Painting, army building, opinions, rants.
Saturday, 2 August 2014
Saturday, 5 July 2014
Finecast - First and Only
So, thanks to the system by which virtual money is exchanged for actual goods I bought the 2012 Games Day model off The Pirate Viking. My intention is to use him in my Lamenters army.
But this post is mainly about Finecast as this is my first and possibly only encounter with it.
What strikes me immedately is how many holes there are. Nothing drastic, but enough to make me go 'huh, time to get the green stuff out'. But the flipside is how easy it is to work... I mean, I'm used to struggling with trying to convert metal minis, but this stuff is easier than plastic.
The level of detail does not appear to me to be what was promised by GW, but it's still pretty good.
More when it's stuck together and green stuffed.
Sunday, 16 March 2014
WAAAAAAARGH!
Long time, no blog. I rediscovered my creative energy but it all went into guitar stuff... but the combination of an impending Apocalypse battle, plus increased positivity in general means it's painting time! One boyz mob done, only 3,400 points to go.
Sunday, 22 September 2013
I Am Painting!
Yes! This is true.
Currently on the table are some Ork Shoota Boyz and some Vampire Counts Grave Guard (old school metal ones). There will be photos. I still dislike painting. But I will finish these dudes!
Currently on the table are some Ork Shoota Boyz and some Vampire Counts Grave Guard (old school metal ones). There will be photos. I still dislike painting. But I will finish these dudes!
Thursday, 27 December 2012
The Howling Corruption
I've worked out the basic list for my 2013 army project, utilising as many minitures as I already know as I can.
Originally I had the idea of making it 2,013 points, but that would mean having to buy a LOT of models so I settled on 1,500 which I've more or less hit perfectly.
As before the basic concept is of a Space Wolf army that was corrupted by the malign influence of Nurgle. Where a lot of Nurgle background and imagery goes for the slow stagnation thing, I wanted to have something that more represented disease as an aggressive attacker, and so The Howling Corruption was born.
The fluff background is still somewhat vague, basically involving a Great Company who chased a force of Plague Marines into the Eye of Terror, but even as they defeated their foe the Plagueworld they were on was already working its influence. Centuries later the Howling Corruption emerged from the Eye to wreak havoc upon the Imperium. Lately a detachment of Alpha Legionnaires has joined the Company, but for what purpose?
HQ
Wolf Lord Kol Draugen
Termintor armour, lightning claws, ichor blood, dimensional key, Mark of Nurgle, blight grenades.
Troops
10 Chaos Marines (Grey Hunters)
8 close combat weapons, flamer, plasma gun, champion with lightning claws, Mark of Nurgle, icon of despair.
20 Cultists
8 autoguns, flamer, heavy stubber, champion with shotgun, Mark of Nurgle.
7 Plague Marines
Meltagun, plasma gun, champion with power weapon.
Elites
5 Chosen (Alpha Legion)
Power weapon, power fist, lightning claws, champion with power weapon and gift of mutation, veterans of the Long War.
Rhino with dozer blade, daemonic possession, and dirgecaster.
3 Chaos Terminators (Wolf Guard)
2 powerfists, Champion with combi-plasma and chainfist, Mark of Nurgle.
Fast Attack
5 Raptors (Blood Claws)
Flamer, Champion with lightning claws, Mark of Nurgle
Allied Daemons
7 Plaguebearers
3 Nurgling bases
So that's my basic army list. I am avoiding thinking about future plans for this, because that's one of the ways in which I get bogged down in theoreticals and never get around to working on the actual army building.
Originally I had the idea of making it 2,013 points, but that would mean having to buy a LOT of models so I settled on 1,500 which I've more or less hit perfectly.
As before the basic concept is of a Space Wolf army that was corrupted by the malign influence of Nurgle. Where a lot of Nurgle background and imagery goes for the slow stagnation thing, I wanted to have something that more represented disease as an aggressive attacker, and so The Howling Corruption was born.
The fluff background is still somewhat vague, basically involving a Great Company who chased a force of Plague Marines into the Eye of Terror, but even as they defeated their foe the Plagueworld they were on was already working its influence. Centuries later the Howling Corruption emerged from the Eye to wreak havoc upon the Imperium. Lately a detachment of Alpha Legionnaires has joined the Company, but for what purpose?
HQ
Wolf Lord Kol Draugen
Termintor armour, lightning claws, ichor blood, dimensional key, Mark of Nurgle, blight grenades.
Troops
10 Chaos Marines (Grey Hunters)
8 close combat weapons, flamer, plasma gun, champion with lightning claws, Mark of Nurgle, icon of despair.
20 Cultists
8 autoguns, flamer, heavy stubber, champion with shotgun, Mark of Nurgle.
