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2016/02/18 06:14:38
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ blog (Update 18th February - Bases WIP 2)
@Mad - It really does, having everything look uniform is just the business!
@EDC - All about dat base, no rebels
Update: sorry another army shot, I brought a commander so quickly put him together.
Spoiler:
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IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
They are looking really nice Knightley. Did you magnetize the drones? I hate flying stands. I really like the subtleness, I know I said that about your kroot but the scheme just looks great together. Need a storm surge just for kicks and looks
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2016/02/22 00:06:59
Subject: Re:-Crisp & Grey- A NZ blog (Update 22nd February - Bases WIP 3)
Didn't magnetize the drones, the magnets I have a lot of are pretty weak and the drones ended up being to top heavy to work as well as I wanted to, so for now they are plug and play. I'll think on the stormsurge, its a costly kit so perhaps as a treat for myself
Update: Had a great game vs Mad yesterday, Chaos demons vs Nids, plenty of hilarity and death on both sides, he eked out a win. I have some pics so will see what I can do about a battle report for you all, in the mean time, dry brushed all the rocks on the bases (this actually took a while, trying as hard as I could not to get bone on the black parts of the models wasn't easy.
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Nice Tau army, Knightley! Now you need a Stormsurge to round it out...
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/7/24, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~16000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Imperial Knights: ~2300 | Leagues of Votann: ~1300 | Tyranids: ~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000 | Kruleboyz: ~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: ~700
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2024: 40 | Total models painted in 2025: 21 | Current main painting project: Warhammer 40k Leviathan set
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: You need your bumps felt. With a patented, Grotsnik Corp Bump Feelerer 9,000.
The Grotsnik Corp Bump Feelerer 9,000. It only looks like several bricks crudely gaffer taped to a cricket bat.
Grotsnik Corp. Sorry, No Refunds.
2016/02/22 06:48:08
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ blog (Update 22nd February - Bases WIP 3)
@Gits - Quick recap below, I really should take better notes when gaming.
@Zerg - Yeah, agreed need another focal point to the army
@Mad - Agreed, I had a ton of fun, i've only played demons a couple of times so it was nice to try them out again. Perhaps next month?
Update: Recap of the game below C&C welcome
Spoiler:
Scouring 1500p Nids vs Tzeentch demons
Swarmlord + 2 Guard
Tervigon
Zoanthrope
Venomthrope
Exocrine
4x Rippers
Mawloc
Spore pod
Dakkafex
3 warriors cannon 2 x devourers
Lictor
5 x Genestealers
2 x Heralds psyker 3 disc gift
Demonprince wings, pskyer 3 gift
Kairos
3 x 11 man horrors
1 x soul grinder
Four point obj in his half in some area terrain, Mad sits the warriors on it, 2p near tervigon 2p near middle horrors, 3p in open near bastion, 3p near silo. 1p near grinder
Deployment
Demons first,
I boost up Kairos and the Demon Prince, I then Zoidberg the Soul grinder sideways to get a shot on a lone stealer, why not Zoidberg?
Psyhic phase, try to summon one group, fail, manage to summon a group of horrors, perils, lose D6 warp charges, roll 5, argh! DP screams at swarmy manages 2 wounds on a LD 10 model, but applied to the Guard instead
shooting winds of chaos roll up khorne, D6 wounds and hit 4 units I think, manage to kill the Venomthrope as it ignores cover!
Grinder shoots at one stealer who dies, thats all.
Nids first
Mad charges swarmy up and runs to add some distance. Tervigon and Zoan move up but keeps a toe in cover, spawns gaunts, doesn't cork.
Lictor bursts out of ruins, shoots at horrors, fails warriors fire at the same squad take down 1 or 2.
Exocrine shoots at kairos, rips him down to 2 wounds....
Lictor charges horrors loses combat by 1.
Demons Second
Zoiberg the grinder back the way it came. Horrors beat the lictor, did not expect that.
Both DP and Kairos 90 degree turn and vector strike swarmy but fail to do anything, DP screams at warriors, does 1 wound
Try summoning again, get one group in, deepstrike back feild, then summon flamers near gaunts, try summon more horros, perils, same as before lose 5 warpcharges, right not doing summoning first again. Warp storm table, get to place a unit! yay place them near tervigon.
Flame the gaunts, leaving 1 alive, but with FNP now (passed toughness test like a boss)
Nids second
Pod + Dakkafex come down on open objective and shoot up the lictor killing horrors weight of fire includes warriors only 4 left now, rippers land near exocrine.
Tervigon spawns 16 gaunts, but corks :( those gaunts charge the horrors in front of them, tervigon shoots at the flamers, does a wound.
Stealers charge the back feild horrors, whiff the rolls and we stay in combat.
Exocrine shoots at DP takes him down to 2 wounds (this thing is on point for shooting in the air) Swarmy tried to charge the backfeild horrors but fails the charge distance.
Demons third
Crab shuffle the grinder forwards a little bit, shoot at swarmy but no damage. Kairos tries vector striking tervi fails, DP tries vector striking Exocrine fails. Back feild horrors summon demonettes near the exocrine horrors near the 1p objective summon bloodletters. Horrors in CC with gaunts start to get melted but stick with 2 alive
Flamers hit zoan give it +1 fnp, then charge in and do a wound 4 remaining horrors manage a backfield summon near 4p objective, kill a stealer in CC lose 1 in return
Warpstorm comes through again, I get to place another unit, so good!
