I finished the first unit of Catafractii terminators from the Calth box set. I think I went overboard on the weathering powders. The transfers that come with the box set are perfect to set these guys apart from the run of the mill termies, I like to run these as a bodyguard, first in and usually first to die!

 Combi bolters and chain fists, the chain fists take out vehicles like a hot knife to butter.

 Power sword for the sergeant so he can stand a chance in a challenge and not have to strike last.

As I said before, I like the characters from 30K, I picked up these sculpts cheap and couldn't wait to have a go at them. There's the whisperer himself Erebus and his mentor Kor Phaeron. They aren't the hardest blokes in the game but for me it's all about the fluff and building a characterful army that tells a story.

 That's a 40K land raider hiding in the back ground.

This is my take on Zardu Layak and his Blade Slaves. He's a pretty mean Psycher that can summon Daemons, as a Khorne 40K player I've bag loads of them so it's handy to be able to use them in 30K as well. The Blade Slaves are awesome in close combat, just don't get Zardu killed or they go berserk and attack the closest unit- friend or foe!

This guy is my Chaos Decimator, he's from 40K but I love the sculpt, to me he looks like the Chaos answer to Loyalist Dreadnoughts and he's got a Butcher Cannon, just the name does it for me, not particularly brilliant but it's my choice for the big guy.

A close up of Narik Dreygur - I'm going to have to name this guy- any suggestions?
I kept him in grey armour to signify he's been around a bit and is given leeway to wear what he likes. I've an idea at the back of my mind to paint a Word Bearers army pre Heresy in grey and battle on Calth Loyalists v Traitors, might be a long term project though.

As is usual with me I've decided to update my army and go back in time- if that makes sense! With the releases of Battle of Calth and the new Prospero boxed games from Games Workshop I've decided to build a 30k Word Bearers army. It's been at the back of my mind for a couple of years and I've already picked up some character figures, just because they're such lovely sculpts and as I've said before I love the background.
These are my first tacticals, just bog standard cannon fodder really but they fit together well and look good 'en masse'.

 Sergeant with a decent sized combi weapon.

 Vexilla.

There's a big old Contemptor pattern dreadnought in there too, from the Calth set.

The character at the front is the limited edition Narik Dreygur converted to a Legion Consul- I say converted but it's only the addition of a shoulder pad, but I like it!

Hello and welcome.

As is usual on the blogs I read I think it best to give a short introduction- I've been gaming for more years than I can remember and enjoyed every minute of it. The games have been varied, good and bad and so have my opponents, mostly good but as in every hobby there's been a couple of right plonkers on the way. Now that I'm progressing in years I need something to jog my memory to the games I enjoy, hence this blog. It'll be a personal record of the hobby element to my life, if anyone else enjoys it then I'll be a happy chap.

The emphasis of my gaming life has shifted once more to Games Workshop, this time though it's to 40k. I spent many a long year gaming Fantasy and still have a couple of decent sized armies that I'm not going to part with. GW have now 'progressed' -if that's the word! onto Age of Sigmar, hence my shift into 40k- 'nuff said.The 40k games we have are small, 1850 to 2000poits in size, just enough for a nights gaming. There may be bigger battles in the future and if so then I'll post pictures. I intend to post pictures of our weekly battles but a long write up is something I don't have the time to do. If you like pictures you may like what follows. Firstly though I'm going to record the units I have in place, all painted and based by yours truly, a lot of these were painted years ago during my first foray into 40k and rebased to fit my new stuff.

First Squad

One of my favourite heavy weapons carriers, the blind mutated autocannon.

Second Squad

I don't always use the standards but it's nice to have the option.

My Aspiring Champions are armed with Power Fists and Plasma Pistols. The chaotic element to a plasma pistol is fun, self inflicted wound on a roll of '1' to hit is always fun, I've lost count of the times my guys have died firing plasmas!

Heavy weapons that I can interchange into the squads or use as Devastators.

Word Bearers shoulder pad is evident on the rocket launcher marine.

My Chapter is based on the Word Bearers Legion, I like the background and 'fluff' behind it, the idea of marines mutating into beasts and Daemons appeals to the modelling side of me. The purity seals on the models are strips of paper cut to size and a blob of bluetac sealed with super glue and painted accordingly. When I started these the base colour for the Word Bearers chapter was a deep blood red, over the years GW has changed this to a darker red with steel grey shoulder pads, I've kept my original colour scheme as I'm quite happy with it.