Back To Black

Hello and sorry it's been a couple of days.  Lots and lots of stuff going on, much of it Hobby-related, much of it lack-of-sleep related.

Anyway, where were we...?

Oh yes, painting the black armour!

Well, thinking about what I said in the last post, about it being difficult to judge blacks when they're against a black undercoat, I've decided to leave finishing off those sections until the majority of the rest of the models are painted.  Hopefully that way, I'll be able to do a much more accurate job of judging the contrast.

With that in mind, I've begun painting the trousers and gloves of the Human team a nice, sandy kind of off-white.  This was done using the same method that I used for the teeth and bone, etc. on my recent Space Orks project:

A Bestial Brown basecoat followed by
Snakebite Leather and then
a 1:1 mix of Snakebite Leather and Bleached Bone with
a highlight of pure Bleached Bone finally followed by
an extreme highlight of Skull White.

Just to smooth things over a little, after all of those stages, I've added a thinned Gryphonne Sepia wash and then tonight I hope to re-touch the highlights with Skull White.

With a bit of luck, I'll have some pictures for you later, but until then, happy painting!

The Canis Helix

Ah... In these unassuming grey containers lies the very life-blood of the Space Wolves Chapter...

You know what, I can't make this exciting.  Truth be told, mixing paint is only marginally less dull than watching it dry, but now the job is done and my Great Howling's armour mixes are ready to go.

The funny thing is though, when I put these paints away tonight, I discovered to my amusement that I was carrying them with the care and awe-struck wonder of - I don't know - an embryo from Jurassic Park or something!

Anyway, no excuse for not starting my Space Marines now...

Well, apart from the Blood Bowl teams:

The black armour is all but done on them, but the more I look at them, the more I think they'll benefit from one final hard-edged highlight of Space Wolves Grey.  This idea is quite a depressing one because, as the highlight has to be so neat, it is going to take a tremendous amount of time to apply to twenty-four miniatures.  In fact, I would imagine it'll take at least all of my painting time tomorrow, if not half of the weekend as well.

I shouldn't mind, but while I'm painting the black, it's difficult to see much progress when it's sitting next to a black undercoat.  I just can't wait to get some proper colour on them.

But then I always said that the first and most important thing to painting miniatures well is patience...

Grey Gold!

Hurrah!!  I was beginning to give up hope!  But luckily, Games Workshop Colchester didn't let me down!

Space Wolves Grey paint is in such short supply at the moment that it's been removed from the GW website (although I'm not sure why they don't just list it as 'Out Of Stock'...) so imagine my surprise when I walked into the store and found they'd had a delivery of it!

Even the manager seemed very proud - telling me with enthusiasm that it had only just come in and he'd managed to get eight pots.

I bought three of them.

Now, before you call me mad and accuse me of some sort of end-of-the-world panic buying, I must point out that two of them are going to be used to mix up a large batch of my armour mixes for my Space Wolves, and the other is going to top up my ever-dwindling supply.

Saying that, I was tempted to buy another could 'just in case', but managed to stop myself!!

And there you have it, I am probably the only person in the world sad enough to post a blog about nothing but paint.  With a photo.

Of three pots.

Okay, I'm going to drag myself back from the brink a little now:

The rabble above is the work so far on my Orc and Human Blood Bowl teams.  As you can tell, I've started on the blacks for both teams, letting me paint both at the same time (hard work, but very satisfying because it makes me feel like I'm ploughing through at double-speed!).

To save time, I've skipped one stage of the 'Eavy Metal Masterclass, because they were starting to look very etherial, and have drybrushed the final highlight of (wait for it...) Space Wolves Grey (!) onto the armour - and the rest of the miniatures, as you can see from the photo.  I always make it a point to try and avoid drybrushing when possible and, if it is absolutely necessary, reserve it for the first colour area so that I can be as messy around the edges as I like.

Now, to smooth it over a little, I'm going to add another thin wash of Choas Black paint.  The reason for not using Badab Black is because although much thicker and richer, making it ideal for getting a much deeper shading effect, it tends to have a shine to it as well.  Although washing with black paint is flatter, it is seeming to work quite well for these miniatures... But of course we'll have to see the finished teams before we can really pass any true judgement...

And of course, while that wash dries, I'll be mixing together my master pots for my Space Wolves' Power Armour...  GRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrr...!

(If anyone has a life to spare, I really could do with one...)

