Stephen's Songs of the Damned - Rank and File #3 (188 points) - "Ornaments of Gold"

Silver couches to recline upon
And ornaments of gold
Silver moonbeams dance in fountains
Below shining citadels

Surrounded by silver gates ascending silver stairs
Eureka on angelic prayer wafts in and scents the air
With ornaments of gold

To warm my soul from the growing cold
Ornaments of gold

Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Ornaments of Gold"
Peepshow
Polydor 1988


May was in fact better, if not any less busy. The army I was able to put together for GW's Narrative event was a lot of fun to play, even if it was a wonky build, I ended up going 4-1 over the course of the weekend. More importantly, the army looked cool on the tables, and for maybe the first time in my hobby life, people were coming over specifically to look at my work, which was weird, but gratifying.

So, I got it in my head that it would be real fun when this project is complete to actually play a game of 2nd Edition Warhammer 40,000, and sure enough, I have a match planned for later in the summer with a fellow gamer from our local - he's hard at work getting a classic Ork army put together, and we're planning to write a White Dwarf-style battle report, Eldrad vs. Ghazghkull.

I finished up the last squad of Guardians this month, as well as the final Distort Cannon out of three.

The Storm of Retribution prepares to unleash a hail of razor-sharp shuriken

Detail on the squad leader

Detail on the squad veteran, I'm having fun with the free-hand 'war masks'

Detail on the standard bearer

The Third Doom and its crew

Khaine stirs the hearts of the assembled citizen-soldiers

One more month to go, I've been saving the 10-elf Scout unit for last, as a 'treat' for getting through the Guardian units.

8 Guardians with Shuriken Catapults - 128 points

Distort Cannon on Grav Platform with Crew - 60 points

188 points for May 2022 (1,160 points painted so far)


May Playlist (some of the music from my painting sessions this month):

Jarboe - "Red"
Pearl Jam - "Black"
New Order - "Everything's Gone Green"
Book of Love - "Yellow Sky"
Siouxie and the Banshees - "Ornaments of Gold"
Eels - "Rotten World Blues"
The Sisterhood - "Finland Red, Egypt White"
King Crimson - "One More Red Nightmare"
Nine Inch Nails - "Branches/Bones"
Public Enemy - "Fear Of A Black Planet"