ListenToMeWarriors wrote:The Eradicators look great for a quick job, I think they are my favourite sculpts from the Marine side of the box. You have to wonder if they will prove as effective on the tabletop as some claim, they certainly seem strong in principle.

I am a member of a space marine group on Facebook, I think about 90% have swapped out the Judiciar head, I have certainly swapped mine for a scarred up Reiver head.

How did you find Ephrael's cloak to paint? It seems a bit oddly sculpted to me in hand.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! I may field them just for the fun, because one of the friends I play with is mightily scared of them, because everyone hypes them. So he can try to kill them while I move in with all my other marines The cloak was... ok to paint. I painted it separately, but getting it on both cloak "points" on the model proved difficult. It actually doesn't fit both ends, but looks well enough. Painting the backpack without repainting the cloak was manageable, but needed precision. I did shading with a light brush, so that it didn't pool to much at the bottom.

gobert wrote:Nice job on the Eradicators, I think the barrels colours look good but the transitions are a bit too stark. Looking forward to seeing how you get on with the rest of Indomitus

Thanks gobert! That is definitely the curse and blessing of Contrast, it is very controllable with experience. Should have maybe tried to blend them into each other instead of waiting for one to try. Might use some shade like Nuln Oil on the barrel, maybe it ties it better together.

youwashock wrote:Eradicators look sweet. The barrels are a bit banded compared to your previous method, but it still works. It does seem a little ironic that the new guy who is supposed to be all about cutting off heads can't seem to keep his own.

Thanks youwashock! It is quite funny, especially since his head isn't even that bad, but the ones from our bitz boxes work so much better

Maharg wrote:Eradicators turned out well. Quite jealous seeing all the Indomitus models in these blogs, I've got to wait months before I get my hands on it

Thanks Maharg! Hope you don't have to wait too long!

Slowly moving forward with the Hospitaller, she's still separate from the base but wanted to look if she fitted with the downed model. Shading the armour and layering helped, now I need some edge highlighting with orange and she's nearly done. Silver and Gold are the colors after that and she has vials on her backpack and I'm gonna try for the first time to make them look, like there is some liquid in there.

And the first space marine character got my attention, the chaplain is such a lovely sculpt and Contrast makes black metal armour very easy.

The Hospitaler is going to be a very colorful model when it is done. Eye-catching. The Chaplain looks good already. Wonder how the Judiciar would look in a similar color.

That Chaplain already looks inspiring and scary all at once . The Eradicators on the previous page are gorgeous.....in a superhumanly ultra manly way

I’m liking the red on the Hospitaler, nice and vibrant. Good luck with the vials, I hope the experiment goes well! The black metallic armour on the chaplain looks great too

youwashock wrote:The Hospitaler is going to be a very colorful model when it is done. Eye-catching. The Chaplain looks good already. Wonder how the Judiciar would look in a similar color.

Thanks youwashock! Judiciar will get "only" a silver armour and brown leather coat, want him to look knightly.

Theophony wrote:That Chaplain already looks inspiring and scary all at once . The Eradicators on the previous page are gorgeous.....in a superhumanly ultra manly way

Thanks Theo!

gobert wrote:I’m liking the red on the Hospitaler, nice and vibrant. Good luck with the vials, I hope the experiment goes well! The black metallic armour on the chaplain looks great too

Thanks gobert! I need finer brushes for the vials, I finished the Hospitaller yesterday and am quite happy with the syringe, but the vials could use better lines.

And here she is in all her gory glory plus the chaplain got his gold and instead of Reikland Fleshshade I tried Guilliman Flesh and it works very well and is better to control than a normal shade.

Nice work V. I like her blue headscarf. Nicely inked/shaded/painted however you've done that. It looks the business.

Looks good and gory!

I think she needs to get a new dress, she’s got red on that one! I think the vials look pretty good to me, is the writing on the book a transfer sheet?

She looks so tranquil, despite all of the blood on her!

Hospitaller turned out great. I like the color on her mask to link her back to the rest of the Sisters. The syringe looks good, as does the gold on the Chaplain.

theCrowe wrote:Nice work V. I like her blue headscarf. Nicely inked/shaded/painted however you've done that. It looks the business.

Thanks theCrowe! It's my patented lazy method of base, shade and than kind of drybrush with a broken brush

inmygravenimage wrote:Looks good and gory!

Thanks Graven! Can't let the Blood for the Blood God pot go to waste!

gobert wrote:I think she needs to get a new dress, she’s got red on that one! I think the vials look pretty good to me, is the writing on the book a transfer sheet?

Thanks gobert! Now I need a small Cornetto wrapper to top of that image Writing on the book is from the Sororitas transfer sheet, those things are life savers.

Fifty wrote:She looks so tranquil, despite all of the blood on her!

Thanks Fifty! And which one? Both have that absolute faith in the god.emperor (as they should have )

youwashock wrote:Hospitaller turned out great. I like the color on her mask to link her back to the rest of the Sisters. The syringe looks good, as does the gold on the Chaplain.

Thanks youwashock! Mask was a last minute addition, because after putting her on the base, something was lacking and as you say, it ties it a bit together.

A little bit more work on the Chaplain, needs a second go on the head and getting more of the details painted, Grey Seer base is on everything and just awaiting Contrast. And I hate doing vehicles so I started on the rhino to get it out of the way. Gold is mostly based, silver started and after that gonna try some battle damage with a sponge.

Woo rhino! It is still the best little box and that one is looking good. It can definitely be a little bit of a pain to paint though.

Man those Sisters Rhinos have a lot of bling on them, looks like a good start though, the Chaplain is getting there as well.

That Hospitalier looks great, love the blood red armour to lessen the horror to those Sisters surrounding her. Bad news for the last at her feet though...I don't think she is going to pull through.

Tanky tank! Excellent bling mobile!

That is one blinged up ride! I’ve not done vehicles for many a year, mainly because they’re a huge PITA! You’re making good progress on this one I think!

amazingturtles wrote:Woo rhino! It is still the best little box and that one is looking good. It can definitely be a little bit of a pain to paint though.

Thanks amazingturtles!

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Man those Sisters Rhinos have a lot of bling on them, looks like a good start though, the Chaplain is getting there as well.

That Hospitalier looks great, love the blood red armour to lessen the horror to those Sisters surrounding her. Bad news for the last at her feet though...I don't think she is going to pull through.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! Hadn't thought of that, making her look less bloody with the red armour. Had to immediately think of Deadpool when I red this "He got the right idea, he's wearing his brown pants today."

inmygravenimage wrote:Tanky tank! Excellent bling mobile!

Thanks Graven!

gobert wrote:That is one blinged up ride! I’ve not done vehicles for many a year, mainly because they’re a huge PITA! You’re making good progress on this one I think!

Thanks gobert!

Lunch break at the home office saw me finish this guy today. Have YOU prayed to the god-emperor today? If not, he will remedy that...

Keeping up a good pace. Chaplain looks awesome, as does the Rhino.

Great job with the Chaplain! Not going to lie though, I was digging the Destro look. Lol

lovely stuff as always dude, love the Heat effect on the meltas last page

Great work on the Chaplain, he looks ready to purge some heretics!

Bang up job on El Chapitan, you have a really intuitive eye for colour and where to put them to tie your cohesive scheme together.

What is next from Indomitus?

Agree with everyone else. That chaplain looks amazing.

Another vote on an amazing Chaplain . Looks like a mighty fine boat oar he is about to whallop someone with as well, those crozius get larger with every edition .

Love the Chaplain too! and the Apothecary is sweet too, not sure what washing powder they use but hope its a good one for all that blood!

You always do an impressive job with power armor. Good stuff as always.

youwashock wrote:Keeping up a good pace. Chaplain looks awesome, as does the Rhino.

Thanks youwashock! Gotta stay on top of the pile

kavika0311 wrote:Great job with the Chaplain! Not going to lie though, I was digging the Destro look. Lol

Thanks kavika0311!

JoeRugby wrote:lovely stuff as always dude, love the Heat effect on the meltas last page

Thanks JoeRugby!

gobert wrote:Great work on the Chaplain, he looks ready to purge some heretics!

Thanks gobert!

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Bang up job on El Chapitan, you have a really intuitive eye for colour and where to put them to tie your cohesive scheme together.

What is next from Indomitus?

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! It's nice to have a choice of colors so that I can use them quickly. Starting out three years ago it was more haphazard Next up is... you'll see at the end of this post

brushcommando wrote:Agree with everyone else. That chaplain looks amazing.

Thanks brushcommando!

Theophony wrote:Another vote on an amazing Chaplain . Looks like a mighty fine boat oar he is about to whallop someone with as well, those crozius get larger with every edition .

Thanks Theo! I don't think the crozius is that big, the angle might distort it somewhat. Although I only have another Primaris Chaplain to compare to, so you could be right

maxwin wrote:Love the Chaplain too! and the Apothecary is sweet too, not sure what washing powder they use but hope its a good one for all that blood!

Thanks maxwin! I think her coat just gets burned after every battle

squall018 wrote:You always do an impressive job with power armor. Good stuff as always.

Thanks squall018!

Of course after taking the chaplain pics I realized I missed doing scribbles on the scroll on his pistol, a vent on his backpack wasn't black and the skull on his backpack needed silver on the service studs.

The rhino has taken the backseat, I'm now trying to get the seven sisters done to have the squads complete. The harlie also gets the occasional slap of paint. Gonna use a lot of colors on him, a bit like the elves on Discworld who wear objectively gruesome clothes combinations, but their projected glamour makes it look fabulous.
Judiciar is up next from Indomitus, may give his coat a shade with thinned down Agrax, my drybrushing seems a bit too strong. His head is nearly done, managed to get both eyes level
And after seeing that gobert bought one and one of my friends asked if we couldn't play BSF instead of WarCry I caved and finally bought the Zoat. Gonna paint him to match the PA Inquisitor she seems like the kind who would employ a big xenos lizard.

Judiciar is looking good. Quite knightly. Zoat anticipation is high.

Awesome! The world needs more Zoat right now! I’ve bought about 2 years worth of minis to paint now, so I’m not sure when I’ll get around to mine. :(

Sisters and Judiciar are making a good start too. I quite like his leathery skirt, it looks heavily used, like it’s his favourite leather skirt that he wears for all occasions

youwashock wrote:Judiciar is looking good. Quite knightly. Zoat anticipation is high.

Thanks youwashock! Will try to build the zoat this weekend, so that (if weather permits) I can prime him next week.

gobert wrote:Awesome! The world needs more Zoat right now! I’ve bought about 2 years worth of minis to paint now, so I’m not sure when I’ll get around to mine. :(

Sisters and Judiciar are making a good start too. I quite like his leathery skirt, it looks heavily used, like it’s his favourite leather skirt that he wears for all occasions

Thanks gobert! Just fit him in between, he deserves being painted soon It is his favorite skirt. And he doesn't like questions like "Why is there only one sleeve?" and "Seriously, is that coat going through your armour?". It's not a greatcoat, it's a weirdcoat

And he is done, meet Judiciar Velox Lem. Painting him was fun and I really like the silver armour and may repeat that on the Bladeguard Ancient. The only weird thing are his ears. They seem very large (head is from a Custodes kit), but with the look he's giving you still shouldn't call him Dumbo

Niiiiice. He looks awesome. A real tough customer. Like how you painted the sword lettering.

I'd love to know the story behind the sawn off point of the sword. I mean, the sword is styled such that it should have a point, it should be an effective stabby weapon if needed to be used in such a way but it's not pointy any more. It gives it sense of brutality I think but it's almost like there's a great story in how it lost its tip.

I might have to squeeze Zoaty in, maybe I need to push to finish my BSF collection? Judi finished up nicely, the coat really is wierd, but space marine garments have always been wierd, moving in and out of armour plates. They can’t be comfortable, but Judi really likes his wierdcoat

Good job on the Judiciar, he certainly looks like he means business. I think the muted colours on him really suit his place in the lore..."I am the lore...I mean law!".

Looks epic with the background of those ruins and the propaganda posters as well.

The judiciar may be wearing a weirdcoat but let's face it, the guy has style and he knows it. He's go a strut.

I'm excited to see how you paint up the zoat!

Nice Judiciar Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Nice work on the Hospitaller Viterbi! The red armour works really well and is presumabel a very practical choice given her line of work

youwashock wrote:Niiiiice. He looks awesome. A real tough customer. Like how you painted the sword lettering.

Thanks youwashock! Still have lying the Bloodletter Glaze lying around and the sword seemed like a good reason to get it out. Quite happy with it too.

theCrowe wrote:I'd love to know the story behind the sawn off point of the sword. I mean, the sword is styled such that it should have a point, it should be an effective stabby weapon if needed to be used in such a way but it's not pointy any more. It gives it sense of brutality I think but it's almost like there's a great story in how it lost its tip.

