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Provisionally prepared...
Guardsman Orus Fenvek popped the covers on the optics of his lasgun, a converted model featuring a strengthened barrel, flash suppressor and modified magazine. Perfect for the job he'd been tasked with. He checked over the weapon one final time before setting in behind the fallen rockcrete fragments that he'd picked as cover, snaking the barrel over the edge and placing his eye to the scope. He settled himself, stilled his breathing, preparing his senses. All that was left now was to wait for the quarry to come into his sights. The air boomed with the sound of orbital bombardment, smashing apart some unknown target kilometers away, the vibration of each impact causing loose rubble to trickle from overhead. He adjusted his position and recalibrated his aim. No distractions now...
"How do you want your eggs, boss?"
Fenvek sighed, and let the stock of his rifle drop. "You know that answer to that question. Same as always", he muttered. The sound of sizzling drifted through the air, along with the scent of frying meat. His stomach rumbled. Ah, well, the enemy was taking their sweet time. And he never did like killing on an empty stomach...
It's been a while since I last posted, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy in the hobby mines and adding to the slopes of Lead Mountain. Recent additions have included picking up pretty much all the games published by Grey for Now Games, including 02 Hundred Hours, Test of Honour and the newly released Guards of Traitors Toll. I also picked up the Battle of the Bulge starter set for Bolt Action with the aim of playing some with my mate, James (who in return bought the new High Elves boxes for The Old World once he learned that I had a Bretonnian army—maybe it'll convince me to paint it?). Other bits and pieces have wormed their way in amongst the foothills, such as a cheap copy of Kings of War: Armada and some of the ships for it, various models for my ongoing Lord of the Rings projects, and other odds and sods. And I might have purchased Fenris Games' new "The Beast" miniature, a 1+ kilo resin sculpt of The Black Beast of Arrrgh! from Monty Python and the Holy Grail done by Forge of Ice. Plenty to be going on with then...
Painting progress has been steady. Having made a stab at starting on some of the 10-12mm minis that I picked up early this year at Vapnartak, I eventually turned my attention back to the Wargames Atlantic sneak feet diorama model I cobbled together as a cheap alternative to the GW Provisionally Prepared miniature that got released earlier this year. And I think it turned out alright! If anything, it got it off my desk...
The miniature that I put the most effort into has been this Abhorrent Archregent that I painted for a competition at my local Warhammer shop. While I'm not as happy with the skin as I could be (I started out trying to paint it in a non-metallic steel effect and diverged from that pretty fast when I realised how difficult it was going to be with the musculature), there are some bits I am proud of, including the NMM on the shoulder pad and the sword, and the red cloth and wings.
Finally, that Battle of the Bulge starter set has been mostly polished off, with the US winter troops and the German Fallschirmjäger painted up using the guide supplied by Peachy over at PeachyTips. Barring a few grass tufts (I need a resupply!), they are done and due a varnish. Something which seems possible now that the weather has come nicer over the course of April.
The question is, what project to move onto next? Those Armada ships need building. And there are a bunch of giant mechs that are crying out to be painted which I bought a can of Rogue Hobbies Pink spray primer especially for...
The climb continues...