SiBarge and his hobby horse

I painted up this team in a little bit of a rush. I'm not a great fan of tyranids or of contrast paint, so I kinda screwed myself over doing these in contrast paints. It sort of works, but there's a part of me that wants to go back and just do them in black c ontrast and add some subtle details in eye popping neons here and there. I think they'd look meaner darker. But hey ho, here they are, I'm trying to work out what they do in the Kill team game, they seem to be only about the tunnel. This seems like it's a bit of a dull game mechanic, I just take my guys and hide them. Then pop out and kill you. Anyhow here they are, not great pics either, sorry.

GW shoved out another tasty Kill Team box recenty; Tombworld. It's a kinda Necron Gallowdark, a set of interlocking walls with a few other features. There is a nice little scene for Kill team in Portsmouth with four regular players, including me.  We decided to get to gether to paint up the new terrain so we could play about with it, as it seems to be a part of the terrain selection for tournaments. Here is it, we undercoated everything black, did a nadir coat with while spray to get an underglow, then followed up with bright green spray to give the light some colour. Then the lit elements f the terrain were picked out in blue to set if off rom the green, a few metalic touches here and there to the abandned necrons who are part of the walls and the little scarabs climbing everywhere and we were done. There were some arrows added on the top to highlight where the doors are. It took three of us most of a Sunday to complete it, a job well done I think. :)

  I really enjoy the smaller indie games and the one I like the most is Necropolis28, a smashing little diorama game where everything is dead. One of the best things about Necro28 is the fantastic community built around it. The highlights of this lovely scene are the fab events that are held about the place. The absolute pinnacle are the events held at Stadhampton and hosted by the most benevolent Pete himself.  I went to my third Stadhampton session on the 20th of September and it was an absolute blast, one of the best wargaming events I have ever been to. Like the other indie events, the day is dominated by people being fantasticly creative. The whole vibe is creative assembly, there are stickers being handed out, artwork being displayed and created, photos being taken, food being prepared and even music being played. The events feel like a creative commune, it reminds me of the early 90's hardcore gigs, with fliers and stickers, badges and just general niceness. Thi sevent ...

This is the full vespid team from the Hivestorm box. It's a basic build with no tough choices, just specialists and warriors. There's five warriors and five specialists plus a recon drone. The drone and the leader had nest bonuses that mean they need to be kept pretty safe. But those bonuses are linked to special rules that are very useful and are best served up front. I've only played one game so far and that was on Gallowdark so the flying was pretty compromised. The Skyblast was phenomenal, but I rolled four Crits, pretty much any weapon is incredible with four Crits... More games due very soon. These models are very big, so they need magnetised bases or huge foam. I painted almost exactly how they are painted on the video by Darcey Bono. I've not added the black sponged camo yet, it's quite hard under the wings 

A quick post about my latest project, some kill team vespids. I did the standard contrast job on these, so I can play em. I've not added and T'au decals or even done the gems yet. Let's see how they play first 😁.

 I've been offline with hobby stuff for a few months. This is because I was in the process of moving house. It took forever and my stuff was packed for the whole time. The good news is it is over now and I'm moved. This is my new hobby room. It's in embryonic state so far, I'll probably get rid of the grey shagpile on get something much easier to find errant small pieces on. I'm planning a big session of The Last War and I want to learn how to do videos too. So I will be looking to get all that equipment. Regular updates will soon be back...