Still undefeated

Spring has hit Denmark and I'm spending a lot of time in the garden, this means not much time for painting but some progress has been made.

We had exceptionally good weather this weekend so I took a break from gardening and primed a bunch of models, having removed mould lines and washed the models the day before I was all set.

First off I sprayed an empty sprue just to be sure that everything was all right. The finish was perfect and next up were the side sections of my first rhino. The rest of the models were lined up on various pieces of board.

Since I want to paint the inside of the rhino, I decided to assemble a few sections and prime them separately. I put the side sections up on a nail board that I made especially for priming models. This allows me to turn the board around and paint the rear side right away. Since the sections were upside down I will have to touch up the primer on the top of the tank later on.
Next up were weapons and backpacks for a tactical squad, usually I paint these by hand but I wanted to try out spraying them instead. I had to be a little careful since the spray easily could have blown all the bits off the tray - only a few slipped off.
I removed the board and let the bits dry before turning them over and spraying the rear side.

The terminators were next, they were arranged on two wooden boards with three models on each board. After spraying the first board the spray started to run out - and I still had a lot of rhino parts and a whole tactical squad to paint! with a little luck I managed to finish up the terminators with the last drops of paint. Unfortunately it was my last spray can so the rest of the bits and models will have to wait until I can get a new can or two.

Sunday was spend in Aarhus with Laurens and 4 of his friends for a 2250 point game with each player controlling a 750 points force. My Angels did good, the new Ironclad Dreadnought took a LOT of punishment he was immobilized with both weapons destroyed before finally succumbing to the overpowering tyranid attacks.
Each player had a secret objective and the overall winner would be found by adding up the victory points, my side managed 7 points with my marines accounting for 3 points against the other teams 4 points - however the game was much closer than the numbers tell - in fact it would have been a draw if the tyranid player had made few better rolls for capturing his final objective.