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6th December 202112th March 2026

The Crimson Wake – 40k Chaos Reavers

Crimson Wake Chaos Reavers, void pirates in dark red armour kitbashed from a mix of OG plastic chaos warriors and modern 40k bits — Finished product first!

Once upon a time (Yikes – 2017) I built a handful of Chaos Reavers – void-faring space bastards to terrorise my various RPG groups and then… promptly forgot to make a followup post to say I’d painted them.

The paint scheme was straightforward – dark red with a black wash over the top, with plenty of nicks and scratches to represent a life on the hoof, many lightyears away from the nearest B&Q.

Paired with some dark greys and sunless flesh tones, you get get a pleasing colour scheme without having to put much thought in. Splash on some Blood for the Blood God for garnish, and *chef kiss*.

All my build notes are in the WIP post, so there’s not much left to do other than roll the gallery!

12th October 202112th March 2026

Arvus lighter landing pad terrain

Arvus Lighter on scratchbuilt landing pad terrain made from MDF and plasticard — Finished product first!

Many moons ago I was fortunate enough to get a Forge World Arvus Lighter kit on the cheap and decided over lockdown to put some colour on it. Getting to the chopper is an iconic moment in many games, and owning the equivalent 40k miniature seemed sensible. Plus, the Arvus is indisputably the best and cutest spaceship in existence, and that is scientific fact.

Having an atmospheric brick is great, but what is a spaceship without a landing pad? I still had a bunch of MDF board tiles from my Celestine Wharf build, and with no intention of building any more Celestine tiles, I figured I could press them into service as simple landing pad terrain.

3rd August 202112th March 2026

Necron monument tomb world terrain

banner saying: Necron monument, a spooky undead space robot structure of mysterious purpose

The last part of my Wargame Model Mods order is a big one. Previously I made a gang hideout from their Chem Silo kit and assembled some necron-adjacent obelisks, and it was time for the final part of the Necron tomb world terrain project – the monument.

27th July 202112th March 2026

Necron obelisks tomb world terrain

header saying: Necron obelisks, ominous zenos pulons from a local scenery company

As part of a recent scenery purchase from a local terrain company, I also snagged some obelisks from Wargame Model Mods’ weird and wonderful Necrotech range. I’d been meaning to do some proper weird alien terrain as a palette cleanser from all the underhive grime I’d been building, and these looked just the ticket. Tomb world terrain, coming right up!

19th July 202112th March 2026

Twiglet tube silo industrial terrain for Necromunda

banner reading: Twiglet tube silos, the most delicious abandoned fuel tower scenery ever built

Industrial necromunda silo terrain made painted in pale green and rusty brown made from twiglet tubes and sector mechanicus accessories — Finished product first!

Last week I put the finishing touches on a gang hideout in an abandoned chemical facility and I happened to have some snack tubes leftover from various Christmas indulgences. They can’t be recycled, but they can be reused, and with a few extra bits here and there, would look very nice in my weird chemical facility family as Twiglet tube silo terrain.

12th July 202112th March 2026

Industrial chem silo terrain for Necromunda

Industrial necromunda chem silo terrain painted in pale grey and rusty brown made from an MDF kit from Wargame Model Mods and customised with plastic bits — Finished product first!

I recently discovered a local terrain company called Wargame Model Mods and put an order in over lockdown. They did some of the better mdf xenos scenery on the market, and picked up one of their (very reasonably priced) Chemical Silo to see what it was like. I had a few tubular buildings of my own built from Christmas snacks, and thought this would round out the collection very nicely.

7th July 202112th March 2026

Prototype Arco-Flagellant X206 – Inquisitor 54mm

header that reads: arco-flagellant 206, a murderous, illegal prototype with an electrifying surprise

An inquisitor 54mm arco-flagellant levitating along on electro-tentacles in place of its arms and legs — Finished product first!

The next addition to my latest Inquisitor warband – a band of questionable Magos Biologis and their experiments – including Genetor Vacillus and their stompy Beetle-back retriever.

This is prototype Arco-Flagellant X206 – the product of some late-night radical brainstorming something along these lines:

LOTR second breakfast meme, Pippin is a radical magos, Aragorn is the Mechanicus. What about electric whip limbs? We already have it. We've had one, yes. What about a second set of electric whip limbs?

6th April 202112th March 2026

Genetor Vacillus – an Inquisitor 54mm Adeptus Mechanicus

header reads: genetor vacillus, a magos biologis with a penchant for mutagens

An Inquisitor 54mm Adeptus Mechanicus Magos Biologis Genetor figure in dark red robes holding a strange xenos device called an organic cleanser — Finished product first!

This is Genetor Vacillus, the second minion in service to the radical Magos Quinn from our cancelled Inquisitor 54mm campaign, the first being this big stabby chappy.

9th March 202112th March 2026

Specimen Recovery Servitor, Zeta-Phi pattern – Inquisitor 54mm

header saying: "zeta-phi servitor, 54mm mechanicus drone tasked with specimen recovery"

An Inquisitor 54mm recovery servitor, a large, hunched armoured being with the legs of a sentinel and body of a Talos, esoteric hooked chains and drug-laced claws on its hands — Finished product first!

When our Inquisitor 54mm campaign was unceremoniously cancelled last year by the Back Street Boys’ Reunion Tour, I never got round to displaying all the miniatures I had lined up. I wanted to keep them secret so I could do a Big Reveal in the campaign, but a year later, I’ve accepted that it could be another year before I’m comfortable back in a store setting breathing on each other across a table.

Time to showcase more 54mm Inquisitor goodness – a Zeta-Phi pattern Specimen Recovery Servitor.

17th February 202112th March 2026

Necromunda Slaver Guild Entourage – Mercator Sanguis

header saying slaver guild, bloated fight masters dealing in flesh and misery

A scratch built Necromunda Slave Guild entourage in purple and silver with Chain Lord, Shakleman and two pit fighters — Finished product first!

This converted Necromunda Slave Guild Entourage is part of a challenge I set myself to build all the Alliance delegations from only whatever I can find in my bits box.

In the World That Was, I was involved in a Necromunda campaign where I unlocked the Slave Guild as allies to my gang. Aside from a few perks and pitfalls, the Guild and Criminal Organisation alliances also grant you a small mini-gang to deploy along with your regular gang. You get 3-5 extra characters (using pre-built statlines and equipment) and only take the place of a single ganger, so they’re something you want to convert up and get to the tabletop quickly!