I’ve mentioned a few times in previous posts about being back into the Guard in a big way, and I wasn’t kidding. To recap, I built my guard army originally as some infantry to accompany my Imperial Knights, back when soup was a thing. Having a core of three infantry squads and two heavy weapon squads (plus a a few characters) gave a sense of scale to the Knights. But having done the hard part of making a Guard force (the infantry) it seemed rude not to add a few more things so I could field the Guard on their own. In came three Leman Russes, three Sentinels, and to try and bulk out the non-vehicle section without painting even more guardsmen, a squad of Bullgryns and a squad of Ratlings. Suddenly I was sitting on 1,500 points. But now, starting to treat it as its own army project, the main issue was... its relative lack of infantry. Frankly, this was frustrating given how much effort had gone into painting so many men, but Guard really do ...
In January, Harvey and I decided to have a crack at painting a Tyranid army as a joint project. Today's post is a very simple one: who is it, painting a joint army in this way, what's worked well, and what have we done to keep up the enthusiasm and momentum? This is a follow-up to Harvey's initial post in March , in which he explained the premise behind this project and how they're painted. We primed the first miniatures at the end of January, and after about four and a half months, here's where the swarm is at: Yeah, that's 2,360 points' worth of Tyranids, and since this photo was taken, Harvey's done another 10 Barbgaunts, bringing us to 2,470. We're both slightly taken aback at how successful this has been, but it should be mentioned that Harvey has happened to have a lot of time off work recently, and as a result, he has made twice as much progress as me. Here's how it breaks down: Harvey's bounteous effort My modest glossings It's a ...