Media thread - 18 February 2022, 9:54

A photo of four sets of ten female heads for Warhammer 40,000-sized miniatures. One set has mohawks and cybernetic implants, one has a selection of "grizzled veteran" headgear like a beret, a beanie, sunglasses, one has a cigar, etc. The third set all have berets on, and the last have no headgear at all.

Woohoo, the replacement female heads for my miniatures arrived today. They're metal but surprisingly good quality, can't wait to get them all painted up. (I think I'm going to wait for my airbrush stuff to arrive before I get stuck in.)

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Posted on 18 February 2022, 9:54

A photo of three miniatures in plain grey plastic, all heavily armoured. One has a chunky telephone handset and is yelling into it (she's the comms woman), one is holding a giant flag that is the regimental standard, and the third has a medkit bag in one hand and a pistol in the other. The heads of all three are shiny pewter instead of being plastic and are wearing berets, and they're all clearly female.

Woo, the first three members of my all-women Astra Militarum Scions squad are assembled!

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Posted on 28 March 2022, 21:56

A photo of the box of five Astra Militarum Scions (heavily-armoured troopers carrying a variety of special weapons) and a box of ten Battle Sisters, who are the military arm of the Imperial Church in Warhammer 40,000 and as the name suggests are all women. They look very striking, the armour is black, with red cloaks, and they all have pure white hair with bob haircuts.

The last box of five Scions I need for my all-women squad just arrived, and I may have slipped and also ordered a box of Battle Sisters as well. 😜

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Posted on 29 March 2022, 14:43

A photo of 13 miniatures, 12 in plain grey plastic and one light grey resin, all heavily armoured. They're all wielding various guns, one is waving a huge regimental standard above her head, and the leader is standing on a rock wearing a military cap with her cloak billowing out from behind her while she aims a plasma pistol. The heads of all the grey plastic ones are shiny pewter instead of being plastic and are mostly wearing berets, and they're all clearly female.

There we go, the entire all-women squad of Scions is finished! Super-happy with my conversions here, next stop is to do a full zenithal base coat with the airbrush (full black undercoat followed by white sprayed from the just top 45 degrees or so of the miniature so it's highlighted where light would naturally fall).

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Posted on 1 April 2022, 9:20

A photo of an Astra Militarum Scion from Warhammer 40,000, basically a regular human trooper except I've replaced the regular male head with a third-party female one that has a military cap on. She's got her mouth open like she's yelling, and is wielding a chainsword and laspistol. Not to toot my own horn (but I'm totally tooting my own horn), but the face looks fantastic, it's got really well-defined features and highlights and shadows exactly where you'd expect to see them.

I've finished off the test model for my new Scion squad, and I am absolutely STOKED at how well she came out, in particular her face and eyes! She's not FULLY finished yet, I still need to apply varnish and then put the snow sprinkles and winter bushes on the base (oops, and also paint the lens on the thing beside her head which I didn't notice I hadn't painted until I was looking at it just now), but I can't be bothered pulling out the airbrush and setting it up and cleaning it out again for just one single miniature.

I'd signed up to Duncan Rhodes' Painting Academy a couple of months ago, the videos are fantastic and clear and extremely well-produced, and I used his technique and colours for the face in particular. It's all of £4/month and there's a ton of videos and more added weekly.

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Posted on 10 April 2022, 21:56

Okay I lied, I COULD be bothered breaking out the airbrush for one single miniature. She's all finished now! Next stop, the other thirteen members of the squad. 😅

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Posted on 11 April 2022, 21:29

A photo of four miniatures from Warhammer 40,000, they're heavily-armoured human warriors wielding various guns, but the stock male heads have been replaced with a third-party set of female ones from a company called Statuesque Miniatures. The skin tones on all four are Black and they look wonderful.

Progress has been slow, but I finished the faces of the next four of my squad of Scions tonight and I am pretty damned happy with how good they look!

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Posted on 12 May 2022, 22:37

A photo of four Warhammer 40,000 miniatures. They're all regular human troops with big armour and various guns, but the stock male heads have been replaced with third-party female ones from a company called Statuesque Miniatures. The skin colour is very dark but with really nice subtle shading, and the one I called out with the goggles has them pulled up on her forehead. The goggles have a really nice shade going from very dark green down to a lighter green so it looks like they're some sort of futuristic night vision or something.

It took far too long, but the first four Scions of my converted all-women Kill Team squad are done! Absolutely stoked with how well they came out, in particular the faces as well as the goggles on the one second from the left.

There was absolutely no drybrushing on these at all, but given how much time drybrushing saves and the fact that I've got another nine of these to paint, I'm definitely going back to drybrushing for the larger areas because I want to actually get the rest of these finished some time in the next five years. 😛

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Posted on 19 June 2022, 16:13

A photo of five mostly-painted armoured troops. They've got light blue/grey armour and are all holding futuristic-looking guns. Their faces are brown with nice highlighting and I managed to do the eyes including the pupils.

Man, this is definitely getting to the slow part. Finally getting around to finishing the last five Astra Militarum Scions from my converted all-women squad, and it took me two hours just to do the eyes and faces.

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Posted on 14 November 2022, 21:56

A photo of nine Warhammer 40,000 miniatures, they're fully-painted heavily armoured women troopers in very pale blue/grey armour wielding various guns. The four at the back have black skin and the new five have brown skin. Their bases are painted up to look like they're standing on snow, and there's wintery grass tufts on the bases too.

The unpainted leader in the middle is standing with one leg up on a piece of machinery, with her cloak billowing out behind her and pointing a plasma pistol in an imposing fashion.

That's my Scions done! The new ones are the five in the front, the back four painted ones are the ones I finished back in June.

I just need to paint my leader in the middle there, and my Kill Team squad will be fully complete!

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Posted on 20 November 2022, 18:40

A photo of a mostly-painted Warhammer 40,000 miniature wielding a plasma pistol and sword and standing in a very heroic pose. She's got a military cap on and her black stormcloak is billowing out behind her.

We had another "refresh day" at work today, so I naturally I did more miniature painting. Extremely happy with how the leader for my Scions is coming along, she's very nearly done. Just need to do the plasma glow effect on the gun and put the snow around the base and then it's finished!

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Posted on 25 November 2022, 22:15

A photo of a Warhammer 40,000 miniature wielding a plasma pistol and sword and standing in a very heroic pose. She's got a military cap on and her black stormcloak is billowing out behind her, and the base is a bunch of snow around a stone base that has a piece of gun-metal grey industrial equipment on it.

A photo of the full squad of Astra Militarum Tempestus Scions. In addition to the leader in the previous photos, there's another nine, they're all wearing big blue-grey armour and are wielding various guns, they've all got black or brown skin, and they all look extra bad-ass because they're wearing red berets and a couple of them have sunglasses on. The bases are done so they all look like they're standing in snow.

The entire Scion squad is finally done! 🎉 Absolutely stoked at how good they look, the base on the leader especially.

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Posted on 26 November 2022, 22:04