Weekend Paint Party: Part 2

So the other mini I slapped some paint on this past weekend was Huron Blackheart. I got the Finecast version of this guy because I couldn't find a reasonably priced metal model on eBay. Now at first I thought that this was a terrible Finecast screwup, but then I realized that Huron is just that jacked up!

Chaos Space Marine Lord with Jump Pack: Complete! (really)

I know that I have already claimed that my Chaos Space Marine Lord with Jump Pack was complete, but now he is super-complete! I really struggle to motivate myself to do the bases on my minis, and most of them are pretty lame (see any of my Space Wolves bases). 

I had a brainstorm when it came to my Red Corsiars (or at the very least the independent characters). I wanted them to be standing on a pile of skulls! How bad-ass is that?

I searched around for some resin bases that have skulls on them, and while some of them were good, I didn't really like them over-much. That led me to Secret Weapon Miniatures and their Sack o' Skulls. 

Chaos Space Marine Lord: WiP 2

Here are some updates of my on-going Chaos fetish (and yet I'm not into Slannesh). Here is my second update for the Chaos Lord.

Chaos Space Marine Sorcerer: WiP 1

Since realizing I forgot to put any commentary into my last post for my Chaos Space Marine Lord, I decided to go back and fix it, you can see an update post here. 

For those that wont go back, I feel obligated to relate the story of where I got these minis. 

A few weeks back, Dave Taylor (of Dave Taylor Fame) posted on his blog that a friend of his was getting rid of some of his miniatures. 

So I boogied over to Akers' blog and snatched up an old-school Chaos Lord with Power Fist and a Chaos Sorcerer (although seeing as these are still current minis, I'm not sure if is fair to call them old-school).

Chaos Space Marine Lord: WiP 1

Well it appears I forgot to do a little write-up when this post originally went live. I doubt many will come back to read this, but I'll do it anywho.

A few weeks back, Dave Taylor (of Dave Taylor Fame) posted on his blog that a friend of his was getting rid of some of his miniatures. 

So I boogied over to Akers' blog and snatched up an old-school Chaos Lord with Power Fist and a Chaos Sorcerer (although seeing as these are still current minis, I'm not sure if is fair to call them old-school).

Chaos Space Marine Lord with Jump Pack: Complete!

And so we come to the end of another mini. I almost feel sad every time I finish a really cool mini, and this guy was really cool. I like this guy for the fact that he is not too over the top chaos-ie. In my humble opinion he is just chaos-ie enough.

Chaos Space Marine Lord with Jump Pack: WiP 2

So last week I had some issues. I was going out of town for a conference, and the blog slipped to the side, and I posted some pics without any descriptions. 

Now there really is no excuse for Monday, as I didn't leave until Wednesday, but any teacher will tell you that there is a lot of planning involved with getting things ready for a sub, so that is the best excuse I can come up with. 

So without any further whining, here are some updated pics of my Chaos Space Marine Lord with Jump Pack.

Chaos Space Marine Lord with Jump Pack: WiP 1

So a while back I happened upon this blog called Dark Future Games (you should go check it out) and I noticed that one of the guys there was selling some minis. There wasn't really much I was interested in except for one thing. The Chaos Space Marine Lord with jump pack. 

Now I will be the first to admit that I am a sucker for all things Power Armor, and after reading the Badab War books from Forge World, and reading Blood Reaver and The Gildar Rift, I have hand the thought of doing a Red Corsair army in the back of my head. When I saw that CSM jump pack lord, I had to have him.

Book Review: The Gildar Rift

So after the last two Black Library books I read, I was a little worried about reading another. I know it seems kind of silly. It is not as if the last two books were terrible, I just didn't care for them, and what is it that people say about opinions?

Anywho, I picked up The Gildar Rift and I was a bit excited because a) I enjoyed Ms. Cawkwells' short stories about the Silver Skulls, b) after Imperial Armour 9/10 & Blood Reaver, I've got a thing for the Astral Claws/Red Corsairs, a c) I don't think I've met "A Space Marines Battles Novel," I haven't liked yet. So with those things in mind, I dove in.

I have to start with a bit of a critisim. The book began with a bit about a Rogue Trade moving into the Gildar system, not waiting for their marine escort and subsequently being attacked by pirates. There was nothing really wrong with it, but it really served no purpose in the story. It is just a gimmick that the BL authors seem to do more and more. Some of them can pull it off (like Dan Abnett in Bloodpact), but for others it really just falls flat, as it does here, in my opinion.