Thanks theCrowe! I believe the designer thought it looked more like a executioner's blade without the tip, it's not a conversion

gobert wrote:I might have to squeeze Zoaty in, maybe I need to push to finish my BSF collection? Judi finished up nicely, the coat really is wierd, but space marine garments have always been wierd, moving in and out of armour plates. They can’t be comfortable, but Judi really likes his wierdcoat

Thanks gobert! It's never wrong to finish BSF Also I still haven't build my Zoat

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Good job on the Judiciar, he certainly looks like he means business. I think the muted colours on him really suit his place in the lore..."I am the lore...I mean law!".

Looks epic with the background of those ruins and the propaganda posters as well.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! And your comment gave me a bad Stallone Dredd flashback Never before and after was a man seen yelling "law" so weirdly...

amazingturtles wrote:The judiciar may be wearing a weirdcoat but let's face it, the guy has style and he knows it. He's go a strut.

I'm excited to see how you paint up the zoat!

Thanks amazingturtles! Hope to get to the Zoat soon.

Captain Brown wrote:Nice Judiciar Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

zahnib wrote:Nice work on the Hospitaller Viterbi! The red armour works really well and is presumabel a very practical choice given her line of work

Thanks zahnib! It certainly helps to make the armour look a bit cleaner


Very slow progress the last days, but I now have the results of my Indomitus expenditures. I had bought two boxes, because a friend wanted to have the core book and one Necron half. Initially I though about just taking the Space Marine half, but I wanted to have the core book too, so two boxes it were. In the end I kept:

1 Core book
1 Space Marines half
3 more bikes
1 Plasmancer (not sure what to use him for, but lovely sculpt)
2 Crypto Thralls (gonna slap some purity seals and imperial transfers on them and use them as Death Cult Assassins)
1 Cryptek Reanimator (size-wise it may be on par with armigers so I'm thinking to put imperial weapons on and use it as a Helverin)

Everything else I sold separately on eBay as auctions starting at 1€. I expected to get some of my money back, but after deducting all fees I now have paid 17,80€ for everything I kept from Indomitus. Best Warhammer Deal ever

But I did paint something, finally did the 5 bolter gals. They are rough in places (and yes, still no srilled or painted barrels ), but fine as gaming pieces and will be the first casualties in-game

Nice job on the parts sales to cover the box prices.

Sisters are looking great.

Sweet hustle with the Indomitus sales. New Sisters look good, despite their short life expectancy.

you have done well sir. And, lovely sisters

Thanks guys!

And after seeing the updates in maxwin‘s plog I realized, I should get started on my painting comp entry and did the first work on Greyfax last evening. Seeing as she takes a lot of design cues from the Sororitas range I will align her with their color scheme.

That's ace. You almost make me regret moving on from the Ordos Might net on with my RT warband. That deep green is particularly lovely.

Nice choice of lipstick! she’s a cool looking mini

She has such a snazzy hat. I need a hat like that! And that is excellent face painting so far.

Have never ever really paid any attention to Greyfax, she looks like a cracking sculpt. But rules and lore wise what is the crossbow bolter thing?

Nice wore! what did you use for the snow in the bases?

Such a nice model. That blue lipstick is to die for. Looking forward to seeing her stand with your Sisters.

inmygravenimage wrote:That's ace. You almost make me regret moving on from the Ordos Might net on with my RT warband. That deep green is particularly lovely.

Thanks Graven! Playing normal Inquisition is nigh on impossible today, but I now have a nice selection of Inquisitors done and alone they slot perfectly into every Imperial Army so I'm content for the moment. Only the Jokaero is sad, because he will never get taken anywhere

gobert wrote:Nice choice of lipstick! she’s a cool looking mini

Thanks gobert! I imagine she saw Joey Tribbiani in his Ichiba commercial and just had to get that lipstick

amazingturtles wrote:She has such a snazzy hat. I need a hat like that! And that is excellent face painting so far.

Thanks amazingturtles! I think the candle on it really pulls it together. Just hoping I will be able to paint it as cracked leather, as I planned.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Have never ever really paid any attention to Greyfax, she looks like a cracking sculpt. But rules and lore wise what is the crossbow bolter thing?

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! It is a Condemnor Bolter and has special rules against Psykers (and maybe Demons, little hazy on that). It probably will seldom matter ingame, but it sure as hell looks cool

maxwin wrote:Nice wore! what did you use for the snow in the bases?

Thanks maxwin! Also I'm at a loss what a "wore" is I use the GW Texture Paint Valhallan Blizzard for the snow, not cheap, but works and I'm now set in my ways.

youwashock wrote:Such a nice model. That blue lipstick is to die for. Looking forward to seeing her stand with your Sisters.

Thanks youwashock! It won't take long for her to join the Sororitas, body and backpack are done.

Pressure valve did cost a lot of nerves and at least in theory I need to optimize it a bit, but I'm scared of ruining everything with a wrong stroke, I don't have small brushes atm and Army Painter Character and Citadel Medium Layer make this stuff a real challenge.

Your color scheme is solid. Keeps looking good, even after all those minis.

And really nice Indomitus hustle. Makes me really wish I would have gotten a box after all . . .

 DJJazzyJeff wrote:
Your color scheme is solid. Keeps looking good, even after all those minis.

And really nice Indomitus hustle. Makes me really wish I would have gotten a box after all . . .

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! Let's hope I'm not getting sick of it, still lots of minis to go

Had a bit of time and motivation on my hand and surprisingly finished Greyfax. Quite happy with her, did a little bit on the pressure valve indicator, so that the inner ring is also black. It won't get better like this, so I'll leave it be for now.
And next up will be the first five Assault Intercessors and hopefully finally the last two Repentias, sitting on this desk for too long.

Pressure gauge is a great detail. She looks awesome.

Super colourful Greyfax is looking awesome!

Quite a different approach to Greyfax than usual! I like her in your green metallic armor.

Great job on Greyfax. She'll fit right in with yer Sisters. Also pretty sweet work on the Judicar. Really like the iron armor.

Good job on Greyfax, pressure gauge is great, even without taking your available brushes into account. Still need to start my painting challenge entry..

Great job on Greyfax! She looks great, and I can see why your nerves were on edge with those brushes. Think how good you’ll be with a small layer brush!

youwashock wrote:Pressure gauge is a great detail. She looks awesome.

Thanks youwashock! Wanted to try something new, normaly I don't do anything with those gauges, but felt I could at least try

aku-chan wrote:Super colourful Greyfax is looking awesome!

Thanks aku-chan!

Max Moray wrote:Quite a different approach to Greyfax than usual! I like her in your green metallic armor.

Thanks Max Moray! I'm quite happy that my Imperial scheme seems to fit most miniatures.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great job on Greyfax. She'll fit right in with yer Sisters. Also pretty sweet work on the Judicar. Really like the iron armor.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep!

Maharg wrote:Good job on Greyfax, pressure gauge is great, even without taking your available brushes into account. Still need to start my painting challenge entry..

Thanks Maharg! And good luck with starting and hopefully finishing your entry!

gobert wrote:Great job on Greyfax! She looks great, and I can see why your nerves were on edge with those brushes. Think how good you’ll be with a small layer brush!

Thanks gobert! Next order (still a bit off) will definitely include a detail brush. Hopefully it really makes it easier.

Small update, my Sister and Terminator Librarian arrived. And it's proof that GW reads this forum, because I was complaining on youwashock's plog that my order still wasn't sent and five minutes later I had the shipping confirmation in the mail
And I'm finally psuhing forward on the Repentia. I'm not a fan of the old design, because nothing about them says repentant sinner, but the new ones have their own struggle. Faces, Eviscarators and the self-mutiliation all look the part, but their robes and shoes really scream "I'm an athlete". So I thought it only fitting to give one of the models some nice Stan Smith sneakers

Huzzah! Glad you got your minis.

Sweet kicks on the Repentia.

Nice work love the leather on the justicar last page tho

Love the Adidas three stripes! Gives a whole new take on the sensible shoes concept (Oathsworn miniatures had a range of female adventurers called the Sensible Shoes range)

Best footware on a mini since my goblin fanatics got red converse.

Thems some pretty pumped up kicks. Should give them the Emperor's own speed; run faster than those bullets.

Greyfax is amazing , the head is great, but I almost prefer the headless picture because she is scarier.

Oh my god I'd never noticed the little booties on the new Repentia! Those Adidas stripes should definitely provide a +1 to movement

youwashock wrote:Huzzah! Glad you got your minis.

Sweet kicks on the Repentia.

Thanks youwashock! Apparently Foot Locker hasn't been deemed heresy... yet

JoeRugby wrote:Nice work love the leather on the justicar last page tho

Thanks JoeRugby! Leather was done with my lazy stippling method, it lends itself very well to that.

theCrowe wrote:Love the Adidas three stripes! Gives a whole new take on the sensible shoes concept (Oathsworn miniatures had a range of female adventurers called the Sensible Shoes range)

Best footware on a mini since my goblin fanatics got red converse.

Thanks theCrowe! Ok, now I have to check out images of those female adventurers that line sounds fun. And I need to see pics of those goblin fanatics that sounds glorious!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Thems some pretty pumped up kicks. Should give them the Emperor's own speed; run faster than those bullets.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! The emperor not only protects, he gives you style and athletic prowess.

Theophony wrote:Greyfax is amazing , the head is great, but I almost prefer the headless picture because she is scarier.

Thanks Theo! Headless Inquisitor would've definitely been something

zahnib wrote:Oh my god I'd never noticed the little booties on the new Repentia! Those Adidas stripes should definitely provide a +1 to movement

Thanks zahnib! Yeah, I believe that the third incarnation of Repentia models (ca. 2040) will get everything right And I will discuss the stat increase with my friends, although I fear they don't want those gals even faster in their face

Finished both Repentia and started on the Assault Intercessors. Luckily they will be very easy to paint, gonna try and give them a big push today. And because the heat has gone I primed some more and quite diverse models. Zoat will get a matching imperial paintjob to go Xenos hunting with the PA Inquisitor, the Hobbits will do duty as halfling scouts in my Averlander mercenaries in Mordheim and Luke Skywalker... is just for fun, although I'm watching the Legion Clone Wars Core Set, even if I won't play. But am watching the movies and show atm so got in the mood.

My gaming group consists of four players (me included) and after some time we finally managed to all have time the same evening and did a very nice 4-player Mordheim game. We played the scenario before with 3 players. The goal is to get a merchant's son off the board. He starts in the middle and moves 1D6 with scatter dice before we players move. And I nearly got him off the field, I only would have needed two more rounds, but alas, I failed my rout test and lost the game. So I was eager to do it better this time.
After deploying in the four corners the merchant's son decided he wanted to walk away from his spot in the middle of the battlefield... a whooping 1" We all raced towards the guy (racing in the broadest sense for the dwarve treasure hunters ). Carnival of Chaos and Undead were in prime positions to snatch him next round but apparently he didn't like the look of those rescuers so with a new roll of the scatter dice he walked 5" into my direction and into a small boat on the river. This was perfect because my Skink Starpriest Skinky (subbing for a Sword for Hire Warlock) got Flight of Zimmeran off and now stood on the boat with the merchant's son. The only problem: He now had to get him off the board and was only allowed the 4 inch movement. So it was clear I would need at least 8-9 rounds to reach a table edge. And the dwarf player had a lot of crossbows and an open field to target me. He moved forward with his slayers and started shooting whilst I put the rest of my warband in front of Skinky and the merchant's son, codename human shield
On the other river side Carnival and Undead had a little skirmish and than the Carnival walked away to kill some wayward zombies for easy experience. The only stuff he left standing were three nurglings who charged into the two slayers... and tarpitted them the rest of the game. Our dwarf player was furious, because he just couldn't kill them.
Meanwhile I tried to get to the table edge and fend off the Undead who now had no opponent holding them up. Luckily for me the vampire (the grey skeleton) of the warband catched stupidity early on in the campaign and just drooled some rounds instead of being able to attack me. Nevertheless once he arrived he wreaked havoc. But his injury rolls (and those of the crossbows of the dwarves) weren't good enough so my people managed to still block the route for Skinky. Unfortunately I had to start taking rout tests shortly after that but my warband stood firm, even after losing members left and right. Two rounds before I would have gotten of the board the human shield consisted only of my last Bergjäger hero, one Sword fighter and Skinky. But the vampire started to drool again and my Bergjäger aimed and she killed him with a critical hit. After that the dwarf player failed his two shooting attempts at Skinky, the Carnival player was too far away and last round the Undead failed their rout test, fled the battlefield and I walked the merchant's son off the field.
It was a nailbiter to the end and I was so happy having fled the board. But not without great losses, 5 henchmen and 4 heroes were out of action. But only 2 henchmen permanently did in the aftergame so it was a win all around.

I picked up the Mordheim box back in the day, never got a change to play. Sounds like fun.

Have the asault intercessors been drinking? They seems to be staggering around the paint bench. Might just be the fumes.

Mordheim for a good time. Sounds like a fun game. New stuff is very exciting, especially Luke and the Zoat!

