Rollin rollin rollin...

Does this happen every page transition, or only sometimes? I cleared the thread cache both times recently, but maybe this thread is just testing Dakka's plog outer limits

While I prefer a dread, a 5-man deathwatch does sound really cool, especially if one of the members can be from the Tranquility campaign

 RiTides wrote:
Rollin rollin rollin...

Does this happen every page transition, or only sometimes? I cleared the thread cache both times recently, but maybe this thread is just testing Dakka's plog outer limits

While I prefer a dread, a 5-man deathwatch does sound really cool, especially if one of the members can be from the Tranquility campaign

Maybe to celebrate 500 pages you should get the MW a new bug-free thread!

Gits - I want a big "Brain Boy Squad" and then I will buy them off you!..lol

So we had a large narrative campaign a while back and their was some time issues that came into play and the brain boys came into play - Gits made one which was really good. I do not know if you posted it or not. It is an awesome model.

Happens every time. Can't find a pic of the brain boy. Yes, have a LR or two, pred too (old and new).

If it's a celebratory piece, then it should be something unique. Like a standard/banner barer.

I'll take suggestions for the rest of the day, then make a final list for people to vote on.

Hate to add more to your plate, Gits... but it might help to have a current list/picture of your Mantis Warriors.

I second that you should do a contemptor dread for your Mantis Warriors. Either that or a Deathwatch Kill Team

I'm going to vote for a superheavy. I think a Fellblade would look pretty killer.


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Ramos Asura wrote:*coughWarlordTitancough*

Gitsplitta wrote:I do have one of those... wouldn't be very Mantis Warriory though. I'm going to paint it to match my knights (Mars Households).



So let's re-phrase this to be clear and hopefully to elicit some more comments.

You guys pick my 500 page commemoratory project. Anything marine within reason. If I don't have it, I'll get it.


Have at it!

Wait, you have a Warlord?

Sorry no... the middle one.


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 Anpu-adom wrote:
Hate to add more to your plate, Gits... but it might help to have a current list/picture of your Mantis Warriors.

List .. picture would be have to be giant sized to pick out individual units..
Chapter master would be cool though the fluff supports his Head Libby actually assuming the role after the Badab misunderstanding. He has a cool new figure from Sigur for that.
so how about an Honor guard for him. Something of the Best of the best of the best of show. This will allow you do do something special and give your commander some heavy punchers. Can be kitted out with cool conversions.

So... a command squad of some sort? Can I do thar lagally with a librarian?

you have to check the IA books on that

 Gitsplitta wrote:
So... a command squad of some sort? Can I do thar lagally with a librarian?

Command squads (and honor guard for that mater) are just elite picks these days. No reason they can’t hang with the libbies.

Looking through my codex now. Of the two squads, I think the command squad has more interesting possibilities.


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I can take pics tomorrow night.

I'd very much like to see a mantis warrior dreadnought! or a command squad with a banner included in the squad :-) and if you don't do a mantis dreadnought I might have to see what's in my bits box lol

Well, Solar_lion beat my head in with something called a Skyhammer Annihilation formation last night. Guys in my local group say it's no big deal but it took out 1/3 of my army in turn 1 & I never recovered after that. I did try the 10th company formation, interesting... it's worth more experimentation.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Well, Solar_lion beat my head in with something called a Skyhammer Annihilation formation last night. Guys in my local group say it's no big deal but it took out 1/3 of my army in turn 1 & I never recovered after that. I did try the 10th company formation, interesting... it's worth more experimentation.

While not an auto-win button, the skyhammer formation is very strong. 40k is stratifying into different levels of competitiveness, and it’s up there with some of the shenanigans that Eldar can pull.

I like the 10th company formation myself. You trade ObSec for some neat little buffs. It lets you be a little more aggressive with the scout bikers (jink+shrouded=life) and snipers tend not to move all game, so keep it. The precision shots is gravy IMHO, but has some potential if you get lucky.

Speaking of formations, how are your MW doing for qualifying for them? Do you have enough tranquility sternguard to do a 1st company formation?

I not a believer in the 'auto win'. The formations are beatable. I even managed to beat YB wraith host last week, though it took me 3 game to do it. In a way you have to ' get lucky' meaning that one has to have the list aligned to take on the ' cheese' Sometimes I had the tools other times none at all ( last time fighting Gits 4 Knight and a YB's Wraithost )

When you don't have the tools in your list your fighting a losing battle before the first dice throw. Add in all the randomness as the game progresses and you find yourself in frustration.

I don't have to win I just have to have the ability to win. The rest is on me, decisions I make and the luck of my dice. The only game I dislike are the ones where I was never gonna be in the game and its only curb stomp. Uber cheese and WAAC I'll pass on. I don't mind fighting a tough opponent and don't mistake being frustrated as not having a good game.

and... I'll find a way to beat the 4 knight list just be patient.

Thanks for the game. It was interesting to use this formation and see you use the 10th comp. in a real game. Look forward to coming up this fall for big game with the boys!

This pic is so metal...



Nice work

@insaniak: Thanks mate, like that one myself.

@Nev: To be fare to SL, I really didn't grok what was coming my way even though he did explain it to me at the beginning. Had I taken the mental time to sort it out, I could have lessened (though not eliminated) their initial impact on my forces. I've actually drawn up a list that utilizes that formation (and 3 others) in a way that I think is much less objectionable while still taking advantage of it's special abilities. It's not a "competitive" build, but should be fun to play without being horrible for my opponent to play against. I need to paint up a squad's worth of figures to accomplish it though (various sorts).

As far as formations go... I think the only marine formations I can do are the 10th company and the flyer one. I don't think I have enough duplicates of most other things. I *might* be able to do the TFC/whirlwind formation if I can find & paint up a couple of launchers, but I only have 2 rhino hulls painted up so I'm pretty limited on anything requiring that frame.


What I have (built and painted)...

HQ: A bunch... too many to go through.

Elites:
10x tactical terminators (old metal)
4 normal dreads & a FW iron clad
sternguard

Troops:
2x tac squads + 2 rhinos/razorbacks (Mk-1)
20 sniper scouts + a few heavy weapons
10 cc scouts w/ 2 LS Storms

Fast Attack:
2 storm talons
5 scout bikes
10 assault marines
2 LS / LS Typhoons
3 drop pods

Heavy:
siccaran venator
Mk-1 LR
Mk-1 vindi
2 TFC
various devs (1 squadish, maybe two)
2 grav cent units

Imperial Fortifications:
aegis wall w/ quad gun
bastion (basic paint, not finished)

Boy, that's not a lot. I keep hoping I've forgotten something...


So... this (see pic) plus the flyers, venator and cents.

I'm still voting for a Land Raider, oh and the termi squad to ride in it

Hi gang! Back at home. Thanks for being patient over the last couple of days but I was travelling for work so my ability to post cohesive thoughts was curtailed. Went back and tallied all the votes. Looks like the most popular things fall into 4 categories. I'll list each and tell you what I've either got or would be willing to get. The next "round" picks the category only.

Dreadnought: 4 votes
I have a relic contemptor, a daredo & a chaplain dread. All FW. I also have a standard iron clad.

Deathwatch/Command Squad: 4 votes
I'm not inclined to make a deathwatch squad as there's really nothing mantis warriory about it save for a couple of helmets and shoulder pads. I would be willing to do a command squad however. I'm meh on the honor guard from a playing standpoint but I'd be willing to do that as well.

Fortification: 3 votes
I have a partially completed bastion, a couple of the 20-shot automated gun emplacements and a void shield generator. It's a knock-off but you couldn't get a real one for love or money and everyone around here just proxies them anyway. If I did a fortification, I'd fancy it up nicely for the MW. I might be willing to get a fortress...

Land Raider: 2 votes
I have two Mk-1 land raiders and would be willing to get a modern one to paint up for my modern MW. Perhaps even something special from FW.


So, those are your categories. Please pick your top two... second choices will influence the tie-breaker. Polling closes late tomorrow night. This is a clean slate, so you are free to vote as you wish.



I'll be doing some MW painting of my own. Got the bug I guess & I want to try some things and I hate proxying models. I'll be doing 2 SMs with heavy bolters, 2 assault marines with flamers and 2 basic assault marines. All Mk-6 armor (so they match the rest)... I may even do an assault marine as a tranquility vet just for RiTides. I also will be finishing up a couple of ML scouts and touching up the green on all of my scouts as the current color doesn't match the color of the rest of the army.

Well a fancy FW land raider is the closest I'll get to superheavy, so I guess that.

Yeah, I'm with WM on this. An Ares or a Spartan or something would be amazeballs.

Gitsplitta wrote:I'll be doing some MW painting of my own. Got the bug I guess & I want to try some things and I hate proxying models. I'll be doing 2 SMs with heavy bolters, 2 assault marines with flamers and 2 basic assault marines. All Mk-6 armor (so they match the rest)... I may even do an assault marine as a tranquility vet just for RiTides. I also will be finishing up a couple of ML scouts and touching up the green on all of my scouts as the current color doesn't match the color of the rest of the army.

Yes that would be amazing to see a Tranquility veteran!

On the voting, is it a clean slate or adding to the totals above? I vote dreadnought, then fortification (finishing your bastion, gun emplacement, or void shield generator, whatever is more useful). Same for the dread, I prefer a Contemptor but want you to go for whatever type is most useful to you.

I may have started the deathwatch suggestion, but if you aren't keen on that I put my vote on command squad. Then Fortification as a second choice.

Clean vote. Amended previous post.

I’ll vote command squad, dread. But anything would be cool.

I'll vote for Dread, then command squad.

Whatever you're going to paint next, we already know that it's going to be awesome!

I vote for anything with a flag on it.

Actually something in your fortification section might be useful for your campaign against that inquisitor... with a flag on it.

It's your dreadnought that got me hooked on this painting and modelling blog five years ago, so it'd be cool to see some more.

Last call. Polls close in an hour!

I'll just reiterate my vote for the Contemptor. Would be a pretty sweet addition to the crusade!

I vote contemptor, it'd be awesome to see one painted up/converted? into the Mantis Warrior aesthetic

Hey Gits, love the chaplain. The pool of skulls does it for me. How pointlessly awesome.

I think a command squad would be practical, but offer some cool opportunities. The Chapter Champion would be neat, standard bearer. I think you could do it solidly.

With a good set of distinctive bits an honor guard would be rad too.

Looks like the venerable contemptor wins walking away! I love me some dreads.


Thanks for participating everyone. The enthusiasm for the fancy squad and the fortification surprised me. I'll start the clean-up and build on the dread tomorrow.

Oh yes, that Contemptor is going to be sweet . Maybe some nice dirt on its feet like on the bottom edge of your rhinos... Looking forward to seeing the pose.

Yay! Contemptor!