5-1! 5-1! 5-1! 5-1! (What...? AGAINST???)

Well, I suffered possibly the worst defeat I have ever had tonight.  My team was absolutely devastated by the Amazons.  The funny thing is, it's not down to us getting squished to a pulp - we only had one dead player by the end of the game (okay, it was a Wardancer, but still...) - we were simply outplayed and outclassed.

Nothing I tried against this team seemed to work, and the Hackers really felt a bit lacklustre and stale.  They just weren't playing like they usually do.

Where has the magic gone?  Of course, I blame the Coach.  I really need to come up with some new tactics and learn to be more fluid - reacting well to the situations I find myself in, rather than getting myself bogged down and trying to Block my way out of trouble - I know, Wood Elves?  Block?

I refuse to blame the dice, despite failing a tremendous amount for 2+ rolls.  After all, a good Coach will stack the odds so far in their favour that it won't matter if a few rolls go wrong.

Saying that, it was still a great game!

We managed to kill two of the opposing players in revenge for the drubbing that we were receiving, and asside from the one death and a couple of KO's, we were as sturdy as we've ever been.

I think a strong-worded team talk is needed to clear the air before we take things forward.

Bunker Bowl is approaching fast and we can be ready.  WE WILL BE READY!

GO HACKERS!!

Back To Base-ics...

Well, after one of the briefest experiments since the phrase 'I wonder what would happen if...' was first uttered, I have glued the Orc and Human Blood Bowl teams to their bases.

Don't get me wrong, this method is extremely fast and efficient when it comes to getting the first couple of coats on, but the bulk of the sprues I think would make it very awkward when it comes to the fine detail work.

Even more fundamentally, it doesn't 'feel' right.  Soul-less was the first word that sprung to mind when I was trying to put my finger on the problem.

So even now, as I type this, the two teams are drying onto their bases.

In future, I will almost definitely do the same thing for the initial basecoat, but anything beyond that will be done with the players' feet firmly on the plastic ground...

And speaking of Blood Bowl, I'm mentally preparing myself (by drinking a cup of coffee and having a nice sit down) for the Green Glade Hackers' next big game tonight, against a team of Amazons.

I love playing Amazons because their Dodge skill makes them almost as tricky as my Wood Elves, so I think I'll be in for quite a challenging game.

Naturally, I'm sure a post-match report will follow soon, along with some photos of my team which, I now realise, have never featured anywhere in this blog!  The shame!!

Wish me luck!

New Day, New Project

Well, here we go again!  Something new to start.

While I'm still waiting for Games Workshop to solve the seemingly national Space Wolves Grey paint shortage, I've left my army on the back-burner and have started to paint a Human and an Orc Blood Bowl team:

Yes, you heard right.  Started to.

Why then, are they still on the sprues?

Well, let me explain...

I have recently wondered whether it would be more efficient to paint the Blood Bowl teams on their sprues, simply because it is much neater and less cluttered in my work area, and it should be easier to paint them underneath without a base getting in the way.  This will be the first time I've ever tried this, so I'll keep you all posted as to whether it's worth doing in the future.  I have, obviously left only the bottoms of their feet attached to the sprues lest I should end up spending months touching them up after clipping them off!

Again, I repeat, I've started them.

Although it's not very obvious from the pictures, I have already basecoated the many black areas of the miniatures with a 1:1 mix of Regal Blue and Chaos Black.  These will all be painted in a much darker pallette than my last set, and as I have always found black more tricky than most colours to paint well, I thought that I'd have to come out from under the bed and face my fears head-on.

With a bit of luck, disaster will not ensue.

Anyway, to help me in this up-hill task, I'm refering to part of the Daemon Prince 'Eavy Metal Masterclass in this month's White Dwarf magazine:

(Apologies for the blurred cover photo - must be emanations from the Warp...)

I'm not sure whether I'll make the etherial glow quite so pronounced, after all these are not Chaos teams I'm painting!  But I knew before I saw this article that I wanted a purple hue to the highlights, so it could well be ideal...

Tonight, I hope to start highlighting up with a Regal Blue layer, before adding a thinned wash of Badab Black to the same areas...

Wish me luck!!!

Wazdakka Gutsmeg's Rather Nasty Waaaaaagh!!

And there we have it!  My Orky Boyz are finished at last and I have to admit, I will be very sorry to say goodbye to them!

