Painting Update - Part 11

Today, its the rest of the cultists - lets kick things off with the heavy stubbers.

I was continually surprised and impressed by the level of detail on all these models. Every time I thought I had finished a particular stage on the squad, I would find another little detail hidden away somewhere. Although I'm sure a lot of these wouldn't be very visible painted or not, once I know its there - I have to do something about it! (This made painting the unit take even longer!)

(For some reason the flash liked these four!) To add a bit of variety I decided to use some spot colours on pipes / wires.

For the most part though, I have kept the colours fairly general for these models, so that I would be able to use them in any of my Chaos armies (Thousand Sons, Nurgle or World Eaters / Khorne) - though I think they will see the most use with Nurgle.

And finally, a shot of the whole squad (apologies for poorer resolution).

Prospero

Painting Update - Part 10

Chaos time again. Today marks the completion of a unit that has been in the works for a long time - Chaos Cultists!

The unit was painted in stages - one colour at a time on all the models. This didn't get boring though, as I split the unit into mini batches of models that were alike, meaning that I could get a consistent finish on each one and also have a change after every 3-4 models.

The model at the front here was the very first one I did for the squad - several months ago! It is a bit frustrating that I can't remember how I got the base that colour!

Finally for today, the Cultist champion. Next time, the heavy weapons and remaining members of the unit. I'll also see if I can fit all of them into the same picture.

Prospero

Painting Update - Part 7

Back to Nurgle today, with the first of two squads of plague marines.

 

As previously mentioned, I went a lot heavier with the rust effects on these!

The scythe on the unit champion was made using another double handed axe handle (as with the biker champion), while the blade was actually from an empire wizard, with a lot of the details removed.

 

 

That's all for today,

Prospero

Painting Update - Part 4

Just a quick one for today, the man himself... Typhus!
Painting this model has been an ambition for some time now, although whether he'll see much use in games is another thing. Couldn't resist though!

This one is very much still a work in progress, as every time I look at him I see an area I would like to improve, or make look even dirtier!

That's all for now,

Prospero

Painting Update - Part 3

Time for another look at the Nurgle project! This time, the first Havoc squad. This is one of two identically armed squads, with 4 autocannons in each.

The autocannons are from the Forge World pack, which look very impressive lined up on a gaming table! The points cost for such a unit is very cheap too, and they've been doing well in all the games I've used them in.

Finally, the whole squad. I've gone for a slightly less grimy and corroded look with this squad, as opposed to my approach with Plague Marines - who will be making an appearance at some point in the future.

That's all for now. Until next time...

Prospero

Painting Update - Part 2

Time for another painting update, and more Nurgle bikers. First up, the squad champion.

 The power scythe was made from the handle of a large power axe and a plasticard blade. I decided to have this bike rearing up on one wheel as it looked more impressive that way when I was gluing it together.

 The champion's body was another from the Forge World Plague Marine upgrade set.
Next up, a squad member with melta gun. This was also the first model I tried the rust effect on.

 And finally, a shot of the whole squad. The only things left to finish are the bases. For these, I want to go for a red 'mars' effect. Any suggestions would be welcomed! An attempt at this can be seen on part of the champion's base, but I'm not sure whether I like how it turned out.

As usual, comments are welcome, either here or on our Facebook page. That's all for now,

Prospero



Painting Update

It has been quite a while since I last posted anything, and there have been lots of projects underway during that time! Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be going through the (many) things I've been working on.
So lets start with my Nurgle Chaos Space Marines. These were started over 2 years ago, but this is the first time I've shown any here. First up is the Lord on bike.

 The body is from the Forge World Plague Marine set, but with a head-swap as I felt he'd do better at issuing orders without his jaw hanging off! This did however leave a fleshy lump on his neck, which I decided to leave and simply paint it to look sore / diseased.

 The back-banner was a spare from a standard squad box, with the pole supporting it made from a bit of sprue.

With this army, I have been practising painting rust. The new(ish) technical paints have been a great help with this, and I've been pretty pleased with the results!

Well, that's it for now, but there's much more coming over the next few days / weeks. As usual, let us know what you think in the comments or on our facebook page!

Prospero.

Dispatches from the front: week 6 - Actually on time! Winner.

Creidhnan: Apologies for the delay last week, obviously my blood sacrifice was deemed insufficient by the almighty Ne Twor Krail...

Let's get straight to the pictures (and handily avoid noticing that I've done no actual work myself...)!

