Half Track attack

First to roll off the American production line is 15 Half Tracks. Ten are for my infantry platoons, three for my HMG platoon and the last two... who knows! I'm sure they'll find a welcoming home.

Four of them are awaiting decals/transfers/stickers (delete as applicable) before they are 100% done, but they are in the post.

Already under way are six Shermans, hopefully coming to a blog near you soon...

All Your Bases Are Belong To Us Now

My Saga rules and box of Conquest Games Norman Knights arrived, so I've been assembling the start of my warband.

So far, I have completed:

4 Milites (Hearthguard)

2 Pueri (Warriors)

...And my warlord, Reynard du Ponce (He'll have a servant or two added to his base before I finish)

There are a few more Milites to go, but now I'm just waiting on the release of Conquest's plastic Norman infantry, and I'll be ready to invade!

Valkyrie - Work in Progress - Paintstation view

With the new edition of 40k now available all attention and efforts swivel to the grim future where there is only war and haberdashery; it will never die.  These two flaming comets of death have been half done for longer than I can remember.  I have an upgunned Valk standing in for a Vengence that is not far behind.  The weapons and decals to do and they should be ready for their first sortie.

*Edit* How I painted these so far

I used a black undercoat although I wish I had used grey.  I then used an airbrush to layer up GW Desert Yellow over the black; the thinned paint took several layers to get good coverage but it does allow for  emphsis on some panels as needed.  The engines and skids etc were painted with bolt gun . metal with a dash of extra black. Followed by a dark wash.  I then used MIG neutral tone around all the rivets and panel joins.  When dry I used charadon granite and a sponge to weather up the leading edges of the wings and areas of high wear.