ACK!!!! thats what i get for sleeping instead of being on the forums. Oh well, a contemptor is still something id like to see all finished up in MW colors.

Since I don't have anything new to post... I thought I'd entertain you with a few pretty pictures from last week's battle with Solar_lion.


Here's his cheesefest... I mean army list. Yellow is a very appropriate color I think (just sayin')




Here are my sacrificial lambs... First time I tried the 10th company formation... proved to be well worth it's points. Bloody flyer formation didn't show up until T4. As you can see it wasn't a weak list (nemesis formation, knight), but it wasn't much of a challenge for the Lamenters.




Here we are at the end of my turn 1. We played on a long 8' table just for giggles. I was deploying on the left, though because of the scouts/infiltrators and SL's very sparse deployment (3 razorbacks on the far end and a devastator squad in the building on the right, just behind my GK), I really had the run of the table. 4 units of shrouded sniper scouts deployed on 4 of 6 maelstrom objectives. Knight deployed back up against a building to protect itself from being shot it the back & nemesis formation dropped near scout bikes on right. Had hoped to place them in a secure enough place that gunning them down would be difficult. I was wrong. You can see my scouts in the foreground sitting on one of RiTides ModCube objective markers. We absolutely LOVED using them. Makes the whole mysterious objective thing completely brainless.




This was the aftermath of Solar's alpha-strike. Dreadknight, terminators, warlord and 4 of 5 scout bikes obliterated in one shooting phase.




One of the few really interesting elements of the game. A hotly contested objective #5 being battled over on top of a ruined skyway by my scouts & SL's assault squad. SL eventually took them down with the aid of his sergeant's power fist.

Disclaimer .. the pic of my army is not WYSIWYG. The Devs were all Grav Cannons and thus the reason for the hurt. The RB were all TLLC.

Skyhammer was a brutal formation . However the 2+ cover save for the scouts was equally amazing. I poured tons of shots into them and could not kill them. The only scout squad I did kill is with the assault squad

Will be using this formation against the dreaded wraithhost for sure!

And yes the Mod cubes were bloody fantastic. Easy to keep track of what each objective was!

Serious MODcube jealousy here can't wait to get my sets.

Both armies look fantastic. The lamenters really stand out with their yellowness.

Awesome pictures Gits, so cool to see two really well painted armies facing off!

Thanks for the awesome ModCube pic definitely will be using that! I actually still owe Gits his normal ModCubes, I promise I haven't forgotten you guys . There will be an update tomorrow or Wed showing the last of the set designs, and my packing/shipping reinforcements (AKA slave labor) also arrive on Wednesday. Once the "first to ship" tier is out I'll be making an update showing the cubes in use, as a few local folks got to try them out at the Nova Open, too

You'll get him next time, Gits! Maybe with the help of that shiny new Contemptor...

I can see you putting the Mother-in-Law to work packing cubes, RiTides... "You want to hold the baby? Just three more orders..."

I value my life too much for that, Anpu

Gits, are you going to convert the Contemptor at all or more of a straight-up build? I don't think they need anything but just curious . Looking forward to watching it come together!

 RiTides wrote:
Awesome pictures Gits, so cool to see two really well painted armies facing off!

You'll get him next time, Gits! Maybe with the help of that shiny new Contemptor...

I think out of the last 4 I've only bested him once and your comforting him? Yeeesssch!

 Theophony wrote:
Serious MODcube jealousy here can't wait to get my sets.

I KNOW !!!!

 Theophony wrote:
Both armies look fantastic. The Lamenters really stand out with their yellowness.

Thanks.... Ironicly,Green and gold is a Wisconsin thing.

 Solar_lion wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
Both armies look fantastic. The Lamenters really stand out with their yellowness.

Thanks.... Ironicly,Green and gold is a Wisconsin thing.

That thought had occurred to me as well. "Go Pack Go!" as the natives would say.


I'm having a really crappy week... karmic wheel rolling over me a bit I guess. Anyway, this will pass. Did make just the slightest bit of progress on my last two scout missile launchers. They're the last MW project to finish up before I begin the dread.

@RiTides: I'm not sure. I'm thinking it'll probably be a straight-up build, but I honestly won't know for certain until I start putting it together (that's kind how I roll when it comes to building).

It'll be great.. Hope the back half of the week gets better

Have some good karma Gits, I try and collect as much as I can in case someone else needs a pick me up! :-)

That stucks mate. Must be the time of year or something, I had a god awful day at work!

Finally got a chance to get some painting done. Finished up my last two scout MLs.

The scouts are looking good

Thanks War Kitten. They aren't very fancy, but I took a lot more time blending the armor than I usually would so I'm pretty satisfied. Now that this project is clear, I can start thinking seriously about the relic contemptor.

In the picture of your battlereport containing the assault Marines and your two scouts, does the top one happen to be Sgt Telion?

I really like the missile launcher pose. In fact I think the heavy bolter scout is one of the best marine sculpts floating around. But back on topic. I like the two final scouts. Hopefully they will do you some good and bring down an Inquisitor.

Stormwall wrote:In the picture of your battlereport containing the assault Marines and your two scouts, does the top one happen to be Sgt Telion?

Yes. Now that I have my own chapter rules (thanks to FW), I can't run him officially any more... however I still use him if I need a bolt-gun armed sergeant. Here's the fully painted fig.

Archer wrote:I really like the missile launcher pose. In fact I think the heavy bolter scout is one of the best marine sculpts floating around. But back on topic. I like the two final scouts. Hopefully they will do you some good and bring down an Inquisitor.

There is always hope. Yorkright and I hope to get our game in at some point. Now that I'm not able to attend our normal 40k club night with any regularity it's a bit difficult, but I think we'll get something worked out soon. It was nice to settle down and get some good painting done last night. I really felt like it for the first time in a long time & while the scouts aren't complicated... I think the neatness of the paintjobs and care in the blending speaks to my finally settling down and getting into a "painting mood" again. We've got our summer tournament series final event in a couple of weeks. Have to decide if I want to try and paint up something special for that (though it may be the contemptor). Going to be difficult though as we're hosting an exchange student from Japan for a week and I'm sure we'll be quite busy.

Thing 2's birthday is tomorrow, so there may be a late night build and paint of a tyranid of some sort tonight. Just so he's got something new to play with.

Sergeant and Scouts look good Gitz, can't wait to see them on the battle field. I am trying to get some time away from real life so we can have a go at our next battle. Keep painting!

Lovely to see you getting your paint hand back on again!

Happy B-day Thing 2 !

Scouts came out well. Another 2 needed figures crossed off the list.

Is Thing 2 the excellent lad who I met at AdeptiCon, I always get the numbering mixed up

Happy birthday to him, hope to see him at another Con someday! (I will be at AdeptiCon 2016 with a booth for the ModCube again if you guys are attending )

 RiTides wrote:
Is Thing 2 the excellent lad who I met at AdeptiCon, I always get the numbering mixed up

Happy birthday to him, hope to see him at another Con someday! (I will be at AdeptiCon 2016 with a booth for the ModCube again if you guys are attending )

That was thing 1. We'll be there.. Let us know if you need help again. ( speaking for myself of course )

 RiTides wrote:
Is Thing 2 the excellent lad who I met at AdeptiCon, I always get the numbering mixed up

Happy birthday to him, hope to see him at another Con someday! (I will be at AdeptiCon 2016 with a booth for the ModCube again if you guys are attending )

Actually, that was Thing 1. Thing 2 is turning 12 today so if you want to leave a birthday message on his Tyranid blog (see my sig), please do so... he'll be delighted!

And yes... we will both be there & would be happy to help out. Thing 2 isn't quite there yet (as far as coming to Adepticon with large segments of time on his own), but the day will come soon when he will join us as well.

Will do!

And I hadn't dared hope you lads would be available again for 2016, but that would be amazing . Will message you closer to it, and this time around I'll have actual swag to give out for helping at the booth, rather than the promise of future swag

I gotta tell ya RiTides... the objective marker set is so amazingly helpful. Such a simple thing that makes an entire section of the rules (that a lot of people skip because it's just one more thing to remember) so easy to execute. It's probably one of the cleanest examples of really well thought out, cleverly applied practical engineering that I've ever seen.

And I'm not just saying that because I was a booth babe either...

Where can I get mod cubes in Australia? Sorry in advance for hijacking the thread.....just since you are discussing them I thought I would ask.

Thanks a lot, Gits . I thought it was cool to see that you guys actually roll them to determine the mysterious objectives, that's awesome!

Archer, we're currently delivering on the Kickstarter but they'll be available to order in November - I will shoot you a message when they are! Sorry for the brief threadjack just buying you time to make your Contemptor plans, right??

Scouts look great, Gits!! And Happy birthday to Thing number the Second One!

It's really great to see the ModCubes in action, too!

So, I'm cleaning up my contemptor today and come to the realization that all I have are two power fists for it. (must have been the way it was originally packaged by FW) Now, in this day of grav-mania... a dread that can't shoot is a complete waste of points as it's likely to get immobilized before it can assault. Not sure what I'm going to do. It's an awfully long wait to get something from FW to here.

Would this be cheating? Several on ebay with magnetized arms:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/40K-Space-Marine-Relic-Contemptor-Mortis-Dreadnought-with-magnetized-arm-options-/161833002171?nav=SEARCH

Alternatively, if you were to just buy the arms from FW (didn't see many arms on ebay, which ones were you thinking?) I think they should arrive pretty quickly right?

You know, if you roll back and fourth across those pictures on e-bay, it looks like he's dancing!

Not sure the bits can be bought from FW, but if they can it'd still take a couple of weeks to get here from the UK. Will have to think about what configuration I want.... hmmmm.

Do they make a contermptor ironclads? Although you’d need the fancy drop pod then (or a counts-as). I don’t do FW rules, but I think there is still a place for CC dreads.

You could magnetize the arms you have for now, get it all painted up, and then order some new arms with shooty bits. When they show up, just magnetize them and swap as needed. I don’t know if you want to pay FW shipping for just one arm.

I have a few weapon selections for the 3 Contemptors I have ( plus a Dreado). I can always replace them if you need something right away! Let me look tonight and give you the available choices.

I think I found a missile launcher rack to go on the top of the dread. It's not the "correct" version for the dread, but it'll work. That's probably good enough. At least that way if it gets immobilized it'll have some way to contribute to the battle. I must admit to being fond of the idea of the comtemptor krumpin' forward with two fists...

Yeah I love the look of them with two fists! They can just go in a regular drop pod (of which you've painted several) if you wanted to try that tactic too, right?

Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking. I've got an Iron Clad and a regular dread too... but fun to have multiple pods-o-dreads raining down on the tabletop.

could you paint the dread with a "Predator" style camoflage scheme happening. THat could represent the old invulnerable save as it decloacks right before it attacks. Either that or scavenge some vehicle parts to make a makeshift shield it uses to block incoming rounds as it lumbers forward to bludgeon the enemy to death. Or you could always just make a magnet on weapon mount for the arms or over the shoulder and keep the fists.

Thank you everyone for your helpful suggestions and ideas. I now have a very clear idea of exactly what I'm going to do. I'm NOT going to tell you though... want it to be a surprise. Actually it'll be a surprise to all of us as I won't be doing my usual assemble, then paint... will have to paint this one in sections and then assemble.

I will show my progress throughout. Don't want to actually give you enough hints to guess as that would take all the fun out of it. Suffice for now to say that it will not be a traditional MW design (though I will put insignia on it), it is something I think about doing in some fashion or another every year at this time but haven't ever thought I had an idea good enough to execute, it's something that could not be done with any other type or configuration of a dreadnought... oh... and it should be funny.

@Theo: Great idea about the shoulder mounted weapon. I'll make sure to give it that option in the future.

I am very excited by this, but more excited by the fact that YOU'RE clearly excited.

It definitely sounds intriguing . Clock's ticking, though, we're already halfway through 493!

If we type faster does that mean he has to paint faster?

I'm pretty sure that's how this works

Grrr. I'm curious, now I want to know.
Hurry up Gits !

Get away from your computer, pick up your brushes and splat colors on the dread. Now !
(and I don't care if it's night time right now where you live... you don't really need to sleep, do you ? )

Actually, looking back at how long it took to cover the last 7 pages, it's almost exactly 3 months. So I think Gits has time to do this thing justice (not that it absolutely has to be finished by the 500 mark, of course! But it looks like shooting to have it done by the end of the year would be before that).

Unless of course your work on it attracts a wave of interest, when I went back 7 pages one whole page of comments was from a single day

Well if he had any content it would have been a faster 7 pages.

just think how many pages he would have gotten out of a white mantis chaplain .

Began the build process last night. It immediately took a turn that I wasn't expecting... kind of an all-or-nothing decision that was either going to turn out great or completely destroy the model. I'll let you guys decide which is it when I post a pic. Build will take a bit as I'm using green stuff as the primary adhesive for the major parts as once they're together they need to stay so. Will also do some pinning once I get to the limbs. I'll post a pic or so once I get all of the sections built. Then again after the build is complete (decided I can probably paint it assembled).

We have a Japanese student staying with us for a week so I don't know how much time I'll have to do anything. I know I'll spend tonight waiting at the airport. Keep your fingers crossed.

Thanks for the update, Gits! No rush with the student staying over, looking forward to seeing pics after that though

All! All the way! Just good to hear you are in the zone

I must admit to being very enthusiastic about this project, though I am a bit concerned that my painting won't be up to the task. Not that this requires a particularly difficult paint job, but my recent efforts really don't stand up to my past work. Not quite sure what's going on there. Have I gotten lazy, lost my touch, or perhaps just a bit overwhelmed by all the crap I've purchased and not painted. Ah well, I'll hope for the best.

Sit... stay... rollover.... good Page... good.

More progress tonight on the arms and legs with appropriate seasonal viewing material on the TV, but still no pics, sorry.

Is that wine-fuelled construction?

Actually, the wine came later. I so badly want to show you guys what I'm up to but to do so would spoil the surprise.


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Which in my studio means it may never be found again... *sigh*

Hmm... maybe you can request a replacement thumb from FW and in the meantime "source" one from Solar Lion?

Sounds like you need a painting apron to catch falling bits. I have that same problem with the pieces disappearing, only to find other bits that I lost a year ago. I think it's Tzeentches plan hoping that we are too tired and will just glue the arm we find onto the neck joint of the head we just dropped.

Your last hint... an iconic image from my favorite holiday.



And... my version!



I plan on having him stomping through a pumpkin patch and trying to paint him in a generally Frankenstein's Monster kind-of-way. I'll also have a back-mounted cyclone missile launcher that can be added or removed (on pins). I'll also have to file off all the gravity-defying purity seals on the right shoulder.

Hope it was worth the wait.

Yep, totally worth the wait! that's awesome! I do enjoy that burst of inspiration when it comes to fruition like that! I think he'll need a special paint job too? bit of osl here bit of weathering there! looks like a bit of work getting the 'Alternate' head to fit!

Well, I love it! Where is the head from, that's not a standard Contemptor bit is it?

^ Nope RiTides it's from an alternate head for the Mechanicum Kastelan robots :-)

Yeah, once I'd decided to fit the head it was all or nothing. Have a bit of tidying up with green stuff around the neck area, but that shouldn't be too tough. I really don't like the look of the lower back area & will be actively looking for something to modify it or cover it up.

You can always add extra fuel cans for the flamers, or RAID for when you fight nids

That’s awesome! Love the pose.

Ha, nice one. Like it.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....
(wait for it)
some.

LOL! Thanks Anpu & gang.

It makes me smile... that's about the best thing I can say about any mini. Still needs a bit of tidying up, but the basic build worked out just about as I'd hoped. The new head makes it look more "monstrous" and the pose is comical as well as true to type. Very excited about getting the build sorted so I can begin painting him... which should have it's own unique set of challenges.

That pose is awesome!

Well worth the wait, a monster mash is perfect for the season coming as well

Clank...clank... Clank... Love it. Though I would like him to perform puttin on the ritz.

Not what I was expecting at all. Not by a long way. But it definitely brought a smile to my face. Great work and can't wait to see it painted up.

LOL....that dreads gonna be epic! love the reference!

You up for the unofficial painting challenge in October? Trick or Treat is the theme, and Frank there should fit right in.

I'll have to look at that. If I can find the thread...

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I'll have to look at that. If I can find the thread...

The Oct. thread is not up yet, as we still have a few days to wrap up September.

The vote thread:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/664601.page

What we are up to now:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/662389.page

Once the new thread goes up all you need to do is post your start (unpainted) pic in it to enter. And then finish in the month. That’s the hard part.

Ok... I'm going to demand that Gits put together a Werewolf Lone Wolf, A Sanguinor Drakula, and a Flayed One Mummy.

My wife wants me to do a monster army too. I suppose it could be unbound... but I'd have to do some things as units.


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I'll start with the invisible man.

(takes out 25mm base)

There... all done!

Nah, for the invisible man you'd need something cast in clear resin . There were a few for cloaked predator miniatures like that, and Wehrkind is actually able to cast in clear resin - if it ever does come up as a real need.

It's funny because this build reminds me a lot of your orks - I almost expect to see a grot coming out of the top hatch!

For monster mash armies, a dread mob might be a good fit, there's some awesome bat reps here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/664622.page

I've tried running monster heavy with my nids but unfortunately it's just a shooting gallery and they can't make it across the field...

Well, you guys and my WIFE talked me into it... For the next month I'll be putting my other projects aside and doing an unbound Monster Mash army... just for the heck of it. I am open to any and all suggestions... but the monsters should be pretty significant (i.e. no odd critters from some comic book or manga series). Based on what I've heard already... here's what I can come up with.

(All save the contemptor are negotiable by-the-way. If you have another idea for one of the monsters below... please throw it out there!)


Frankenstein's Monster - contemptor dread
Wolf Man - space wolf lone wolf (I need a pair of wolf-like bipedal legs... any of you Hordes guys have anything like that laying around?).
Mummy - necron flayed one
Dracula - sanguinor (I'm thinking of using an old mephiston for this because of the cool armor... if I can get it), what's a sanguinor?
Zombie Horde - well... zombies, gotta have some cheap troops
Godzilla - I'm actually thinking about getting an appropriately sized Godzilla toy and orking the living crap out of him & using him as a squiggoth
Invisible Man - clear mini (possible), but played as what? Perhaps an assassin of some sort?
Creature from the Black Lagoon - Nid lictor??


So, I'm up for suggestions for...
A) monsters
B) modeling suggestions and
C) what they will be fielded as (i.e. rules)

Again, this will be an unbound list and frankly... I don't care in the slightest how it plays (though I'm not against using good units). This is all about the rule of cool.


Welcome to Octoberfest... Gitsplitta style.

Sounds like fun, the Invisible man/men could be Tau stealth suit unit, no idea what they are called.

Admittedly, I don't know much about the Blood Angels, but I found this:
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Sanguinor,_The

As far as the Invisible Man... I gave you that idea too.
I recommend using it as counts-as-Vindicare.

Hmmm.... sounds like Sanguinor would be too goody-goody. How about Mephiston? Is he still a monstrous creature? That sounds right.

Goblins/gretchin/gremlins, use as gretchin.
Dark elder clawed beast as an abominable snowman.
Space marine in blue dressed as a smurf.
Dark eldar snake guy as a snakeman
Tyranid (almost any big thing) as a blob
Carnifex with horns (Minotaur)

Also I think your Frankenstein monster dread needs to hold a plastic back to hold treats.

I've got it! Give each major monster character an escort of something appropriate... ideally from the same codex.

So...
lone wolf werewolf / fenris wolves
necron mummy (perhaps mummies so at least it's a legal unit) / scarabs
vampire / bats (not sure how to do this one)
frankenstein's monster / zombies
devil / demons
witch / goblins

I think the only major category I'm missing is ghosts... (kind of tabled the invisible man for the time being).


What do you guys think?

Ghosts you could go with Eldar wraith constructs. Base/surround them with the spirit hosts from the undead line?

Headless horseman/biker?

I like both of those ideas Nev... but to keep the structure I need a main character (or small group of monsters) and lesser minions of some sort. I could have one or two unescorted critters if I wanted to, but for now lets see what we can come up with.

Eldar wraiths come in various sizes, you could do a wraithlord with a squad of guards, or supersize up to a WK. Or flip it around and do a spiritseer (who are basically necromancers with good PR) and his squad of mindless dead minions.

LotD are also very seasonal, but might not fit into your plans.

I'd just thought about LoTD myself... great suggestion. Also the eldar things you suggest are very good. I even have those figures.

You are doing the More of the "Universal" monster vibe... but there are some others out there too.
Necron Lord (2++,4+FNP) as Jason
Necron Wraiths as Freddy Kruger
Necron Tombstalker (Sentinal) as Tremors
Canoptek Anthrocites as... the Fly

Ghost face?
Pinhead?
Chucky?
Leprechan?
Horror movies aren't really my bag, so I know that I'm missing some.

Best though?

Use plastic skeletons but replace the heads with servo skulls. You could even have a dog model running off with one of their legs.

For the vampire and bats you could also use the servo skulls and make little bat wings on them, or just use chaos marines from the Night Lords, or their winged helmets at least.

For Dracula have you considered Astorath the Grim? Different wings and arms might make the model

Hmmmm.... I think that's the figure I was thinking about. The exposed muscle armor. Definitely the figure I was thinking about. Thanks Dreadclaw!

