186 Final Veterans Finished (with new camo).

Yup - I finally finished the last of my veterans models.

Here they are (photos taken in weak winter light):
You'll note they're different. The plasma gunner is one I started two years ago, so I finished him up as he was always intended to be:

The grenade launcher is an experiment: I really didn't fancy painting more of my traditional DPM camouflage, so I tried something new on a whim...and I like how it turned out:

It's very simple: Scorched Brown drybrushed over a basecoat of Dark Angels Green and followed by little clusters of three dots of Bleached Bone.

The third chap is different because he was thrown in as a freebie with an eBay win, but his melta gun was needed, so he's joined the ranks of the veterans.

Well, that's another unit to tick off the big list then!

Cheers,

- Drax.

185 The Dangers of Outside Photography

Boo!

No - really: this is our neighbours' kitten, Boo, who - in between chasing our brave and stately old dog around the garden - has taken an interest in my models. Enjoy the pics.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

And the carnage continues:

I've no idea whether Boo is a boy-cat or a girl-cat, but (s)he's really sweet! I should point out that one of the boys who own Boo also named his guinea-pig 'Bonecrusher'.

Genius.

Until next time, then...

- Drax.

PS: check out the great battle report posted recently by Iron Legion here.

184 Officer of the Fleet

Hey,

This is the other model I completed recently - my Officer of the Fleet:

Not the best paint job ever, but the face and hair were really awkward. Like my recent Marbo, he didn't photgraph well; he looks far better in real life, especially the colour palette. Trust me.

Some of you may recognise him as Maximillian Weissmann - he's the commander of the Forgeworld baneblade Arethusa, but here he makes an apt model for my fleet officer.

For those of you who've not seen her, I've yet to paint up my baneblade, Zarathustra, but I've had both models for about eight years now - when I decided to get back into the hobby.

In case you were one of the readers who kindly wished me luck, we only got to play one game this weekend just gone (an unfortunate but understandable combination of unpreparedness and unfamiliarity with 5th Ed - not on my behalf) but my side won right at the end. It was fun.

Cheers,

- Drax.