In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future There's Only...

...Terraced Landscaping!

The first two, with a Space Marine to show scale.

They turned out so well, I made two more. Easy!

I found a pile of 1/2" Styrofoam sheets behind the local Rite-Aid, and snatched it up. I used my band saw to cut the sheet into these shapes, with a 45 degree bevel, glued them together, painted, and flocked.  I may paint the rock-surface as I prefer a darker look than this bright tan, but otherwise couldn't be more pleased.  The effort-to-reward ratio with these hills couldn't be better.  

Update: Decided to paint the surface of the hills. I'm glad I did. They'll need more touch-up now (easy drybrushing) but a layer of black tempura makes them look much more war-torn. Also hides several of my mistakes.

Much better.

-Adam!!!

Generations

My new shiny Warhammer 40k book arrived today. Oh, happy day!

I like how it compares with the original Rogue Trader book.  It is, of course, much larger (yet strangely, contains fewer actual rules.)

I <heart> Jon Blanche. Click on this to see the full-sized photo. It's cool.

-Adam!!!

Rock and Roll

These are just painted foam, but they turned out great and I'm proud of them.  Five terrain-type rock impassible terrain obstacles, and six objective sized rocks, of assorted colors.

-Adam!!!

Tournament

-Adam!!!

Army of Darkness

Alex is ready for action tomorrow with his 1500 point Necron army.

Army of Darkness!

1500 Points of Light

Tomorrow's 40k tournament is certain to be the last 5th edition tournament. Heck, it might be my last 5th edition game, ever.

I decided to go with a horde of humanity. 1500 Points of IG, no battle tanks.

That's the entire army.  1500 points of flashlights (of assorted power levels.)

I can't wait to feed these guys to whatever meat grinder awaits them.

I think I'll keep an unofficial body count for each of my three games.  We'll see what opponent is the best at just taking out guardsmen.

This is my list:

Company Command Squad

Commander

Veteran x2

Veteran Weapon Team x1

Chimera

Primaris Psyker

Ogryn Sqyad (x4)

Ogryn Bone 'ead

Ratling Sniper Squad (x5)

Veteran Squad x9 (desert)

Veteran Sgt x1

Chimera

Veteran Squad x7 (ice)

Veteran Sgt x1

Veteran Weapon Team x1

Chimera

Platoon Command Squad

Platoon Commander x1

Guardsman x2

Veteran Weapon Team x1

Commissar

Guardsmen x9 (Yellow)

Guard Sarge

Commissar

Guardsmen x9 (Red)

Guard Sarge

Commissar

Guardsmen x9 (Green)

Guard Sarge

Commissar

Guardsmen x9 (Blue)

Guard Sarge

Penal Legionaire x9

Penal Custodian

Armored Sentinel Squad x3

-Adam!!!

Leman Russ Eradicator HF3

That's Leman Russ Eradicator with heavy flamers x3.  Finished tonight.

Here's the new Leman Russ, armed with a Nova Cannon, hull mounted Heavy Flamer, and Heavy Flamer side sponsons.

Tank commander! Pask is sort of pointless with a bunch of Flamers, but I suppose we could say it's Pask's less known brother, Commander Jethro Pask.

Side view.

Rear 3/4 view.

All the Russ'

All the armor, plus some Sentinels.

With all this armor, it's sort of a shame I plan on using almost none of it for this weekend's 40k tournament. Instead, I'm going with a horde of guardsmen.  This is my list:

Company Command Squad

Commander

Veteran x2

Veteran Weapon Team x1

Chimera

Primaris Psyker

Ogryn Sqyad (x4)

Ogryn Bone 'ead

Ratling Sniper Squad (x5)

Veteran Squad x9 (desert)

Veteran Sgt x1

Chimera

Veteran Squad x7 (ice)

Veteran Sgt x1

Veteran Weapon Team x1

Chimera

Platoon Command Squad

Platoon Commander x1

Guardsman x2

Veteran Weapon Team x1

Commissar

Guardsmen x9 (Yellow)

Guard Sarge

Commissar

Guardsmen x9 (Red)

Guard Sarge

Commissar

Guardsmen x9 (Green)

Guard Sarge

Commissar

Guardsmen x9 (Blue)

Guard Sarge

Penal Legionaire x9

Penal Custodian

Armored Sentinel Squad x3