Slow Progress

So, I totally blame Ghost Recon Wildlands for my slow progress. I finally caved in to buy it when it hit the 1/2 price mark, and it was actually quite enjoyable to play (once you just accepted that it is everything but a military tactical shooter...).

Anyway, you are not here to read my ramblings about video game!

I did some more work on the Magach:

And I also finally put together Natalya Federici and the Protos Avatar, to be painted for a Femme Fatale challenge on the German forums:

And I prepared the 6mm Sd Kfz 251/1 and some vehicles for a CO base for painting:

Last, but not least, and to prove that the name of this blog is accurate, I joined a facebook group of local Epic 40K players. I don't have a proper Epic army, but I know that there is a lot of excellent miniatures out there!
My favorite idea so far is an Emperor's Children army (NetEA rules) using Onslaught Miniatures' Hellborn Fallen Sisters.

Marines

Raptors

Havocs

Terminators

Noise Marines

Demons

For vehicles, I prefer Vanguard Miniatures' Novan Elites range (although I would have to convert them to the dark side).

Rhinos

Land Raider

Well, that's all for today.
(And did I mention that I just bought Horizon Zero Dawn?)

Review - Anvil Industry The Blacksmith

Anvil Industry is one of my favorite miniature companies, and they recently turned 5 years old! To celebrate this, they released The Blacksmith, their special 5th anniversary miniature. Of course I ordered two, let's have a look!

The miniature come with a lot of pieces: a base plate, a body, an anvil, a pair of tongs, two heads,
two right hand options and three left hand options!

The quality is very good, as usual for Anvil Industry. But I was very surprised to see the amount of bubbles on the underside of the anvil piece:

Shocking! ;)
Well, luckily this is completely irrelevant for the look of the miniature because the rest of the anvil looks as sharp as  you can wish for:

 I can only speculate that the bubbles are caused by the process of casting such a complex form, but then again, they do not affect the look of the model at all.

I bought two sets so I can build one as an actual blacksmith and one as a warrior ready to fight.
Assembly is easy and everything fits perfectly:

Amazing character!

I chose the flaming sword and shield combo for my warrior. You could also use the hammer for the right hand and a dagger for the left.

The tools on his belt appear a bit out of place to me, but who knows what they will be used for after the battle...

I am looking very much forward to painting these two. It's a really cool miniature, especially when built as a blacksmith. Makes me wish I could do OSL...

If you want to pick up you own blacksmith, go to:

http://anvilindustry.co.uk/Boutique/special-edition/The-Blacksmith


And in case you are wondering what happened to my Bolt Action Hungarians... Well, I missed the tournament due to a severe plumbing issue (I spare you the details). There was some progress painting them, and I hope I will show some new pictures soon.

Overall I promise to take better care of this blog in the future - I have sorted out my wedding, residency and new job and it should be much easier now to post an article every other week or so.

See you soon!