Last War 4. Stuck

Before:

Mission 0. The Pals- Roll call

Mission 1. Only the dead...

Mission 2. Rescue the medics

Mission 3. Rust

After an uncharitably long wait, I present the latest Last War exploit of our unlucky pals...

AD Specific and Sing have no melee weapons and couldn't harm the Mud Ghoul on the left. West is better in combat, but even he struggled and then couldn't escape the Trench Maggot's tentacles. I didn't find the crucial intel I wanted, but I did keep everyone alive.

The Trench Maggots are scaled down 3D prints from Goonmaster.

I do not think that is the last our friends have seen of The Thing From The Fog... all will be revealed!

40K Lamenters Company Command

Here's a Captain and his Ancient (banner bearer). I've painted them to represent the Lamenters' Third Company.

Or, a bend sinister gules*

I wasn't really a fan of the Captain, but after the cape got some colour (Army Painter Speedpaint Blood Red with some highlights) he grew on me. I'm happy with the striped crest on his helmet, and the chequers on the shield came out OK as well.

Lamenters Captain

I've always wanted a banner bearer for my Lamenters*, but would have been happier to freehand a simple design based on the heraldry above. This miniature came with a sculpted pattern, and I scraped most of the bottom off to allow me a bit of creative freedom. If I was really bold I'd have scraped off the rest of the banner as well. Ah well, next time. I used some decals from Forgotten Chapters for some of the text. I used Microsol and some varnishes to get them sitting well. I freehanded the heart; I wonder if the circle needs a black border to help it pop. I did the LAMENTERS text with a paint pen and tidied it up with beige. Not perfect, but good enough.

Lamenters Ancient

No more Lamenters for a little while, something else next time.

Skull-o-meter™: 23

*From the fantastic Drawshield.net, a throwback to how the web used to be.

** Any last stand requires a banner

40K Lamenters Vanguard Veterans

Will the grimdark ever cease? Not whilst I'm trying to plough through my pile of potential!

These are veteran marines, denoted by the white helmets, and are close-combat oriented with jump packs and swords.

The depiction in miniature of airborne figures is an eternal conundrum. I don't usually like figures perched precariously trying to look like they're flying, but these sculpts have really done well in giving a sense of motion and weightlessness despite mass..

All these close-up photos under a bright light really help pick out the flaws.

Skull-o-meter™: 43

40K Lamenters Eradicators

More yellow marines! These are Eradicators, with the bulky Gravis armour and wielding heavy bolters. If I must quibble, I wish they were backpack-belt-fed rather than magazine-fed, just for rule-of-cool.

There are shell casings pouring from the ejection port on this heavy bolter. I'm not really a fan and would have left them off if I could have.

Skull-o-meter™: 17

40K Lamenters Intercessors

These are the latest Intercessor miniatures; Intercessors being your base model Space Marine. They're superb sculpts with great posing and motion.

They've got a subtle mix of different armour parts that I can live with.

I painted them with my yellow technique and then hand-painted the chapter iconography. The left knee colour shows Third Company, and the right pauldron is for the 5th Battleline Squad.

Sergeant has a black stripe on his helmet.

Blips on the auspex

There's impressive motion implied by the twisting sling.

Underslung grenade launcher.

Skull-o-meter™: 25

40K Lamenters Land Speeder

Land Speeder. Speeder of Land.

I don't love painting vehicles, but was keen to get this iconic skimmer done. It doesn't have any running gear which is nice. In the photos I can now see flaws, missed bits and errors but I'll call it a day. The checks and heart decals are from Mighty Brush and Impatient Tabletop. The hearts are slightly translucent in the photos, but I hadn't noticed before. It is tempting to go overboard with numbers and markings.

I wanted to have the pilot firing a bolt pistol because it is cool/ metal, but couldn't find a suitable left arm. I freehanded the shoulder checks and hearts.

I'm pretty happy with the simple all-green displays.

I made a flight stand from clear perspex rod and UV resin, inspired by this Hellstorm Wargaming short:

It worked really well as far as I am concerned.

I also magnetised the heavy flamer and gatling cannon.

Skull-o-meter™: 8