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There's some things I wanna touch up, but I think it's done. This is honestly the first time in DECADES where I've tried freehanding. I'm enjoying how it looks, but damn it took a while.

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Their hands? Iron. Their nerves? Steel. Their balls? Non-existent. Here is my finished (for now) Iron Hands.

I'm not great at most forms of armour and flat-panel stuff, and I kinda just wanted to get them done. But, it's my first fully-painted 40k army, so there's that.

I've only been in the hobby for 26 years 😂

and yes I know the turret, atv, and interceptor are dogass. shush, I love them.

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There's a part of me that really wants to do a, like, 12-hour painting challenge when this thing drops. Like, just have a weekend and give'r. In an ideal world, I'd film it... <.<;;;

I am legitimately excited for the Iron Hands combat patrol

no, that's not a joke

i fucking love firestrikes

fight me

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I am legitimately excited for the Iron Hands combat patrol

no, that's not a joke

i fucking love firestrikes

fight me

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Iron Handsman

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there's tonks now

well, tankettes really

Bolt Action Italian army update. Finished the sniper and some of the command.

Next up, I think, is the Paracadutisti infantry, then the final weapons teams and radio operator.

Then I probably track down another box of infantry tbhh

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"Not by strength, by guile"

Starting on a Long-Range Desert Group/SAS force for Bolt Action and here's the test model with all the colours I used!

Primer/Uniform/weapon strap: Skeleton Bone

Uniform highlight: Ancient Stone

Skin: Paratrooper Tan

Boots, metal, and agal (cord over the keffiyeh): Matt Black

Boots, beard, metal, and agal highlight: Deep Grey

Keffiyeh/shemagh: Brigade Grey. More typically a cream, from what I've seen of the standard issue? so mixing in a touch of Skeleton Bone might work better, or using a cream linen colour.

Weapon furniture: Dryad Brown

Weapon furniture highlight: Paratrooper Tan

Socks: Mummified Grime

Webbing and gaiters: Combat Fatigues

Wash: Strong Tone

Some things, like the skin and keffiyeh, were highlighted with their base colour after the wash. Some colours can be used in other places across the force for a more varied look. This guide is, honestly, in large part for myself to remember what I'm doing with this project, but I'm sure others might find it useful.

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5ever sadge that Warlord's discontinued ABC Warriors. But, I'm still gonna keep enjoying these great miniatures and rules.

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In Defense of Scatter Terrain

Scatter terrain, window dressing, set decoration, That Pile of Junk That's Leaving Bits of Flock on My Gaming Table Again You Prick... We can call it a lot of things, but what it is is nice.

With competitive wargaming being more popular than ever, it can be easy to obsess over STC-compliant board setups and quibble over minor perceived imbalances created by terrain ("I don't care that YOU'RE defending the town, there's not enough buildings on MY side!") instead of focusing on the fun of playing a game with friends. It's one thing in a tournament, it's another at home, and having a beautiful board can help get your head out of the mindset that this is GAME to be WON and into the mindset that this is an EXPERIENCE to ENJOY. Enter, the humble scatter terrain.

It serves no in-game purpose, takes up space that could be occupied by more miniatures, and has to be taken off and put back on because your little man's at a wonky angle if you leave that rock there. But it tells a story. It gives a sense of time and place and is, above all else, just plain cool. Sure, you've got your little 40s town, but isn't it a bit weird that nobody has a root cellar? Or even a damn flower bed? If we're on a wartorn planet devastated by an unforeseen invasion... Why is the ground so clean? Where's the workers' equipment left hurriedly at the job site as the planetary defense alarms went off? I've worked in the trades, I know how you aren't going to find a hammer like THAT again, but the company laser drill? Screw it, they've got insurance, ain't worth your life. That's what scatter helps bring to a game and it can be fun to make up little stories with your fellow players about the world you're building together. It can also be really easy to make.

I haven't posted much on building the stuff here, but it can be really simple, it's just terrain but small. Torn chunks of cork, sprayed black, drybrushed with 2 progressively lighter greys. Boom. Rubble. Glue em together? Rock wall. Planter boxes are easy to make with stir sticks and rectangle bases and old sprue chunks have dozens of applications. Have fun, it's really worth the time and it can help keep you hobbying on those nights when you've got the itch, but not a lot of time.

Anyway, here's a box of crap. Half of it's homemade scatter. Now go out there and make something useless. You'll be glad you did.

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Definitely! Doing some heavily chipped and aged whitewash on the wood would be a lot of fun if you're going for the fallout vibe

Scatter terrain! I love scatter terrain, it's just nice to dress up a gameboard and make it look more like an actual little world. It's worth getting some extra bases, I'm using 40x20mm mdf bases from warbases, for making these lil bits.

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Robo-Paratrooper from the, now sadly discontinued, ABC Warriors range by Warlord Games.

Unfortunately, I'm likely unable to collect the rest of the range before it's out of stock. In between jobs at the moment and the expense is hard to justify. Still, glad to have the figures that I do for it, it's a wonderful range

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It's Simo Häyhä, noted Finnish sniper who fought in the Winter War. I could've made his snowsuit lighter, but idk, maybe it's a little cloudy out or something

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Progressi: The Next Generation

And they are done! At least what I've bought so far

Bolt Action Italian army update. Finished the sniper and some of the command.

Next up, I think, is the Paracadutisti infantry, then the final weapons teams and radio operator.

Then I probably track down another box of infantry tbhh

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Scatter terrain! I love scatter terrain, it's just nice to dress up a gameboard and make it look more like an actual little world. It's worth getting some extra bases, I'm using 40x20mm mdf bases from warbases, for making these lil bits.

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Type 97 Chi-Ha, or Type 97 Medium Tank Model 3

Meanwhile, America and Britain were naming their tanks shit like the "General Murderhands" and Germany tanks were all "HUNTER KILLER SCREAMER PANTHER" and... armour battlewagon

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Progress update: they have progressed

Bolt Action Italian army update. Finished the sniper and some of the command.

Next up, I think, is the Paracadutisti infantry, then the final weapons teams and radio operator.

Then I probably track down another box of infantry tbhh

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Bolt Action Italian army update. Finished the sniper and some of the command.

Next up, I think, is the Paracadutisti infantry, then the final weapons teams and radio operator.

Then I probably track down another box of infantry tbhh