tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48080989890156980212024-03-18T19:58:00.952-07:00The Hobby Of...Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-42645349206847081792020-05-17T08:03:00.003-07:002020-05-17T08:03:32.183-07:00Compare and Contrast.<!--StartFragment-->
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Contrast Paints,
initially promoted as a quick and easy way to get painted models on the table
top but still looking good, is this the case? </div>
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I initially bought
some of these when they came out to play with, so are they the miracle paint
that everyone thought they would be? Simple answer is no, are they good paints?
Undoubtedly yes. Let me explain. </div>
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The marketing from
GW was basically slap one coat of this on something and it will shade/highlight
and do everything you want, and yes, they do work like that and for some the
results will be fine. Personally I don't like the look. It works for some stuff
but not everything and I think that is the key - it's to find out how to use
them to provide the best results. I don't use them as the miracle paint, I use
them as another tool in my box. I also think to get the best results from them
you have to use them in the right way, I don't think just slapping them on is
the best way to get good results. Also some combinations work better on certain
models than others and by combinations I mean the actual paint colour but also
the undercoat you use as well. </div>
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So what they good
for? I find the best use of them is on models with some texture, by this I mean
a model that has detail, raised surfaces. For Armour I don't think they work
well at all as the paint can tend to pool (although there is one exception to this
that I have found so far - more on this later). I also find that they work
better on regular sized models, things like regular infantry. With larger
models you tend to get the pooling/streaking problem but again there are
exceptions. </div>
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As well as the
paints, GW released a specific Contrast Medium. Medium is basically the same
stuff as the paint but without a pigment. It's used to thin the actual Contrast
paint and I make use of it a lot, it helps to reduce the pooling issue I
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So lets have a look
at some of the models I have used it on and how I used them. Firstly an army I
started purely because Contrast Paints got released and one of the armies they
work amazingly well on - Sylvaneth. </div>
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Sylvaneth models are
covered in texture, they are essentially walking Trees and the surface of the
models are all texture. They also use a fairly limited palette of colours which
are Browns and Greens (well those are the colours I went with).. GW posted an
article on the Community site with some examples of Sylvaneth models painted in
Contrast and they looked simply amazing and were painted in a really short
space of time. I have always wanted to do a Sylvaneth army and even bought and
painted models before, but had a really hard time getting them to look the way
I wanted and also to look consistent, here was the solution. The models are
painted with just 4 Colours. I started from a Grey Undercoat, the one
specifically designed to be used with Contrast paint. I then did the flesh
tones first as they are a bit harder to get too. I tidied up any bits with the
same Grey (but the pot version). I then did the Brown and then the Green whilst
the Brown was still a little wet so it blended in. I did thin down the Contrast
with just a little Medium. The Sword is just a Contrast Blue straight from the
pot. The only thing I used a non-Contrast for was the Silver on the sword
handle. That is all it took on these models, and the Treeman is a big centre
piece model. Now I said earlier that it isn't good for large models, well this
is one of the exceptions. Take, for example, the Giant model. I tried using the
Contrast skin tone on this model, but as the areas of skin are actually pretty
large and flat the Contrast doesn't work well. It gets a bit blotchy. For my
Giant I did use the Contrast skin tone, but I mixed it with Medium and used it
as more of a wash. I then went over the skin again with regular paint to get a
more smooth finish. I think you'll agree that the Contrast on the Sylvaneth
models works a treat. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The next set of
models that Contrast is great for is another AoS army - Tzeentch. The main
reason, is again, that the models have some texture to them, but also the
colour palette that is available with Contrast. Tzeentch Colours are
traditionally fairly bright and the Contrast range offers this. Again I had
been struggling with things like Pink Horrors getting a consistent colour that
I liked which was easy to achieve each time. With the Contrast Pink, one coat
straight over and done. I did mix in a little Medium to get it to flow around
the shape of the body better and to give is a slight translucence. I used the
Wraithbone undercoat on these. The Exalted Flamers body uses a slightly
different technique. I painted the model with the Blue Contrast, but when it
was still wet I applied some Medium to areas where I wanted it to be lighter.
You then have to keep an eye on it as it dries and guide it to where you do or
don't want it. The flames are just straight Contrast Yellow and Red out of the
pot, again applied at the same time, so when the paint it still wet, you can
blend the Colours together where they meet. Same technique was used on the
Screamers. I painted the Disc with regular paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Next up some
Nighthaunt. These were done using a similar technique to the Tzeentch stuff
above. I used the Wraithbone undercoat and then a 50/50 mix of the Blue
Contrast with Medium. When that was done I then used just Medium to paint down
the model whilst it was still wet so that the Contrast remained darker at the
top and then went to virtually nothing at the bottom. Once dry I then used a
Wraithbone paint as a dry brush at the bottom of the model so make the ends of
the cloaks basically white. The Grey and metal were regular paints with a Black
wash and a light Grey highlight. As they are simple models and using this
method you can really get them done quickly whilst also getting a really nicely
painted model.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Now on to some 40K.
At the top of this post I said Contrast wasn't great on armour but there are
some exceptions and this comes back to the combinations point. I tried the
Yellow Contrast straight over the Wraithbone undercoat for painting some
Imperial Fists, and whilst it works, I don't like the colour and it does get a
bit blotchy. What Contrast does work well on is Iron Warriors and this comes
down to using the Grey Contrast and a Leadbelcher Undercoat. As the two Colours
are fairly similar this minimises the blotching affect and this also works on
the vehicles too. In general Contrast on vehicles looks bad as it streaks, but
this particular combination seems to work really well. The Iron Warrior
infantry models below are just a Leadbelcher undercoat and a generous coat of
the Grey Contrast. The rims and shoulder pads are painted with regular paint,
but using this method gives you a great looking model in no time at all. The
tank was done in the same way, but you have to make sure that you don't streak
so brush those away if you see it happening, but you have to be careful, if you
go over an area that has dried too much as it then leaves a blotch. So don't go
over the same area too many times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The next model is a
Thousand Sons Marine. I have only done one of these so far, I did it mainly to
see if Contrast would work. I thought long and hard about either using a Gold
or Silver undercoat but in the end I stuck to the Wraithbone. For this model I
actually used two coats. The first coat was a 50/50 Contrast Blue and Medium.
The second coat was 2 parts Medium to 1 part Contrast Blue. This gave the
armour a translucent effect that I was after. I then did the Gold trim with
regular paint. You have to be really careful here because if you get any Gold
on the armour you don't really have anything to cover it up with. So if you do
get some on there get it off with some water quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">So that's it, my
guide to using Contrast paints. To conclude they are really useful and an
excellent addition to the paint range. If you want to just slap it on and get
some models on the table it works, but the effects aren't great. If you are an
experienced painter that wants to try and get some different techniques into
your painting they are awesome too. They really do have some benefits in terms
of getting some great affects with little effort, but not for everything. It's
worth while doing a little experimentation on some old models if you can
because, as I have said loads, its all about certain combinations. Certain
paints and undercoats look better than others. So go ahead and give them a try,
I think you'll find the results surprising.</span></div>
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<!--EndFragment--><br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-74882576077606557422020-04-01T07:36:00.001-07:002020-04-01T07:36:36.988-07:00Small large things.Hi All.<br />
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Adeptus Titanicus.... a blast from the past. I remember playing this in my mates bedroom, with our plastic Warlord Titans roaming around the polystyrene city. I suspect we got plenty of rules wrong but we had a great time.<br />
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I was really excited when this came out, but then I saw the price of the first starter set, honestly it put me off which is ironic because I have probably spent way more on it now than the start set cost. But when you don't know if you are going to enjoy it or if you are going to have a big enough player base, then the initial price tag was too high. Having said all that the models were amazing.....<br />
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But then a few weeks ago GW launched a new starter set that was an absolute steal, two Reavers, two Warhounds and a couple of Knights for £90 - even better was that some online retailers were doing it for £70. I really didn't have an option. Plus several other guys at the club were going in, so we had a decent group of players all starting out.<br />
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I ripped open the set and got a couple of Titans painted up in short order and then managed to get my first game in and I have to say that it's a cracking game. We just ran through the basic rules and it was great, I haven't even got into the Legio specific stuff yet. Unfortunately the Coronavirus crisis has shut the club down for a month or so (or longer) which means getting another game in is going to have to wait a bit but it has given me time to get a decent number of Titans painted. I also got hold of a couple of the campaign books so have been pouring over the fluff and picking out my Legio and Maniples.<br />
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I have to say the models are some of the best kits GW have done, given that they aren't large models, the number of parts and the detail is astounding. I even managed to get over my fear of magnets and have magnetised all the weapon options to give me plenty of tactical choice. I pretty much have all the models I own painted, there are a couple of Knights and a Warlord waiting to be unpacked but I have a large enough number of Titans painted for a decent game.<br />
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So on to the models......<br />
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Until next time...Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-15314727191326810052020-03-29T07:48:00.001-07:002020-03-29T07:52:48.508-07:00A new start. Hey Folks.....<br />
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Yes, it has been a long time since I did any hobby blogging, I could roll off a big list of reasons why - let's just say - real life can get really busy.<br />
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Loads of stuff has been happening in the GW world since my last post, they seem to be smashing it out of the park in terms of releases at the moment. I have a ton of different projects on the go (as usual) simply because of the amazing models and releases GW are putting out at the moment.<br />
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One of the best games they have released in a while has kept me pretty busy - Warcry. What an absolute cracker of a game. With Warcry I think GW hit the sweet spot, it's simple to learn the rules but it really does have hidden depth in terms of how you play the game and that comes from some really clever game mechanics. Its also a skirmish game so, like me, if you have tendency to switch between a lot of army projects this allows you to build up several different Warbands as the model count is pretty low. As I have loads of half finished armies lying around it really offered me an opportunity to utilise some of those models that never ended up being a complete 2KAoS army.<br />
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There are tons of options when it comes to Warbands, there are the new Warcry specific Warbands but also Warbands for pretty much every AoS army. We are running a campaign at the club at the moment and I am using Disciples of Tzeentch. I picked them because I am in the process of building a Tzeentch AoS army so this gave me the opportunity to use some of the models I had already finished but I also really like the way they play.<br />
