New bits for Space Marines

I have normally stayed away from GW finecast due to the amount of horror stories I have heard regarding it. This has changed due to two things.  Firstly I was floating around Forgeworlda website and ended up picking up some Ultramarine Rhino doors.

I was very happy with them, and as my other half said had fun ‘pimping up’ the Rhino.

This then lead me down a narrow street that had only one exit and that was to take the plunge, risk the horror stories and purchase my first finecast figure.  I had read in a few different places that the quality over time has actually got better so thought ok let’s give it a go.

The outcome, one Space a marine Captain master of the Marches purchased.

I must say looking over the model I am very happy with the quality and there seems to be no errors.  I now plan on maybe extending my finecast collection to the other specialist captains as well.

now to build him, but that’s for another day as today is a Star Wars day for me.

What have I been working on this week.

So this week, I have gone back to 40k and have started painting up a Tactical squad for the Ultramarines.

Below is part of them.

So far I have only got the base blue complete then shaded with Nuln Oil.  I need to neaten the blue back up before highlighting and then moving on to the next part.

As per usual picking these back up I have made mad plans including a full 1st Company, transports for every squad, ect ect. Will see how long this will last and where I get to, but I am sure there will be some Space Marine models down on my Christmas list!

Also I have just managed to pick up a brand new copy of the first Ultramarine omnibus from Black Libary for £4.50 on ebay.  So thats my reading materieal to keep my interest up.

Fledgling Armies

So I thought I would show some pictures of what I have got to work with at the moment

First is my Space Marines, which will be Ultramarines

This includes the two web exclusives Captains from last year.  I will be using the tactical squad and terminators with one of the captains as my basic beginnings for the initial learning of the basic rules.

Next we have my current Orks.

I still have a squad of Nobz, Gretchins and another Killa Kan to add to this yet.  As with the Space Marines, I will use one of the Boyz squads an a squad of Nobz for the initial phase of the campaign.

Last but not least at the moment is the Astra Militarum that I picked up on Friday.

I started building the Command Squad this evening and will take some pictures once complete.

That just then leaves the Eldar, which I have still to purchase, but I think for the narrative campaign that I have to begin writing.