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Imperial Artisans ... The Painters, Crafters & Writers Guilds => The Brush and Palette => Topic started by: Artobans Ghost on July 03, 2017, 10:51:50 AM
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Well, after a long spell away, which included 2 versions of 40k and the new AoS, I have finally got my s**t together and have a mostly completed hobby room. I bought my first paints yesterday (space wolves?!) and started were I left off. Felt fantastic to paint again and I looked at my overly big 6x4 table for the room and my mouse eaten battle mat with only a couple of delapitaded trees and wood shacks ( I must have tossed my terrain at some point - might have been the flood) and decided to try out AoS. Three a unit of halbediers with a warrior priest, a unit of spearmen with a priest, an engineer with a hochland, and and elf contingent of archers, silver helms, 2 lion chariots , a Mage on a dragon, an arch Mage against a tzeench army of 60 horrors, a herald, two 6 man units of flamers and a unit of screamers plus a lord of change. Horrors were 2 x 20 plus 2 x 10 summoned units.
Not sure what I was thinking regarding balance but I didn't care. An outpost to hold off the horde?
Anyway, made it thru 3 turns before I had to sleep. Freakin loved it!!!
The helms were terrific so far against the horrors. Flamers and screamers are pretty tough and dish out a lot of pain but my rolling is still crap. Priests are still standing but the halbediers had enough and the last for ran. Lion chariots are fun and the archers are still standing though decimated. Really enjoying this new game and it's so easy to play.
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Haha, that's fantastic to hear! :biggriin:
I need to get a hobby room for myself one day. Definitely would make things a tad easier.
Great to know you got back into the hobby with both feet on the ground and kicking chaos' mutated behind. :::cheers:::
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Any chance to see your completed hobby room Artoban? These are great news! :icon_razz:
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When I get back from work I'll take some pics. It still needs work but what the hell 😸
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Ha nice that your back into the hobby mate and even happier that you are enjoying it again!
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Here goes. I've purged about 6 times and there is still too much 😺
https://imgur.com/user/arkitrave24
P.S. Let me know if this worked. First time with imagur
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Not sure what Warscroll to use for this deamon. :icon_smile:
https://imgur.com/a/qUg73
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Not sure what Warscroll to use for this deamon. :icon_smile:
https://imgur.com/a/qUg73
I hope that deamon cat is not chewing on that spear!
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Sadly yes. That's exactly what she is doing 😸 That's from the very first regiment I painted some 13 yrs ago. I was such a newb at the game, I named it the Aslan regiment as liam was crazy about narnia at the time.
Did the man cave pics turn out?
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Trying new wordpress thing.
Here's a pic of the new hobby room. Still lots of junk but one tiny bit at a time.
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Seems to have worked this time! 😸
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A night off so out comes the empire and orks. My master engineer with hochland is hot. Can't miss and dishes out hurt. Had a block of sigmarite sisters that I use as greatswords and they have been a nice wall against a unit of hoppers and a chariot. Missed out on the scythes with both charges and they really are not that hard hitting as I remember. All units of hoppers have bolted due to low bravery but as a screen they worked well. My flaggellants took a beating against the mangler. Man can that thing wallop. Grimgorn and his 25 black orcs are taking awhile to get up front and personall but the screens have saved them any punishment. At the end of round 3 so taking a break but it is fun. And best of all I always win 😺
Deamon cat takes out spearman in last fight. Was chewing on a squig this time but I left the phone upstairs.
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Deamon cat 2
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Well , 2 games under my belt. 1st minor victory for tzeentch over empire and 2nd draw for empire - orks. Lots of fun. Forgot about the doggone run until about turn 3 of 2nd game. Then it sped up nicely. I don't bother with points at the moment. Just throw a good group into it and see what happens.
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don't bother with points at the moment. Just throw a good group into it and see what happens.
I've been doing a couple of games like this. It's fun to get a couple of similar forces together and see how it goes. Last game I had with a few other players was a last stand. Everybody got a handful of guys, and one guy got a force equal to all of them. Can the rag tag group hold out?!
The answer sadly was no, but that's more due to the snobbish elf player who left us all to die. (Although it was all good roleplay and tons of fun!)
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Ha!ha!👆 What can you say about a snobbish elf player? Now I need to come up with a lot of terrain that went missing so I've been looking around at various bits of junk. It's a actually loads of fun. I also don't miss the stress of needing to outfit entire army's in order to play.
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I wish i had a hobby room like that. :-(
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I wish i had a hobby room like that. :-(
Thanks warlord! I actually started a year and a half ago. Everything came from left over jobs from work, drywall, steel stud, t bar, tiles ,
Paint, shelving lol and it was all concrete and stone before. Except for the floor which was purchased for the basement and upstairs 4 years ago. Since there was no money in the budget for frivolous stuff, it took awhile. I could only afford this as I did everything myself. (Bonus for doing it for a living 😸) the paint cabinet was an old kitchen cabinet from a condo kitchen I did in February so it didn't quite fit the custom whole I had made. Still it was easier than making it. Just need to fill in the wall around it. My wife , who hates this 'frivolity' (!!??) actually gave her blessing as a sanity saver. I couldn't believe what I heard lol. It's good to be back !
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Excellent! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
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Ha nice that your back into the hobby mate and even happier that you are enjoying it again!
Thank you sir! Now you must accept your part in this all 🙀
I had said something in a previous thread so I had to look it up.
http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php/topic,33059.msg1013453.html#msg1013453
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Haha, that's fantastic to hear! :biggriin:
I need to get a hobby room for myself one day. Definitely would make things a tad easier.
Great to know you got back into the hobby with both feet on the ground and kicking chaos' mutated behind. :::cheers:::
Kicking chaos around is just plain good fun. Unfortunately they got a minor win out of it but there's always next time. I have to admit I'm enjoying this burst of hobbying. Just the looseness of the game is what I think I like about it the most. And I get to use units I never thought possible. Who would ever field empire spear men in their right minds? In they go now with their damned white and red quarter paint job. They were my first and last of that colour scheme. I remember almost going crazy and never liking the finish job.
Anyway, back at it! Thanks Baron for all the positive input towards this. It was a great inspiration for me as well to get back in the saddle 😸
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Ha nice that your back into the hobby mate and even happier that you are enjoying it again!
Thank you sir! Now you must accept your part in this all 🙀
I had said something in a previous thread so I had to look it up.
http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php/topic,33059.msg1013453.html#msg1013453
Haha, thanks for the praise!
But I might be the inspiration, you still did all the work!
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Your man cave/game room looks really great! I love the cat! :biggriin:
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Your man cave/game room looks really great! I love the cat! :biggriin:
Thank you sir! I wish I had got the pic of the cat chewing on a squig. My sanity is slowly returning with a hobby outlet. I was looking at hamsters terrain and I started on a piece last night. I'll post a pic when it's ready.
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Your man cave/game room looks really great! I love the cat! :biggriin:
Thank you sir! I wish I had got the pic of the cat chewing on a squig. My sanity is slowly returning with a hobby outlet. I was looking at hamsters terrain and I started on a piece last night. I'll post a pic when it's ready.
If it was a Mangler Squig then I'd be worried! Please send the pics - I'm also looking for a terrain building inspiration. :smile2:
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This is pretty rudimentary but it matches my budget lol. It was from a chunck of white foam insulation left over from some bloody job.
I have a tool that heats up a wire and you can melt/carve what you need. Scored the surface to look like stone. (I would hate to be the mason that had to lay those blocks). Then I based it with nuln oil. Then I'll dry brush fenrusian grey on it. Maybe some green in the ground grooves to represent overgrowth.
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Edit:Yipes these pics are huge!!this hasn't happened before.
Edit again: fixed thanks to padre's instructions on width and height 😺
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Out of curiosity, why are these pics so damned big? They were taken and stored exactly like the other ones but they are a complete pain to look at! (Never mind the painful content 😺)
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Due to the photobucket issues, we modified some of our photo posting settings...
Not bad terrain though.
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Due to the photobucket issues, we modified some of our photo posting settings...
Not bad terrain though.
Thank you!
Is there anything I can do to make them smaller from my end. Don't want to cause trouble for everyone.
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Here's a progress. Need to add some shields hanging from railing. A direct rip off of hamster but getting there. Maybe 20 cents for foam and the paint. Perfect budget terrain. Not really sure what this is supposed to be lol. Just started and that's what happened. Doesn't make any sense really. May actually do a walled mansion or fortified homestead.
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Have the new skirmish rules so I thought I'd throw a 50 pt renown warband together. I think I'll do an ork/gobbo band and run them thru the skirmish campaign and see what happens.
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I love those old metal flagellants, and that warrior priest has always been one of my favorite models. That's a sweet looking little warband.
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Thank you! I really love that flaggy with the stick and book. One of my favorite models. Their going up against a few orks that I dragged out of retirement 😸 These are some of my first painting experiments although my painting hasn't really improved too much, but I was just thinking with the skirmish rules, you can make each guy individual and I have a ton of yet to be built guys kicking around so it should be fun.
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Looking good!
And although the terrain piece isn't making sense, it looks good, too!
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Looking good!
And although the terrain piece isn't making sense, it looks good, too!
Ha!Ha! Thanks and I completely agree. Like my life a bit. Effort for something that doesn't make sense lol!!
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Began my Shadespire skirmish campaign. Clash at Dawn. I think I'm going to like this a lot. It was over quick with the orks getting a minor. Made the mistake of charging 5 spearman at the big ork boss. 5 heads rolled without any return wounds. My handgunners managed 2 wounds and 2 orks were taken out by flaggies and a great sword. 2 gunners were trampled into the ground by the boars and the other 2 hightailed with the rest of the flaggies. Both greatswords were smucked and my priest was the only one standing looking like all was normal in life.
Had this game in 40 mins including set up. Added 2 more boars to the orks (8 renown for minor) and another 3 hand-gunners (6 renown for loss)
Excellent way to while away the time.
Edit: I have to say that I have the Path of Glory, Skirmish and the battletome Tzeentch in digital and the inability to print them off is actually not that great. It's great for convenience for going out but I really prefer the actual book and will probably buy them.
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keep em coming, it sounds like fun!
I do have the skirmish book but haven't gotten around to play that yet. Want to get the Path to Glory book as well and soon the GHB 2017 will drop also.. and all that while also trying to get time in for my 40k :)
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Old school models are the best. Great minis right there! :smile2:
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Old school models are the best. Great minis right there! :smile2:
Thank you sir! That was always my fav priest followed by Luther. That priest was in every empire army I ever fielded. Just love him lol.
Here's my Luther and also a wizard I always liked.
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keep em coming, it sounds like fun!
I do have the skirmish book but haven't gotten around to play that yet. Want to get the Path to Glory book as well and soon the GHB 2017 will drop also.. and all that while also trying to get time in for my 40k :)
That's a full dance card lol. As usual I'm getting inspired by your 40k adventure and am trying do do justice to my space woofs. They are slow going though
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Well, Treasure Hunt was next. Set up started good for the empire. Managed to get to 2 hoards right off the batt. Needed 6 's to find the artifact but that's just like the lottery. Had my handgunners spread out behind on a hill with my greatswords and spearmen on the right and my priest and flaggies on my left. The orks got to 3 if he hoards right off and proceeded to find 1 each turn. The boars first so they got to stamp ahead to say hello to my greatswords. The measly gobbos found theirs the next turn and four of them went to hit the flaggies. The orc war boss left one guy behind to search but the rest headed for the priest. One gobbo skewered a flaggellant and for that triggered their 3 attacks. Their flails bashed in 2 of them but that was it. The boss stopped to discuss matters with the flaggellants and that degraded into 4 of them pulped. My last flaggies nailed an orc across the gob and dropped him only to be put down by his other 2 mates. My frantic search for the artefacts turned up nothing (could be because they were fighting to keep breathing).
My spearmen survived the boar charges but were chewed up with no return wounds but the greatswords took out one boat and another wound on another with their extra attacks due to the hero in range. Gunners dropped one boat but this fight was over.
That left my priest and the boss. Swinging his hammer like I play golf netted no results but the boss corked him for 4 wounds. 3 attacks, 3+, 3+ to wound d3 damage hurts. That's all I can say. Turn 5 was over so they waved goodbye and left that fight for another day.
Two battles have ended like that now so it's starting to become a thing. Orcs won a major victory with 3 artefacts found so it's 10 renown for them and 6 for empire.
On to the next. I have to say these are fast and bloody and fit my schedule perfectly. Still don't have the small scale tactics sorted but the game is alot of fun. Going to name my boss shivertooth and the ice hogs - same as bloodbowl - and it's the name my son came up with when he was 12 lol. Havnt come up with a name for the unbreakable priest yet.
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The Fragile Cargo is next. The set up was predictable with Shivertooth in front. A mere 12 inches away was the priest ready to stop this walking atrocity. Unfortunately by the end of turn three, the thing was over and my priest was transformed into a carpet runner. Dealing no damage at all, he was piledriven 6 times with no saves (4+!) -2 rend unfortunately and his 6+ Invunerable save went like the lottery - all you need is 2 6's to live. Not a chance. It was all over but the crying except my greatswords lived up to their name despite losing the extra attack for their hero. They did in his honour guard of orks quite nicely and were standing until the boss started his lesson in pain. My spearmen did an outstanding job of downing 3 boars before the last one ran for his life.
On to the next.
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Really nice mini-report and I love the conversion of the wizard. That bow suits him. :smile2:
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Thanks Xath! As always an inspiration ! With the sugarless coffee too lol day 51 (!) believe it or not. June 11 is when I thru down the gauntlet with Xath. I really don't care for coffee anymore but I keep drinking it lol.
Next up was The Vortex. The orcs have had two major victories and the balance is showing so I thought it's now or never for the empire. With my 6 renown I added two more greatswords as they are fantastic with their extra attack within 6" of a hero. I set them up and spearheaded directly into the mob. I shielded my priest wisely then charged everything but him and left him on the open plain to deal with 4 crazy mad boar boys. What a brilliant plan that was. The great swords and flaggies barrelled into the honour guard and 5 squig hoppers I added with some more renown. They thumped and clubbed each other until a hole opened in the line. My priest meanwhile fended off the charge and rolled great for a change thanks to his prayers and command ability. He did in half of one and the handgunners dispatched 2 1/2 others. My spearmen did the dance with their gobbo opposites till they finally ran then charged the standard bearer of the orks and finished him. Then proceeded to charge the boss. My priest made off thru the whole in the line and drove his hammer into the boss who took one wound. The 3 greatswords took their 9 attacks and got 6 hits on the boss and I thought finally some hurt returned. 5 failed wounds and a shrug off of the 6th and that was it. Shivertooth spat and laid low the 3 of them with 2 attacks and 5 wounds , turned and with his last attack got 3 wounds on my 3 spearmen and felled them. My priest had 1 wound left and failed his prayers twice and was taken out by the last squighopper by a cowardly run at his back. Yet about major victory for the orcs. They are mopping up this campaign. I'll fight the last one but I think the writing is on the wall.
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The upgraded warbands as they enter the 5 th clash. Assassinate.
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I'm always ready Artoban! Would love to have a game with you one day. :smile2:
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I'm always ready Artoban! Would love to have a game with you one day. :smile2:
Perfect! Would love one too. All I need to do is win this damn lottery. ( I mention how lucky my lottery attempts have been above) and then convince the wife that Belgium is a must stop next May. (May have better luck with the lottery 😺) mind you she will be living it up it up in Mexico if the former happen and won't miss me slip out for the weekend.
Scenario #5: Assaination.
Well the flaggies were sent up the right flank to draw away some chaff and succeeded in knocking off the goblin spearmen, spiders and 5 hoppers thanks to some serious battleshock. My handgunners on the left dropped a boar and my priest and greatswords lit into the hounour guard, 3 surviving boars and another 5 hoppers. Four turns of hack and slash left the honour guard champ and battlestandard left. Healing prayers and reroll wounds went off like a charm and by the end off turn 5 it was just the priest staring down the boss at 6 inches. Unfortunately the game ended and the boss was unhurt and alive and that meant another major victory so officially that was it. Unofficially I charged the green bastard and it took another 6 rounds to finish him one on one. Healing prayers worked when they had to and he fluffed his wound rolls and hits enough times to work him down. I got the feeling he was tired and considered giving the priest one more bit of inspiration before removing his smile forever in the next and last round.
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I like 'em! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers::: :eusa_clap:
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I'm always ready Artoban! Would love to have a game with you one day. :smile2:
Perfect! Would love one too. All I need to do is win this damn lottery. ( I mention how lucky my lottery attempts have been above) and then convince the wife that Belgium is a must stop next May. (May have better luck with the lottery 😺) mind you she will be living it up it up in Mexico if the former happen and won't miss me slip out for the weekend.
Scenario #5: Assaination.
Well the flaggies were sent up the right flank to draw away some chaff and succeeded in knocking off the goblin spearmen, spiders and 5 hoppers thanks to some serious battleshock. My handgunners on the left dropped a boar and my priest and greatswords lit into the hounour guard, 3 surviving boars and another 5 hoppers. Four turns of hack and slash left the honour guard champ and battlestandard left. Healing prayers and reroll wounds went off like a charm and by the end off turn 5 it was just the priest staring down the boss at 6 inches. Unfortunately the game ended and the boss was unhurt and alive and that meant another major victory so officially that was it. Unofficially I charged the green bastard and it took another 6 rounds to finish him one on one. Healing prayers worked when they had to and he fluffed his wound rolls and hits enough times to work him down. I got the feeling he was tired and considered giving the priest one more bit of inspiration before removing his smile forever in the next and last round.
Then, let's get to it. We can do it! :smile2:
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That would indeed be awesome. I need to get my shit in order!!
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That would indeed be awesome. I need to get my shit in order!!
Me too buddy. :smile2:
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Well I finally played the last round of the skirmish campaign. The set up is pretty neat. You start within a 12" x 36" strip on two sides and race for the relic which is in the centre of a 2'x2' building with only a 3" door on the two walls facing deployment. The one with the most models within 3" of the altar wins. A pretty bad storm outside starts with d3 mortal wounds per unit within 6", then 12" etc each turn. A mad rush for the doors and to get inside cover is a good thing. Of course the orks had first turn from their last win and were able to run for the doors pretty easy with their cavalry while I plodded along on foot. The boars roared through one set of doors and blocked the other door quite effectively. A unit of squig hoppers committed Hari cari and charged my now grown unit of greatswords as they came around the corner to get through the ork door. They were swept aside easily but did take out 2 of my guys. My spearmen charged the boars after the gunners landed a paltry wound on them. Brave but foolish was this act but necessary as that storm brewed. My priest arrived and did nothing at all but bless the fallen spearmen. The flaggies arrived finally after failing a 3" charge (?!) and a tarp it insued.
The greatswords laid into the goblins guarding the door. Amusement for the orks at the altar as they were ripped apart. However that storm has caught up and 3 of my GS were pummelled being stuck at the threshold outside. My gunners and flaggies were hurt as well as was the priest all stuck outside the doors. The GS broke in finally as well as the surviving flaggies and priest with 4 wounds. Failed his 3+ healing prayer. The warboss was bored so he charged my greatswords taking out 4 with two swings and that's were it ended at the bottom of 5. The orks won hands down as the honour guard hadn't even punched an imperial and had first hand seats for the show.
Total loss for my guys but they get a cheer for showing up.
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Your scenery piece looks good "in action", although it is sitting there as all good scenery pieces should. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Your scenery piece looks good "in action", although it is sitting there as all good scenery pieces should. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
Thank you GP! Looks like it was good as a stage for the orks lol
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Time to change the name I guess. Next up I would like to make my shadow warriors and orc boss on a wyvern next. There is so much rebasing to do so I think I'll just pick a couple of warbands to start. The new handbook also changes up the Aelves so they should be fun.
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Seeing as the aelves are back. It's time to pull out my old army. I thought I had more BL units but alas. I found some reavers too that are unpainted so I should do them up too.
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Sweet! Are you going to rebase them also?
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I've found a Chinese company. 100 25mm bases for 10.00 free shipping. They really need rebasing. There is a lot of wrk in that so I'll be selective in what I choose but I really like this army so it's worth it I think. Original fluff was a small army tracking down lost clan artifacts in the chaos wastes and the've been gone along time, hense the weather beaten look. Now I can change them to be from a shared city state of aelvin / human coexistence. I'll fill in the gaps with pilgrimage type or a reworked freeguild group.
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Love swordmasters! What a great looking force. I look forward to many more great pictures!
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Thanks guys! 😺
This was my next to last army I painted and I actually liked the result. They were also the hardest to paint as well. My last army was a full goblin army centered around squig hoppers and a mangler bash as I couldn't afford the awesome kit. I got tired of the conversion and stopped with the idea one of the manglers broke free lol. I used the body of a cold one with the idea of doing 2. The other one remains untouched. I'll drag out the gobbos but there's over 115 models lol. It will take awhile.
Edit: cripes! Just realized that was an elf that got munched.
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Managed to dig out the gobbos. This army was absolutely guaranteed not to win at tournaments but I brought them anyways. Could Never round up enough hoppers so I mixed in regular squiqs as fillers. Maybe no wins, but a funner army I've never known. Probably my favourite. The movement trays are somewhere but I'm not to concerned. Batches of these guys wil go AoS eventually. I lost a purple hopper somewhere along the line. Pretty sure it was the cat.
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Goblins for the win! :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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I love the colour scheme. Making me rethink doing a basic job on mine...
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I love the colour scheme. Making me rethink doing a basic job on mine...
Thanks! I always thought orcs and goblins were so outrageous they could get away with fun colours. 😺
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Really cool, fungal feel to these guys. I dig the purple squig. Cool stuff! :blush:
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Thanks Xath! This was in fact the last complete army I did way back when. Getting there again with the space woofs 😺
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So it begins! I really didn't think skaven/beastmen would be the start army but what the hell. I have some beasties and some paint. And some skaven too. DocJ was the guy who got me going after his thread on battlemasters. Simple uni pose but a lot of em. 😸
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Beastmen seem to be a good army now in AoS with the GHB2017 abilities for them
Not sure about skaven yet.
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Beastmen seem to be a good army now in AoS with the GHB2017 abilities for them
Not sure about skaven yet.
From what I've read, they do seem very squishy. The idea came from one of the realmgate novels with the two groups working together and as I have a spare skaven battalion kicking around lol. Maybe the beastmen will lead the punch but I'm not sure of synergies between the two.
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Here we go! My first AoS unit. Strangely it's a beastmen/ skaven unit of twenty battlemaster (GW Gors I would guess). The idea came from DocJ as I was complaining about budget and this was his solution and I like em. They had this big round shield area so I thought I would throw a skaven shield on top which I think worked out and ties in the relation of these smelly creatures with their scurvy packmasters. A good match in all. Inspired by Warbeast by Gav Thorpe. Should be a fun army.
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Somehow the uniformity of these guys makes them really intimidating. :ph34r:
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That's exactly what I thought! When I first got them they seemed small and let like but they actually look pretty strong when there done.
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That's exactly what I thought! When I first got them they seemed small and let like but they actually look pretty strong when there done.
Yup and that standard bearer dude on the left really helps with that feel. He almost looks, like he's directing the herd. Great job Artoban. :smile2:
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Looks like the standard bearer needs a bit of paint to bring him to life.
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He is in fact heading to the barn to be base coated. I might even start him tonight 😺
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Go slow and steady, make him connect with the others, but have him stand out, too.
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Go slow and steady, make him connect with the others, but have him stand out, too.
Maybe hang some things from the banner. Yellow and red pennants?
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Go slow and steady, make him connect with the others, but have him stand out, too.
Maybe hang some things from the banner. Yellow and red pennants?
Add a few grisly trophies, like skulls on chains and severed hands.
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I meant painting wise.
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:icon_lol:
I meant painting wise.
Ha! Yes indeed I go what too fast and it shows 😸
Thank you!
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:icon_lol:
I meant painting wise.
Booooring. :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
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:icon_lol:
I bow to your imagination. :::cheers:::
And greater creativity of course.
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I'm here for the severed extremities.
Should be easy to get if you wait outside the pub cone closing time.
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I'm here for the severed extremities.
Should be easy to get if you wait outside the pub cone closing time.
Ha! Severed extremities it is 💀🔪
I may even have a small rat from the battalion box
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Haven't really had time to look for severed extremities but I shall. Found the rats but they all look like they are running, not hanging. Anyways here he is. He looks pretty mono colour to me but I'm not sure what to brighten the face up.
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Great looking model Artoban. :blush:
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Great looking model Artoban. :blush:
Thanks! Konrad just sent me some rat and beastmen stuff. I should have some nice things to hang off it shortly 😺
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Those beastmen look awesome, great work on the shields. :::cheers:::
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Those beastmen look awesome, great work on the shields. :::cheers:::
Thanks doc!
