Ninjabread

Back in September 1989, White Dwarf 117 had a page chock full of models painted and photographed by Fraser Gray – a suitably gothic-looking man whose backdrops probably served as the inspiration for the current range of 40K terrain pieces.

And among the weird Tzeentch conversions were the two Flamer-based ones above I’ve nicked the colour scheme from. (The prototype Flamer made me wonder if originally the Horror bodies were designed to fit on the Flamer torsos, but playing around with them I conclude not.) So here’s my unconverted tribute. It’s come out quite differently as I was really trying to veer away from painting my model red.

Now to add it to the WotR movement trays I line up the Project Change models in. Or is there a better way to display them?

Another of my hobbies is browsing discount toy shops for cheap Transformers knock-offs. On one such stupid adventure I found a Jungle Rack playset.

I bought it in a flash and hurried home excitedly. Some glue, sand, drybrushing, grassing and bushing later I had a gorgeous tiered display piece of just the right size and shape to put in my glass display cabinets.

First attempt at drybrushing a terrain type of thing for a long while, so it was a learning experience. I want some more subtlety which I might achieve with weathering powders. I also want more Jungle Rack playsets, if not least to melt down the tiny plastic lions with matches.