Thanks for sharing the batrep! Sounds like a really fun game - and a tense one, as well. Everyone's warbands look nice, I like the stone bases on the Carnival of Chaos. That starpriest is a good model, I like the way you did his feathers.

 Viterbi wrote:

zahnib wrote:Oh my god I'd never noticed the little booties on the new Repentia! Those Adidas stripes should definitely provide a +1 to movement

Thanks zahnib! Yeah, I believe that the third incarnation of Repentia models (ca. 2040) will get everything right And I will discuss the stat increase with my friends, although I fear they don't want those gals even faster in their face

Hahah, yes looking forward to that 2040 rerelease! Nice to see Mordheim getting some love, I wonder if we'll see a refresh of that anytime soon...

 zahnib wrote:

 Viterbi wrote:

zahnib wrote:Oh my god I'd never noticed the little booties on the new Repentia! Those Adidas stripes should definitely provide a +1 to movement

Thanks zahnib! Yeah, I believe that the third incarnation of Repentia models (ca. 2040) will get everything right And I will discuss the stat increase with my friends, although I fear they don't want those gals even faster in their face

Hahah, yes looking forward to that 2040 rerelease! Nice to see Mordheim getting some love, I wonder if we'll see a refresh of that anytime soon...

I would love it, if there would be some new models. There are some nice alternatives out there, but I wouldn't mind plastic remakes of the old boxes. I wasn't in the hobby first time the game came around and would love the witch hunter sculpts remade. Although even a Made to Order would make me very happy.

In other news I did not do the big push on the Assault Intercessors, but took stock of what I actually have lying around and sorting my cabinet a bit. Luckily my pile isn't as bad as I thought.

We start with the remnants of my unbuilt and unpainted marines. Not much left, but the vehicles will hurt, I so hate painting vehicles. Although the Dreads should be a little easier. And I have to finish of the Deathwatch bird, it is more far along as I remembered. Necromunda Enforcers are on ice for the time being, although I could see them used as scouts, may have to ponder about that.



Sisters "pile" on the right. Currently looking for hatches for the Conquest rhino. Thought I had some in my Bitz box, but seems I was wrong. Immolator will be a to paint, but Retributors and Seraphim should be reasonably fast, once I start building them.
On the left are my SCE who will one day get painted and then not added on (probably, but I'll have them ready for WarCry and maybe Meeting Engagement games.



The most mixed pile. I really want to have my KO done and the finishing line is very close, as you can see, but I always get distracted with power amour Also some stuff for WarCry left (some was next to the sisters pile in the last image)
In the middle we have some Sector Mechanicus terrain, the terrain from Kill Team Rouge Trader and then some Undead for WarCry and Mordheim (the ogre too). They should paint up quick, once the time comes. Gonna try out my scheme for the WarCry Nighthaunts next month in the painting comp.
On the left we have the Mechanicus stuff with one Imperial Knight and then some Skitarii. They are up once I'm through with Space Marines and Sisters (although if the latter get an army bundle box this christmas, they will get priority).
The GSC will stay around and someday get painted for Kill Team or Necromunda.



And my current painting table, we'll see if I get through this stuff in September, it's the goal at least.



And I took the opportunity to rearrange my cabinet a bit (Mordheim models got banished to the container that already holds the BSF baddies, I need more cabinet space).
First up are the Space Marines, my most sizable force. Upper level are HQs, Elites und lower level the troops (and no more place for more of them ) Quite happy to see them all together, at the new 500 points or even 1.000 points level I can build a lot of varying lists.



The next shelf needs more order in the near future, it's mostly imperial factions and some xenos from BSF and my GSC test models. Lower shelf shows my progress with the sisters army.



And last but not least the two fantasy shelves. On top my WarCry stuff and the first models for my SCE. Below not everything is painted by me. All purple KO infantry and ships just got some additional work like a new base or some edge highlighting, but were bought as an army on eBay. Everything blue and metallic green is mine however



And with that I now should start the work day and try to paint a bit this evening whilst the wife is out and the kids sleep.

That's quite a backlog you've got and an impressive display cabinet! I think you'll need a second cabinet by the time that's all finished

That Detolf cabinet is looking very full Viterbii.

I always find a good hobby clear out is good to help focus the mind to give a rough timeline on when you want things done, and even to discover things that you could possibly sell.

Good luck with the progress, your September goal seems doable.

"Currently looking for hatches for the Conquest rhino."

Which sort of hatches are you looking for? Top or sides?

Cheers,

CB

Happiness is a cabinet full of painted minis. I applaud your organization. Looking forward to September's lineup!

Woo origination! Personally, i love getting things organized. A lot to do too, but that's a feeling that i'm sure everyone here is familiar with...

I’m loving the full cabinets, have you even added some extra black shelves and still run out of space!? The pile is quite impressive too, good luck getting through it, hopefully sorting it out has give you ideas or a plan!

Great displays! It's great that you're able to show off the work you've been doing. You're definitely hobby goals right now. Cool to see all the potential next projects you have, excited to see what you pick.

zahnib wrote:That's quite a backlog you've got and an impressive display cabinet! I think you'll need a second cabinet by the time that's all finished

Don't let my minis hear it, but there will be no second cabinet. Some will have to go... into boxes.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:That Detolf cabinet is looking very full Viterbii.

I always find a good hobby clear out is good to help focus the mind to give a rough timeline on when you want things done, and even to discover things that you could possibly sell.

Good luck with the progress, your September goal seems doable.

Yeah, it was good to take stock and see what I want to keep. I put some odds and ends I don't really want to the side and will put them up on eBay soon. September should be doable, if I don't get distracted with other stuff

Captain Brown wrote:"Currently looking for hatches for the Conquest rhino."

Which sort of hatches are you looking for? Top or sides?

Cheers,

CB

The small top hatches (Found a pic on Dakka, what the first part of the Rhino will look like after assembly: https://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2019/3/6/eb0b8db1bc35f56c78402eac1845b0a1_119551.jpg__thumb
But, I'm a bit stupid and looked everywhere for my Rhino bits I knew I had, but I didn't thought about lookin in the drawer marked Rhino



But I should have enough bits now to close the Rhino.

youwashock wrote:Happiness is a cabinet full of painted minis. I applaud your organization. Looking forward to September's lineup!

Yes, it was very satisfying to line up all those marine squads

amazingturtles wrote:Woo origination! Personally, i love getting things organized. A lot to do too, but that's a feeling that i'm sure everyone here is familiar with...

By my calculation if (and that's a big if) I don't buy anything new it should last me until next (late) spring But the goal still stands, no more pile in 2021!

gobert wrote:I’m loving the full cabinets, have you even added some extra black shelves and still run out of space!? The pile is quite impressive too, good luck getting through it, hopefully sorting it out has give you ideas or a plan!

Yes, I added to Detolf's capacity, I still can put one more shelf in, but I was also surprised how full it already is. I have kind of a plan, October will definitely be ghost month. I think a power armour break should be good for me

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great displays! It's great that you're able to show off the work you've been doing. You're definitely hobby goals right now. Cool to see all the potential next projects you have, excited to see what you pick.

I will have to rearrange the imperial misc. one, although it represents the Imperium very well, with the chaotic organisation Finishing Aos/Fantasy stuff is at the forefront of my goals.

After tidying everything away I started to get back to painting and building. Did both murder buckets and will use them as Death Cult assassins in my Sisters army. Because everything is fine if there's purity seals and Imperial doodads on Xenos tech, right?





Assault Intercessors are progressing slowly, next up is doing the rest of the gold details. Then there's only holsters, pouches and base left.



And very happy with the Zoat progress. Color scheme should surprise no one Have to find out, how the effect on his front plate was done on the studio model, quite like that red/black scheme. But first all the cables and canisters.

Your colors work quite well on the Zoat. I like the repurposed robots, too.

Purity seals will definitely cleanse their xenos tech! Zoaty is looking good already too, I like his blue skin tone

As someone who is painting the new Necrons, your idea to make them into assassins is blasphemous! Looking forward to seeing the conversions you have planned cause you know if there is not enough purity seals they could turn on you.

youwashock wrote:Your colors work quite well on the Zoat. I like the repurposed robots, too.

Thanks youwashock!

gobert wrote:Purity seals will definitely cleanse their xenos tech! Zoaty is looking good already too, I like his blue skin tone

Thanks gobert!

Yorkright wrote: As someone who is painting the new Necrons, your idea to make them into assassins is blasphemous! Looking forward to seeing the conversions you have planned cause you know if there is not enough purity seals they could turn on you.

Thanks Yorkright! And those Xenos will never turn on their new father, the almighty God-Emperor. They shall only do His bidding and slaughter the pesky enemies of the Imperium. Who even dares to think those lovely little bots would go back to a mute monarch (that was his name, wasn't it ) are mistaken

Hope they will not falter if I play against a friend, who is currently in the progress of painting up some Necrons. Their reprogramming must hold!

Used home office lunch break to get along with the Zoat. Coming together now, pistol and flask on his side are the only stuff left (and some cleanup and weathering on his armour).
And because the glove's look was to good to resist, I didn't. Shame he has no thumb, so the Time Stone is on his elbow

That's looking Zoat-ally excellent. Fabulous colours, inevitably.

Dang, zoat-ally is already taken! Well, the zoat is looking... zoatastic? zo-amazing!

Yeah, that's the one

It’s a good job he has no thumb so he can’t click his fingers together! Though that could be a fun twist to a narrative battle.

Whoa, that is some great work Viterbi! Glove and stones look rad.

Echoing the compliments on the Greyfax pressure gauges. Well done.
I'm glad to see she's pushing things into the red. Can't afford to allow heresy to slip by.

Viterbi wrote:
But, I'm a bit stupid and looked everywhere for my Rhino bits I knew I had, but I didn't thought about lookin in the drawer marked Rhino

That's the last place I would have thought to look too.


And, when in doubt, slap another purity seal on there.

That's how you do it!

Nice work! and damn that's a lot of stuff!!!

I really got a kick out of Infinity Zoat. I really like the blue tone you got on his skin as well, it's layered really well.

That gauntlet looks familiar... Awesome work Viterbi, look forward to seeing the Zoat all finished up

 Viterbi wrote:

Captain Brown wrote:"Currently looking for hatches for the Conquest rhino."

Which sort of hatches are you looking for? Top or sides?

Cheers,

CB

The small top hatches (Found a pic on Dakka, what the first part of the Rhino will look like after assembly: https://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2019/3/6/eb0b8db1bc35f56c78402eac1845b0a1_119551.jpg__thumb
But, I'm a bit stupid and looked everywhere for my Rhino bits I knew I had, but I didn't thought about lookin in the drawer marked Rhino



But I should have enough bits now to close the Rhino.

Alright Viterbi.

If you do need some let me know.

Cheers,

CB

inmygravenimage wrote:That's looking Zoat-ally excellent. Fabulous colours, inevitably.

Thanks Graven!

amazingturtles wrote:Dang, zoat-ally is already taken! Well, the zoat is looking... zoatastic? zo-amazing!

Yeah, that's the one

Thanks amazingturtles! Although I must warn you, the pun-police has been notified

gobert wrote:It’s a good job he has no thumb so he can’t click his fingers together! Though that could be a fun twist to a narrative battle.

We should be very glad about his missing thumb

Yorkright wrote: Whoa, that is some great work Viterbi! Glove and stones look rad.

Thanks Yorkright! Stones were easy, just silver base and then one layer of assorted Contrast paints.

DJJazzyJeff wrote:Echoing the compliments on the Greyfax pressure gauges. Well done.
I'm glad to see she's pushing things into the red. Can't afford to allow heresy to slip by.

Viterbi wrote:
But, I'm a bit stupid and looked everywhere for my Rhino bits I knew I had, but I didn't thought about lookin in the drawer marked Rhino

That's the last place I would have thought to look too.


And, when in doubt, slap another purity seal on there.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! That was also the first comments of my gaming friends, "You know the valve is on red, right?"

youwashock wrote:That's how you do it!

Thanks youwashock!

maxwin wrote:Nice work! and damn that's a lot of stuff!!!

Thanks maxwin! It is less than I thought and I'm gonna tackle it with vigor... I hope.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:I really got a kick out of Infinity Zoat. I really like the blue tone you got on his skin as well, it's layered really well.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! Glad you like the skin, because it is a simple drybrush. I wanted to layer "properly", saw the size of some of those scales and thought "nope" and used the simple method

zahnib wrote:That gauntlet looks familiar... Awesome work Viterbi, look forward to seeing the Zoat all finished up

Thanks zhanib! The Zoat is always mumbling something about being inevitable, not sure what that means

Captain Brown wrote:

 Viterbi wrote:

Captain Brown wrote:"Currently looking for hatches for the Conquest rhino."

Which sort of hatches are you looking for? Top or sides?