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After playing lots when I picked the game up I found that winning is all about the scenario. Beating everything to death doesn't always help although there are certain scenarios where it does. Also the game length varies from 3 to 4 turns so you need to get things done quickly. The Disciples Warband is not tough, they die to a stiff breeze but what they do have is some decent ranged attacks, some speed and a couple of models that hit hard. So the key to winning is to utilise each of these in the right place at the right time.<br />
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Your basic Acolyte has some decent ranged attacks, they don't do massive damage but if you can club together two or three of them you can take out a few of the opposition models or do some decent damage to the tougher models so that when they get to me my own damage dealers can finish them off, that is the Tzaangors job. I also have a couple of guys on Discs, these guys are quick and they also hit hard but they cost a lot of points so they need to be used wisely, these go after the objectives.<br />
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What I have found is if my opponent targets the Disc riders, my shooting really does damage, if they go after the shooters the Discs can grab the objectives unmolested and then help with tidying up, they are a Warband with a lot of options.<br />
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I have a few territories at the moment so am able to use 1200pts to pick my Warband, this is my favourite build presently.<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-37040096239278243902018-08-19T12:17:00.000-07:002018-08-19T12:17:23.942-07:00Road to the doubles. Hey Folks.<br />
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At the end of October my friend Paul and I will be attending the Age of Sigmar doubles event up at Warhammer World. My little gaming group has done a lot of the Doubles events but this is the first time that Paul and I will be teaming up. Paul plays a lot of Tzeentch and, to my shame, I have never beaten his Tzeentch with my Nurgle army, I have come close a few times but have never managed it. So what better than teaming up with my arch enemy?<br />
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Now for you fluff bunnies out there I know that it isn’t totally a match made in heaven, and being more of a fluff player I totally get that, but Tzeentch is always scheming, so what can you do?<br />
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<b>The Armies.</b><br />
On paper it’s actually a pretty good combination. When I play Nurgle against Tzeentch one of the main issues I face is that my magic gets shut down and I don’t have any shooting. One of the weaknesses of Tzeentch is that if an army gets to you and starts hitting you its pretty much over so the Nurgle/Tzeentch combo works well as one army makes up for the weakness in the other.<br />
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<b>Tzeentch.</b><br />
Paul is going with: -<br />
Lord of Change.<br />
Ogroid Thaumaturge.<br />
10 Acolytes.<br />
10 Acolytes.<br />
3 Enlightened on Discs.<br />
Witchfire Coven Battalion.<br />
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<b>Nurgle. </b><br />
Gutrot Spume.<br />
Festus the Leechllord.<br />
10 Blightkings.<br />
5 Blightkings.<br />
5 Blightkings.<br />
Chronomatic Cogs.<br />
Soulsnare Shackles.<br />
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The Tzeentch half gives us a good magic phase, and hopefully the ability to stop the opponents phase. We have a couple of objective camping units in the Acolytes that can also shoot twice a turn (thanks to the Battalion) and a couple of fast moving hitters. The Enlightened are pretty good at taking out certain types of unit and are fast, the Ogriod can also do a ton of damage.<br />
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The Nurgle half is less complicated, point it at something you want to destroy and smash it. I love Blightkings, in combat they are total monsters. Festus will follow behind the unit of 10 and keep them healed, he can also cast Blades of Putrefaction which is an amazing spell. Gutrot can bring a unit on from any table edge, so depending on the scenario or if the opponent has some shooting at the back we don’t like, then that ability will come in useful. We don’t need to use it every game, it will very much depend on what we are facing. Chronometic Cogs will give everyone +2 move, if we can get this out first turn and combined with a Nurgle Tree we have a big threat in a turn 1 charge, next turn switch it to give the Tzeentch wizards some extra spell casting. I had 20pts left in the Nurgle half which is why the Shackles are there, potentially useful in certain situations.<br />
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So that’s the list at the moment. We’ll be trying it out over the next few weeks to see how it performs. I can’t really see us changing it much as 1000pts doesn’t give you much wiggle room. I am really looking forward to trying this out, I normally take horde style armies so taking a more elite army will be new for me.<br />
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As far as models go all I needed to do was paint up ten more Blightkings and that wouldn’t take long. I have a style for Nurgle stuff pretty much pinned down and I can crack out the models at a pretty good rate, plus there is plenty of time before the tournament.<br />
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I’ll post up info on the practise games and models as we go.<br />
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Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-89204315892802885202018-03-01T07:14:00.000-08:002018-03-01T07:14:07.596-08:00First Tournament for the NurgleHey Folks.<br />
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I recently took my Nurgle army to a local AoS tournament. There were 20 players and my hopes were high for the new Nurgle book. I had played a few games with the new book, enough to know roughly what I wanted to take. I was also limited a little with the models that I have. I have bought a bunch of the new models but just haven't had time to paint them yet. So the list: -<br />
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Great Unclean One (GUO) with Bell/Flail.<br />
Scrivener.<br />
Daemon Prince.<br />
Rotbringer Sorcerer.<br />
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30 Plaguebearers.<br />
10 Plaguebearers.<br />
10 Plaguebearers.<br />
10 Blightkings.<br />
6 Plaguedrones.<br />
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General plan was for the two 10's of Plaguebearers to hang back on home objectives. Everything else forward and smash stuff. Nurgle has a surprising amount of speed now, with certain buffs, spells and the tree a 1st turn charge is feasible and was significant in one of the games. My main strategies were to make sure any unit I wanted to charge were in range of the tree in turn one. The Daemon Prince would tag along with the flies to give them +1A. The Rotbringer would put his spell on whoever looked like they were going to see combat first, this would give that a unit an additional mortal wound on a hit roll of 6. The GUO would also give his Command Ability +1A on the same unit.<br />
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Game1. Sylvaneth.<br />
This was the Duality of Death scenario. This is a good one for me. I charge the Prince to one objective with the Flies and then the GUO goes to the other one. If I go first it's pretty much a win. Even if the Prince goes down I am up on points and the GUO with all the Plaguebearers is just impossible to get off the other objective. This is exactly what happened in this game. Most of the army got over the half way line and the Sylvaneth could not come back. I scored very highly so was in 1st place at the end of game 1.<br />
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Game 2. Mixed Order.<br />
We were playing Scorched Earth which is one of my favs. The order army looked scary. There was Alarielle on her big beetle, a Stormcast chap on a massive Dragon and then a few other bits. I wasn't sure how I was going to deal with two massive monsters. What I did notice was that on his two outside objectives were just a couple of units of ten skinks. I got first turn and pounced, the flies and the Daemon Prince taking advantage of all the move buffs charged over and got a first turn charge on one of the skink units. I destroyed them and then burned his objective before the rest of his army could come down on me. I scored 2 points from his but I scored all 3 of mine as well. So I was 5 up in turn 1 and he was unable to score the one I destroyed from this point on. Now it was just a case of defending that lead. It was a close thing in the end, he was very aggressive with his monsters and they did some damage but I managed to carry on steadily scoring. I also managed an awseome turn 2 charge to destroy one of his other objectives and he just could not come back. End of game 2 I was still in 1st place.<br />
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Game 3. Tzeentch.<br />
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So in the end I finished 4th. I was really pleased with this, it's a new book and I was really happy to do so well with it.<br />
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Here are some pictures of my army from the day.<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-4254915916083451212017-12-24T14:28:00.000-08:002018-02-14T07:33:37.435-08:00Christmas ProjectHey Folks...<br />
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As I write this it is Christmas Eve 2017. I have a few weeks off over the holiday period and I have decided to put everything I have been working on aside and concentrate on finishing one big project - my Warhound Titan. I have had this bad boy for a few months and to be honest I was actually a bit intimidated by it. Even though it's the smallest of the Titans it is a big kit with a ton of parts and not great instructions and I have been putting it off. But I thought - no more. Its an expensive kit and it is just sitting there so Christmas break was the time to get it done.<br />
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So I cleaned my desk, put all the other projects aside, made a nice clean area and brought the box downstairs. I unpacked all the bits onto a tray and then divided them up into related groups. To make it a bit more manageable I decided that I was going to do this thing in sections - divide and conquer. Do the feet, do the legs etc. I decided to build and paint the legs and then move onto the top half.<br />
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I have heard that the feet are one of the worse bits, so I did as above, got all the bits together, cleaned them up and then glued them together. I put some thought into the pose I wanted for the whole model so I knew what I needed the feet to look like. Actually it wasn't that bad, it did take and hour or two mind, for a two feet.<br />
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Once the feet were done I moved on to the legs. Same principle, sorted all the leg pieces, cleaned them up and built them, along with the hip. At this point I also put the base together as I didn't get the legs aligned perfectly so had to put a rock outcrop on the base to get one of the legs to the right hieght.<br />
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So now the legs were assembled I began to paint them Boltgun metal undercoat with my traditional rusty look on the legs. The armour plates are a combination of Black, White and Red which are the colours of the Legio Mortis to which this Titan belongs.<br />
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I also finished off the base and stuck the legs down. So at this point the legs are done apart from one of the plates which is nearly done. There are stripes on the left leg plate which you can't totally see in the pic.<br />
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Despite my initial fear of this model I have actually really enjoyed it and it wasn't as bad as I first thought it would be. The trick is to plan, organise and make sure you have all the bits. Dry fit everything before you stick and bob is your uncle.<br />
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I will have a bit of a break over Christmas and then crack on.<br />
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Happy Christmas - until next time...Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-17991513657447469212017-11-03T06:22:00.001-07:002017-11-03T06:22:23.738-07:00Tournament AoS.Hey Folks...<br />
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I recently attended a tournament put on by some good friends of mine. My main reason for going was, basically just to play some games and roll some dice. I have been working abroad for a long time which has reduced my play time. I used to be a regular player at GW tournaments in Nottingham but I found that they got really competitive and, as I have mentioned before, I am not really that kind of gammer. I like to use the models I like and I am just not that into spending massive amounts of time working out the best way to smash people up. Thats not to say I don't like to win, of course I do, I just don't like playing when all my opponent cares about is winning.<br />
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Well this wasn't one of those, it was a fairly small laid back affair and I had a really great time. Unfortunately there aren't really any pictures in this report, as I didn't take any, but you can see them on the Facebook page of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=greetings%20from%20sigmar" target="_blank">'Greetings from Sigma</a>' group.<br />
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This is more a report on the army and units and how they performed rather than of game tactics.<br />
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<b>My list: -</b><br />
The Glotkin.<br />
Morbidex Twiceborn.<br />
30 Plaguebearers.<br />
30 Plaguebearers.<br />
5 Blightkings.<br />
3 Nurglings.<br />
3 Nurglings.<br />
10 Nurgle Chaos Warriors.<br />
5 Nurgle Chaos Knights.<br />
1 Nurgle Chaos Chariot.<br />