Dispatches from the front: week 5 - Delayed by Chaos

Hello all,

Creidhnan has been waylaid by the powers of chaos, so I have chipped in to collate the progress of the 11th Legion this week (Hence why its late).

I have completed another episode in VLOG Road to Blog Wars, this time with a basing tutorial (if you can call it that) for my now completed (spoilers) WraithGuard:

TotalTyke hosted games night last week and it was Creidhnan to play Wazdak in preparation for blog wars.

So it was 1850 points a side below is a brief Battle Report by Creidhnan:

Creidhnan: This week I had a quick game using the new Space Marine Codex, against Wazdak and his Nurgle Chaos.

Rough lists!

Space Marines (Imperial/Crimson Fists)

Pedro Kantor

4 Tactical squads: Missile Launchers (Flakk missiles)

2 demi-tac squads with Las-Cannons

Bike squadron: 2 Flamers

3 attack bikes with MM (squad of two and a squad of one)

Thunderfire cannon

Full Devastator squad with Plasma cannons

Full Devastator squad with Heavy Bolters.

Chaos Space Marines (with Chaos Daemon allies)

Chaos Lord (Nurgle)

20 cultists

Nurgle sorcerer

2x 6 Plague marines in rhinos

2x Predator with Heavy Bolter sponsons

2x Helldrakes with Baleflamer (ulp!)

Daemon prince, wings, Psyker (level 2?)

Great unclean one, psyker (level 2?)

Nurglings

We played Kill points, Hammer & Anvil. No night fight. I took first deployment/turn.

High(/low?)lights:

Thunderfire cannon eats squads - especially when you finally figure out how the barrage rules work!

The Daemon Prince made himself toughness 8 (immune to my puny guns) and chomped on a bike squad that had carelessly wandered too close. Before they even got to attack. Then survived 4 missiles and 2 Las-Cannons to the face.....

To go down to a Heavy Bolter. Oh, the ignominy....

On the bright side, Helldrakes still eat squads (in two phases - curse you vector strike!)

After seeing four AA missiles bounce off a passing Helldrake, the tactical squad meltagunner decides to show them how it is done... 6 by 6 by 6! Scratch one HellDrake.

The next turn, the missile gunners were obviously impressed, because they repeated the trick..

Enfeeble + Haemorrhage = A big mess of the Emperors finest..

We called the game after Chaos turn three, Wazdak feeling he was no longer in position to contest the game. He still had his plague marines, sorcerer and Great Unclean One in the fight and the lord, lone cultist and Nurglings milled about in his back field. Unfortunately I still had the majority of my firepower, having only really lost the bikes and 3 of the 4 special weapon squads. 

However, when we totaled it up it came to 6 all! I think the game would have rested in my next shooting phase. If I could have taken off the Great Unclean One and the cultist, I think I had the win, so it was probably a fair call. 

Overall, I had some good luck with damage results on the HellDrakes - I don't really have an answer to them, and they're so devastating. The new space marine book seems fairly solid - you can certainly fit a lot more in. And re-rolling 1's always helps!

Prospero: He's arrived! Ahriman has at last joined the ranks of my Thousand Sons.

As befits someone of his stature, I decided to mount him on a bit of wrecked dreadnought for a bit of extra height. Should hopefully have started painting during the next week.

Totaltyke: My hopes of having 5 Terminators finished this weekend have been severely hampered as Grandfather Nurgle has gifted me with one of his poxes. I did manage 1.... Perhaps he has mistaken the Deathwing for Deathguard? More pics next week.

Dispatches from the front: Week 3

Creidhnan: Felicitations all, you have made it through another week of inane drudgery! Time for your weekly fix of miniaturised plastic opiates.This week, we kick off with something that is actually something by me...

Dispatches from the front: Week 2

Creidhnan: Welcome back to the second in the series of our weekly updates. I must say I'm more surprised than you are that we've got this far.. Anyway, lets get on to this pictures!


Totaltyke: As promised last week, I've got some pictures of two of my characters for BW6, Belial and a terminator librarian. Belial is finished apart from the back banner and the base.

WWHHHYY -M C-A...

1 on 1 Battle Report - Emperors Champion VS Huron Blackheart

Hey People,
Here is the brand new battle report show 1 on 1. This is where special characters and heroes go head to head battle report style.
There is not many rules:

• No moving back.
• Best of 3 rounds.
• No combat resolotion straight fight.
• 1st game roll off for first turn, then who ever loses gets to pick the next game.
• Board set-up 12 inch in and 24 inch apart

These rules maybe changed in future depending on the fight and characters but these are the starter rules.
Hope you enjoy the show