I received a bucket full of my old miniatures in the mail, you have to love parents.  I started playing 40K during the Rogue Trader days.  Back then it didn't matter what your marines looked like, because they all shared the same stats.  There weren't any rules differentiating the chapters.  I had always wanted to run a crusader army with different units identified by their chapter colors.  So I did that, and the following are my attempts to seeing that vision come true.  The models bellow are 1st generation plastic Mark 6 Corvus Armor, with Mark 7 Aquila Armor arms and weapons.  The plasma guns are 1st generation ork plastic plasma guns.  Yes, that's how old they are, orks had plasma.  Here's the kicker, all the single miniatures are made of lead. 

 Space Wolves Grey Hunters

Blood Angels Assault Squad

Blood Angles Assault Squad Battle Banner

Blood Angles Tactical Squad Battle Banner 

 Ultramarines 1st company

Ultramarines Veteran Sergeant

Ultramarines Captain

Ultramarine Rapier

Total Recall

Went to watch the new Total Recall.  I enjoyed it.  The story plot is still there, but missing the grandness of the original movie.  I never got around to reading the book, it is on my reading list.  If you are a fan of scifi and like to see see action and badass leading ladies, go check it out. 

Airbrush booth

A while back I needed a airbrush booth where I could airbrush my miniatures without the concern of ending up with a multi-colored guest room.  I looked on line for a sensibly priced booth, but I couldn't find one under $100.  I decided to make my own.  I used a large plastic storage container, a bathroom fan, some nuts, washer and bolts, and power cord. The materials cost me $60 at my local Home Depot.  Here's the result. 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Boyz in a trukk

I'm keeping busy putting together ork army lists for 40K 6th Edition.  With the new rule set changing the way we fight, old lists must be reinvented, stronger, faster.  Keeping in mind that achieving secondary objectives can mean the difference between winning and heart break, I am dedicating some points to a fast moving objective grabbing unit with zero survivability.  I will fill this role with shoota boyz in a trukk.  I don't want them to do anything other then capture an objective at the last second, or at the minimum end up in my opponents deployment zone at the end of the game.  I'm going to be painting this unit with dark, dull colors so they attract as little attention as possible.  I know it sounds silly to do so.  I have played games where I completely forget about my opponents units because I just can't register them hiding in a crater or difficult terrain.  More on this later.

Mana

I have a fondness for Mana, a Mexican rock band.  Some of their music pisses me off, but I can't stay mad at them.  Here's Mana's redition of Marc Anthony's - Hasta Que Te Conoci (Until I met you).

Here is one of Mana's hit songs Mariposa Traicionera (Treacherous Butterfly).