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There wasn't really an overall plan. I have found in the few practise games I play that I tend to win by scenario in a long drawn out slugfest. I tend to be able to manage Alpha Strikes well and can endure them to take it out in the long game.<br />
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<b>Game 1. Lizards. </b><br />
I was worried in this game as I have never really played Lizards before and I know they can be pretty powerful. They have lots of tricks and my opponent explained them all to me - I remembered nothing of this conversation. I basically thought - well I will see what happens. As stated my expectations of this tournament were to learn a few things and play some games. Well turn 1 he teleported is Stegosaurus over, shot and charged The Glotkin and took a huge chuck out of him, at this point I was thinking that this game was going to be over pretty soon. But I remained focussed on the scenario and objectives and moved my army to start scoring as soon as possible. The one thing I was surprised about was how big my army seemed to be compared to everyone else's and this really paid off in the end. I managed to start taking away some of his models, the Blightkings came in to their first combat with a massive hit and wiped out a 20 man Skink unit in one go. For each 6 they roll to hit it causes D6 hits, in this combat from 15 attacks I rolled six 6's. The Nurglings were also doing a sterling job holding up the other flank and in-fact were increasing the size of their unit thanks to Morbidex's ability to generate new bases each turn. In the end my numbers took their toll and each turn I was scoring and at the end of turn 5 I had a convincing victory. I was really chuffed.<br />
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<b>Game 2. Khorne. </b><br />
This was a full on Khorne rush army. Two units of Jugger Cav and then a ton of infantry. There wasn't really anything I could do about getting charged so I stuck a big unit of Plaguebearers and the Nurglings in front of the Cav and then everything else went after his Infantry. I was hoping that the Plaguebearers could hold one flank whilst the rest of my army could take out his army and then swing round to help. This was one of the scenarios where the objectives dropped during the game. As it turned out they dropped in my favour. The Plaguebearers did hold the flank and my other units did take out his army. Now this is the controversial bit - I lost on objectives points scored. However we only got to turn 3 (there was a long phone call involved). If we had played turn 4 I would have claimed three objectives and taken a massive lead. He did not have enough left of his army to win on turn 5 either. So whilst it went down on the scorecard as a loss I am counting it as a victory. I was a little annoyed but then I remembered my intention to go and have fun and learn some stuff so I took it on the chin and let it go.<br />
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<b>Game 3. Ghosts.</b><br />
This was an interesting army. The scenario was the basic capture the flag. Defend one objective and take another. My opponents army was basically made up of spirit hosts and I had no idea how to play them. They ignored all "Rend" and had a multitude of saves. I made mistakes in this game through lack of knowledge, I charged The Glotkin into the Ghost units when I should have charged my bigger Infantry units etc. Well in the end it was a draw on objectives but I lost on points. My opponent took out the Glotkin and Morbidex Twiceborn which scored him a ton of points, lots of his units licked out Mortal wounds and the Glotkin can't do anything about those. This was a good learning game and the next time I play this type of army I will feel better equipped.<br />
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<b>Conclusions. </b><br />
So a win and two loses, I'll take that. But the best thing over the weekend was winning the Best Painted army award. This was voted for by the players so I feel really cool that they picked mine. I think this is one of the highest honours you can get from other players. I won by 1 vote from a beautiful Sylvaneth army and this was the army I actually voted for myself.<br />
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I was really pleased with the way my army performed and I took a lot away from just those three games. The way I play certain units, what units are good at, what they aren't etc. Stars of the show were probably the Plaguebearers. They held up really well, took out a ton of stuff and were virtually impossible to move. With the +1A form the Glotkin they are absolute monsters. Without the +1A from the Glotkin they aren't as good but they are still tough nuts to crack. The Blightkings were awesome as well, they can kick out some real damage and even without the +D6 they are still pretty dangerous, they also suck a lot of attention as well which can be a benefit. The Glotkin was good, its hard to ascertain his total benefit as its the buff that does the damage more than The Glotkin himself. He still has some great attacks and spells. Mortbidex was ok, I am not sure I fully utilised his abilities but the Nurgle generating ability is great and the Nurglings really caused some issues. No units really performed badly at all. I would like to bump the Blightkings from 5 to 10 which will cause a bit of jiggling around, I would also like to try out some other units to see how they play but I think the backbone of this army is pretty solid and I wont move away from The Glotkin and Plaguebearers for a while.<br />
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Until next time...<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-16302817715182506442017-10-18T05:24:00.000-07:002017-10-18T05:27:37.848-07:00General update and some random stuff.Hey Folks....<br />
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Hobby time has been completely minimal for the last couple of months, I have been working away again and spending the vast majority of the last three months working in Brazil (its not as cool as it sounds).<br />
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From my other posts you may have seen that I am currently getting into AoS in a big way, well I did manage to get some other bits and pieces done in the mean time. The release of the new version of Bloodbowl has been a great incentive to get some models done. I managed to paint up my Chaos Dwarf team that has been sitting in the case for some time. It was nice to paint some metal models again. I have always been a fan of playing the "underdog" teams like the Halflings and Goblins, well a brand new Goblin team is about to be released and those have been ordered, but I also picked up a Halfling team from a different manufacturer. Its not often I use non GW models for GW Games but the sculpts on these things were really cool.<br />
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I got them from Salute which happened recently. One of the Treemen is painted already and I will start on a couple of the Halflings soon. To go along with this team I also have the mystical Grak and Crumbleberry which is an Ogre and Halfling star player combo. You can only get these from Warhammer World and Shows and they have been going for a fortune on E-Bay. Well fortunately I don't live that far from Warhammer World so managed to pick them up on a recent trip. I have painted Crumbleberry already and plan to add Grak really soon.<br />
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Some other bits I picked up at Salute were from Kalistra, they are a 12mm Fantasy range. I didn't really buy them for any other reason than I thought they looked cool. Kalistra do their own rules for the models, I haven't read them so not sure what the game is like but I really liked the look of them. So I'll paint them up just to paint.<br />
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But AoS has been a focus and I have managed to add to the painted models for my new Order army. I finished the unit of Stormcast and also the unit of Kurnoth Hunters. I have also purchased the rest of the models for the army so its all here and sitting in boxes ready to go. The plan now is to stick together and paint the Dwarf Gyrobombers and the Celestial Hurricanum as these are models that I can't really play with unless the are painted as I can't paint them stuck together. Once these are done I will stick together and rebase the rest of the models as then I can at least play with the army whilst I paint the rest of it up.<br />
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GW also released AoS Skirmish, this came out as a bit of a surprise but it is a really good game. You buy models on an individual basis and they all act separately on the table. There is a campaign in the book but also some Match Play scenarios. It is really good fun and armies can vary from 3 models, with 10 to 12 being common up to 25 for certain armies. It allows new players to get the idea of the game but it also allows veteran players to build smaller armies of a new race or try out something new. I have played a few games just using the Nurgle Daemons and some of the Order models without putting any real thought into tactics so I can't offer any advice on army building for Skirmish. Shooting was ok but didn't have as much of an effect as I thought it would. Quality over quantity seems to be a thing, again this is from a very limited amount of games but I played a friend with his Orcs (or Urrrks, whatever they are now), he only had four models - a Megaboss and three of the really hard boys, and the Megaboss just smashed face. He is so hard to take out and if you don't he will just wreck whatever it was you were trying to hit him with. But its fun, easy to get into and quick to play without diminishing the tactical element of the game.<br />
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Until next time...<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-42572714086567706432017-04-28T03:30:00.003-07:002017-04-28T03:42:55.228-07:00Into the Age of Sigmar. Hey Folks...<br />
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So I am really getting into Age of Sigmar (AoS). Mainly because there are more people getting into it at the club and, as mentioned in a previous post, an old friend from my school days wanted to play. It has come from the reading of the scrolls and some of the new models of course. What AoS allows is a really diverse set of armies. Now the tournament scene will migrate to set lists, it always does, given time it finds the best combinations and the models that are the most efficient - damage output per points cost etc.<br />
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As many of you will know I am all about the fluff/theme/cool. I have played a couple of games with my Nurgle Daemons and also the Ogors. Neither of these two armies really floated my boat, there isn't much variety in them and the tactics are fairly limited. I was pondering on which direction to go and have been leafing through the various battle tomes and it occurred to me that I have an Empire army from many years ago sitting unfinished in some figure cases upstairs. I proceeded to dig them out to see what I had. Well already painted I had two units of Hand Gunners, a unit of Pistoliers, a unit of Heavy Cav and a Steamtank, plus a Wizard. Unpainted I had a unit of Swordsman, some Archers and a couple of bits of Artillery. Well that is pretty much a 1500 army right there.<br />
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What I really wanted to do was a rag tag army of Azyer. Cobbled together from survivors of a Chaos Invasion or something. So an army using mainly Empire but with some Elves, Dwarves, Stormcast thrown in for good measure. This would allow me to built a versatile army that could do a bit of everything and I could change it at will. It also allowed me to buy the odd unit from time-to-time to mix it up, I would not be restricted by my list. So Mixed Order it is.....<br />
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I decided to start by just re-basing everything I already had painted. It might not be the best units but its painted so this would save me some time getting the army on the table. I then decided that I should really build a list so that I know for sure how may points I have plus what units to buy next.<br />
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So this is the list I ended up with and why: -<br />
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Waywatcher.</div>
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I had the model
already and this guy is pretty badass. He can fire six shots in the shooting
phase. I also wanted to include some Sylvaneth units and I didn't want to
include them without having a Wood Elf type hero to lead them. </div>
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Cogsmith.</div>
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Again, I had the
model and I am including some Dwarf units, some of which are artillery so it
seemed like a good idea to have this guy in there. Plus it is a really good
model. </div>
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Celestial
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As you will notice
on reading the list there are a fair amount of shooting units. This guy gives
them a nice bonus of +1 to shoot, plus it is a wizard and again it’s a pretty
awesome model to lead the army. This guy will be the General, I haven't
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There will be two
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There will be a
unit of 10, I have the models already. Some of them are painted. Plus it’s a
shooting unit which is kinda the theme. </div>
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A unit of 20 with
Swords and Shield. Again I had the models and I need a decent sized non
shooting unit to screen my best units and to go grab objectives. Again I have
the models already they just need painting. </div>
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I was initially
going to start a Stormcast army until I realised I hand a bunch of Order
units already so this was the first unit I bought for that army. So I will
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A decent
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I had one already.
