Under The Couch

From the cabinet: Huron Blackheart July 24, 2010 at 8:41 am

I started my Red Corsairs way back in the grim darkness of 2nd edition. Since there was no model for Huron Blackheart at the time, I (rather badly) converted one up based on the Blood Angels’ Commander Dante, but was never entirely happy with it and eventually ripped it apart for bitz.

When I updated all of my armies in 2004, I dusted off the Corsairs and rebuilt them using the 13th Company rules from the Eye of Terror codex. Since my original Huron was in various bitz boxes by that point, I built a new one based on Marneus Calgar.

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Posted in: Infernus News, Warhammer 40000 by insaniak / Tags: 40k, conversion, Converted, Huron, Huron Blackheart, Red Corsairs, Space Marines, warhammer 40k

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Crouching Veteran, Voxxing … er… other Veteran? at 8:17 am

I’ve completed basic assembly on the Commtech for the Sternguard squad. The pose is a little rough, as his hand is only tacked on at the moment… I’ll adjust it when I’m ready to glue everything in place and sculpt on the missing detail.

True-scale Sternguard Comm Specialist
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Posted in: Conversion News, True-scale Sternguard, Warhammer 40000 by insaniak / Tags: 40k, conversion, Converted, space marine, Space Marines, sternguard, true-scale, warhammer 40k

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Another one from the cabinet… July 18, 2010 at 9:08 am

Continuing my crusade to get all of my miniatures photographed (and hampered somewhat by a dodgy LCD monitor which leaves me wondering if the colours and contrast of these pics is anywhere approaching what they should look like), here’s the next old miniature dusted off and photographed:

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Posted in: Infernus News, Warhammer 40000 by insaniak / Tags: 40k, conversion, Converted, Dark Eldar, warhammer 40k, Wych, Wyches

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The Great Army Update – Painting Flames July 13, 2010 at 3:13 pm

Made a little more progress on my Imperial Dragons squad, adding the flames to their right shoulder pads:

It’s been quite a few years since I did any of these, and in that time GW have changed their washes… so I’m not sure if the roughness of these is down to my rusty technique or the different formula of the red wash. Still, they’re passable. On to finishing off their Chapter Badges, and adding in Squad markings.

Posted in: Infernus News, The Great Army Update, Warhammer 40000 by insaniak / Tags: 40k, Dragons, Imperial, Space Marines, warhammer 40k

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Blast from the past… July 11, 2010 at 3:45 pm

Over the years, with software changes and camera upgrades, there are a few bits and pieces that have either come and gone from the gallery, or simply never been added in in the first place. I’m hoping over the next few weeks to work my way through the cabinet and add those missing minis back in.

So, I’m kicking things off today with a Harlequin Wraithlord that I converted and painted up way back in 1999.

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Posted in: Infernus News, Warhammer 40000 by insaniak / Tags: 40k, conversion, Converted, Eldar, Harlequin, warhammer 40k, Wraithlord

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Comm-ing soon, to a vox near you… July 7, 2010 at 3:22 pm

One member of the Sternguard squad will be a comm specialist, equipped with a vox-pack and auspex (just for show).

The Vox-pack is made from a Cadian backpack, with the bottom and sides trimmed down and the bottom and vents from a Marine backpack added on.

The auspex is a regular auspex top and base added to a Terminator Thunder Hammer hand.

More soon…

Posted in: Conversion News, True-scale Sternguard, Warhammer 40000 by insaniak / Tags: conversion, Space Marines, sternguard, true-scale, warhammer 40k

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Insaniak does Bloodbowl… at 1:33 pm

I picked up a copy of Bloodbowl when it was re-released way back in the late 90′s, but after playing frantically for a couple of months, it just wound up sitting on a shelf gathering dust, with one and a half minis painted and too many other distractions stopping me from getting back to it.

Well, I decided it was time to break it out again for my weekly gaming sessions, and with my current resolution of only playing with painted models, that meant busting out the pigments…
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Posted in: Bloodbowl, Infernus News by insaniak / Tags: Blood bowl, Bloodbowl, Orcs, WHFB

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Why are Dwarf Pirates so cool? at 1:22 pm

Because they Aaaargh!

Finally finished this guy off. He was started several years ago, as a birthday present for my (now) wife, and given to her unpainted so she could decide whether she wanted to paint him herself or not. She went with the ‘or not’ option, and so after a bit of a wait, here he is:

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