My Life In Miniatures

"Wheeerrre is myyyy mind."

Pic at left is a WiP for my Lychguard. I managed to base the legs, apply the loincloth and assemble the 4pc torsos for all 5. Not too shabby for a lunch break which included wolfing down the last of my chicken parm. 7pcs each if you include the bases themselves. Seems like alot of bits, but contrary to my first opinion, Lychguard aren’t TOO terrible to assemble, (easier than the Praetorians by the look of it). While the same legs are used with slightly different embellishments, I have a niggling issue about the torsos for either build which annoys me.

The torsos are front/back half the same as just about every plastic model from Dire Avengers to Space Marines. However, unlike the Immortals I just crafted, these require a special piece for the neck which fits between the halves. Um, WTF?!?! Yes, the high cowl in the back and the scooped neckline might be a bit deep for how they chose to fit the neck, but my response is still WTF?!?!

Seriously GW, was it absolutely necessary to pander to the sculptor when you have such vast resources at your disposal for making exquisite, plastic sprues of late? I am seriously impressed with the detail and quantity of bits, I truly am. But having to put a TINY little neck-bone in between the torso halves was ridiculous. No reason for that, NONE!!! Compared to what I’ve seen come off the sprue in recent years, this could have been avoided. Ok, so I guess it wasn’t very niggling…

Anyway, I should actually finish these up on Thu, affording me 5 lunch breaks to work on the Annihilation Barge before my game w/ DesertFoxx on the 25th.

HOLD and get ye hither!

After a ridiculously long hiatus, I have finally put glue to plastic once again. I spent the lunch hour perusing my fresh from The War Store boxes of Lychguard and Immortals, becoming familiar with the parts. They are much more ‘matched’ than plastics have been in the past, but I suppose that’s also a good thing. After deciding that the Lychguard would be better assembled at home on my proper workbench, I managed to get the 5 legs clipped, cleaned and based for the Immortals. I did get one full Immortal w/ Gauss Blaster completed. I test fit the Tesla Carbine as well, just to see if I could magnetize them. A dubious effort at best. So, it looks like they’ll be permanent. I’ll grab 2 more boxes, making 5 each of the Gauss &  Tesla Immortals as well as Deathmarks before deciding on increasing the size of any one unit.

The Lychguard are pretty pimp, but they seem much more intricate, so I’ll give them my full attention at home. The interesting thing about these two new boxes is that ordinarily the limiter for plastics is the legs. In this case, the limiter is not only the legs but also the front torso. Each box contains 2 different model types and each type having 1-2 variations. So, I have 5 legs, 5 torso fronts, 2×5 Torso Backs, 2×5 heads, etc. It’s a bit insane! More insane is that the bits themselves has so much integral modelling, (arms, hands, etc), that trimming them down to make use in any other way will be an obscene amount of effort. I foresee most only being objective markers and terrain gribblies. I was really hoping I could fudge the 2 kits enough to convert a few Crypteks. I have my doubts.

I also have an Annihilation Barge on deck too, who is donating it’s Lord to become Nemesor or Obyron, but that’s a story for another time.