Both the cannon and this will benefit from the Cogsmith. </div>
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I had a unit of 5
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I had a unit of 5
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Gyrobombers</div>
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I will have 2 of
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Kurnoth Hunters</div>
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Thes guys look
awseome and are badass. The models are just too cool so I had to put a unit
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So that is the list I am going for, 2000 on the button. As mentioned I already own pretty much all of the army so I just need to get painting the few bits that are missing. I might actually put it on the table before I have finished painting it just because I am really into AoS at the moment and just want to get some games in. So keep an eye out for some reports on how it plays soon.<br />
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So here are some of the models that I have rebased, some of these models I must have painted 15 odd years ago and it shows, but they are in pretty good shape and with the new bases I think they look ok on the table top.<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-12449167559609154432017-03-13T07:07:00.002-07:002017-03-13T07:09:13.335-07:00Age of Sigma, the butterfly strikes again. Hey Folks....<br />
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O. M. G. (excuse the teenage expression) I have so much stuff to paint right now, its piling up on the desk in a massive mountain. I am also working abroad a lot at the moment which really isn't helping.<br />
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Myself and three of my old school friends recently got together at Warhammer world to play some Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower. We used to play a lot as kids but grown up life took us in different directions and spread us out over the country, and in one case New Zealand. But with the release of the new game and some international travel stars aligning we all managed to arrange a weekend at the Mecca of gaming to play. Well long story short we all really loved it and my friend Steve who had been contemplating getting back into some gaming decided to take the jump into AoS. So with his enthusiasm for a new system ringing in my ears I started looking at it more and then the creative juices started to roll.<br />
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I have a decent size Daemon army I can use for AoS but with the release of some really cool new Stormcast Eternal models I decided to take a tentative look into a new army. This involves the inevitable test model.<br />
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I have painted a couple of Stormcast for the WHQ game in the standard gold scheme but fancied doing something a little different. I am going through a bit of a White phase at the moment. White looks really good when done well, the trick is doing it well. I have pretty much mastered it with my 30K HH army and it is this scheme that I will be applying. Although the darling of GW Ben Curry has done a similar thing and got it pasted all over the Internet - I had the idea first.<br />
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So what to paint? I was toying with the idea of buying the AoS starter box but wasn't sure I wanted to put down that much money on it when ultimately I might not play it that much so I just purchased a box of Liberators. This is a unit that would be in the army pretty much every time if I decided that it was an army I wanted to play. I stuck together one model and sprayed it White before applying the HH Death Guard scheme. Given that I have a ton of actual HH models waiting to be painted i found this kinda ironic. Well as you can see I think they game out ok.<br />
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In other AoS news I made my way to Warhammer World to give Steve his first real game, and what a location to play your first AoS game. I took my Nurgle Daemons with me and managed to get painted the final model for the list just before we played. The army is all Nurgle Daemons and it only felt appropriate to be lead by Epideimus.<br />
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We played a really fun game which ended in a draw. It was the Comet Scenario where you score the number of points per objective equal to the game turn. I managed to score early whilst denying Steve and built up the points but then he managed to clear off his objective in turn 4. This left the score 9 to 4 in my favour with 5 points going per objective on the last turn. Well Steve managed to sweep around with his Orc Cav and contest my objective whilst controlling his own, I was unable to clear him out of the way and thus it ended with Steve scoring 5 and making it a draw. Its a really well thought out scenario and I had not really thought about the scoring being equal to the turn number until the end. I was way ahead in points and couldn't really see a way back for Steve so I didn't think about my positioning with regard to the scenario and this caught me out at the end. It goes to show that in AoS it really isn't over until the Fat Daemon sings.<br />
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I have managed to paint a few other bits since the last post. I have finished all the HH 30K models for my initial 2500 pt Death Guard list but there is so much more to paint. My initial list was built to get models on the table but it needs a lot of work to make it into the list I am happy with so there is more to paint there. I have also finished some Tzeentch Heralds on Discs for my 40K Daemon army. I think this is going to change into a whole list. I purchased the new Fateweaver model recently as it is just so awesomely good. I pretty much have all the models for Tzeentch army, just a case of getting them stuck together and painted (as always).<br />
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I also painted a Daemon Prince, there is a new formation that is three Daemon Princes and Magnus which could be good fun.<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-23238880515619084062016-12-13T06:30:00.001-08:002016-12-13T06:30:37.948-08:00I finished something!!!Hey Folks...<br />
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Today is a glorious day - I finished an army. I know that an army is never finished but what is finished is my initial 1850 list. My current standard practise with a new army is to begin with a list, this is usually based on some theme I have in mind or just based around a few models I like the look of. Normally once I have this initial army painted up i'll play a few games with it and then decide that its not actually that good on the table and then change a bunch of bits.<br />
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This army is yet to hit the table but it is ready and waiting. So a brief history of this army - Many years ago GW did a world wide campaign, it was related to the release of the Eye of Terror book and one of the lists in that book was a Traitor Guard type list. It was really awesome, you could take Guard models and Chaos Space Marine units, mutants - was really cool. I built a fairly solid list from that book and modelled it using Guard and Zombie kits, but as with all things that list was phased out and the models went into storage.<br />
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But then Forge World released Imperial Armour 13 and back came the Heretics list and my dreams came true. Out came the box with all my zombie Guard models and I got right to work building a list. This time it was better, I got all the tank options, Super heavies etc. I looked over what I had and didn't need to paint anything in terms of Infantry apart from a Plague Zombie unit, these guys don't have weapons and all the models I had built had guns, no problem I just bought a box of zombies and that was it. Then I needed a bunch of tanks. A couple of Leman Russ, a couple of Hydras a couple of Chimera chaises and a Baneblade. Colour scheme wise I have just done them using the rust technique that I used on my Chaos Marine army as then I could play them together for bigger games. This wont take long at all...... well then GW release the Calth set and a few other things that distracted me, my wife and I also had a baby and so a couple of years later after finishing off that initial list I finally have a completed army.<br />
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I think it looks pretty good, a lot of the infantry models are over 10 years old so do show my painting skill at that time, but as they are diseased zombies I kinda got away with it. The vehicles look Ok, a good table top standard but I finally have the Traitor Guard army that I always wanted. I can't wait to get it on the table and see how it goes. It has a surprising amounted of firepower and also bodies, admittedly none of them are very good units so I am hoping that sheer weight of dice will come out in my favour.<br />
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The one model I am really pleased with is the Baneblade. This is the centre piece to the list. I will be writing some fluff up for this model which can be found in the IA13 page. The premise is that it's an old Baneblade that used to be in the service of the Death Guard before the Horus Heresy so it's the same rusted scheme as the other tanks but with some of the White/Green of the pre Heresy Death Guard. Another model that I have plans for is a Renegade Knight, with the release of the Traitors Hate book these are official models now. This Knight is going to be all rusted up and damaged. I am actually going to use the first Knight I painted up and hit it with a drill and repaint it. That Knight was originally going to be part of a Knight Tanaris house army that never really materialised so I am going to re-purpose the model. Again, the fluff for this can be found on the IA13 page.<br />
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So that's it, after a many years and several book versions the renegade army I envisioned so long ago will finally be on the table in all its glory. The other advantage of this army is that it will pair well with my Chaos Marines for larger games and if the rumours are true there will be some nice new rules for Chaos Marines coming soon. Look for more fluff on the IA13 page and hopefully some battle reports coming up soon.<br />
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Here are a few other pictures of some bits of the army.<br />
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This is the Renegade Knight that mentioned above. I managed to get it finished before I got the pictures for the post. As mentioned this was originally painted as a loyal Knight, I normally paint Knights with all the armour plates off but in this case I had to paint it all stuck together. I popped it off the base and then stuck on all the Chaos bits before hitting it with a Boltgun Metal spray and then setting to work with the brush.<br />
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I really like the way it turned out and look forward to writing some fluff up for him.<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-9603446179145295452016-10-11T11:16:00.001-07:002016-10-11T11:16:10.096-07:00Frostgrave is back.Hey Folks.<br />
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My club are starting a Frostgrave campaign soon, I really like this game, I have played it a few times but not to any real depth so I am really looking forward to the campaign and getting a few solid games in.<br />
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I do have a Warband modelled up using some spare GW figures I had lying around but I wasn't totally happy with it. It was painted ok and the models were fine but it was a bit thrown together. So its a new campaign - time for a new Warband.<br />
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I was going to go with an all female Warband and I picked up a few suitable models but, truth be told, there isn't a vast range of female models but I kept looking. I recently went to a wargames show in Derby and stumbled across a few models that I instantly thought would make an excellent Frostgrave Warband so I kinda ditched the female idea although I will still use a couple of the models in the new Warband.<br />
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I wanted to stay away from GW models this time, this isn't a GW game and I wanted it to not look and feel like a GW game so I am using models from other manufacturers. There isn't a theme so much but there is a certain look about the Warband that makes them all fit in. The main wizard and some of the Warband like Barbarians etc will be Dwarf models. I also found some great Halfling models which I will use as Archers and Men at Arms and the Treasure Hunters will come from Frostgrave warriors box. My apprentice will be one of the female models I picked up. It has a very "fantasy/Lord of the Rings" feel to it as you have a mix of races, the GW models I was using were a bit "human". They are also slightly smaller than the GW stuff and I just think they have a nice look to them.<br />