After all it was your inspiration and link that led me to these beasties. I have Konrad's guys built and waiting for basecoat and started the rebasing of the rats. Another 36 to add to the battalion box and 5 spearmen beastmen plus 9 bigger axe and double weapon guys. I don't actually know what there called but they will join the herd. I might put up some WIP pics but I was distracted by a valhallen baneblade that was dying for some paint. I'll put that up on the 40k thread when it's ready. Maybe 2 days.
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A little progress pic. No paint but some assembly. These are some of konrads shipment. Some scurvy fun. The clanrats on the left and the ogre are from the battalion box.
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Somebody needs to call the exterminator!
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Somebody needs to call the exterminator!
Indeed! This filth is multiplying at a horrendous rate 😺 Time for the kitty deamonettes!
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You can never go wrong with Skaven. Such a cool, fluffy race.
This pun was fully intended, by the way. :happy:
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Everything is coming together nicely, Ive always liked the Skaven.
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Everything is coming together nicely, Ive always liked the Skaven.
Thanks DocJ! Managed to base these guys and get a coat of fur on them. I took a tangent with the baneblades but I’m back to these. Guys now.
@xath - This pun was fully intended, by the way
This slow brain just kicked in. Good one :biggriin:
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Slowly coming together. Started anew job so I’m extremely tired lol. Got some more work done on the rat ogre and I’m sure the clan rats feels much more brave next to that thing.
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You're building up a nice collection.
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You're building up a nice collection.
Thanks!!
Just started a new job this month and have been to tired to make it to the basement lol. Gonna try to get these guys done for the end of the month.
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Those sexy, sexy rats... :blush:
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Some of the beasties almost done and I think the rats are too. Next up more clanrats and another rat ogre. Some bits are missing on the beasties. Wasn’t quite sure what to do with them but now I think I have it figured.
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More of Konrad’s former verminous vermonhord making the AoS crossover. I picked up these cheap 25 mil bases that are a flexible rubber with a peel and stick side. Only 9.99 for a hundred free shipping from Hong Kong. Did not realize they see peel and stick. Thought they were mdf but what the heck. Turns out they stick like crazy and I can debase the existing ones and stick em right to the new ones and then throw them into the basing bin ( which is the most god awful base I d come up with but it’s instant stick. No pcv blue or the like. Now to paint em. Also I cut down the 4x6 board to 3x5 because I really underestimated the size of the big board in a small room. Had a 12 x 24 room before it became the new kitchen to play around in when it was just my son and I. Anyway I like the smaller size as it will be mostly AoS skirmish games but it might be too small for 40 k when I get into that in January I think.
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Hmmm ... 3 x 5 instead of 4 x 6, not sure I'd want to go that small. 4 x 6 gives possibility for 4 x 4, too. If ya cut down a 4 x 6 into 3 2 x 4s, then the size of the board can be changed as needed.
I got one of those old cutout buildings that I see on the left hand side of the picture above, plus I see a few extra wooden beams on the front of your homemade scenery piece, too. :icon_cool:
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I’m thinking the same thing about the 3x 5. It might be to narrow but it does fit the room. I’ll have to try a few games. Not sure why I didn’t try 4x4.
I found another of those punch out houses kicking around. I really need to completely do all my terrain over.
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2 more units of 10 clanrats. Painted one unit and the second I just rebased the others as they were already painted. Up to about 68 I think now. Still have 45 clan rats to go, 1 rat ogre, 20 plague monks and 3 packmasters lol. I think I’ll track down a shaggoth and maybe some dragon ogres.
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Always nice to see some scurrying ratmen. :blush:
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Thanks!
Until more glue arrives I’m on hold lol. A rhino and a boatload of rats just waiting to be transformed
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Glue obtained. More rats, 3 packmasters, 1 rat ogre. Couldn’t find a bleeding round base for the ogre.
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More rats and packmasters have grown. And to come up with a 2240 points I threw in some loveable Tzeentch with a soulgrinder and lord of change for some punch.
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That's a sweet looking army! I like the look of the painting on both the soul grinder and lord of change.
Totally separate but I also like your little globe lurking at the back of the photo's.
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Thanks Gankom! Those globe bookends are great. I’ll take a closer snap of the soul grinder and LoC. There’s also SG #2 kicking around. Am now realizing the colossal mistake of reducing the board to 3x5 now. Going to 4 x 4 because 6x 4 was just too big. Course I need to make a bunch of terrain too as I have matched the boredom of my basing with the boredom of the surface 😸
I also ordered a 100 40 mm bases from China as I need only one for the other rat ogre. Should be here in February.
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Here we go. More not so good pictures. Soulgrinder pudding that changes flavour. As usual they are almost complete 😺
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I really do like that lord of change, and the blue soul grinder in particular. It'll look even better when it's finished of course, but I like that shade for it's skin.
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The lord of change was the last model I had painted prior to putting the hobby on hold 6 years ago. I remember having a hard time deciding about the staff so it remained base White. The grinders also never got finished or used in combat. The paints for these are really thin and I forget the manufacturer but it takes numerous coats to build up. L
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Great colors on those wings. These baddies are lookin' good Artoban. :happy:
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Great colors on those wings. These baddies are lookin' good Artoban. :happy:
Thanks Xath! I think I’ll table the same point value of orks/gobbos the pound some sense into them.
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The pattern on the upholstery looks good too! My guess is it's either a pillow on the floor or the cover of a seat. Kind of matches the globe book ends. :icon_wink:
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The pattern on the upholstery looks good too! My guess is it's either a pillow on the floor or the cover of a seat. Kind of matches the globe book ends. :icon_wink:
The cover for the chair. Good eye!
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Saw the Yes album covers too. :icon_wink:
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Saw the Yes album covers too. :icon_wink:
My wife said put the vinyl to use so I pinned up my favorites. They are my fav all time band 😸🎼
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Suitable art for fantasy and sci-fi.
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Back to AoS for a round. All great disasters begin somewhere. Some are even intentional but I really have limited stuff to work with so I’ll try my best. Has this old castle front for years. Time it got used. Pity to spend so much on a front entrance only to fall back on a wooden wall and a stone field wall. It’s all smoke and mirrors like our politicians but here goes. I have a few 2’x2’ plastic ceiling tiles from a Quiznos I did a few years ago. That will be the base. Too tired to do anymore tonight but I didn’t think I had the ambition to start anything for a few days so I’m ahead of the deal. SKS always has a way to inspire.
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The start of something great! I wouldn't worry about stone front with wood walls. Years ago I use to work at a historical site, one of those pioneer village places but it was a French fort/fur trading outpost. The recreation had, and historically did as well, a stone gatehouse with two stone towers beside it and a native American style wood palisade around the rest of it. Historically they just didn't have the time, manpower or resources to make a fancy stone wall around the whole thing. Just for the main gate!
So maybe your building the start of a fort or outpost! If it was good enough for the French in the 1600's, it'll do your lads nicely in the mortal realms.
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I reckon its a cool idea.
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Seems like a good enough project to me. :icon_cool:
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Had to enlist the table saw at the shop. Here’s the preliminary farm structure. Had the 1/8” melamine backing from an old cabinet kicking around. 6x12 base. I’m thinking of a balcony in each end of the roof to place some savy defenders. And yes, this was accomplished at lunch time. No company hours on this. The trick is to get it home and inside without the knowledge of my wife who might think my time is not well spent enough 😺
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So the front gate and wood walls make sense thanks to Gankom. Then I started thinking I have the barn/ outbuilding, what the heck do the owners live in. Well, I’m going to make a tower keep for them I think. Glued together the 4 walls and found a new use for those bookends. Going to make a floor 1 “ wider than the walls with battlements. The square open area is for the barn which is still at work setting up. The air was blue around here as I remembered how much I like gluing things together.
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I like the setup.
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The barn!
Thinking of spraying the walls with roughcost to simulate a stucco surface and save me a lot of trouble. The roof will be a pain. I tried cutting cardboard shingles but if you like that frustrating feeling that makes you want to punch things, I recommend cardboard shingles. Maybe I’ll glue a bunch of straw to it. Good for burning. I think Deamons like that sort of thing.
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Coming along very nicely! It'll be a good little homestead.
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Thanks!! Just used this new stone finish spray. Like very much.
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There are some who say this hobby is for relaxing, uplifting moments where one is in tune with their elements. Then we try something that we honestly believe is a good idea. Very ingenious. Pat ourselves on our backs. Good job!
Then there are moments where we realize all is a lie. May I tell you that taking straw and gluing it to a roof in the hope it starts to take on a thatched look may seem easy. That’s a dirty stinking foible drawn from the pure warp. I just set my meditations back about ten years with that bit of fun. Which was no fun at all. I see why a deamon would enjoy the site of it burning.
Just had to vent that.
Thanks
Pics of this to follow. When I find my calm blue ocean again.
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Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean ......
Back after scrubbing off layers of white glue. Guess I’m going to let it dry and then just keep building it up till I run out of straw.
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Bah!!
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I like the stucco look. Might look good with a coating of light brown wash to darken the stucco a good bit, but I'd test it out on a sample first.
I was going to recommend buying shingle strips from ... https://www.thingsfromthebasement.com/ ... but it seems real straw got a person into trouble. Thankfully not me. :icon_wink:
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I like the stucco look. Might look good with a coating of light brown wash to darken the stucco a good bit, but I'd test it out on a sample first.
I was going to recommend buying shingle strips from ... https://www.thingsfromthebasement.com/ ... but it seems real straw got a person into trouble. Thankfully not me. :icon_wink:
Thanks GP! That’s a great site. Never in my life at the best of times will I do a straw roof again. Ever.
Those shingles are well priced too. There was also a pic of something that looked like cheese cloth which was interesting.
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Yep, they have 4 different types of shingles ... regular slate, irregular slate, diamond, fish scale. The buildings they do are awesome, although the one issue I have with them is that the stairs tend to not be good for standing a figure on, yet beyond that, I love them. And if you're into German WW2 28mm ... they carry Heer 46 which are freaking awesome. I purchased Trupp B at Huzzah, couldn't resist.
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Crenallations(?!)
Ripped a 1x2 pine in half, reduced height and gouged out the indents. All with the help of the table saw. Blasted it with this paint I love. Gonna paint everything and every surface I can find with this. Just need to cut to length at home.
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One thing that's quickly becoming my favorite parts are the odes to how much you love spray paint. Every couple of pictures "I love spray paint/This paint that I love".
Everythings looking great! I love that picture where its all set up together into one little settlement.
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Thank you very much!
I’m thinking of moving into this place when it’s done lol.
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I don't know about Ottawa, but I was helping a cousin house hunt around Toronto and housing prices are still pretty insane. You could probably rent that sucker out to college kids and pay off your mortgage. I know some who would kill each other in a Hunger Games for the chance at that much space.
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Toronto real estate has been nuts. If I could sell that 2x2 piece in Toronto I could probably retire😸
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Quote GP: I like the stucco look. Might look good with a coating of light brown wash to darken the stucco a good bit, but I'd test it out on a sample first.
I have a tub of that old chestnut ink - ancient GW ink - that I’ll try. Made the tower with the crenalations but forgot it at the shop today and didn’t take pics. Good excuse to wash the walls
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Believe I still have one pot of that Chestnut Ink remaining, except I'll likely use it on horses, probably not enough for the side of a barn.
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Well I washed the walls with chestnut ink and watered down some brown paint for the godawful thatched roof. I hate that roof, grrrr.
Made a little path from the front gate to the barn and was about to make a path to the absent stone keep but realized I had made 4 wall with no windows or doors. That’s right, the realmgate to the kitchen is down the road. I have a roof hatch but no entrance. I’m going to cheat and put a window and door from the 40k building box in and see how that works. Anyways slowly coming together.
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Tower. No doors. Now windows. Not recommending architect.
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It could be ok without windows, but a door could be useful.
Not sure the roof of the barn is thatched. Looks maybe like bamboo. Or else that's some mighty long thatching.
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Details! Details! Is it not enough I hate it already ? Lol
Bamboo roof might have some unique resale attributes.
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I am seeing this starting to look more like a minor noble/samurai's place. Chalk it up to reading a fantasy novel with East Asian cultural influence. :icon_wink: :icon_lol:
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Getting close now. Running out of ambition too. I think I’ll do the base with grass and glue it all down.
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Woah, a door, and a window at ground level The architect would have been wise to put it overlooking the courtyard, towards the back and looking over those stone walls, perhaps on the second floor for maximum light exposure. :icon_wink:
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:::cheers::: 👆
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I think it's looking awesome! Now to have the unwashed hordes invade it!
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Well, this vein of creativity has been mined out. Ran out of flock so I went to the local arts & crafts store. A lot closer and cheaper than the hobby store and found a substitute for the flock. The colour and texture change makes no sense but that’s that. Anyone who wants to change it may make the treck to my house and do with it what you will. The door is always open. I don’t like locks as it’s usually me getting locked out.
I think I should add a platform around the wood wall to hold some archers/ spearmen and come up with some suitable scenario. Things are rough around the edges like anything else in my life but at least it’s done to a playable level. If I stopped for the right stuff I guarantee it would not get finished.
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Stage is set I think.
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Bought these ‘stone trolls ‘ on eBay maybe 10 years ago. Have no idea where they come from.
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Decided it’s about time they had a role to play in the upcoming scrum.
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Think I need to tone down the ink with some highlights.
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Awesome trolls and awesome homestead. I think the mix of flock actually looks good.
I really like the green clothing on the troll in the last picture far right. Plus he's a ginger which wins lots of points.
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:::cheers:::👆
Many moons ago I was a ginger. Now a whitey 😺
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Not seen those figures before, and looks like they are throwing rocks.
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If anyone knows who they are from, please leave a post. I really didn’t like them until now when I noticed there’s a fair amount of detail in them. Never even looked at the banner before either. I tried to lighten up that crazy amount of ink and gave them some green and yellow to fit in with the rats and beastmen. I remember being disappointed as I thought I was buying stone trolls to go with my others. Easy to see considering they look so much alike 😺
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So I have placed about 2480 pts of chaos criminality at school end. In the homestead are going to be about 2520 pts of freeguild and aelf units. Way too much for this board so we’ll see what happens. At theu last minute I added a priest and a unit of flaggies cause they are my favorites. Looking thru the bins for my greathammer guy I came across this sister of sigmar. I have about 20 that I was going to make into greatswords but never got around to it. She was based so I spent about 45-50 minutes adding colours. As almost always, very rushed. I don’t seem to have patience to let them sit for a bit. A start with some defenders artillery as well.
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Just didn’t like the pics of the priestess warrior. Tried to touch up a bit.
Also, the thing about rats, is there is always more 😸 should be 20 of the plague monks by the time it’s done.
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Work: ‘get rid of these shelves’
Me: ‘oookaay’
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20 plague monks and some pet rats for the rats.
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They look tarred, but not feathered yet.
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Wait, it just occurred to me that this could be a disguise for attacking in the dark, and no one will see them!
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They will see these guys coming! The rest of the plague monks plus some suedo giant rats. A few more touch ups and their done. Just onother 20 clanrats and all my skaven that I have kicking around are finished. And some actual giant rats according to the box.
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What's the story with those little rat men that are in front of a few of the giants rats?
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They come with the banners, champions sprue. I think they should go on a banner pole as an icon possibly. I think they make a good champ for the rats. There are 4 spruces so there should be one more lurking around. I was looking on the Warscroll for the monks and there kinda fun with their books and scrolls. The giant rats have 1 attack hit 5 wound 5 but if you have 20, you have 2 A, 4hit 5 wound and if you have 30 3A,3H,5W
Again it gets into crazy horde numbers. I was reading one list where the guy has 3 units of 40 clanrats and 20 stormvermin. That’s a pile of models.
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It almost makes the rats seem like they have their own army.
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You have me thinking I should convert them into a command team. Maybe 1 shaking a bell, another a tiny banner 😸
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That would be cool! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
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GP will be held accountable for the following creation. I wasn’t going to do anything today but he got this idea in my head and I couldn’t let it go. The giant rat command squad and a few more rats.
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Hey, nice thread :)
The unidentified trolls are from Ral Partha (those long bases with rounded corners are a giveaway). They are still available from Ral Partha Europe http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=troll&inc_subcat=0&sort=20a&page=1 (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=troll&inc_subcat=0&sort=20a&page=1)
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Good find, thank you! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
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Hey, nice thread :)
The unidentified trolls are from Ral Partha (those long bases with rounded corners are a giveaway). They are still available from Ral Partha Europe http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=troll&inc_subcat=0&sort=20a&page=1 (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=troll&inc_subcat=0&sort=20a&page=1)
Welcome and thank you. I have wondered for years where they came from. I’m not to familiar with different manufacturers. I may get more cause these guys have grown on me 😺
Edit: just looked thru the sight. Awesome! Some deals are 20 trolls for 20£! The shaman and leader would be excellent to have as well
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Mini rat command squad. You think you are cunning? What these guys have to do to stay alive is alarming. Fun and easy cannon fodder.
Since I have no dwarves ready yet, the combined forces of elves and empire will have no choice but to cooperate in order to survive. Just starting to assemble the order forces. Swapped out the soul grinder for the plague monks and giant rats. For some reason the SG just doesn’t seem to fit the scenario. Have plenty of order infantry to pull out but have been too lazy to sort them. Now that I know what trolls they are and where to get them. I might just expand on these. I’m substituting the chaos troggoth Warscroll for them.
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Another 20 clanrats. This will finish off my skaven battalion and all the beastmen I have at the moment. I would like to add a shaggoth and some centugaurs for the beastmen side. I love those models. And maybe a grey seer and some warplock jezzails. Also one of their fiendish contraptions but that will have to wait while I build up some more funds.
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Ok, here are another 20 clanrats. That makes 40 of them, 20 plague monks. I broke up the giant rat ‘command squad ‘ and the wee sword rats into their own bases to make 20 for the extra hit and attack. , 2 rat ogres, 3 packmasters and 2 units of 10 gutter runners. That’s my entire skaven/ beastmen Army now assembled. I threw in some tzeentch for some hitting power although I think they should be able to swarm the farmstead defenders. Pretty hopeless - like the budget and monthly bills. You know who’s going to win. I think I started buying the beastmasters and the beastmen last September so it’s been awhile but I made it. I will probably set up my order army of elves and empire defenders and see if I bought the farm. The only unpainted and unbuilt order units I have now is another steam tank (metal), hell blaster volley gun, 20 plastic flagellants, 19 more sisters of Sigmar, and 10 shadow warriors.
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The rats join the front lines
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A little change of venue for a bit. Valhallan mortar units . Hopefully they will hit better if they are painted. Some snipers and the old school sentinel will be in praetorian colours.
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Keep finding stuff. Looking for an inquisitor, these were all tucked into a drawer. Looks like I have some more empire stuff do do. Also found though not pic’d was a game day deamon slayer and the 2007 white dwarf.
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Lucky you!
If you aren’t interested in those witch hunters, i can help by taking them off your hands... :happy:
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Lucky you!
If you aren’t interested in those witch hunters, i can help by taking them off your hands... :happy:
To be honest, I’m not sure which ones are the witchhunters. If you like, I’ll keep one for the team and you can have the rest for postage. I’m sure they will go to a good home.
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@warlord - I followed a strange procedure and read the labels. Found the hunters. Make your pick and I’ll keep the other.
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What a great little find. Some nice metal in there. I can't wait to see how you have the wizards painted up, I always liked those sculpts.
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Thanks Gankom. It was litterly like finding a lost treasure. The elector count on griphon is underway now. His warscrolll is now a general on a gryphon which I think is pretty cool. That bird will be a challenge though but I think it will make a nice centrepiece. I also dig out the sisters of sigmar. I thought I had 20 but actually 21 have appeared. I made one into a warrior priestess somewhere back up the thread but now the rest of them have just as good a sculpt. Was originally going to run them as greatswords in a sigmarite army but that never got off the ground so maybe just greatswords again? Any suggestions? I was maybe thinking of the hammerhall blue & White colours. Not sure.
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Thats very generous Artoban! Are you sure? I quite like the sword one, if you are willing to part with it. What can I give you in return? I have 10 crossbowmen or maybe 5 plastic knights panther? I have heaps of other stuff too, but just on the weekend I pulled those out and realised I don’t need them anymore... let me know. I have other stuff too, let me know if there is anything you are missing...
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@warlord - the swordsman witchunter is now yours. It just has to make the treck around the world. The knights panther sounds awesome. Let me know if the shipping is expensive. I’ll just send this guy out and don’t worry about the bill if you like. Pm your cordinates and I’ll get him travelling 😺
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I think this is the last of the loot but you never know. I bought these so long ago I forget what and who they are. Any ideas? They look like general status.
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I once found a treasure trove like that as well. Very fun!
Hold on to one each of those halberdiers on the left, if you're ok with that, and I'll send payment.
As for your question, the figure on the left is a Knight of the White Wolf if I recall, and the one on the right is one of the three Valten figures.
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@GP - those halbediers are yours. I’ll set them aside.
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Are there two wizards in that mix? One looks like Gandalf, and maybe the other has a claw. Warlord got the prize with that one Witch Hunter with the sword, but I might take the one with the torch and axe, and willing to pay as well.
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Just to confirm. These 5 halbediers are yours. These are the wizards and the other witchhunter. I was going to keep the witch hunter as I don’t have one but always wanted one. Didn’t know I had him. I actually like him more than the sword guy. 😸 The wizards are up for grabs if you like.
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I think this is the last of the loot but you never know. I bought these so long ago I forget what and who they are. Any ideas? They look like general status.
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The figure is the mounted warrior priest of Ulric
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Wow👆Nice find. Hope to do him justice. I had an opportunity to buy 20 tuetogen Guard and I turned it down. In a bag, in front of me, very good price. What an idiot. This priest would have been a good leader.
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The Ulrican priest is a great one, I have him as well and he looks great leading some white wolves into battle. The other horseman is the middle iteration of Vulten I believe. I used him as an archlector for a long time, or even just as a priest on warhorse.
The wizards are both pretty old. The gandulf looking one is a lore of shadow wizard and the other one a lore of amber/beast I believe, although I usually saw them used as lore of life more often. Their fantastic sculpts.
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Ah! I hadn't contemplated all of the halberdiers, yet that might be a good idea for gifts to my nephews. And the two wizards would be great! Enjoy the witch hunter, that figure has started to grow on me, and if I end up with one some day, he might become a mercenary leader or perhaps an Estalian from Bibaldi.
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I know what you mean. He also carries a pistol and on his Warscroll their is an allowance for shooting. So the wizards are yours as well.
As far as payment goes, don’t pay a penny more or even less if you like. The fact they will reside in your care is more important. You can pm anytime with details an no pressure either. They have been sleeping along time - a little longer won’t hurt. 😺
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It's the Ar-Ulric himself! Really nice find Artoban, I'd keep most of those minis. Most of them are really rare models. :blush:
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It's the Ar-Ulric himself! Really nice find Artoban, I'd keep most of those minis. Most of them are really rare models. :blush:
I’ll have no choice but to do him justice. I’ll try not to speed thru 😺 it’s a fault of mine. Anything I start, whether it’s a project at work or hobby or damn near anything, all I want to do is finish it and get on with the next.
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It's the Ar-Ulric himself! Really nice find Artoban, I'd keep most of those minis. Most of them are really rare models. :blush:
I’ll have no choice but to do him justice. I’ll try not to speed thru 😺 it’s a fault of mine. Anything I start, whether it’s a project at work or hobby or damn near anything, all I want to do is finish it and get on with the next.
I hear you brother, that's why it's so hard for me to get anything done... :unsure:
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It's the Ar-Ulric himself! Really nice find Artoban, I'd keep most of those minis. Most of them are really rare models. :blush:
I’ll have no choice but to do him justice. I’ll try not to speed thru 😺 it’s a fault of mine. Anything I start, whether it’s a project at work or hobby or damn near anything, all I want to do is finish it and get on with the next.
I hear you brother, that's why it's so hard for me to get anything done... :unsure:
Nah it's not the ar-ulric... sorry
This is the ar-ulric (not mine, but got one)
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these are the mounted an non-mounted priests of Ulric (earlier pcture is of the mounted one is mine in wrong color scheme)
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and mine on foot with proper paint job
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Thanks Steg ! I somehow missed your first pic of your mounted priest. Still a cool sculpt. Might fit in with my witch hunter, flagellant group I think I’ll form up for an escellated skirmish or path of glory band. Kinda thinking on the fly here but maybe the sisters of Sigmar will join in. And my old war alter.....getting carried away again. The old sigmarite army resserected. There used to be pictures of an army
like that years ago. Beautiful bit of inspiration. I think it was in the white dwarf
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I've been had! Still, this is a great sculpt. Don't part with it fam.
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So I think these will be the colours of the sisters of Sigmar. Assembled the gryphon and stood up my witch hunter flagellant band. Or the start of it anyways.
