The seven year old is hard at work on his Terminators. You can see the remains of his first wash spill on the corner of the cardboard there

The seven year old has steadier hands than me

Nice work.

No lack of competition for this dubious laurel, but I think out of all the Imperial incompetence on display in the Imperial Armour Siege of Vraks series, the single most egregious, impossible-to-suspend-disbelief, incoherently stupid, what-army-could-ever-behave-this-way moment is when it is revealed that the 88th Siege Army has made zero provision for aerial or even anti-aircraft capability.

Not some random isolated company, the entire several million man army.

Impossible

In my youth I would fantasize about having the money to buy more models than I could paint

Now many years into my adulthood of steady accumulation I fantasize about having the time to paint them

Four or five years ago when I set out to do an Imperial Guard army I'd intended to do a mixed army of many regiments, with resin Death Korps miniatures strategically integrated in key places. I had Steel Legion minis for troops, some Vostroyans for special weapons, Tempestus Scions for elites, regular plastic vehicles, and the Death Korps for things like command squads, commissars, and tank commanders.

But over time it's been consolidating into a resin Death Korps army, and now the only plastic kits I've got left are three Basilisks and a Baneblade.

I feel that the logic dictates that I sell off those Basilisks and that Baneblade

but...

I like Basilisks

and that Baneblade

the real logic is this: Baneblades and Basilisks are cool. Therefore, keep 'em. The Emperor hath bestow'd these tools upon you, that ye may smite His foes most righteously! Spurn not His largesse!

damn, so true bestie

the Emperor protects

Four or five years ago when I set out to do an Imperial Guard army I'd intended to do a mixed army of many regiments, with resin Death Korps miniatures strategically integrated in key places. I had Steel Legion minis for troops, some Vostroyans for special weapons, Tempestus Scions for elites, regular plastic vehicles, and the Death Korps for things like command squads, commissars, and tank commanders.

But over time it's been consolidating into a resin Death Korps army, and now the only plastic kits I've got left are three Basilisks and a Baneblade.

I feel that the logic dictates that I sell off those Basilisks and that Baneblade

but...

I like Basilisks

and that Baneblade

For all intents and purposes, I have switched over to Battletech from 40k.

However I don't think I'll ever get rid of my 40k stuff. Maybe some of the stuff I never unboxed, sure. But all the stuff I painted and worked hard to kitbash? That's probably staying with me.

Kotobukiya 1/100 Metal Gear REX, completed in 2015, in honor of the 18th anniversary of the Shadow Moses Incident on 28 February, 2005

Reposting for anniversary of Metal Gear Solid’s release in Japan on September 3, 1998

I literally just bought and assembled the metal gear ray version, the decals make me nervous

REX didn’t have decals. Gotta say that one looks pretty good, though I wish they’d done the Marines version with the tail

Makes me want to pull my half size 3A Metal Gear Rex out of the box again.

fun fact

it is physically impossible to prepare the correct amount of Green Stuff

man, warhammer is expensive as hell

Finally finished the “London detachment” of Death Korps of Krieg miniatures I bought in London in Fall 2022.

It’s made up of elements of the 173rd Krieg Infantry Regiment, 251st Krieg Siege Artillery Regiment, and the 32nd Heavy Tank Company

Detail photos for the different markings and uniform styles for armor, infantry, artillery, and cavalry.

Death Korps of Krieg 251st Siege Artillery Regiment Earthshaker Cannon 1-A « la Maquerelle » with crew

Death Korps of Krieg 251st Siege Artillery Regiment Earthshaker cannon crew

I’m a little intimidated by this project

There you go

Death Korps of Krieg 32nd Heavy Tank Company Macharius Vanquisher no. 1 “le saint Georges”

Death Korps of Krieg Commissar with ancient Terran stubber pistol

when I was floating this idea a lot of people said trying to give him a C96 wouldn’t work out

who’s laughing now bitches