So it was our 2nd Wedding Anniversary 6th November, and my Amazing Wife bought my a couple model kits
A 1/72 scale B-17 Flying Fortress :- long story short, I collected WW2 aircraft when I was a kid. Always wanted the B-17 and never had one :/
And a 1/48 scale F-14 Tomcat :- my favourite 'modern' aircraft.

I've painted these to a higher standard than when I was younger obviously, but not going to my 40k levels.
First up, the F-14




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I thought a blog would help me keep on top of my project!

I have had a fairly good size of grey knights for some years now, back when the now old ones were released as deamonhunters.

So my army thus far:

Grand Master - Built/painted
Librarian - WIP
Brotherhood Champ - WIP
Inquisitor - done


Culexus Assasin - done
Eversor - done
Purifiers x 9 - halberds and 2 x incinerators - Done (Want to repaint though)
+Rhino - unpainted
Inquisitorial henchmen - mix of minis 10-20 depending on what I field - mixture of painted unpainted minis

6 Terminators with mix of halberds and swords, 1 incinerator and 1 pyscannon

6 normal Grey knights with halberds and 2 x incinerators

Storm Raven - built but not painted

Dreadknight - Want to convert to be almost running and sword in 2 hands - next big project

Dreadnaught - done

LR Crusader - converted and built not painted

I will try and tick off as I go and undoubtedly buy more stuff.

Next purchases will be a squad of Paladins and normal strike squad...

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The heads got here even with the calamities of snow, I knocked together some mock ups, these won't be the final torso but gives you an idea of scale and detail. Apologies for the poor pictures, the Iphone is no comparison to an DSLR but that's off limits

The 'beak' holes are for tubing that will be added later. The third picture is the covered variant. For the purpose of explantion, the first two pictures are using the maxmini combat torso and legs, the third is a cadian torso with FW renegade arms.



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With a lot of time on my hands in the evening (away on Customer Site and staying in hotels), I spent some time thinking over the costing of models and the unit size cost again.

So starting with a Skeleton Troop (10) at 45pts - that equates to a 'Single Model Cost' (SMC) of 4.5pts
likewise an Elven Spearmen Troop (10) at 60pts means a SMC of 6pts

If we take all the units from both the Undead and Elven factions, we get:
Undead
Skeleton 4.5pts
Revenant 6pts
Zombie 3pts
Wraith 25pts
Ghoul 4.5pts
Revenant Cavalry 16pts

Elven
Spearman 6pts
Sea Guard 10pts
Bowmen 9pts
Scout 8pts
Palace Guard 7pts
Stormwind Cavalry 18pts

So far so good...

Now looking at the Unit costs using these single model costs

So taking a Skeleton Troop (10) at a cost of 45pts
Single Model Cost of a Skeleton is 4.5pts
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So I went to Salute 2011 on Saturday 16th April.

Picked myself up:

3 of these...

...to use in the mega campaign I'm planning later in the year.

This dude...

...for my Astral Claws/Tyrant's Legion

This dude...

...for nostalgia (for now?)

These:
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