best shot ever :)

Blitz

Panic over and one Viper done

"Who the hell are you and wheres my ground crew?"
"Caprica news net sir, I'm Poppy Cambell and this is Nate Blakewell my cam op, were here to interview you"

"No one told me about this. There's a hanger full of pilots why pick me?"

" I belive your name was picked out of a hat lietenant. By the Cag whilst you were on long range patrol"

" And i bet every slip of paper had Blitzspear scrawled on it. Wait till i see him" That's why flite control were sniggering when i got my landing instructions, the Gak heads.

" So that interview Lietenant, can we do it now or should i come back after your finished here"

"It'll have to wait i'm loading up with 4 nuclear hellstorm missiels and going after a Cylon heavy tanker as soon as my ground crew get off there butts and refule me. Anyways it'll make for a better interview when i get back.

"So your long patrol was an unaventful one Lietenant"

"Apart from spotting a lone tanker with nothing to kill it with no oh except the waist systems broke so i got a lot of yellow liquid in drinks bottles rolling around the cockpit"

Ok Lietenant i'll probably get back to you about that interview whilst you sort out your err tidying up."

"Oh i'm not cleaning that up. Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggg where are you i've a presant for ya.

Well that's my bit of the group build done and dusted and just in time for the South Cheshire Militaire www.southcheshiremilitaire.co.uk/index.asp

If any of you guys in the Wargaming world are attending there are some gaming models on display there, well there was 2 years ago anyway. It's an excellent opp to get some tools and sundries also at reasonable prices plus cheep kit bash fodder from the second hand kit sellers so if your near Crewe pop down/over/up which ever direction you may be coming from.

I'll be on the SFM:UK table just ask for Blitz or the guy that did Lady Gaga in his Viper dio LOL

Plus we have sweets and Star wars posters up for grabs but you need to say hi and also be a kid for the posters lol

Blitz

Panic stations

Watch dear reader as what i thought was 6 weeks to finish this Viper and its dio and 3 figuers to accompany it suddenly turns into 2 Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrge.

I know i do work well under pressuer but getting Fubruary 27 and March 27 mixed up is causing me to have a panic attack and swear off Major group builds, Especially ones that need finishing for a big reveal at a major model show with 9 other Vipers.

Oh and my car is lacking a spear wheel and is sounding very poorly at the mo so if i get the Viper finished i may not make it to Crewe in the old rust bucket anyway Hummmmmmmmmph.

May have to implament the secret plan B option and also ignore the family for 2 weeks, that shouldn't be hard tho.

Blitz

Hammerstine

Here's my attempt at Hammerstine the leader of the ABC Warriors of 2000ad fame. Its an old kit that a modelling buddy gave me to play with last year and i've been chopping it about and adding details to better refelct the 2000ad art work. It's not based on one particuler artists interpritation of Hammerstine tho i have leaned towards the Biz's art the most i must admit :)

Also if i try to keep in scale with Hammerstine my Mongol scratch will be about twice the size of Hammerstine, Luckely the Joe Pinapples i bashed up a couple of years ago is about the right size in comparison. Just wish there were not 7 of them :( thats a lot of Gundam/votom kits to perform frankensurgery on lol.

Paint on this after the Viper is done and dusted later this month fingers crossed.

Ps sorry about the kak spelling i've a nasty cold thats clogging my brain up at the mo.

Blitz

Progress

Yep some honest to goodness progress on real life models instead of just thinking about it and planning what i'd do if the time monster didn't eat up all my free time.

You may remember this guy from last year as a tracker/hunter type bloke for my long range recon force.

Gone a bit mad on the paint job but i'm very rusty, it seems ages since i painted a mini but happy with the overall look. if i did him again id do a lot differently but thats hindsight for ya.

Some other projects to come in the next few days unrelated to 40k but after these are done i'm planning to consentrate on 40k/inquisitor for a while before launching into another kitbash whitch will be 40k related and something i've been planning for some years now.

Hope ya like him.

Blitz