So is Mrs. Gitspitta going to learn to play if you put together "Her" monster army?

Fantastic idea! like really good! :-) if you need/want a hand i'm down to help see this to fruition? a Tyranid Swamp thing appeals to me as does a Freddy Kruger and anything Pinhead :-)

 Anpu-adom wrote:
So is Mrs. Gitspitta going to learn to play if you put together "Her" monster army?

lol.. I have money to bet on this.. easy money!

Yeah, Mrs. Gitsplitta is NOT a gamer... though she does actively support me in my hobby. I guess she figures it's better than booze, broads, bullets, betting or any other of the many unsavory ways guys use to pass their spare time.


So... lest I get completely ahead of myself... here's the plan. I'm going to start with the main classic movie monsters and their minions. Once set at a time, though I will be accumulating and building models as I go. If I can get something already painted, or use something I already have, I think that's fair (and probably the only way I'll finish this by Halloween).

For starters...

Frankenstein's Monster: The dread is already built so I'm good there.
Minions: I hope to use my zombicide zombies as his minion & run them as what... plague bearers? Sounds about right.

Count Dracula: Astorath the Grim with bat wings rather than his feathers & sanguinary jump pack, hoping to pick him up on e-bay relatively inexpensively.
Minions: Have a friend who says he's got bats and spiders which would work perfectly for the ripper swarm.

Wolf Man: My favorite monster so it's important to get this right. I really like the lone wolf idea and have the bits to do a nice job on him. I'm a bit concerned though that he'll be so diminutive when compared to everything else that it just won't look right. There is one other option though. A couple of years back I painted up a Forge World skin wolf that I'd gotten as an event only model at Adepticon. I really like the paint job and it's a fantastic figure. He's white and based for Hordes... but if I painted up a bunch of white fenris wolves to go with him... he might look fine. He's also a massive figure, so would look more the part as one of the focal points of the army. Perhaps I could run him as that goofy Space Wolf dreadnought... murderfang?? My only real reservation about this is that it doesn't really represent the classic wolf man which is what I'm really attached to... but from gaming and visual perspectives I think it works a lot better. That being said Dracula is a normal sized character.... so I might be better off (and the army's inspiration would be much clearer) if I kept to the lone wolf idea. *sigh* I'm really torn on this one.

Minions: Fenris wolves... have them.

The Mummy: I think a min unit of flayed ones with extra wrappings... or perhaps some actual mummy figs from some other line with flayed one bits swapped in.
Minions: Scarabs... can borrow those from my son's army.

Witch: DE witch it as obvious choice, but I don't know anything about DE. I'm assuming I'd have to take a small unit? Can they be on jet bikes?
Minions: Goblins (grots). It has been suggested that I give them tiny wings like flying monkeys, but how I'm going to get or make 60 tiny sets of wings is beyond me.

Demon: Bloodthirster (normal sized). Can probably pick a poorly painted one up on the internet.
Devils: Bloodletters. Think I can pick these up used fairly inexpensively (or just buy a new box and paint them up).

Ghosts:
Lost of options here...

Necron wraiths (no minions)
LoTD (no minions)
Eldar Wraithlord with Wraithguard as minions (painted bone/white with greenish luminescence)



There are a lot of other great ideas for monsters out there that I know I just won't get to this time around. I guarantee you I'm not going to get to everything above either... but my goal is to get at least 3 monsters and their minions done by Oct. 31st. Probably Frankie, Dracula and the wolf man. I will however, get as many groups done as I can in the time allowed. I'm hoping at least to get the demons/devils set done (on top of the above) as that's an easy one.

Thanks for reading.

I have a slightly modified suggestion - feel free to ignore of course!

I love the theme idea, but I think it would be cool to at least have the option to run it as non-unbound. There is so much allying allowed - I mean, so, so much! With the innumerable ally options, you've already got some crazy stuff you can ally in there and model to respresent monsters.

Models that clearly need to be in:

Wolfman (could be a number of things), wolves
Vampire (Astorath the Grim model is perfect), bats
Frankenstein dread, and some accompanying zombies

I feel like chaos space marines with demon allies could cover most of these bases. Everything except the bats - the Wolfman has to work as a demon something? The Vampire can just be a CSM character appropriately equipped. Wolves can be flesh hounds, Frankenstein can be a dread, zombies can be cultists.

Imo, it will be a lot more fun to be able to use this not as unbound, even if it's using 3 (or even 4) sources... and with the idea of minions, you're almost always going to have troops in there anyway. If you include CtA allies, you've got even more options, but I'd like to see if it'd be possible to do without that. What do you think guys, can we come up with a non-unbound list that meets Gits' criteria?

Edit: Whoa, don't Dark Eldar check a lot of these boxes? Bats can be those Razorwing flock beast units - and they're actually viable too. A webway portal could really fit the theme well, and with their grotesques you've got great zombie fodder. So perhaps a CSM, Demon, and DE alliance? With some of the DE characters you can certainly check your mummy and witch boxes, too.

That's a very interesting suggestion RiTides. I have been niggling around wanting to do chaos for a long time now. Oh hey.... out of the chaos dex I could field DRAGONS!

Boy.... with all of these codexii, this is going to get really expensive... really fast.

Well, if people can guide as I build... I can get the dexs later on so it won't hit me at once. Is anyone willing to be my DE and Chaos "subject matter experts" so that when I build these characters or units... they fit appropriately into the right codex?

Sounds great to me! Calling DE / Chaos experts

With where this has headed, I would like to request that the Frankenstein's monster have some sort of shout out to the Mantis Warriors - I mean, Frankenstein's monster is green right, so this should be easy . A homage to where it started...

Sounds like a good plan, if you can make an actual playable force it will mean a lot more in the long run and nothing is wasted.

I know CSM quite well if you want help with those. I also have the Daemons and Dark Eldar codexs although I've not read them.

I can't help with how things can be played, or really on what models could be used... pretty much why I've been quiet...
But I can throw a few ideas about:
I would have suggested Aliens; probably a Queen as the central figure and drones as the minions. Possibly using Tyranid bits... BUT, these have been done many, many times before.

Been having a mental block on other well known monsters you could try though...

How about a "the thing"...
Y'know the one:

You could use any model parts you like.
Use them as Chaos spawns... maybe, they are a thing in the game, right?
Could even be the minions for "the blob", I can totally see them teaming up...

Oo, you could... no, you said no Manga/Anime. Wouldn't work anyway.

A Giant. Dunno what could be minions though... not-so-giants...
Could make it a centrepiece of the army, in place of a knight... like the Dragon (I assume Helldrake).

erm... and I'm spent.

I appreciate the ideas Dr. H. Problem is I'm not sure that there is any realistic chance of doing the things you suggest on top of the things that I really want to do. If someone wanted to volunteer to pick up and do their own pet monster project, I'd be happy to include it in the army... but I don't want to stretch myself so thin that I don't get anything done.


Well, if I want to try and limit this to a few key codecii in order to increase my chances of being able to field a legal army... Chaos Marines and Demons seem like a fundamentally good place to start. Both Necron and DE seem like good places to get some elements as well.

For the "big three" it looks like chaos will cover most of it, but I don't see getting around the need for the DE dex for the bats as there's really nothing else like them in 40k (save in the Nid dex). However, I'm going to need an HQ and a troop... or a detachment of some sort in order to make the DE part of the army legal.

Any ideas from you DE guys out there?


How about this figure of lelith converted to riding on a broom stick? She's an HQ, right?

Yeah shes an HQ

Yeah, I'm absolutely loving Chaos Marines and Demons as the core

For the bats... are you opposed to making them large bats? I just realized daemons have these!
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Chaos-Daemons-Furies

Terrible looking models, but I'm sure you can find something better

And heck, if you wanted to model them as a swarm of bats per base, I don't think anyone would mind either. What do you think? If going this route, you can run two codexes that work extremely well together and get everything represented! Daemons are incredible for a project like this - they're already full of big monsters, and a little converting can help represent things easily. And the CSM lets you gets the mandatory vampire, zombies, and Frankenstein's monster in there . Can always add a third source later after knocking out the core stuff, but I think these two represent all of your heavy hitters now that I've realized there are bats!



Going down your list, with the rules to use for each in parentheses:

Frankenstein's Monster: Contemptor (CSM Dread of some kind)
Minions: Zombies (CSM Cultists)

Count Dracula: Astorath the Grim (CSM character with jump pack)
Minions: Bats (Chaos Daemon Furies)

Wolf Man: FW Skinwalker (The ultimate Flesh Hound: Karanak!)
Minions: Wolves (Chaos Daemon Flesh Hounds)

Witch: Chaos Daemon Herald of Slaanesh
Minions: Goblins (Chaos Daemon Nurglings - would want several gobbos per 40mm base, good modeling opportunities)

Devil: Bloodthirster
Minions: Demons (Chaos Daemon Bloodletters)

Grim Reaper: I might suggest The Changeling, I think it's a herald of Tzeentch of some kind. Give it a scythe instead of that staff and it's absolutely perfect for this project!
Minions: Ghosts (Chaos Daemon Flamers of Tzeentch)

I removed the Mummy and substituted the Grim Reaper so the Ghosts have someone to be minions to

Could I suggest that the frankensteins monster minions not be zombies but villagers with pitch forks and torches (or lasguns and flamers).

Chaos Marines definitely have lots of big kits that could fill your future needs. They could cover your Godzilla or a King Kong Idea as well as Dragon (or Mothra). You could always use a Slaanesh Psyker as your Witch too. THere was also a recent kickstarter out there that had flying monkeys (although I think they were steampunk), but they could fit in as well. You could paint Astoroth as a night Lord to fit the bill.

Love the villagers idea although it's a bit harder to pull off than straight up zombies. You could even have a unit of each since you need two units of cultists for your troops.

 RiTides wrote:
Yeah, I'm absolutely loving Chaos Marines and Demons as the core

For the bats... are you opposed to making them large bats? I just realized daemons have these!
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Chaos-Daemons-Furies

Terrible looking models, but I'm sure you can find something better

Spoiler:

And heck, if you wanted to model them as a swarm of bats per base, I don't think anyone would mind either. What do you think? If going this route, you can run two codexes that work extremely well together and get everything represented! Daemons are incredible for a project like this - they're already full of big monsters, and a little converting can help represent things easily. And the CSM lets you gets the mandatory vampire, zombies, and Frankenstein's monster in there . Can always add a third source later after knocking out the core stuff, but I think these two represent all of your heavy hitters now that I've realized there are bats!