7 Plague Marines
Meltagun, plasma gun, champion with power weapon.
Elites
5 Chosen (Alpha Legion)
Power weapon, power fist, lightning claws, champion with power weapon and gift of mutation, veterans of the Long War.
Rhino with dozer blade, daemonic possession, and dirgecaster.
3 Chaos Terminators (Wolf Guard)
2 powerfists, Champion with combi-plasma and chainfist, Mark of Nurgle.
Fast Attack
5 Raptors (Blood Claws)
Flamer, Champion with lightning claws, Mark of Nurgle
Allied Daemons
7 Plaguebearers
3 Nurgling bases
So that's my basic army list. I am avoiding thinking about future plans for this, because that's one of the ways in which I get bogged down in theoreticals and never get around to working on the actual army building.
Two-thousand and Thirteen
Well, as some of you will have noticed, the world failed to end on the 21st. We also failed to enter a new age of enlightenment and harmony. So there is still likely to only be war in the grim darkness of the far future.
With this in mind I am planning a project that will see me through the next year. It turns out if I set myself Proper Targets rather than Vague To Do Lists I get shit done (I won NaNoWriMo this year, for example) so I will come up with some Proper Targets for 2013 with the intent of actually finishing a damn army.
I am planning a Chaos Marine army, based loosely on ideas I've had knocking about for a while. The basic concept is a Space Wolf Great Company who have been corrupted by Nurgle. I was originally going to do Khorne Space Wolves, but the problem there is that Khorne Space Wolves are REALLY FUCKING OBVIOUS, and though I lapse once in a while I am a Nurgle worshipper at heart. Oh how I praise Grandfather Nurgle for all the colds I get. No! That wasn't sarcasm! Wait, what's that Nurgling doing? No! Not in my trous- AARRRGGHH!!!
With this in mind I am planning a project that will see me through the next year. It turns out if I set myself Proper Targets rather than Vague To Do Lists I get shit done (I won NaNoWriMo this year, for example) so I will come up with some Proper Targets for 2013 with the intent of actually finishing a damn army.
I am planning a Chaos Marine army, based loosely on ideas I've had knocking about for a while. The basic concept is a Space Wolf Great Company who have been corrupted by Nurgle. I was originally going to do Khorne Space Wolves, but the problem there is that Khorne Space Wolves are REALLY FUCKING OBVIOUS, and though I lapse once in a while I am a Nurgle worshipper at heart. Oh how I praise Grandfather Nurgle for all the colds I get. No! That wasn't sarcasm! Wait, what's that Nurgling doing? No! Not in my trous- AARRRGGHH!!!
Sunday, 23 September 2012
Shinies!
So, got my sub copy of the new White Dwarf yesterday, and I definitely like the new layout... the magazine, apart from a few content changes here and there, hadn't had a really major change since... well, probably since it switched to concentrating solely on GW products in the early 90s.
I am mightily impressed with the new Chaos Marine stuff, and combined with the awesomeness of the Dark Vengeance set (and I will post more about that sometime, given that my previous posting on the subject was 'part 1') my love for both Warhammer 40,000 and Games Workshop is restored.
The Forge World Horus Heresy range is a-ma-zing. Shame the book is so damn expensive, but I'll definitely be buying a few of the models at some point and they'll be getting the Death Guard treatment. Or maybe World Eaters. Can't decide.
And finally there is this (click to zoom):
Specifically the dude on the far left... who appears to be a Genestealer Cult Magus.
Genestealer. Cult. Magus.
Genestealer.
Cult.
Magus.
It's possible I'm quite excited about this... when I was first getting into 40k way back in the mists of time the Genestealer Cults were second only to Orks on the awesomeness scale, and if there's a new version of that army coming out I will certainly be very pleased.
Cheerio!
I am mightily impressed with the new Chaos Marine stuff, and combined with the awesomeness of the Dark Vengeance set (and I will post more about that sometime, given that my previous posting on the subject was 'part 1') my love for both Warhammer 40,000 and Games Workshop is restored.
The Forge World Horus Heresy range is a-ma-zing. Shame the book is so damn expensive, but I'll definitely be buying a few of the models at some point and they'll be getting the Death Guard treatment. Or maybe World Eaters. Can't decide.
And finally there is this (click to zoom):
Image found on the Bolter and Chainsword Fora
Genestealer. Cult. Magus.
Genestealer.
Cult.
Magus.
It's possible I'm quite excited about this... when I was first getting into 40k way back in the mists of time the Genestealer Cults were second only to Orks on the awesomeness scale, and if there's a new version of that army coming out I will certainly be very pleased.
Cheerio!
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