Adventures on the Wargames Table

Here's my first 40K figure in well over 20 years and I've thoroughly enjoyed painting it! I'm leaning towards an Evil Sunz themed army and my paint scheme reflects this, i.e. quite a bit of red, but much of it is equally applicable to all Ork clans. The recipe, starting from a black undercoat (GW Chaos Black), is as follows: I began by drybrushing various metallic items (weapons, armour, etc) in GW Leadbelcher, GW Warplock Brass and GW Gehenna's Gold (use this last paint sparingly).  Do this first as it can be a little messy, then tidy up with black.  Be sure to leave some of the plates and glyphs in black as these can be painted later in clan colours. Base Colours Ork flesh - Foundry Dragoon Green shade Trousers/Vest/Boots/Straps/Pouches - a variety of browns or leave some bits black. Good browns are GW Mournfang Brown, GW Scorched Brown, VMC Leather Brown, Foundry Spearshaft shade, VMC Flat Earth - just get a good mix of dark/mid/light browns. Tip -...

The Orks are coming! It's been almost 25 years since my last game of 40k. That was back in the 90s with second edition.  It all began back in the 80s with "Rogue Trader" - Tim had Space Marines and I had Eldar.  After that I collected a fairly sizeable Imperial Guard army to face his Orks.  Then we all played Gorkamorka which was an absolute blast!  Eventually these forces gathered dust and were sold on as I moved towards more historical games in the early 00s. So why 40K now?  Well, quite simply because I love the models and indeed the whole background of the game.  I've had a desire to play something non-historical for a while.  I had hoped that Warlords of Erehwon and my Middle Earth Orcs & Goblins would fill that role but I really didn't enjoy the game so I turned from fantasy to sci-fi... I'd heard good things about Star Wars Legion but whilst I love the films I didn't actually fancy gaming them. A friend and colleague, Rob, had re...

Here are some fine fellows from the entirely fictitious Royal Somerset Regiment. Six men led by their (Level 1) NCO, Sergeant Ebenezer Goode. As with the 95th Rifles in my earlier post, I've painted these relatively quickly by limiting the number of layers to one or two.  I've also been a bit less "tidy" but at tabletop viewing distance it really doesn't notice! Here's the recipe (from a Halfords grey primer undercoat): Flesh - Foundry Flesh shade/mid/light Jacket - Foundry Madder Red shade, Foundry Bright Red shade Trousers - Foundry Slate Grey mid Coat roll - Foundry Slate Grey mid/light Backpack, Boots, Cartridge box & Shako - GW Black, Foundry Charcoal Black mid Facings - Foundry Cornflower Blue shade/mid Canteen - Foundry Night Sky shade/mid (strap in Rich Butternut shade) Haversack - Foundry Boneyard shade/mid Plume - Foundry Dragoon Green shade/mid Musket - GW Scorched Brown, Foundry Conker Brown shade Belts & Straps - Fo...