Rogue Trader - Reaper Chronoscope - Xenos Servo Skulls

I acquired a Reaper 'Chronoscope' Time Chaser a few years ago... the plan was to use her as a Rogue Trader. This was before GW released their three plastic ones :)

As is often the case, the mini sat in the lead pile for years until the right time came along, which was a 'Fabulous February Females' painting competition on Instagram. I forgot to take a WIP shot of her, so I ended up painting another mini for that comp.

I had come across a bunch of  Photoshopped images by artist Steve Payne a few years back, which seemed to have a 40k vibe to them. He was taking paintings of Russian generals and shopping in an actor's face. I added a Sigourney Weaver of my own :)

I glued the prints to some magnetic sheets and added some frames I printed off on my Mars2.

I also try to make a new servo skull each month for #servoskullsaturday, a little initiative I started which challenges me to post a servo skull every second Saturday.

Imperial Noble - Artel W

 I acquired a 'Judge' miniature from Artel W Miniatures a few months ago. He was primed and ready to go at the end of 2021 but I didn't want to rush painting him as he's pretty detailed. 

 

 

I imagined him as a doddering and potentially inebriated Imperial Noble, using his lineage to curry favor and spread his family's influence. I used some decal from Forgotten Chapters, along with some freehand.

I based his color scheme, and the scroll he is holding, on the Earl of Squanderfield in "The Marriage Settlement" by William Hogarth. He's using his family tree to seal a marriage contract involving his rakish son, so that he can get the money to finish his grand mansion in the background.

Warduke

When I saw a fan sculpt figure representing Warduke on an Oldhammer miniatures Facebook page, I knew I had to have one. I had the action figure as a kid (which went missing), and ended up replacing it with another a couple years ago. I'd had him on the backburner for a few months and he ended up being my first finished mini of 2022.

Looks like the sculptor went off an old drawing rather than the action figure, but still super cool :)

Mal and Droyt - Unsavory Relic Dealers

Two ne'er-do-wells I kitbashed a couple months ago. Mal and Droyt take advantage of pious fools by selling them 'genuine' relics of Imperial Saints.

Imperial Citizens, Acolytes, and Imperial Shrine

I continued working on my non-ruined Imperial city project in 2021. Here are some pictures of some random citizens and acolytes. 

I can't recall the name of this mini right now, she was from Armorcast and I think OOP now. No major change other than a little Imperial Icon on her wand. She is a Schola Progenium Headmistress.

Acolytes from the Inquisition ranges.

 

 Reaper miniature, stock.

The shrine is a combination of a cheap plastic tea light I found at a thrift shop, a 3d printed platform I designed to fit, and a relic made from Milliput, jewelry parts, a clear tube, and a plastic skull.

Inquistion and Servo-Skulls - Inq28th and ServoskullSaturdays

I've not been diligent at uploading to the blog this year, and taking a look through my entries revealed that I neglected to post a lot of entries.

Here's a collection of Inquisition and Servo-Skulls that I've completed in the last few months. I've been pretty much on track completing one servo-skull per month for #servoskullsaturday, and one Inquisitor a month for "Inq28th". I got off track in November-December due to time constraints and the fact that I didn't actually have one of the Inquisition I thought I had purchased, Karamazov on his Throne of Judgement.

 

Silas Hand,  from the Black Library Daemonifuge diorama. I'll probably add him to the base at some point.

 

Ordo Malleus Daemonhunter 

Yithians in the wrong place at the wrong time...

 Ordo Malleus Daemonhunter

 

Inquisitor Lord Coteaz

 

 

Ordo Hereticus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Converted Ork Servo-Skull, based on a plastic skull from the Skulls kit.

 

 

 

 Lastly, here's a group shot of the completed set of metal servo-skulls that GW produced for the Inquisition ranges.

Rangers of Shadow Deep - The Last Stand

A couple of weeks ago my friend and I were able to squeeze in the last scenario of the basic campaign presented in the Rangers of Shadow Deep rulebook, "The Last Stand". The scenario called for some things that I didn't have in my collection, such as civilians, trolls, and a burrow worm. I had the building done quite a while ago. Here's some pics of the minis for this scenario, along with some action shots. 

The scenario was a nail-biter, with a lot of careful tactical decisions. A few companions were knocked out, along with one civilian dying. All in all a fun campaign.