It's been a long time coming and a lot of hours of work, but here they are:

Well, I suppose now it's time to say goodbye to my (rather big) green-skinned friends and look for a new painting project...

(And of course finish my Space Wolves...)

Anyway, more soon and for the last time for what could be a long time...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!

(Oh, and just a quick note for any readers who were directed here from my eBay listing - please, please, please have a look through some of my previous blog posts, which provide a (hopefully) fascinating look at the painting process for most of these miniatures, right from the undercoat up to the varnish.  As you will see, it's not always been the easiest and most painless journey and there have been many bumps in the road, but I think it'll show you how much love and care has gone into getting these Boyz on the table....  If you have any questions at all, then feel free to either leave a comment here or email me from the eBay listing!)

WAAAAAAAGH (-zdakka)!!

And now to bed!

Wazzdakka's Kumin' Ter Get Yer...

Or at least he will be very soon!

All is proceeding ahead of plan so far, so he should be finished by Sunday night, all being well.

Really proud of him at the moment and I've not even touched up any of the fine details yet.  As you can see from the picture, once the glue on the head is dry, I just need to paint the flesh on his face and in his mouth, the metal gubbinz on his head as well as the auspex glass.  After that, the hair, teeth and remaining bony bits (including the skull on the base) will all be painted in the same colour as on the Ork boyz - which luckily passes quite well for hair and teeth and... er... bony bits...

Finally, I just have a couple of bits of cabling that I need to do, but I'm not sure what colour to paint these as I don't want too much red or black.  The trouble is, I don't really know what colours will complement the pallette without clashing.

Then of course it'll be time for the touch-up of all of those little mistakes before painting round the edge of the base and blasting him with varnish.

Really, when I write it all down, there sounds like there's still quite a lot to do...



Meanwhile, on Fenris...

DISASTER!!

I went into GW today to buy the paints I need for the Great Howling (yes, they were open!!), but they have run out of Space Wolves Grey paint.  It's a conspiracy, I swear!

The more worrying thing is, I searched for it on the GW website, but it is no longer listed with the rest of the paints - it simply does not appear in their product range anymore.

No need to panic yet though as I'm sure it's just out of stock - or something to do with their rebranding of the paints - I noticed in the shop today that the colour paints are now starting to be sold in the same pot design as the washes and Foundation paints.  This is brilliant for two reasons.  Firstly, the smaller pots will fit into my case much better (hurrah!) and secondly, because the new pot lids are clear plastic, so it'll be much easier to pick out the colour that I'm looking for (double hurrah!!).

Still, I will not sleep easy until I manage to get my hands on some more precious Space Wolves Grey...

Space Wolves Grey: The Colour Of Compromise

The board is set and the pieces are moving... Well, actually, there isn't even a board, let alone pieces...!

BUT!  I have finally pinned down the colour scheme for my Space Wolves armour, and I think it strikes a good balance between looking good and being fairly quick:

1. Spray with a 1:1 mix of Shadow Grey and Space Wolves Grey
2. Paint a 1:1 mix of Fenris Grey and Scorched Brown into the recesses
3. Neaten up the previous stage with the mix from Stage 1
4. Drybrush with Space Wolves Grey
5. Drybrush with a 1:1 mix of Space Wolves Grey and Skull White

Now, although there are quite a lot of mixes involved in that, I intend to buy up all of the paints I need and then pre-mix them into bigger pots - so that it's much easier to keep the colours consistant.

As to where I'll find these bigger pots, I'm not quite sure what will suffice.  With that in mind, I'll hopefully be having a chat with someone from GW this afternoon... Maybe they can point me in the right direction.

Anyway, here is the result of the armour test:

He's certainly not going to win any painting competitions, but I don't think he looks too bad - especially when you consider there'll be pack markings and Great Company markings on there as well.

Yeah, not bad at all.

Oh, and here's Wazzdakka so far:

I would love to get him finished this weekend, but that will rely on me being awake enough to put in quite a late night on him tonight.  I'm just waiting for a Devlan Mud wash to dry on the brown bits before I start highlighting them up, and then it'll be the Boss plate on his front and then the skin.  After that, just a few fiddly bits...

All good at the moment!

On My Feet... Just...

Well, I'm up and painting at last, although even now I can still feel Nurgle's slime-ridden, knobbly fingers pawing at my shoulder.

