Don't judge me!
A very messy desk with lots of things piled up...It must be close to midseason of the Challenge! ;)
I think I could finish an army in a week, but I just can't help myself. Every time I change the wet pallet, it is a challenge just to keep the same colors I have been using. I now have it loaded with the John Blanche paints just to force myself to focus on the next batch. So, while I was clearing the Deathguard from the table...a few more units snared my attention before the pallet change.
I prevail- Breaking DownI had to see the VA shrink this week just to check a box and talking to psychologists has never been on my list of things I want to do on any day. I still text my old doc (actually, she is young) about once a few months as she wants to be sure I am still doing well. My only anger issues spring from editorial news and online "social" media. The new trigger is when I fall and dealing with getting older and not being as able bodied as I once was. I cannot kick in doors anymore and running and ruck marches are rapidly fading to my past. Heck, climbing stairs and ladders is rough now. I have to accept a reality of age and injury where it is no longer my job to perform missions and hunt bad guys and even if it was, I am not mission capable. My anxiety is still crowds as I cannot stop assessing for threats but also being unable to do things I wish to do.
The Wounded Warrior Project (woundedwarriorproject.org) is my charity for this season and they do quite a bit for assisting Vets in getting homes and vehicles to outdoor activities and mental health. Camp Winlow here in Michigan is another place that they help. Winlow is funded by the VA, Michigan, and private donations. It is a Boy Scout camp in pristine North Michigan woods and has the same shoddy Wi-Fi as the Upper Peninsula. The Veteran Village is a small collection of cabins with indoor plumbing and cozy rooms with fire pits. A veteran only needs to bring food and clothes and can enjoy catch and release fishing or being in a serene forest. It is my favorite place to just unwind and escape the internet and the world for a few days. Quiet and woods reminds me I am not quite done and have a few more years before I can have my own quiet, serene place.
Now on to the minis....
First up is the Deathguard that came with the space marine kill team and is the plague marine blind box set. They are newer than the Ultra marine set and each marine has a splendid scenic base that really tells a story with an accompanying nurgling.
a regular trooper throwing a grenade with a nurgling sitting atop a pile of grenades
even with the grenade pin in hand, there are others scattered on the base with grenades and maggots
The nurgling has another pin hanging on it's horn.
A gunner with fungal/coral growths and a leaky toxic gun. The Nurgling is enjoying the toxic goop leaking from the gun.
similar growths a sprouting on the ground.
This marine has a flail with a nurgling enjoying the free swing
The missing chain and ball is at the marine's feet
another trooper with a fetish for skulls
Yes, I did count them! 27 skulls on that shoulder!
more on his base.
The most disgusting one of the lot and he is spreading nurgle's gift
he has no nurgling except for a lot of flies and maggots as well as his own set of wings.
The champion with a rotten bone sword and plasma pistol
and a very fine, but tattered cape
My favorite of the bunch is the icon bearer. I used a head that reminds me of some old Chaos marine artwork from years past. he as a tube inserted into his mouth and vanishing to places I do not want to think about, not a rebreather but a cable connecting his mouth to his own rot.
there is nurgle worms and tentacles and at his foot is a nurgle medallion.
A nurgling removed the medallion and has stuck his own head in the icon to take its place.
Using a lot of the greens and browns, I have a small group of US infantry. A Ssgt with a m4 and 203 grenade launcher leads a sgt, a gunner with a 249 saw and three scouts. This is what a squad of scouts would look like...but bear in mind that scout infantry is light infantry, and we are known to cheat A LOT
I bought them at Adepticon from a loose box of minis and traded a ten for them. Together they make a heavy weapon squad of ten with three fireteams and three support weapons. I can also make them a squad of eight with two support weapons for standard infantry.
The sgts have holstered pistols and are posed to direct traffic.
two grunts with m4 and one with a saw, the fellow to the right is popping smoke.
The squad leader is upfront with his m4 and underslung 203. the Staff Sgt makes sure the sgts leading the fire teams are doing well and can use the 203 to direct traffic or remove impediments to traffic.
They are going to be used in Spectre operations, pulp, and zombie gaming.
Speaking of Pulp....WW1 French Infantry
These are Wargames Atlantic WW1 French. I was thinking of Forbidden Psalm when I got them but ended up building them for pulp/interwar games.
I added an officer in his snazzy cap and a machine gunner. I have a few Germans and Russians and other sorts of monsters and mad scientists. My adventure heroes only have a few Harlem Hellfighters to back them up, so 12 French Infantry will help even things up for my small band of heroes.
7 Deathguard for 35 points
10 US infantry for 50 points
12 French for 60 points
29 troops for 145 points
squirrels --40k White scars, Mongolian Orcs, WW2 American infantry, WW2 German Infantry, WW2 allied Vicks, WW2 German Vicks, Iron Snakes, Wood Elf warband, Stormtroopers, Deathguard, Modern US infantry, WW1 French
skulls- 47 new skulls for a total of 91
stompy robots of death- 8
Excellent production this week David! First of all, good shout for the Wounded Warriors Project. I can imagine that Camp Winlow is a lovely place and good for the spirit. Peace and quiet can be restorative, that's for sure.
I think the Plague Marines have fogged up your camera lens a bit with their... emanations but from what I can see they look great. Those new GW models have a ton of detail and Easter eggs for painters and you've done a nice job. The modern US infantry are very nice and you've assembled a useful squad there. I also really like the late-war French, I think you've really nailed their Horizon-Blue greatcoats.
One hundred forty-five points added to your total!
Dallas
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