I've been inspired by thunderwulfen and caphminipainting (on Instagram) and I want to add more sculpted bits and weathering to my models in order to move away from the 'eavy metal style I usually paint. This is just my first step, but I'm happy with how this guy came out.  Of course, he's a Wolf Guard sergeant, the Vanguard Veteran equivalent for Space Wolves. 

Here's another of my recently finished Space Wolf Bladeguard Veterans.  It's an easy shield swap from the Wulfen, and I swapped out the iron halo for a Wulfen back pack topper - which actuality required a little cutting and sanding. I'm pleased with how he turned out, but the blade isn't my strongest work. 

If I've learned anything from playing my Dark Angels army it's that cyclone missiles are great. Like really great, so I'm adding some to my Rogue Trader Salamanders army. I'm also wavering on my plan for taking these guys to the LVO... I keep thinking about Space Wolves and painting burnout has left me converting my some wolf boys 

Yesterday, I played in a nice 18-person RTT in Kansas City (nay, Independence) at the Games Cafe, run by Away Games. I neglected to take any pictures, but Away Games run amazing tournaments and every table has pro painted terrain from Big Bear 3D and uses the GW Open terrain rules and placement. *Chef's kiss* I'll post some of their pics when they get them posted.  I brought a slightly altered version of my Deathwing list that included a unit of Incursors. The Incursors are there to help earn a few precious secondary points from Stubborn Defiance. Without a scouting unit, Dark Angels can only score 10 out of 15 points in that secondary and I thought they would be able to see me through. However, 5 primaris guys are easy to kill in the current meta and in one mission, you can forward deploy so they were kind of a bust. I would have been better off not bringing them, keeping my 2 command points, and not trying to score any Dark Angel or Space Marine secondaries. I need to stick t

Recently, I saw Crafsman's video on AI generated art and an Instagram user who created a logo using Midjourney AI's beta test, and I wanted in on the action.  I joined the Discord for Midjourney and here's what I cooked up using words like space marine, action figure, miniature, wargaming, and Dusty. I hoped to get a logo or maybe a cool color scheme for a future project. I don't know how I can use these yet, but it's a lot of fun.  Surreal and a hint of the uncanny valley. 

I just painted First Lieutenant Xerak Adorak of the Firstborn Space Marine Chapter painted for the firstborn group on Facebook. The group created its own chapter, color scheme, iconography, etc. and I wanted to play along. I had this oldhammer model collecting dust and thought this would be a good break from my Salamander painting grind. I'm not really a fan of the color scheme, or Greek letter Phi as an icon but it was kind of fun to paint. I just used my Space Wolf recipe for the grey armor, without as much weathering.

I quickly painted this 40k building for my FLGS. Even if it's not the best, it's better than playing on bare plastic. 

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Every time I read a Black Library novel, I want to paint and play the army that's featured in the book. This week, I've been rereading the Space Wolf Omnibus and I painted up this Blade Guard Veteran and took a brief break from my oldhammer Salamanders. I've  also got an idea for a converted squad of Bladeguard that I'm currently trying to buy the bits for.  I need 5 not Wulfen shields though... Let me know what you think!