Going down your list, with the rules to use for each in parentheses:

Frankenstein's Monster: Contemptor (CSM Dread of some kind)
Minions: Zombies (CSM Cultists)

Count Dracula: Astorath the Grim (CSM character with jump pack)
Minions: Bats (Chaos Daemon Furies)

Wolf Man: FW Skinwalker (The ultimate Flesh Hound: Karanak!)
Minions: Wolves (Chaos Daemon Flesh Hounds)

Witch: Chaos Daemon Herald of Slaanesh
Minions: Goblins (Chaos Daemon Nurglings - would want several gobbos per 40mm base, good modeling opportunities)

Devil: Bloodthirster
Minions: Demons (Chaos Daemon Bloodletters)

Grim Reaper: I might suggest The Changeling, I think it's a herald of Tzeentch of some kind. Give it a scythe instead of that staff and it's absolutely perfect for this project!
Minions: Ghosts (Chaos Daemon Flamers of Tzeentch)

I removed the Mummy and substituted the Grim Reaper so the Ghosts have someone to be minions to

Brilliant! Sold. OH, and CSM can have a contemptor... so that's seamless.

Thanks my friend... this actually makes things much more feasible. Though.... wouldn't the villagers be chasing *after* the moster, not acting as his minions??

Yeah, in thinking about it the villagers are more of a stretch - I'd stick with zombies. They fit the overall theme much better and you could model them as fellow "creations" with a few key bits here and there, to blend in well with Frankenstein's monster.

Awesome about the Contemptor!

You, uh, you realize that GW's Vampire Counts line has about half the things you're looking for, right?

There's models for various Vampires, Bat Swarms, Giant Bats, Zombies, Ghosts of various stripes, etc. etc.

For ghosts you could also look into having someone cast or 3d print some models up in transparent plastic. Or, hollow out an armour shell- maybe Thousand Sons or something- have hollow haunted armour.

Hm. Headless Horseman as some sort of Biker general?

Are you looking for GW parts only for the monsters? Infinity have some nice ones that may work






For ghosts you could always have the shades of the Squats

If you could hunt down an old 13th company space wolf wulfen that would be a pretty good wolf man.

Rules-wise you could always use Bran Redmaw, the SW character from IA11, as your wolf-man. His rules are more towards the werewolf side, with him being able to turn into a wolf monstrous creature during the game

Anvildude wrote:You, uh, you realize that GW's Vampire Counts line has about half the things you're looking for, right?

Yeah, I did... but I don't think it would be as cool then... it would just be re-purposed fantasy models, which isn't exactly what I'm going for.

Anvildude wrote:Hm. Headless Horseman as some sort of Biker general?

That... is an excellent idea!

Dreadclaw69 wrote:Are you looking for GW parts only for the monsters? Infinity have some nice ones that may work.

I think I've got nearly all of my figures sorted out now... thanks to RiTides and the wonderful suggestions from all of you. Those are great models... wow!

Dreadclaw69 wrote:For ghosts you could always have the shades of the Squats

That my friend.... is the quote of the day!!

Archer wrote:If you could hunt down an old 13th company space wolf wulfen that would be a pretty good wolf man.

Well Archer, I could actually get a model of the original wolf man (Reaper makes it)... but I thought it wasn't scary enough when compared to all the other hero models... if I'm going bigger... my skin wolf works fine, especially proxied as Karanak.


The Army List
Well guys... been a bit of a buying/wrangling spree. Here is how things sit at the moment & I'm pretty comfortable with it. I got out ye olde Army Builder and drew up a list based to 2 CADs (which are both necessary based on the number of HQs involved & one allied list.

Listed below....
FOC slot: (monster) - modeling notes - rules

Chaos Space Marines:
HQ: (Dracula) - Astorath body w/ chaos bat-winged jump pack - Chaos Champion w/ jump pack & power axe
HQ: (Demon) - Khornate Demon Princey looking figure - demon prince
EL: (Frankenstein's Monster) - Contemptor Dread - contemptor dread with extra arm
TP: (Zombies) - 10x zombicide zombies - chaos cultists
TP: (Zombies) - 10x zombicide zombies - chaos cultists

Chaos Demons:
HQ: (Wolf Man) - skin wolf - Karanak
HQ: (Witch) - Lilith modified to ride a broom - herald of slaanesh w/ seeker chariot
TP: (Devils) - 10x bloodletters - bloodletters
TP: (Goblins) - 5 ish bases of multiple grots - nurglings
FA: (wolves) - however many I have Fenris wolves - flesh hounds
FA: (bats) - various sources arranged - furies

Chaos Demons Allied Detachment
HQ: (Thanatos) - changeling figure with staff converted to scythe & painted appropriately - the changeling
EL: (Ghosts) - 3x flamers of tzeench painted ghostly colors - flamers of tzeench
TP: (Mummies) - 10x awesome Reaper mummies - plague bearers

That's the entire list in under 1500 points! 1499 to be exact!

Well... whadd'ya guys think?? As of this moment... the only figure I don't have or haven't arranged for is a demon prince/old blood thirster. Everything else is a lock.

I can't wait to see you getting started on this. In particular, I love the idea of Lilith on a Broom as your Herald of Slannesh.
Is your goal to have it completed by October 31st, 2015 or 2016?
Also, does this get its own P&M Blog, or are you going to Mantis them up slightly in order to keep them here?

That list looks great! I'm not a daemon player, but I thought one of those heralds wouldn't have to be an HQ choice (which would mean you wouldn't need the allies - which shouldn't matter to anyone but isn't always allowed for self-allying). Maybe a daemon player can chime in on that, are heralds always HQ choices?

Everything looks perfect monster-wise to me with the one note that Lilith on broom (which is perfect as a herald of slaanesh!) if on chariot is supposed to be on a really big base. Not sure if a herald can just take a single seeker as a mount rather than the chariot.

Anpu I'm guessing this will get its own thread! Although imo you could start with the Contemptor here since it's where you came up with the idea, but maybe that's too messy for you (you do have really well run plogs, after all). Also 1500 points seems like a perfect level for a fun little project like this (there are quite a few models in that due to the "chaff", but hopefully you could do them in a bit of a speed method).

Maybe he can make an upside down base where the top is larger than the bottom, but shows appropriate footprint. I'm thinking he needs to build a house above the which that's about to drop on her ( a la wizard of Oz). If he makes that out of wood then he can enter it into the League of extraordinary riveters comp that ends dec. 13 in the painting and modeling forum.

 Rygnan wrote:
Rules-wise you could always use Bran Redmaw, the SW character from IA11, as your wolf-man. His rules are more towards the werewolf side, with him being able to turn into a wolf monstrous creature during the game

Sorry Rygnan... didn't see your post in the roll-over. That's a very good idea, but I'm really trying to carry this off with just the two chaos codecii. Sounds like a really good solution though. Perhaps I'll keep that for a separate themed detachment.


It would be very helpful to know if I could take that herald as a what?.... Auxillary choice as opposed to an HQ choice.... but it won't make that big a difference overall.


I did start a new thread. It's here: Gitsplitta's Halloween Monster Mash Chaos Undivided Army... all in one month!

 Gitsplitta wrote:

 Rygnan wrote:
Rules-wise you could always use Bran Redmaw, the SW character from IA11, as your wolf-man. His rules are more towards the werewolf side, with him being able to turn into a wolf monstrous creature during the game

Sorry Rygnan... didn't see your post in the roll-over. That's a very good idea, but I'm really trying to carry this off with just the two chaos codecii. Sounds like a really good solution though. Perhaps I'll keep that for a separate themed detachment.

Not a problem, and looking at the list you've written, it seems better than using Redmaw anyway! This is gonna be an interesting project to watch, and although it's a shame the Contemptor isn't going to be a MW one, it's an interesting idea and I love the execution so far. I love all your plogs/armies so far, and I'm sure this will be no exception, as I'm particularly fond of converted up chaos armies (Krautscientist and Biohazard's World Eaters are among my absolute favourites)

You're bonkers, you are Great fun stuff.

@Rygnan: Thanks for your support. I'll so my best not to disappoint.

@graven: Yes... completely.

I do hope the Wife understands the problems that she has caused.

Cool .. looks to be a fun themed project.

Archer.. Mrs Gits is worth it!

My ModCubes came in today.... mmmmmmmmmmm... ModCubes...






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OH, and for you long suffering Mantis Warrior fans who were just robbed of your contemptor dread... I provide this as a peace offering. Had a major airbrush malfunction which you can see if you look carefully. However I'm not going to completely re-paint it. I still have the dark shades to do so it'll look a lot different when the airbrushing is finished.

Some of those are for Thing 1!

Predator peace offering is nice although it'll have to wait until Halloween, right? Unless you hire some minions!

MODcube envy happening here. Hopefully it didn't arrive right after I left for work or I'll have some 'splaining to do. I'm off Monday so it would be perfect for them to show up then .

@RiTides: Actually I'm hoping to sneak it in during the month... just little bits here and there.

Liking the Pred! can't see any problem in that shot though? what's the excitement of a 'Modcube'? what are they?

Look three posts above yours. It's RiTides personal kickstarter. They're awesome. Click the link in his sig and prepare to be amazed!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Look three posts above yours. It's RiTides personal kickstarter. They're awesome. Click the link in his sig and prepare to be amazed!

And then cry because you missed out on the glory , until general release.

Great to see another classic model rehabbed by Gits! The Skarath Pattern MkIId Predator Annihilator is one of my favourites.

That's very green.

Keen to see it painted.

Mmmmm green....

What was the AB malfunction? Water in the line? I mean, I did notice the booboos, but I had to look for them!

Really impressive workflow youve managed to get going... I gotta start catching up!

bugger about the airbrush issue. I had that when doing a coat of yellow on a mates WK and the yellow got obliterated by a small fraction of water in the line. I even offered to strip and re do the whole thing for him.

Water problems.. Should be easy to fix with a good over spray.
Like the Old pred. Will fit in well with the early version of the MW's.

That is one crazy green tank. I love the old predator.

I just wanted to give a shout-out to Justin at Secret Weapon Miniatures. On Sept 30th I ordered a bunch of jack-o-lanterns & skulls for my chaos army. On Oct. 1st, SWM knocked 20% off of both for the month of October. I wrote Justin a *joking* email about my plight and he actually re-funded the 20% to me. That's pretty cool. By way of saying "thanks", I bought MORE jack-o-lanterns & skulls... and thought I'd post a link to their sale page in case anyone else is interested. I did get my skulls and pumpkins just the other day and they are *beautiful* models... really impressed with SWM's craftsmanship as well as their customer service.

Thanks Justin!

Secret Weapon Miniatures Halloween Sale!

Justin is a damn fine guy! Top notch customer support!

I've always got my order from them very quickly. A rated!

I was very pleasantly surprised... which is why I posted my experience here.

You guys have to check out what I found on e-bay!

I don't normally see things like that unless I've been drinking a lot more then I have tonight. Are those chaos beakie mantis zombie cavalry?

