Imperial Knight Legs

 This is very much a slow burn WIP model, with just the legs and a few other bits finished. As you can see, just the basic leg structure has been built at the moment, without any of the armour panels or extra bits attached. This is as I extend to paint every thing separately and then combine them all towards the end of the build. The reason that I built and painted this model is because I was waiting to get some more spray paint to base all the infantry models that I’ve got built. 

I was planning on waiting until I had built and painted my Navy Breachers before starting on this model but having run out of grey spray paint and being very low on Matt black spray I decided to continue building until I could get hold of some new tins. I did actually have a black spray, that was supposed to be matt black, however it was a different brand to the one I usually use and was a lot more runny and more of a satin spray. I will use this for other pieces, such as scenery but not for models as it just isn’t very good. 

Anyway, once I hand picked up a couple of tins of spray paint, i decided that I might as well spray up the legs and give them a dry brush of silver. Now, I had been wondering about what colour to dry brush this models, as my two Armigers are dry brushed silver and gold, to make each one a little more distinctive, so I thought I should do this a different colour, but the only options are copper or brass, neither would work for the main Knight. So in the end I went with silver but I will do a lot of the highlights in gold, something the Armigers don’t have. 

In addition, I have also built up the model of Sir Hekhtur. I have no plans to run Canis Rex, it’s still a cool model and so why wouldn’t you build it? He has received his base dry brush and will get a full paint job shortly when I am painting up my other infantry units. 

I have also built up the head unit ready for painting.

Lastly the cockpit with Sir Hekhtur, also ready for painting. Both the this and the head will get some paint at some point soon, however, the main knight will have to wait awhile.

Some prep work

 Further to the last post, i have spent a couple of hours playing with some of my new toys. I don’t actually have any plans to do anything more than what I’ve done here but i was interested to see what could be done with them and if i could fix some of the issues with the models. I’ve only posted picture of the land raider here but i also had a look at the drop pod which had one of its doors stuck open. 

The land raider in its original form. In general the raider is in pretty good shape. The main hull is well built with no gaps, the assault ramp doesn’t quite close You can see on the picture below the front side doors are missing and there are some extra bits stuck on (clearer in the picture further down). Not sure what there’s bits are, I suspect there parts for different side sponsons but not sure. The crew are also a little lop sided and in need of some TLC. There is also a storm bolter missing from the rear model and I’m not sure what the front one is supposed to be doing? 

The extra bits on the front doors.

So, in a quiet moment, I decided to have a little look at the model and I ended up stripping don’t the model in to several components. The side sponsons came off relatively easily, as did the front heavy bolsters, which just fell off! The two crew took a little more persuasion but came away in one piece in the end. 

The hull of the Raider, as I said, is actually relatively well built and doesn’t need any work on it. I would like to have fixed the gap with the assault ramp but i think that’s going to take a lot of work and I’m not that bothered about it to try and split the whole side off the model and get at the mechanism. I will also look to see what i have on the spare sprues and look at switching over at least one of the crew for a different hatch. 

Luckily there were some spare side doors in the pile of loose bits, so they will be attached at some point to fill in the open doors on the side. I would have liked to switch the sponsons and the doors around but i think trying to break the bottom half of the sponsons off the main hull will be a little risky, so they will remain on the rear. 

In addition, i have also had a quick look at the drop pod and managed to release the door that had been glued in the open position. Unfortunately there has been a bit of damage to the bottom surfaces which will need some repairs or patching before painting, plus this door and one other door are no longer attached to the hull of the drop pod, so they will likely be glued shut, which leads to another problem as the death wind missile launcher inside the pod faces one of these two doors, so I may well have to sort that out, or I’ll just leave it as is. 

It will be a while till i actually get around to painting and sorting these models as i want to concentrate on my new models first rather than these second hand models but they will get sorted in the end.

Surprise addition to the pile of shame

 So the other week on the local facebook sales page someone put up a collection of old Warhammer models and bits. I wasn’t really going to go for it as the seller wasn’t wanting to split the collection and I thought that it would be more that I would be willing to pay, however, the sell wanted rid and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. So I am now the owner of a sizeable collection of old 40k models. There was a right old collection, with some eldar, nurgle marines and deamons, Orks, guard and some AoS skeletons, along side a number of marines. 

This is the completed marines, or part completed marines, that I have decided to add to my own collection of models. Mostly these are another tactical squad and part of a command squad, some old metal sternguard, some assault marines with jump packs and some scouts. In addition there is two Dreadnoughts, a Land Speeder and the Land Raider. The land raider will be finding its way in to the Eagle Knights Primaris list, even though its a first born item, mostly due to its transport capacity and assault ramp, bot of which are prefect for my blade guard and some accompanying characters.

There were also some spruces of Catachan Jungle Fighters, 17 complete bodies. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with these bodies as I really don’t need any more guard models at the moment. I will most likely keep hold of these and see whether or not the Catachans get a new release with the codex and if they do, what changes this will make to my forces and then use these bodies to fill any gaps that might appear.

A hole heap of sprues full of marine bits and pieces. There are a number of nearly full or half full sprues in here, including the remainder of the Marine Scouts who will eventually be built to join the first born Dark Guardians. Also in here are some marine bodies that will be put aside to see if there are any holes that need filling with the new rules, as I still haven’t worked through all many lists to see what’s what. There are also a number of vehicle bits that might be useful for conversions or upgrades, with at least one Razorback turret in there. 

The last item on the list is this drop pod. I’ve always fancied a drop pod but never really needed one or had the funds to buy one, as there have always been other item that I actually needed / wanted more. Now I have one however and this will also be going with the Eagle Knights primaris army, although it I will have to wait and see what units it will be taking, possibly some Intercessors will be taking a ride down.

So, some more marine units that I didn’t really need but couldn’t pass on the opportunity. How soon i get around to painting and sorting these guys I don’t know but I will.

Repulsor Executioner

 The first of my birthday presents in finished. It’s only taken a month or two to get finished but here it is. This will be going with the Eagle Knight Primaris force and was intended to carry my command elements to join the Blade guard who were supposed to ride in an Impulsor. However, with the change in the rules and the rumoured Jump Pack Assault Intercessors coming soon, I’m still not 100 percent sure who going to be riding in this beast. I suspect that some of the independent characters will end up riding in this. 

Your can see the squad marking on the front black sections, showing that this is the Command vehicle of the third company. Plus for good measure there is a Mechanicus logo by the engines. 

The rear has the same treatment, with HQ and company number alongside the Imperial Aquila, just in case anyone gets around the rear and wonders whose ride this is. I should probably paint on the Eagle Knights logos on somewhere on the side or front, as it doesn’t have any at the moment. 

What it does have however is some kill markings on the turret, I’m not sure what these are representing yet but it’s taken out two of something and one of something else. I imaging that it’s going to be two large tanks and another important vehicle with the big cannon and maybe two important characters and another character with the plasma cannon below. 

The whole lot is not glued down to make transport easy and the weapons are just push fit in, including the two main guns, so they can be swapped around as I want.  

The gunner/Tech priest on the top which still needs his chapter badge. You can also see the the various small arms dotted around the turret including the anti-air weapon at the back, moved from the turret to the rear as i think it looks better and is a little bit more realistic (not that 40k is realistic!). 

I really like this model and i will be looking at getting at least one Impulsor but with the new jump units coming out i wont be looking at multiple vehicles like i was. Also, you’ll see there has been a few more acquisitions that will also change the army list somewhat.