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Really nice shade on that skin. I think it's the first time that I'm seeing Sisters of Sigmar on round bases. :icon_wink:
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I like how the Sisters have been painted. And I love the idea of having that witch hunter leading those older flagellants! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Thank you Xath and GP. The idea has developed a bit and I now know the direction I’m heading. I will build a Desciples of Sigmar army. I’m going to have the 5 old flagellants with another 10 or 20 plastic. I forget if I have one or two boxes. Plus 32 metal guys but I’m not sure I’m up to redoing them. The witch hunter to lead them. 20 sisters and one sister / warrior priestess. The general on gryphon. 2 hellblasters (appropriately named) and a blessed steam tank which resides in a box at the moment. Luther Huss will have to take the field again and I’ll revamp the old war altar. I think that’s enough ambition for now. This is all based on an old sigmarite army that appeared in white dwarf many years ago but I cannot find hide nor hare of it no matter what googling I involve. Hopefully that edition wasn’t destroyed in the flood because that steamtank was a dream.
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Decided to knock off a couple of quick houses late yesterday. These are actually scaled using 28 mm as equivalent to roughly 6 ‘. That’s as technical as it gets but made it the same dimensions as my original stone house at 36’ x 24’. It’s missing a few windows on the side walls and upstairs as well as a dormer but that’s pure laziness at work. The roof will not be grass and as yet I can’t afford the cool shingles in the links above somewhere but I actually retrieved a bit of wrapping paper that my wife was throwing out that will represent way over sized metal shingles. I’ll attempt that tonight as there will never be a grass/ bamboo/ suedo thatched abomination ever attempted in this household again.
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Here's a relatively quick video on shingling medieval/renaissance buildings ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC1GUKyBdVs
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Very nice and easy. Going to give this a try. 👆
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Lunch has been constructive!
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Bingo! :eusa_clap: :icon_biggrin:
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Here’s the roof GP. I tried both types. Laziness strikes again but I have to say the cardboard roof is the better even if it takes a lot longer.
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The first thing that came to mind regarding the roof not using cardboard is that it looks almost like a slate roof, although with that size, it'd be probably a heavy one.
Tougher to burn than the ... bamboo one. :icon_wink:
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Beautiful buildings continue to spring up in this thread. You'll have a whole village in no time!
I'm with Xath and GP, I really like the sisters of sigmar. Especially the skin tone. It shows up really well on the one in the front I think.
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Thank you all! I hope I can remember what I did for that lol.
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A few more come out to bash and crash.
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I think I forgot to mention the war altar. I scratch built this thing 10-11 years ago. It definitely needs some work but I think it’s salvagable. Including finding a new hammer for the lector. Should fit in nicely with the Disciples.
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And the beginning of the warband.
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All twenty of em. Done I think. Started messing around with the gryphon now.
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Great stuff :eusa_clap:
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Thanks👆 I actually find the gryphon intimidating. The only other feathered guy was my lord of change which is actually one of my personal favorites. Some day I’ll finish his staff 😺
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Just converted my warrior priests and a few flagellants to round bases. Used all my round bases 25 mm slotted and I drilled out slots for a few solid bases. Also transferred Luther and my wizard on a horse to round bases and made up a big round base for the gryphon. Found some very old green stuff for a few places at the wings and neck to fill. The GS was very hard so I just munched it through a pair of pliers repeatedly and it softened up pretty good. I have quite a group of flaggies left and I bought the bunch from GW when they were clearing old painted stock. I really have zero desire to repaint them so maybe some touch ups. Plus a couple of new boxes of flaggies so I’ll have a good mix of extra old, old and new guys to mix.
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I like the green on the horse barding. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Had some fun with characters tonight. My witch hunter, a warrior priest started long ago and finished tonight and my ulric priest on horseback. Plus I based some of the flaggies. Was running out of steam on the priest so he was rushed but I really like the W Hunter.
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The only flaggies I painted here were the 2 old timers. The rest were GW
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If I saw this gang coming down the road, I think I would step off
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Seems to all be taking good shape. :icon_cool:
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Thanks👆 Should make for a great party of crazies when they all meet. Looks like it’s flagellant central for the next while plus the general on a gryphon. I’ll wait for the steam tank when 302 arrives 😸
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Yeah I think I'd take a detour if I saw them coming as well. Although last time I was down in the GTA I think I DID see them...
Love those characters. Witch hunter looks just fantastic. I particularly like the flame effects on the torch. It looks so simple, and yet I can never get it to turn out that good. Always looks like I just sneezed yellow over a shoddy red base coat.
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Thanks Gankom. Of everything I’ve painted in the last year, that is the guy I am most happy with. I’ve only felt that way about a few models before. It gives me a bit of confidence for that crazy gryphon 😺
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Every Priest deserves a body guard. I feel a tragic familial story developing behind this group of gingers 😸
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I like what’s attached to their belts.
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I like "em! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
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I like "em! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
I thought the anglar feature would catch your eye. These guys eat well anyways
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Decided to start of Garden of Morr. In AoS maybe a Garden of Less as Nagash seems to have morr...er... more souls and a realm this time round 😺
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A little more progress.
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I'm loving it as always. Your going to have some beautiful scenery to fill your table with by the end of this.
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I like what you are doing here. Very nice.
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Thank you very much! I was about to base spray this when I remembered doing that before and melting the foam. Might just brush instead.
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You know what's one thing that a ginger person always lacks on a party?
An invitation.
I'm sorry, I had to. Awesome looking models Artoban.
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You know what's one thing that a ginger person always lacks on a party?
An invitation.
I'm sorry, I had to. Awesome looking models Artoban.
😸👆 did you ever see that South Park episode on gingers. It’s very old but very funny.
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Update with garden.
Definitely needs touch ups. Reality probably not going to get them.
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You know what's one thing that a ginger person always lacks on a party?
An invitation.
I'm sorry, I had to. Awesome looking models Artoban.
😸👆 did you ever see that South Park episode on gingers. It’s very old but very funny.
I have almost zero knowledge about the South Park. Watched like three episodes of the show and the movie. Not my cup of tea, really.
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What’s on deck for March. Another 16 flagellants need to be made. My bases should be in soon. That will be 60 flagellants in total. I was short 2 old old school guys so I’m substituting an axe wielding look alike and I’ll somehow modify that cleric to fit in. Forgot about Valten, not part of the army but needs to be finished. I suppose he could be a general on a horse and might fit in better for fluff.
Also on the table, 40k - gamesday librarian and 3 grot commissars. Forget were they came from but they look fun.
Disciples of Sigmar
Leaders
General on a gryphon
War Altar
Excelsior Warpriest with gryphhound
Warpriest mounted (old Luther)
Warpriest mounted (ulric dude)
Warpriest (2 hammers)
Battlemage mounted
Witch Hunter
Battleline
Flagellants (unit of 30)
Flagellants (unit of 20)
Flagellants (unit of 10)
Artillery
Hellblaster
Hellblaster
Behemoth
Steamtank
Warscroll battalion
Pilgrimage of Wrath
Other units
Sisters of Sigmar (greatswords unit of 20)
Total 2490 points. Invalid army because of allies 1220 pts instead of 500
Allegiance - Devoted of Sigmar
Playing open so invalid doesn’t matter.
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that's a big project! Good Luck, eager to see it rolling out to battle :)
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that's a big project! Good Luck, eager to see it rolling out to battle :)
Thanks! It’s a bit ambitious but I’ve alwsys loved the idea of this going back many years. This time I feel it could happen 😸
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I’ve been thinking about my lineup and I just don’t think the general on a gryphon and the battllemage have a place in this army. They will go instead to my future freeguild as I have enough units for 2500 pts. I have a bunch of knights too but they don’t have a scroll so they won’t work. To replace the general, I’m going to use the old Valten model on a horse instead. And I will add another excelsior Warpriest. I also have a spare great canon so it will be added to the 2 hellblasters and steamtank. All these will be spiced up with a bunch of bits from the flaggellant box. Nothing like the gunners able to bless a canon ball and feed it to a rat.
New lineup
Disciples of Sigmar
Leaders
Warpriest mounted (old Valten)
War Altar
Excelsior Warpriest with gryphhound
Excelsior Warpriest
Warpriest mounted (old Luther)
Warpriest mounted (ulric dude)
Warpriest (2 hammers)
Witch Hunter
Battleline
Flagellants (unit of 30)
Flagellants (unit of 20)
Flagellants (unit of 10)
Artillery
Hellblaster
Hellblaster
Great Canon
Behemoth
Steamtank
Warscroll battalion
Pilgrimage of Wrath
Other units
Sisters of Sigmar (greatswords unit of 20)
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I didn’t feel like painting more flagellants tonight so I revamped a spare canon and crew and started changing the colours of the hellblaster crew. Looks like the blue, brown and parchment colours will be the common denominator in the army.
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Worked some more on the crews and hellblaster. The second hellblaster is simply laughing at me. I need courage for some reason.
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Finished the gun line minus the steamtank. Next excelsior Warpriest and greyhound I think. Just can’t face more flagellants at the mo’
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That last one looks like as bunch of Tileans.
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Here’s the not-Valten general mounted. I’m actually not that happy with him. Like most of our leaders, I expected more.
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On a role. My excelsior Warpriest short his faithful gryphound. I am going to buy a box of hounds cause I love em that much! The only thing better might be a box of gryphcats 😸
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Simply awesome as always. I love the look of that war priest and his faithful hound.
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Simply awesome as always. I love the look of that war priest and his faithful hound.
I have to say that as far as purchasing anything new, I’m a lousy customer for AoS. I simply don’t have the cash or I would be sporting a new stormcast lineup, so everything I use now is what I had stored away. But this priest and hound I loved so much, I had to buy it just because. And I do believe I will by the gryph hound set as well.
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Finished the group of old old flagellants. I had 2 of the group (in front) and I substituted a guy with an axe and the most dubious of the substitutes, an old cleric from somewhere. Oh well. At least the hat matches 😸
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I just couldn’t wait so I started. A ways to go yet but it’s moving. I loved Fidelis’s idea of the chimney being Gahl Maraz but I just can’t find a hammer. Check all my space wolves bits for a thunder hammer but no go. I can always adjust it later. Found a big book from my DA stuff
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I like where this is heading. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Hoooly shitballs, that's one, amazing s-tank. Very fitting, when it comes to Empire's theological theme. :::cheers:::
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Thanks GP and Xath! I am super stoked about this as well. I had to do a double take when I saw the date on this mag. I knew it was along time ago but this inspiration came from 2005. 13 years later it’s almost a reality. Yipes.
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Thanks GP and Xath! I am super stoked about this as well. I had to do a double take when I saw the date on this mag. I knew it was along time ago but this inspiration came from 2005. 13 years later it’s almost a reality. Yipes.
2005... the golden age of Warhammer Fantasy. Damn son...
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Who said the Olde World was dead?
What's on second, I Don't Know's on third. :icon_wink: :icon_lol:
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The old worlds never dead! It still lives on in myths and legends. :icon_biggrin:
I'm actually really liking in AoS right now how their building up how important the world that was, was. There's lots more connections forming and people coming back.
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Here we go! The Disciples of Sigmar Steamtank.
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Holy fucking shit, that's amazeballs! :Ohmy: :ph34r: :Ohmy: :ph34r:
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Thank you sir! I’m going to register that as a ‘gud ‘un 😸
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yes indeed great job! Nice feel it emanates from the steam tank, it really belongs with the cult of flaggelants :::cheers:::
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Thank you very much SKS! 20 more flagellants to go and the Disciples are finished 😺
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Yep, and now it's been completed, excellent! :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Next has become the upgraded war altar. I really didn’t know what to do with it so it just kind of evolved with various bits and crap. I actually like it but I’ve been know to like odd things.
Before:
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After:
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Another 10 flagellants. Just another 10 to go. (With some backup)
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These look excellent. Where's the Griffon from? I dig that you've incorporated Mordheim minis. :::cheers:::
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These look excellent. Where's the Griffon from? I dig that you've incorporated Mordheim minis. :::cheers:::
Thank you! Not sure if that altar works that well but that’s what their getting😸
The griffin came off eBay many years ago. Not sure of the source.
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It might be from Reaper... Anyway, it's great and that is what counts. Keep it up Artoban! :eusa_clap:
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Looks great! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Looks great! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Thanks! 10 more flagellants to go and it’s time for a group shot 😺
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Built the last of the flagellants. I must say they drive me crazy or it’s just getting harder to manage the fiddley bits.
Also found a 5th troll hiding under bunch of knights. And the dear little gryphhound. Not sure which of the excelsiors it will hang with yet. I will definitely get the box of them though.
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Great stripes on the gryphound. They're looking lovely!
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The last ten nutters are done. 60 in all. These just need to dry and I’ll base em tomorrow. Not that that will be hard as I’ve picked the easiest, dullest basing technique possible. You might get the idea I don’t like basing. Your right even if it’s one of the best ways to finish your model. I have visions of spicing them up one day but likely won’t happen. Just waiting for my last slotted based to arrive to rebase my other 20 old flagellants but that gd package has seemed to have disappeared as well. I had a hell of a time getting my old Norse bloodbowl team to Stockholm. Went via Switzerland and then became untraceable when it finally arrived in Sweden. Was able to track it the Nord post and eventually got the recepient to go pick it up. Same with the witch hunter to Warlord. Arrived in Sydney Mach 6 and went off the radar. Can’t trace it with the local post and this Set of bases was supposed to show up last week. Time to go postal. Anyway I may just set up the Disciples of Sigmar anyways for a group shot. 2470 pts of models.
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Recieved a missed package notification yesterday. Will need to go there next week, but sounds promising.
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Recieved a missed package notification yesterday. Will need to go there next week, but sounds promising.
Excellent news!!!
Thanks!
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The last 10. Still need my bases to come in to finish the group of 30 flagellants and the canon crews. This is my almost complete Deciples of Sigmar army. 2470 pts including pligrimage of wrath. Not valid for a matched game because of an overload of allies (guns and s-tank) but fluffwise perfect. May have taken 13 years to get there but what the heck. It’s the way this hobby rolls. Hope you like.
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Maybe the next AoS project or it might be an ork army. 2490 pts job lot of empire. No crazies 😺
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Time for a slug fest I think. Spent the last number of months building up these 2 armies. 2470 points of Disciples of Sigmar and 2500 pts of Chaos United - Tzeentch demons, skaven and beastmen with some new terrain. Time to see how I can foul up their lives. Basically chaos will swarm them and as long as their leaders live, the rest are expendable. Save the lord of change who has tweaked fate to his bidding. The devoted will try and speedbump the hoard with the flaggies and gun down what they can following up with their greatswords who are not expendable like the nutters. I’m thinking if the LoC, steamtank or war altar fall apart, it’s pretty much over. I made the beastmen with the banner a beastlord for a substitute leader (until a shaggoth lands in my lap) the skaven have no major leader - just packmasters out to make a name. I’d like a grey seer/ boneripper model for their eventual leader.
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Found troll #5 under some knights in a drawer. Threw some colour on him this morning. I think I will order the troll leader for this group to make 6 and use the chaos troggoth Warscroll. Only £7 pounds including shipping from the ralpartha site. Not too bad.
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Started my battle that has been the inspiration of building, painting, terrain for the last 5 months. Round one the chaos charge forward. All run, which may have been a mistake as they can’t charge now. The Deamons are quite successful in their magic and inflict 4 wounds on the steamtank and 8 on the altar. Forgot about the herald or it might have been worse. The night runners shoot 4 of my ginger flagellants off from there rock were they appeared. Luckily they failed their charge. So I use my healing prayers to help out the altar and regain 3 wounds. My general fails his hyme and I find out the altar can’t heal anymore. I then go to use the spell on the tank and find out the healing hyme only works on Devoted. Good thing I had an excelsior which can heal order units and brought ba a couple of wounds. Ran my other excelsior over towards the tank for extra healing next turn. My shooting was dismal and I find you can’t put too much faith in the hellblasters. Charged with my 30 unit of flagellants into the rat pack. Failed my 20 unit charge and sent the last of my 10 pack int the gutter runners with the old ulric wading in as well.
After all the flailing and spears, it is if fact battleshock that is the most alarming to those of little bravery. Luckily the altar negates battleshock within 10 inches. The piles in the back of the pic are the dead and running. They are supposed to be fodder and they are living up to that. End of round one with my 10 pack gone and the cloud of rats gone.
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Enter the furry deamon which is getting guidance from Sigmar or the horned rat. Not sure which just yet
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Your trolls have a lot of character!
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Loving the guys with the rocks
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Round 2
Magic is pretty good and the steamtank and altar take a severe amount of beating. Shooting flames and gutter runners wipping rocks adds to the count. The Gors and plaguemonks charge into the big unit of flagelants, not allowing them to charge. Take out 11 guys. The war altar brings back 3 of them and they are revved. Wipe out the plaguemonks with battleshock and were down the Gors a bit.
The Deamons and the altar are slugging it out. The light of banishment hurts the pinkos reducing them to 2. The lord of change decides to bring the fight to the barricaded hellblasters and wipes out the crew with flames and charges in to kick the blaster into the next dimension. Only one priest is in range to heal the altar and manages 3 healed wounds. My general rides out and straight at the LoC. The witch hunter pulls his baroque handgun and shoots wide of course. But charges in with the other priest. Between the 3 hero’s they manage 2 wounds and take one in return. The excelsiors both heal the tank for 3 wounds as well. My ulric priest finishes off the night runners and beelines for the altar. It will take another turn to get into healing range. The LoC hinders the general from getting close enough to the altar as well. And damned if I didn’t forget the pilgrimage of Wrath. That might of wiped out the ogre rats who are ruining the party. Shooting this round isn’t worth talking about. The steam gun on the tank is doing good work though. A charge by the tank and the group of 20 finished off the gutter runners as well.
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Great looking battle! I love the colors and the board. Looks neat! :Ohmy:
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Looking fantastic as always! Go Empire!
Your to quick for me! Every time I check the site you've uploaded another bunch of glorious great pictures.
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Thanks Xath and Gankom. The more I play AoS the more I like it. It is very fluid although my tactics and remembering synergies still sucks as usual. Right up there with my inability to shoot anything worthwhile.
Your right G. I’ve been somewhat possessed on what’s churned out. Surprised me actually. Thinking what’s next. Still throwing around ideas for a freeguild army with no Devoted. I have probably 3000 points if I wanted. I wanted to do a nuln army ages ago and got as far as 1 gunner when I packed it in the first time. Just need a common colour scheme. I’m all over with the existing colours. Nuln was very dark but I liked it.
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Round 3
Tzeentch magic and shooting is incredible. Bad round for the steam tank and altar. The clanrats charged the altar and caused a wound. LoC zapped my general with infernal gateway and deposited him in the warp. Then blasted the second hellblaster crew with billious warpfire. Then got the heck outa there in order to shoot the tank. The herald then finished the tank despite the wards. The ogre rats and beastmen wiped out the remaining flaggies in the center but Sigmar shield from the altar brought back 5. Yes that was 5 sixes out of seven. They continue to slog it out. The war altar seeing its holy metal counterpart go up in a cloud of smoke retreated to the safety of a collection of priests. Out of 4 in range, 1 wound was healed. That tank is on the excelsiors. The canon did get 2 wounds on the LoC bringing him to 9 out of 14. The greatswords were called out to the defence line while my 20 flaggellants and priest slammed into the chaos troggoths. Brought them to half strength.
Also my bases arrived! Yay.
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What a thread! So much to like here. The ral partha Trolls are my favourite. No, the War Altar, that must be it. Wait, those scratch built buildings, wanna copy some methods now. Oh, full armies? Yes, thanks. And what's next? Artobans, love the way you practice your hobby! :laugh:
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What a thread! So much to like here. The ral partha Trolls are my favourite. No, the War Altar, that must be it. Wait, those scratch built buildings, wanna copy some methods now. Oh, full armies? Yes, thanks. And what's next? Artobans, love the way you practice your hobby! :laugh:
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Thank you so much, Zygmund! 😺
I am having so much fun with all this. My wife, who is not a fan, even sees this as a sanity saver lol. Right now I’m not sure what to work over now. I have an ork army that really needs some attention or a full empire army minus devoted to redo. I’m leaning towards ork mainly because of an old ork on a wryvern sitting unbased and a bunch of rugluds to do as well. There won’t be any goblins as I have an army of them to work over as well.
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Round 4 - death knell for the Desciples
Hero phase for the chaos. LoC fails infernal gateway and gets shut down on arcane fire. The Herald fails his spell but the horrors get an arcane on the old Luther. Shooting phase. What the LoC lacked in magic, he more than made up on shooting. Annihilating the altar before I can heal it. That’s were it should have ended but I decided to play out the round. The rat ogre and 2 packmasters couldn’t take out my last 5 flagellants. Only 2 departed and not once did I get a martyr off. The clan rats failed their charge to the defence line now that the altar was gone. The Gors charged moved and charged the defence ant the beastlord went straight for the witch hunter remembering a former transgression. the bestigors charged my last group of 20 and hit them hard. Flagellants responded in like and flattened 5. Once again I cannot say how devasting battleshock can be. A good pile of bedtigors ran home as well as all but 2 flagellants. The devoted turn started with the witch hunter getting healed and fluffed his shots. The cannon missed again. And the counter fight was on. The packmasters finally had enough fun with my last 3 and flailed them alive. The beast lord was surrounded by the witchhunter, 2 warrior priests and an excelsior and 1 sister. Both excelsiors failed their prayers and the beastlord saved 3 wounds 6+ from great hammers and 3 5+ from the hunter. The other attacks cost him 3 more wounds but he still stands. Did I ever say I was lousy at rolling? On the far side my old Luther dropped the troll with some fancy hammering and horse hooves.
With the tank and altar out of the game, that took the steam out of the Devoted. The Farmstead has been lost. So ends my first full game with two full armies. I really wish I hadn’t cut my table down so much. To much crowding and bunching but what the heck.
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Great battle. Sigmar will know his own... and grant them revenge, later on.
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Great battle. Sigmar will know his own... and grant them revenge, later on.
They will indeed. I really used the synergies poorly. The pilgrimage of wrath deals out mortal wounds, the altar brings back Devoted on a 6+ , plus no battleshock within 10”, plus 2 chances to dispel, plus light of banishment (double damage against chaos/deamon) plus prayers. The excelsiors should be near the tank for healing, the priests near the altar for continual healing etc. And keep the flaggies close for prayer benefits. The gun line will be useless as always with me rolling. Good to distract I think.
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Not sure if I’m up to do another empire at the moment but thought I should at least get the general of 2500 pts together. Again a model from the past and I did a bit on him not to long ago but switched him out for the old Valten general. The new empire will be devoid of any devoted. My son made the base years ago and I thought it good for this one. The only good dark elf is a ripped up and spit out one even if they are on the side of order now 😸
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WIP. I’m starting to get ramped about an iron jaw force. First to the table is a warboss on a wyvern. Warboss is getting his warpole attached so is detained but the wyvern is almost ready to go. Found another base from my sons era so I like the tie in.
Also finished my Lord of Change. His rod of sorcery was all that was left and I decided that the base is so likeable to me as opposed to my new bases that I will attach this to a bigger round base and fill in the missing details. Just have to order some big ones plus a boatload of 32 mm to suit the new orruks. I’m not sure what happened that makes me detest bases so much. There was a time I actually took time to slightly care. Also not sure about the staff. It’s been hanging for 9 years. Too late now. 😸
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Great monsters :eusa_clap:
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Great monsters :eusa_clap:
Thank you sir! I have been on a monster tear lately. Unfortunately that’s the last of them for awhile. Here is the aforementioned detained warboss out on his new ride 😺
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Great job :eusa_clap:
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Fantastic!
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Thank you rowsdower and Gankom. I do believe I’m happy with the result as well. This has inspired me to rework my ork army into a green skin/ iron jaw army. This bunch started with the startup box of imperial and ork. I acquired a group of unipose orcs off of eBay and they became my Black orcs with the ruglud command. I got the rest of the rugluds with the wyvern model and the back row of the boarboys. I may use the metal guys as brutes, the unipose as ardboys and the rest as orruks. Just got 20 x 32 mm bases from the lgs
And ordered another 60 from China. I need about 20 slotted for the metals which I think I will get mdf ones from Spain. The elongated ones for the boars I might try to make. Anyway here is grimgorn pulled out of retirement although he will only be a warboss in the new army. I have the old starter kit warboss on a grunt and an old school shaman as well. That’s for next month if I’m up for it. Still ant afford the new stuff so I’ll work with why I have. The only guys I was happy with the paint is grimgorn, the command squad, the unipose and the spear orcs. The rest were my first attempts at painting 13-14 years ago.
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There's no stopping you! These are such fantastic looking minis, holy crap! :ph34r:
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There's no stopping you! These are such fantastic looking minis, holy crap! :ph34r:
Thanks Xath! I’m not looking forward the burnout. Hope it doesn’t hit for awhile. It seems when I get close I have a battle and that actually take a lot out of me but it’s a nice way to relocate burnout. When I look at the orc army, I realize I didn’t put that much effort into it originally as I always liked the gobbos. Maybe I’ll do them justice this time.
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This thread is such a bright spot on W-E, keep it up! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Quote from: GamesPoet on Today at 01:12:39 PM
This thread is such a bright spot on W-E, keep it up! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Thank you GP! And welcome back from wherever you were roaming!
