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Kamui’s Workbench: Reaver’s Fluff – Notable characters, and what’s on the bench

Posted on April 30, 2012 10:34 am by Kamui
This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Raemos Sun-Fist

Hello all,

I was a bit burned out on painting and modelling after the April Assault so I decided to take a week off.  It’s a hobby so there’s no point doing it when your heart isnt in it.  As a result I don’t have much to show you this week.  For the April Assault I did a writeup for my list which gave me a chance to flesh out some background for some of the more notable characters in the chapter. I had a copy of this attached to my last post, but I thought I’d expand on it a little bit.  Read more... (1650 words, 4 images, estimated 6:36 mins reading time)

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Kamui’s Workbench: A Tale of Two Speeders continued

Posted on April 16, 2012 09:24 am by Kamui

We can buff that out...

Hello all,

A few weeks back I picked up a couple of land speeders to add some mobility to my Reavers (Space Wolves.)  I got them cheap on eBay but they were in need of some repairs.  For those of you who haven’t seen them (and those of you who have a memory like mine and have forgotten,) you can see how they started here and how the repairs went here.

I’ve since finished the builds and have begun painting them.  I want to field them as Typhoons for the April Assault this weekend so I built some Typhoon Missile Launchers for them using styrene sheet.  While I’m posting WIP shots I thought I’d include a mini-tutorial for them.   Read more... (554 words, 11 images, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

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Kamui’s Workbench-Slacking on the pictures!

Posted on April 9, 2012 09:14 am by Kamui

Hello all,

Here’s my second week without pictures to update you on my progress.  Things have been hectic, and I’ve been spending most of my weekends out of town the last few weeks.  For now I’ll catch you up on my progress and try to post pictures later on.  Read more... (666 words, 1 image, estimated 2:40 mins reading time)

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Kamui’s Workbench: A tale of two speeders

Posted on March 26, 2012 09:39 am by Kamui

We can buff that out...

Hello all,

Last week I posted pics of two land speeders that I’d just purchased on eBay. You may remember that they were in less than ideal condition.  Being a bit of a bargain hunter I found it difficult to resist the price and decided to take the challenge.  I wanted to take you along with me on the road to recovery for these two neglected speeders.  Read more... (882 words, 11 images, estimated 3:32 mins reading time)

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DIY Drop Pods Paint in Progress

Posted on March 19, 2012 09:15 am by Kamui

Drop PodsHello all,

Last week I showed my WIP DIY drop pods.  In a push to get them table top ready for a team tournament this past weekend I managed to get them assembled and primed with a little bit of paint on them.  Read more... (354 words, 5 images, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

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Kamui’s Workbench: DIY Drop Pods

Posted on March 12, 2012 08:30 am by Kamui

Drop Pods - 1Hello all,

The Reavers are a Space Wolves lost company based on a space hulk with little to no control of where they wander.  This has led them to specialize in ship to ship and ship-board combat.  For planet side encounters they make heavy use of drop pods in lieu of more valuable transports.

I have 3 DIY drop pods that have seen heavy use in my hybrid lists.  More recently I’ve proxied two additional pods more of a pure pod based list and been happy with the results.  This means I need to build two more pods.  I decided to use the same templates as used for my older pods but take them a step further.  Read more... (505 words, 5 images, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

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Kamui’s Workbench: Reavers status update

Posted on March 6, 2012 02:33 pm by Kamui

Hello all,

Some of you may recall that last summer I challenged myself to get a 2000 point Space Wolf army built to represent my DIY chapter, the Reavers, by the end of the summer.  Some of you may also remember that I failed to do so.  Well, I made some good progress, but I didn’t quite get there.  It’s now been 9 months and I thought I’d review my journey so far.  Read more... (446 words, 3 images, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

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Damn you GW and your cool but late models!

Posted on February 27, 2012 10:47 am by Kamui

New ModelsHello all,

Over the last week I have made some progress on painting one of my Grey Hunter squads and on building my fifth DIY drop pod.  I have not actually taken any pictures though, so no hobby update for today.  Perhaps I’ll manage a mid-week update to make up for it.

So instead, how about a little rant about GW and their late to the table creations?  Read more... (516 words, 3 images, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

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Reavers Wolf Lord Conversion Painting Complete!

