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Aspiring wargamer, one day I will find some time... #MiniaturePainting

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Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· 8d

Despite, erm, distractions, I have made progress on my dreadnought. A funny workflow on this one, as I don't trust the glue enough to hold the dread onto the base if I hold it upside down. bsky.app/profile/stal...

An old Rogue Trader dreadnought with no arms / weapons. It is partly painted, the bottom is blue while the top is shiny metal.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· 8d

A week or so ago I was looking forward to finishing my current space marines project, but made the mistake of thinking about what I might do next. This was Not Sensible. On the plus side, this guy might finally get his shield and base finished after a _long_ delay.

Old Warhammer Fantasy miniature of an orc riding a boar. He's armed with a spear and shield, wearing a fur tunic and mail leggings

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· 16d

The last marine of my force. And actually finished, since he doesn't need chapter insignia or a helmet stripe. Inspiration stolen from this rather better Reddit example: www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer/... I wanted his skin properly ill-looking, I may have overdone that...

Space marine librarian in the colours of the Crimson Fists. In his left hand he holds a thick tome with green covers, and he wields a firey red force sword. His skin is an unhealthy purple-grey hue.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· 18d

Medic! Technically Assault Marine with Chainsword / Brother Dimshade but I've always seen him as a fighty medic. White Dwarf 102 gave a Crimson Fists scheme with more blue than I expected, but that's no bad thing with my limited skill at painting white...

Metal space marine miniature in the blue of the Crimson Fists wielding a chainsword. His pauldrons are white. He is bare-headed and is wearing bright blue shades over his eyes.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· 21d

Assault guys done, giving me a squad of 5 Brothers in One Page Rules terms, if I squint a bit at the hand flamer guy I painted a while back... (counts as plasma pistol). But a major change of plan for the terminator from the start of this thread. #Oldhammer

Two original plastic space marines armed with bolt pistols, and a metal marine from the same era wielding a power axe, all painted in the blue of the Crimson Fists

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Jul 27

Very much not ready for yesterday 🙁 Most disappointed to not have got the weapons on the dreadnought, but still progress towards the end goal.

A collection of partly-painted Rogue Trader space marines, including the body of a dreadnought.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Jul 24

I thought that I'd have progressed further than this by today... I need to at least assemble and undercoat the dreadnought by the end of tomorrow. Made somewhat more challenging as the left ("B") leg is a good millimetre shorter than the right 😐 I'm oddly bothered that one is a cream/blue hybrid!

Various partly assembled Rogue Trader space marines, some undercoated and a few in their basic blue.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Jul 18

Turns out that there are these to do (plus one guy and various bits that are in the stripping jar). #Oldhammer

A partly assembled and painted collection of old space marines, six in total, including a terminator and parts of an old dreadnought

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Jul 18

Real life has kept me away from mini painting for ages, but I finally got the brushes out again this week. Finishing touches on some marine heavy weapons, although stuff like bases still to do 🤨 I need twice as many points on the table next weekend, so they'll be _very_ unfinished 😬

"Beakie" space marines take cover behind a building on a wargaming table.

Their bases are in varying states of completeness.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Jun 7

Somewhat predictably I lost, although my Land Raider company had a great run of dice rolls for most of the game. Having a building containing my devastator squad destroyed in the first shot of the game didn't help. 😬

The table towards the end of the game. Both opposing forces are heavily depleted. Where one building stood is now a rubble counter.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Jun 7

Tried out Space Marine (1989 "epic" scale WH40k) at my local club on Friday. My "opponent" brought everything that was needed, so I could just turn up and play! Enjoyed the game, despite my standard smattering of daft mistakes, and plenty of beginner's ones... #Oldhammer

A wargame table set up to play the 1989 game Space Marine. Around a dozen tower blocks, each about 6 inches high, provide objectives and cover. Small tanks and groups of infantry face each other across the table.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Mar 7

I also slightly upped my game on the gloves, thanks to a couple more Vallejo paints (Evil Red, Scarlet Red) to improve the darker shades.

Beakie space marine with his red power glove very much in the foreground.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Mar 7

Almost ready (standard disclaimer about insignia, bases and helmet stripes). I'll get these varnished and then they're usable on the table. The middle guy is a paint-over, not painted from fresh. You can't tell at tabletop distances but it was a lot less pleasant to work with. #RogueTrader

Three RTB01 "beakie" space marines in the blue and red of the Crimson Fists chapter. Two of them have melee attachments on their bolters.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Feb 13

Because mid-Feb is a good time to do a "last year" recap... 🧐 My target was 48 minis for the year, so that's a pretty big miss, but at least I got paint on a few. Emphasises how much I'm motivated by upcoming games: 3rd edition chaos, then BOYL warbands, then One Page Rules at my local club.

Twenty four 28mm miniatures from various genres: chaos beastmen and light cavalry, a werewolf, a handful of vikings, three space dwarfs and ten blue space marines

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Jan 26

Next up. I'm not sure how I acquired these, as my set of old second-hand beakies are dark blue plastic, and I only have a handful of these cream frames. I've had them since the late 1980s though, so maybe mail order sold individual frames? Either that or I must have split a set with a mate.

