New project decided

I have decided on what to do next.
For a little while I will just focus on getting manpower to the battlefields, and will build troops.
First unit out is a Cadian Heavy weapon team. In my army they will represent troops from the 101st Infantry.
I am not sure if I will do this as a permanent rule,  but I am thinking of adding one heavy bolter in each group of 3 heavy weapons units. The two other weapons will be of the same type.
At the moment I am thinking that the Cadian boxes will produce mostly lascannons and missiles, while Catachan boxes will produce mostly mortars and auto cannons. There will be some of all types in both Infantry units, but most of the two things mentioned above.
For both kinds of hevy weapon units I will try to do something with their bases, as they are large enough to do something with. Ideas at the moment include adding ammo boxes, broken brick walls, sandbags (either just a few, or a built up position), and I am sure other ideas will follow...
I only have one box at the moment, so I will start with them and take it from there.

I am also working on getting the structure of the Army ready, how many squads there are in a platoon, platoons in a company and companies in a regiment.
Also what units get what kind of support permanently attached to them, where does the tanks and super heavy tanks belong in the hierarchy of things.

When it comes to Fantasy there are no change for the Ogres, they are still the unit I am working with, and they are waiting to get their skin painted. I'll try to start on this tomorrow afternoon.
I have done one minor change when it comes to earlier plans. They will have terracotta and blond hair as I saw someone who had made a blonde army and that looked very good.

Baneblade completed!

Finally! *drumroll* The Baneblade is 100% finished, and ready for action! It turned out quite nice I must say, but I have found a few things I will do different when assembling future Super heavy tanks.
One thing I will do is that I will paint as I assemble. I know many people claim this isn't needed, but I feel that the painting will be a lot easier and the result better if this is done.
The good thing is that I now know where it will be helpful to paint before assembly, and where this is not needed. While painting up this Baneblade I have taken a lot of decisions on what colors to use on different parts, so I will just continue with this colorscheme for the rest of the super heavy tanks that will follow. So far another Baneblade and a Shadowsword is planned, but there might be more in the future.
Forgeworld has a lot of very cool tank models, buth regular tanks and super heavies, but I don't feel too comfortable working with so much resin and they are also quite expensive. So I will insead try to make do with the tanks from Games Workshop's regular product range and see if I can modify some of them a little.

Next project: I am a little undecided at the moment, trying to see if I should build a Hellhound, a Leman Russ of some sort or a Valkyrie. I will probably paint som regular infantry first.

Baneblade update

I am happy to write that there has been a lot of progress here, and things are 99,9% done.
The Baneblade can go to war as it stands today, but there are a few small details that I need to fix before I can call it completely finished.
The Commander and the gunner are on duty in the tower of the tank, but their sholderguards are still on the ground. All that is missing on them is to paint the leaves around the skulls on 2 of the 4 shoulderguards. These will be painted green (Dark Angels Green) tonight, and then attatched to the uniforms. They also need to get their occulars painted (Blood Red) and this will be done at the same time. There are also some lights and wax-seals on the tank itself that needs some paint, and this will hopefuly be done tonight as well. So if all goes well, the Baneblade will be 100% finished tonight.

I have plans to build a second Baneblade and a Shadowsword, but I think I will prirotize to finish some of the smaller tanks for a while, and also get some troopers on the ground. Two command squads and 5 infantrymen is not much of an army... 

A third command squad, 5 more infantrymen (to make the troop complete), as well as 10 veterans are on their way as well. Also there will be more troops to follow, but I see that I need to get lots of troops before I can call it an army. However I will try not to drag more troops in to the house before I have painted up a lot of the stuff that is filling up the shelf at the moment.

Happy New Year!

All of a sudden 2011 have passed over to 2012. A new year, with new possibilities, new goals, and who knows what Games Workshop (and maybe other miniature making companies) will throw my way this year...
Last year I had a goal of making at least one army large enough to use in a real game of Warhammer (fantasy or 40K) but it never got to that.
This year I will not make myself such a promise, or take a pledge to paint more than I buy. However I promise myself to enjoy the painting I do and try my best to paint as much as I can.
On this first day of January, I'm putting the final touches to my Baneblade after having it almost ready for way too long. Hopefully it will be done no later than tomorrow.

My plan is to try and keep two projects going at the same time. I will try to keep one project from 40.000 and one form Fantasy, but I'm not sure I will manage that all the time.

So Happy New Year everyone, and keep the games going and the models coming out.