Posted on February 20, 2012 05:07 am by Kamui
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Wolf Lord Arngrim

Hello all,

I’ve finished painting my Wolf Lord Conversion and I’m happy with the results.  I’m going to dub him Arngrim the Swift.  Read more... (380 words, 6 images, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

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Reavers WIP: Wolf Lord Paint in Progress

Posted on February 13, 2012 05:24 am by Kamui
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Wolf Lord Arngrim

Hello all,

Another Monday, another update on my Wolf Lord Conversion.  I sculpted a chapter marking for his left shoulder, but I forgot to grab a pic before painting.  Oh well.  I’ve managed to get the painting about 80% finished.  There’s still a lot of highlighting and detail work to be done.  I don’t have much to say about the process as I’m basically using the same colors as my Grey Hunters.  So, on to the pics!  Read more... (167 words, 12 images, estimated 40 secs reading time)

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Kamui’s Summer Challenge 2011: Wrap-up Pictures

Posted on November 20, 2011 02:32 pm by Kamui
This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Raemos Sun-Fist

Summer Challenge - LateWell, as I mentioned in my last post I’ve not managed to paint 2000 points of Reavers by the end of summer.  I did manage to get 1850 by the Standish Standoff, and I’ve been happy with the performance of what I’ve got.  I did struggle in the last game against Stealthy Stealth’s orks, but my shooting rolls were horrendous so I can’t really blame the list.  I also made a couple of mistakes throughout the day but I came in 11th for battle points with two wins and a loss.  Here’s a few pictures of what I’ve finished, as well as the Thunderwolf Cavalry I’m working on:  Read more... (398 words, 8 images, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

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Kamui’s Summer Challenge 2011: Quick update and fluff

Posted on September 14, 2011 07:33 am by Kamui

Hello allSummer Challenge: fluff pup!

I know I’ve been absent for some time, but I have been making slow progress on painting and haven’t really felt like I had much to post.  I am four marines away from competing my core of Grey Hunters and will post a group shot when I get there.  I’ve also started on a squad of Long Fangs to break things up, pics of them will be posted when they’re finished.  For now I’ve written the second half of the origin story for the Reavers.  If you don’t remember it or haven’t read it the first half is here:   http://creativetwilight.com/2011/07/kamuis-summer-challenge-2011-reavers-origin-part-1/

Now on to part two:  Read more... (708 words, 1 image, estimated 2:50 mins reading time)

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Kamui’s Summer Challenge 2011: More pics

Posted on August 13, 2011 07:42 pm by Kamui
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This gallery contains 9 photos.

Since I wasn’t able to participate in ‘Ard Boyz today, and those who did are probably not going to post anything tonight, I thought I’d toss up a few close-ups of the Grey Hunters:  Read more... (35 words, 9 images, estimated 8 secs reading time)

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Kamui’s Summer Challenge 2011: One Down…

Posted on August 12, 2011 02:34 am by Kamui

Summer Challenge: LateOk, so the summer is slipping away and I’m far from finished with my army.  The Bjorn conversion took a lot more time than I’d expected.  The good news is that I’ve finished the modelling I need to field my list, and the paint scheme I’ve chosen lends itself well to batch painting.  I have one full squad of Grey Hunters finished and a bunch more underway.

Below are some pictures of the first squad finished, 10 Grey Hunters with 2 Plasma Guns, one Mark of the Wulfen, and one Wolf Standard:  Read more... (202 words, 4 images, estimated 48 secs reading time)

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Kamui’s Summer Challenge 2011: Falling behind

Posted on August 3, 2011 07:06 am by Kamui
This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series Raemos Sun-Fist

Hello all,

Raemos, my counts-as-Bjorn conversion, has taken a little longer than I had hoped, putting me about a week behind on the rest of the army.  The good news is that I’m happy with the way the model is coming together so I think it’s been worth the delay:  Read more... (108 words, 9 images, estimated 26 secs reading time)

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Kamui’s Summer Challenge 2011: Reavers Origin Part 1

Posted on July 29, 2011 05:01 am by Kamui
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Reavers

Summer Challenge: fluff pupImperial records contain very little about the Black Wolf Space Marines.  What is known is that they were once a Great Company of the Space Wolves.  The Black Wolf Lord, whose name is not indicated in the archives, was rewarded for heroic service in battle with command over Herjolfsnes.  A recently rediscovered planet on the southern fringe of Space Wolf territory, scans of Herjolfsnes indicated a population of nomadic tribes and rich mineral resources.  The entire company set off on a crusade to claim this jewel for the Space Wolves.  Early transmissions from Herjolfsnes indicated that successful contact had been made with the natives and that construction of a planetary defense base had begun.  Several months after the landing all transmissions fell silent.  In time, scouting ships were sent to investigate but no sign could be found of Herjolfsnes or the Black Wolves.  Although it is possible that the Sagas of the Space Wolves contain more information about the Black Wolves and their fate Imperial inquisitions into the matter have met with nothing more than veiled references to the Black Stone.  Read more... (570 words, 1 image, estimated 2:17 mins reading time)

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