Recon Cadre sent to action

Hi,

There have been reports from spy drones situated on planets on the outskirts of our Empire that the Imperials have been more active than usual. Only a week ago one of the spy drones went offline. Without the drone we are blind.  I, Aun'La Sa'cea Shaseira, of the Ethereal caste have been dispatched with a small Pathfinder recon cadre to investigate the situation further.

We left our home Sept Sa’cea a week ago and tomorrow we will make landfall on the planet near where the drone went offline. Something is clearly going on the surface. The first objective is information but if I deem the threat to be substantial we will try to neutralise it with the forces at hand. I held a small ceremony this evening for the Fire Warriors to calm their souls and remind them that we all work for the Greater good for all beings in the galaxy and it gives us all resolution and a purpose. The humans maybe need our guiding hand, even if it is a harsh one, to set them on the correct path to enlightenment.

The industrious Earth Caste sent us a few examples of the new Recon Drones with homing beacons and positional relays. The Pathfinders are eager to use their new toys so I decided to take one with us. It should give us real-time pinpoint co-ordinates at all times to guide our forces. 

The hunt begins!

Recon Drone side view

Recon Drone, front view

Recon drone inside the Devilfish

The Ethereal

Hi again dear readers!

Christmas is almost upon us, That means I have more time to work on my projects. During the weekend I have been busy working on Aunshi, hero of the empire as he, probably in mistake, defeated a tactical Space Marine in close combat. Anywys many thanks to my friend "Decorus" for donating the miniature. I hope you approve of his new home.

I replacde the normal 20 mm base with a 40 mm one, so that I would have more space to modell on it. I had to ponder a bit on the choise of larger base. He will look a lot cooler but in games he will stand out as a sore thumb and be the height of a XV8 crisis battlesuit. I still decided I wanted to go forward with the larger base, and from an artistic stand point I am really glad I did. Here are pictures and videos of  the miniature. My next project will either be the horde of drones or the rest of the Pathfinders with special weapons. Until next time!

Material used for the base:
-40 mm generic base (not GW)
-GF9 cement rubble (for stairs)
-Brown card board
-GF9 rocky basing grit
-PVA Glue
-Quick dry putty to fill holes in the card borad
-Paints: black, greys and browns.
-PlayStation 4 as background for picture...

The base assembled. The white stuff at the bottom is putty

Aunshi painted without base

Aunshi from back

Aunshi standing on his new base

I am really happy with this end result.