The Imperial Guard is one of my favorite armies to collect. I've had more than one in my gaming career but I've never been very good at playing them. For a time, they were (and still are) all the rage in the tourney scene but I just can't seem to get them to work. I've tried foot slogging. I've tried mech. I've tried just about every other combo but I can't seem to win consistently with them. However, I do love painting the humble Imperial trooper. These guys are just a sample of my Valhallan IG which I'm painting up as a city fight army. There's not much different about the actual list, but I am giving all of the bases some urban rubble. I'm not too keen on the final color of the wrap/bags on the Sgt. and I think I'm going to re-paint with the standard GW color scheme. I may add some more highlights to the rubble as well so it's not so dark.

I recently found out that I'm part Ojibwa Native American and I've been doing some research on my new found heritage and all of my reading has inspired me to paint up my oldest Warhammer Fantasy army as Native Americans. I can't find much in the way of actual colors or tribal markings of the Ojibwa people, so I've picked a few natural colors as well as some red and teal to be the base color scheme for the army. I know a lot of people see the Wood Elves as Scots, Picts, or Celts, but I think the Native American look fits well with the models. I know WEs aren't the flavor of the month when it comes to gaming, but like I said before, the WEs are my oldest army and they will always have a special place in my heart.

Guess who's two thumbs, a tackle box full of dwarfs, and is going to WargamesCon 2013? This guy! I'm going to bring my BS Dwarf list. There was an update about the use of the Anvil of Doom and charging with scouts, so the list isn't as nasty as it used to be, but I think it's still a force to be reckoned with. Now, I've got to get cracking on painting a giant unit of longbeards with great weapons. In fact, I'll be putting in a lot of hours at the paint desk making sure that every model is painted and ready for the battle. The tourney organizers haven't released the format of the games or scenarios yet, but I do know through their press release that the WHFB games will be 2,500 points. My army isn't likely to change much though, but I would like to know what I'm getting into in advance. WargamesCon is in Austin, so I'll be able to save a little on my travel expenses and stay with my sister and brother in law. Kristin found a great deal...

Here is a unit of Grey Knight Terminators that I painted up - specifically to sell on eBay. The guys at the store and I thought that they would be a quick and easy to paint unit that is also in high demand that could fetch a nice price. Kraig did all of the early work by clipping and sanding the models. I primed and painted. As a test to see how quickly I could paint, wash, and seal a good looking unit and be able to flip them for a high price - I'd consider it a bit of a failure. Even using horrible silver primer, pre-bottled washes, and keeping an eye on the clock, I don't think I can paint fast enough to justify the time and expense for the the price we got at auction. Just the time I spent on painting, we got back less than minimum wage. Factor in the cost of the models, supplies and Kraig's time sanding and we were probably in the hole. However, we did learn a lesson.

Here's a my nearly finished Blood Angel Dreadnought Librarian. I'm pleased with how the force sword looks. Also, I bought a ton of mini bricks for the base and I had the intention of basing all of the models this way... Except it took about 45 minutes to an hour to lay all of those tiny bricks... I may re-think that plan.

After a challenge from a friend of mine to devise an army with as few models as possible, I picked a list using Blood Angels dreadnoughts and drop pods (I call it Drop Dread). Obviously, I haven't played it yet, and I get flack because of the new "glance to death" rules, but I'm forging on with my space vampires in coffins army. I decided to forgo the usual BA paint scheme and paint them as Angels Sanguine. I've got: 1 Chaplain 10 Death Company 2 Death Company Dreads 2 Librarian Dreads 1 Furioso 3 Heavy Dreads with Multi-Meltas 8 Drop Pods   Here's my pile of minis as they sit now. I've got everything cut from the sprues, filed down and assembled up to the point where I want to paint the pieces. These bits are waiting for the weather to warm up and be primed.     I picked up this Forge World dread just because I wanted to paint one. I plan on magnetizing the arms and under-hull weapons.    ...