Two frames of cream coloured "beakie" space marines

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Dec 15

Progressing on a couple of the marines I started last month, plus another flamer, a heavy weapon guy and the big unit on the right. Blimey but the terminator armour is detailed 😬 Hopefully the end result will be worth it, but it won't be in time for last Friday (2nd deadline missed 😐)! #Oldhammer

Work in progress picture of four old "beakie" space marines and one in terminator armour, base coated in dark blue

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Nov 28

Black orcs you say? 😀 #Oldhammer

Marauder Miniatures giant black orc, armed with a long-handled flail. He wears mail armour and the skin of some sort of animal, with a large clawed paw displayed prominently.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Nov 27

One deodorant tank. It seems like just what I need to bulk out my Grimdark Future force next year, but I'm going to have to mod it a fair bit (and paint it better!) to be happy fielding it now. I'll be replacing the turret, so I need to find a plastic spoon somewhere!

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Nov 26

Seems to be some sort of prototype squig?

Close up of a pack of 35 year old 40k ork nobz, showing a small four legged creature with a bare, segmented tail. It has enormous teeth.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Nov 26

Properly surprised to find these in a 30+ year old box of assorted junk earlier, along with my deodorant tank... Blister is still sealed, so they're probably the most valuable minis I own. Going to have to open it though!

Blister pack of two Warhammer 40k Ork Nobz from 1989. Price sticker says £3.99

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Nov 15

Not finished, but painted enough to put on the table last night. I'm not sure if the melta gun guy will balance on anything but the flattest surface... #Oldhammer

Two old "beakie" space marines in the blue and red of the Crimson Fists. Their gloves are a dull burgundy. One has a twin barrelled heavy weapon balanced on his shoulder.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Nov 13

He'll be table-ready-ish at least by tomorrow. I was trying to get away from the classic "power glove too heavy" look. Ideally there would be more of an angle in the right elbow but I wasn't going to try and mod that.

Roughly painted space marine with a power glove and bolt pistol. Most of the figure is blue, with a fair bit of clean-up still to do. The pistol and hands are still in their undercoat.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Nov 12

Last batch is going slowly, but I need to get one of them and this guy ready for Friday. The right arm was a pain to strip, I'm not sure what paint had been used on it but it had been there since 1988...

Old plastic space marine undercoated in grey. His arms are blue plastic and not yet attached. The right arm is a power glove, the left arm has been modified to hold a bolt pistol.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Oct 24

Back onto marines - heavier weapons this time. My plastic marines have had a rough life, with various bubbles from plastic cement and the odd lump carved out either by me or the old school friend that I bought them from many years ago. Hoping to get these complete by the end of the month... 😬

Four old space marines - one plastic, and without arms and three in metal. They are partly undercoated in a medium grey. One of the metal marines has a heavy bolter, the other two are posed to hold a separate weapon.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Oct 22

Colt Stoner got a yellow canister on his pack to tie him in with my Irn Bonce

Rear view of the buff-coated dwarf from the previous post, showing his black and yellow backpack. Next to him is a yellow power armoured dwarf with a rotary gun.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Oct 22

These guys are done (finished yesterday but I wanted them varnished before I photographed them - shiny blues 🤨) Going with grey and greens as I want a vaguely coherent paramilitary look. I really need to work on my cloth technique, the middle guy was _so_ painful 😕

Three space dwarfs. Colours are predominately grey and green, but each have individual accents. The one on the left has buff coloured padded armour with a blonde beard and hair. The right-hand dwarf has a bright blue cap and is chewing on a cigar.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Oct 17

Back on to the space dwarfs. Need to get these finished so that I can return to painting marines by about Tuesday. #Oldhammer

Three space dwarf miniatures. Their skin and hair is painted, and their guns are black, but otherwise their grey undercoat shows.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Oct 11

But they did get to play with some goblins. Good learning experience, got two games in and hopefully more correctly follow the rules the second time around!

Three space marines face up to a goblin on some sort of hopper, in a snowy wasteland littered with the remains of some prefab buildings.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Oct 11

Finished, and leading a Grimdark Future: Firefight squad. Most frustrating point of the evening was logging in to print out my list and finding that missile launchers have gone up in value, and hence can no longer be used in Firefight. So had to unconvincingly "count as" a laser cannon! 😐

Six "beakie" space marines, in the colours of the Crimson Fists. A unit of 3 with bolters, the converted hand flamer guy, a veteran with a bolter and a support guy with a missile launcher.

Stalled Gamer@stalledgamer· Oct 10

Calling him done, except for the base (and still no chapter insignia 😒). My skills are limited but I found a decent pic of Captain Crabb as a reference which helped! Some rough bits on the scratch-built hand flamer, e.g. the canister axis isn't parallel to the nozzle. But good enough for now.