Warhammer 40k Conquest Unboxing

So I finally managed to get hold of this magazine, this thing is damn hard to find. Turns out that it's only a trial in Scotland and North England at the moment, however a local newsagent managed to order it in for me (issue 1, I missed the boat on, but is on back order)

So whats it all about? Well for those of you who remember the Lord of the Rings magazine from yesteryear, it's exactly like that. Take a look below at my unboxing as I take you through the magazine

30 Minute Challenge - Day 15

Today I fancied doing something different, purely because I feel really ill and i've still gotta go to work, alas so I decided to make up some thematic objective markers. Now this will be the last 30 minute challenge for a week. Due to it being half term, so my better half has a week away from teaching. If I can get some paint down, great. If not, then it's not the end of the world.

So lets go have a look

30 Minute Challenge - Day 14

Sorry this one is coming to you late, i've had such a busy day. I'm bloody shattered and not gonna ramble so let's just get straight to the good stuff

30 Minute Challenge - Day 13

So today has been a busy one for me, being Valentines Day and all that, been getting the house in some kind of order and preparing the meal for tonight along with getting a new video done on my channel. Squeezed some time in for painting like usual, not much of a huge update today but lets go have a look

30 Minute Challenge - Day 12

So after getting my Blightlords done, I wasn't sure what to get stuck into next. So I took to a couple of Facebook groups and polled it and each poll had a resounding winner. To finish off my Daemon Prince, now this guy has been sat with one coat of wash for years! I converted him up when I had a Daemons army, that army came and went but I couldn't let go of this guy, I just loved him so much I kept him just for my CSM army. And now i've got him done, he didn't take long to finish off (again, lazy painter, lazy techniques, great result!) So lets go have a look at the flyboy

30 Day Challenge Day 11 (and A Rather Late Day 10)

So i'm back after a great weekend away down in Gloucester for my best mans stag do, a great day of rugby, drinking and just fantastic company. Alas though I am back and the hobbying is back in full swing, so lets look at what I got done on Friday, and what I got done today

30 Minute Challenge - Day 9

So they’re done! At last I got my poxwalkers finished off, now I did cop out on these a bit, skimming over some of their detail. I might go back over then once my army is finished. However, speeding through them I had time to continue with something more enjoyable, Blightlord number 4! So onto today’s progress

30 Minute Challenge - Day 8

THE END IS IN SIGHT! I'm so happy i'm almost through with these guys, they're coming out alright but the fact they're so close to being finished is the best thing. I do wish I had gotten them finished today, but time and patience with these guys ended up wearing thin. So lets dive into today progress.

30 Minute Challenge - Day 7

Today has been a less of a focus on getting paint down, it was more of a how I get paint down. More of an excuse on my part to get away with not getting much done (these damn Poxwalkers I tell you, I hate painting them). So I decided i'd throw up some more content on my new YouTube channel, doing a little tutorial on how I paint my bases.

30 Minute Challenge - Day 6

Sorry about the delay today, i'm feeling rough as hell. Currently running on 3 hours sleep and a heap of coffee, it's still not getting me through today. However it was self inflicted and boy was it worth it! Last nights Super Bowl LII was possibly the best final we've had in years. It was just a straight up offensive slug fest that the Patriots just were not ready for. The Eagles just wanted it that much more and unlike the Falcons, just never gave up and were just relentless! Anyway, on to today progress

30 Minute Challenge - Day 5

So I did it, I made it through the week! Keeping to my schedule of just 30 minutes a day, i'm feeling more and more invigorated with this hobby more than I have ever done. It's such a good feeling being able to see my progress and being able to share it. This week I managed to get 4 models painted, now to some that doesn't seem like much at all, however for me this is a major achievement in itself. I've already doubled my tally from last year and i'm not feeling drained or bummed out by painting, winner! So onto day 5 progress

30 Minute Challenge - Day 4

So we are carrying on today with Flyboy! Man this Blightlord kit so wonderfully detailed, like when I got it and put them together, the detail was insane but actually getting down and painting them. I'm finding bits and bobs of intricate detail that I had missed the first few times, however I do I have some issues with this kit, and to be honest the other Death Guard releases. As much as they are so freaking nice models, they'res not much room for customisation or pose ability out of the box, especially the Deathshroud. My Plague Marines I have done some minor conversions to them, but that's with having to scour places for extra bits, and the most annoying thing about the PM box, arms are specific to bodies which to a beginner it'll would be hard to think of ways of customising the marines, without potentially botching them. Anyway that's my 2 cents and now on to what I got done today

30 Minute Challenge - Day 3

A new day, a new dawn, still the same damn illness! But the show must go on right? So anyway, got some more paint down today. But the big news which was dropped out of nowhere was by Forge World showing off Rogal Dorn, which I know a fair few Imperial Fists players have been waiting such a long time for. My first impressions of him was kinda like yeah he's cool but he's not WOW, but after a ponder of 5 or so minutes, rewatching the video and looking at the pictures, he doesn't need to look all fancy and dynamic, it's Rogal freakin' Dorn. As usual, FW has knocked it out the park with another of the Primarch series.

30 Minute Challenge Day - 2

Following on from yesterday, I wanted to plough through the last parts of my Renegade Commander and then hit up another Blightlord, I really wasn't feeling it today as i'm bunged up with this damn flu going round along with running out of coffee. Alas though I powered through my slump and got some paint on some more dudes.

30 Minute Challenge Day - 1

Now I am not the fastest painter, or even the strongest but there's always a sense of pride in getting things done. Which is why I am setting myself a challenge, 30 minutes of painting 5 days a week. So much of my army is in states of part painted, undercoated or the grey of shame. Now I am taking part in a charity painting event (more details on that in the future) which is aimed at kicking our asses into getting us to a fully painted army and to raise money for a solid cause.

First painted miniature off 2018 - Typhus, herald of the plague god.

2017 was a massive failure for me, hobby wise. Built a lot of stuff, got a bunch of stuff half painted but in the end I only fully painted 2 minutes. Appalling. This year however, will be different.

This is my year of the hobby.

And the first guy on the table, was Typhus. Man I love this sculpt. There’s something about the new model that just doesn’t make me go wow but this guy though, had him for years sat about and I thought it’s about time I did this guy some justice. I went for the classic GW paint scheme and he was a blast to paint.