Cheers,

CB

The small top hatches (Found a pic on Dakka, what the first part of the Rhino will look like after assembly: https://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/2019/3/6/eb0b8db1bc35f56c78402eac1845b0a1_119551.jpg__thumb
But, I'm a bit stupid and looked everywhere for my Rhino bits I knew I had, but I didn't thought about lookin in the drawer marked Rhino



But I should have enough bits now to close the Rhino.

Alright Viterbi.

If you do need some let me know.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown, if I realize I'm missing something, I may take you up on that offer.

While the wife was fighting with the snotlings yesterday I made the final push and finished Kadal Lucu, the Zoat. Was at a loss at first with the pistol, it is very busy, but managed to get it to align with the rest of the colors. I feel the weathering on his armour is a bit too subtle, but was glad the sponge did the trick. And I hate that I'm not able to get little dots with the small brush, the purple specks in the were supposed to be bubbles. Ah well, maybe next time.
And because I like that model it got a final passover after finishing and I should have cleaned up all the smudges were other colors came onto the skin. Alas, once I look at the large pictures with no doubt I will find something I missed.
But overall quite happy and he is the perfect companion for Lord-Inquisitor Draxus.

Looks great! I had previously missed the infinity stone vibe

Magnificent! Big fan of the red armor, and his Phlogostonic De-Atomizer (or whatever they call it) came out great. Good woek getting that pupil in there!

Great job, Viterbi. I like how well it will fit in with your Imperial scheme without being overtly aligned, really good color choices there. The purple plating came out well but my favorite bit is the dark carapace on his back.

Also, I never realized before, but dang if that zoat model isn't t h i c c

Lovely job on Zoaty, really like the marbled red belly armour...is it flesh tearers contrast over metal?

The zoat looks awesome, that belly armor is great and the weapon colors ties right into the rest of the model. I want to know the secret sauce too for the belly armour.

 Don Qui Hotep wrote:
Also, I never realized before, but dang if that zoat model isn't t h i c c

Hahha, now you mention it I can't unsee it!

maxwin wrote:Looks great! I had previously missed the infinity stone vibe

Thanks maxwin!

youwashock wrote:Magnificent! Big fan of the red armor, and his Phlogostonic De-Atomizer (or whatever they call it) came out great. Good woek getting that pupil in there!

Thanks youwashock! Glad you like the pupil, wasn't sure to add some because I was quite content I halfway managed to get the yellow clean into the socket and didn't want to ruin it

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great job, Viterbi. I like how well it will fit in with your Imperial scheme without being overtly aligned, really good color choices there. The purple plating came out well but my favorite bit is the dark carapace on his back.

Also, I never realized before, but dang if that zoat model isn't t h i c c

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! And yeah, he is a big one. Always eating his Corpse-Starch

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Lovely job on Zoaty, really like the marbled red belly armour...is it flesh tearers contrast over metal?

Yorkright wrote: The zoat looks awesome, that belly armor is great and the weapon colors ties right into the rest of the model. I want to know the secret sauce too for the belly armour.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors and Yorkright! The belly armour was Leadbelcher base, than Stormhost Silver so it is a bit lighter, than Blood Angels Red. After that a bit (nearly nonexistent on the brush) of Black Templar for the black streaks and finally some Ardcoat to get the shine.

The Zoat came out very nicely. Such a characterful model, I hope you had fun with it.

Great job finishing off Zoaty-boy. As others have said he fits nicely with your imperial colours. The belly and dark carapace being great choices. The green on the gun works really well too. Back to Imperials next to cleanse the xenos from your brushes?

See, this what zoats were supposed to look like back in the late 80's; lots of IG players tried to paint them, few pulled it off. This is excellent work. And absolutely love the Infinity Stones glove- what a great Easter Egg on the table!

Thumpingbear wrote:The Zoat came out very nicely. Such a characterful model, I hope you had fun with it.

Thanks Thumpingbear! It was very fun to paint.

gobert wrote:Great job finishing off Zoaty-boy. As others have said he fits nicely with your imperial colours. The belly and dark carapace being great choices. The green on the gun works really well too. Back to Imperials next to cleanse the xenos from your brushes?

Thanks gobert! As you will see there are still some Xenos around on my desk. But still ones that tolerate the Imperium

Meer_Cat wrote:See, this what zoats were supposed to look like back in the late 80's; lots of IG players tried to paint them, few pulled it off. This is excellent work. And absolutely love the Infinity Stones glove- what a great Easter Egg on the table!

Thanks Meer_Cat! Glad you like his glove and yeah, the colors wouldn't be amiss in an 80's music video.

Finally finished the Assault Intercessors. They are easy enough models, but I seem to need a power armour break. October will be all ghosts and a bit of fantasy odds and ends.



More fun was Daemonifuge's elf companion. He was a lot of fun to paint, did nearly all of him today. Once I started it just came together. Although the gems on the swords aren't perfect after seeing the pics, need to patch them a bit up.






And I need some halfling scouts for my Mordheim Averlanders so the Hobbits get painted. All contrast so far.

Good effort getting the Eldar all painted up, he looks aces! And you seem to have made solid progress on the Hobbits, not bad for a weekend swork!

Great job on Kyganil. I think the swords look great, only feedback on the gems would be a dot highlight and maybe some gloss varnish.

I like the one intercessor's blonde mohawk also!

Intercessors look good. Harlequin sidekick also turned out nicely. Cool quartered costume.

Great job on the Zoat!
Harlequin dude is looking good too.

gobert wrote:Good effort getting the Eldar all painted up, he looks aces! And you seem to have made solid progress on the Hobbits, not bad for a weekend swork!

Thanks gobert! It's always weird to paint such models where I don't have the paint scheme down and to decide how many colors I can get away without so they fit together.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great job on Kyganil. I think the swords look great, only feedback on the gems would be a dot highlight and maybe some gloss varnish.

I like the one intercessor's blonde mohawk also!

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! May try a spot highlight with a bit of orange and than a layer of Ardcoat. And re: The Mohawk, hair got so much easier to do with contrast paints

youwashock wrote:Intercessors look good. Harlequin sidekick also turned out nicely. Cool quartered costume.

Thanks youwashock!

aku-chan wrote:Great job on the Zoat!
Harlequin dude is looking good too.

Thanks aku-chan!

Dingdong, the Hobbit's are done. I go for a quick and dirty job on my Mordheim minis and these are no exception. All told I needed 45 minutes (excluding drying time) to get them to this finish. They are a great advertisement for Contrast paints. Bluehat is my fave of them (although I realised after looking at GW's pics that I painted his neck in shirt colors and missed details on his coat ).

Hard to beat a bunch of Hobbits. Great minis to have around for all sorts of uses. Never seem to be off my table top. Handy little characters. Yours look like a likely lot to find down the pub at the start of an adventurous evening.

The hobbits do look nice, but the Harlequin guy is very nice. Ditto on the Zoat. Your collection is making me very jealous, especially the painted part .

Nice work Viterbi. I like the contrast the white snow brings to your assault intercessors. And nice to see some Hobbits making an appearance, especially on those lovely square bases

The wee lads look ready for action. Or second breakfast.

That Harlequin looks great. I really like the muted colours on him, and his wraithbone pistol. Intercessors and hobbits are looking good too, now a battle between the two is what I would like to see!

Nifty little hobbitses! I especially like the guy with the blue cap. Hobbits must have style

theCrowe wrote:Hard to beat a bunch of Hobbits. Great minis to have around for all sorts of uses. Never seem to be off my table top. Handy little characters. Yours look like a likely lot to find down the pub at the start of an adventurous evening.

Thanks theCrowe! Unfortunately we played the game without the Stoic Arms pub, so they were a bit miffed at their first Mordheim outing

Theophony wrote:The hobbits do look nice, but the Harlequin guy is very nice. Ditto on the Zoat. Your collection is making me very jealous, especially the painted part .

Thanks Theo! Although there is enough unpainted, but I'm slowly getting ahead of it (mainly by not spending stuff on more minis, but it is hard )

zahnib wrote:Nice work Viterbi. I like the contrast the white snow brings to your assault intercessors. And nice to see some Hobbits making an appearance, especially on those lovely square bases

Thanks zahnib! Some of these days I need a snow playing mat, because I base all my Imperial forces with snow, but still only have ones with red rocks or desert

youwashock wrote:The wee lads look ready for action. Or second breakfast.

Thanks youwashock! Probably more leaning towards the latter, knowing those pesky hobbits

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:That Harlequin looks great. I really like the muted colours on him, and his wraithbone pistol. Intercessors and hobbits are looking good too, now a battle between the two is what I would like to see!

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! Once I had a grip on the colors I wanted to use, he came along very fast. After having read the Daemonifuge comics I felt he shouldn't be too flashy although the purple and blue are bright enough to show he was a clown once

amazingturtles wrote:Nifty little hobbitses! I especially like the guy with the blue cap. Hobbits must have style

Thanks amazingturtles! Bluehat is the best! And after giving them all the same colors I felt he needed something snazzy.

The Hobbits made their first appearance in two Mordheim multiplayer games on Friday. They actually seem to prove useful with short range shooting, game 1 they managed with two shots to get my friend's ogre bodyguard to the ground so he couldn't charge. Second game Bluehat managed to survive (at first) multiple attacks by a trollslayer and in return managed to get him on the ground Unfortunately Bluehat needed a 6 in my turn to kill him, but failed. Then the dwarf stood up and beheaded the poor wee thing. But he survived the after game.

First and not successful outing came also by Harvey the Ogre. I bought a lot (in both senses of the word) of ogres a few month ago, but sold them on last month. But in doing so I did take a closer look and found this double-headed ogre conversion the previous owner had started, but didn't paint. So I kept him and some bits before selling the rest and now will use him as the ogre mercenary in Mordheim. Tried some new stuff with him, denim trousers did not come out well and tattoos need some work, but overall he was quite fun to paint. In-game he did of course nothing, apart from being very expensive

And got some more color on the Bladeguard Ancient, want him to be a very muted mini and did the robes in grey and the armour darkly washed silver like the Judiciar. And as you can see, the Judiciar had gets finally used, it fits this model much better in my opinion.

Good job on all of your hobby work. Extra mention for still updating the blog from time to time.

That helmet works really well on the ancient, that and I think it looks cooler in white than bone. Great job! The two headed ogre looks mean, I hope he stomps some of the other side next game!

With the Judiciar head, the Ancient looks even more like a Stormcast. That said, I think it works pretty well. A different helm is always good to break up a Marines force. I like the coat color, too.

Bladeguard looks exquisite. Your ogre is a lot of fun, love the colours.

That two-headed Ogre is great, kind of looks like a big bearded baby (in a good way )

Missed some of your latest work and your work is as stellar as usual but the Harlequin has to be my favorite so far. Color choices are well executed and the model is a real standout.

I actually think the denim turned out pretty well - it looks acid-washed more than anything. And given the number of caustic substances an ogre is likely to encounter in their travels, I think the pants suit quite well.

I love the ogre! He's wearing jeans because he's fashion forward (by ogre standards)

Golem2God wrote:Good job on all of your hobby work. Extra mention for still updating the blog from time to time.

Thanks Golem2God and welcome to the plog!

gobert wrote:That helmet works really well on the ancient, that and I think it looks cooler in white than bone. Great job! The two headed ogre looks mean, I hope he stomps some of the other side next game!

Thanks gobert! This week is Mordheim break, but he is already anxious to make it better next game.

youwashock wrote:With the Judiciar head, the Ancient looks even more like a Stormcast. That said, I think it works pretty well. A different helm is always good to break up a Marines force. I like the coat color, too.

Thanks youwashock! And now that you said it, he definitely has a Lord-Relictor vibe.

inmygravenimage wrote:Bladeguard looks exquisite. Your ogre is a lot of fun, love the colours.

Thanks Graven! Was nice to paint something without my usual colors.

zahnib wrote:That two-headed Ogre is great, kind of looks like a big bearded baby (in a good way )

Thanks zahnib! And you're right, he is not mean, he just wants to play

Yorkright wrote: Missed some of your latest work and your work is as stellar as usual but the Harlequin has to be my favorite so far. Color choices are well executed and the model is a real standout.

Thanks Yorkright! Harlequin was a lot of fun to paint, good to see he is well liked.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:I actually think the denim turned out pretty well - it looks acid-washed more than anything. And given the number of caustic substances an ogre is likely to encounter in their travels, I think the pants suit quite well.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! Mordheim is not known for its safety standards, you could be right.

amazingturtles wrote:I love the ogre! He's wearing jeans because he's fashion forward (by ogre standards)

Thanks amazingturtles! It would explain, why he charges so much gold for his services. Those pants probably aren't cheap.

Bladeguard Ancient has been done for a few days, very happy in how he turned out. I wanted him to be very gloomy and grimdark. Mission accomplished. And good to see some mistakes right after uploading the pics (for example gold on the skeleton on the banner)






This evening will play my first 9th edition Combat Patrol with a 25 PL Sisters force. Planned on bringing the Penitent Engine and the two Stand-Ins for Death Cult Assassins. I'm sure I could've gotten them nearly done yesterday and finished on my lunch break today, but I wasn't that motivated last night so they will get a slower paintjob and some play in a later game.

