Finished: Battlefleet Gothic Chaos fleet

Hi folks,

Another catch up post from earlier in the year. During last years (2022-2023) AHPC challenge I'd had a lot of fun finishing converting, fixing and painting various Battlefleet Gothic ships. I'd planned to do a couple for this years challenge as well, but things quickly escalated. 

As a result, I ended up painting all the Chaos ships I currently own...

Sorting this collection out, I've ended up with one main fleet (generic Chaos faction, painted as per the oigional White Dwarf/rulebook), a Tzeench sub fleet and a Nurgle sub fleet. 

I'd love to get some additional bits for all this in the future. Possible some of the 3d printed light cruisers that are now available, and possible a proper battleship. In the mean time, the following will do:

Infidel class raiders

Idolator class raiders

Iconoclast class destroyers plus transports

My current flagship, a Repulse class grand cruiser

My heavy cruisers, a Hades class, a pair of Styx class and an Archeon class 

The cruisers - two Slaughter, one Devastator, two Carnage, one Inferno and one Murder class

In support, we have the Tzeench fleet:

A Slaughter and a Devastation class cruiser, backed up by six Idolator class raiders. The Devastator class cruiser has an unusual bridge, which might reflect a possessed ship rather than just fancy ornamentation.

And the Nurgle fleet. 

This fleet consists of a Death Guard Battlebarge - technically the famous 'Terminus Est' model - alongside two 'Murder' class cruisers, a trio of Iconoclast destroyers and six Infidel class raiders. My fluff for these is that this is a detachment of Deathguard Chaos Space Marines supporting my larger Chaos fleet. 

I've deliberately gone for a bit of a miss-match of shades on some of these models, aiming for them to be cohesive but non-standard. My own head canon is that the older the ship the more baked on blood and the darker it is. I tracked down or rescued the origional bases for these ships, which I've just gone with a matt black on. Other odds and sods which had been broken from years of poor storage or prior owners were repaired, and a few ships had their weapon loadouts changed. 

All in all I'm pretty pleased. I've still a good few stands of fighters and bombers to rescue, which is a tedious job. Then perhaps on to my main Imperial fleet so I can actually have a game!

Finished: Various 28mm Necromunda figures

Hi folks,

I'm still catching up on some of the bits I painted as part of this years Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. This year I'd aimed to fill some gaps in my existing Necromunda gangs, and get my Escher gang painted. 

First up, some additional gangers for my most successful gang - my 'definled' Goliath/Beastman gang. A couple of lowly gangers just to fill up juve slots, and a stand in model converted from an Age of Sigmar kit to be a Stimmer with dual axes. 

Then I also painted up a couple of robo dog kits I've had for a long time. These turned out to be pretty big. They'll no doubt find a use in scenarios or as proxies for other critters. 

Then the ladies, a selection of Escher with various prospects, pets and deathmaidens. 

And lastly, since I was painting pets, I threw some paints on my Goliath's sumpkrok. 

I've still some Necromunda figures on the painting desk - more cultists, some Goliath stimmers and prospects, bounty hunters and a converted character/captain/judge for my eventual Enforcers gang. Hopefully I can just pick my way through them, as using the xpress paints makes work on them easy - I just need motivation!

Finished: 15mm Sexton GPO

Hi folks,

Another oddity for my collection, this time a 15mm scale resin printed model from Battlefield3d. I've had this on the painting pile for a little while, and finally got round to finishing it for the AHPC challenge this year. 

This vehicle is a 'Gun Position Officer' command vehicle - which is basically the travelling command post for a battery of 25-pdr Sexton self propelled gun. The vehicle itself is a Sexton with the gun removed and internal space dedicated to maps and radios. 

This is a nice print. As per 3d prints the track details are a bit lacking, but not a big issue with some weathering. I decalled these up using some of my new Polish 1st Armoured markings, received from the US. My usual fishing wire aerial and basing style. A bit of hull weathering with my Tamiya powders. 

This models even got some table time, although mainly for eye candy purposes: