The Illusion of activity

Hello everyone.

So lets start at the beginning – I am an educator. This means that the first weeks of September through to October half term are crazy busy for me, and if you look at the blog’s posting history you will see a frequent pattern of inactivity in those months through the storied history of my posting.

I determined this year not to have that happen, and while I have been very busy, a backlog of scheduled posts has kept the blog updating two posts a week throughout this busy period, but sadly i am now out of that content.

I have reduced the posting to a single post per week to get me to half term, and hopefully will be able to create some new content during the half term to get us some more of the way to Christmas and beyond, but I hope you will bear with me as things get a wee bit quieter.

I’ll let you all know during the half term how successful I am, or not. In the meantime there are still two posts left, so look forward to some more Elysians and a batrep of sorts over the next couple of Mondays.

thanks for taking the time :)

Cadian Infantry Platoon – Second Squad

 

Identical in gearing to the previously posted unit, and leaving me only the heavy weapon teams to finish now.

 

The grunts, lots of grenades on show, ironic really as I always forget them and what they do.

The Sergeant, all business.

This vox operator has a bayonet fixed, he’s a pessimist you see and expects at all times to be charges in CC by something akin to a world eater.

Corporal with designated marksman rifle. Just cos the rules don't have them, doesn't mean I cant model it :)

Grenadier Statton, not saying he's a bad shot, but usually he’s ordered to fire frag. at distant targets.

The anti tank team, with Loader.

Magnetised loader, so he can disappear, and reappear at till. usually the enemies will, but still.

Elysian company command Squad

    

I posted these chaps ride a few weeks ago, and here is the finished squad.

 

The Squad’s support weapon, because really these guys should be sat somewhere safe dishing out orders and fire.

The spotter/loader is magnetised, so can be removed to reflect wounding.

This Squad also has a sniper.

 

and a Technician first class, equipped with a ground scanner. mainly used to give the hvy bolter and sniper re-rolls.

Lovely models, and because these are resin you can really play with the poses, – all you need is a hairdryer.

Commander, with a pfist. cos he wanted one, and you know, it looks cool.

  

Commander ffolks acknowledges his role, and is happy to sit in the backfield, but when he does get assaulted, he likes to be able to respond, as do his two subalterns, (yeah, the Elysian list can still use bodyguards)  and he lives by the maxim “better to have one and not need it..”

Tarantulas! For the imperial guard of course.

 

On my journey to expanding the Elysians to 1850 and a fully feildable force on their own, I decided to ensure that I got a decent chunk of anti tank in there.

 

What I didn't want to do though was just slap down a bunch of vendettas as lets face it, its overpowered, and not only that its just another Valk chassis.

Ignoring that, then meant that I was looking for ways to kill armour from they Elysians list. I decided on three main approaches, and here is the first, lovely models, go together and paint beautifully.

and in the Elysian list have the advantage of Deep Strike, so being fielded as single units, and dropped where they will be a real pain in the enemy armour’s ass.

Mud. Glorious Mud!

Having picked up some mig mud, looking for a way to acheive a good effect with less faff, I thought I would share my findings.

The tyres and treads of the average ork trukk are ripe for mudding.

Opening the container reveals a pigmented, gravelly paste. this one is “Europe dry mud” and Large [article size. we’ll get to that.

 

slapping it on with an old brush and working it into the crevices,

followed by wiping it off the raised surfaces…

and once dry…

It still needed something for me, and the large particles were distracting, though that said i did buy large. I also have a smaller tub here which I will try soon.

I set to adding a layer of dust with a MIG powder

And gave that a fix and wash with some thinners. you can see the results in my previous post on the Trukk.

overall it saved me mixing my own, and the results, while not outstanding largely due to the particle size, certainly are promising.

More once I find a suitable subject for the smaller particle mud.