Hobbits!! Even if not for LotRs, HOBBITS!!

They look great. The contrasts have done their job really well. They are quite useful for fabrics and the like.

As others have said, the Zoat and the Harlie are fantastic! Good choice of colour on the zoat. Makes it look like a giant teched-up lizardman.


And thanks for shots of your collection and backlog. Quite impressive!

Nice, I hope you have a good time gaming. Let us know how the combat patrol goes.

Looking cool. I like the more washed out look so far on the Penitent Engine.

Great job finishing off the Ancient, certainly grimdark! As for those murder-buckets, they look a little impure to me

One of the joys of doing a blog is feeling great about completing a miniature and then the resulting pictures draw your eye to mistakes that you never noticed in person. Why are our eyes so useless???

The Judiaciar head looks best on that Ancient, like many I am not a fan of that head but it really works in this context. The robes and armour look great, excellent stuff.

Let us know how the Combat Patrol game went.

He looks great, and don't worry about mistakes. If any miniature were painted perfectly, the universe would explode. Or something.

What i particularly like about him is the leather for his gun holster, it looks really worn and well used!

Make sure you post up some pics of your game! That Ancient is a good conversion, the judiciar head looks fine.

Snrub wrote:Hobbits!! Even if not for LotRs, HOBBITS!!

They look great. The contrasts have done their job really well. They are quite useful for fabrics and the like.

As others have said, the Zoat and the Harlie are fantastic! Good choice of colour on the zoat. Makes it look like a giant teched-up lizardman.


And thanks for shots of your collection and backlog. Quite impressive!

Thanks Snrub! I'm already eyeing the other Hobbits from GW to built a complete Halfling Mordheim warband. They are weak, but they should be fun to play.

Syro_ wrote:Nice, I hope you have a good time gaming. Let us know how the combat patrol goes.

Thanks Syro_! Small batrep under my replies.

youwashock wrote:Looking cool. I like the more washed out look so far on the Penitent Engine.

Thanks youwashock! Tried some Gryph-Charger Grey for the metal after seeing the GW painting tip video using this over Leadbelcher. You need two coats, but it's a nice and simple finish.

gobert wrote:Great job finishing off the Ancient, certainly grimdark! As for those murder-buckets, they look a little impure to me

Thanks gobert! And don't you worry about the murder buckets, the purity seals and reprograming will definitely hold back their urges to kill all humans. Nearly 100% sure

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:One of the joys of doing a blog is feeling great about completing a miniature and then the resulting pictures draw your eye to mistakes that you never noticed in person. Why are our eyes so useless???

The Judiaciar head looks best on that Ancient, like many I am not a fan of that head but it really works in this context. The robes and armour look great, excellent stuff.

Let us know how the Combat Patrol game went.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! Yeah, after seeing the first pic of the ancient I was like "His normal head is way to jolly in contrast to his banner"

amazingturtles wrote:He looks great, and don't worry about mistakes. If any miniature were painted perfectly, the universe would explode. Or something.

What i particularly like about him is the leather for his gun holster, it looks really worn and well used!

Thanks amazingturtles! Universe exploding sounds about right And I can't take too much credit for the holster, just Grey Seer base paint, some Gore Grunta Fur Contrast paint and that's it. Love that stuff for all the holster and puches, makes painting them so much easier and faster.

Yorkright wrote: Make sure you post up some pics of your game! That Ancient is a good conversion, the judiciar head looks fine.

Thanks Yorkright!

And as requested some pics of the game. As said, we did Combat Patrol. My friend has very recently (sometime last year) rejoined our gaming group after a longer hiatus, but had only played Mordheim, Kill Team and some WarCry. So this was his first game of 40k in over 15 years and my first that was not a narrative mission, but with objectives.
We each had a 25 PL force and had real fun. Me a little more, because he didn't reinforce the flank where his Scarabs and Spider were holding the objective. My inquisitor slowly advanced over the course of the game and held the objective after round 4. My squad in the ruins held the objective after turn 1 and raised the banner to generate even more victory points.









Both our Warlords came back from the grave, his Overlord died the first time in quite a fun way. I can use a stratagem that let's me roll a D6, when a Repentia dies. If I manage to get a 4+, she deals a Mortal Wound to her opponent. So the Overlord basically killed himself first time round Stratagem brought him back with one wound, but at this time my Canoness with her relic blessed blade arrived and with 4 attacks hitting on 2, wounding on 3s and flat 3 damage he soon was scrap metal.

The first fight, Repentia Superior was a little disappointing, but the Repentias themselves were quite formidable.



After her killing his Warlord (and netting me 6 VP) it's quite understandable that my friend was quite joyful, when his Flayed Ones tore my Canoness to shreds. But I too had a stratagem with which to revive my character models once and give them as many wounds back as I can with 1-3 miracle dice. So suddenly the Canoness stood there again, fresh, shiny and with her normal 5 wounds. Next turn she shot the spider, charged and slaughtered the Flayed Ones and last turn killed the remaining Warriors. Those were a little pesky, because they wouldn't stop returning Must've killed that squad one and a half times over



I was also up on victory points at the end, but that was because of me playing the mission. Had my friend made some slightly different choices it would have been much closer.
But looking at the pics makes me so happy, because that's what I'm painting for. Not to have them standing in my cabinet, but out on the battlefield, writing their own history. We are thinking about starting a Crusade campaign shortly and I'm already excited.



And because of his loss, my friend asked, if we could do a rematch this evening So there will be another game and I'm tweaking my list a bit to test some units. Repentia and their Superior are out and Thaddaeus plus 3 Arcos in. Also built the special edition sister, but converted her to have a bolt pistol (to have the Wrath of the Emperor relic pistol), put a Kromlech silencer on top and changed her other arm to a power sword. Backpack is from the Canoness set, just had to clip of the sheathed chainsword on the side.



This morning I changed hand and sword, because the first try wasn't cut well at the glove and the second fitted better. Then I thought "well, you could prime her". After that, I was like "well, you could put one or two colors on". Three hours later she is ready for her first battle this evening





Very happy with her, although I had forgotten to cut off the pistol grip on her holster before painting so had to do it on the finished model. Because she has her pistol in hand, we couldn't have one sticking out the holster now, could we?

It’s always fun when well painted armies clash on the battlefield. I fully agree that’s where they belong, not on the shelf.

Nice work on the sister. I love it when a project just takes hold and you need to finish it. Such a rush. Not slog, not tedium, just the thrill of the hobby. She turned out great, now go out there and purge some filthy xenos and heretics!

Ah, i love painting days like that, when things just seem to work. And she looks great! completely unworried about the fact that her foot is almost on fire. that's the power of faith!

congratulations on your victory too!

Thanks for the batrep Viterbi
That sounds like a fun battle. That power of the repentias sounds scary to go against.

Nice game shots. Minis in action are always good to see. Really like the turbo-painted Sister. She turned out sweet!

So glad you posted up your battle report! Game looked like a lot of fun, congrats on the win and let us know how the next one turns out.
Great job on the speed painting, funny how the idea of getting a game motivates a person.

Nice work on Sister Speedy! I love when folk aren't precious about "special" minis.

Painting in the zone is always nice. She looks great.

Great battle rep Viterbi, your mate has some colourful Necrons! The new sister looks really good, even better to have done her so quickly!

Very, very well done Sister there Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Great game pics, thanks for sharing! I feel like no matter how long a painted model sits on my shelf, it's not fully finished until I get a game in with them. Congrats on your win and on knocking out your new cannoness in record time. You added a lot of character even with a few weapon/backpack swaps!

The silencer is a great addition to the Canonness, and great to see your in game pictures.

By all accounts it looks like the Necrons will be a different proposition once the new codex drops

Nevelon wrote:It’s always fun when well painted armies clash on the battlefield. I fully agree that’s where they belong, not on the shelf.

Nice work on the sister. I love it when a project just takes hold and you need to finish it. Such a rush. Not slog, not tedium, just the thrill of the hobby. She turned out great, now go out there and purge some filthy xenos and heretics!

Thanks Nevelon! Have a short batrep later in this post, she did well!

amazingturtles wrote:Ah, i love painting days like that, when things just seem to work. And she looks great! completely unworried about the fact that her foot is almost on fire. that's the power of faith!

congratulations on your victory too!

Thanks amazingturtles! And pft, that's no fire, that's a little rise in the ambient temperature for a battle sister

Syro_ wrote:Thanks for the batrep Viterbi
That sounds like a fun battle. That power of the repentias sounds scary to go against.

Thanks Syro_! Repentia can make mince of a lot of things, but they have to get there, they have no armour and only a Feel No Pain throw. But if they get there, it can turn nasty for the opponent.

youwashock wrote:Nice game shots. Minis in action are always good to see. Really like the turbo-painted Sister. She turned out sweet!

Thanks youwashock!

Yorkright wrote: So glad you posted up your battle report! Game looked like a lot of fun, congrats on the win and let us know how the next one turns out.
Great job on the speed painting, funny how the idea of getting a game motivates a person.

Thanks Yorkright! I always paint fastest, when I really want a mini in a game. Give me a deadline and suddenly I can paint very fast indeed

inmygravenimage wrote:Nice work on Sister Speedy! I love when folk aren't precious about "special" minis.

Thanks Graven! I only hesitated for a second before converting her. But for what she cost I thought that making her a canoness would make more sense than a standard battle sister.

DJJazzyJeff wrote:Painting in the zone is always nice. She looks great.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff!

gobert wrote:Great battle rep Viterbi, your mate has some colourful Necrons! The new sister looks really good, even better to have done her so quickly!

Thanks gobert! It took him some time to find this scheme, but he is very happy with them and he will hopefully paint some more in the next weeks, we want ti start a Crusade campaign,

Captain Brown wrote:Very, very well done Sister there Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great game pics, thanks for sharing! I feel like no matter how long a painted model sits on my shelf, it's not fully finished until I get a game in with them. Congrats on your win and on knocking out your new cannoness in record time. You added a lot of character even with a few weapon/backpack swaps!

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! I echo your sentiment and it made it very hard to decide which models I sent into our little Combat Patrol game, because nearly all of them hadn't seen the table before.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:The silencer is a great addition to the Canonness, and great to see your in game pictures.

By all accounts it looks like the Necrons will be a different proposition once the new codex drops

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! Everything is better with a silencer And my friend is already excited for the new codex, I preordered for both of us, Necron codex for him, Space Marines for me.

I didn't take a lot of pics from our second battle and unfortunately for my friend, the sisters still scored a major victory. In retrospect his choosing of his deployment zone wasn't optimal and he just didn't have enough units to go around scoring.



Although I got pretty lucky and killed his Canoptek Spyder turn 1 with Smite. It was quite fun, because my friend had a second read and realized that the Spyder can negate psychic powers. And what did I roll? A 12 I gladly took the 2 Mortal Wounds from perils of the warp and smote the little Spyder. That meant he couldn't bring back scarabs and lost a good unit.
After that I was able to snatch two objectives (stood on one already and got the second with my arco-flagellants). Action moved to the middle and my new Canoness did me proud. She shot some Necron warriors with her relic bolt pistol, charged the Overlord, didn't do much damage (he neither) and unceremoniously shot him in his turn in the shooting phase



Last round I let the arcos get to his warriors to test their offensive output. And dang, they can bring the hurt. May pick up a whole squad, three are not enough
My friend is now eagerly awaiting the new codex and will try to get some more objective grabbing units into the fold.

I'm still fighting a battle to get my rhino painted, but am slowly winning. It's mostly details now and then I can have fun with some weathering and call it a day. Although now seeing the pics I realize that all the gold details are only gold on the front, but not the sides






Last but not least, patience paid off and I got the Marvel Crisis Protocol Core Set for 68€ delivered on ebay. Built the terrain and 7 of the heroes and villains. They are very fiddly minis and I'm glad I never have to assemble an army of them

Like that Rhino. Somebody may need to have another look at that back hatch, though. Some heretic seems to have defaced it. Excited to see the super heroes come together. And that face-off pic with the Canoness rocks.

I agree with Youwashock that is a nice rhino but that hydra on the back...

Great battle pics again, your rhino is looking good too. I often cheat with things like the gold trim and use an Agrax or Nuln wash to line them, that way I don’t have to be so neat!

The big, metallic green seal on the side is super sick, though.

I'm sure that's just a harmless three headed snake of some kind, nothing at all to worry about.

Those are some nifty looking little cars!

Great batrep- nice to see the store mannikins get their plastic kiesters handed to them once in awhile (John Conner says hello, Biotches!).

As with the other commenters- I like the Rhino and have no problem with the three headed snake- very symbolic of the three natures of Womankind: Caring, Nurturing and Don't Piss Me Off!