Tell me you bid on them.

Wickeeeeeed! Thats an AWESOME conversion!

By the Emperor..... that conversion is so cool

awesome!


Can't wait to see the whole thing together!

Some of the things you can find on ebay amaze me some times, so have you bid on them yet?

Ah.......... no. BUT... it's further proof that I'm not the only Mantis_Warrior player in the world. Though I might be the only one with taste...

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Ah.......... no. BUT... it's further proof that I'm not the only Mantis_Warrior player in the world. Though I might be the only one with taste...

That is pretty bonkers. I think you should own it for posterity.

20 years ago, that sort of conversion would have graced the pages of White Dwarf. Funny how times change!

They are interesting but the MW don't need any more heresy rumors.

Stay tuned I'm sure Git has some very cool ideas for his post Crusade MW army.

A little surprise... had the airbrush out so I thought I'd get some work done. There are two different base greens here (I was fiddling) but the actual color difference to the eye is much less between the two then appears here and they'll be fine together on the table. The LR is actually more yellow green in the highlights and the pred is darker than it looks here. Amazing how the harsh light of a flash can make things look really different. The land raider is a rescue project. Used to be painted (quite nicely) as a camo IG vehicle. Anyway, I'll be piddling away on both from time to time.

They both look quite good.

They look amazing! Now could you be convinced to put a seven on that raider? Just as a nod to the old old OLD white dwarf where there was a green lucky sevens IG raider

I really like the land raider. I forgot how big that old style raider is. Once upon a time I owned a pair of them. No idea where they ended up. Such a pity. You have done a fantastic job of bringing it into the Mantis Warriors fold.

I need help with some of the minutia of my Halloween/chaos list... powers, war gear, upgrades... stuff like that. If any of you know anything about chaos and could like to make helpful suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.

Here's a link to the thread. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/668181.page

If any of you who oringinally wanted me to do a contemptor dread haven't been following my Halloween army blog... I did finally finish it. It's not a mantis warrior pattern... but it's fun (and there's no reason I can't field it with my MWs).

Normally I'd scoff at using it with a MW army, but you are playing some dirty heretics, so I guess it's to be expected.

Holy crap. After like 3 weeks i have finally caught up on this.

Hey, sorry for being late, but what will you do for the 500th page?

LOL Stonelessword.

@Matthew: It was supposed to be the contemptor... but that got requisitioned for my Halloween army. Looks like it'll be the predator and land raider. Not too bad a pair for page 500...

I love how the contemptor came out, kinda makes me want to pick one up for my Ultramarines.

Hey gang! Just wanted to post a note that there will be MW activity soon. Have an "old blood" tournament next weekend where we're playing 7th edition rules but using 5th edition FOCs. (i.e. only 1 basic FOC allowed).

I thought I'd do an old style mechanized infantry list, so I need to finish up painting the predator (it's only 1500 points so I don't think I can fit both land raiders in). Should be fun though... couple of las/plas razorbacks, vindi, pred & LR... LS typhoons as FA choices... that kind of stuff. Pretty sure I can get that all in. Won't be competitive in the least but since the theme of the day is retro I might as well play the part.

I've got a mass of skeletons to finish up for my Halloween army first, but they should paint up very quickly... so I hope to be able to start working on the pred by Sunday.

Finally, thanks to those of you who've been following my chaos/Halloween army blog, providing excellent support and ideas and those of you who actually voted for my entry. I won with a comfortable margin over some really amazing competition. Thank you.

Sounds like a fun list. And while it might not be hyper-competitive, it looks balanced. Mech lists always look good on the table as well, good on theme.

I can't believe it's been nearly 100 pages and over a year since my last P&M summary. Man I'm slipping. Well... without further adieu, lets get to it!


I built this gun servitor for graven's "repurposing" competition. Did well as I recall.


Got these astounding tech marines and servitors from Weety... good heavens that woman is talented!


Tweaked/painted my dalliance in Grey Knights... BLACKHAND's "Brotherhood of the Black Hand".



Worked on a couple of TFC's to go with Weety's brilliant tech marines.


Entered another competition (single, standard guardsman). Did well I think.


Went to Adepticon, hung with friends, had fun.


Got an awesome TH/SS Tiger Claw terminator from Ice Angel.


Got this amazing assault terminator from Cam.


Made a GMS marine.



Held another wildly successful Mantis Maker competition.

First Place: Dr H --- Prize: Infinity & non-GW figs

 Dr H wrote:

Tasked with laying mines, the Mantis Warrior became aware of the sound of approaching footsteps. He waited, hidden by the foliage, until the enemy was within sight and then burst forth to eliminate the patrol before they could raise the alarm or trip one of his traps prematurely.

Many angles, should show all...


Notes relevant to the competition/modelling:
I tried to use parts for the model that were (or appeared to be) of older marks of armour/equipment. This was to keep with the aesthetic of Gitsplitta's Mantis Warriors and to represent the length of time that the Mantis Warriors have spent away from the Imperium on crusade. The "beaky" helmet, to me, represents speed due to the streamlined look. This then harks back to being successors of the White Scars (the only other marine I have with a beaky is a White Scar), who like the faster modes of transportation. Plenty of purity seals to show that he (and the MWs) are loyal to the Emperor. The studded shoulder pad, in the tranquility camouflage pattern, shows that this marine was a veteran of the Badab war and, while his armour has been repaired and refurbished, he has chosen to keep the pattern on that shoulder as a badge of honour.

His bolter has been modified into more of a rifle than an assault rifle, and he carries a suppressor, to show that he is well versed in sniping from a concealed vantage point. The "many" grenades and the meltabomb, and the mines are all to show that he is also proficient in sabotage. Both of these to emphasize the Guerrilla warfare preference of the MWs. Most of the metals (in particular the knife) are dulled to avoid detection. The pose, however, is to show that he can act when he needs to in a "sudden application of violence from concealment". Holding the knife to show that he can and will get stuck in as well as the occasional, subtle, stab in the back/slash of the throat.

This model just jumps out at me as hitting all the main elements nicely . The pose clearly shows violent intent. The basing is fantastic and clearly addressed the cover issue. Aside from that the model itself is very well built, cleanly painted with extra details here-and-there, not to mention of very nice job on the MW insignia. - Gits



Second Place: Camkierhi - Prize: Imperial Guard package

 Camkierhi wrote:



Other shots spoilered to avoid boring you.

Spoiler:

Yet another model that just jumped off the page at me. The menacing elements of the chain-saw bunny ears... a-hem... I mean mantis-like arms above the head of the terminator. His exposed head showing a focused rage magnified by the finger pointing... he's got that "Your next me laddo!" look. The basing using the terminator time travel bubble effect to represent teleportation is what really elevated this figure into 2nd place. Great idea, very well executed. - Gits



Third Place: Littletower - Prize: Space Marine package

 Littletower wrote:

Barely seen through the heavy mist, the Battle Brother moved upon his target swiftly and without noise. A brief opening in the fog, a demolition charge casually left behind, almost as if forgotten…
The blast went off even before the mist had fully closed behind him, and the wall was breached. The fight was over before the debris from that first explosion had finished falling to the ground, the enemy never getting over the utter surprise of the attack.









Maybe because of living in an arid climate, coming out of the mist for a swift attack before getting lost in the fog again quite embodies the idea of the "sudden application of violence from concealment". Surprise assaults, bombs and quick strikes come to mind regarding the guerrilla tactics of a depleted or isolated force.

I really enjoyed watching LT work his way through figuring out how to do the mist. This is the last figure that I felt hit every aspect very solidly, though many of the other entries came close. Nice, solid work on the figure, love the little bomb and the cinematic effects (laser sight and mist) really make the figure stand out. - Gits



Fourth Place: D'naru Thuos by Knightley - Prize: Eldar 1 package

 Knightley wrote:



Tranquility sniper squad member D'naru Thuos. Ritually scarred as a follow on from the primogenitor chapter of the Whitescars, D'Naru has also reached high enough within his squad to go through first two trials of absolution, the aim being cleansed of their sins. Separated from his squad after a tight skirmish D'Naru found him self fighting alone to get back to the chapter, having gone through his bolter rounds he now has to rely on his bolt pistol, a scavenged knife and his wits. to survive.

Knightley hit on a bunch of details with his figure that I really like. The tranquility pattern armor brings the essence of MW camo with it, even though the base is simple. The drawn knife and bared teeth show a clear indication of the violent intent of the marine, and the ritual scarring is also reminiscent of the tribal nature of the chapter. An exquisite job on the face and the less then perfect state of the armor are just icing on the cake. - Gits



I want to comment that even in my own judges notes... 5a and 5b have switched places many times. They are both fantastic in their own way, but ultimately, I had to make a decision.

Fifth-a Place: Brother Mercutio by the shrouded lord - Prize: off-menu terminators

 the shrouded lord wrote:
I've always been against the whole thing of space marines being shown in pretty, un-damaged armour, completely unaffected by battle. so, this guy has just appeared in the midst of a traitor PDF patrol, and pretty much exploded through them with chainsaws.
bhold, brother MERCUTIO!

Quite simply put... its the pure, unabashed violence and carnage depicted by this figure that flips my switch... more so than any other entry submitted this one revels in violent intent. Just love it. - Gits



Fifth-b Place: cormadepanda - Prize: Eldar 2 package

 cormadepanda wrote:

"Like a Boss!!" as my children would say. Awesomely heroic viewpoint of a great figure. Pose and painting are excellent. I want this guy as my sergeant! - Gits

Looking forward to another year of Mantis Warriors goodness Gits.

Glorious my friend! Here's to the next 500 and the next million!

Nice summary (and I'm not just saying that because one of my models is in there; woo, it's like winning all over again ), and that's just what you've done for this army, not all the others that you have.

Its been an amazing ride so far, as always I am looking forward to what you produce next

I love the recaps Gits. It must feel great to have so many amazing projects to constantly share with everyone. It doesn't seem like another year has passed. Keep up the good works!

Nice review.

Apoc... 90,000 + points.

Amazing terrain. One of these buildings is over 4' tall!


Tau gargantuan creature next to a riptide.


Astounding chaos warhound titan.


Tower of Tzeench.


Chaos Reaver.


Reaver detail (simply stunning).


Beginning of turn 1.


Knights in the van!


March of the Knights.


Titans protecting the tower.

Awesome! That must have been a lot of fun. How many turns did you get through?

4 or 5 by 5 PM. It was great fun indeed!

Seems like you had a great time Gits. Getting 4-5 turns in a Apoc game is impressive in that time span

I always miss getting to play in such massive games... Was my favorite way to spend a weekend. Lots of big toys


Looks like you had a blast, and the army looks great on the field! Impressive that someone had a FW Warlord... The scratchbuilt is a nice one too. Crazy to see the scale of them next to the Knights xD

LOVE the Chaos Warhound with all the freehand on it. Looks great! Props to that guy.

