I made a little video which shows the tank in all its splendor :
The Leman Russ tank finished
I finished the Leman Russ tank by detailing the tracks
and adding the last rivets and other detail to the sides
This finishes the build of the tank. Now i will start to build the stage for the band. I started with building the supporting iron beams:
These were build from 3mm thin polystyrene parts glued to form a I beam. I cut the strips with a special gadget for my polystyrenecutter :
this device helps in cutting ultra thin polystyrene boards . The thinnest I can manage is 1mm.
More to come. what I still have to do is the stage the sound system, the drum set and some ork decorations like a board displaying the name of the band.
Kiepen Con 2018
I have been to the Kiepen Con in Münster Germany yesterday. a new convention now in its second year. Very nice little con with beautiful games and an x wing tournament. This year there were so many games that there was literally no space left for a bring and buy which they had last year. Here are pictures of the venue:
Now the games:
A very beautiful blood and plunder game:
A Steinhagel ( a german rules system) game:
Runewars:
Guildball:
Bloodbowl:
Frostgrave:
A very well done Dungeon quest game;
Battletech:
Of gods and mortals:
Daleks in Münster:
The bring and buy:
The x wing tournament in full swing:
A very good little convention in the heart of the Münsterland . I am pleased we have a convention so near to my hometown now. I think maybe next time the venue should be a bit bigger to let a bring and buy be possible again. Maybe a few more traders would be nice. I will be definitely back next year.
Started to put rivets and other detail on
I started to put rivets and other small detail onto the Leman Russ:
The rivets were made with a rivet mould from greenstuffworld .
Next will be more detailing of the tracks and the sides of the tank so many more rivets to add.
Oathmark Elves revealed
Oathmark Elf Infantry by Northstar. These are the first pictures of the very first figures from Renedra’s factory. 
A comparison with a Oathmark Ork:
A painted three up:
Pre orders will be possible from April on. watch this space for pictures of the frames.
Further progress with the ‘build something’ contest 2018
I did some more work on the Leman Russ tank. The tank will be without turret as it will be used as a rolling stage for a Ork Rock band. So instead of the turret there will be a stage complete with speakers etc. I added some more detail to the tank . Next step will be adding the tracks and the track guards.
Any comments welcome.
Leman Russ tank next steps
I did some more work on the Leman Russ body yesterday. The rough detailing started.
size comparison with one of the band members.
Thats how it looks at the moment.
Start of my entry to the build something contest on Lead adventure forum
I will participate in the build something contest over on Lead adventure forum. You can find the contest here. Feel free to vote once the voting commences .
My entry will be a Ork Goff Rock band for my Ork Warhammer 40000 army. They will get a moving stage in the form of a looted Leman Russ tank. The tank will be a scratch build version to the so called Ruhr pattern. A pattern of Leman Russ as build on the forge world Ruhr in the Germania sector.
I used the paper templates of Patrochloch which you can find here. Here is an example of a printed out template:
The space marine is there to compare scale. I won’t build the Leman Russ out of paper though. To make it more resilient for the battlefield I will use extruded Polystyrene. Like I did with my Thunderhawk which you can find here.
Here are pictures of the three main parts before cutting with the hot wire cutter and after basic assembly with a hot glue gun:
More to follow in the next days and weeks.
The next greenskin
Here is the next finished gretchin for my Waaagh Dreambraka ork army
Again the skin tone is a bit dark so I will add another layer of highlights. New Pictures will follow.
More to come soon!
Perry Miniatures plastic Zulu warriors
The Zulu are a Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa and the largest ethnic group in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Small numbers also live in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique. The Zulu were originally a major clan in what is today Northern KwaZulu-Natal, founded ca. 1709 by Zulu kaMalandela. In the Nguni languages, iZulu means heaven, or weather.. according to At that time, the area was occupied by many large Nguni communities and clans (also called isizwe=nation, people or isibongo=clan or family name). Nguni communities had migrated down Africa’s east coast over centuries, as part of the Bantu migrations probably arriving in what is now South Africa in about the 9th century. According to Wikipedia (read more here)
Now the Perrys are about to release these african warriors in 28mm and in plastic! They will be released on the 22nd/23rd of January to coincide with the 139th anniversary of the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift.
Here are pictures of the sprues:
And some examples of finished figures:
And the usual Perry discount during first release:
For more info visit the Perry page here
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