Good to see your sisters taking to the battlefield, looks like some fun games. You might not have it all your way soon with the new necron codex on the way...
Rhino is looking good, look forward to seeing it finished

 Viterbi wrote:
I'm still fighting a battle to get my rhino painted, but am slowly winning. It's mostly details now and then I can have fun with some weathering and call it a day. Although now seeing the pics I realize that all the gold details are only gold on the front, but not the sides [/url]

Yes, tanks and other large vehicles can take some time to push through. Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

CB

youwashock wrote:Like that Rhino. Somebody may need to have another look at that back hatch, though. Some heretic seems to have defaced it. Excited to see the super heroes come together. And that face-off pic with the Canoness rocks.

Thanks youwashock! It was quite fun in-game, because my friend's Necrons of course have now pistol weapons and he was quite surprised, when I shot him in his turn: "Are you allowed to do that, why are you allowed to do that" approximate to his words in the situation

Yorkright wrote: I agree with Youwashock that is a nice rhino but that hydra on the back...

Thanks Yorkright!

gobert wrote:Great battle pics again, your rhino is looking good too. I often cheat with things like the gold trim and use an Agrax or Nuln wash to line them, that way I don’t have to be so neat!

Thanks gobert! That's a good tip with the wash around the edge, but I couldn't be bothered 90% of the time I won't see it, so it's all good.

DJJazzyJeff wrote:The big, metallic green seal on the side is super sick, though.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! It was kind of a test, if I can paint some slightly larger surfaces with Contrast over a metallic.

amazingturtles wrote:I'm sure that's just a harmless three headed snake of some kind, nothing at all to worry about.

Those are some nifty looking little cars!

Thanks amazingturtles! And not so small those cars, wanted to look what scale I need to get some more cheap toy cars, but apparently I have to shop the 1:43 section.

Meer_Cat wrote:Great batrep- nice to see the store mannikins get their plastic kiesters handed to them once in awhile (John Conner says hello, Biotches!).

As with the other commenters- I like the Rhino and have no problem with the three headed snake- very symbolic of the three natures of Womankind: Caring, Nurturing and Don't Piss Me Off!

Thanks Meer_Cat! Only a dead robot is a good robot!

Maharg wrote:Good to see your sisters taking to the battlefield, looks like some fun games. You might not have it all your way soon with the new necron codex on the way...
Rhino is looking good, look forward to seeing it finished

Thanks Maharg! Yeah, with the new codex and him probably taking more troops in the next battle it will be harder, I'm sure of it.

Captain Brown wrote:

 Viterbi wrote:
I'm still fighting a battle to get my rhino painted, but am slowly winning. It's mostly details now and then I can have fun with some weathering and call it a day. Although now seeing the pics I realize that all the gold details are only gold on the front, but not the sides [/url]

Yes, tanks and other large vehicles can take some time to push through. Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown! I always admire the amount of tanks you have painted to a fine standard!

First to all the concerned citizens: Of course the Hydra just shows the allegiance of my sisters to my Space Marines, which are despite all the three-headed reptiles and fondness for the letter A, a very loyal chapter named The Emperor's Fangs. So I can assure you, there is no heresy at work here (I can't bring myself to read that sentence seriously, but they really are loyalists ).

Second I did one of those tedious tasks and put a magnet under every battle sister and associated models, giving me an easier way to transport them.

Third and last, the rhino is done. Quite happy with the weathering, don't think I went to much overboard. And it's evenly distributed, because my rhinos just zip forward with no regard to cover or anything. The Emperor protects!
And I ordered some big bases to put all my rhino chassied tanks on, it looks cooler and I can also put magnets under the base to better transport the tanks.

Looking good with the dust on. Interested in seeing the tanks on bases.

Nice job finishing the rhino. Colour me intrigued as to what the tanks will look on bases

It looks great! An excellent rhino for running over heretics. And getting magnets done is worth bragging about, I've never had the patience for that

That's a whole lot of not alpha legion there, sister

Weathering looks great will look great next to your sisters.

To be fair I understand the use of that Forge World Alpha Legion transfer...arguably the best transfer sheet they have ever done. The rhino looks spot on.

I know that after having just bought the Crisis Protocol set that further purchases are probably the last thing you want...but any plans for any other characters? I really have never paid any attention to the Marvel comics universe but that Thanos miniature has me tempted...

The rhino looks great Viterbi, and I'm impressed with your perseverance to put magnets on your entire Sisters of Battle army (plus related units).

youwashock wrote:Looking good with the dust on. Interested in seeing the tanks on bases.

Thanks youwashock! Though I was a bit wary of the free flowing pigments, used them without mixing. Should probably seal them, now that I think of it.

gobert wrote:Nice job finishing the rhino. Colour me intrigued as to what the tanks will look on bases

Thanks gobert! Bases will be nothing fancy, grey earth and some snow. But I love the look of the ridgerunner on one, so hope it works.

amazingturtles wrote:It looks great! An excellent rhino for running over heretics. And getting magnets done is worth bragging about, I've never had the patience for that

Thanks amazingturtles! They don't break for plague flies! Luckily doing the magnets was pretty easy. Slosh glue under base, put magnet on and done

inmygravenimage wrote:That's a whole lot of not alpha legion there, sister

Thanks Graven!

Yorkright wrote: Weathering looks great will look great next to your sisters.

Thanks Yorkright!

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:To be fair I understand the use of that Forge World Alpha Legion transfer...arguably the best transfer sheet they have ever done. The rhino looks spot on.

I know that after having just bought the Crisis Protocol set that further purchases are probably the last thing you want...but any plans for any other characters? I really have never paid any attention to the Marvel comics universe but that Thanos miniature has me tempted...

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! I'm anxious to get a second transfer sheet, it is just glorious. When looking at chapters for my loyalist (can'Ät stress this enough ) space marines I just stopped right when I saw the sheet and tested out the green metallic armour.

Luckily nearly all Marvel Crisis Protocol stuff is out of stock at my usual online shop and the sellers on Amazon have a hefty markup. So I'm not tempted at the moment, although having said that I pre-ordered the Taskmaster/Punisher set and would buy Hawkeye/Black Widow and Vision/Winter Soldier in a heartbeat.

Syro_ wrote:The rhino looks great Viterbi, and I'm impressed with your perseverance to put magnets on your entire Sisters of Battle army (plus related units).

Thanks Syro_! The important thing is that I will now glue magnets under each unit as soon as it is finished. I put magnets under most of my Space Marines in the past and have only to do it to some stragglers. It really makes transportation so much easier and with the homemade magnetic boxes.

Yeah, apart from the core set after a while the character packs seem to go out of print. I guess the smaller companies (are Atomic Mass one? I know little of them) have trouble keeping so many SKUS available and active so just stop producing them. So I guess any Marvel fans out there should order any must haves for them asap as you have done.

I have a pretty much full copy of that transfer sheet somewhere, it is glorious.

Nice Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Yeah, apart from the core set after a while the character packs seem to go out of print. I guess the smaller companies (are Atomic Mass one? I know little of them) have trouble keeping so many SKUS available and active so just stop producing them. So I guess any Marvel fans out there should order any must haves for them asap as you have done.

I have a pretty much full copy of that transfer sheet somewhere, it is glorious.

As far as I'm aware the current stock issues are just because of scaled down production. I really hope that the first SKUs don't already go out of print Just in case should start making a list what I want and need from the already released stuff and keep an eye out for restocks.

Captain Brown wrote:Nice Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

Papa Nurgle is doing the rounds so I had to forgo gaming on the last and this weekend. But I've not been totally idle and firstly did the basing on my first rhino. I actually thought it would fit the base a little better, but nevertheless it is now ready to be transported in my magnet box. Kept the base pretty simple, one coat black, some stripes to simulate a street and then some snow once the rhino was glued to the base.




Although I have to admit that the rust (that's what the pigment label says) looks more like dust, but WTH...

I finally bought the Reiver Lieutenant (because having 4 Primaris LTs is just not enough), it's such a great pose and I wanted him for a long time. And seeing as I will start my Crusade force with just Phobos units I wanted him included. He should paint up pretty fast. Like my Canoness he also got a silencer on his pistol. Everything is cooler with a silencer!



After reading through the new Codex I realized that I can't do legal terminator squads with my Space Marine Heroes ones. Luckily I had three termis lying around that I wanted to paint for my abandoned Deathwatch project and after some rebasing and pulling of arms they now are ready to join their better sculpted brothers (once I come around to building them).



I also had one Assault Marine from the same project around and decided that I need one more Lieutenant, just not a Primaris one. He will join my Jump Captain and the Jump Assault squad in battle and got a Power Axe (from some Fyreslayers bits I had) and a Deathwatch boltgun that looks esoteric enough I will use it as a combi-grav



And this month I want to get most of my Undead done, up first are the Nighthaunt for WarCry. Someone on this board did some nice black & white ghosts with color accents on the roses and leaves. I plan to steal that idea but execute it with far less diligence These will be my quick win ghosts, my plan is to paint in the color details, drain the mini in Basilicanum Grey and call it a day

What size base did you use for the rhino? There’s a surprising amount of overhang for what looks a big base. Still, the road markings and snow look great.

I think I recall the ghosts of which you speak, they were really cool with the roses dotted about. I can’t remember who’s they were either, sorry!

I wasn’t to sure how the base was going to turn out but you did a great job with it.

An all Phobos force sounds cool, will they be painted in the same scheme as your main army?

Looking forward to the stylized ghosts. Tank base works, I think. Contemptor hanging out on the fringe due for paint soon?

That's a lot of projects you've got on the go Viterbi! Nice work on the SoB Rhino. Was that the largest base GW makes??

gobert wrote:What size base did you use for the rhino? There’s a surprising amount of overhang for what looks a big base. Still, the road markings and snow look great.

I think I recall the ghosts of which you speak, they were really cool with the roses dotted about. I can’t remember who’s they were either, sorry!

It's the 120 mm base, the one that comes with flyers or the Ridgerunner.

I somehow connect the ghosts to Fifty, but could be mistaken.

Yorkright wrote: I wasn’t to sure how the base was going to turn out but you did a great job with it.

An all Phobos force sounds cool, will they be painted in the same scheme as your main army?

Thanks Yorkright! Actually Phobos units were the first I painted and once my LT is done I already have a 50 PL only Phobos force:



Sorry for bad light that pic was just to show my friend what will shoot and punch him off the battlefield I also have 5 Infiltrators still on sprue and 5 of the monopose Reiver bodies to convert into Incursors with my left over bits from the Infiltrator sprue. And may get another 5 Reivers to equip them with pistols, not sure yet.

youwashock wrote:Looking forward to the stylized ghosts. Tank base works, I think. Contemptor hanging out on the fringe due for paint soon?

Contemptor is one of those may paint him in the spur of the moment models. I think his panels are the right size so I could use Contrast color and he may get a coat of Akhelian Green (which looks blue over silver) on a whim.

zahnib wrote:That's a lot of projects you've got on the go Viterbi! Nice work on the SoB Rhino. Was that the largest base GW makes??

Thanks zahnib! Now that I had another look there is the option of getting 170 mm bases. Had a look around but didn't find cheaper ones on eBay so I will stick with the small bases.

A little work was done, but I'm not satisfied with it. Wanted to make the ghost look like Cel Shading, but even after clean-up I'm not happy with the look. It will get a more traditional paintjob now.



More happy with the first low-effort ghost, now there's just another 7 to paint and 8 or 9 to build and prime.



Started work on Red, already enjoying putting down the base colors, such a lovely sculpt



And finally did a quick paintjob on the Primaris LT, very happy with him, one of my favorite sculpts, so happy he will join the fray once I start our Crusade campaign with a friend or two (November earliest).

LT is rocking those colors. He turned out really well. Low effort, sweet results for the ghost. Hellboy looks like a lot of fun.

Hellboy is looking good!

Low effort ghostly looks great, is that just a contrast paint? My only note would be that the Rose looks a bit lost in the base as it doesn’t seem bright red enough, could be the lighting though. Nice job on the Lt, his blade looks nice and bloody!

The ghosts look good so far. Even if the cel shading didn't turn out like you planned, it's a win for you because you're trying something new.

I really like that LT sculpt, too. Come to think of it, I could probably use another LT myself . . .

Lovely low key ghost, and glad you're finally cracking into the Hellboy!

I imagine black and white would be particularly tricky colours to pull off when going for a cell-shaded look. The low effort ghost turned out great though!

Ghosts look good, that Lt. is quite the stand out model. The pistol conversion and base looks great can you tell me what you use for the snow effect?

I also liked the ghosts. The subtle colors in the base were particularly good, I thought, but could see bringing the roses themselves up a small touch.

Wow, Viterbi. What large and impressive updates. Very nice LT, and I'm impressed that you are working to get all of your undead painted up.

I thought the Red WIP was going to be Iron Man, but Hellboy will do and he is looking good already. Is he restic like a lot of the Mantic board game pieces or some other material?

How did you go about the cell shading? It is a foreign concept to me.

youwashock wrote:LT is rocking those colors. He turned out really well. Low effort, sweet results for the ghost. Hellboy looks like a lot of fun.

Thanks youwashock!

aku-chan wrote:Hellboy is looking good!