Nids third
Mawloc hits the demonettes and kill 4 and can be places (thanks to spreading out)
CC'd gaunts wipe out the horrors, swarmy detaches and tries to assault the bloodletters, fails charge. Rippers charge and kill the horrors but take some wounds in return.
stealers end up on one model left. Zoan gets taken out by the flamers.
Demons 4th
DP flies forwards and screams at the tervigon doing 2 wounds, Horrors leave the 2p objective and charge the pod, and do nothing, but at least it can't shoot now.
Demonettes hit exocrine and do nothing lose 2 in response but at least it can't shoot
Left most herald detaches and heads for the 2p objective in my half.
Finally take out the last stealer, yay. Flamers move closer to the gaunts and flame them, also giving them +1 FNP (seriously guys...) Bloodletters charge the gaunts and do a bit of damage.
I have so many horror units its rediculous, summon a herald and a unit of bloodletters near the 4p obective.
Group of horrors near the 4p charge in and... almost die, leaving 1 alive yay horrors!
Warp storm giving me a 4+ invun oh yeah!
Nids 4th
Mawloc goes back in to reserves Rippers screen the warriors but don't get far enough across to stop a flank.
exocrine kills another demonette.
Warriors wipe the remaining horror away elect not to move anywhere. Termingants finally die to the bloodletters.
The pod kills a horror, the take stability and roll snakes eyes and get the unit back to full health!
Demons 5th
SUMMON THE BLOODTHIRSTER! it might be to little to late, but I need the power. 3 x Horrors charge the dakkafex eat the overwatch and die, full group charges in and do nothing, but at least it can't shoot Detached herald heads north to try get closer to the 4p objective Blood letters multi assault the warriors and rippers
Flamers charge the lone termingant. Horrors charge the tervigon and do nothing. Horrors charge the tyrant gaurd and manage to pull them off the 3p objective and do a wound! (at this point only swarmy is not in combat, every other unit is in close combat, hows that for irony)
Demonettes are down to 2 models on the 3hp exocrine
Warpstorm strikes me down giving me a 6+ invunerable save, I guess the gods a fickle huh?
Nids 5th
Mawloc tries hitting a full group of horrors scatters onto ruins does nothing, Swarmy heads back to the 2p objective incase he's required. Exocrine manages to kill the remaining demonettes. Swarmy charges the bloodletters and butchers 2 of them.
The pod and the dakkfex continue to slowly grind through horrors.
Game end on a roll of a 2 and Mad wins the day 9p to 5p a very very enjoyable game with so much random thrown in.
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
@Mad - Yeah I'm sure there is some things that I forgot or put in the wrong turn, but we get the jist of it
@EDC - Thanks man!
Update: Bases done as best I can, anyone who had a foot off the dirt didn't have grass applied, so those how had both feet on dirt have grass applied
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
@Gits - Turn 7 is game over man, game over! If you didn't notice we just got our asses handed to us man!
Update: Remaining Kroot warriors started! almost there..
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
@M.K - Shouldn't do I can see the light at the end of the Kroot tunnel
@Solar - Cheers, Should get these all done this week all going well.
Update: took the Kroot to the barber, got their hair done
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Cheers Graven, dedication to the hobby I think is the overarching way here, I would go cross eyed if all I had to paint was Kroot.
Update: onto the metals, ran out of time to finish all of them.
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Update: Yay, finished! Just the Hounds and Ox left to do and all Kroot are done!
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Look great Knightley, rank and file is always boring. I think you stole my peacocking highlights with that grey and black combo Love the bases and cheers mate!
2016/03/02 04:40:38
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ blog (Update 2nd March - Kroot Batch 3 Done)
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/7/24, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~16000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Imperial Knights: ~2300 | Leagues of Votann: ~1300 | Tyranids: ~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000 | Kruleboyz: ~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: ~700
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2024: 40 | Total models painted in 2025: 21 | Current main painting project: Warhammer 40k Leviathan set
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: You need your bumps felt. With a patented, Grotsnik Corp Bump Feelerer 9,000.
The Grotsnik Corp Bump Feelerer 9,000. It only looks like several bricks crudely gaffer taped to a cricket bat.
Grotsnik Corp. Sorry, No Refunds.
2016/03/02 06:43:26
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ blog (Update 2nd March - Kroot Batch 3 Done)
@Solar - Not quite yet, want to finish up the last of the kroot then I might go on to the drones next
Update: Started on the hounds and the Ox
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Quick question, did your Kroot have a lot of mold lines on them when you were putting them together? Mine sure as hell did, took a while to clean them up and I still missed a few that I will really need to fix before I try to paint them. Looking forward to the hounds and Krootox!
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/7/24, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~16000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Imperial Knights: ~2300 | Leagues of Votann: ~1300 | Tyranids: ~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000 | Kruleboyz: ~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: ~700
Check out my P&M Blogs: ZergSmasher's P&M Blog | Imperial Knights blog | Board Games blog | Total models painted in 2024: 40 | Total models painted in 2025: 21 | Current main painting project: Warhammer 40k Leviathan set
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: You need your bumps felt. With a patented, Grotsnik Corp Bump Feelerer 9,000.
The Grotsnik Corp Bump Feelerer 9,000. It only looks like several bricks crudely gaffer taped to a cricket bat.
Grotsnik Corp. Sorry, No Refunds.