I think one of his finger-boils just burst pus into my ear...

Still, I'll not be beaten!  That said, this is just a quick post before I crawl back into bed.

Okay, where to start?

First of all, I've finished the metals on Wazzdakka, with (if I do say so myself) some rather lovely weathering on some bits of it.

I think (but can't be sure until tomorrow when the wash has dried) that I've also finished his reddy-brown trousers.  I wanted something quite dark to keep in with the pallette of the rest of the army, but then also something that was a little bit richer and would stand out more.

I then left him for the night while I carried on painting my test-Wolf,  Fell Fang.

Ater applying the initial basecoat of 1:1 Shadow Grey and Space Wolves Grey, I then applied a 1:1 wash of Scorched Brown and Fenris Grey (not Shadow Grey as I believe I said in an earlier post).

The White Dwarf painting guide then just asks for a Space Wolves Grey highlight, but I found the wash I'd put on seemed very rough and rather messy, so I have decided that - you know what - this is MY army.  I'm not going to spend months painting armies for other people only to do a quick get-'em-on-the-table job on my own.

God knows, I've spent so long this far on them, there's no point in rushing now.

So, that said, I re-applied the basecoat to tidy up the wash and then I intend to highlight up with Space Wolves Grey and then a 1:1 Space Wolves Grey / Skull White mix.

This is actually very similar to the scheme used on Njal, but the key difference is that the mixes are much simpler.  When I come to paint the bulk of my army, I am considering dropping the 'wash' into the recesses, and simply painting the shading in, which although it is a lengthy process, cuts the tidy-up stage drastically.

We'll see how it goes on that one...

Anyway, here he is so far:

Good night!

Curse You, Nurgle! Curse You!

Well, what a disappointing painting weekend.  I had probably twice as much time to spare as I usually do, but instead of being able to make the most of it, I was struck down by Nurgle's Rot.

Bleeaaargh!

Oh, the best laid plans...

Never mind.

I did manage to almost finish the metals on the Ork Warboss - now lovingly known to me as Wazzdakka Gutsmeg - leaving only a light drybrushing of Chainmail and then some 'Eavy Metal-inspired rust effects on some parts of the armour.

As a little side-project, while the washes were drying, I also did the basecoat on one of my Blood Claws.

It's a bit of an experiment as I'm using the three-stage method listed in White Dwarf, telling you how to get an army painted and fielded as nicely but quickly as possible.

For the Power Armour, it is simply a Space Wolves Grey / Shadow Grey mix, followed by a Scorched Brown / Shadow Grey (I think) wash, followed by a Space Wolves Grey highlight.

I have to admit, I'm a little bit dubious of the technique, having spend so long painting five or six stages onto Space Marine armour.  The question is, when I'm painting lots of lovely miniatures for other people to use, am I going to be happy with three simple stages for my own armies?

That said, I think I'll wait until I see the finished result before I pass judgement.

When that will be, well, only Nurgle can tell...

I'll hopefully get some pictures up (and some more painting done!) if I feel better later...

Aaaaaaand.... STOP!!!!

That's it.

Finished.

Done.

Finally.

Njal is painted!  I have a commander for my Great Howling!

I've done as much as I can, as well as I can and though he's by no means perfect, he will definitely do.

Rather proud of him, if I do say so myself, so I think we'll leave him at that.

No doubt (like the Green Glade Hackers) I'll be coming back to him numerous times to fix all the chips and scratches that he's sure to pick up on the battlefield (well, gaming board).

Anyway, no time to sit and be smug...

On to the next project... FINISH THOSE ORKSES!!!

I think the first job of the evening will be to patch up the undercoat and start on the metal...

Compared to Njal, I'm hoping this one'll be like a holiday.

Now where did I put that head...?

Njearly, But Njot Quite...

Well, this has to be the hundredth blog entry where I claim to have almost finished Njal.  But I have.

I promise!

The principle paint job is finished now, and all that's needed is a very fine-tooth-comb touching up of the many, many mistakes, chips and bare undercoat that I keep managing to spot all over the miniature.

Oh, and the base definitely needs livening up a little.  Very dull and grey at the moment...

But while I do that, let me introduce you to Fell Fang, Alpha Marine of the Dead Jesters Blood Claw pack...

More soon, hopefully on the Ork Warboss... Who now has a base available!

Double or Nothing.