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As its only a small campaign we are starting with 1000gps so I could go straight in with a fairly decent Warband. So my initial composition will be: -<br />
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Home Base - Inn (allows 11 total in the Warband).<br />
Wizard.<br />
Apprentice.<br />
Ranger.<br />
Barbarian.<br />
Barbarian.<br />
Treasure Hunter.<br />
Treasure Hunter.<br />
Man at Arms.<br />
Man at Arms.<br />
Archer.<br />
Archer.<br />
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I think this build is pretty good. I have a solid firebase of three warriors with Bows. These guys can get into position with the help of a wizardly leap and shot a few people up. The Ranger also adds a little versatility. I was going to go with a third Archer instead of a second Treasure Hunter but I think its too much and leaves me short up the field.<br />
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The Barbarians will just get forward as fast as possible and try and hit stuff. The Treasure Hunters and Men at Arms will work as a pair, the Treasure Hunter getting forward the the Treasure with a Man at Arms bodyguard who will hang around and protect the retreating Treasure Hunter once the he has his stash.<br />
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The Ranger can also go for Treasure as well as he is fairly fast moving too.<br />
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At the time of writing I have finished a few models, one of the Archers, the Apprentice, the Ranger and one of the Treasure Hunters. I was hoping to get the whole group finished before the campaign started I am travelling to Argentina for a couple of weeks so I don't think I am going to finish.<br />
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So these are the models that I have finished so far.<br />
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From left to right. Treasure Hunter, Apprentice, Ranger, Archer.<br />
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The Treasure Hunter is a battle hardened man with worldly experience.<br />
The Apprentice - the young girl with power making her way in the world.<br />
The Ranger is agile, nimble (I know the model is a little un PC).<br />
The Halfling Archer - not to be underestimated.<br />
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I really like all these models, they have a lot of character to them and work well together I think.<br />
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I'll post up progress on the Warband and how the games are going in the next few weeks.<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-23685994421017876642016-09-26T22:27:00.001-07:002016-09-26T22:27:36.650-07:00Kill Team.Hey Folks....<br />
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So GW have released Kill Team again as a boxed game. I like these boxed games they have been doing, I haven't rally bought any of them myself but they do seem very good value for money. But I digress, back to Kill Team.<br />
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The basis behind it is that you play a game with a very small army, basically a unit or two and each model acts as an individual otherwise, its basic 40K. I like it for a few reasons: -<br />
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1. Building an army to 200 points is a challenge.<br />
2. You only need a small number of models, so you can either buy something new or use all those bits of armies you started but never finished.<br />
3. Allows you to put some real effort and individualisation into the models as you don't need that many.<br />
4. You can write some fluff/cool back story.<br />
5. There is a campaign element so you can progress your characters.<br />
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So what can you get for 200 points? There are so many options, just from the armies I have I can field some pretty good teams but to get a good Kill Team setup you have to think out of the box a little. What is considered a bad unit at 1850pts can be an awesome unit at 200pts.<br />
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I think shooting is probably the most important aspect at this level, I don't think that a Close Combat army would work that well as it just won't have the numbers or the transport ability to be able to get close before being shot up so I think shooty armies would work better. So now its about maximising that ability for the points available. In Kill Team you are allowed 2 Troops, 1 Elite and 1 Fast Attack. I don't think there are any armies that could fill all four slots at 200. So given the above what can I do in terms of an army.<br />
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From my own collection I could: -<br />
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1. Space Marines - 200 would get you a full Tactical Squad with a Heavy Weapon, Special Weapon and a Sgt with a Power Fist. I think this is a pretty good all rounder and you can't go wrong with marines.<br />
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2. Chaos Space Marines - At 200 I could get a 7 man Plague Marine Squad with a couple of Special Weapons. You are getting less bodies than a regular Marine Squad but you are getting T5 and FNP. At this points level those two things become super good. Also 7 is Nurgles number so that must be a good omen.<br />
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3. Orks - 20 Boyz with Shootas and 10 Boyz with Sluggas, thats 30 bodies on the table and a fair bit of shooting.<br />
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1. Eldar - 9 Jet Bikes (5 Scatter Lasers and 4 Shuriken Cannons) comes in under 200 points and I think this would be pretty horrific. The speed and manoeuvrability is pretty stunning. Also each bike is pumping out 3 str 6 shots. Now the down side is that each model is a unit so each bike can only shoot one enemy model a turn but that model is probably going to die. This list is fragile though, still only T4 with one wound and a 4+ save but they do have jink in their favour.<br />
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2. Skitarii - Not sure they would be super powerful but I like the concept/fluff. Maybe a unit whose programming has been corrupted and have gone rogue. I think a few Rangers backed up with some Dragoons would look really cool.<br />
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3. Deathwatch - Basically made for Kill Team, in fact their units are called Kill Teams. The book has just been released and you can pretty much just build a squad of Marines exactly how you want them equipped with pretty much anything. It's a kit bashers dream. I have been playing around with a few bits for these guys myself. The beauty of it is you really can just use bits from any Marine kit, the options are massive.<br />
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<b>Update</b> - Playing my first Kill Team games tonight, going to take three lists with me and hopefully get a couple of games in.<br />
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List 1.<br />
Plague Marines. 7 Marines in the unit with a Plasmas and Meltagun.<br />
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List 2.<br />
Chaos Marine Bikers. 5 Bikers with Mark of Nurgle, 2 Meltaguns and a Power Fist on the Sgt.<br />
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List 3.<br />
Daemons. 8 Screamers.<br />
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I think the Nurgle Bikers will be hard as they are T6 and there isn't a lot in a 200 point list that is going to be able to deal with that. The 8 Screamers could be interesting, have no real thought or plan with this one I just thought it could be fun. The Plague Marines could be good as well, as I said earlier with T5 and FNP they are going to be able to a beating hopefully.<br />
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So I played three games against Eldar, I won one and lost two. Turns out Eldar are pretty good in Kill Team games, the Shuriken rule on their weapons really makes an impact. In the first game I used the 5 bikes which I thought would be pretty powerful but with a ton of Shuriken shots a turn the 6's to wound meaning the shots were AP2 just hurt too much, even with FNP. He wiped me out by the end of turn 2.<br />
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In the second game I used a 10 man Space Marine Tactical squad, my oppo changed his army up a bit with some Jet Bikes, again the Shuriken rule and their agility did for my guys although I did last a bit longer this time.<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-38292020491294453912016-05-01T22:21:00.000-07:002016-05-01T22:21:06.807-07:00I am back and 30K happy.Hey Folks...<br />
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Yes it's been a while. Well things have been a bit busy for me on both the home and work front. I welcomed my daughter Alba into the world in November and as you can understand she has taken up a bit of my time. Work has also ramped up a bit, I am actually writing this in the lounge at Heathrow whilst I wait for a plane to São Paulo. I have managed to get some painting done, I just haven't had time to Blog about it or get pictures. Although that's not totally true, there are about 3 Blog posts that started and never got round to finishing so by the time I got to finish the new they didn't really make sense.<br />
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Anyway what I have done is made significant progress on my 30K HH Death Guard army. I came up with a final list and have just bought and painted the models to that list. I have no idea if it's any good or not it just has models I like in it at the moment. Bit of anti-infantry, bit of anti-tank etc. Should be able to give any other army a good game. Once I have had a few games with it I'll know if there is anything I need to change. I suspect I will be buying some more models for anyway as the Forge World stuff is just too amazing not to add to the army. I would really like to add a Titan at some point, but anyway.....<br />
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So a while back in September I posted about starting a 30K Death Guard army, I put the project on pause a bit because of all the rumours of plastic 30K models. The first units that I painted were Typhon and a unit of Deathshroud Terminators. I purchased a Sicaran Venator at the same time as the Terminators and that was the next thing that I painted up. I wasn't looking forward to assembling this fella, Forge World stuff can be tricky to assemble some times but this actually went together pretty well. It is heavy though which made painting it a bit more awkward than I anticipated. It is a really nice kit and looks great once painted up. I am pretty pleased with the results. <br />
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So it turns out the rumours were true and the Betrayal At Calth boxed set has dropped. This thing is amazing and for me came just at the right time. My next purchase was going to be my troop choices and this box comes with 30 Tactical Marines with a whole bunch of weapon options. I need to work it out but I want to build them so I can use them in 30K and 40K. I am seriously considering buying another box though because then I get the option of building Devastator squads etc. The box also comes with Terminators which won't go into the 30K army but I suspect will get some use in 40K. The first model I painted up from the box was the Contemptor Dreadnaught. The pose is a little static but with a bit of posing on rocks and a decent paint job it looks ok.<br />
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So this post is going to take it back to basics a bit. There was a convention in my town a couple of weeks ago, just a very small affair with 50 or 60 people turing up. The organisers put on a little 40K tourney, nothing too serious. Standard Force Org (so HQ and 2 Troops min) and a 500 point limit. All well and good you think. </div>
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I undercoated black and then painted all over with silver. I then did my Bronze and Orange rust affect. I then painted the white bits (had to do three coats). After this applied a 50/50 mix of medium and Agthrax wash to the white bits. Once this was dry I stapled on the damage with a dark brown and then another 50/50 wash. Once dry washed the metal with Nuln Oil, after this had dried gave the metal areas a very gentle edge dry brush with a light silver. I think this looks pretty good, I will be doing a Knight in this scheme so it ties in with my 30K army and I can use it with my 40K Chaos army.<br />
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A consistent theme through most of this Blog is my constant annoyance with myself for not focusing on one thing at a time and flitting from one project to another. I am currently making efforts to stop doing this and thats why I started a new game system this week........ mm.<br />
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So Frostgrave is a new game system published by Osprey publishing in the UK. I came to know about it through an article in War-games Illustrated. The thing with new games is that they need to attain a certain mass in players otherwise you end up buying stuff and then never using it. I believe this game is going to do ok and several members at both the games clubs I attend have the book and have started up warbands. Its a game with a low level of investment required which is a good thing.<br />