Thanks aku-chan!

gobert wrote:Low effort ghostly looks great, is that just a contrast paint? My only note would be that the Rose looks a bit lost in the base as it doesn’t seem bright red enough, could be the lighting though. Nice job on the Lt, his blade looks nice and bloody!

Thanks gobert! Low-effort ghost was sprayed Grey Seer, than I painted the vines and roses with normal paints, put Basilicanum Grey Contrast over the whole mini and drybrushed the ghost with Celestra Grey after everything was dry.
And thanks for the tip with the rose. In reality it's not that dark but a little brighter accent on the top could really help make it pop.

JoshInJapan wrote:The ghosts look good so far. Even if the cel shading didn't turn out like you planned, it's a win for you because you're trying something new.

Thanks JoshInJapan!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:I really like that LT sculpt, too. Come to think of it, I could probably use another LT myself . . .

One can never have enough LTs, fact of life!

inmygravenimage wrote:Lovely low key ghost, and glad you're finally cracking into the Hellboy!

Thanks Graven! Although Hellboy will pobably be alone for quite some time

zahnib wrote:I imagine black and white would be particularly tricky colours to pull off when going for a cell-shaded look. The low effort ghost turned out great though!

Thanks zahnib! Yeah, it probably wasn't the best choice for a first foray into it

Yorkright wrote: Ghosts look good, that Lt. is quite the stand out model. The pistol conversion and base looks great can you tell me what you use for the snow effect?

Thanks Yorkright! I use the Valhallan Blizzard stuff from GW for the snow. Easy to apply and seems to hold quite well, my oldest model with snow on the base is now two years old.

Meer_Cat wrote:I also liked the ghosts. The subtle colors in the base were particularly good, I thought, but could see bringing the roses themselves up a small touch.

Thanks Meer_Cat! Yeah, the roses will definitely get another brighter accent, now that you and gobert mentioned it

Syro_ wrote:Wow, Viterbi. What large and impressive updates. Very nice LT, and I'm impressed that you are working to get all of your undead painted up.

Thanks Syro_! All the Undead sounds big, but in effect it's not 20 minis and with my low-effort scheme it is... low-effort

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:I thought the Red WIP was going to be Iron Man, but Hellboy will do and he is looking good already. Is he restic like a lot of the Mantic board game pieces or some other material?

How did you go about the cell shading? It is a foreign concept to me.

Iron Man is already based red too, but only because I did the eye lenses on the LT and thought "eh, gonna base layer Iron Man with contrast, if I have it out anyway" . But he will most definitely get some more colors too in the next days.
I'm not sure about the material of the Hellboy figs, some kind of plastic is my best guess.

Regarding the cel shading I had watched a video for painting the Marvel Crisis Protocol terrain that way. You paint it normally (base, wash, maybe a light drybrush) and than you do edge highlighting but with black so that it looks like hand-drawn, here's the video, very nice tutorial:

Found a pocketful of motivation und pushed the Penitent Engine over the finish line. Could have used a touchup here and there, but it's good enough for gaming.

Nice one! It’s a bit of an odd sculpt the penitent engine I think. But as always your Imperial colours shine through! Is the pilot blue because he’s cold or because he’s nearly dead?

Nice work on the Penitent Engine Viterbi, I like the blue flesh tones. I agree with gobert, it is a bit of an odd sculpt, but you've done a great job. I wish they'd just done a plastic version of the old metal one.

gobert wrote:Nice one! It’s a bit of an odd sculpt the penitent engine I think. But as always your Imperial colours shine through! Is the pilot blue because he’s cold or because he’s nearly dead?

Thanks gobert! Actually after I put the Grey Seer base down for the Contrast skin application I realized that in combination with the purple pants he gave of a bit of a Joker vibe. So I left his skin white, made the helmet green and somewhere Dr. Arkham is very happy indeed

zahnib wrote:Nice work on the Penitent Engine Viterbi, I like the blue flesh tones. I agree with gobert, it is a bit of an odd sculpt, but you've done a great job. I wish they'd just done a plastic version of the old metal one.

Thanks zahnib! Yeah, it is a bit weird, but I've come to like it and can't wait to charge it into heretics and xenos alike!

I built and primed the last ghosts and some of them are already in the works (as can be seen on the following pictures), but I wanted to get some hangerson out of the way.
First up are the Count-As Death Cult Assassins, the reprogrammed murder buckets. My friend has them for their Necron army all painted up and it will be fun when they clash on the battlefield
Secondly I finally finished the Canoness from the Sororitas Army Set, so I finally painted all minis from the set ( I had set her and the Penitent Engine aside for a while, because all the other Sororitas stuff I bought after the set was much more interesting ).

Dang but the cannoness has one heck of a collar. I think the collar is a weapon too. Great painting and color work as always!

Good job wrapping up the Sisters box! Canoness and Joker look cool.

Well done Viterbi, that penitent engine driver does look cold, but I can see why you went the way you did. When is the next battle scheduled?

The problem with Penitent engines is I cannot see them without repeating those Sean Connery lines from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It looks great in your scheme, as do the heretical death cult assassin and Cannoness. Grand stuff.

Viterbi,

Nice job on the Penitent Engine.

Cheers,

CB

amazingturtles wrote:Dang but the cannoness has one heck of a collar. I think the collar is a weapon too. Great painting and color work as always!

Thanks amazingturtles! And thanks, now I imagine her headbanging over the battlefield, decapitating heretics left and right with her collar

youwashock wrote:Good job wrapping up the Sisters box! Canoness and Joker look cool.

Thanks youwashock!

Yorkright wrote:
Well done Viterbi, that penitent engine driver does look cold, but I can see why you went the way you did. When is the next battle scheduled?

Thanks Yorkright! No schedule yet, wife and I have caught the plague (but she's already over it and I'm getting better by the day) so we have to wait to be cleared for interaction with other humans I'm hoping to have a match on Halloween, fingers crossed!

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:The problem with Penitent engines is I cannot see them without repeating those Sean Connery lines from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It looks great in your scheme, as do the heretical death cult assassin and Cannoness. Grand stuff.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! And when a model brings recollections of Connery's gruff delivery it can't be a bad model

Captain Brown wrote:Viterbi,

Nice job on the Penitent Engine.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

And with the Sisters models out of the way the ghosts got my full attention. They paint up so quick and nice. First up were the four chainrasps I had left from the Briar Queen warband. Was quite puzzled by red hood because there were no roses on his base, all other models have them. So I opted for painting the hood red and his shackles on the base green. It will suffice. Candle guy got some more colors because in WarCry I can use him as a leader type (who is normally represented by candelabra guy from the chainrasp box, but I already painted him in another scheme for Mordheim and he is on a square base).



As suggested by gobert and Maharg I painted the roses a bit brighter after sloshing the model with Basilicanum Grey to make them pop more. Also redid them on the test model and painted up her three sisters yesterday evening. That brings me to eight finished models.



It's good to see that there are some gaps on the models I thought I filled up with glue, but apparently didn't work. Hellboy and the Cairn Wraith in the background are scheduled for the weekend, after I have finished that bunch:



Front row I want to do today. The other five in the back are planned for Thursday. Unfortunately they have no sculpted bases, so I will paint their weapon for a color splash and I have flowers lying around somewhere for their bases.

Looking good. My life is full of nighthaunts because of my eldest, so it's always interesting to look at inspiration.

The ghosts have turned out nicely with the basilicus wash.

That penitent engine looks ready to reap some heathens .

Sin City ghosts are turning out rad. The guy with the candle really works.

The extra color for the roses works really well, and they look perfectly ghostly. The guys with the deerskulls are some of my favorites to paint, i think. I'm looking forward to seeing how you do them!

Looks like you’ve been busy Viterbi! The ghosts look better with the brighter roses I think, great work! Good luck getting rid of the lurgey

Btw, I meant to say, my son adds playmobil roses to his also

Nice work on the ghosts Viterbi, your scheme is really effective. And I'll echo what others have said above, brightening up the red of the roses looks great!

inmygravenimage wrote:Looking good. My life is full of nighthaunts because of my eldest, so it's always interesting to look at inspiration.

Thanks Graven! And regarding your second comment, unfortunately we don't have Playmobil roses I could snatch from the Younglings. I believe a corral reef is the only plant life

Theophony wrote:The ghosts have turned out nicely with the basilicus wash.

That penitent engine looks ready to reap some heathens .

Thanks Theo! Hopefully those buzzsaws will get to work soon!

youwashock wrote:Sin City ghosts are turning out rad. The guy with the candle really works.

Thanks youwashock! Candle guy is my favorite, such a great sculpt.

amazingturtles wrote:The extra color for the roses works really well, and they look perfectly ghostly. The guys with the deerskulls are some of my favorites to paint, i think. I'm looking forward to seeing how you do them!

Thanks amazingturtles! And you don't have to wait too long, deerskull ghosts are done and pictures in this post.

gobert wrote:Looks like you’ve been busy Viterbi! The ghosts look better with the brighter roses I think, great work! Good luck getting rid of the lurgey

Thanks gobert! It was a good tip from you, I like the brighter red much better. And virus seems to leave, thanks again.

zahnib wrote:Nice work on the ghosts Viterbi, your scheme is really effective. And I'll echo what others have said above, brightening up the red of the roses looks great!

Thanks zahnib! Laziness often brings forth good ideas

And the ghosts are done, decided to add to all skulls some Blood for the Blood Good for extra gribbliness. Bell guy also got another finish and blood on his arms because he's a special model in WarCry.
In the background you can see my second start on the Cairn Wraith, who can be used as an ally in WarCry. I will try something new, hopefully it works out this time, not like the cel shading

Looks good! The splash of color from the skulls does help them pop nicely.

Spooktacular.

You did finish them and i am not disappointed! not that i would be of course. The red bits really help with the creepy look, like they're blinking in and out of view

 Viterbi wrote:
And the ghosts are done, decided to add to all skulls some Blood for the Blood Good for extra gribbliness. Bell guy also got another finish and blood on his arms because he's a special model in WarCry.

Nice and ready for the Unofficial Painting Challenge.

Cheers,

CB

I really like Blood God over monochrome, that's a really cool effect. Lots of classic horror vibes coming from these gribblies.

Aye, the blood god really makes them pop a bit more. Nighthaunt are a great way to to increase your miniature count for the year, I think I smashed out a fair few earlier in the year.

Minimal effort but the end product looks excellent. Have to agree with the others those blood red roses makes them pop.

Great choice on the bloody skulls! Will they all be getting the bloody skulls and other money bits treatment? I hope so, it’s properly chilling! The purple (heather?) on the base is a good companion for the red roses, nicely done!

Vejut wrote:Looks good! The splash of color from the skulls does help them pop nicely.

Thanks Vejut!

youwashock wrote:Spooktacular.

Thanks youwashock!

amazingturtles wrote:You did finish them and i am not disappointed! not that i would be of course. The red bits really help with the creepy look, like they're blinking in and out of view

Thanks amazingturtles!

Captain Brown wrote:

 Viterbi wrote:
And the ghosts are done, decided to add to all skulls some Blood for the Blood Good for extra gribbliness. Bell guy also got another finish and blood on his arms because he's a special model in WarCry.

Nice and ready for the Unofficial Painting Challenge.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown! You're right, but now the main attraction is still missing, they will be up against Hellboy, who is still WIP.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:I really like Blood God over monochrome, that's a really cool effect. Lots of classic horror vibes coming from these gribblies.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep!

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Aye, the blood god really makes them pop a bit more. Nighthaunt are a great way to to increase your miniature count for the year, I think I smashed out a fair few earlier in the year.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! Yeah, they brought me effortlessly over my count for last year.

Yorkright wrote: Minimal effort but the end product looks excellent. Have to agree with the others those blood red roses makes them pop.

Thanks Yorkright!

gobert wrote:Great choice on the bloody skulls! Will they all be getting the bloody skulls and other money bits treatment? I hope so, it’s properly chilling! The purple (heather?) on the base is a good companion for the red roses, nicely done!

Thanks gobert! The ghosts are all finished on the pics, everyone with a skull got it bloddied (the Banshees only their jaw, the rest is under the hood). And the package declared the purple flowers as Highland Tuft. I'm no expert, if that's true. Alas I had nearly none left, because I used it all up for the big Playmobil arena and had to pick some from it

Finished the last Nighthaunt, the Cairn Wraith. Went for a different scheme, because I can also use him with my Bonereapers in WarCry so I didn't want him completely affiliated with the Nighthaunts. He got the more classic green glowy look and pristine white bones. The rusty scythe and the flower show the allegiance a bit. And he is infantry sized mini #160 for this year, so I already broke my 150 from last year.





And I didn't want to get the Artist Proof Space Marine figure, but after seeing some very funny Tweets by Adam Troke and his DA one and the unpainted pics by ListenToMeWarriors I bought one yesterday and looking very much forward to painting it in my chapter colors.

