Scent of a Gamer

From the computer to the tabletop, this is all about games. Updated each week-end.

Plague Marine heroes complete

With these last two plague marine heroes completed, the full set is done. Here’s the last tow, the champion and heavy weapon marine: Once again I stuck closely to my … Continue reading

March 27, 2021 · 9 Comments

Slaves to Darkness chaos knights

I’ve finished the second two chaos knights for my Slaves to Darkness force: These were painted similarly to the first three, with the main difference here being that I used … Continue reading

March 21, 2021 · 5 Comments

Plague Marine heroes 2

I have painted the second pair of plague marine heroes: Each model comes with your choice of closed helm or face, and I went with the face for these two. … Continue reading

March 20, 2021 · 8 Comments

Plague Marine heroes 1

It still feels peculiar to call these guys heroes. They comes from a set of miniatures release din japan under the name ‘Space marine heroes’. The plague marines are the … Continue reading

March 13, 2021 · 7 Comments

Plague Marine reinforcements 2

I’ve painted another champion and icon bearer for the plague marines. To keep them looking different to the other two, I painted them with bases to go along with the … Continue reading

March 6, 2021 · 8 Comments

Plague Marine reinforcements

Supply issues with the Warhammer 40,000 Conquest magazine suddenly resolved and I had some new terrain pieces, and also some new plague marines to paint. Here are the first two, … Continue reading

December 5, 2020 · 6 Comments

Plague marines complete

After painting the Plagueburst Crawler I realised my collection of plague marines is now complete. Time for a group photo! One thing about this group photo is I realise I … Continue reading

July 19, 2020 · 19 Comments

Plagueburst Crawler complete

I have completed the iconic tank for my plague marine force, the Plagueburst crawler: I gave it a lunar style base, which doesn’t match the bulk of the plague marine … Continue reading

July 5, 2020 · 12 Comments

Plague Marines: the story so far

My current collection of plague marines is all painted up now. Here they are in a single group: This photo tells me a couple of things. The first is that … Continue reading

January 26, 2020 · 10 Comments

Poxwalkers complete

With all 26 poxwalkers plus their herder complete I can finally show them off in these group shots: I switched from the zone mortalis floor tiles to something more in … Continue reading

January 18, 2020 · 11 Comments

Plague Rhino painted

The Rhino (or should I say Rh1n0?) for the plague marines is now painted up: It’s looking nice and rusty, just how the plague marines like it. I’m still not … Continue reading

January 12, 2020 · 12 Comments

Poxwalkers update 3

This time I’ve painted 10 poxwalkers. My holidays are almost over, but they have been good to me in terms of productivity. These 10 were painted up in the same … Continue reading

January 11, 2020 · 2 Comments

Biologis Putrefier painted

This is another plague marine figure I picked up from Warhammer 40,000: Conquest magazine: I decided to put this figure on a base which matches the poxwalkers rather than the … Continue reading

January 5, 2020 · 4 Comments

Foul Blightspawn painted

This is the first of (so far) two additional Plague Marines which I have picked up on the cover of Warhammer 40,000 Conquest. I haven’t been buying every issue, but … Continue reading

December 22, 2019 · 7 Comments

Poxwalkers update 2

Another week-end, another happy bunch on poxwalkers completed: I painted these is a similar style to the first batch, the main difference being that I mixed some Reikland Fleshshade into … Continue reading

December 21, 2019 · 6 Comments

Poxwalkers update 1

I’ve completed the first 8 of my 26 poxwalkers: Also, I’m enjoying how good the zone mortalis tiles are for taking these photos. Ruined towers are great for the fantasy … Continue reading

December 14, 2019 · 1 Comment

Felthius and the Tainted Cohort painted

These four models are the ‘easy-to-build’ set released for the Death Guard, along with the Plague Crawler. They lived up to their name, with assembly being straightforward. The most difficult … Continue reading

November 24, 2019 · 9 Comments

Plaguelord painted

The leader model from the Dark Imperium boxed set had finally been done to take charge of his troops The smoke effect didn’t quite come out the way I wanted, … Continue reading

November 9, 2019 · 1 Comment

Bloat Drone complete

The latest part of the plague marine collection I’ve painted is the Bloat Drone. This is one of my favourites models in the range, so I’ve been saving this one … Continue reading

November 2, 2019 · 4 Comments

Talleyman painted

The Talleyman is a character model separate to the collection of Plague Marines you get in the Dark Imperium box set. But I liked this one so much I bought … Continue reading

October 26, 2019 · 6 Comments