Well, I'm still picking away at Njal's staff, but should finish it in the next few days.

As there are a lot of washes, I'm having the chance to assemble some of my Dead Jesters Blood Claws Pack while they dry.  I have unfortunately seemed to hit a snag...

I want the squad to be eleven strong (when Lukas the Trickster is included).  So, ideally, that would be Lukas, one sergeant with plasma pistol and power fist, and nine standard Marines with bolt pistols and chainswords.  A fairly simple, and I imagine, common idea.

However, the Space Wolf Pack only consists of EIGHT bolt pistols, with the same number of chainswords - meaning that I have to buy two boxes to complete my squad.

Don't get me wrong, there are more than enough bits if I want to dish out a few more plasma pistols or power fists, or lightning claws, but that's not what my finely balanced and dead-on-fifteen-hundred-points army list requires.

Of course, I need another three boxes anyway, and by that point I'll have pistols and chainswords coming out of my ears, but it's a bit frustrating that I can't assemble and paint my whole first squad until I get some more of my Great Howling.

Never mind, too late to worry now.

Literally too late.

I'm off to bed.

Njal? Finished?

Sort of!

Well, he would be finished, if he didn't insist on carrying his magic poking-stick into battle.

Yes, that's all I have left.  A staff.  I'm not sure how long it's gonna take me to paint it, perhaps a couple or three days, but the end is definitely in sight.

I have to admit, I'm getting a bit worn out with Njal now, as it is a tremendously difficult miniature to paint - and certainly not the one I should have decided to strive for 'perfection' on (I think I've fallen well short, but I'm still very impressed with myself!).  I think that next time I try to do a bells-and-whistles, fully-blended, completely smooth, brush-stroke-perfect paint job, I'm going to try a standard Tactical Marine.

Seriously.

There's simply too much detail and too many trechniques to master on a character miniature.  This means that the blended areas are all either broken up or crammed into a very small space.  However, on a normal Marine, there are lots of open areas such as the shoulder pads and the shins where you can really go to town on practicing your advanced painting techniques.

I think Games Workshop sell boxes of five Black Reach Marines (not as detailed as the normal packs) for about £5, so I'll definitely have a go at buying some of those the next time the Colchester store is actually open (please don't get me started on that one...)

Anyway, here he is in all of his almost-finished glory...

So far so good, and I'll keep you posted on the poking-stick.  I can tell, you're really eager to hear more.

 No, really, I can.

The Dead Jesters.

I've decided not to mess with the Psyber Raven yet.  I'll wait until the whole model is finished before adding any more highlights.  After all, it's difficult to judge what's stands out and what doesn't until the whole model is finished.

With that in mind, I've managed to bascoat and shade Njal's arms - firstly with a 1:1:1 coat of Shadow Grey, Space Wolves Grey and Kommando Khaki, and then a 1:1 mix of Scorched Brown and Shadow Grey painted into the recesses.

Tomorrow, I'll begin (and hopefully finish!) the highlight layers.  After that, I just need to paint Njal's staff, do the final (and quite extensive) tidy-up, and then base him.

Nearly there, and then I can begin to think about painting the first Blood Claws pack of my army, led by Lukas the Trickster and based around the idea of the 'Forlorn Hope' regiments of the Napoleonic Wars...

The Dead Jesters.

The idea behind this pack is that they're the first troops sent in against the most unassailable fortresses, the deadliest tanks, the most invulnerable and vicious Greater Daemons.  Of course, as brash,  young and impetuous Space Wolves, they care nothing for their odds of survival, knowing that death and glory are but two sides of the same blood-soaked coin.  They know that if they die, it will be with a furious battle-cry upon their lips, but if they survive... If they survive, they will be honoured with a place amongst the Wolf Guard of Sven Bloodhowl himself.

For Fenris!  For the Allfather!  For the Glory of Russ!

More Pieces of Eight.

Just a brief update before I pack up for the night...

The raven is finished.  Except it isn't.  Except it is.  Almost.

I've decided that neither the red cables nor the blue eye (not shown in the picture below) are striking enough against the dark feathers, so the first job tomorrow night will be to lighten them up a little bit with an extra highlight - although I will probably re-paint the blue eye completely, starting one or two shades of blue higher, then highlighting to almost white.

After that, I'll begin the Terminator armour on Njal's arms while at the same time touching up the various errors on the main body's armour.  I'm not sure I'll get all of that finished by the end of tomorrow night though as there are several layers to paint and it needs to be very smoothly highlighted...