I made an attempt to make my own new rounded bases for the boars. Don’t look to closely as obviously I need to perfect the elliptical nature 😺
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I like the elipses.
I'm not roaming, I'm meandering. :icon_wink:
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I like the elipses.
I'm not roaming, I'm meandering. :icon_wink:
Well said. I was talking to a friend the other day (yes physically in front of him. Doesn’t happen to often lately) and we got talking somehow about fly fishing. I made the mistake of asking what fish he caught and he looked st me a little strangely and said ‘it has nothing to do with catching fish!’ I laughed pretty good and thought about your angler ways 😸. The meandering made me think of that again.
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Thanks for sharing! That general on griffon is a great little conversion.
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Thanks for sharing! That general on griffon is a great little conversion.
Thank you very much! I’ve had the model for ages and just got around to putting him together. He shall lead the free peoples army of about 2500 points. All of which need to be refinished. (Yipes)
I’ll do the greenskinz first and then tackle them I think. Just managed to install 5 old metal boar riders on the new ~oval bases and touched up a bunch of paint. Will post tomorrow as they are still drying and I’m totally burnt out lol.
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Bloody hell. Couldn’t just leave em alone! Anyways 5 oldschool boar rides on homemade bases (don’t laugh to loud)
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Man, those old school boars look so much better than the chad pigs, that the orks are riding nowadays. :blush:
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Thanks Xath! I do like em. Here’s a lower profile but I do believe there is way too much red in the dude on the right. Will rectify. Also breaking news. I only had 15 of the early twin choppa orks, only 18 of the newer twin choppas 15 archer boys and 14 rugluds. Wondering about a little rearrangement of models to come up with 10,20,10 and 10 of the above with a lot of spares heading for the drawer. Ok. Well just remembered I had an old starter kit kicking around so I pulled that out and low and behold out pops 16 twin choppas and 16 archer boys. Now I can build those to units to 30 each. Doesn’t stop there. Another drawer I find another 10 rugluds!
I will take 5 of the twin choppa guys to bring up the 15 old guys to 20. The remaining 5 will bring the 14 to 19 and I’ll make grimgorn the unit champ for 20. Also found a couple of other models and a 40k chaos champ. Don’t know any of their backgrounds.
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I love the constant parade of old school and beautifully painted stuff. It's simply fantastic!
What did you make the bases out of? They look like they turned out really good.
If I ever get up Ottawa way we'll have to grab a beer or something and nerd out in person.
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I love the constant parade of old school and beautifully painted stuff. It's simply fantastic!
What did you make the bases out of? They look like they turned out really good.
If I ever get up Ottawa way we'll have to grab a beer or something and nerd out in person.
Thank you very much!
I made the bases from 1/8” mdf board. A chunk left over from a cabinet back. Then I took the 35 mm x 60mm and ripped a bunch of pieces and freehanded the corners. then rotated the peices around a table saw blade set about 1/4” high. They are actually very imperfect but at a distance they are ok.
If your in Ottawa, definitely let me know. That would be a riot.
Btw, for Xath, I always enjoy reading your blog. Your comments on rpg playing are reallly good.
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These 2 guys have me wondering about their history. I don’t really remember who they are but I know for sure that orc will become a warchanter for the Shivertooth Clan. That name started when my son was about 12-13 and he named our 40k warboss Shivertooth and the ice hogs. They were ice bound orcs with a pale green colour with blue ink to denote a sense of cold. Then the bloodbowl team showed up led by Shivertooth and his ice hogs. How he made his transition from 40k to fantasy will remain a mystery. Now he has hung up his coaching days and turned to AoS to lead his clan again. Somehow his colour changed too.
If you can identify, that would be great. He lost an arm dangit.
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New warchanter. Again if anyone know his history.
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Tromping the galaxy
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I’ll coach a team
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New job
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The Orc on the warhog looks like the boss. So he'd have more red, they go fasta!
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Glad that you like 'em Artoban. Altough my last post might've been a touch too personal.
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Ere we go! More boar boys.
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Old school boar riders are the best. Damn Artoban, these are some terrific looking models. :smile2:
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Thanks Xath! These were fun to paint. I can’t beleive they were hibernating for so long. Next up are the spearmen. Almost done them as they were mostly painted anyways. Had 5 extras added to round them to 20. Had to build 2 of them out of scraps.
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Looks like those orcs are growing out of no where!
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Looks like those orcs are growing out of no where!
Flooding out of drawers, boxes, the Green Tide has begun!!
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Looks like those orcs are growing out of no where!
Bloody fungal barbarians, all of them! :x
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Looks like those orcs are growing out of no where!
Bloody fungal barbarians, all of them! :x
I was thinking the other day (strange but true) and if you were successful in stopping a herd of boarboys, the benefits could be twofold. No discrimination to vegetarians or meat eaters. Bar B Q for all!
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Not into eating boar meat nor fungus. Then again if the boar is like pig, it'll be good!
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In "Old World Bestiary" for WFRP 2nd edition, there's a bit of info that Squigs taste like chicken, and some of the Empire merchants actually buy them from goblins and then sell them to taverns and inns. :-P
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:icon_lol: Everything tastes like chicken! :icon_wink:
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Never tried boar. Obelix always eating it made it sound good. 😸
Not sure if I mentioned it, but work has begun on a scrap built rock lobber. I needed another 100 points for an even 2500 and this is the answer. Budget rules everything so you do what you do. Engineers and there comments can stay to themselves 😺
I have a few of those Grots from the ogre realms edition that should fill in for the crew. I didn’t want any grots in this army but unfortunately their is not orc artillery and at that point value.
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Based. Unfortunately I forgot about foam deteriorating after sprayed. I’ve got a different idea for the counterstone. Later on that.
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Rock lobber and 20 spearmen. I’ve got a crew together for the catapult but they need to be based and painted. After the foam dissolved I remembered the second giant head that’s been waiting all these years for a purpose. Perfect counterstone 😸
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A very orcy lobber you built yourself there could use some various decorations. I fear it is a misfire magnet though as when the counter weight drops the arm will slam into the support beam that does however play into the orcy feel though.
I scratch built my own Bret one some years back as the GW metal was designed with the same sort of flaw (weight would hit the ground before the arms could fling the stone). The scratch built one then ended up massives as I tried to keep somethings in scale but sits 6" high and the outside supports make near the same across. I understand the comprimise made for game play but for some reason my brain couldn't handling looking at something that would break in use.
I see you subbed in the old metal giant head just an extra idea, if you had one of the skull pass trolls throwing the stone I think a pretty neat puller as counter weight could me made from that mini.
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Ha! I was thinking those very things. This would never get a rock off the ground. I tried to scale it to the actual one online and it actually seemed smaller on the website. I’m sure I have that troll kicking around somewhere. He’s being clever in his hiding attempts.
Some gadgets to add some colour would be good. I found 4 of the ogre grots kicking around that need to be slightly modified to make the crew. Hopefully they will be online tomorrow.
Thanks very much!
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Excellent work on that lobber Artoban, and you green skinned filth is awesome, as usual. 10 out of 10, would purge in the name of Sigmar. :happy:
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An efficient & workable solution. :eusa_clap:
Just gaping at the speed of progress here. Quality time.
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Thank you Xath and Zygmund. Engineering wise it’s a bit of burnt toast as SOF mentioned but it does need some gubbins 😺
Will attempt the crew today and assemble more ardboys but I’m crazy tired these last 2 days.
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I need to get out all my hobby stuff from the moving boxes and start back in on things like you're doing, congrats!
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I had boar roast for Easter dinner. It was a tasty little piggy.
Fantastic hobby stuff as always! I love that trebuchet! I made one just like it years ago but it never survived the frequent traveling. If you have a store nearby called Minds Alive they carry kits that let you build medieval siege machines or Da Vinci designs out of balsa wood. They're a fair bit bigger in size, but we built the trebuchet one and it became a major scenery piece for us to fight over. Taller then a giant it was a super siege weapon the dwarves had made. Until the orks stole it...
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Always wanted to try boar. Asterix and obelisk always made it look so good. Their book Asterix in Switzerland always made me crazy about Swiss cheese and fondue and tintin - king ottakars sceptre made me love round loaves of bread. I think all these together would be a lot of fun 🍽😺
I should check out if those stores exist around here. Them orks is always grabbin the good stuff. In the 40k thread they made off with a baneblade lol.
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Crew and warchanter. Still need to spice up the brown brick.
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Next is the warboss and shaman on a warboar. Plus a group shot of the leaders. Managed to assemble 7 more double choppas and 11 arrer boys to bring the units to 30 each. After that is the grind to paint/repaint 100 models plus the chariots to finish my ork army. At least this army can absorb a lot of punishment hopefully before crumbling. Repainted the shaman but my son did most of the warboss so I just touched him up with a bout of nostalgia.
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Always wanted to try boar. Asterix and obelisk always made it look so good. Their book Asterix in Switzerland always made me crazy about Swiss cheese and fondue and tintin - king ottakars sceptre made me love round loaves of bread. I think all these together would be a lot of fun 🍽😺
I should check out if those stores exist around here. Them orks is always grabbin the good stuff. In the 40k thread they made off with a baneblade lol.
They're very tasty, but they also have a lot of parasites inside them. Need to be cooked like crazy, before the eating begins.
I'm living near a forest and we actually have regular visitations from boars in our neighbourhood. Sometimes whole families are crossing the streets and I've met a few boars, back when I was still jogging. Cool fluffy beasties. :blush:
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I've seen those pictures! Hopefully not seeing double. :icon_lol:
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Ork neglect is over. They’ve been lying about since Friday. Had lost my will to paint them but it’s coming back. A short while ago they were white and now on their way to look like the centre one. I have a feeling my bases aren’t going to show up in time for the April deadline.
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Warboss on a warboar ready and the great shaman.
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Look at the age of those blister packs. Wow.
I bet they'll look fantastic when their all done up. I'm also a big fan of the shamans piggy's mask.
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Look at the age of those blister packs. Wow.
I bet they'll look fantastic when their all done up. I'm also a big fan of the shamans piggy's mask.
Thanks Gankom! I reworked the paint on the shaman a bit. Still not too happy about him. SOF let me in on the trivia. That’s a troll skull and the need to boil it so it wouldn’t regenerate was really cool.
They blisters are ancient. I might sell em as they are a bit small for anything. Really nice sculpts though
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If anyone’s interested, I could part with these guys. They are just too small and if someone can put them to good use so be it.
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I’m interested in the first mini (Wonger). Are you in the US?
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Canada. Shipping should be ok.
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Slowed down a bit. Must find second wind. I’m really starting to worry about bases arriving now. Managed to do the last 5 of the monopose ardboys but still the bases. That makes 15. The other 5 are going to be rugluds twin choppa guys. Hope they fit in. Just realized I need to paint the other 10 with the red boots. The only thing you need to be in Shivertooth’s army Is a bad attitude and red boots 😺
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Intimidating bunch! Also, that's a nice retro collection you're having there. Impressive! :blush:
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Thanks Xath! I added the 5 rugluds double choppas. No bases yet but the grind goes on. Painted the 30 pack of double choppas and the 30 pack arrerboys. There red boots anyways. All you need for Shivertooth’s Army is a bad attitude and red boots.
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That's a lot of choppin'! :ph34r:
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Well I don't know about chopping - but pictures could use some cropping.
One third minis - one thirds sky - one third under table gloom :engel:
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In a weird way, this works. It looks like these guys are on some kind of freaky, wooden ledge and below them, there are ancient treasures, worthy of looting. :-P
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Good point!
Cropping coming
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I enjoy Artoban's eclectic photos. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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I enjoy Artoban's eclectic photos. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
Me too! :biggriin:
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In a weird way, this works. It looks like these guys are on some kind of freaky, wooden ledge and below them, there are ancient treasures, worthy of looting. :-P
Ha! It’s a piece of barnboard that was kicking around the old barn for years I meant to chuck it may times but kept thinking it was a nice piece of wood and it finally found a home 😺
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Canada. Shipping should be ok.
Ok, I’ll pm you so we can work out the details.
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A few arrer boys to prove I havnt been just sleeping. And the rest of the greenies to come. Still no bases yet except for the 100 slotted 25 mm bases that just arrived......I thought I was ordering 32 mm slotted....☠️😾💨🌊☔️
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so many stuff! So many projects!
man I would go crazy with all that stuff mingled.. but great job doing it all!
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Those look great! But it reminds me that I have a similar set that needs paint.
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Are you just updating the painting on some of these or actually getting them done that fast?
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Thanks all! All the projects are a bit crazy but then I think of GP and how many projects he’s got on the go and I relax 😸
The early monopose double choppa figures had 10 already finished. The rugluds are all new, I had 15 spearmen out of twenty already done. The newer double choppas and archers - 15 of each were partially finished and never completed. The other 30 are new. Only grimgorn was painted before and my son had done the warboss on a boar so I just touched him up. The wyvern and warchanter are new. The ork army was my first with the empire out of the starter and just never got it together. They are a definite mishmash but will be cohesive for the first time in 13 years 😺
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So 60 of my 90 32 mm bases made it in. Just waiting for the 30 slotted 32 mm now. Although because of my above error in base size orders I’ll still be 20 short. May have to visit GW and hope they have em.
Making my way through the arrer boys. Just a few at the back need some jackets. 30 of the double choppas are upright to but only 5 in front almost complete. I used hemp army painter on the clothes but it’s so thin it requires 2 coats so the rest of them will get field grey.
Also made 2 bases for the chariots. They are old paint jobs and I don’t really mind them but they have to get freshened up if they want to go to this party.
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Thanks all! All the projects are a bit crazy but then I think of GP and how many projects he’s got on the go and I relax ...
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And ... ya didn't answer my question up above. :icon_wink:
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Thanks all! All the projects are a bit crazy but then I think of GP and how many projects he’s got on the go and I relax ...
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And ... ya didn't answer my question up above. :icon_wink:
Parts of every unit were already done years ago. I blended as best to beef up the existing units.
Old monopose - had 10 done - added anothe 5 unipose and 5 rugluds to bring them to 20
Ruglugs - had 4 colour party done - added 15 more new plus grimgorn for 20
Double choppas from starter box - had 15 partially painted - added another 15 new for 30
Arrer boys - had 15 partially painted - added another 15 new for 30
Boar boys - had 5 old metals painted - added another 10 new for 15
New rocklobber from scratch
Had 2 painted chariots - new mdf bases made and will touch them up
Had grimgorn painted - will leave him be except added a base - no one messes with grimgorn 😸
Had warboss on boar - rebased him and touched him up
New wyvern
New warchanter
All the new stuff made and wip in April except wyvern (end of March) all existing getting redone/ finished as well since April.
Most ambitious month so far. Not sure if I’ll make it yet.
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Since about 2005 or a bit earlier these guys have been hanging out mostly unfinished and basrely ever used. The new AoS rules actually make them better then they were. More than 20, hitting on 4, wounds on 4 and an extra attack in melee. Another mob. Next are the same motley crew from the same starter boxes except they have twin choppas.
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Packing it in at 30 orruks with twin choppas. Kinda feels good having all these boys who were just lounging around out of site of a good fight done. At the very least it will take a bit to turn them into green paste. Another 20 ardboys to do (no bases yet and half painted so far) and 2 chariots. The bases I made and glued the models in place. Just have to clean them up a bit and throw the grit on. As long as I don’t get killed in a fiery car crash or crushed by a 16 ton block, I should have this. I will be short at least 20 bases though. 1 st 30 x 32 mm slotted from Spain are somewhere in Canada but the other 30 aren’t shipped yet. I screwed up that order.
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Not sure why I like these older figures, but I do!
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Not sure why I like these older figures, but I do!
I have the same feeling. Here are 2 stomping crunching chariots that are not so good in the new warscrolls. They are pretty lame actually with no impact hits. Oh well, more fodder for some empire cannons.
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Bases arrived from Spain. Still short 10 thanks to being only able to count like an ork. Anyways, 20 old old twin choppas supplemented by a few rugluds and 8 new ardboys ( former rugluds) with grimgorn getting demoted to company champ. The other 11 still unpainted and based.
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Oh the nostalgia! The 6th starter set orcs and chariots!
Great work, keep it up!
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The sun also rises. :icon_wink:
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Thanks novo and GP!
I do like those old old guys. I only had 10 painted before but they acted as my black orcs for grimgorn and I converted some for my bloodbowl team ( which I suddenly realize why I was short 5)
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Is the flat of your table, showing in the top down photo, a mat of some kind or painted or something else like wall papered?
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@GP - it’s a piece of salvaged barnboard that was going to be tossed on a few occasions. Kept thinking it still had some life in it yet
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Little update. Painted the last 11 ardboys and pondering the base problem. Someone on the tga forum recommended 32 mm slotted bloodbowl bases. They have a small hole for the football which can be filled and 7.91 for 12 bases in 3 days to the local GW shop. Ordered and now waiting. The 9 guys borrowing their inferior small bases can be scorned by the other ones and this may allow me to finish my most ambititious undertaking yet. All in the month of April except the wyvern. Including what to me seems like home made over size bases for the boar boys, a scrapbuilt rock lobber, home built bases for the wyvern boss and chariots. Bases from China and Spain, a piece of cabinet backing mdf from the shop and now GW uk. 120 boots on the ground, plus cavalry and leaders. Not all successes but considering the lazy gits have been hanging around for 13-14 years doing not much, I can now field a 2500 pt orruk army that may be the greatest green tar pit that I know. You really have to work to kill em all. I’ll post a greenskinz army thing later when I have the bases. On the AoS front, I have a bunch of spiders that need to be built and I really like the spiderfang grots so I may through that together. There is an awesome spiderfang on the brush and pallet and he uses the scuttling as well which is very cool. A proper stormcast army is on the list as well.
I think I may not convert my other empire, goblin, high elf army although the tzeentch would be good for 40k as well but I really like the bases so they probably won’t move either. All the T9A stuff is free to download and I’m thinking of looking at that for some old world action with the armies I have. Lion Rampant and Dragon Rampant I will explore different manufactures to flesh that out so the hobby world is looking pretty good. 40K has a bunch of Addons to existing armies as well. The stormcast eternal and vanguard kit is on my list to start and I want a lord Relictor.
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Now that's a lot of mean, hard-hittin' green! Impressive army and one that I'd like to square against. :-P
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Now that's a lot of mean, hard-hittin' green! Impressive army and one that I'd like to square against. :-P
Thanks Xath! Looking forward to some sort of head on collision with something. Maybe the Desciples again. My painting is going to slow a bit. Just have a few shadow warriors to build, 10 spiders, and I think that’s the backlog caught up. Might concentrate on my 40 k bits for awhile. Lots of sisters stuff to work on and some more drop pods, predator, exorcist, arco flaggellants. After chumleys table , I’m thinking mine is the most boring development outside of modern suberbs to occur so that needs some attention.
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I would like to add that I love your paint station. It looks really neat-o. Awesome room and hobby space, right there! :smile2:
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I would like to add that I love your paint station. It looks really neat-o. Awesome room and hobby space, right there! :smile2:
Thanks Xath!
It is actually a litttle sancuary for me. When I’m there, everyone expects me in the full on geek mode and they would sooner leave the troll in the basement. If I could convince the wife video games were a responsible activity, I don’t think I would lack in anything. Also a couple of speakers for my iPod dinosaur with most of my music on would help. Everyone hates the music I like so it rarely gets played but I could minimize the complaints downstairs. Happily everyone else hates basements and I love it. Works well. However the good weather is coming which means I have to tackle the ever growing list of things to do outside. We lost 7 ash trees to disease that have to come down plus 2 gargantuan poplars. The roof has to be finished, septic bed reinvigorated, shed cleaned out, new lawn tractor I guess, plus a few Reno’s in the house proper that need attending. Summer gone 😺
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Always great to see projects finished! :eusa_clap:
Did you have a plan for the bases? They look rahter bland as of now. Like a couple of washes accompanied with static grass tufts straight from the shop? :wink:
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Always great to see projects finished! :eusa_clap:
Did you have a plan for the bases? They look rahter bland as of now. Like a couple of washes accompanied with static grass tufts straight from the shop? :wink:
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That is an excellent idea. I really don’t like the look of them but they are quick and easy and hense the look. Some static and wash is a great idea. The last of my bases should be in today at GW so I should grab some grass as well. I think it would help wonders.
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Choose the grass colour so that it contrasts green. Like burned dry grass. Mix in a quarter or a third dark green tufts. And before washing with dark shades, splash random khaki or ocre spots on the grey sand. Should be a very easy recipe for simple, pleasant, vivid bases.
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Now that's a propa horde forming! I love the look of it.
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@zygmund - excellent. Didn’t make it to GW today but tomorrow. I will do a sample like what your talking about and show you. I like what your suggesting.
@gankom - thanks! They should give someone a proper green headache 😺
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Picked up some astrogranite and agrax plus the green flock and the paler tufts and threw them around. Need more practice on blending I think. @ Zygmund - it’s not really well done but definitely an improvement.
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looks good dude :::cheers:::
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Thank you sir!👆
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Bases look very good! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Running low on supply of models 😸
Next up a new spiderfang army start. Based on a shameful ripoff of the spiderfang that was just up on another thread. Replete with scuttlings if I can get a good deal. Using 10 old spiders + 10 new ones that have been hiding in dark corners for years. Made up some home brew bases again and will finish them off properly this time.
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I always liked my spider riders so I transferred this bunch of 10. The new bunch are heading for the basing factory.
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This is one impressive thread! I love that Rock Lobber, and the sight of your army gathered for battle is awesome (even if the bases are a little strange to my old WFB eyes!). I never liked spider riders as a concept (no idea why) and so never included them in my armies, but yours look great and have made me wonder whether one day I should paint some up.
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Thank you Padre! I appreciate your opinions! I have to say I’ve never had so much fun in the ‘lab’ before. For the first time I don’t seem to have any pressure (not that there was any real pressure to begin with) for deadlines or demands. It’s pure fun detached from the world around as it should be 😸
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looks good dude :::cheers:::
Oh yesss, it does. :Ohmy:
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I like the spiders and their bases :happy:
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I like the spiders and their bases :happy:
Thank you sir!
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Agreed! Great work!
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Is GW still selling those spiders?
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Is GW still selling those spiders?
Yes! Repackaged on round bases but yes. I still have 10 unused square bases if the need arises.
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Very nice work sir! :::cheers:::
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Very nice work sir! :::cheers:::
Thank you! Now I need a board with as much character as yours and I may get some good gaming in 😺
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Not sure where I’m going with this but throwingcolours and crossing fingers. Spiders should be funky.
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Used some PayPal to buy grot scuttlings. I think a really good deal on 5 batches of 8. Will make a squad of 10 each to supplement each unit of 5 spider riders. So 5 riders + 10 scuttlings x 4 to go yonder and poison fruitfully. After that an arachnaroch and a warboss on a giant spider should round them out. For spiderfang venom scroll, you need 3 arachnorok whivh May be a bit much to aquire.
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Spider is taking on life.
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Coming along!
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Damn, that's creepy... :unsure:
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Thanks Xath! Hopefully I don’t start dreaming about em 😸
And to add to the carnage. More WIP.
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Feast your eyes on these....and the price cad. 😺 new giant rides for some yet to adapted warlords.
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Interesting, what's the story with those?
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These are a wave of models that have appeared here in the lgs. They have quite a few sculpts that are very detailed and quite affordable. Example there is a pack that comes with 2 dwarf wizards for 6.95. Insane. I don’t know anymore and havnt had the chance to look online at their site but so far so good.
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I'm just loving everything. The spiders look ace, the bases are great, the soldiers look awesome, etc.
Most of the hobby stores around me are carrying that DND brand and I've considered picking up some of the monster or hero ones. I don't know if you remember the old minatures boxes you could get about ten years ago. It was like a random boost of models. Not super high quality but meant for people who use them for combat in RPG games. These models are meant to replace those sets. The quality is actually pretty decent, and some of the models with translucent weapons can be painted up really interesting with inks and washes.
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I was looking at those translucents and wondering. Washes of course!They have some very cool familiars and the hero class are pretty good. There are more waves on the way the owner was saying. Going to keep an eye on them
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Ya they can be pretty neat and pretty cheap. I've seen some real good things done with washes to make it look like the weapon is on fire, or magic blasts and stuff.
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Moving along. Took an inkling to purple today and bought army painter (not sure of name) and blasted the boss spiders. Idea being 4 groups including a boss spider, 5 spiderfangs, and a squad of 10 scuttling infantry to back em up. The scuttlings are scuttling from France , uk and us and should converge at mid to end of month. I need 2 more big spiders and 2 more boss grots to ride them. Only 1 left st the store and this brainstorm didn’t hit me until this minute. Right now I scammed 2 wolf riders to be bosses and I’ll probably scam another 2. Only problem is there legs won’t fit between the spider legs so some mad doc surgery has to take place 🔧🔪💉
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wow dude they are looking great
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wow dude they are looking great
Thanks Zak! I’m really starting to get into the scope of this army. Like any thing I throw together, it will be a roll over for the other player but I like fluff more than power. I would love to get the 3 arachnorochs to have the spiderfangs venom battalion but the shear cost of that is staggering. Have to work on that a bit and dig a tunnel under Nottingham to the vault were they store the big spiders.
