Painted Planes

I haven't forgotten about Aeronautica Imperialis. One of these days, Nathaniel and I are going to have dive back into the rules and learn how to play. In the meantime, I finally got around to taking photos of the planes that I painted a few weeks ago. They turned out...okay. The Imperial planes look way better than the Ork planes, but maybe that's in part because I chose some, well, loud colors for the Ork fleet.

First up, the Dakkajets...

And now the Fighta Bommers...

Now we have the planes for the Imperial Navy, starting with the Marauder bombers...

My favorites are the Thunderbolt fighters, built as Fury variants...

Aeronautica Models

I've finished building the models in the starter set for Aeronautica Imperialis, the new 40k game that simulates aerial dogfight combat. The set includes two Thunderbolt fighters and two Marauders bombers for the Imperial Navy, along with three Dakkajets and two Fighta Bommerz for the Orks. Tomorrow I'll prime them, and then chip away at the basecoating throughout the week. I picked up some great new paints at the GW store this afternoon, so I think these little guys should come out looking pretty spiffy.

Here's one of the Thunderbolts, built as a "Fury" variant with some heavier guns up front.

And now here's the same model alongside a Stormhawk Interceptor, which is at the standard 40k vehicle scale. These Aeronautica models are tiny indeed!

Watch the Skies!

There's a new website for Aeronautica Imperialis. Between this game and the upcoming release of the Adepta Sororitas army, it seems that Games Workshop is going to be getting a lot of my money this fall!

More News on Aeronautica Imperialis

Click here for the latest details on Aeronautica Imperialis, the upcoming aerial combat miniatures game set in the Warhammer 40k universe.

Aeronautica Imperialis

So, yeah, Games Workshop just found another way to get my money. Check this out -- it's like X-Wing, but set in the 40k universe!