Anyway, here is the Stormcaller so far:

Oh, and in case you've ever wondered how many paints it's possible to use on one raven...

Hopefully, more news tomorrow!

Pieces of Eight.

Now that the Deff Koptas are under my belt, tonight sees the return to Njal Stormcaller.

I have to admit, it's quite difficult to come back to a character miniature after a little while away.  Even though I knew I was doing it, I simply couldn't help procrastinating, considering and - quite frankly - putting off starting again.

When I did eventually get around to beginning work on him, it started with a bit of repair work.  You see, where I'd carefully pinned and glued Njal's arms into place (certain that they were stuck fast), Njal seems to have had other ideas and decided to move his arms, leaving a rather unsightly gap between his upper arms and the inside of his shoulder pad.

Luckily, I managed to fix it fairly seamlessly with some very careful putty-work (or, I'll be honest, Blu-tac work) and a black undercoat.

After that, I started to paint the Psyber Raven - quite a good bit I felt, as it was completely independent of Njal, so I didn't have to begin immediately with any sort of continuity of flow or brush-work, and also because it is a fairly simple but large part of the model.  I'm hoping to finish the raven tonight and thus give myself a bit of a morale boost and kick up the backside to hopefully get the whole model done in a few days.

I started by painting the raven with a 1:1 mix of Chaos Black and Regal Blue, gradually layering it up to pure Regal Blue.  To try and give it a bit of shine to its feathers, I then did an edge highlight of Fortress Grey, toning it down afterwards with a thinned Badab Black wash.

I'm now waiting for a heavy 1:2:2 (very approximately) glaze of Regal Blue, Liche Purple and Chaos Black to dry before contemplating the beak and claws.  I'm hoping that firstly, the glaze will just give a hint of atmospheric colour to the feathers, distinguishing them from the much flatter beak and claws, and secondly, that it won't dull down the grey highlight too much or I may have to re-apply it.

I just have to tell myself, 'Don't make the highlights too bright.  Subtlety, subtlety, subtlety...'

What's The Emoticon For 'Hums "Ride Of The Valkyries" Very Loudly'?

Hurrah!  Twenty-eight down, one to go!

In an uncanny blast of speed, I've managed to finish the three Ork Deff Koptas off tonight, leaving only the Ork Warboss left.

Unfortunately, he seems to be missing a base... Perhaps he should ask old Njal about that one...

Still, Njal does now have his arms and Psyber Raven glued on, so hopefully I'll get on with him tomorrow night - and maybe finish him in the next three or four days - give or take some alterations to his modelled base, which I'm still not satisfied with...

Anyway, here are the finished articles:

More news tomorrow!  Happy gaming!

4-1! 4-1! 4-1!!!

Not a bad night, really - a stunning victory for the Green Glade Hackers against their scaly Lizardmen opponents.

Thankfully, in the end, there were no Kroxigor to worry about - just four seemingly unhurtable Saurus.  With Armour 9, I only managed to hurt one once, but even that was just a Stunned result.  That said, we were only Wood Elves, and not really built for violence - we only managed to Knock-Out one Skink in the end, for goodness sake!

Sadly, I have to report the death of Stark-Elm the Reckless - one of my Wardancers - at the hands of a very hostile crowd, as well as two of my LineElves.  Luckily, being a friendly non-league game, we can conveniently forget about that next time!

Never mind, we stormed to victory despite some horrible defending - those Skinks just seemed to slip past my front line.  As an Elf player, I should know better - after all, they were as fast as we are.

The First Half of the game was certainly very close - from being 1-0 down, the lizards managed to drag themselves level, and I only just managed to enter the break with a 2-1 lead.

We were quite nervous going into the Second Half - with not a very strong lead and one of our star players, well, very dead.  However, we need not have worried.  We managed to get some very lucky dice rolls which allowed us to score twice during two of the lizards' drives, and then we managed to finish them off with a late fourth touchdown.

Another great and - more importantly - fun game against an excellent opponent, with a good result to boot!

Fly, You Fools!

As promised (loosely), here are some pictures of the Deff Koptas so far.

As I said in my last post, they're not finished yet, but are starting to look quite nice...

All together now...

WAAAAAaaaaaaagh!  DAKKA!  DAKKA!  DAKKA!