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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. The base is all done and looks like snow and it's got a couple of little winter shrubs on it as well.

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

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 (https://www.duncanrhodes.com) 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

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 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 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 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 boxes of Warhammer 40,000 miniatures: Ork Nobz (thuggish-looking greenskinned aliens with big teeth and a motly assortment of armour and guns), Astra Militarum Tempesus Scions (armoured human soldiers) and a troope of Aeldari Harlequins (lithe humanoid aliens in multicoloured clothing all in dynamic poses, all wearing white harlequin masks).

Got all the boxes I need to create the six squads for Fireteam now (https://virtualwolf.org/media/posts/1916). I'd SAY that's the last of the miniature purchases for a while, but we all know that's a filthy lie. 😅

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Posted on 14 January 2022, 10:39

A photo of a 3-player game of Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team. The terrain is all industrial, with lots of pipes and metal structures, as well as shipping containers and cargo crates, and some bridges connecting the various upper levels.

Went over to a friend's place for a three-player game of Kill Team! It was Death Watch versus Chaos daemons versus my Astra Militarum. Very happy with how my guardsmen performed, though I didn't win. We called it after the fourth round, and the Death Watch won despite having only one model left. If we'd gone another round, though, the daemons would have overrun EVERYONE and definitely won. This was definitely the best-looking board we've ever played on, terrain-wise, despite my larger pieces only being undercoated with silver. My friend has been making lots of terrain, both 3D-printed and built from scratch, and all of his was fully painted, so it really felt excellent to play on. The only thing letting us down was that the Chaos daemons were all only base-coated. :P

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Posted on 28 March 2021, 19:49

A photo of six Astra Militarum guardsmen from Warhammer 40,000. Their armour is very light grey bordering on white like they're ready for winter action. They're brandishing a variety of weapons, one is a sergeant holding a chainsword above his head, another has a sweet handlebar moustache.

And we're done!

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Posted on 23 January 2021, 20:47

A photo of six mostly-painted guardsmen from Warhammer 40,000. Their armour is very light blue/grey, three of them are wearing heavy armour and one has a helmet, another is a sergeant with a beret and brandishing a chainsword, two more are holding very large plasma guns, as is one of the heavily-armoured ones. One of the heavily-armoured ones has a beret and a sweet handlebar moustache.

I was batch-painting ten Astra Militarum guardsmen and it was getting a bit tedious and I wasn't feeling like I was making any progress, so I chopped it down to just the six I need for my squad. Feeling much better now, they're coming along excellently!

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Posted on 22 January 2021, 22:30