Mole Mini Works

Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition is here! As part of this new edition launch, I have decided to get some models that have been sitting around painted. I gave myself a Warhammer model budget of $250 for this year (of which I am $10  $70 over), so I purchased a few models early this year along with some models that have been sitting around since the middle of last year. Progress photos will be posted newest to oldest. On the list to get done over the summer are the following Models: Models (% Complete) Twin Lance (90%) Riptide (90%) Hammerhead Tank #1 (40%) Hammerhead Tank #2 (0%) Vespids x5 (0%) Pathfinders with Rail Rifles x3 (0%) Darkstrider Kitbash (99%) Twin Lance (90%) The Twin Lance is a cool set of models. I don't love them, with their weird barnacles and rotten armor pieces, but the shields and weapons are cool. Biggest thing we're trying to achieve with these models is to not paint them in the blue/white diver flag paint scheme and instead paint them in the red/khaki/gold ...

Okay, okay, I know what you’re thinking. Why the heck is he starting a Harlequins army for Warhammer 40,000? First, after I built* my Space Wolves army I realized that they were blue and blue is my son Ben’s favorite color (*never mind that Phobos Lieutenant that needs painting still). Ben has always loved playing with the little blue Ultramarines that I inherited from Sammy after he moved. I didn’t think about it until after I had finished the project but I realized that, maybe one day, Ben may end up playing with Dad’s blue Space Marines. That made me think of my daughter Amelia and what she could possibly play in the future. Some army painted pink and gold, her favorite colors, and that got me thinking about Harlequins.  Secondly, my good friend Luke was recently inoculated with the 40k bug after going on an Army exercise and talking to some buddies there. Luke, my brother, and myself grew up playing the Dawn of War video games, but I was the only one to jump ship over to the pa...