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The basic premise is Warband, frozen City - fight. Its very similar in concept to Mordheim from GW but simplier in the rules and campaign system. I loved Mordheim but the post game squence put me off as it was very intensive, this system still has that progress element but it is a lot more streamlined.<br />
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Everything revolves around your Wizard, he/she is the only one that will progress and everyone else is basically expendable. Your wizard picks their type and a bunch of spells, you select your warband and crack on. The only quibble I have is that there are a ton of spells and you have to select your list as you build your warband which means you really have to read through them all and then try and pick which ones will work. I read through them briefly and then picked ones I liked the sound of.<br />
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What I love about this game is that there isn't a set of models that you have to use so you can pretty much use what you want. I am sticking with GW models as thats what I have lying around and I have plenty of bits to make up a band of warriors, however saying that I did go and buy a few models once I had thought about character and fluff etc.<br />
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My Wizard (Traguard) is the Warlock model from the original Mordheim range. Its a pretty old model and it was sitting in a box unpainted. I bought a box of Empire Militia models as these can be assembled with a whole bunch of weapon options. This provided me with the very basic and cheapest troops - Archers and Thugs.<br />
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For my Apprentice Wizard I am using the Dark Elf Sorceress. Now I know what you are thinking - this model has very little clothing on and would surely freeze in the city of Frostgrave. Well yes - so my fluff is that she is a cold blooded Ice Elf. I think that just about covers it. I wanted to use this model because its just an awesome model.<br />
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As mentioned I used the Empire Militia for the rest of the group, after my first game I made some gold and was able to upgrade some of warband members. I made two purchases, firstly it was a Barbarian, for this character I used the plastic Dwarf Troll Slayer model. I also added a Ranger and for this I used the Wood Elf Waywatcher Lord model.<br />
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I have only had two games so far but I have really enjoyed them and am looking forward to more, hopefully the game will gather a following and there will be some expansions and continued support.<br />
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Here are some pictures of the models painted some far.<br />
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So after two games I am really enjoying it. Its a fun game to kill off an hour or so and the fact that there is an uncomplicated campaign element is really nice. In both games there have been some really hysterical moments where my mental hard hitting Barbarian has failed to do anything but then an archer has managed to one shot someone from max range with a zillion minus modifiers. How you use your wizard in the game is a major factor, you can only cast one spell a turn so you really have to think about how yo utilise him but also making sure he doesn't get killed off.<br />
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We have just played very basic games so far so am looking forward to trying out some of the scenario games.<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-39700553535244316182015-09-24T09:02:00.000-07:002015-09-24T09:02:33.957-07:00Stage One of my 30K DeathGuardHey Folks<br />
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Just a quick post to show off the first of my 30K Death Guard models. I have been eyeing up some of these for a long time with the idea of trying to integrate them into my 40K army but some buddies of mine are playing full on 30K games so I decided to take the plunge.<br />
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As I mention in my last post I was only ever going to play Death Guard, I have always gone Nurgle when it comes to 40K be it Marines, Daemons or Traitor Guard. Not sure why, maybe its a zombie thing or a modelling thing.<br />
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So it was with a fun heart that I headed up to Warhammer World one weekend to meet the guys and spend some money in the Forge World shop. The plan was to get one Troop Choice (tactical squad in MKIII) a transport for them (Rhino), a HQ in the form of Typhon and another tank of some kind (to be decided after talking with the boys). Well imagine my disappointment when basically everything was out of stock, not impressed especially as its the actual Forge World shop.......<br />
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They still had Typhon, so I picked him up, but I really wanted to get started on an infantry unit. After a bit of cabinet perusing I went with unit of Deathshroud Terminators to accompany Typhon onto the battlefield, seemed appropriate.<br />
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I wanted to get a tank as well, was contemplating a Vindicator Laser Destroyer but in the end went for a Sicaran Venator. Its a cool tank but it also has some funky rules, if it hits and pens then the target can only snap fire for the following turn, very useful. As mentioned it does look awesome as well.<br />
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Once home from Warhammer World I excitedly hit the paint station and within a week I have managed to get Typhon and the Deathshroud Terminators done. I was a bit nervous about the paint scheme, I tried it on a practise model first and it came out really well so I dived in on the Deathshroud. The stages are as follows: -<br />
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1. Undercoat with white spray.<br />
2. Paint the details, so the Silver, Bronze and Green shoulder pads. Stiple on some Orange for a rust effect.<br />
3. Wash the whole model with a 50/50 mix of Earthshade and Medium.<br />
4. Stiple on the damage, I used a dark brown.<br />
5. Wash again with 50/50 mix of Earthshade and Medium be take care that this layer doesn't pool too much.<br />
6. Wash the metal parts with Nuln Oil. <br />
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Its a straight forward paint job but I think the affect looks really good - so here are the models.<br />
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So I accidentally started a Deathwing army. My inability to finish anything and to start new projects on a whim is getting ridiculous.<br />
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I have wanted a Deathwing army for a long time, its been 15 years but I never got round to it. I think this is mainly due to the paint scheme. White/Bone is tricky to paint, well for me anyway and I have painted many test Deathwing models but never been totally happy with them. Of course there is no reason why I could not paint them another colour and use the rules for Deathwing, but I wanted the white look.<br />
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Development in paint has come a long way and now with the use of washes and medium I think I have been able to get the desired affect. I recently started a 30K Death Guard army and using a technigue of white undercoat with a wash/medium I got a white scheme that I really liked. Then a friend of mine was getting rid of a ton of models he didn't want (due to the same issues as me with starting projects) and I found myself in posession of two units of Deathwing Terminators. Along with the other models I have in boxes thats pretty much an army.<br />
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Having just painted the Death Guard in a scheme I liked I soon realized that a Deathwing army I liked was no longer a distant dream. So I got to work on yet another test model and this time I think it looks good. I used the same method as I did with the Death Guard but only used one coat of the wash rather than two. I think two would have made it look too dirty, it keeps the model looking whiter which I prefer to my previous attempts which had a more bone colour.<br />
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So here is (finally) the Deathwing model I am happy with.<br />
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It's all getting a bit mental on the hobby table at the moment. It's a subject I have talked about in the past but I am getting a bit swamped by new projects. As with many gamers I love the shiney, and am always getting carried away with new ideas before I have finished off my last great idea. I did a test at work the other day, it was one of those personality type profiles and it exposed something I have known myself for a long time. I am very good at starting things, finding solutions to problems coming up with novel and unique ideas. Sounds good right? What it also told me was that if you ever want anything finishing then don't give it to me - bummer right? </div>
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However I did manage to finish one thing this month and that was a new crew for Malifaux. This also exposes another weakness of mine in that this is my second Malifaux crew, the first one is still unfinished in the case upstairs. But I digress. </div>
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This is the Neverborn Swamp Hag, I picked it for a couple of reasons: -<br />
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2. Easy to paint.<br />
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I used the same painting method as I did for my Chaos Daemon army, white base coat followed by some washes. That enabled me to paint the main crew pretty quick then I just painted the a couple of other figures with a bit more attention to detail and the crew was done. I haven't managed to get them onto the table yet though so looking forward to that one. I did manage to paint one model for my other crew, Bette Noir for my Resurrectionists. She performed particularly well in her first game so I thought she deserved a paint job.<br />
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My main focus has been back on 40K. I don't know what it is about 40K that just keeps dragging me back, I try to focus on other games but I just keep coming back to 40K. The thing with 40K is that the back story is awesome, the fluff is awesome and the models are awesome. That is a powerful trifecta of awesomeness.<br />
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I have pretty much finished my Daemons, I still need to finish off a unit of Pink Horrors though and then I will put the Daemons to the side for a bit. My main focus at the moment is my Heretic guard army using the list from IA13 and my 30K Death Guard........ yes thats right 30K Death Guard. This is so new that I don't even have any models for them yet..... well kinda (edit - bought some at the weekend, first one painted).<br />
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I love the Death Guard, I have a growing 40K Death Guard army that has just had some Terminators added to it (see below) so it seemed the only real choice for 30K. The Horus Heresy models from Forge World are just so amazing I had to dip my toe in the water. A bunch of my friends have been playing it for a while so it was only a matter of time before I took the plunge. I have painted up one 30K model for the army, a while back I had the idea to do a 30K Mechanicum army but it never really took off. I bought a couple of models for it so I thought I would paint them up in DG colours to that they can serve along side them when its finished. This is the Castellax model, I toyed with the idea of spraying white and painting silver or black and then silver and painting the white. I went with the second option in the end. The white is the washed with a couple of coats of Earthshade (watered down). I think it looks good, appropriately murky for the battle fields of the 30K universe. <br />
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So back to 40K for the moment, this is the first Terminator for my 40K Death Guard army. This model was inspired by a model I saw in Visions magazine. Its basically a plastic Terminator body but with the front and head from the Blight Kings kit. I had to use some Green Stuff round the edges to model the two together but the fit is actually pretty good. This guy will probably be the "Sgt" in the unit. I have the Forge World conversation kit to make the rest of the Terminators suitably Nurgly and they will also fit in with the Plague Marines which also use the Forge World conversation kits. I haven't used that army much, I think I have only played one game with them. I'll have to try and get them on the table a bit more.<br />