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I love your spider projetc army. I had the same idea for my o&g army.
For your common spider, you should cut the legs and put them in a better dynamic position. Here is some of mineto give you maybe a little of inspiration (can we put something in spoiler on this forum ? I didn't find it :/) :
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Your post give my some idea. I will buy these spiders from marvelous miniatures, they look awesome. SO thanks for this! :biggriin:
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Thank you Alex! What a marvellous army! That black, orange and rocks really work. I did not even consider moving the legs but that is a great idea. Was just about to head for the dungeon and I’m glad I checked here. I’ll post results.
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Brilliant Alex! Off with the 2 hind legs and everything works. Had a group of 12 newer wolfriders so I ‘borrowed 2 riders’ and also 7 old metal riders so 2 extra there. They will be the bosses and I need to go back to the lgs ang grab 2 more spiders. The back legs tuck right back in almost under their feet and can be angled a bit for looks. Input here is such a fantastic tool!
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Next. 2 big bosses on giant spiders. Decided to use the metal riders as they were easy to finish. Gord mornings work. Time for second breakfast and then third ( or mother’s day brunch)
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Looking very good! :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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really cool giant spiders. purple was a good color choice.
(just brush off the excess static grass, no self-respecting spider would run around like that!)
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really cool giant spiders. purple was a good color choice.
(just brush off the excess static grass, no self-respecting spider would run around like that!)
Will do 😸👆
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Once in awhile, you may think you have a great idea. This sounded good in my head but I have to facepalm myself and wonder why.
Idea: picked up the last 2 spiders from the lgs. Paint glossy finish in black and scatter white lines about using a syringe to be a bit of a lightning strike effect. Not sure if it would have played out regardless but the nozzle on the syringe was too big (vet thing for furry creature)
Result: cow coloured spiders. Horrible. I would post a pic but was too embarrassed to even take one. This may be the only time I mention this.
New colours on the horizon.
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Do they have their fangs milked for venom?
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Do they have their fangs milked for venom?
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Couldn’t quite finish em. Ran out of steam
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2 new big bosses on giant spiders.
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Four spiders of the apocolypse.
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Spidersfang grots
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Nice! They look great!
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Thanks sks! I’m really liking this army. I emailed GW to include the scuttlings with spiderfangs and added my voice to the call mi think they would be a natural fit and a warscroll on Azyr would be nice. 40 of the little wretched are inbound for this. Also I want the arachnaroch but individually they cost $70 but if you get the roch and the 10 spiders together they are $80. Doesn’t make sense but it’s the best deal. eBay with shipping usually tips the $70 mark so I don’t even bother. Konrad had discussed somewhere about similar prices where you expect a deal but don’t get it. If I triple down for the Roch’s I get 30 spiders for 30$ usually $120. If gw holds to that a bit longer I might make it 😸
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Just thinking about getting some more mileage out of the models. This game to me last night. Thanks to GP, I was able to come up with a dragon rampant warband out of Martoreans. I am really liking the colours etc and I’m thinking of using them for rampant and a growing unit of free peoples from a city that has its traditions and lore from the Matorean world GP has described. He uses his as possible marines, mercenaries and home guard which is melding in the brainstem as something too good to pass on. I still have a unit of dwarf warriors, miners, and some characters plus a small unit of shadow warriors from the elf range plus some swordmasters and lothern from a starter box and some reavers. These guys can be grouped together to support a free city and to add to the strength will be a temple of Sigmar with the stormcast that I would like to get over time. This would be a good way to tie together all my loose ends and also provide an expanding group for rampant as well. The ‘bad’ guys will be demons, creatures and things I can pick up on the way like centaurs, trolls, shagoth, and as these are so diverse, they can be for dragon rampant alone.
That’s the latest anyways.
More financial woe has me shorting out o the saxons for lion rampant for a bit. That sucks.
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It much but a bit more thought on this. I have chosen the realm of light (hysh) as it has humans, aelves and duardin within the realm. No so far off as to pick a name for a free city - say ...Matorea (?) that is coastal with a realm gate that needs a permanent garrison of stormcast (that I will handpick and add later) plus a standing home guard of Matoreans with the three races in attendance.
First - the human platoon, then an aelvish group, and finally a duardin group. Here is a round up of available resources that I can use without displacing a dime.
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And an assortment of available leaders.
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Matorea is a Border Prince fiefdom in the Border Prince area of the Olde World.
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Matorea is a Border Prince fiefdom in the Border Prince area of the Olde World.
Found some fluff!
Matorea
Location:
At the tip where Tana Dante meets Mannon’s Maw.
Population:
83,000
Commodities:
Salted Fish, Livestock
Army Size:
6,000 + 2,000 Peasant levy.
Troop Types:
Halberdiers, Harquebusiers, Pikemen, Swordsmen, Light Horsemen
Allied Units:
Mercenaries
Once allied to the great Khyprian Empire, the ‘Bishopric of Citta del Sol’ (commonly known as Matorea), was acquired by displaced Tilean Nobles sometime around 1800.
The Royal Madronas family of Matorea have something of a reputation as adventurers, and amongst other exploits have been associated with the famous Empire Averlander Albert von Wallenstein, their navy has taken part in several historical battles in the Black Gulf – notably against Greenskin pirates, marauding Norsii Longboats and even once fighting off a menacing Black Ark where the Black Gulf meets the Great Ocean..
On land their Swordsmen troops are a match for any in the Old World and they use their Pikemen to great effect against Heavy Horse charges
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Some visitors from France arrived. 12 so far so I must get at em!
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great color choices on the spiders. I may have said this before but, it is worth repeating :eusa_clap:
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Matorea is a Border Prince fiefdom in the Border Prince area of the Olde World.
Found some fluff!
Matorea
Location: At the tip where Tana Dante meets Mannon’s Maw.
Population: 83,000
Commodities: Salted Fish, Livestock
Army Size: 6,000 + 2,000 Peasant levy.
Troop Types: Halberdiers, Harquebusiers, Pikemen, Swordsmen, Light Horsemen
Allied Units: Mercenaries
Once allied to the great Khyprian Empire, the ‘Bishopric of Citta del Sol’ (commonly known as Matorea), was acquired by displaced Tilean Nobles sometime around 1800.
The Royal Madronas family of Matorea have something of a reputation as adventurers, and amongst other exploits have been associated with the famous Empire Averlander Albert von Wallenstein, their navy has taken part in several historical battles in the Black Gulf – notably against Greenskin pirates, marauding Norsii Longboats and even once fighting off a menacing Black Ark where the Black Gulf meets the Great Ocean.
On land their Swordsmen troops are a match for any in the Old World and they use their Pikemen to great effect against Heavy Horse charge.
Ha! Evidently whoever included that on the site it was obtained from, read some of my fluff posted for one or more of the Animosity Campaigns, no doubt.
They got my Matorean characters partly incorrect. The original one was named Thaddeus Mardonia who transported from Matorea to Marienburg and back again, the Averlander named Albert von Wallenstein, my main character at the time of the "Crisis in Marienburg" campaign of 2201 (organized by folks here at W-E). Here also being transported back and forth to Tilea were the mercenaries under Bartolomeo Sforza and his son Ludovico. And Thaddeus made another appearance during the "Treachery & Greed" campaign (also W-E produced) transporting Ludovico's mercenary force as well.
And then there was also Thaddeus' great grand son named Thaddeus Mardonia IV, and his son Frederico. These two were Matorean fleet captains that showed up in Animosity 3 (Araby), Animosity 4 (Cathay), and Animosity 5 (Estalia). During these campaigns, Thaddeus IV and Fredericao escorted the military forces under the command of Wilhem Von Koschumberg's family of Marienburg merchants (descended from Adalbert of the Crisis in Marienburg era), most specifically the youngest son Francis Von Koschumberg to Araby, and then the middle son Joachim to Cathay (while oldest son Adam remained in Marienburg to help his father conduct the mercantile affairs of the family).
Some of the mercenary forces that were also transported included those under the command of Heinrich von Furstenburg (to Araby), a descendant of Albert von Wallenstein and the ancient Solland family of Von Furstenburgs, and the Tilean mercenaries under Octavio Piccolo (to Cathay), as well as those led by Maximillio Sforza (to Estalia) who was another heir in the long line of leaders for the Sforza Condotta Company.
And yes, there were naval battles played out using Man O'War, versus Bretonnians, Greenskins, and Dark Elfs.
And yes, the main units for Matorea were swordsmen with halberdiers in support. Pikemen and light cavalry seem like natural additions to the feel of the Matoreans, especially since the town originates from Tilea. You'll see when I post some fluff how handguns came into the picture in 2187.
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Very interesting read!
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Looking awesome as always! Love the way the spiders are looking and can't wait to see how the civilized alliance turns out.
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Thanks Gankom!
I am really liking the fluff build up. I hope GP doesn’t mind his beloved Matoreans being wound into the AoS world but it’s just to good not to expound on.
Some scuttlers were caught and painted in the dungeon but were quickly followed up by another 24 showing up. No more base spray though do maybe tomorrow I’ll grab some.
1st batch trapped and painted
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Newcomers
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Into battle!
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More scuttlers arrived but I’m too damned tired to finish em.
The 3 other bands of 10. Only 4 wayward scuttlers are out in the big world trying to make their way here.
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Didn’t finish the bases but 36 scuttlings done. Can’t wait to try em out but I need the 4 lost sheep to make their way home. This month I’ve found I’m very tired. The pressures of RL making their unwanted intrusion into hobby life.
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Man that's a lot of skut...
Great project :::cheers:::
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Man that's a lot of skut...
Great project :::cheers:::
Yes indeed! The other four came in today but I’m so bloody tired from this heat wave, chances are they are gonna stay in their package. I havent looked at the scroll to hard to see what they do but I just like the models. After 40 I’m not sure how I feel lol.
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The 4 wayward scuttles show up and ate paint as a thanks. This completed my Spiderfang Grots for the time being until the momentous day when 3 arachnaroch’s show up.
Edit: forgot to mention Nagash as the inspirer for this project. Besides the lack of painting skill on my part, this was almost an entire rip off of his army that is elsewhere on a thread. When I first saw his spiderfangs and scuttlings together, it was all over but the crying. I even emailed GW to add the scuttlings to the Spiderfang faction as they go so well together. Anyways, thanks Nagash! This is a blander homage to your work.
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Tree experiment. So I come to work today and someone has cut a bunch of dead bushes off on the sidewalk. Some would see this as an smiting mess, I see potential.
Nip a few tops and bust up an old floor tile and eureka. Glue and base em tomorrow.
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Awesome. Can ya find out what type of plant those come from?
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I grabbed all the pieces. I’ll take some pics tomorrow and ask the landscaper what type it is.
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Lot's of nasty looking creepy crawlies! I like these trees. I'd love to see them finished. :::cheers:::
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Havnt been able to identify the plant but here’s what I collected. I could forest a board with it.
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Take picture of one, and maybe we can get identification that way. Looks like the branches make great trees!
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Wip High Warden on a Gryphon.
And also the worlds largest trees 😸
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Ha! Those trees are way larger the the figures. And I'm not complaining. :icon_cool:
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These trees are 'uge! 'Uuuuge!!! :ph34r:
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This was a direct rip off of orpheo’s gryphon. Only not the same caliber of quality. Anyway it is an inspiration of yet another on this forum. This is my High Wardon on a Gryphon - Leader of the aelf block of the Mortarean 1st Company.
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Love it! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers::: :eusa_clap:
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Love it! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers::: :eusa_clap:
Thank you sir!
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Love it! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers::: :eusa_clap:
Me too. What a fantastic model and paintjob! :Ohmy:
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Thank Xath!
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Looks great!
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Just an update. It’s been a long time since the last instalment. Everything has changed for me except the continuing need to work for a living 😸. New home, new location, lesser family but everyone in a better place so all is good. My hobby room was a short lived adventure but I have dibs on a storage room in the basement if I build some needed shelves in the furnace room. Much smaller than before but some careful planning should see it thru.
In the year I had with the room, I was able to hammer out of existing unbuilt models and existing stuff complete matched play armies for AoS - a Desciples of Sigmar army with freeguild to make it legal - 2480 pts, an orc army - Shivertooth and the Icehogs - 2500 matched play, a 1910 pt chaos skaven Beastmen army, and a gobbo army of 2500 pts centred around spiderfangs. Also a freeguild 1980 pt army with the name confiscated/borrowed from GP - The 1st Matorean Matched Company comprised of humans, dwarves and aelves.
All are packed away until maybe January or February when I think I can tackle the new room. I’ll do some before and after shots of the room like before.
In the meantime, I’ll get my library orders in order, follow all the awesomeness here, and think about my first real AoS army of storm casts to come.
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Good to have ya posting here! I am glad you kept all your figures, very important.
I've been contemplating taking up some more painting on my Matorean swords unit. They are imperial in nature, could be used as mercs or Van Koschumberg soldiers or even a minor noble's own colors in Averland. I'm contemplating a cavalry unit to add to their force.
Someday I'll get a passport, and then be in a spot to travel to Canada to visit with you. And Gankom. Maybe even Dwi.
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That will be a trip to remember!😸
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It all has to start somewhere, once again.
With everything pack upped (?) I need to inspiration to get going again. Probably won’t be ready for a month or so but that didn’t stop me from tracking down and finally getting a lord relictor. As always, it’s for the fluff and I like him for that reason although he’s already outdated I think. This is the start of my first truly AoS army ( although I have an excelsior priest and gryphound for the same reason - also my first AoS purchase).
I am so happy with the new gloomspite gitz unveiling that I’ve decided that I will only concentrate on these 2 armies this year. So here’s to a new premature start.
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Dude what nature of gryph is that? Looks great.
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I missed these. And cold to learn your moving forward with the hobby! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Hi doc! Welcome back!
That is a gryph hound. He comes with the warrior priest as his loyal companion. You can also buy them in packs of 5. I have to say they are adorable creatures that can rip your throat out if you are tainted with the chaos bug 😺
@GP I would love to continue but everything hobbywise except reading has ground to a total halt. May not be able to start up again for maybe a year. Unfortunate because it is a crazy hobby but it keeps me sane and I will miss it. RL is indiscriminate in its harshness lol.
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What are your trees made of?
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What are your trees made of?
I had found some bushes that had died in front of one of the buildings I take care of so got rid of that one and replaced it with something alive. Not sure what type of bush but I thought they could substitute as trees. Unfortunately they are gone now but they are easy to make.
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Have you finished basing them?
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Never got to base them. Had to dump them with a lot of other terrain. Very easy to make though.
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Just a little update. RL is starting to get better.
So it’s a start again. Still no workshop or board but that may change in the next few months. To keep a foothold on the hobby, I have purchased a few things. When AoS did the Gloomspite (old night goblins), I realized I had to get back in someway. I decided I would bring my night goblins over to AoS and purchased to the Looncurse box to supplement them. I would still like to add the new mangler squig and the fungoid shaman and arachnarok. The new box comes with a special character - boss on a giant squig, 5 hoppers, 5 boinggrots, and a squig herd. 23 models in all plus the sylvaneth for some day in the far future.
I’ve also wanted a stormcast army and started gathering from eBay at the moment. Have a lord relictor, lord arcanum, 5 liberators, 5 castigators.
Want - Lord Exorcist, lord Aquilor, vanguard hunters, vanguard raptors, atherwings, ballista, and sequitors.
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There's something to be said for just painting. It gets ya prepped for when ya have more space, or even going to a store or friends home or convention for gaming.
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There's something to be said for just painting. It gets ya prepped for when ya have more space, or even going to a store or friends home or convention for gaming.
Good point. There is a storage area in the basement. If we stay here, I’ll fix that up somehow. I just didn’t have the heart to go they that again but I’m forcing myself (in a good way) to deal with this.
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I have a "warehouse" full of figures, if ya'd like to paint mine. :icon_wink:
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Glad to see things slowly picking up again! I've actually been working on my own stormcast, although in my base its just painting up what I already had. I was in a bidding war for a sweet bundle on ebay and lost it in the last minute. grumble grumble..
I like the look of the new gobbo's in Looncurse. Are you going to do up the treefolk as allies to the stormcast or something totally different?
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Thanks!
I just lost out on some sequitors by 50p!!
I really like the new gobbo’s. Especially the loonboss on the giant squig. I hadn’t thought about the sylvaneth as an ally but that would really be cool with the stormcast and free guild Matoreans. For now they will lie in state but that just has me thinking. They are worth 460 pts so I need to work with that.
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Just a little update. Still no room for the hobby but we are looking for another place. When that happens, I will be sequestering a spot for the little armies. Should have this sorted by September if all goes well.
In anticipation, I have rounded up a small stormcast contingent.
1 x Lord Arcanum on a gryph charger
1 x Lord Aquiler on gryph charger
1 x Lord Relictor
1 x Lord Exorcist
5 x Castigators
5 x Liberators
And the new 2019 General’s Handbook
To this I will add 10 vanguard hunters, 5 gryph hounds, vanguard raptors and aetherwings, celestar ballista, and I’m really liking the vanguard palladors.
Maybe have those for September. Have to have a goal 😸
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Looks good. And yay for gryph-hounds!
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Looks good. And yay for gryph-hounds!
Thanks! The search for a new hobby room continues. Oh ya, a new house too lol.
Managed to add to the above
5 liberators
5 liberators
1 Celestar ballista
1 Celestar ballista
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Good time to restart the adventure. First place? A new hobby room. Not finished but I don’t really care. Here’s where it starts again. Still moving so it will take a little set up time but no time like the present.
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Yes! Lets keep this stuff going! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
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Sweet man cave. Now set up a hobby desk and a table and have at it!
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Sweet man cave. Now set up a hobby desk and a table and have at it!
Will do!
I can hardly wait. I’ll keep posts up on the progress.
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awesomeness bro!!!
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WOO! I look forward to see it put to good use Artoban!
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‘Ere we go!
Turning from the cesspool of our election, I shall concentrate on the better things in life.
Mistake # 1 was being too enthusiastic about the window side of the basement. Wife caught on and happiness was curtailed. The window side will now be the cat circus and plant growing area.
The other side while darker, may yet prove better. Keeping my disappointed face on, I agree, lest it be sanctioned for some other project.
So I have some pics of the new area and a rough sketch of the layout. It has a workbench, 8 ft long shelves - 5 high - 40 ft of shelf space. And 2 6x4 tables. 1 40k and 1 fantasy. Plus 3 furry helpers.
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:icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Livin' the dream!
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So ... did those cats take over your space or what? :icon_wink:
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Wish I could come and help you. Than again, I have no woodworking skills to speak of, and my decorating is the slowest paced activity ever.
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@GP - they are giving it a good shot! I haven't admitted defeat yet though.
@Padre - thanks for the offer! Moral support is more than welcome as well. I think I’m ready to start cutting the desk and tables out of some wood. Shelves are going to be very easy too. Those metal racks and supports. I think I’ll be able to get it happening next week 😸
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Well I got 3 of 4 shelves up in mine, fantasy & sci-fi sorted on to one, historicals sorted on to two others. These shelves were 6 foot high 5 shelves per unit, shelves were 3 ft wide x 18 inches deep. Got to set up the game table next weekend, sort terrain onto fourth unit, rearrange other furniture to fit more stuff ... lol.
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WARNING: Do not, whatever you do guys, allow the clutter to creep into every nook and cranny otherwise the sad end result will be rather like my cellar work/play room!
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😺👆
To me, that’s exactly how a hobby room should look. I am going to make the attempt to be organized but I’m fighting genetics. My dad built working sailing models and had the ever expanding ho train board and he never let anything go. Blocks of wood, tools everywhere, track running all over the basement. Luckily, I have a secret weapon. The wife. She and I share no common ground on hobby time 😸
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Ah, well the idea behind my hobby storage unit is to move away from that towards more organization, more completed projects, and a place to play an occasional game.
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I feel envy, GP. Colour me green. You have happy times ahead!
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Agreed. That place looks awesome!
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That space looks fantastic Artoban! And I love the shot of the cats just frolicking in this big empty space. Perfectly cat like.
It's going to look gorgeous once set up.
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That space looks fantastic Artoban! And I love the shot of the cats just frolicking in this big empty space. Perfectly cat like.
It's going to look gorgeous once set up.
Thanks gankom and sharkbelly. This was a super bad week on a personal level so I escaped to the space and laid out tape on the floor to see how everything would land. Got small quickly but I ain’t complaining. More than I ever had. Will post some pics of the layout lol. No physical stuff yet. Every time I go downstairs, I wait for about 2 minutes and I have 3 furry companions wandering around. 😺
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Hobby space, doing something with it, and cats ... a good combo. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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Hobby space, doing something with it, and cats ... a good combo. :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
Indeed!👆
First up, the would be workbench. 24” x 8’ x 8’
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Next, the 2 would be, as yet fictional tables. A 6’ x 4’ and an 8’ x 4’. I think the 8’ might be a bit cramped.
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And the invisible 40’ of shelving in 5 x 8’ rows. Using the metal brackets and the slotted supports. 16” deep. All armies and terrain.
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All together.
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And of course the furry beasties.
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You're getting fancy!
The cats seemed to have gotten out of your way. For the moment.
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As soon as those tables are up, so will the cats 😸
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They smart, they know what your up to, and they're waiting. :icon_wink:
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Where is the bloody table? Hmmm.
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I appreciate the planning you putting into things Artoban! I would have tried to cram 3 different sized tables in there already and just jammed things up.
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I appreciate the planning you putting into things Artoban! I would have tried to cram 3 different sized tables in there already and just jammed things up.
Lol. Lots of plans. No substance.
Yet!
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Artoban if you make this room too nice your taxes are going to go up!
But its an awesome amount of space. Wish we had basements where I lived.
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Artoban if you make this room too nice your taxes are going to go up!
But its an awesome amount of space. Wish we had basements where I lived.
Thanks! It’s a rental unfortunately so I will not be finishing it. My dream house would not include a basement or second floor lol. Too hard on my poor knees.
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One step at a time.
Then again, those cats look like like there waiting more more than one step. :icon_wink:
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This is from the new battletome Mawtribes
Just a wish list at the moment but I really like the character of this army. As usual, I don’t care about competitiveness.
From the new Mawtribes.
Xatazug’s Wildlife
Play Type: Matched Play | Game Type: Battlehost | Grand Alliance: Destruction | Allegiance:
Leaders
Butcher Role: Leader Quantity: 1
Huskard on Thundertusk General Role:, Behemoth Quantity: 1
Icebrow Hunter Role: Leader Quantity: 1
Icefall Yhetees Role: Battleline Quantity: 3
Icefall Yhetees Role: BattlelineQuantity: 3
Icefall Yhetees Role: Battleline Quantity: 3
Icefall Yhetees Role: Battleline Quantity: 3
Mournfang Pack Role: Battleline Quantity: 4
Mournfang Pack Role: Battleline Quantity: 4
Behemoths
Huskard on Thundertusk
Artillery
Ironblaster Role: Artillery Quantity: 1
Frost Sabres Role: Other Quantity: 6
Gorgers Role: Other Quantity: 2
Total 2000pts Army deemed Valid
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Well, February is slipping away and no progress. Almost. I have acquired the materials for the workbench. 8’ from either corner, 22 “ deep. Will try to install this week.
To amuse myself, I worked on a rough fluff base for the continuing adventure. I believe I will only concentrate on AoS for the forseeable future and will dabble in Dragon Rampant as I’ve started a few bands and they can substitute easily enough in AoS. I barely have Time for this so 40K will remain as it is. No plans to expand any further there.
Matorea
The peninsula of Matorea is located in the northwest area of the realm of Ghyran .
It is a large area and filled with a diverse population of duardin, aelf kin and humans. A city state formed around a realm gate that leads to Hysh on the southern point of the peninsula. It’s become a affluent port and important enough to have a chamber of Knights Exclesior permanently stationed to coordinate defence and expansion.
The city-state loves its powder weapons and holds a Graywater Fastness affiliation.
In and under any paradise, there are things that don’t want you to live and prosper. That despise any grip or rationality that you can master over your domain. Greenskins in unwavering numbers, gitz and squigs galore, skaven and beastmen to reek havoc cause they can, and of course, when you think walls can always keep them out, there’s Tzeentch to change the game plan.
Against this is the Matorean League. Aelves, duardin, humans and Stormcast in an effort against the ceaseless desire to destroy.