Are those WF's Tau?

 IceAngel wrote:
Awesome! That must have been a lot of fun. How many turns did you get through?

I love how for massive apoc games the question is not “Who won?” but “How many turns did you play?”

Not that this is a bad thing. The few Apoc games I played in were fun. But I think part of that is just the spectacle of the massive armies and cool toys being deployed. But the larger and more spectacular the armies, the longer it takes to get through the turns.

I’m sure there is a sweet spot of getting toys on the table vs. playability somewhere, although it’s going to be a very subjective point. But whatever points you play, it’s always fun to see well painted armies clash.

 Solar_lion wrote:
Are those WF's Tau?

Indeed they are my friend. Caleb (CK Studio) even managed to finish painting my Tau'nar for me to demo it during the event. I've been the token Tau player throughout this year's Apoc campaign. Which is kind of funny given that it is the Damocles Campaign. The vast majority of the Shadow Sun's forces each game have been Eldar, Orcs, and occasionally Chaos mercenaries.


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 Gitsplitta wrote:
4 or 5 by 5 PM. It was great fun indeed!

Each Apoc event is 4 game turns with 1 hour per team turn .


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 IceAngel wrote:
Awesome! That must have been a lot of fun. How many turns did you get through?

I love how for massive apoc games the question is not “Who won?” but “How many turns did you play?”

Not that this is a bad thing. The few Apoc games I played in were fun. But I think part of that is just the spectacle of the massive armies and cool toys being deployed. But the larger and more spectacular the armies, the longer it takes to get through the turns.

I’m sure there is a sweet spot of getting toys on the table vs. playability somewhere, although it’s going to be a very subjective point. But whatever points you play, it’s always fun to see well painted armies clash.

The rounds are timed, 1 hour per team's turn. Forces you to sometimes make choices and not shoot or move everything in favor of getting key things complete. Also investing points in bigger items like MC, tanks, Super Heavies & Gargantuan Creatures helps cut down on time to play. Also the event organizer uses 6th Edition D-Weapon Rules, which results in large amounts of models being removed quickly in the early turns.

Good call by your TO. It is a blast running all of the little guys but in the grand scheme of things its all about the big guys for sure. How did your Tau'nar fair in the game?

 IceAngel wrote:
Good call by your TO. It is a blast running all of the little guys but in the grand scheme of things its all about the big guys for sure. How did your Tau'nar fair in the game?

Given the long range destructive powers of the Warlord Titans, I didn't deploy him initially and he walked on turn 3. He cleared out 10 Terminators TH/SS + Chaplain threatening our backfield objectives & in turn 4 he blew up a brass scorpion that was contesting our midfield objective. He also drew 5 D-weapon shots from a Chaos Incursion's Warhound and Tower of Tzeech that might have otherwise targeted our units holding objectives.

My Farsight Bomb did more damage Turn 2, exploding a Reaver Titan the turn they dropped. The Reaver subsequently dropped on top of the squad destroying most of the members, with the survivors being later wiped out in the cataclysm of two exploding Warlords in Turns 2 & 3.

Got some more pics for you from the battle... apologize for the quality but these are right off my phone.


Beautiful Eldar models were there.




The Knights in the vanguard stare down a Chaos Reaver class titan that emerged from a warp rift.


The Mantis Warriors and Brotherhood of the Black Hand were occupying the right rear flank in order to prevent deep striking shenanigans, however they could not prevent the arrival of outflanking orks!


They could respond in-kind however.


My knights get swept by incoming fire from two titans and a chain of explosions caused by the destruction of the Warlord Titan in our rear. The Warlord probably resulted in the destruction of about 30% of our points (not only because of the Warlord's cost, but because of everything that died when it blew). The knights did manage to kill a single kroot though... so it wasn't a total loss.


As evening falls, most of the buildings lie in ruins (they're built so large sections can be removed to represent the fact that the building is now a ruin).


The Mantis Warrior siccaran venator continues to provide supporting fire from the rear, backed by a couple of squads of Vulcan's best.


In turn three, my two LR's filled with first company terminators came on and survived to turn 4. Alpha-group charged an Eldar command of seers on bikes.


They accounted for themselves well, through they were denied their ultimate prize by time running out!


The entire GK terminator squad died to fire and assault from the orks. The last two members (including the libby) being taken out in assault by a normal bunch of sluggas (not even a full squad).


On the Xenos side, they had their own issues with Chaos as well.




A giant Eldar flyer shows up and along with supporting fire from a number of units, destroys the second Warlord Titan... which in turn takes out most of the units we have left when it goes critical.


The Warlord's last moments...




Mantis Warrior & Allies notable accomplishments.
- my 4 knights managed to kill 1 kroot, that's it
- my venator did take out a Tau Riptide. Not a big contribution on an apoc scale, but still something. It also scored an objective at the end of the game worth 4 points.
- Shadowsword did manage to kill another superheavy with it's D weapon... unfortunately it was one of OUR knights (not one of mine though... so it still counts)
- termie assault of the jet seer council was very satisfying late-game
- best moment of the day... after being the sole surviving flyer, my little Storm Talon put the last hull point on the giant Eldar flyer during our last shooting phase, bringing it down!


According to wyomingfox, we lost something like 24 to 21... but the Xenos did burn a few victory points to bring an Eldar revenant titan back. While it was a fun battle, it was pretty one sided. Once the first Warlord blew, we were pretty much done, once the second blew there were only a few models left on the table for us. Luckily the chaos incursion across the middle of the board gave the Xenos guys something to do so they could have fun too.

Lovely pics, thanks for sharing.

Simply awesome.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I think we lost something like 14 to 11... but really that's because the Xenos side kept burning their victory points to bring the Eldar revenant titans back. Have now idea how often we had to kill them. At least twice each (there were two). While it was a fun battle, it was pretty one sided. Once the first Warlord blew, we were pretty much done, once the second blew there were only a few models left on the table for us. Luckily the chaos incursion across the middle of the board gave the Xenos guys something to do so they could have fun too.

It was more like 24-21 Tau victory. Most of the points were scored by blowing up super heavies/GC, for which most of ours were earned when the two Warlord's went Nova and creamed all of your guys knights and Super Tanks . We only burned one point to bring on a single Revenant on turn 3. We were going to bring back 2 on turn 3, but the Orcs got feisty and begun the shooting phase early, which stopped us from deep striking in Matt's. Somehow we still pulled off another downed Warlord without it though. With the two Warlord's gone, there was no point to bringing back the Revenants.

Your Sicarian tank also scored the midfield objective at the end of Round 2, which contributed 4 points to your side. That is a pretty big deal as the next closest unit would have been Aaron's Jetseer Squad.

I wish we had any sort of Apocalypse games in my area. The only place that runs them runs them poorly. My Warhound has seen 1 game.

If you were playing with the ability to burn points for revives, why not bring back the first blown Warlord?

Apocalypse limits the amount of HP/wounds that can be brought back by expending a VP. I know it is less that 18 HP because you can't bring back a Reaver.

Ah. Where I played always just disallowed superheavy or above to come back. Revenants and Trans Ctan saw to that pretty quickly.

Unfortunately no one had any warhounds out, or we could have brought back those.

Didn't realize the venator actually contributed that much. It was a pretty low priority target (as is anything without D weapons) & just got lucky that with two chances to get aced by exploding Warlords it survived both. Too bad about nearly all the knights getting aced right away, we had 9 of them and it would have been pretty spectacular to see them all charge forward into the enemy lines. The Warlords are just awesome to see on the table, but in truth they're not all that effective (in my opinion, none of the Imperial Titans are). It's a shame really. Best bet is to put them in the front and run them like mad into your opposition and just wait for them to explode.

Wyfox's Tau are mind-blowingly beautiful. I wish I'd taken a photo of the whole group when it was set up on a staging table. Makes my stuff look bush-league for sure.



These games are really well run. The strict time limits are essential to actually getting enough turns in to make it feel like a real game. Normally there's a regular pot-luck that everyone contributes to, but because it was a finale for the year, one of the guys has a BBQ business and he catered the event. Good heavens it was good eats!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Wyfox's Tau are mind-blowingly beautiful. I wish I'd taken a photo of the whole group when it was set up on a staging table. Makes my stuff look bush-league for sure.

Well they were painted by Celeb Wissenback, a Crystal Brush winner. Not sure I agree about making yours look bush-league, especially when you get on top of them. They were mostly air brushed (most of his time is spent masking) and certain areas quickly picked out in spot colors without concern for touch-ups. It's stunning on the table, but if you get up on it you notice a lot of flaws. Then again, if he spent his time to clean these areas up, I would probably be broke and destitute as I pay him by the hour . His free hand is solid, wish I had his skills in that area.

Doe he have a website?

Awesome battles.. Was it point per person event? Open Cad? Git... did you bring your Super heavy IG tank? Can't remember which one it was.

 Solar_lion wrote:
Doe he have a website?

Awesome battles.. Was it point per person event? Open Cad? Git... did you bring your Super heavy IG tank? Can't remember which one it was.

Guess he changed the company name to Twisted Brush Studios

https://www.facebook.com/Twisted-Brush-Studios-541106512589810/?pnref=story

You must bring at least 1500 points to participate. Normally the organizer limits it to 5000 points per person + any number of extra points for superheavies/GC. That way you are at least somewhat limited to how many smaller fiddly stuff you bring. Completely open to any number of detachments, formations, or independent units. I placed most of my stuff in a single Hunter Contingent Detachment to try out the combined fire rule.

I brought 5k of my big stuff and/or easy to run stuff.

IG:
Shadowsword
Baneblade

AdMech:
4 knights

MW:
venator
2x LRs w/ tac marines
flyer formation

And for the GK:
LR w/ 5 termies + HQ
dread knight

What made it easy is that the knights & baneblade all died before I had to worry about how to run them & the MW land raiders didn't come on until half-way through the game, leaving me plenty of time to concentrate on the rest.


Next year we'll be doing Kestrel Novum... so I'll be doing a lot of really big ork stuff over the winter.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I brought 5k of my big stuff and/or easy to run stuff.
...
What made it easy is that the knights & baneblade all died before I had to worry about how to run them & the MW land raiders didn't come on until half-way through the game, leaving me plenty of time to concentrate on the rest.

Nice . The pics were really great, and loved the year-in-review recap post, too!

Great pics, thanks for sharing Gitz!

Did someone bring a homemade "Gargant" or was that a Homemade Stompa?

Stompa. A gargant would be on the scale of one of the Warlords.

Someone mentioned earlier the home-made warlord titan. That's not actually home made. There's a company that produces those. Foam core with plastic on the outside so both light weight and durable. It's quite nice actually, even on close inspection.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Stompa. A gargant would be on the scale of one of the Warlords.