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For the IA13 Heretic army I finished a couple of Tanks. The first is a Chimera transporter and the second a Leman Russ Executioner. As its a Nurgle themed Heretic Army I am just using a rusted scheme on the tanks. Its quick to paint and looks effective. This army is so close to completion, I just need to get a few more tanks and I am done (one of which is a Baneblade). It won't take much to finish but will be expensive. Traditionally its the infantry that take the longest time and those are all done as I am using the Traitor Guard models I made a decade ago (never throw anything away folks, you'll never know when you need it).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leman Russ Executioner</td></tr>
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This month I also dug out my Warhammer Fantasy Ogres. I have had these painted for a long time but I didn't really get into 8th edition so they have been stuck in a draw for a while. With the release of Age Of Sigmar I decided to get them out again to give the game a try. I have my first game at the club on Monday so i'll let you know how it goes over on the Age of Sigmar page of my Blog. I have just rebased some of the models onto round bases and to be honest they look so awesome on round bases. Why should the shape of the base make a difference? Who knows but I think the defiantly look better. There has been a lot of nerd rage on the Internet about Age of Sigmar but I am going to give it a go before I form an opinion. I have watched a few YouTube videos and from what I have seen it looks ok. But I don't have anything to lose, I wasn't ever going to play Warhammer again so at least there is a chance I'll get to use my Ogres for a bit.<br />
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My 12mm American Civil War army is taking shape. I have to admit to not getting through it as fast as I wanted too. In fact I have only added one more unit and another command piece. I think the mistake I am making (apart from getting distracted with other things) is that I have the whole army on my paint station just looking at me. It looks a lot and that can be off putting. Perhaps I should just put it away and have just a couple of units out.<br />
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Well I think thats about it for this one, keep an eye on the other pages for updates on things, I update those a bit more regularly with snippets of stuff.<br />
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Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-43842965519970642132015-06-20T08:56:00.002-07:002015-06-20T08:56:29.834-07:00Little and Large and everything in-between. Hey Folks.....<br />
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Well its been a while, real life got busy for a bit. I still managed to get plenty of hobby in though. The last couple of topics have been about Warmachine and a few weekend I participated in my first Warmachine tournament, I have participated in many tournaments over the last ten years or so but never Warmachine. It was 50pts with Deathclock and as mentioned in the last entry I had never played either so wasn't expecting to place well and honestly winning one game was my target.<br />
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Well in the first game the pressure of the clock got to me straight away and I played like an absolute muppet. However it seemed that my mistakes actually affected the way my opponent played, plus he had a massive army and clocked himself out, so game 1 win and object achieved. I lost the next two mainly due to unfamiliarity with my opponents models and just not really knowing what to do and then I won my last game with a classic Buthcher3 Assassination. In the end I placed 8th out of 16 which for my first 50pt timed event I was very happy with.<br />
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I think for the next one I will stick with the same lists with maybe a few tweaks based on my experiences at the weekend, that way I know my own lists better and can concentrate on the things I needed to do better, but it was definitely a fun day.<br />
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To my shame I had to play with some unpainted models just purely because I just didn't have the time to paint enough to get me to 50pts. I did a Demolisher though as you can't really play Warjacks that haven't been stuck together and it would have been a nightmare to paint after sticking to together. Looking at the Khador army on the shelf I realise that I have a lot of Jacks for them but as a faction I very rarely play more than one Jack in a game.<br />
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On the 40K side of things I have been painting some more Daemons, mainly Tzeentch. I was going to stick pure Nurgle but it did lack a little something so I am looking to add a unit of 9 Screamers, a unit of Horrors and a couple of Heralds. I have finished the Heralds and Screamers already and am starting on the Horrors. I have a scheme that is nice and easy to paint and actually looks really good. To make the heralds I purchased the Tzeentch Chariot kit, this kit is great purely because of the options it gives you. With two boxes I have made a Herald on Disc, a Herald in a Chariot and I will stick have enough bits over to make an Exalted Flamer Chariot and Exalted Flamer on foot. I think thats great value and they are fantastic kits as well. I also picked up the new Greater Daemon of Khorne. I take one of these to each game I play with Daemons just incase one of my Heralds gets the Power that enables me to summon Greater Daemons. As I normally have a GD of Nurgle on the table I tend to summon the Bloodthirster, they can fly around and are more mobile than the rest of my army - plus they hit like a freight train. The new plastic kit really is awesome and I hope that they other Greater Daemons will be just as good when they are released.<br />
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I have also painted an Inquisitor model for 40K. If you flip over to the Wynnjitsu page you can read all about him there.<br />
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We have also had Salute since I made the last entry, Salute is the biggest War-games show in the UK, if not the world. The really cool thing about Salute is that you get lots of vendors selling stuff that you can't normally get in a regular gaming store and you get to see models, games and accessories that you would never have otherwise known about. Some guys at my club in Brighton have recently been talking about doing some historical gaming. We are currently looking at a couple of options. I have some Hail Caesar models and we have played a game of that and found it very enjoyable but we also wanted to try some American Civil War. I was up for this bit wanted to try something a little different so we have opted to do this in 12mm. I have wanted to try something smaller scale for a while and whilst at Salute we found Kalistra Miniatures. They do some cracking 12mm ACW models and you could buy a basic army set for £40. I snapped some up and have painted one stand just to see how they look and I think they look great. The beauty of this scale is that it is relatively quick to paint and they look fantastic on the tabletop.<br />
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As mentioned the other game we are playing at the moment is Hail Caesar, I have now painted up one unit of troops and a single stand of Cav. I stuck some other Infantry to bases just so we could get going with the game. We just played the starter set on a 4x4 to get a grip of the rules but I think it will be better played on a 6x4 with a bit of scenery on. It looks like one of those games where the movement and table tactics are more important that the actual fighting bit, hope to get some more games in soon.<br />
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The Warmachine league continues at the Hemel Club. I am proud to say that I am currently on top of the rankings being the only play to be unbeaten at the moment. I have played all my games with Butcher3 and, unsurprisingly, won them all by assassination. You may think this is pretty cool, the downside is that I don't have any scenario points as I have not won any games on scenario, this means if I lose a game the players that have only lost one game generally have better scenario points. So I guess I just need to keep winning.<br />
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And finally - A new Space Marine codex has been released much to everyones surprise. Along with this an accessary sprue has been put out for each of the main chapters. As a devote Ultramarine player I grabbed on of these an painted up a new Sergeant with the new bits.<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-5025469734974158112015-04-04T06:51:00.001-07:002015-04-04T06:52:38.055-07:00Khador list number 2. Hey Folks...<br />
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So in my last post I wrote about the first 50 point list I am going to use in an upcoming tournament, here I will talk about the second.<br />
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The first list used a caster I am familiar with, this one uses a caster that (at time of writing) I have never used. I have seen him used and the Butcher Unleashed is brutal. Without any shadow of a doubt Butcher III is one of the hardest hitting casters that exists. With a massive POW stat, Weapon Master and a feat that gives him all his Focus back there isn't anything in the game that isn't going to die when smashed in the face by him. Whilst the first list was all about attrition and combos this list is delightfully simple, its all about getting the Butcher into range of the oppositions caster. Butcher III has a massive threat range and many spells to support him in killing things and the list is built around getting him to the point where he can assassinate.<br />
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I will use Beast 09 as his Jack, whilst the fluff part of me doesn't want to (because Beast 09 is the personal Jack of another caster) the fact that he is fairly self sufficient and has Thresher for clearing out troops and charge lanes for Butcher means he is a good Jack for this army.<br />
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The rest of the list is a support act. I have put Malakov (junior Warcaster) in the list for a couple of reasons. I haven't used him before and he looks interesting, it means I can run another Jack without using the Butchers Focus and he also has a cunning little trick. If he is hit with a ranged attack he can pass the damage off to a nearby model. If I keep him within 2" of the War Argus he can pass of damage and then the Butcher unit can make a vengeance move, this means the Butcher can move 3" closer to the opposing caster.<br />
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The rest of the army is there to clear charge lanes, Widowmakers, Greylords and Greatbears. The Shocktroopers are to provide a bit of cover to these units early game. With two Jacks, the Greatbears I have units that can take Jacks and these units along with Widowmakers and Greylords can deal with Infantry.<br />
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I am really looking forward to trying this list out and am hoping the Butcher is as bad ass as I think he is.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Kommander Zoktavir, The Butcher Unleashed - WJ: +4</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- War Argus</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- Beast 09 - PC: 11</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Kovnik Andrei Malakov - PC: 3</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- Demolisher - PC: 9</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Iron Fang Kovnik - PC: 2</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Iron Fang Pikemen - Leader & 9 Grunts: 8</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- Black Dragon Officer & Standard - PC: 2</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Great Bears of Gallowswood - Volkov, Kolsk, Yarovich: 5</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Greylord Ternion - Leader & 2 Grunts: 4</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Widowmakers - Leader & 3 Grunts: 4</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Man-O-War Shocktroopers - Leader & 2 Grunts: 6</span></span><br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-15523392090719408692015-03-30T05:42:00.000-07:002015-03-30T05:47:58.711-07:00Return of the Khador, 50 points and fighting.<br />
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I have put my name down for a Warmachine tournament in May and its actually my first ever Warmachine tournament. It will be a challenge for a couple of reasons: -<br />
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1. Its 50 points - I have played zero 50 point games.<br />
2. Its Deathclock - I have played zero Deatclock games.<br />
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I suspect I won't do that well, but thats not the point. I haven't played a lot of Warmachine lately, I fell a bit out of love with it. I decided to try and use a Convergence of Cyriss (CoC) for a year, but after a few games I just wasn't enjoying using the army. Honestly it was keeping me awake at night trying to figure out what was wrong with it and how to change it. When something game related is keeping you awake at night its time to put it down for a bit. I'll come back to CoC in the future but for the moment I need to play something else for a while.<br />