Protagonist’s so far:
The Matorean Chamber - Knights Exclesior
1170 pts
The Matorean League - Cities of Sigmar - Graywater Fastness 2490 pats
Antagonist’s so far:
Krasbog’s Gitz - Gloomspite Gitz 2480 pts
Almemnal’s Horrrors- Tzeentch Deamons 2470 puts
Shivertooth’s HeadBangers - Orruk Warclan
2500 pts
GitStuffed’s Clan of Rats and Beasts - chaos clash of skaven and beastmen - 1700 pts
This is the backdrop for my AoS world. The Matorean world was borrowed from the Border Princes land from WFB which was provided again by the venerable GP. All the above armies exist in AoS style except the tzeentch. I will add maw tribes and the new Aelven from Hysh as it goes on.
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that looks like a nice workspace shaping up bro !!
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that looks like a nice workspace shaping up bro !!
Thanks! Just need to get my ass in gear and it might turn into something 😺
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that looks like a nice workspace shaping up bro !!
Thanks! Just need to get my ass in gear and it might turn into something 😺
get it in gear, it will be worth it :::cheers:::
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Guess this is the first step in a new adventure. Work table up and installed. Need some better lighting to start with. Next instalment should be the shelving unit. Planning 8’ x 16” x 5 rows.
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Surely you should panel up the walls before you build the workbench?
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Surely you should panel up the walls before you build the workbench?
It’s a rental. Not upgrading anything lol. Thus the white panel to stop stuff from leaving 😺
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Looks great! :icon_biggrin:
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Here’s what’s on the plate. My fledgling Stormcrud....I mean Stormcast GP 😼 plus my unopened Looncurse to bring my gloomspite/night gobbos to a 2480 pt plate of hell. Plus some Northmen Warriors and Bowmen (you know who’s responsible) that will join the Matorean Chamber and Disciples of Sigmar Cities of Sigmar army’s. when I walked thru the local GW a few weeks ago, I came to the conclusion that my gaming days and tournaments with friends is over and I don’t need all the same manufacturers to make the armies up so I will put together the units I want instead.
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Wondering what happened during that walk thru the local GW store that caused your new thoughts?
I hope to have my hobbying up and running full speed ahead by the end of March. The move is on track to complete this weekend, and then I need to move everything from the hobby storage unit to the new place and close that baby out. Then it is on to hobbying in full motion!
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Wondering what happened during that walk thru the local GW store that caused your new thoughts?
I hope to have my hobbying up and running full speed ahead by the end of March. The move is on track to complete this weekend, and then I need to move everything from the hobby storage unit to the new place and close that baby out. Then it is on to hobbying in full motion!
I have not been together with the gaming crew for 9 years and rarely see my old friends. My closest friend I saw for an hour last year sometime. It’s not a sad thing but there is so little time for anything but just the basics it seems. That’s not to say things won’t change but unlikely. The hobby is important because it has absolutely nothing to do with anything else in my life so it’s a precious escape. Kinda looney but that’s ok too.
You are cruising along with a good momentum. To have if all in your new space will be awesome. Will you have a separate room for your goodies?
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The front room will be my hobby room with enough space for dancing and exercise, and planning to have a roll up table for gaming. IN the meantime, there will be another table for gaming anyway. All the way in the back of the new place there is a huge storage room where most figures and supplies will be stored when not being used on a gaming table or awaiting work on a project table.
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This is going to be a paradise GP. An area for storage and a board and then the presentable side of the game as well. Sounds excellent.
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So I put together my Lord Relictor and Lord Arcanum to start. Then started with the boing grots (squig cavalry). Not enjoyable at all. There are a lot of finicky parts for the squigs and I had no plans for the Arcanum. I now know the procedure so I’ll cool off a bit and try again later. I need some really bright light and my magnifying glass that’s still packed up. New glasses would go along way I think too.
Calm blue ocean.......calm blue ocean.......calm....blue....
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You're not he only one that needs to do some unpacking. :icon_wink:
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Looking sweet Artoban! Crush those squigs, in a good way!
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Looking sweet Artoban! Crush those squigs, in a good way!
Thanks Gankom!
I just unpacked the antagonists. I’m missing some spiders though. Can’t locate them at all. The rest will be 2 herds converted, 2 units of hoppers, 40 scuttlers to be shootas, spiders, rokguts and an old giant. The rest will be the Looncurse box to fill out the army
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Looks like a bunch of greenskins that need to be exterminated, along with their bugs!
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Looks like a bunch of greenskins that need to be exterminated, along with their bugs!
That sums it up nicely. I’ll get around to unit pics eventually. 😺
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So I’ve dragged out the Cities of Sigmar Greywater Fastness army 2430 pts.
I figured with Stormcast like the Knights Exclesior sharing their city, there are no shades of grey so a Sigmar dedicated army would fit there judging eyes. I only have to convert the steamtank with commander to a more dedicated look.
As the Matorean Chamber grows, they will augment their army with worthy cannon fodder with these fanatics.
I really cheaped out on the basing for most of this army so now I have to go thru the horrible job of redoing them.
Leaders
General - Freeguild general of a griffon
Steamtank with Comander
Cogsmith - substitute engineer
Runelord - substitute Sister of Sigmar
Battlemage - eithe the war priest or my mage on a steed
Battleline
20 Greatswords - Sisters of Sigmar
30 flagellants
20 flagellants
10 flagellants
10 free-guild swords
10 free guild spears
10 free guild handgunners
Artillery
2 Hellblasters
Behemoth
Steam tank
Also,
Just based a lord Relictor and Arcanum and some liberators. Should be interesting how these turn out. I like (luckily) a rough look as that’s all I can seem to muster and I really like this white base. All I need is a bright light to help.
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Gorgeous looking army!
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Good to see them again, and onward to Matorea in the world of W:AoS. :icon_cool: :eusa_clap:
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Thanks Gankom and GP. I do love the devoted. Still hurts that there is no room for warrior priests and war altar. There available in a straight devoted army but no artillery or tank. The best legal army is an order army where you can cram all of them. I have a list for that that I may use time to time.
Matorea is now a mountainous peninsular province with a city state port of the same name In the realm of life with a realm gate to the realm of light. The Matorean Chamber is a sect of the Knights Excelsior who are hardcore for Sigmar. There is no in between. You are either corrupt and destroyed or you are worthy. The Matorean League of Desciples is the devoted army. The Matorean United are the mix of humans, duardin, and the new Luminarth elves from Hysh side of the realm gate. The new elves are so nice I’ll build anew army around them.
I’ll post some pics when I have something new to contribute. Have some new Squigs coming together but they are a frustrating build. So many parts they drive me crazy. Good thing for instructions.
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So here is my Lord Relictor. Minus the GD basing as I hate it and can’t find the materials yet. This guy was my inspiration (same as the Librarian was for 40k to get me into that)
Very fast painting and it no doubt shows but that’s the way I roll. My first in the Matorean Chamber of Knights Excelsior. Also my first model in a year and 4 months
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Nice looking forces! I've seen a few bits I could consider nicking for an Old World force. :)
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Nice looking forces! I've seen a few bits I could consider nicking for an Old World force. :)
Thanks very much! There are quite a few good bits. When I’m finished, I’ll post a pic of the left overs and see what happens.
I’m almost finished the lord Arcanum but I’m really not liking what I see. Might have to fight with him a bit
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Lord Arcanum. Too many colours? Still drying. Tha blob that looks like a leadbelcher paint spill after only its second use just may be.
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Been a productive day although that Arcanum needs work. A squad of liberators for some battleline.
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They look great! I like the colors.
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They look great! I like the colors.
Thanks very much! Getting back into the swing of things. Feels good to be producing again and I shall go back and fix up the first couple.
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Just couldn’t stomach this guy as he was. Another half dozen trips through the touch up bench ought to do it.
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Came to the realization that I hate and always hated building fuckin miniatures. My son built almost all of the collection and I remember why. My painting is mediocre at best but I hate building these gd things. I throw a curse at the Looncurse squig bunch.
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Yeah, I despise building minis, scraping off mouldlines is busywork (though necessary), it's so boring!
Why I was glad to find a big pile of assembled but unpainted minis recently... Ebay is a godsend too :D
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Yeah, I despise building minis, scraping off mouldlines is busywork (though necessary), it's so boring!
Why I was glad to find a big pile of assembled but unpainted minis recently... Ebay is a godsend too :D
Agreed! Most stuff I get is eBay and already thankfully built. Don’t mind that at all.
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Yeah, I despise building minis, scraping off mouldlines is busywork (though necessary), it's so boring!
Why I was glad to find a big pile of assembled but unpainted minis recently... Ebay is a godsend too :D
Agreed! Most stuff I get is eBay and already thankfully built. Don’t mind that at all.
I’m totally the opposite – the best part of the hobby is the building of the figures – painting seems to be a chore at the present.
I’ll agree mouldlines are a pain and accept that as I convert everything I probably look at a project in a different way to you. I just have so many ideas I want to develop and build on that having to paint them is more of a hindrance – If it wasn’t for the monthly goals and local competitions I doubt I’d have painted anything this year.
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Yep mold lines are a pain, very un-entertaining. I like making new figures after that, but even that can be time consuming when I am trying to produce large quantity. However, really enjoy painting, it relaxes me, but I want to have more time to do it, and don't as a result.
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I see your point JAK. Everything you do is a little masterpiece. And on top of your conversions, your painting is awesome. Errantgamer as well (haven’t seen GP’s yet but I agree with the painting part) I find the building really finicky and I don’t even get down to mold lines etc. I just picked up this new glue bottle today and it saved what precious little sanity I have left.
Here are 5 of the new Boingrot Bounders. I have another 5 of the bastards to go plus 10 squigs but I think it will be worth it. The guy on the right has 8 parts no less!
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So here is my first couple of hero’s and 1 squad of liberators complete with basing. With all this down time I think the other 2 squads of Liberators, Lord Aquilor and a couple of ballista’s are quite attainable. I’ve bid on some mounted Evocators and some unmounted evocators. I found I love the fluff for this unit that is a wizard as well if over 2 in the squad. Some castigates as well to build when I find the courage.
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Their clothes must be brand new, the dye must have been wet, it looks like they've been rolling all over the grass, they must have been wrestling, no doubt preparing for fighting greenskins.
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They are indeed a messy bunch. God help me if I have to find a crisp presentation to deal with. The ‘white’ is wraithbone spray with Apothecary White contrast over it. I don’t think I have perfected it yet.
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I think they're looking great. I'm siding with the people who love building, hate painting. I've gotten way better than I use to be, but I still don't take as much enjoyment as I do when building. I love pulling a punch of random bits together and kti bashing some stuff.
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I'm ok with your painting, my comment was more towards the landscape under them. :icon_wink: :icon_cool:
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I'm ok with your painting, my comment was more towards the landscape under them. :icon_wink: :icon_cool:
Thanks Gankom and GP!
Lol, that cloth has been around since the beginning of 2017 I think. It’s got every paint on it that I have and may look better than my armies 😺
A pallet cloth.
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This month has been fruitful for painting (for me).
Here is the Lord Aquilor - the General of this Chamber. And another batch of Liberators. What I imagine and then the reality of what is always surprises me rounded down.
I think the best this lot can be is a group shot at 4 ft.
I’m hoping better results with the looney bunch of squigs.
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This may be next.
Lord Exorcist
Last of the 4 commanders.
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An artillery unit as well.
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Is this guy cool or what?
Boss Krasbog’s of the antagonist Looncurse Gloomspite
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‘Let me read to you a passage concerning your imminent deaths you illiterate Boingrot bastards’
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He's wearing a plague mask! :icon_eek:
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Gobbo cavalry
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Look at the helmets on those gobbo "knights", and yes, the quotes signify me using that term in lightly. :icon_wink:
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Look at the helmets on those gobbo "knights", and yes, the quotes signify me using that term in lightly. :icon_wink:
Indeed. I don’t think these knights have any knightly qualities lol
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Perhaps Gobbos have different qualifications to be a knight.
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Up next - Krasbog - head stomper and pounder.
I’m itchin to get at those northmen for DR but I forgot the brown base spray at the shop. I’m really liking the colours on the box
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There is something to be said for using brown as a base color, I've used it on some pirates and I like it. There was an expert painter that I took a class from who swore by gray as a primer, and then would paint a layer of brown on certain items before applying another color like red or yellow. My sense is if you're going to do a good bit of that, why not go the whole way and us it as a primer, then you skip a step on the figure. Probably depends on how much of what colors you're using, because gray does give a certain ability to move in different directions with different colors of paint. At the same time, I've bought multiple shades of brown spray paint to use for horse as well, because I got to imagine that'll make such easier to move along upon, and get them done.
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The gobbo knights are really cool.
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The gobbo knights are really cool.
Thank you very much! Another 5 of them to come. And 10 of the new squig herd. I just finished putting new bases on 20 of the metal squigs to make 2 more herds plus 10 of the metal squig hoppers for a unit, 3 metal stone trolls and an old metal ‘dwarf’ giant. Almost an instant army lol
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Here is the result. Only 40 more spear men and 40 archers to convert and paint the boss and this army is done. Once again these guys will be my favourite army.
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That army looks down right evil. :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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That army looks down right evil. :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Indeed! Here is Krasbog, leader of the Antagonistic Looney’s
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They look so much better not photographed on your painting cloth ..... .... .... :engel:
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They look so much better not photographed on your painting cloth ..... .... .... :engel:
I’ll take that as a compliment sir! No more cloth and anything to improve the look 😺
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Probably not the best time to trash my white paint job on the SC but no more until I can get my hands on corax white and agrax earthshade. Just came across the most perfect white and exactly what I want. I will erase the puke on my existing units and paint no more until I get that elixir.
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I've got a local hobby shop guy that is doing mail orders, and I plan on buying within the next 48 hours, so if you need those paints, I can order them from him, and then ship them to you in these challenging times. Let me know! :icon_cool:
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I've got a local hobby shop guy that is doing mail orders, and I plan on buying within the next 48 hours, so if you need those paints, I can order them from him, and then ship them to you in these challenging times. Let me know! :icon_cool:
Is it ok to ship spray across the border? If yes then count me in! I need 1 corax white spray, 1 corax white base and I agrax earthshade shade. Let me know details and we’ll get it happening. I can’t find a supplier hear in Canada with a quick search.
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Had an idea. I want to convert a warrior priest to a rune lord and I think of I had an anvil to put on his base, it might be more in tune for a conversion. Are there any anvils kicking around in plastic or metal bits. The only one I can think of quickly is the dwarf with the anvil but that might be too big.
Any suggestions?
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I've got a local hobby shop guy that is doing mail orders, and I plan on buying within the next 48 hours, so if you need those paints, I can order them from him, and then ship them to you in these challenging times. Let me know! :icon_cool:
Is it ok to ship spray across the border? If yes then count me in! I need 1 corax white spray, 1 corax white base and I agrax earthshade shade. Let me know details and we’ll get it happening. I can’t find a supplier hear in Canada with a quick search.
Ah, good point on the spray paint. Probably not wise to ship it even if ti is legal. But no reason not to ship the paint pots. :::cheers:::
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Finally a board on the way. Bloody oil paint otherwise it would be coming home today.
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What are you making that out of Artoban? And that's quite the green paint! :icon_mrgreen:
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What are you making that out of Artoban? And that's quite the green paint! :icon_mrgreen:
Just 1/2” mdf board ~$20- and some outside corners around to steady it up a bit. The green is dollartree green. One of our tenants, (similar to dollarama - most things are a buck) needed there safety bollards painted so there was a ton of paint left. I let nothing go to waste. The gaming tables at GW where all painted a green like this. I was going to paint it to match the bases but that would mean buying more paint (!?!). I like to recycle when I can. Especially for hobby stuff. 😺
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Seems like a good color, different from a lot of what else we see, yet suitable. Don't need to have my figure basing match my table of terrain.
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I think I mentioned an anvil for a runelord that I’m converting out of a warrior priest. Bid on a partial anvil of doom kit, missed it and decided this morning while cutting the outside corner for the new table. Suddenly I saw an anvil hidden in the cut offs
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:icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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The table is in. Very high just as I want it. The old GW tables were a lot lower and my back was nearly broken after each game. As a new rule that just came to me, only finished models are worthy of being on the table. A self imposed rule to finish my units.
Next on the agenda is an ikea wardrobe thingy that will be for books. After that, wall mounted shelving, 8’ x 16”, 5 rows to hold terrain and unused army’s. The final piece will be an 8’ table. Definitely no urgency on that.
Also of course, the mad hobbyist’s laboratory.
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Yes! :::cheers::: :::cheers::: :::cheers:::
Coincidently, while I was on hold for an hour and 5 minutes (sheesh :icon_cool:), I got my table up too! Will save the details for other thread.
Oh, and below the md hobbiest's work tables ... looks like the cats dragged in too many leaves. Time to rake them up! :icon_wink:
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So some very economic shelves have appeared. Had 2 sheets of aspenite ($22) cut into 3 x 16” x 8’ each. Found my original 5 shelf plan left the building so down to 4. I was going to get adjustable shelving till the price kicked in (about $85) and instead took a bunch of cabinet doors from a kitchen job awhile back and sliced and diced into a fixed bracket system. Price $0 and only my time. I like. I had 3 ikea cabinets in the shop so I brought home 2 (1 upstairs for art supplies) and the little one to the right. Makes me worry about my grand announcement about the amount of books I’m gonna keep.
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Coming along nicely I see! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
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Indeed! I think this is it for a bit. Going to unpack, get the feel for this room and see about adding an 8’ table at a future time. I think I am done with the hobby room layout. Only thing to add is better lighting. I’ll see what I can scrape up. 😺
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My army of the devoted is finally finished. From an idea seen in white dwarf #302 in 2005. It has been the warhammer kernel that has finally outlived wfb and is now a legitimate army in AoS as well. I hadn’t planned on this but it just happened.
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Looks spectacular! I love the steam tanks! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Looks spectacular! I love the steam tanks! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Thank you once again GP! You are certainly the sites moral booster!
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Decided to tackle the rune lord (human version) using an old warrior priest and a bag of goodies from somewhere. I carved the anvil out of a piece of wood as trying to find and buy was a process I didn’t like. As I don’t have any dwarfs in the Matorean Disciples of Sigmar, I used an engineer model for the cog smith. As not many care, neither do I.
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Awesome army A! And the rune priest is super cool. well done! Little things like that keep inspiring others to try the different and unique. Aces!
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Awesome army A! And the rune priest is super cool. well done! Little things like that keep inspiring others to try the different and unique. Aces!
Thank you very much! I just realized how big those pics are lol. These should be seen at a couple of feet at least😺
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Simply awesome Artoban! I love the look of the army and the anvil of doom/Runesmith is fantastic.
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Simply awesome Artoban! I love the look of the army and the anvil of doom/Runesmith is fantastic.
Thanks Gankom! It almost feels like the end of an era with this army. This project being done, I guess the next one to complete is the Gloomspite. I have about 2500 pts each of the fanatics and an orc army so maybe it’s time for them to bang heads. I like the relocation orb battle plan so I might try that
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So in reference to the above. Does anyone know what a relocation orb looks like? I had this as a objective marker but just wasn’t feeling it. So I rummaged thru some old jewelry that’s come down in the family for along time. I’m pretty sure none of it’s valuable otherwise we wouldn’t own it lol.
This is my interpretation of a relocation orb. Suitably shiny so the orcs would want it just because.
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I like 'em both! The first one is classic. And the second one is artsy! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
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I like 'em both! The first one is classic. And the second one is artsy! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
Thanks! I’m feelin the groove of the inkstained diamond. Is that first objective a classic? I honestly can’t remember where i got them.
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Those steam tanks look great! Really neat anvil as well. :eusa_clap:
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Those steam tanks look great! Really neat anvil as well. :eusa_clap:
Thank you good sir! I had a lot of fun painting them and making that anvil guy.
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A new old mage has taken the old beast masters job. Sent him packing with little grace.
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I’ve also set up a scenario- The Relocation Orb- on the new board. 2000 pts armies on a very bland table. I need more terrain lol.
The object is to chase the orb around and bash the lights out of the opposing forces as much as possible. Pretty straight forward.
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And our second player has shown up (old laser eyes himself). Normally it’s just me against me and that way I’ll never have my ass handed to me again 😺
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Be careful ... or I'll have to send ya some terrain. And those armies ... look like they mean business!
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Be careful ... or I'll have to send ya some terrain. And those armies ... look like they mean business!
Right on! 😺
Made it thru GT1
When that hellblaster works,it works. When it doesn’t...well. Highlights - matoreans don’t like to run. The commanders steam tank took out 2 double choppas, the repeater gun 1, and hellblaster 7. Battle shock another 4. Don’t think they care.
Ork archers, 6 flagellants. Had to use inspire so I didn’t lose more. Orks ran like crazy. Next turn some bashin is gonna happen.
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It looks epic! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool:
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Jobs a gud' un!
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Jobs a gud' un!
Looks like it’s starting to swing that way 😺
GT2 - the Orb slides east (depending which way is north) thankfully to the benefit of the Greywater Fastness army. Score 4 VP this turn.
The left hand flagellants charge the double choppas and almost finish them with the aid of the steam tank and commander. The hellblasters work great and blow a big hole in the same orks. Just not enough of them died.
The 2nd steam tank hits the giant hard enough to ruin his charge and the right hand flagellants grab the orb and charge into the chariot.
The ardboys counter charge the first flaggies and paint the ground red with them. Still lose 3 but that’s only fun for em and someone gets to try new armour.
Shivertooth and the boar boys slam into the tank commander and cut him to half strength. Luckily one of his abilities is repair. The arrer boys knock off 2 wounds to my general. The great swords are yet to be committed.
Orc magic ain’t happening.
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GT3 Now it’s getting serious. Green magic finally went off on ST w C. Entire left flank is gone and uncommitted greatswords are surrounded by ardboys. My general is gone, STwC gone.
may least his giant is out of commission. Actually he landed on my general and finished off his final wound. My right flank flagellants are standing strong. Got victory points again CoS have 8, Big Waagh 0.
I have a feeling that’s going to change soon.
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GT 4 - strangely enough. The CoS army will be mostly obliterated by turn 5. The orb moved again into waagh territory giving them 4 points this round. And 4 pts next most assuredly. This leaves a tie which will be broken by the number of my units killed. Good job for a first round. I think I’ll target leaders first next time.
not sure about rules when in close combat with a war machine. Do the crew take losses first or last and can they fire at the enemy with there gun. It is still in close range for a +1 to hit. And can units just disengage and run/relocate.
I’m going to say this was in an outlying hamlet away from the main city and was a meeting engagement. Unfortunately the orruks made off with the orb which can be useful when channeling magic (if you can keep up with it). Will half to get serious about putting a stop to this annoyance at the moment. The next army will be a fuller range of units
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Great looking game, and great looking opponent there!
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There is sort of a swarming nature to the look of these armies fighting each other.
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There is sort of a swarming nature to the look of these armies fighting each other.
Indeed. I think that starts from the set up (I used an old battle plan and not the new one) and the goal to take 1 item. Forces everything into one area which was a bit of a complaint in the beginning. Definitely reds multiple objectives. I forgot to mention that damn cat used it’s fly ability to land in the middle of my markers. One of my magic dice vaporized into the aether.
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Need to close the cellar door and keep the varmints away. :icon_wink:
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Squig herd ahoy!
Can’t stand building them but I do like em. Especially the herders.
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New bad guy Gobbo’s. You could hit them with your car and you just wouldn’t feel bad.....
Plus the latest bunch of mortal realm recruits.
And my pitiful display of terrain. I’m down to using so 40k stuff if I can convert them a bit. Any ideas?
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Tried layering over white scar over the wraith bone white and apothecary white and then a little watered down agrax earthshade (I have about 3 brush fulls left. Not the corax white spray I want but I’m happier with the outcome. Will probably finish my exorcist and artillery unit as they are based already and hopefully GW will open again.
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Those look improved, congrats! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Those look improved, congrats! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Thanks! Improvement is a good thing. Next on the other one left, they are based but no apothecary white wash so it should be even better. Here’s hoping!
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Lord Exorcist
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Prolific work AG. White sucks without a good spray, but you've done good.
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Prolific work AG. White sucks without a good spray, but you've done good.
Thank you very much! White has always and remains my nemesis. I will eventually conquer this issue 😺
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There’s a housing/building crisis in Matorea. The state must inject infrastructure spending!
Edit: it would help if I included what the hell I was talking about😺
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Truss manufacturer's online
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I see mass production of fabricated housing. :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:
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Kind of the I’m goin for.
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Housing boom inbound!
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Housing boom inbound!
😺 very cheap as well. 1/8 “ mdf panel cutoffs, a bit of gorilla glue and as I can’t stand making shingles, I cheated completely and used 5/8 maple edging. Already has glue on it so I just used a heat gun to glue on the overlapping strips. I don’t think it will be too noticeable from a distance
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The roofing actually looks very cool. Big planks like the Russians used. Maple edging you say? Lol
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The roofing actually looks very cool. Big planks like the Russians used. Maple edging you say? Lol
Ya. It cost about $25 for 250 ‘ I think. You can get smaller rolls for $6. There is a bit of the roll showing in the pic above. Any store like Home Depot has it.
