Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Beam Me Home

Its June! Finally!

I'll be saying my goodbyes this month to Brissie and comin' home.

Its been a blast for the past year and a half. Got lots of hobbying done, but also got much more to do haha! Its great when hobbying never ends ;)


My interest in alien greys is still going strong in the background. And a recent purchase at the Reject Shop has brought some new inspiration to a project on the that has been put on the backburner for a while.


I posted the pic of the alien grey miniature above quite a while back. To refresh my own memory as well, they were for a Footdar list. I still got 60 of these guys to be my counts as Eldar Guardians on foot. Also still unpainted (or primed) are 6 in flying saucers and 3 in floaty chairs.

I got these excellent miniatures from Griffin Miniatures.
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Alien Candy
Anyways i spotted a pack of alien lollipop candy or ring pops for $1 a pack. There are 4 in each pack.

Cute packaging, but what i was after was the plastic ring itself. After removing the sweet, i get the really nice figurehead of an alien inside. I cut off the bottom ring and below is the result:


Its very suitable for my Alien Grey Eldar counts as army. I could use these for Objective Markers or convert them into Warwalkers by just adding legs like those in War of the Worlds. Anyway a lot of potential there methinks :) I'm gonna get some more hehe!

Here's an early version of the Alien Greys Footdar list:

Alien Syndrome List (1500pts)

HQ
Avatar 155pts

Eldrad 210pts

Troops
12x Guardians 146pts
Scatter Laser
Warlock w/ Destructor

12x Guardians 146pts
Scatter Laser
Warlock w/ Destructor

12x Guardians 146pts
Scatter Laser
Warlock w/ Destructor

10x Guardians 125pts
Scatter Laser
Warlock w/ Embolden

6x Jetbikes 152pts
2x Shuriken Cannon

Heavy Support
1 Wraithlord 140pts
Brightlance
Wraithsword

1 Wraithlord 140pts
Brightlance
Wraithsword

1 Wraithlord 140pts
Brightlance
Wraithsword

Grand Total: 1452pts

Flashy Shoulders

Also got the first batch of 10 shoulders pads with the Flesh Tearers Chapter symbol painted up. Decided to go with freehanding it as the metal pads from GW Direct Order were a tad expensive.

Thats all for the day.

Have a fantastic start to the month everyone!

2 comments:

  1. WElcome back my friend hahaha! alot of people waiting to game with you and maybe even request for commission painting.

    The greys actually can proxy as cannon fodder (count as kroot or the insect thing) for the Tau empire.

    Your flesh tearers coming along nicely.

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  2. Thanks dude, I'll be back mid month haha! Cool! Will be looking forward to games and commissions :))

    Hey great idea! I will definitely give the aliens a go at being Kroot. Sounds fun and fluffy too!

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