Black Crak'in and Mates - Orktober 2022

Happy Orktober! If you recall, last year I painted up Captain Mogran and his crew of mercenaries. Since then I played a few games and collected a few more orks to fill in some gaps. What better time than now to paint up the new additions?!

A unit of Captain Mogran's Orkish Mercenaries scrounges through the abandoned Space Station

Searching the Stars - Eldar Adventuring Party Part 2

 As the Summer of Eldar comes to an end, I'm pleased to present to you the Eldar adventurer Niten Starsearcher and his crew of exodites!

Starsearcher and company search some ruins for ancient artifacts.

If you need a reminder of the builds, check it out over here: Part 1 Link.

Searching the Stars - Eldar Adventuring Party Part 1

When I started the Summer of Eldar project there were lots of ideas. The main focus was of course to finish painting some of the base coated Biel-Tan in the display case. I also painted up some Alai mercenaries I had started/collected. While those were great, I still wanted a Stargrave crew. I though of a crew of Corsairs, or just bulk out the Alai more; and then inspiration struck.

Here we have the beginnings of my Eldar Adventurer and his exodite companions. So far it's only modeling, but since they are some pretty extensive conversions I figured I'd show them off. 

Challenge Complete - #JusticeforGary

Over on the Oldhammer Facebook page they are holding a challenge called #JusticeforGary. It's simply a challenge to paint up a model sculpted by Gary Morley himself! A cool concept, and there is a prize, but I just like joining in to paint something new and different. So here's what I came up with:

Two Elder runners secure the objective

These are two old Dark Eldar Mandrake models, now re-purposed to be Stargrave Runners for my growing Alai Mercenary Corps. More details on them after the jump. Also, keep reading and you'll see I didn't stop at two models...

Upper Management - Biel-Tan Eldar HQ

I had originally intended to finish up another squad of Eldar for my next Summer of Eldar project. However we went away to visit family for a week and a half, so instead of delaying posts I figured I'd do something a little faster. 

This Farseer defeated a lot of enemies with his 2nd ed. powers. I miss 2nd...

Here you have the Farseer who had lead my army since the 90's, his finished warlock guard with sword (who may have been one of the last models I had completed for this army...), and a base coated warlock with a spear. 

Soldiers for Hire - Alai Mercenary Corps

There are many groups of Mercenaries in the galaxy willing to work for the right price. For some that prices is simply the right compensation, while others may seek out the right cause. Then there are Eldar mercenaries. No one knows why they show up or what motivates them. Most would agree that you don’t want to wind up opposed to them. So a group showing up on Locust 4 can spell nothing but trouble…

Eldar mercenaries search through the wreckage of a ship for some unknown reason... 

The Summer of Eldar continues with these five well armed Eldar mercenaries! It's a squad that has been in the que way too long, but are finally finished. They sport the colors of the Alai Mercenary Corps which turned out to be just as much fun as I thought!

A Craftworld Sighting!

My very first ever Warhammer 40k army was this Eldar Biel-Tan Craftworld army. Created during second edition, it served me well until 3rd came around. At that point most of my 3-4 model aspect teams needed updating to 5 model squads. It wouldn't be the last time my armies would become invalid under a new edition, but it certainly annoyed me enough to move on. So for a while it shelved the whole army, and started a new army of marines. 

I like to imagine they come from the part of the Craftworld resistant to change.

The forces made a resurgence for a short time during late 3rd or early 4th edition. I had slowly collected the missing models, got them based up for a few games. Sure, some of the figures were only base coated or primed, but they were a legal army again. I just never got around to fully painting them before I exited the hobby as a whole for over a decade. 

Orktober 2021 - Oh Captain my Captain

 Happy Halloween everyone! Though with that comes the close of Orktober. The good news is I've completed the project and finished the final members of the crew:

Captain Mogran sees the full usefulness of the other ork races.

Orktober 2021 - It's all Fungus

Today's update is three more members of my Space Ork crew, who also happen to reflect three different races of ork!

Orktober 2021 - It's Not Easy Being Green

Did you ever start spending so much time in an area, things start bothering you and you have to make changes? Happens to me a lot, and this past week it was the basement hobby area I call The Pitt (like G.I. Joe). I organized my video game closet, tore out some old wood supports for a long gone drop ceiling, removed some old furniture that didn't belong, and tossed out a bunch of stuff. Hopefully in anticipation of playing some games soon!

Then I recalled it was Orktober and I had a mission. Here's the results:

A Space Ork crew of mercenaries prepares for a new mission.

Rock on with Sarge Rockhard!

Airbornegroove26 over at Give'em Lead painted up his own Sarge a few weeks back. When I commented he challenged me to paint up my version. Challenge accepted:

Sarge sneaking his way through some battlements.