Tag Archives: Creative Twilight

Well this week has been hectic as life usually is with kids, work and surgeons all using up my valuable hobby time. But on the plus side I now only have a week to go until I find out when I will get the surgery I have waited on for almost 5 months now and I did manage to get the first of my dreadnoughts finished.

Brother Cadeus

Pictured here is Brother Cadeus the first of the army’s dreadnoughts.  He is an Ironclad Dreadnought and is set up just now with a chainfist and a hurricane bolter.  I have also built and magnetised the close combat arm so that it can be armed with either the storm bolter or heavy flamer and the seismic hammer arm can have either the meltagun or heavy flamer.  I have also magnetised the missiles and Ironclad assault launchers so they can be put on if needed.  Read more... (762 words, 5 images, estimated 3:03 mins reading time)

Well after the vacation, and my post all about that, it was almost back to normal for me this week.  As I sat looking at the vast pile that was my purchases from Warhammer World and tried to decide which model to tackle next I was hit by an outstanding thought (well it was actually a nerf dart fired by No. 1 Son).  ”Daaaaaaaaaad” came the familiar call of a son about to ask me for something,  ”What is it Joe?” I replied.  ”Can you help me with some of my new models I bought?”  So being the walkover that I am I ended up spending a couple of days building Tau.

These guys are gonna be Dark Angel fodder

Now this has taught me a couple of things this week. Firstly that I cave in far to easily, but secondly that taking a break and building something different from your usual army is actually quite enjoyable and refreshing.  Now let me expand on that statement a little so that perhaps you will see what I am talking about.  Read more... (702 words, 6 images, estimated 2:48 mins reading time)