A Leman Russ battle tank by my son Fynn

6. April 20216. April 2021 thomasriepe 28mm, 28mm figure, 28mm Miniatures, 28mm Wargaming, Games Workshop, Leman Russ, Warhammer 40000

So this is something completely different from the last things I posted. My son is into Warhammer 40000. He came home for the easter holidays and brought a Leman Russ tank home. He wanted me to apply a coat of matt varnish to protect it. He has no airbrush so he always comes back home for this. I think it is quite nice what he did to the model.

HMS Brocklesby

15. May 201915. May 2019 thomasriepe 1/300, 1/300 ships, 6 mm Wargaming, Coastal war, Cruel Seas, east coast convoys, Heroic&Ros, HMS Brocklesby, Hunt Type II destroyer, Warhammer 40000, WWII

HMS Brocklesby was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War, spending much of the time in the English Channel and Mediterranean, taking part in the Dieppe Raid in 1942, and the Allied landings in Sicily and at Salerno in 1943. After the war, she was used as a sonar trials ship until 1963, and was sold for scrap in 1968. More about the ship here .

Here is the model I made of her in a typical coastal camouflage pattern:

The model is completely scratch build by me . Only the AA weapons and the crew figures are not. Weapons and crew from Heroic and Ros.

And a size comparison with a Fairmile D dog boat by Warlord games:

Here are all the pictures of the complete build of the ship: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 just start with 1 to see the development from the start.

Next up another merchantman

Steam Ship Bellota finally finished

18. March 201918. March 2019 thomasriepe 1/300, 1/300 ships, Coastal war, Cruel Seas, east coast convoys, narrow seas, S.S. Bellota, Steam Ship, Steamer, Warhammer 40000

So this weekend saw the Bellota finished in both versions. I added the missing live boats and davids and the masts and rigging. Only thing to add now is some crew and paint .

Here is the ballast version of the ship:

and the loaded version:

as you can see by adding different vent layouts you can create slightly different versions of the ship.

And both together in one picture. The Warlord trawler for size comparison. Next will be different funnels, the tanker and liner versions.

More orkishness

18. December 2018 thomasriepe 28mm figure, Da leg Rippa, Games Workshop, Orks, Warhammer 40000

Here is another Ork I painted in the last days . Sorry for the blurry pictures ( have a problem with the camera at the moment)

More to come with hopefully better pictures

Another Ork

13. December 201813. December 2018 thomasriepe Da leg Rippa, Deathskulls, Games Workshop, Orks, Space orks, Warhammer 40000

Here is the next member of “Da leg Rippas” orkmob:

Another Ork shoota

10. December 201810. December 2018 thomasriepe Deathskull, Games Workshop, Orks, Space orks, Warhammer 40000

Here is the next Shoota ! Member of a Deathskull clan mob:

More to come!

Shoota ork

3. December 20183. December 2018 thomasriepe Games Workshop, Orks, Space orks, Waaagh, Waaagh Dreambraka, Warhammer 40000

Here is the first ork of a new shoota unit for my ork waaaagh.

More to come over the next days, now that I am back to the painting desk!

Space Marine Heroes

14. November 201814. November 2018 thomasriepe 28mm figure, Games Workshop, Space Marine Heroes, Warhammer 40000

I treated myself to the new Space Marine heroes range by games workshop. they were available, up to now, only in Japan . Since last weekend you can get them in Europe , too. As far as I know they are available worldwide now.

This is a complete box with twelve figures. The set is meant to be set up in a shop like this:

I bought the complete box from an online retailer here in Germany. There are 9 different figures so there will be duplicates in this box.

the individual figures are packed in their own boxes and you can’t tell which figure is inside. Lets hope every figure is in the box !

Here are the 12 figures I got and as you can see I got every figure of the nine different ones and 3 figures which were double. I am not sure if that is the case in every box or if I was just lucky. Now of to assemble and paint them as members of the Galactic Knights chapter brothers.