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For this tournament I will be going back to my favourite army - Khador. The format for the tournament requires the use of two casters, so I am going to take one caster that I very familiar with and a new one. Epic Irusk will be the first caster on the list and he is one I have played a lot of games with. He is very infantry orientated and likes the brick/deathstar type build. My only concern is the amount of time my turns will take with a lot of infantry, ideally before the tournament I will come up with a basic plan and setup so that I can minimise the amount of time my first couple of turns will take.<br />
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I see it as very much an attrition list. There are two big defensive units in there, the Iron Fang Pikeman and the Man-O-War. The Winterguard and Doomreavers will stay behind them and then pass through and unleash at the right moment. Herne and Jonne work well with Irusk, with Valachev attached they become a Khador unit and therefore Irusks Fire For Effect will work on them. They get three templates from one shot and therefore FFE will allow all these to have boosted damage. Its a 5 point investment so I am hoping that its worth it, a few practice games should help to decide if this is the case. The other question I have is regarding the Doomreavers, they hit hard but can go down easy. I am wondering if its a case of take 2 units or 0. I figure that they will be safe behind the defensive line unit I want them to be unleashed. Again it will be one of those things I need to figure out after a couple of games.<br />
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Things to paint for this list: -<br />
1. Iron Fang Pikeman.<br />
2. Doomreavers.<br />
3. Herne & Jonne plus Valachev.<br />
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So this is the initial list design.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Supreme Kommandant Irusk - WJ: +5</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- Behemoth - PC: 13</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Kovnik Jozef Grigorovich - PC: 2</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Iron Fang Kovnik - PC: 2</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Winter Guard Infantry - Leader & 9 Grunts: 6</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- 1 1 Rocketeer's: 1</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- Winter Guard Officer & Standard - Winter Guard Officer & Standard 2</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #222222;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Herne & Jonne - Herne and Jonne: 3</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- Koldun Kapitan Valachev - Valachev 2</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #222222;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Iron Fang Pikemen - Leader & 9 Grunts: 8</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- Black Dragon Officer & Standard - PC: 2</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #222222;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Doom Reavers - Leader & 5 Grunts: 6</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">- Greylord Escort - Greylord Escort 2</span></span><br />
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</span></span>Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-37189511640339338572015-03-13T10:31:00.000-07:002015-03-30T16:45:23.471-07:00Finished?Hey folks.<br />
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So this month I actually finished something. Yes you heard me correctly, I finished something.<br />
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An argument can be made that no army is ever really finished and that's certainly a valid view. But I am now in possession of 1500 pts of fully painted Nurgle flavoured Chaos Space Marines. Of course this brings with it its own problems, what to do next?<br />
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I have several projects on the go at the moment, and I am trying to finish a few things off that have been hanging around for a bit (which regular readers will know is a common theme for me) - but then what happens? GW release Harlequins and OMG (to quote my daughter) they are some pretty amazing models, and then what comes up for Pre-order? A new plastic Bloodthirster. Come on GW you are killing me here.<br />
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So what have I been up to recently? Well as mentioned above I finished off my army of Chaos Marines. Although this year I want to primarily play Daemons I wanted to get this army finished so that I could play something to mix it up a bit but also so I could play games by mixing the two armies together. As well as finishing the 1500 points of I have painted a unit of Veterans using the Blight King models from Fantasy, some more Zombies to use as Cultists and a Land Raider. I will add a unit Terminators, also a Heavy Weapons team with Four Heavy Bolters. I am also looking to add in a Bastion as well as a bit of scenery it will be great to mount the Heavy Weapons team in. Once those bits are done i'll put the Chaos Marines to bed for a bit.<br />
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For my 40K Daemons I have been painting up a few Tzeentch bits. I want to diversify from Nurgle a bit just so I don't get too bored with the army and the Tzeentch models are awesome. I have just done one Herald on a Disc and a couple of Horrors at the moment just to get the paint scheme right. I mounted the Horrors on the new 32mm base size as they do tend to be a bit wobbly in the 25mm ones. I also did one Screamer, again just to get the paint scheme right. Not sure how much I am going to add, might just be a couple of Horror units and a couple of Heralds for the time being.<br />
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Still with 40K I have been flicking through the IA13 book and thinking about a few Renegade lists. There are some really great oppotunites for modelling some unique looking units from this list and I would like to try and use some models that aren't seen in 40K games much. There is a unit entry that is almost like a Merc type unit, I think maybe something like the Imperial Astra Militarum units would look good, painted in a suitably ragged way.<br />
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Again for 40K I have painted up a few Harlequins. I hadn't planned on starting an army of these but the models are so good. I'll paint up a few more of them just because I like models and I can use them as allies to my Marines. They might develop into a full army in the future, having a flick through the Codex they look pretty fun to play. I suspect they will be a bit of a glass hammer though.<br />
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Its been pretty much all 40K this month. One target I have for the next couple of months is to put together all my troops for Hail Caesar. Having read the rules I really like the look of this game and want to give it a try. I have painted 60% of one unit just to make sure I like the look of them but there are a lot of models in that starter set. Its going to take me a while to put them all together though. I have also been experimenting with magnets on the bases. Its not something I have done before but the models stick to the movement tray really well and will make moving them round the board less fraught.<br />
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I managed to add model to my Malifaux crew in the form of Madame Sybelle. I actually managed to win my first Malifaux game a few weeks ago. Its a really great system with fantastic models. Hoping to get some more games in soon.<br />
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And Finally. I was digging through some boxes and came across a bag of Forge World Chaos Dwarves from a long abandoned project. They are great models and I was thinking what I could do with them.... Chaos Dwarf Squats!!!!!! Squats are the long lost love child of 40K, they still kinda mention them in the fluff occasionally. I plan to model a unit of 7 and using them as Chaos Space Marines. They should look cool.<br />
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<br />Traguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633321877218516751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4808098989015698021.post-79178026209333469112015-01-18T05:09:00.000-08:002015-01-18T05:11:09.199-08:00I hate GW (they make me buy models). ...... but not for the reasons you think.<br />
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Our hobby seems to be booming at the moment. If there was ever a "golden age" I think its now. There are some great systems out there right now with Bolt Action, Warmachine, Malifaux etc and I am into them all but GW are just flying right now. Some people might say that their rules systems are not that tight and that their pricing structure is high. But what keeps me coming back to them time and time again is that their models are simply amazing - and no one can argue that. I also love the back ground it is so detailed and it allows so many oppotunities in army design and conversion its untrue. </div>
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Example - I am in the process of finishing my 40K Chaos Army. For Christmas I got the new Imperial Army book that features a Heretic Army list. This has just opened a whole new list of themes and possibilities for my Chaos force its untrue and I suspect that my wallet will feel the pain - who wouldn't want a unit of 40 Plague Zombies with their Chaos Marines? (doesn't help that I am in the middle of watching the Walking Dead either).<br />
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So what has happened this month? Well I finished the Glotkin model, I am going to use this as a Great Unclean one, specifically the character GUO Ku'garth. I rocked him out at the club this week he managed to avoid the new model curse and he didn't die to the first shot of the game. He managed to romp up the pitch and smash up a few Tau.<br />
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I have continued to work on my Chaos Space Marines with the target of getting them finished soon, I am focused... honest. I have finished the Predator and the Lord on a bike and the Biker unit. I am still not totally decided on a list wether to go totally Marine or to ally in some Daemons or Renegade Guard Units.<br />
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Talking about Renegade units I have been trawling through the Imperial Armour 13 book which is focused on Imperial Renegades. Many years ago GW release a book called "The Eye of Terror" I think which had a Renegade list in and I built an army using Imperial Guard and Zombie plastics. Its been in a box for years but the IA13 book as allowed me to unpack it and see what I have got. I have put together a list using the book and I have all the models apart from a couple of tanks so I suspect its an army that will hit the table soon. As mentioned earlier I can also use them as allies to my new Marines so I suspect this will be a very Nurglely year.<br />
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So before I got focused on finishing the Marines I bought a box of Zombies and stuck a bunch together. There is just something cool about a bunch of Zombies on the table top and being a big fan of the Zombie film genre I can't wait and using the IA13 rules they will have a 4+ FNP save!!! Even I know thats pretty awesome.<br />
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Also this month (again before I got focused) I painted a Blood Angel Dreadnaught.... I got a bit distracted in GW when the new Blood Angles codex was released..... maybe a new army project for the future. I also painted Sanguinary Priest... I know... focus (but it is a lovely model).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blood Angels Librarian Dreadnaught. </td></tr>
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Back to the Nurgle theme for a moment. One of the questions I am still debating with the Nurgle Daemon army is Daemon Prince/Soul Grinder or two Daemon Princes. Well I have tried the first option for a bit so now I am going to give the second one a go. This meant painting another Daemon Prince. The model below I have had since it was first released, I can't remember when that was but it was a long time ago, at least ten years. This is the original metal model and it didn't come with wings. When I stuck it together I did it as it came out of the box, so I had to pull off the two parts of the backpack and I can tell you that ten year old superglue is solid. Once off I attached some wings from the LotR Balrog kit and modelled some Green Stuff round the joins. Paint was then applied with the same scheme as I have used for the Daemons, this fella also has some armour so I used the same scheme as I have been doing for my Chaos Marines.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daemon Prince of Nurgle.</td></tr>
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And finally...... Still on a bit of a Lord of the Rings kick I dug out Gwaihir from my model archive. This is again another model I have had since release, this is the original metal, not the new Finecast. I have got a game of LotR lined up at the end of Feb, still not sure what army to take but it might have an Eagle them.<br />
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