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Thanks! that looks to have many uses in buildings. Old west. Rustic roofing. Planks. Very cool.
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More progress. The roofers showed up. Will have to cut some more trim for the last 2 houses. Have to hire painters now.
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I see that the cat is observing from a distance.
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I see that the cat is observing from a distance.
Lol! So he is. Didn’t see that before. Actually, that’s a pretty messy part of the basement 😺
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He seems comfortable.
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Not sure why but this is what happened.
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I like it! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers::: :eusa_clap:
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I like it! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers::: :eusa_clap:
Thanks! Turns out to be a pretty cheap building. Still waiting for maybe a texture spray for the stucco parts of the walls. May have to wait awhile.
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That does look good. First game should be Wood Elves attacking the village. These villagers cut down a lot of old growth giant trees for their roofs. What's the plan for the doors and windows?
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That does look good. First game should be Wood Elves attacking the village. These villagers cut down a lot of old growth giant trees for their roofs. What's the plan for the doors and windows?
For the doors, maybe a piece of balsa with some groves kinda stamped in. The windows were just going to be a blue with a glazing over it Probably should have a few more. It could get dark in there fast 😺
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Unless these buildings are found on remote tropical islands, don't forget chimneys for venting smoke from indoor heating.
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Unless these buildings are found on report tropical islands, don't forget chimneys for venting smoke from indoor heating.
Good point! More work 😺 I think I have a plan
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Next phase. The Matorean Dispossessed. No new bases yet so the squares will have to do. I’ve run out of base texture paint, bases, corax white primer, textured spray for the stucco wallls, brown primer for the northmen archers, shade for the Stormcast..........
Awhile back a herder lost a darling little squig and it done disappeared. I found a $3 replacement on eBay and acquired him. I have enough stuff I think for a new base and I showed my appreciation for the herder who lost the first one.
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Continuing the orb of power objective theme. Found an old Christmas light and a chandelier crystal. Soon to be raging beacons of magical power. I think the virus madness has set in.
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Squigs...
One of the most fun units in the game!
I'm working on some small warbands of greenskin for various games, and I really enjoy painting squigs and squigriders.
Also the old squigherders are really fun to paint.
Those giant orbs look interesting, maybe I can find something in the Christmas department for something like that.
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Squigs...
One of the most fun units in the game!
I'm working on some small warbands of greenskin for various games, and I really enjoy painting squigs and squigriders.
Also the old squigherders are really fun to paint.
Those giant orbs look interesting, maybe I can find something in the Christmas department for something like that.
Agree about the squigs. They are such a riot and what can’t you love about a balloon with feet and teeth 😺
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Just so much awesome stuff happening in here. A village of houses, magic crystals and mountains of squigs. Well done!
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Just so much awesome stuff happening in here. A village of houses, magic crystals and mountains of squigs. Well done!
Thank you very much! I do tend to go off on tangents 😺
Next tangent is some consolidated fluff. I think most of the ideas are in the rough. Maybe I should make a list of the elements to start.
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More orbs. What is going on with me and orbs?
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A bit of fluff to combine what I have and what will come. For the new armies, I now want the maw tribe ogres, idoneth Deepkin elves, and the new lumineth elves. That should keep me occupied for awhile. Having trouble getting inspired by the dwarves. May either work harder on them or shelve them for a bit (last time was 12 years)
Matorea
Located in the realm of Ghyran on the Northern Peninsula west of the The Battle of Pale Gorge and North of the festermere realmgate is the city/port of Matorea that has a Greywater Fastness affiliation.
Long-standing treaties with the Duardin of the Maddening Whorl allows a duardin quarter in the port city of Matorea
Further out under the cold seas lies a Deepkin realmgate that is linked with Hysh and the idoneth allow the lumineth passage to Matorea and access to a crystal that is mined by the Duardin.
As these trade links are long and required, there has been occasional military support offered to Matorea by the lumineth.
The Matorean Chamber of Knights Excelsior keep a chamber temple in the city to watch over the Festermere Realmgate to Azyr and the Idoneth realmgate and are ever ready to curb the incursions by the encroaching Orruk Waagh led by Shivertooth and the Gloomspite hoard of Krasbog. Skaven are apppearing in numbers in the deep mines and also combining forces with the local beastmen which are plaguing the forest areas and raiding into the agricultural district.
These antagonists can be normally contained and thrown back by the Matorean League but since the Tzeentch Deamon Allmemnal has shown interest in the province, the work of the Stormcast is endless and merciless in its duty. A fanatical cult called the Disciples of Sigmar are largely used and have the grudging trust of the Knights who don’t sell their loyalty easily amongst the morally weaker humans.
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Your guess is as good as ours? :icon_wink:
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I will not let the little bastards get me down!
Deamonslayer 2006 games day guy coming together. And the long lost mule train showed up 😺
And yes that’s a gray that avoided the base 12 years ago. Makes me want to cry to have to repeat the process on him.
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I still have all those dwarfs and goblins from the 7th edition starter set. Some day.
I also have all the elfs from the 8th edition starter set. And started the skaven a good while back, but they have gone unfinished.
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Stucco done. Next step paint doors, windows, wood trim.
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Coming along! :icon_cool: :eusa_clap:
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Coming along! :icon_cool: :eusa_clap:
... ... which is more than can be said for his photo editing/cropping skills :biggriin: :biggriin: :biggriin:
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Coming along! :icon_cool: :eusa_clap:
... ... which is more than can be said for his photo editing/cropping skills :biggriin: :biggriin: :biggriin:
Yikes!! What the hell happened? Lol.
Must fix
Edit: fixed. Not sure what happened there.
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:icon_lol: I can see five now! :icon_wink: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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I might tone down the colour but for some fast and cheap scenery, I think it will do the job. The colours kind of remind me of Newfoundland
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The rest of the dwarves. Some year the new bases will arrive.
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Yes, the houses look a bit like coastal Canada.
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I feel the fluff flowing. There will be a town between the Duardin mountain deeps of the Maddening Whorl and the city of Matorea. It will be called Rubyville. Tentatively because the Duardin gifted the town for coming to their aid and saving the contents of a valuable caravan that was heading for the port. It was never discussed as to the contents but it had to be valuable as they gave them a mined ruby of incredible proportions. This has nothing’s to do with the fact my eldest cat is named Ruby. Also the soon to be built Fort Stanley on the northwest point of land has nothing to do with my other cat Stanley aka laser eyes.
The other other cat happens to be Mittens aka Fluffy LaTouche. Hard to name a town after that. Was thinking maybe a factory in Matorea that manufactures mittens and happens to be called the Fluff LaTouche Mitten Factory. Hmmm
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Thanks Black Knight. Thank very much for the inspiration. It’s not like I don’t have enough on the go as it is 😺
The beginnings of Fort Stanley. Ideas are starting to pop up.
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What’s that saying? ‘So it begins’
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This is going to be grand! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
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You've even got the beginnings of a well there too - must have a clean water supply for a fort. :engel:
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You've even got the beginnings of a well there too - must have a clean water supply for a fort. :engel:
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Actually, that gives me an idea
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Ask and Ye shall receive!
Water anyone?
Just need to scribe it with the heat thingy to make it look like stone and add a bucket
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Maybe some shingles on the "roof"? :icon_wink:
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Maybe some shingles on the "roof"? :icon_wink:
Lol. As soon as the glue dries 😺 it’s barely standing up rite
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An idiot am I. Surely many of you may think this already but I’m about to confirm it.
I was making a dwarf army list and was coming up short on artillery. Looked up the warscroll and really liked the flame cannon (fluff not ability). Checked eBay and found a good bargain. Today looking thru eBay I happen on a couple of warmaster packages. Who gets those anymore? Looking closer I recognize the package, check my recent purchase and yes, I have a new warmaster flame cannon on the way.
Brilliant I tell you. Brilliant.
On a better note. The 2 inspirations for Rubyville and Fort Stanley
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Just stand magnifying glass in front of it.
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Just stand magnifying glass in front of it.
Ha! Very good. 😺
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You might be able to convert it into a 'handgun/flamethrower' carried by a trooper?
Oh and my consultant's invoice for the well is in the post. :engel:
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You might be able to convert it into a 'handgun/flamethrower' carried by a trooper?
Oh and my consultant's invoice for the well is in the post. :engel:
Damn Mids! That’s a great idea! I saw on eBay a 2 man crew holding a flame weapon. Thought they were chaos dwarves but that will make them useful for sure. Will I get 2 bills for that? Or is the 2nd a freebie?
I brought everything home with the idea of working on it this weekend although we are going to be super busy. Also brought shingle materials GP 😺
Here is a quick set up. Will expand the walls of the Fort later and add some gun platforms. I will also be looking for Naitsabes sculpie and cobble roller as well.
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Looking good.
I really have to sort out some photo hosting. I have pics on photobucket but refuse to deal with them, so I need a new host.
When they went nasty, W-E was still going strong, and I thought there was a possibility we would sort out our own hosting of a gallery and I would use that.
However that has gone by the wayside so I really ought to find something.
I have been equally busy with scenery - using 2 Fortified Manors and a separate (so 3rd ) chapel to make a Manor with brick walls both sides, a separate tower and two separate chapel buildings.
The one on the Manor is more domestic dwelling than chapel, one of the separate ones is done as a chapel, and the third like a town house.
All the low walls and fences are being turned into fields, and then I have 2 of the Renedra cemetry sets which I am looking at turning into one big 'compound' that may if it works out have alternative interiors?
Then there are the ongoing hills and trees projects!
Good job I am stuck at home, with nothing to do. :biggriin: :biggriin:
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Magnificent! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
As are the blue walls of W:AoS edition of Matorea's Fort Stanley. I think that such a name is ripe appropriate for a Bretonnian built fort/keep that I think I'll make for WFB edition of Matorea in the Border Princes. Getting inspired to make a return visit to the Border Kingdoms' Matorea, got out my Matorean swordsmen the other day, need to line them up, and finish painting them!
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Looking good.
I really have to sort out some photo hosting. I have pics on photobucket but refuse to deal with them, so I need a new host.
When they went nasty, W-E was still going strong, and I thought there was a possibility we would sort out our own hosting of a gallery and I would use that. However that has gone by the wayside so I really ought to find something.
I have a Wordpress website, bought thru Blue Host in 2015. Made 3 or 4 posts and then never used it again, although have maintained the internet address, and got it up and running last weekend. I'm told having a site like this gives a person a place to park photos, I uploaded two, and then such photos can some how be put on the site as well as other sites, so maybe that is something you can look into doing as well.
I have been equally busy with scenery - using 2 Fortified Manors and a separate (so 3rd ) chapel to make a Manor with brick walls both sides, a separate tower and two separate chapel buildings.
The one on the Manor is more domestic dwelling than chapel, one of the separate ones is done as a chapel, and the third like a town house.
All the low walls and fences are being turned into fields, and then I have 2 of the Renedra cemetry sets which I am looking at turning into one big 'compound' that may if it works out have alternative interiors?
Then there are the ongoing hills and trees projects!
Good job I am stuck at home, with nothing to do. :biggriin: :biggriin:
Look forward to seeing your progress. Someday. :icon_wink:
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@mids - GP mentioned Wordpress. That’s what i use. 3 GB free storage of pics. Everything I have is on WP and still have space. It also allows you to have a blog (which I have as well). I take pics with the phone and upload the ones I want to keep and just copy them in between the [img] things. Works great. Hasn’t cost me a cent and it’s 2 1/2 years old. I may eventually upgrade (very affordable) when I run out of space.
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Thanks Black Knight. Thank very much for the inspiration. It’s not like I don’t have enough on the go as it is 😺
The beginnings of Fort Stanley. Ideas are starting to pop up.
My pleasure! :icon_mrgreen:
I really dig the design of the walls. Very functional and sleek. Also you are moving fast, wish I had that speed!
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Not much time for fun this weekend but I managed to score some stone into the face. All you masons out there, turn a blind eye.
Will have to find a latex paint that’s not in a spray. The aerosol tends to melt things.
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Looking good! :icon_cool: :eusa_clap:
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Looking good! :icon_cool: :eusa_clap:
👍☝️
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Just use ordinary emulsion paint.
If I only want a small amount (not 5 Litres to paint a room) I get one of those sample pots - water the first coat down a bit. Then go over it again with a thicker coat.
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Just use ordinary emulsion paint.
If I only want a small amount (not 5 Litres to paint a room) I get one of those sample pots - water the first coat down a bit. Then go over it again with a thicker coat.
Great idea! I see those sample pots all the time.
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I like them too. Great work!
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I like them too. Great work!
Thanks!
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AG- have you thought to coat the walls in something like mod podge? Jeremy at Black Magic Craft has a youtube video. It protects the foam and then you can spray if you want. It also hardens and protects the foam.
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Quit giving away the secrets of Black Magic! :icon_wink:
By the way, I have successfully used Elmer's glue, watered down or not, and then spray coated terrain pieces, and it can work nicely. I've got gallons of Elmer's glue.
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:icon_biggrin: And here I thought Jeremy only made videos for me!
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AG- have you thought to coat the walls in something like mod podge? Jeremy at Black Magic Craft has a youtube video. It protects the foam and then you can spray if you want. It also hardens and protects the foam.
https://youtu.be/bR-tgtcuRPg
Thank you very much!
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Glad to help.
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Another bunch of Duardin. And the obstinate thunderer.
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nice
Thank you very much!
Waiting forever on round bases. 😺
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Once these have arrived, maybe it is time to find a new supplier.
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Once these have arrived, maybe it is time to find a new supplier.
The first batch from China. Shoulda known.
The 2 nd from Spain. Mdf but extremely budget worthy.
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Once these have arrived, maybe it is time to find a new supplier.
The first batch from China. Shoulda known.
The 2 nd from Spain. Mdf but extremely budget worthy.
would not count on Spain delivery any time soon also
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Once these have arrived, maybe it is time to find a new supplier.
The first batch from China. Shoulda known.
The 2nd from Spain. Mdf but extremely budget worthy.
I'm avoiding buying anything from China, because of and like the plague. By the way, I've had longer than usual time receiving things from England recently. I even had one item shipped all the way to Cleveland first and then back thru Boston, which seemed nuts to me.
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Once these have arrived, maybe it is time to find a new supplier.
The first batch from China. Shoulda known.
The 2nd from Spain. Mdf but extremely budget worthy.
I'm avoiding buying anything from China, because of and like the plague. By the way, I've had longer than usual time receiving things from England recently. I even had one item shipped all the way to Cleveland first and then back thru Boston, which seemed nuts to me.
I saw that note on China and agree with it completely. Unfortunately I had ordered a few weeks before. March 29 I think
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Sorry for my duplicity. :icon_wink: :icon_lol:
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Fort Stanley grows. 2 towers added. The dwarves seem to be taking quiet possession of this Fort. Doesn’t quite line up with the fluff unless I reverse the locations of Fort Stanley and Rubyville.
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Uh oh. Dwarfs are swarming! :icon_eek:
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Another batch of thunderers.
Still waiting on bases, trolls, evocators, flame canons, bolt thrower, etc etc. Not a god damned thing showing up in the mail.
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The walls and fort are looking really good.
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Fort is looking awesome and so are the thunderers!
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Thanks dougheim and Gankom ! Miners are next subbing as longbeards with ancestral weapons. Still need paint for Fort and more expansion ideas.
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Ok. It’s good to bitch online when things don’t show up. Yesterday, my dwarf bolt thrower and 5 liberators showed up (yes on a Sunday - take that Mids with your Saturday postman story 😺)Today my evocators landed or troll. (I haven’t opened it yet)
Maybe tomorrow GW will open and I can get my base spray and technical for my small bases. My Saginaw contention didn’t work out. Oh well.
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I ordered 6 cans of Black Spray over the weekend and my order is delayed until around the 25th
Also the Royal Mail won't take spray cans these days - so had to pay extra for a courier.
Still I have a 'few' minis yet to be prepared for spraying. :engel:
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Post is so random. some stuff shows up faster than normal. everything else is lost in transit. My wif has something that posted early April and hasn't left a post office for 5 weeks.
The fort is looking cool. Do you have a grand gate house yet?
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Post is so random. some stuff shows up faster than normal. everything else is lost in transit. My wif has something that posted early April and hasn't left a post office for 5 weeks.
The fort is looking cool. Do you have a grand gate house yet?
The only gate house so far is from an old cheap plastic castle. I can’t bring myself to chuck it so it keeps showing up lol
Dwarves, bolt thrower and some stairs continuing
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I like the gatehouse! Good that it hasn't been tossed. :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
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That gatehouse would work with a tiny bit of effort to tie it into your scratch built pieces. Then paint it all the same and no one will be able to tell.
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That gatehouse would work with a tiny bit of effort to tie it into your scratch built pieces. Then paint it all the same and no one will be able to tell.
I will be attempting to paint the rest of the Fort like that. I black based it and FenrisIan gray drybrushed with a wash of some sort. I don’t think that will happen this or next week. Another crazy 2 weeks.
GW is supposed to open this weekend. Time to load up on supplies.
Except for the missing base supplies, my boot thrower is ready. Missing a wheel on the left as well.
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Be careful, don't forget to wear a mask! Or call in advance, and pick up on the curb? No GW around here, probably for the best, but I'm placing an order for Warcry starter set, box of the Splintered Fang, and some paint with a local guy in the area.
Novogrod ... did you see my question for ya? :icon_question: I was asking further back what war band you were painting for Warcry.
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Be careful, don't forget to wear a mask! Or call in advance, and pick up on the curb? No GW around here, probably for the best, but I'm placing an order for Warcry starter set, box of the Splintered Fang, and some paint with a local guy in the area.
Novogrod ... did you see my question for ya? :icon_question: I was asking further back what war band you were painting for Warcry.
For sure! Covid ready here. Retail stores not in malls are set to open Saturday or Tuesday- not sure which.
I think you will love warcry! I would get one to but I’m really trying to stick to one game (sorry 2 gamesstyles) AoS and DR but I keep looking at FoW, warcry, the new 40k one etc. Must stop thinking!
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I'd try to find a Warcry starter set, if you're into it, before they discontinue. I saw on the GW website that they are selling them way more expensively than the local shops are currently, and could probably even arrange it with the guy I am buying mine from. GW wants $280 bucks for the the starter set, I got mine for $170, kind of a no brainer (kicking myself that I didn't buy it for $100 last fall in a flea market when I was at Fall-In in Pennsylvania (my last gaming convention until this Covid crud gets sorted out better than the dummies in government are currently doing). I'll check to see if he has another copy. Also, I saw they have other starter sets now, not just the original, so suspect they're raping folks with the higher price, and then announce it is going away/being discontinued, if folks are lucky.
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Deamon cat takes out spearman in last fight. Was chewing on a squig this time but I left the phone upstairs.
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😺☝️
That was a good one for the cat. I’m sure she’s waiting for a new batch to appear.
I mixed this unit up. Should have been my full miner unit, not the mix of leftovers but they are substituting as longbeards with ancestral weapons so no one should flip a lid 😺
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They look very good! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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A Duardin cannon set. I ordered a solitary metal guy to convert for the hand held flame cannon. Not sure how it will turn out yet.
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I like it! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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They look great! The Dwarves from that starter box were really pretty neat.
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They look great! The Dwarves from that starter box were really pretty neat.
Thanks very much! They have been sitting around based since I got that set. I always found them an intimidating bunch to paint. Next only to the elves
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The last cannon. Don’t think that’s a dwarf gun but we do things ad hoc here at Fort Stanley.
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Anything to keep the forces of Chaos at bay! Especially during a time of a Nurgle pandemic. :icon_wink:
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Love what you're doing with the dwarves.
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Love what you're doing with the dwarves.
Thanks!
I may have committed heresy but I wanted a unique Warden King and group of unforged with models I had.
White dwarf 2007 will be the king. His shield bearers are awesome models as well so they will join my old thane and deamonslayer as new unforged.
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Heresy would be giving those Dwarves goofy hats and braided beards. Your use is just cool!
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I'm not a huge dwarf fan, not sure why, but those figures do look good!
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Heresy would be keeping them locked up in a drawer somwhere. Too nice models not to paint up :eusa_clap:.
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Heresy would be keeping them locked up in a drawer somwhere. Too nice models not to paint up :eusa_clap:.
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Heresy would be giving those Dwarves goofy hats and braided beards. Your use is just cool!
😺 :::cheers:::
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As a big dwarf fan, those are looking fantastic.
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As a big dwarf fan, those are looking fantastic.
Thanks Gankom!
More miners, slayers and a start to the command squad.
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Warden King done (- base)
And 5 unforged that makes all the leaders so far. Will add the runelord and cogsmith from the new Duardin as the models are great.
Also the braziers from the archer box done.
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The army of Fort Stanley:
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Looks wonderful! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Looks wonderful! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Thanks! Another army done (although we all know an army is never done)
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They're great! I couldn't really see them yesterday due to the Zoom being on my phone (small screen) and the trouble with getting a Wi Fi signal meaning the phone was too far away to properly!
Why am I explaining all this?
The dwarfs are cool.
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They're great! I couldn't really see them yesterday due to the Zoom being on my phone (small screen) and the trouble with getting a Wi Fi signal meaning the phone was too far away to properly!
Why am I explaining all this?
The dwarfs are cool.
Thank very much! We’ll see how well they can defend a Fort 😺
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Because you are Padre. :icon_wink:
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Great work!
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Great work!
Thanks!
It’s about 1720 points and I have to go with an order allegiance to get the war machines in but it’s legal. I think I’ll call them the Matorean Lodge of Greywater. I feel really comfortable with 2500 point army’s so this still allows a lot of cool growth.
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See ... you're already talking of expanding. :icon_wink:
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See ... you're already talking of expanding. :icon_wink:
Indeed! Let’s revisit this in a few months after the new 40k edition is out and see how my word holds up. 😺
Just put my old mangler chest onto a new base and called it a Loonboss on a giant squig. Also worked on Th e mule train.
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I have one of those mules and wagons from the 7th edition starter set I got kicking around. Can't recall why I pulled it from the box to use for something. Don't ask if I painted it. :icon_wink:
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That mule and wagon is cool! Was it an objective?
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That mule and wagon is cool! Was it an objective?
I think you could make it an objective. The goblin army that came with the starter also had a t-per like building and some other stuff I think. I have the sprue kicking around somewhere. There was a lot in that set.
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Here we go. The sprue.
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Shoulda picked up that box.
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I did at the time, primarily for the half sized rulebook, they are so convenient for toting to a hobby store for a game. I had ideas on adding the goblins to an O&G army, but that never materialized. The Dwarfs are sitting here too ... maybe one day.
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Still the ever present basing to be done but the Boingrots have bounded.
Plus the whole Boingrot cavalry.
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Waagh! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Supplies in. Started basing and a bit of the Fort.
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A few more things.
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You've been busy! The grot cav crack me up!
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BOING!
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Too dark?
I had a blackstone in mind
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Decided to hit the gobbo t-pee while I was at it. Very nice, slow morning. Lots of reading interrupted by paint. May actually do something constructive later today.
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Supplies rec'd = productivity up! :icon_wink: :icon_cool:
I like the look of the gobo hut, and the dark stone walls of the fort. :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Not too dark. It looks cool. I've always wanted to paint a castle or ruins in the dark, wet, clingy look of the ruins in First Knight. Dark is awesome!
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Dark it remains!!
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Dark it remains!!
With some lighter stones for accents? Not to many, but to make it pop a little bit more?
Or you can add some plants to the walls? Like some ivy going up against it?
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Dark it remains!!
With some lighter stones for accents? Not to many, but to make it pop a little bit more?
Or you can add some plants to the walls? Like some ivy going up against it?
Great ideas! I think there a must
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Novogrod could have a decent point with having a few lighter stones. Not sure I'd make them all the same "lighter" color, maybe a few slightly dark gray, and a few being a shade in between black and slightly dark gray as well, or something like that.
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Walls with colour 😺
The last pic is what I did the other night. Just some dry brushing and shades
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Love all the progress Arto! Especially the dwarfs! :::cheers:::
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Thanks Steg! Can’t wait for the bases to arrive to finish them off. Still want to add the new models -cogsmith and runelord, not of which are really cool.
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Hmmm ...
Walls with colour
The last pic is what I did the other night. Just some dry brushing and shades
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Well that certainly adds color, although not quite what I was describing. :icon_wink:
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I had forgotten about the gate. If there was a way to get the walls to match the gate? And that cemetary in the background too! That looks cool! :::cheers:::
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And seen side by side with the way it was previously, it is quite the contrast.
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I do appreciate the look of this wall. :icon_cool: :eusa_clap:
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Just updating. Redid the Fort buffoonery. Started into the Stormcast as well.
Otherwise taking a page from the cats and relaxing.
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How are you painting the blue?
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How are you painting the blue?
Hopefully with a paintbrush ... ... .. :engel:
Day38 - Sunday June 7th.
No painting, but drilling and pinning. Working on my Halfling Cavalry and further repairs to broken minis.
