24 skinks are done.

Yes sir, my first unit of warhammer fantasy unit is done. 20 skinks led by 4 braves. And as someone requested, some close up shots. Your wish is my command.










Not too shabby huh?? I mean the pictures. Vast improvement over the last few posts. Wonders what the Sun Lens of Fujidigitalcameratix can do. Truly the blessings of the old ones are embodied in this magical and ancient artifact!!

Next on the table - 40 saurus warriors. 2 blocks of 20 warriors each. One block led by an oldblood.


Let's how long these will take me. I'm targeting 2 weeks. Wish me luck.

The Lizardmen Cometh !!!

Ok ok not the clearest of pics i know. Well they say that a picture is worth a thousand words. And since my picture isn't too clear i'll give you a thousand words. So get ready for a long post....

The Lizardmen will be my first fantasy army. Just like the eldar they just called out to me. . It wasn't even a difficult choice for me. I saw their model range, did some reading and like most of you who finally made up their mind on a particular army choice, started buying like crazy :)

As you can see from the pic, i've still got a long way to go before they're ready to walk the battlefields of the old world. I'm almost done with the skinks and have started to assemble some saurus warriors. I have 40 sauruses in total which will be led an oldblood. After that, the slann, temple guards, stegadon, cold ones. That's it. Unless i give in to my desires and buy another stegadon, some salamanders and kroq-gar over the weekend ;).

The new fantasy rulebook is there in the pic esp for all my brothers back home and also 1 in bkk who haven't got theirs yet......You haven't got it yet!!!! Man, it is awesomely awesome!!! Don't even get me started on the price of books here in the Land of Smiles. Yes, i want you guys to be envious of said awesome tomb currently in my possession but wouldn't be nice to make you drool by revealing the price. Please support your LGS :).

Is that a thousand words yet?? Nope...ok

The lizardmen will be only my 3rd army of miniatures that i've collected in my short time in the war-gaming hobby. My first was the Protectorate of menoth. Had a decent collection until i gave up on the game. 2nd would be my proud saim-hann which i've put into semi-retirement. Playing the same army time and time again does this to you. Boredom. Maybe i should start a new 40K army....nah!!! Lizardmen first.

I've noticed a trend in my army choices which i didn't realise at first. All of them are heavy magic users. POM have really good magic casters, eldars with their psychic powers and now the lizardmen. Although i haven't played them or even seen anyone play them, most tell me they're the ultimate magic users in fantasy. Let's hope this is right. Because i can't wait to start dooming, guiding, fortuning and rune of warding my opponents!! Huh....wrong system?
Better start reading the rulebook then. I'm only up to page 17 of 512. Did i tell u that its awesomely thick? No. Well guys, its awesomely thick!!!

My sincerest thanks to brother Iqbal for getting me the metal musician and standard bearer. Thanks bro :)

Also sincerest thanks to brother Jeff for lending me the lizardmen armybook way back then and the many discussions we had which help me to cement my decision to collect them :)

Cheers guys. Not a thousand words yet??? I'll decide to flee then. 3 dice for leadership and pick the lowest 2. Now doesn't that sound like the abilities of some space faring elves....

Thanks guys. Korp khun mak krap.

Craftworld Saim-Hann : i need to get a camera

I really need to get a camera soon. The pics i took from my phone isn't clear at all.

This pic was taken by either Jeff or Azlan for Legio's 2nd Birthday Bash. Didnt even get their permission to use it first. Ahh well, i'll buy them lunch when next we meet.

This vessel is 1 of only 2 that i've completely painted. The others as you've seen in my previous post have been airbrushed to saim-hann colours but not detailed yet.

I've decided to shelve them for the time being to start on a new project. With the new fantasy rulebook out plus the crowd here more inclined towards fantasy, i reckon its the best time to start on my fantasy army. More on that in my next post.

In the meantime, i'm quite happy with how the wraithships have turned out. Definitely have the Saim-hann look to it. Didn't do anything fancy for it. Just orange linings to bring out the red. I haven't played a game with them yet which is a bummer. No bfg action in these parts so i'll just have to wait for my next legio nite. In september i hope.

Craftworld Saim-Hann update : Patience is a Virtue

But too much is procrastinating. Didn't get much work done on the vessels due to a hectic week . But patience is what you need when you're doing masking work. You need to make sure that all coatings have been given enough time to cure before applying the masks. Because if you don't, it'll peel off when you strip off the masking tapes.

And with that, i'm very happy with how every vessel have turned out. All lines are done and the fleet is beginning to look like a proud Wildhost fleet.


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I'm particularly happy with how the command ship has turned out. Opposite colours and really showing that it's the lead vessel ;).




Group photo.
Next step is to paint the sails.

Craftworld Saim-Hann update

Now that the hobby juices is flowing, things are really starting to roll.

1. Base coated with fotress grey and then sprayed black on the stripes area.


2. Proceed to mask the area where i want the black stripes to be.
The way to go to get symmetrical lines are to cut and join them like i've done before applying to the model. That way you're sure to get perfect angles for all the ships. It's not hard work but not easy either. Results though are going to be worth it ;)


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3. All masking is done except for the command dragonship which will have opposite colors; similar to my jetbike seer council. Tonite i'll apply another coat of fotress grey to get rid of the black colours before starting on the gorgeous blood red!!! Have i mentioned that i just love red??


ps: sorry about the quality of the pics. Taken with my handphone camera. Will buy a digi-cam after getting this month's pay.

Cheers all.

The Wild Host warps to Bangkok

Well i guess most of you already know this but to those who don't, i'm now based in Bangkok for the next 12 months. Its part of my company's Inter Company Transfer (ICT) program. I arrived here on the 2th of April and haven't done any hobbying since. Its been difficult to find the interest to start. My fault entirely.

But now that the spark is there i need to ride it all the way. While the iron is hot and all that. Plus i do need to get some new models done for the Legio birthday bash. And with that i present to you.......

My modest hobby table which i really need to keep clean unless i want to end up paying for it when i end my term. I really really miss my hobby room in Malaysia...sigh. Anyways, as you can see, I've finally started to basecoat the eldar cruisers. Which for me is a huge step already. So let's hope i can keep the ball rolling.

And another thing, if any of you guys are planning on going to bangkok please give me a heads up :)

Craftworld Saim-Hann

The next project on the 'yet to be bought' hobby table are these craftworld eldar vessels. Its a 2K list with 3 dragonships, 5 wraithships n 8 shadowhunters. These are amazing models and captures the eldar look very nicely in my opinion. Of course i'm going to have it done in Saim-hann colours.


The dragonship is slightly larger than the wraithship but has only 1 sail on top.

The wraithship has 2 sails, 1 on top and another ant the bottom. Looks nicer me thinks.

The casting quality by GW is actually quite good. I do hope i can do them justice. Will be my entry for Legio's birthday bash and also for the gothicomp.