Category: kid stuff

The boy thinks he can trade some Tau terrain for more Imperial Guardsmen, so I spent a day knocking together some random bits of junk from around the house and this is the result. On the left we have a deodorant package with some disposal razor blade handles glued...

Gentlemen! Behold! The five dollar Leman Russ! The boy made a very bold choice of color schemes, and I’ve hewed exactly to it. The boy is painting his own little mans, and the one shown here isn’t complete yet.  It’s just here for scale and to show how the...

The cardboard tank nears completion.  Side sponsons, black paint, white drybrush, this beast is ready for its final paintjob.  In keeping with the theme of the Imperial Guard unit, it’s going to get a green and purple camouflage paint scheme.  Wouldn’t be my first choice, but it’s a commission for my...

Spent the Easter weekend working on another addition to my son’s Imperial Guard unit.  This main battle tank costs upwards of fifty bucks in the store, but you can cobble your own together with a bit foamcore, a little plasticard, and a lot of patience.  This is the result...

A good friend bailed me out of some personal drama (loaned me a spare car when my transmission went ker-chunk). Our kids are both into 40K, and after a recent battle, a couple of his terrain pieces wound up in our box.  As a partial thanks for the loaner,...

It’s a travel week for me, and that means no update on my late, lamented project.  Time to cut my losses and move on from the car wars highway.  While I figure out what to do next, here’s a quick shot of my son’s latest acquisition: Warhammer 40K Cadian...

Time to start introducing this little hobby to the boy.  A few weeks ago, he got a box of Warhammer 40K figs to practice on, but I can’t let him have all the fun.  Tonight, we glued them together in whatever way seemed cool.  Here are our results, sans paint. Warhammer players...