Edit: Oops wrong thread :biggriin:
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How are you painting the blue?
Just the paldrons and the capes
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How are you painting the blue?
Just the paldrons and the capes
Despite my facetious attempt at a joke earlier, I think he meant what colours are you using - something straight out of the pot, or a mix?
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How are you painting the blue?
Just the paldrons and the capes
Despite my facetious attempt at a joke earlier, I think he meant what colours are you using - something straight out of the pot, or a mix?
:biggriin:
Ha!
Kantor blue out of the pot 😺
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I'll blame it on too much time relaxing with the cats. :icon_wink:
I like that color. Probably too dark for my Matoreans. I'm using Caledor Sky, which didn't turn out light blue on a white primer, but thankfully I'm satisfied wiht the look anyway.
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All hail the kitties!
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Dark it remains!!
With some lighter stones for accents? Not to many, but to make it pop a little bit more?
Or you can add some plants to the walls? Like some ivy going up against it?
Great ideas! I think there a must
I must say it looks better then in the first picture. It was a little to bright?
With the wash it looks much more realistic and the lighter colors add a realistic touch.
If you want some accents, you can always make a repaired point? Like and old breached point, that has been repaired with some bricks instead of some granite.
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New bases are in and the Duardin are making the transfer. I already posted these pics in the 100 days thread. Trying to keep them in order here 😺
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My mixed bag of warriors and miners all being longbeards now.
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More miners and some hero’s are based.
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My complete Duardin army as it stands. I bought a proper flame canon in a bid war that came down to the let 3 seconds. Had ideas of out converting that warmaster one but gave up on that idea. To much skill needed 😺 My names not Padre after all.
Will but the runelord and cogsmith to join in.
Now I’m building and not looking forward to painting those damnable shadow warriors. Built another 2 and that was enough for now. 4 of ten built now. Not sure why the big hang up with elves is all about.
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3 x ‘loonboss’s’ or something like it.
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Looking very good! :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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That army looks fantastic!
I'm going to use those goblins with clubs, together with fanatics. They look crazy enough to fit in :-)
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That army looks fantastic!
I'm going to use those goblins with clubs, together with fanatics. They look crazy enough to fit in :-)
Thanks! I always loved those club gobbos
What a great idea! I have 3 fanatics and that could double them. Definitely don’t need more Loonboss’s
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Awesome work!
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Looking fantastic!
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Great bunch of stunties. The Gobbos look sweet. Love those nutters.
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Thanks for all the positives Shark, Gankom , and Border😸
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Too cool loonies, woo hoo!
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The first 20 Gloomspite Shootas. Another 20 to go and 40 stabbas.
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Very nice! I'd type more but I van't realy see ,y keyboared
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Very nice! I'd type more but I van't realy see ,y keyboared
Thank you sir! I am curious about the invisible keyboard though 😺
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I was typing in bed and too lazy to get up and put a light on. If I bent the screen down to light up the keyboard, then I couldn't see the screen. But if I did not bend the screen down then I couldn't see the keyboard. Quite a dilemma (if born out of laziness!)
I am pleased to see that what I typed was nevertheless comprehensible.
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... ... ... and he was probably drunk too ... ... :engel:
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Pretty much gave up drink weeks ago. Without a pub in the equation there seems little point. I'll have a glass of wine watching a film at the weekend, and a bottle of beer was drunk on some of those stupidly hot nights, but it seems that I am at heart a social drinker!
So lonely. Reminds me of ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEaKX9YYHiQ
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Have been rethinking the fluff a bit. Before I was thinking of a port city of Matorea, a southeast town of Fort Stanley, and a north west town of Rubyville.
Too ambitious methinks.
I am reducing it to the province of Matorea, port city of Rubyville with the main feature being Fort Stanley with the Matorean Chamber nearby. So I have 2 cats out of 3 as namesakes, I need the 3rd represented and as they are rarely outside a 2 metre radius (social diets and all). So I was thinking of making a factory that produces mittens and exports them ( no wonder I’m not a budding entrepreneur) called the ‘Fluffy LaTouche Wool Mittens Export Inc’. Fluffy LaTouche being the formal name of cat 3 with mittens being its nickname.
Problem solved, all three in close quarters and no need for 3 locations as I can rearrange the terrain to include all features.
Just need the factory and a chamber.
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Now a complete Gloomspite army. Krasbog’s Gitz hits the tabletop.
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Hope the Matorea of the W:AoS world can muster enough troops to defeat those hordes! :icon_wink: :icon_lol:
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The armies are coming together very nicely!
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Liberators hit the deck and the flame cannon arrived.
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Ta da! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Really nice cannon!
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Really nice cannon!
Thanks GP and Realjuan.
I’m thinking of getting the big round base for the gun
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Yep, big base for big gun is the way to go! :::cheers:::
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I love that flame cannon. I have never seen the model before, but now I am liking the idea of sourcing one.
Is it a new model, plastic or an older model?
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I love that flame cannon. I have never seen the model before, but now I am liking the idea of sourcing one.
Is it a new model, plastic or an older model?
Old metal one. Never seen that type before the add on eBay. Midsski probable has all the details 😺
My son saw it today and says he remembers it. That would put it about 15 or so years ago.
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It is a classic dwarf model. :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Old metal one. Never seen that type before the add on eBay. Midsski probable has all the details 😺
My son saw it today and says he remembers it. That would put it about 15 or so years ago.
Who??
It is the later incarnation - around 2006 / 2007
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The older one from the 90s is probably something Padre remembers.
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I am not sure I have either complete actually.
I have a 'machines' bits box where I have all sorts of bits and bobs accumulated - mainly from Ebay - over the years.
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Quote Mids: Who??
You know - Midsski - your polish doppelgänger 😺
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Just noticed I put the dials on the wrong way according to the diagram 😺
These poor dudes are height challenged to begin with. Now they need a stepladder
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:icon_eek: Padre would make them one!
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I do recall the old one. But that newer one is ace! I really like it.
Artoban - re the dials. I do that sort of thing all the time. My Tilean steam tank was built back to front just because I turned it around at some point in the modelling. So stupid.
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Castigators up. Still not to fond of that name.
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I do recall the old one. But that newer one is ace! I really like it.
The old one fits the style of their previous incarnation of flame throwers. I don't have the old one, only the newer version.
It is a cool model, but games wise, not that good...
I do like the models and your colors. Much better then the blue and gold from GW, to flashy.
And their name reminds me of something...
...Castrates (Maybe it is just me.)
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I do recall the old one. But that newer one is ace! I really like it.
The old one fits the style of their previous incarnation of flame throwers. I don't have the old one, only the newer version.
It is a cool model, but games wise, not that good...
I do like the models and your colors. Much better then the blue and gold from GW, to flashy.
And their name reminds me of something...
...Castrates (Maybe it is just me.)
Thanks! There is something about that name for sure 😺
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Armies are looking fantastic and I also love the flame cannon. That's long been one of my favorite dawi models.
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Even I couldn’t stand the end product of the 100 days pic of the ballista. Touched them up to an acceptable tabletop quality I think.
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I've started getting the Mortal Realms part works. I'm thinking of making a Roman themed Stormcast army.
If being chained upside down for 20 years has taught me anything; its taught me to respect the Romans
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Finally after having a box of shadow warriors for (I’m gonna guess 12 years or more) I have got these ready to field. They will supplement my SC chamber with some flagellants and an excelsior war priest as the mortal contingent
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Great job on the elves
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Great job on the elves
Thanks! They were always a mental challenge as any elf is. 😺
The new elf spear men have a Roman look to them and I’m sure you can come up with a Roman looking Stormcast as well
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Just an update. I think I posted these on the hobby thread but getting it caught up here.
Evocators
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Are those hunters actually human faced under those masks? Or am I just not seeing that correctly.
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Are those hunters actually human faced under those masks? Or am I just not seeing that correctly.
Had me goin there for a minute. But the answer is no. Had to run downstairs and take a pic to be sure. Can’t see why you couldn’t paint flesh colour there as a conversion
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The hunters have hit the ground running. Rumour has it their pissed at Krasbog and looking for some git heads to roll, some squigs to deflate, and a (now) micro giant to dismember.
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I think I have decided the next army. I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a mawtribe with yetees, mournfang packs, frost sabres and gorgers with some gnoblars, scrap launcher, frost lord and huskard, butch, hunter and fire belly. Why? Love the models
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In the meantime, I’ll stick to models I own.
These are joining my skaven/beastmen/chaos Chaos Allegiance army. 2490 pts of GitStuffed’s clan of Rats and Beasts.
Probably a new name is needed as none of the above would be running around calling themselves members of the above.
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I think I have decided the next army. I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a mawtribe with yetees, mournfang packs, frost sabres and gorgers with some gnoblars, scrap launcher, frost lord and huskard, butch, hunter and fire belly. Why? Love the models
I loved the older ogres, unfortunately you can't find ogre with cannons or the like, expect some Marauder ones with cannons. Or on the back of giant warmammoths.
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I think I have decided the next army. I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a mawtribe with yetees, mournfang packs, frost sabres and gorgers with some gnoblars, scrap launcher, frost lord and huskard, butch, hunter and fire belly. Why? Love the models
I loved the older ogres, unfortunately you can't find ogre with cannons or the like, expect some Marauder ones with cannons. Or on the back of giant warmammoths.
Same. I just priced a vanguard of 1000 pts. A hunter, 8 frost sabres, 8 mournfang, 1 iron blaster, 6 yetees, 1 gorger. 500 + tax. May take awhile 😺
Just renamed GitStuffed’s Clan of Resentments 😺
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Rats, rats, and more rats!
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Ok. Time for a proper (if not smaller) bashin. Don’t feel like using the Fort just yet. This will be a vanguard of the mushroom popping squigs of Krasbog. I’ll call it his welcoming committee.
The Rubyville Auxiliaries are going out to meet them. Kind of on the outskirts of town. Some farms and what was a holy site that received the gentle attentions of our respectful local Gitz.
Protagonists: Rubyville Auxiliaries
Free guild General on a Griffon
Hand gunners - 10
Swordsman - 10
Spear men - 10
Flagellants - 10
Longbeards - 10
Hellblaster
Shadow warriors- 10
Antagonists : Krasbog’s Welcome Commitee
Loonboss on a giant Squig
Madcap Shaman
Shootas - 20
Stabbas - 20
Squig herd - 6
Squig herd - 6
Squig herd - 6
Boingrots - 5
Boingrots - 5
Rockgut Trolls - 3
Both at 990 pts using the total conquest battle plan. Now I have to set the damn thing up 😺
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Let the battle begin! :icon_mrgreen:
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The set up area of the field is divided from 0” to 24” on an angle along the 6’ length. Seeing as the Gitz have already renovated the holy building, they get to start in it. There are 4 objectives in roughly each corner. Time to fight it out. In The last battle, I think GP remarked how everyone seems to mob up. That was horrifying so I’ll do my best not to have that occur again.
Here we go
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GT 1 over.
Shadow warriors used their ability and showed up behind the ruins. Took out a Squig herd and then received a full on Boingrot charge. Those guys on the charge hurt little elflings! Between their stomp equivalent, charge attacks and battle shock, the unit evaporated.
The trolls came pounding out of the ruins into the swords men, reduced them to 2 guys. Overall, not a good start.
Used the hand of gork to move some more Boingrots to within charge radius of the longbeards but they failed their charge thankfully. Moved my grot shootas up to take possession of the objective.
Next!
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GT - 2 : Loonboss and the flagellants get into it. Both have taken major damage. Might retreat my boss outa there. 1 wound left.
Charged my free guild general into the trolls after shooting them up a bit with the hand rifles. Oh ya, they mopped up the swordsmen first and allowed me to shoot em. The trolls are down to one guy. No wounds on my general. That battle area’s perspective is changed again.
The Boingrots are coming up and that might change things.
My shootas moved up to ping away at the longbeards but the hellblaster made the difference. Chancing 3 barrels, gave em 5 wounds.
The other Boingrots smashed into the longbeards but they are a heck of a lot tougher than those elves. Took shooting, stomping, charge by Squig and rider and still 2 of them standing.
Hand of gork went nowhere this time. It’s going to have to happen next turn though.
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GT -3 - Freeguild General with the aid of the last 3 flagellants, take out the troll and Krasbog runs away. Still alive, he figured he’s worth more alive at this point. The Boingrots charge in but after inflicting 9 wounds are driven of by the General in a horrible case of battle shock. Still not close enough to take possession of the objective yet.
The last of the longbeards are laid low. And the Squig herd hiding behind the middle house makes a run for the hand gunners / objective. I think their fate is sealed as well.
The madcap shaman having to use his ability, gets hand of gork off and teleports the other Squig herd behind the hellblaster. It’s torn between 3 targets but must choose the herd behind them. 3 barrels and a misfire later, it sits still on the field. The shootas knock off 3 wounds and the misfire counts for 4. Not good. The hand gunners wheel about and take a shot at the teleported squigs and down 2. Not enough even with battleshock.
Score is Gitz 5 CoS 3
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GT - 4 - Krasbog’s keeps running behind the scuttlings. Quite ok with them being tenderized by the flagellants. The shaman flubs his arcane bolt and the crew hides successfully behind the gun again but it will do them no good when the squigs rush in. Making them snacks, they redirect towards the well objective. The Boingrots slam into the spear men killing 4 and sending 4 packing. Thought that was it but the spearmen got one wound off, finished one Boingrot and the rest fled in battle shock by rolling a 6. You never know.
Free guild general retreated to the most contested objective to wait out the battle and think about his near death experience.
Going to call it there with both generals still living and getting a taste for the enemy. Solid victory for the smelly grots 7-4 bug Krasbog is near death as well. Time to recoup and regroup.
I like the smaller groups I think and more objectives spread out the units. Doesn’t quite look like a metal mosh pit this time😺
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Over the weekend I decided to do away with the 2500 pt army’s. Too unwieldy and too many models. 1000 pt - 2000 pt will do. I can expand on the sub factions easier. Means more army’s but a more unified feeling.
Next up will be orruks and duardin at about 1900 pts each.
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There is something more manageable about 1,000 to 2,000 points. All kinds of scenarios can be created and fun can be had.
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Krasbog was really hurt. He was happy with the victory and thinking that he should expand his work. Time to bring in his good smashin buddy Shivertooth and his heavier fist while he healed and waited for the bulk of his Squig army to muster.
His plan was dead cunnin. Let Shivertooth maul the Duardin force, bleed himself silly and maybe if he was lucky, find his head rolling down the gutter. Nottin simpler. The survivors of both armies would make a fine bbq while they moved in.
The target area was a more densely urbanized section of Rubyville on its way to the Fort. Streets of Death should work here.
I’m planning 1900 points each but also thinking that’s a bit much for this new scenario. May cut it to 1000-1500 instead.
Using the Shattered City battle plan. 5 objectives. 1st player to reach 10 VP wins. 1-2 pts ahead minor victory, 3+ major. Each turn add up the wounds. Whoever has more wins 2 vp, if majority of objectives are owned, another 3 vp’s per turn.
May not get to this until the weekend.
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Streets of Death rules.
Duardin forces :
Lodge of the Maddening Whorl - Order - 1420 pts
Warden King - 1
Unforged - 1
Longbeards - 10
Longbeards - 10
Longbeards - 10
Longbeards - 10
Flame Cannon - 1
Thunderers - 10
Thunderers - 10
Doomseeker - 1
Doomseeker - 1
Doomseeker - 1
Doomseeker - 1
Orruk
Shivertooth’s Streamroller - Big Waagh - 1490 pts
War boss on a Wyvern
Warchanter
War boss
Orruks - 10
Orruks - 10
Orruks - 10
Orruks - 10
Ardboys - 10
Ardboys - 10
Ardfist Battalion
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The orcs must be the attackers?
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The orcs must be the attackers?
Yes!! As any ork worth his salt should be doing 😺
‘Smash em! Bash em! Turn em into pulp!’
Or so their lullaby goes
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A more urbanized area. Decided that since it was Duardin’s defending, it may as well be defending the steam powered generator 😺
This is an actual steam engine. It used to take water in the boiler, heated by a tray with fuel oil in it and it powered a type of anvil with a conveyor belt that is now lost. This was the type of toy from my childhood (where it showed up for Christmas one year about 45 - 50 years ago (!). Yes , a toy with oil fire and steam. What could go wrong?
Anyways, it’s now scenery on a table top. That large 40K type of building is a sub for ‘Fluffy LaTouche’s Tavern and Inn. Owned by the mother of General LaTouche that appeared in the last battle. That makes up the 3 names of my bloody cats that have shown up in the fluff.
In descending order, fluffy LaTouche (aka mittens) , ruby (as in Rubyville) and Stanley (as in Fort Stanley). Original? Not very but I was desperate for fluff names. This pic showed up somewhere else here I’m pretty sure
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Since it’s mainly an infantry battle, mostly infantry. Except that flame cannon. In an old village. Firing flames. What could go wrong? Similar to the story as to why the fuel oil for the steam engine was taken away quickly.
Shivertooth’s Miscreants
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The Lodge of the Maddening Whorl
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Slight change in the layout.
That steam engine will sub as an arcane item - Trove of Arcane Glory - any wound or mortal wound within 6” is negated with a 5+
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Turn 1 -
longbeards in the center move and charge the ardboys along with a doomseeker. Shivertooth charges in as well. Only the doomseeker with 2 wounds and the ardboy boss left and of course Shivertooth.
Flame cannon got 2 wounds off on the ardboys. 1 intitial and 1 spread. Thunderers got 1 wound off on the same ardboys.
mom hindsight, I should have left the longbeards to defend and maybe benefit from the arcane powers.
The orruks moved up both flanks and failed to set the leading house on fire.
Now the longbeards can move in at their pleasure 😺
also forgot the initial set up was with another 20 orruks so I threw in a few more.
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Its looking awesome in here and looking forward to seeing how the battle goes!
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Its looking awesome in here and looking forward to seeing how the battle goes!
Thanks!!
Was just looking at starting gt2 but got talking to my son and built 2 more furies lol
Maybe tomorrow 😺
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Thanks for sharing these pics. It is great to see gaming like this going on.
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Thanks for sharing these pics. It is great to see gaming like this going on.
Thanks very much! Definitely need to work on scenery but the good thing about playing both sides is I can’t lose.
Unlike the reality of my former gaming circle where I new everything about losses 😺
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GT 2 finally.
All along the front, the Duardin advance. The longbeards and a doomseeker move into the residence on the south flank, make some tea and hunker down while a swarm of spear orks surrounded the house and started poking every opening with their pigstikkers. This downed one dwarf. The first pic is missing the longbeards and doomseeker by the objective. In hindsight, I should have left the doomseeker seeing how hard they are to hurt and should have defended the objective. Bad lack of Duardin fluff. The war boss came running around and stared disapprovingly at just the objective and no fight.
A doomseeker made his way close enough to charge Shivertooth and does so. Meanwhile my general did nothing but die and the unit champ hacked some bits off the wyvern. The flame cannon added some fire but it burnt out quickly. All in all, Shivertooth was substantially hurt. 6 wounds out of 11 and only GT2. Oh well, better than the thane.
An orruk mob charged the slayer and doomseeker who had moved up on the north flank and were surprised at their inability to be hurt. Battleshock and a not so surprising bundle of condensed anger that was unleashed on them decimated the mob.
In the centre, the ardboys saw another doomseeker and gave him his wish. The thunderers dropped 2 of them. The ork archer boys tried to heat up the ensconced Duardin’s tea but failed again to set it alight.
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Come on Dawi, you can pull it out!
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Great looking setup! Go good guys!
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Thanks guys!
I’ll try to get gt3 in soon
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GT 3 is still unfinished but the big hitters of the new Slaves of Darkness army are ready to grind souls. I guess I’ll need some bases for them. My son will supply the battle line units and lord. I’ll through in these 2 plus the warcry units.
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Excellent! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Looking great!
But somehow I always wondered why these beasts didn't sink in to the ground with those sharp tips.
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Thanks!
He’s going for the unmarked chaos so I tried to mix the 4 chaos colours
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It just occurred to me ... are those soul grinders for both fantasy and 40K?
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Yes to the above question.
Raptoryx added to the chaos army
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Nicely done! :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Mind sharing the recipe? And looks like the wing dots were a light green topped with purple? Curious which color blue was used too.
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Thanks!
lol. Close up they look horrendous 😺
My guys always need to be looked at from 2x’ it seems.
The blue is an ink I got for the Tzeentch army maybe 12-13 years ago. Also the pink but I don’t remember how I acquired them.
The dots are gold, green black. There’s also 2 purple washes, and green wash
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Furies make the list.
Started on the iron golems
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You've made those chaos creatures look really good! :eusa_clap: :::cheers::: Put all my Warcry stuff together in one spot this past weekend, except for the scenery pieces that I am working on that are laid out on a cardboard box top. This Warcry really seems like a neat game, and I am looking forward to starting on my Corvus Cabal figures asap, so they can at least be used this summer with my nephews for RPGing.
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The Chaos continues. Bases for the grinders. Starting to get into the Chaos curve. 😺
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I like the bases. :icon_cool: :eusa_clap:
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Thanks! I actually ordered 4 bases for the 2 I need and found I ordered undersized bases. Still used them though. Bring on the game police!
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:icon_lol: :icon_cool: :::cheers:::
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The chaos Slaves to Darkness army grows. Untamed Beasts next.
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you are getting stuff done! The deep dark red armor really works. I've had my eyes on some of the warcry chaos dudes for a while now, just not followed through. some could fit into the weirdest parts of the old world.
Does the soulgrinder kit come with an alternative arm for that monstrous mechanized claw? I'd really want to include one in an old-fashioned daemon army from a gameplay point of view but, the visuals just don't work for me.
Keep adventuring!
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Thanks very much!!
I think the claw is standard but I’m trying to recall from 13/14 years ago. They kicked around for a long time in my Tzeentch colours before I redid them in the unmarked colours. I think I made them to switch to 40K if need be. I never did the 40K Tzeentch army though.
The blade/gun and the claw we’re definitely interchangeable.
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Well the blue on the handles helps tie those Warcry dudes in with the blue flying creatures. :icon_wink: :::cheers:::
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The Untamed Beasts are finished I think. I kinda liked the way they turned out and now my warcry bands are finished. My son just rounded out a 1970 pt list by adding 16 more chaos warriors and a mindstealer sphiranx. The lord and the first batch of warriors are arriving this weekend to paint. He also said his next drop will be the Idoneth Deepkin and also asked what I would like for my next army. (!!!!!!)
Of course I had an immediate answer - ogres 😺
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Your painting style has improved wonderfully, congrats! :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Your painting style has improved wonderfully, congrats! :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Thanks very much!
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The Slaves to Darkness army so far. I am enjoying the chaos army far more than I had though I would before.
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Love that armor, everyones looking fantastic!
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Love that armor, everyones looking fantastic!
Thanks!
My son is delivering 10 warriors and a lord tomorrow. I can get working on that phase next. Still to come are the knights, 16 more warriors, a mindstealer Sphyranx and a gaunt summoner. That should bring the army to 1950.
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First 2 battle line warriors done. And the army grows.
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Loving the looks of this force, congrats! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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Loving the looks of this force, congrats! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
Thanks!!
It’s been a very fun army to do. Another 16 warriors and 5 knights are on there way soon as well 😺
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The lord and Sphyranx are done.
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Great stuff, and love your interpretation of these dudes! :icon_biggrin: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::
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That Mindstealer Sphiranx is incredibly striking.
Old Stonebeard
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Thanks very much GP and Stonebeard.
These chaos models are a joy to work with. Having a lot of fun with them
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Great job.
Is the Defiler/Soulgrinder still in production? I havnt seen one in years
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Thanks! Those soulgrinders are about 13 years old. They still have a warscroll but I havnt checked the production of them
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Test
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Nope. Can’t copy links to pics from Wordpress anymore. After last iPhone update I can’t copy/paste links here anymore.
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Wonder what that's all about. Has Apple gone down the way of keeping folks from posting photos?
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Wonder what that's all about. Has Apple gone down the way of keeping folks from posting photos?
I’m trying to go through settings to see if I have to change something. Hopefully that’s all it is
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Can copy/paste to notes etc on the phone. Can’t copy to safari app like this site or TGA site either. Will figure this crap out yet
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Hmmm ... not familiar with apple phones here. Is there a way to get your photos uploaded on to a computer, and then see if that route can bring the photos to the site here?
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Hmmm ... not familiar with apple phones here. Is there a way to get your photos uploaded on to a computer, and then see if that route can bring the photos to the site here?
Excellent plan. Will try
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Now I need to finish my new work room lol. May need a few months for that. Everything packed from last move and the room is an unfinished area of the basement.
I was not expecting to be able to post pics again.
I have ogres, new 40K punishers and other assorted stuff that has never been catalogued lol
And yes, that is my youngest cat 🐱
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Welcome back! :biggriin: :::cheers:::
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Welcome back! :biggriin: :::cheers:::
👍 :::cheers:::
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Glad to see the activity!