Someone mentioned earlier the home-made warlord titan. That's not actually home made. There's a company that produces those. Foam core with plastic on the outside so both light weight and durable. It's quite nice actually, even on close inspection.

Wonder if they would make a gargant?

Why I love Imperial Guard Git, especially at high point games. So much you can do and easy to move around if they are Armored Companies or Mechanized.

Orks are fun as well especially Stompa heavy and a proper Deff Dread army!

Game looked like it was a blast. I miss high point games.

Just thought I'd mention that I registered for Adepticon tonight. Got all the events I wanted... both Badab scenarios (as a secessionist of course) and a the Heresy Zone Mortalis game on Saturday. Thing 1 is signed up for a combat patrol & will probably take my place at the Zone Mortalis table.

Don't you need a Heresy force for the Heresy ZM game?

He who paints a full army in a month will not be detoured by such puny things as no HH army! Be prepared to be once more amazed, astounded and reverent, low mortals!

Posting to kick the page rollover bug. Also, one page away from 500!

 Solar_lion wrote:
He who paints a full army in a month will not be detoured by such puny things as no HH army! Be prepared to be once more amazed, astounded and reverent, low mortals!

I have several Nerdfest painted primarchs if any of you guys want them for the event.

I just want you to make it, Paul! I know you've got other commitments near that time, but it's so close to you... and you have a TITAN you could bring... would just be epic!

Still waiting to see what my wife's plans are, but if she doesn't come I might even be able to fit you in our room with a few others of us, which would make it a lot cheaper for you.

2 titans!!

Doing my part towards the 500th page

Very true- He has that Warhound, dont forget!

The Warlord is still in need of a head and weapons, mind, and we're waiting on the variant head WM wants to be released before getting those. (and you know... Painting it <.< )

Would almost necessitate him driving though. As we saw with poor Timmy, Shipping is ROUGH on titans!



Anywho... Events sound interesting enough, Gits. Looking forward to seeing your MW on the Badab table... They'll certainly be some of the best looking


Go 500th page! (almost)

Yes, I plan on two... but only need one for Adepticon... and not that many points at that. Easy-peasy.

 RiTides wrote:
I just want you to make it, Paul! I know you've got other commitments near that time, but it's so close to you... .

Ah yes, a mere 8 1/2 hours away. Really getting there is the hardest part. I either fly and its expensive and limits what I can bring, or I drive and it's expensive and exhausting.

I'm actually thinking of just getting the head and guns available now, and doing a swap later.

Ah whoops, that's not quite as close as I had thought, but really - a day's drive, and you don't have to ship your titan!

It would be crazy awesome to see you drive out with that behemoth and if my room works out then that would be cheaper, too.

Sorry for lobbying you in Gits' thread but you know we would all love for you to make it if it works out with your other commitments!

Guess it's only 7 hours of driving (without stops). It was just miserable to do last time. The other question would be if Ramos could even finish the Warlord in time. I don't think I actually have a legal 40k army at the moment either. Well, Knights, but not a normal army.

Not a problem guys. More activity than this blog has seen in a long while. Besides, I'd like to see WM there too!

If I dropped everything and focussed solely on the Warlord, I reason I could have it ready by end of March... Itd be one hell of a push, though! Hardest part would be figuring out how to do a lot of metal and making it look GOOD. But yeah. I've done crazier things...

Re: guns/head- I could probably engineer that swappability iffin you wanted to go that route.... Nows the time to make those decisions- before its assembled! Just lmk, as always.

I just don't think I can make it happen this year. If I don't buy any more Titans in 2016, Adepticon 2017 should be a more realistic thing.

I hadn't heard that they were doing a different head. Last was the carapace mounted launchers. Got a pic?

Git and I both got into the Badab events. So the Wardens will be well represented as well feeling right at home in this event.

WM... what happened to your RS army?


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 whalemusic360 wrote:
I just don't think I can make it happen this year. If I don't buy any more Titans in 2016, Adepticon 2017 should be a more realistic thing.

We should all have titans by then, Right?

I can paint you an entire army in a week if you need it?

I still have the RS, but with the codex and edition changes, it's not a legal army. I'd have to add some stuff.

Well, A year late which I am sure is a record, but here is my entry for the Mantis Competition 2.
Again, so sorry for not having gotten this completed. And still trying to work on taking better pics.
Would appreciate the same critiques you gave the other entrants that were ON TIME. LOL



Despite being separated from his unit, the lone mantis warrior must continue his mission against his enemy. To assault his enemies head on would be suicide, but to constantly harass them and destroy their supplies would help his comrades in other locations. Crouching down in the ruins and preparing his implemented explosives, he hears a sound nearby. Can he quickly dispatch any enemies that come across his location and still destroy the supply dump before having to move on to another location to continue his strikes?



Here are all the other angles



I will leave this here for a few days before posting it to my blog. =D

I think that is an EXCELLENT effort GamesETC! Fluffy, very well modeled and painted, nice bit of story line to go with it & lighted to boot! Fantastic! Too bad you couldn't finish it in time for the competition... but the end result is well worth the wait!


Oh yes... and you're disqualified for entering your figure a year late.

Just sayin'.

I'll do my best to give you feedback over the next few days. Quick look leads me to believe you would have done well though.

Those eyes are creepy!

And not content to snipe, he's whipping out the pistol, too . Very nice!

Very nice work, Games. Welcome to the "disqualified from a mantis maker contest" club. You can be the VP.

So if I paint up a MW can I be secretary of defense? ;-p. Just helping out to 500.

I think Ice and I started that club.

thanks for all the feedback. As it was my first time working with fiber optic, it was a learning experience for me and I know the next time I work with the stuff I will do better as I have discovered what to do and what not to do. =D

Very nice concept. The only critique would be some additional rubble/basing. Give it a more ruined look. Think you got the camo down.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
I have several Nerdfest painted primarchs if any of you guys want them for the event.

at 500 points I'm sure that will be the only figure on my side of the table.

Hi guys, I know it's been a very long time without any activity. Sorry about that. Most of you know I've been completely consumed by my Halloween/chaos list for some time. Keep finding cool models to add and it's been a complete joy and thrill to play.

I do have a project that I'm going to start today and hopefully finish very soon. It's a one-off thing for a friend's son for Christmas. Not really worthy of it's own blog so I'm going to post it here as this is still my primary gateway to the rest of dakka. He helped me buy a very cool figure I'd never be able to afford myself and the price of his help was painting this figure... so it's going to get my best effort. I guess that means this is my first (and likely last) official commission.



If things go well, you should see very rapid progress on this figure over the next couple of days.

Ooh, this'll be good. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it Gits, and to more Mantis Warriors goodness!

I promise, there will be more Mantis Warrior goodness... but this is a priority with time value. It is kind of nice to be doing things that are wayy out of my normal marine/ork comfort zone. Didn't realize how much of a rut I was in or how exciting working on something totally new could be.

That is a sweet model . Are you going to paint it like the box, or in a crazier scheme?

Here are my painting instructions...

Top color: darker than normal orange
Pattern on top: black or complementary color based on your judgement if black wouldn't look good.
Bottom: lighter than top; not necessarily orange
Rider: kid's other troops are a kind of royal blue, with lighter bellies. The older a hero lizardman is, the lighter his skin becomes, up to white. This rider is a hero, though he does not want the rider all white, more a light blue with white highlights.

Plenty to work with. At this point I'm working on the custom base and have the dino temporarily based on something I can just hold on to while airbrushing. When the dino is doen, I'll mount on permanent base.

Sit... stay.... good page...
now, Rollover.
Good Page, here's your treat.

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Congrats on such a remarkable milestone achievement.

Can't wait to see how the dino comes out! Oh, and congrats on 500, let there be 500 more!

Will be interesting to see what you are going to do with the Dino

Grats on 500.

Congrats on 500 pages Git''s, looking forward to seeing the dino painted.

500!!! Yeaaaaaahh!

Thanks guys. I wish the blog had more going on MW wise... but at least I'm enthusiastically painting... just not marines.

Here's the first WIP. I guess it's more like the box than I thought. Not trying to, just the way it worked out I guess.



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The dino is looking great so far? How is it to paint? I've thought about doing one for my Lizardmen painting friend.

Dino is a suitable project for page 500 (since you pumped out the dread so fast!)

Love the scheme so far, that is some beautiful airbrushing!

Extraordinary! Congrats on your enormous dinosaur.

And blog

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Extraordinary! Congrats on your enormous dinosaur.

That's what SHE said.

It's a beautiful figure. Jealous of it actually.

Airbrushing is easy... don't be too impressed.

Grats on 500 Gits!

Congrats on 500 Sir . It has been a great road that I've been lucky enough to travel on from time to time.

Also Dinosaurs are cool

Didn't get anything significant done on the dino. Thing 1 and I decided to play a game, then he decided he wanted to try and field everything he owned. He built a legal, 5000 point necron army.

Took me a while but I finally got my 5000 pt mantis warrior army built to match him... then for giggles I figured I'd see how much I could legally field. 6000 pts, no problem. Have a couple of extra heavies (dev squad & hunter), a 5 man sternguard squad, a dread, a bastion (assuming you can only take 1 fortification per army) and a mash-up of characters and terminators that I couldn't fit into a legal CAD. However if I brought in my two full squads of Inquisitional marines to make a third CAD, I could field everything that was left.

I can field at 5k...
- 10th Company Task Force (love this formation)
- Storm Wing (also love this formation)
- Stormbringer Squadron (think I'm going to love this formation)
- CAD (full except I only have 2 troops as all the scouts are in the above formations)
- CAD (2HQ, 2 TP, dread & vindicator)

This is what it looks like.

Grats on 500!

Looking good with the lizard. I so badly need to get an airbrush myself, just have to wait until after christmas. Maybe tax time.

5000 points of Mantis, and 500 pages. WELL DONE SIR!

 Lorax wrote:
5000 points of Mantis, and 500 pages. WELL DONE SIR!

Agreed

Is the Sicaran (sp?) hiding in that pic somewhere and I just don't see it?

Did you actually play your 5,000 point game or was it an exercise in list building?

Congrats on 500 pages. An amazing achievement that is a testament to how entertaining your blog is for the masses.

Hi Gits, honestly i'd like to congratulate you on reaching 500 pages of hobby madness! whether it's Mantis Warriors or Orks or random side projects it doesn't matter to us, we are here for the ride because we like you and what you do the many years you've been here you've always had a kind word of encouragement and help for those who ask, no matter what! now lets get on with the next 500 pages and see what you bring us!

Yay for 500!

And WHFB model? What?

Nice spread on the Mantis Warriors. Looking forward to seeing the dino progress.

A very impressive array of space marines indeed. I love all the RT era armor.