Reflections on a Hobby

A pretty bad week hobby wise. As part of my one figure a week challenge I elected to paint up my converted Khador Spriggan. The week started strong with the NMM (non metallic metals) finished and weathered by Wednesday last week. Unfortunately, the figure succumbed to the most terrible fate of being knocked off the shelf. In the ensuing panic I struggled to look for a replacement figure to paint this week. A number of options ran through my head including Lady Aiyana and Holt, but on the end I decided to work on Yuri the Axe.

Games Workshop: Chaos Daemons Advance Order

Games-Workshop strike back this summer with the latest plastic additions to the Chaos Daemons army. Among the pre-orders are the plastic Seekers of Slaanesh, Pink Horrors and the truly monstrous Daemon Prince.

Hordes: Captain Gunnbjorn

This summer Privateer Press released Hordes MKII, fans have already seen the infamous Lord Carver and his Warhog. But today Privateer present us this:

Described as a ex-Cygnar soldier, Gunnbjorn brings modern tactics to the Trollblood Kriels (with his obscenely large heavy bazooka as a backup!). This figure is pure eye candy and is consistent with the previous released Horde's images in terms of detail and inventiveness. It might just be enough to make me break out my Trollblood's army again.

Captain Gunnbjorn is slated for a early September release, secure your Hordes here: www.WaylandGames.co.uk

Thank you for reading,

DiStudios

the 14th Legion

News and Reviews

Lots of productivity last week, I managed to stay on track with the one painted figure a week and this week (so far seems on target). The arrival of Kingdom Death's Gorm is a sobering reminder that I do have other things to paint other than Warmachine so time should probably be made at the end of the month to fit these in. On the subject of other figures to paint, I have amassed a large collection of Anima Tactics and Infinity figures, which again need to be painted. It looks like I won't be leaving the paint table any time soon!...

Kingdom Death: Gorm Un-boxing

This weekend saw the arrival of Kingdom Death's Gorm, the companies first large monstrous creature model. I had the privilege of not only meeting Adam Poots but also seeing the master model of the Gorm back in April this year (Salute). The Gorm is a strange looking creature which can basically be summed up as a baby headed elephant, Angler fish. The Gorm arrived in a minimalistic card board box with the Kingdom Death font.