So long and Tanks for all the fist! - RT Motor pool Expansion

This week has seen the motorpool for my RT era marines increase by a few vehicles, including one of the first conversions any 90s marine player will remember fondly.

First up there are a trio of Rhinos, are they now considered a herd? One green one that has been slightly nurgled that will get restored for my devastators, a yellow/brown one to be modded up and altered for another squad and a black one who will most likely be the subject of a big conversion but that's still not confirmed.

Next we have a weekends worth of work (in between baby feeds and moving two ton of top soil in by bucket) we have the old RT era 60mm base whirlwind. One of my first ever big conversions and its nice to be doing it again.

I love the whirlwind and just hope I can save where the paint has crackled slightly during spraying.

So the motorpool has increased in size and brings us nicely to the end of my penultimate post on the models I have sourced. More details on plans next week but it looks like now things can finally move on.

Tanks for the memories - RT motorpool

First post of the week for the RT project and we start with some of my favourite early GW kits, I remember building these style kits very early on, possibly before I had even finished a squad. I loved the old school rhino but my favourite of the smaller kits had to be the predator. I really do think it is a lovely kit and when I finally get round to my Red Hunters I plan on using the more modern forgeworld version to invoke the spirit of these kits.

After some scouring, natty dealing and a very kind donation from Damien I have ended up with this small motor pool that I would like to expand (old 60mm base whirlwind anyone?), so here they are:

as you can see a nice little selection covering both transport for my squads and some much needed fire power. I would like to source a couple more Rhinos for various projects but right now I am very happy with the vehicles I have and look forward to naming all of the tanks.

First up we have a lovely Dark Angels predator, donated to my by Damien (you might remember him from some of the blog challenges), the model is in great nick and looks as brilliant as I remember. This model already has its name and in recognition of its origional source it will be know as "Angels Gift"

Next up are the two rhinos, these were swapped with a fellow oldhammer fanatic who will be getting recognition for his part else where in the project. These two models are pretty much perfect, nothing wrong with them and a lovely smooth undercoat to make them a dream to work with.

Finally we have an example of the older style front plate on the predator, I dont remember those from the kit but assume they must have been there. This kit might take a bit more work to bring up to scratch but I think it should be ok to use. Not sure on a name but thinking either Dorns Fist or Eagles Vengaence.

More to come soon, just waiting on the final packages (again) as I always seem to find something new (but obviously old) to add to the force. Once arrived they will be up and I can start prepping for painting :)

Fridays 5 Finds!

Hi folks
I know its late but after the Forgeworld news letter on friday I thought this could wait as the newsletter was much better then I could ever hope to manage!

1. First post is a corker! A REAL LIFE RHINO! This is posted over on Dark Future Games and shows the THQ rhino built with GW for the launch of Dawn of War doing what tanks should do in a neat little video!
2. Over at Zen 40,000 we have the Librarium of the Lamenters chapter, this post show cases some awesome Lamenters Librarians and more ideas for conversions.
3. Over at Heresy Workshop we have an interesting Loxatl model that has been converted up for a commision, interesting and different to the current artwork but it definately works.
4. Johns's Toy Soldiers has a post by the aforementioned John providing a guide on how to produce a realistic looking bronze effect on statues for terrain using the larger GW Space Marine terrain piece.
5. Finally we have more of a sneak peek then a "post" showing the cover art for the upcoming Victories of the Space Marines Novel from the Black Library, a great piece of art showing a Grey Knight doing what they do best!