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 Hi folks


My son got me a Dark Eldar Razorwing and I have converted it to be part of my Saim Hann Eldar.  I have tried to remain true to the looks of the FW model while keeping work to a minimum.


With the exception of the brightlance bits, I used only what came with the model and it is also the first time I've used GW's new liquid green stuff (along the sides of the body where I had to cut away some of the model to achieve the eldar look.)


All I have left to do is add some plasticard to the tail fins to make them look more like the original model, but that won't be too hard.  And once that's done, I shall basecoat and paint it to match the rest of the army.  One DE feature I am keeping is the cutouts along the trailing edge of the wing, I plan to paint it so that area looks like wraithbone and should make it stand out abit more :)

As always comment are most welcome :)

Okay,

I have been back a week now and had time to digest the events of last weekend.  I had a great time, lots of bad luck, and scored some real bargains from Forge World in the process.

My son and I (He took his Dark Eldar) arrived in Nottingham on the friday night about 11pm and were up till 4:30am doing last minute painting and repairs.

I was up again at 6:30am (couldn't sleep) and put finishing touches on my army.  I went with 26 thunderhammers and a force weapon.  The 3 speeders provided long range missle support for a mere 225 pts.  I had alot of trouble securing 26 sets of thunderhammers and stormshields and if not for several bits sites, I would never of made it.



Now I had high hopes for this army, and in all fairness, it is a spam list to take advantage of the recent update to the Dark Angels.  With a total of 16 Krak shots each turn, it was not exactly a push over.  And 2+/3+(i) saves are pretty good too.  We arrived late (I blame the son, he's a lightweight when it comes to sleep deprivation) and had about 15 mins to have a look around before registration started and tables assigned.

For my first battle, I was pitted against a beautiful Imperial Fists army belonging to Kevin Chin, a GW artist responsible for work in the Dark Eldar and Ogre Kingdoms codex's.  Here is a link to a pic... Warhammer World on Facebook!

In the coming days, I'll post some battle reports and more lovely pics....

Cheers and Happy Hunting!

Hello everyone


I thought I would share with the community the good news of the moment.  I wish to congradulate my best friend Andy Blozinski with an outstanding showing at the 2011 Late War US Nationals Tournamentheld in Austin Texas.  Please follow the link below for more details of what looked like a really good tournament with plenty to see and learn.




2011 Late War US Nationals Tournament

Hi Folks

Just thought I would share a cool looking project log just started by someone worth following.

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Leave some feedback and enjoy!

Cheers and Happy Hunting

Road trip is on for attending the 2011 Throne of Skulls 40k 2 Day tournament!

After some wheeling and dealing, I can confirm that both my son and myself will be going to the October GT in Nottingham.  We will be going to the full 2 day event and I am now going to have too focus on army selection and painting.

I am leaning toward taking my Deathwing, with perhaps some Ravenwing support.  But I have to say the idea of Sammael and a full attack squadron with feel no pain sounds awesome.

My son will most likely be fielding his new Imperial Guard army he's been working on.  But I wouldn't rule out him switching to his Dark Eldar if he's not happy with his painting.

I look forward to meeting some of the people active in the tournament scene and hopefully will make a good showing.

So look forward to more pics of my Deathwing/Ravenwing force as I prepare them for battle!

Cheers and Happy Hunting

Hi folks

I thought I would share this with everyone.  My son gave me one of the new finecast Eldar Avatars on thursday and here are my thoughts about it.



First off, it comes in a small blister pack and is really quite light.  As you can see from the pictures, there's not much to it.

I was hoping to get a free decal sheet or some instructions on how to put it together, but thats all you get.  I guess the tree-huggers will be happy no excess packageing here.



Now looking at the sprue, there are no extras' with this model.  It's kind of like the Assault on Black Reach terminators or the new Space Hulk figures, the bare bits and nothing else.


The parts were a bit difficult to cut loose, as I was scared of breaking anything, but it cleared the sprue alright in the end and there were no mold lines to speak off, so not bad overall.

Now you have to use super glue to fix this together which could become an issue if there are alot of models or pieces, but with this it was okay (only 5 parts) and went together really easy.  I've worked with Forge World resins and this was easier to deal with than those, but I'll have to watch how well it travels as the FW stuff always gets bent out of shape and has to be fixed.

But the real joy of this model (and the other finecast models) is the detail.  I have to put my hands up and say I am very happy with the model and believe that even though it uses the same parts as the metal avatar, I think the pose I achieved looks more dynamic than the original and the small details (like the teeth) make all the difference in the world.

So in closing, I know there are more models coming in the finecast range (Like Sammael for the Dark Angels) and I can't wait :)

Cheers and Happy Hunting