Storm Family of Tanks. Part 2

Now that the gun housing is taken care of
I need to figure out how to swap the weapons.





This was not so hard to figure out. I attached a larger magnet on
the back side of the gun housing then to the weapon. I had to add
some scrap plastic to the two different weapons to mount the
magnets on.

Next is the "50 cal" mount for the Stormlord build in the rear. For
this I mounted small magnets on the side of the engine housing
and then on one of the 50 cal shields.

Storm Family of Tanks. Part 1

This weekend my LGS will be hosting a Tanksgiving and I've been asked
to bring some heavy metal. For this go around they will be in urban,
fresh from the factory camo gray ;)

The Stormlord and Baneblade kits are fantastic and I've really enjoyed
them. With the Stormlord kit it's possible to make six different
tanks; The Stormlord, Doomhammer, Shadowsword, Banehammer, Banesword and
Stormsword. The key difference is the position of the gun housing and
the gun make up.

With some cleaver use of rare earth magnets its possible to not glue
a couple of key parts for reconfiguring.

First off build the basic body and the crew/engine housing and any
other smaller pieces as needed like sponsons and smoke launchers.

Next I build the gun housing and attached magnets to four corners:



I also use some magnets on the body plate:



To make sure I get the correct position I use red paint to mark the magnets
and do a dry fit leave the paint there the second magnets will be glued:

501st Ork Hunters "Black Blades"

As my IG army grows and grows I like adding some
of the new fantastic range of miniatures to it,
but I also like putting my own spin on them.

I primarily run Steel Legion, but seeing as GW
has a hard-on for Catachan's and Cadians they
get the new models leaving much of the other
IG range in the dust.

The nice thing about Catachan's is they also
fit into the fluff about Steel Legion Ork Hunter
from the Armageddon Campaign book.

So to include some of the new range of models
my 450th Steel Legion has attached some 501st
Armageddon Ork Hunters to help root some Orks
out of some ruined Hives and Habs.

First up is my Gunnery Sgt. Harker model, I loved
painting this model but part way threw it I heard
a voice in my head that said: "I pity da fool"
and from that I give you Sgt. B.A. Barachas



As game terms to he an his men will NEVER deploy via Valkyrie



To this unit I'm still adding a heavy flamer, vox op and Demo charge

Next up is the Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken model, again a great model
but for the Catachan range, so now he's an Ork Hunter and will
be filling the roll of a shotgun wielding Vet Sgt.





This squad is also getting a heavy flamer, demo charge and vox op.

One step closer

I've allowed this Blog to trail off a little with a couple of post
that have NOTHING to do with Titans; I'm about to correct that.

Today I picked up an air compressor for my airbrush. I know that
the compressed air cans are not reliable enough for painting
large surfaces such as Titans.



I'll also be using this on my currently growing IG army which I will
post in a second Blog as to not bog this one down.

How the mighty have fallen

Thanks to UK Games Day we have been given a better
look at the upcoming Chaos Reaver Titan. I want
to thank everyone who went and supported GW/FW
and was able to snap some shots and I want to
thank www.warseer.com , the source of the photos.

One thing to notice, it looks like you can have
the titan close combat weapon on either arm,
how SWEET is that?

What can Brown do for you?

While working on my Chaos Warrior army and
reading over the army book I started having
visions of Grand-Ole Pappa Nurgle and read
this his Mark of Nurgle is pretty nasty
so I worked some up.

So many armies so little time

I love Games Workshop games and hobbies, only
problem is I have so much of it. I had fully intended
to start my Titans by now, and I had sort of, but I
was side tracked by some Fantasy projects and of
course Space Hulk. So, I thought I would share
some of my fantasy work to let you all know I was
still kicking.

Not a fan of painting red so I know I did not do the best I could of

and the camera has shown me that. I will touch him up.

In Space No One Can Hear You Scream

I'm so excited, Space Hulk is making a come back
though limited in release its endless in scope.
This was the game that bridged the gap between
board gaming and miniature gaming for me when
I was young and pulled me head long into my love
of the Warhammer Universe and the hobby over all.

If you have had a chance to check it out run over to
the Games Workshop web site and order your copy
today...now..do it NOW!!!

Evil Twins

Today was a happy day for Titan lovers. Games Day Germany showed
even more of the up comming Chaos Reaver Titan. Guess i should get
started on my first Titan before this one comes up for sale.

Torn between projects

Its been awhile since I posted and I have no one to blame
but myself. I missed my deadline on starting my Titans
due to other unfinished projects. I really seem to have
a hard time staying on one project at a time. Since
starting my Stompa and Titans I've found time to
finish off a Land Raider Crusader and some Ogre Kindoms





Now that those have been finished I can re.....what was I saying?

Anyway, I've signed up to do two year long painting challenges one for
40K and one for WFB, sometime in between all that I hope to
finish off my Stompa and get to my TITANS!!!

I want to paint it black

A few hours after letting the black dry I
took an old rag and gave it a wipe down.

This is tricky as that salt gets in some
hard to get places. But even the salt
I miss still "fits" with the model.

After rubbing the model down for awhile
I started noticing that I was rubbing
it off the rivets and edges so it is
also adding to the weathering that is
to come.

Paint it Black

I used some good sturdy auto body black primer.
GW primer is to $$$ to use to undercoat a model
this large.





I really like how the rust red shows threw in the
nooks and cranes. It already has some decent built
in weathering and shading and I've not even applied
paint yet.

Ork taste like chicken, just add salt

After the undercoat is dry (overnight) I borrowed
some of my wife hair spray. I'm bald so it's not mine.
After I sprayed the models with hair spray I broke
out the salt. On the larger parts one shot of spray
will not hold the salt so I did sections.

Is it rusty in here?

First coat of Rusty Brown to use a salt type paint job.
I'm going for a under coat rust look, hence the name of
the color lol.