He is a big one:

Can’t wait to see another huge Marine! Good look translating him to your chapters colours

He reminds me of a Buzz Lightyear toy at that scale. But if there was a space marine toy what pithy quotes would it say when you pressed the buttons? Besides "For the Emperor!"
Maybe a voice command circuit.
Child says "What is your Duty?"
Toy responds "To serve Emperor's Will."
Child "What is Emperor's Will?"
Toy "That we fight and die."
Child "What is Death?"
Toy "It is our duty."

This would be a real plot twist for Tot Story 5

Viterbi wrote:

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Finished the last Nighthaunt, the Cairn Wraith. Went for a different scheme, because I can also use him with my Bonereapers in WarCry so I didn't want him completely affiliated with the Nighthaunts. He got the more classic green glowy look and pristine white bones. The rusty scythe and the flower show the allegiance a bit. And he is infantry sized mini #160 for this year, so I already broke my 150 from last year.





And I didn't want to get the Artist Proof Space Marine figure, but after seeing some very funny Tweets by Adam Troke and his DA one and the unpainted pics by ListenToMeWarriors I bought one yesterday and looking very much forward to painting it in my chapter colors.

He is a big one:

gobert wrote:Can’t wait to see another huge Marine! Good look translating him to your chapters colours

I hope it works, I'll try with a silver base and then washes, fingers crossed.

theCrowe wrote:He reminds me of a Buzz Lightyear toy at that scale. But if there was a space marine toy what pithy quotes would it say when you pressed the buttons? Besides "For the Emperor!"
Maybe a voice command circuit.
Child says "What is your Duty?"
Toy responds "To serve Emperor's Will."
Child "What is Emperor's Will?"
Toy "That we fight and die."
Child "What is Death?"
Toy "It is our duty."

This would be a real plot twist for Tot Story 5

Great, now I want one with voice

After breakfast the kids ran off to their room, the wife started organizing her home office so I went off to the cellar and finished the best paranormal investigator in the world. He was fun although the details are partially soft on this mini. Now I have to set the scenery and do the glamour shots of him and the ghosts.

And I separated the big marine, easier than I thought.

Hellboy looks good. Even got the BPRD symbol on there. Poor Biggie. He's been drawn and quartered.

Nice work on Hellboy Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Fantastic work on Hellboy. Great job!

Great job on the ghosts!

that giant marine is too huge for me! i prefer tiny things. It will be neat to see what you do with him of course though.

Hellboy looks great. i've always liked his coat designed with a spot for his tail. The important details count

Hellboy looks great. I especially like the deep black shadows-just like Mike Mignola would do!

Great job on Hellboy looks like he stepped off the comic pages.

Hellboy is awesome. But the pic of the big marine holding the 40K version is perfect

Agreed, Hellboy looks great a proper homage to both the comic and original movies. How many other minis are in the core set (which I assume you have)?

Glad you had an easy time taking the Narine apart.

youwashock wrote:Hellboy looks good. Even got the BPRD symbol on there. Poor Biggie. He's been drawn and quartered.

Thanks youwashock! And yeah, poor big marine, they were very slow tortoises attached to his arms and legs

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work on Hellboy Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

inmygravenimage wrote:Fantastic work on Hellboy. Great job!

Thanks Graven!

aku-chan wrote:Great job on the ghosts!

Thanks aku-chan!

amazingturtles wrote:that giant marine is too huge for me! i prefer tiny things. It will be neat to see what you do with him of course though.

Hellboy looks great. i've always liked his coat designed with a spot for his tail. The important details count

Thanks amazingturtles! Big marine is low on the to do list, but I am excited to see what I will make of his scale. He is a bit daunting, because I don't know, if my metallic armour will translate well.

JoshInJapan wrote:Hellboy looks great. I especially like the deep black shadows-just like Mike Mignola would do!

Thanks JoshInJapan!

Yorkright wrote: Great job on Hellboy looks like he stepped off the comic pages.

Thanks Yorkright!

Theophony wrote:Hellboy is awesome. But the pic of the big marine holding the 40K version is perfect

Thanks Theo! There is a cool picture of the big marine (don't remember where I had seen it), where he holds a small marine that is painted like a hologram. So cool!

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Agreed, Hellboy looks great a proper homage to both the comic and original movies. How many other minis are in the core set (which I assume you have)?

Glad you had an easy time taking the Narine apart.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! I'm actually not sure, how many other minis are in there, it will be enough to last me through 2021 in all likelyhood And I will have a look at the minis soon, because the new painting comp motto is Saints & Sinners and I'll probably enter Rasputin.


After finishing Red and reaching my "painted this year" milestone, I took it a bit slower. No pics, but I built 5 retributors and their 2 cherubs for my SoB and am in the process of finishing the last three Mortek Guard for my OBR WarCry warband.

But I got a few games in, started a Crusade campaign against a friend and his Necrons and brought my Space Marines (Phobos only for the start) and we're now 2 50 PL games in.

First game we were allowed to set up 2 objectives each on the battlefield and got only victory points, if we held at least two. I also had one terrain piece, where my Space Marine Captain had to perform a ritual each round... you know, how loyalists normally do
I deployed one Infiltrator squad quite far forward to stop his main army and buy my captain time so I could get ahead on victory points. Needless to say, the Infiltrator's plan worked, but they got torn to shreds in the line of duty.
MVP of the game was the Invictor Battlesuit, he killed the Overlord, 8 Immortals, managed to push the Necrons of their objectives so they didn't get victory points and when he died, managed to explode and take more Necrons with him
But the most fun were the Eliminators. My friend was very happy to deploy his shiny new Hexmark and unfortunately my snipers took his four wounds of directly and he didn't have a chance to shine. Poor fella.
In the end nearly all of my army was dead (his was also depleted) but we went to the regular end of the game (turn five) and I won by a small margin, because he managed to kill my captain in the last round, but that 30 points weren't enough. All in all a fun game that really showed you need to start getting victory points early, because the opponent might still manage to snag some at the end of the game and than it's over.

Some impressions, we didn't take many pics:


The emotionless warriors are getting ready for the fight


The incursors who I sent forward what nearly cost me my victory, because I didn't control my own objective, because they were too far away


The thin green line


The end of the thin green line


Lt. managed to survive the first round, but than was overwhelmed by attacks.

The Rematch followed a few days later, a 25 PL game, mission was Assassinate and I had to kill his Overlord. If he survives, my friend would get 50 victory points and I could only get a draw, if I wound the Overlord in every of the five rounds. So in the first round I shoot the Overlord with my Captain, because he has a kind of sniper rifle. I hit, I wound... he saves That means I have to take him out or I will lose this game. I raced my Warsuit to the front and my friend was pretty surprised one round later, when I charged it into his warriors and the Overlord. He thought I could only charge the nearest unit. Two rounds of combat and shooting (Warsuit is a vehicle) ensued, but the Overlord survived, he made his invuls (although a re-roll via stratagem was neccessary in round 2). He then killed the Warsuit and the rest of his army mopped up my survivors. Should've pushed more units to the front, but still a fun game and again going until the end.


Deathmarks had a good overview of the battlefield and were one of the reasons I didn't push forward but remained behind an obscuring terrain piece.


Infiltrators should have pushed forward instead of trying to save the captain.


So close to victory...

And very fresh a game of Mordheim after a longer pause from my side. Orcs vs. Undead vs. Averlanders. Fun game although we didn't adapt the mission parameters of Treasure Hunt well enough for Multiplayer so squabbled around the Stoic Arms I was very apprehensive when the Undead Horde was nearly upon me, because I hadn't replenished my warband after the losses in the last game weeks ago. Luckily the spontaneously decided to attack the orcs instead and I could slowly thin them out with bows and coordinated attacks from behind. But the Vampire got the treasure chest and managed to get it over a table edge, wasn't fast enough to get to them, especially because he mounted Operation Undead Shield For the next game I have to get some new henchmen was really low on numbers and would have died, if the Undead hadn't changed course.


There's a new warband in town and knowing my friend's painting pace they will be all more colorful for the next game. But they took a beating, let's see how they will bounce back (we know the squigs will).


The Walking Dead (skeletons are all count-as-ghouls)


My left flank looking at the approaching orcs and goblins, thinking "nah, we just gonna turn the corner and go the other way".


My right flank who very much appreciated the left flank joining, because this is a Str 6 T 5 vampire. Luckily he went into the Stoic Arms without attacking anyone. Sadly he found the treasure and managed to get it home.

Looks like you’ve been having fun! A great set of battle reports, you’re mates Necrons look really cool with the blue and green. The warsuit charging about was great, shame he couldn’t steal the second game

Nice game shots. Your boys look good in action.

Man I am jealous, 3 games! I have not had a game since March (grumble grumble). It was a pleasure though to read and see pics of your games. Thanks for sharing them.

A great rate of batreps - must have been a great boost to morale! If only the rest of us were so lucky!!

Thanks for sharing the batreps & pics! Lovely to see well painted minis in action on well painted terrain!

Love the Lt standing strong against the deathmarks.

I have never played Mordheim before but want to - the general vibe is really cool and you've managed to capture that dilapidated Diablo-y feel with your table.

I always find playing to be a good motivator for more painting/building too - good luck with the next minis!

gobert wrote:Looks like you’ve been having fun! A great set of battle reports, you’re mates Necrons look really cool with the blue and green. The warsuit charging about was great, shame he couldn’t steal the second game

The games were a lot of fun and after winning our first three matches it didn't hurt, that my friend won the fourth

youwashock wrote:Nice game shots. Your boys look good in action.

Truth be told, they should be concerned more about bringing the action than just looking good in green

Yorkright wrote: Man I am jealous, 3 games! I have not had a game since March (grumble grumble). It was a pleasure though to read and see pics of your games. Thanks for sharing them.

Sorry to hear that Yorkright. I'm lucky that way, because my gaming group is four men strong (that's already me included) and as we're playing in our homes, there were no restrictions (until now, fingers crossed).
We had a few Warcry games over skype (I was game master). It was quite fun and the setup wasn't so hard, put my phone on a tripod so everyone could see the battlefield. Maybe give it a try.

IGtR= wrote:A great rate of batreps - must have been a great boost to morale! If only the rest of us were so lucky!!

Hope you too can get some games in the not so distant future!

tzurk wrote:Thanks for sharing the batreps & pics! Lovely to see well painted minis in action on well painted terrain!

Love the Lt standing strong against the deathmarks.

I have never played Mordheim before but want to - the general vibe is really cool and you've managed to capture that dilapidated Diablo-y feel with your table.

I always find playing to be a good motivator for more painting/building too - good luck with the next minis!

Can't take credit for the Mordheim table, it's from a friend, but it is a very cool one. You should try it out sometime, if you have a small gaming group who is interested in a campaign. Broheim.net is a good source for rules, warbands and such.

So, finally an update, had a look around the News & Rumours section from time to time but have neglected P&M completely these last days. But I can blame the young ones, the apparently played with Nurglings and brought a little cold back from Kindergarten and graciously transferred it to the wife and me But we were healthy enough to work from home, but posting motivation was down. But I wasn't idle (and feeling better after a couple of days) and have some finished minis to show.

First up my last three Mortek Guard for WarCry, which were finished in ridiculously slow fashion, but now they are done.



More fun were a lot of Hobbits for my halfling warband. They are very relaxing to paint, because I use almost only Contrast and would just slosh some colors over the minis every lunch break. It is a good training for brush control by the way.



I was pretty miffed, after I stripped the four Hobbits from the Fellowship sert. I had bought them used on ebay, because Sam is holding a frying pan and one of the halfling heroes is the halfling cook. But the frying pan was weak and my toothbrush broke it off and it got lost in the drain Luckily I managed to built him a new one.





And if you slosh enough paint on minis, someday they are done

The henchmen:


The heroes:


And another Frodo sculpt will be used as the halfling thief (he even got some edge highlighting):



And my favorite model (bullroarer tuk) and my leader (who will get another name, as the rest of the Hobbits):



Pig sold separately. Speaking of pigs, the other three are in line and awaiting their base, wash drybush and hopefully some of these days the bases I ordered in October.



And all the ready models from the warband who may see their first battle next weekend (albeit not all of them, have to see how many I can take with the 500 goldcoins starting budget):



And I'm speed painting these three monsters as NPC for a Mordheim mission and should have them ready shortly:



That's it and tomorrow I really need to take a look at other plogs, a lot seems to have happened

Busy boy indeed! Excellent use of hellboy figs for NPCs also, great job on Sam's pan and looking forward to the Pigs!

Wow you're really hammering them out at quite a clip.

Love the hobbits. A suitably bright band of country folk there. Shame about the saucepan but excellent recovery.

Glad to see you back and on the road to better health. Hobbits look good! Cool that you have the Bullroarer in there, too.

Thanks for including these battle reports! Mordheim is the one of the few specialist games I never played, but I loved the low fantasy aesthetic. Cool to see the citizens of the Shire getting another lease on life!

Glad the nurglings only brought in a low level plague! The new lads look good, the hobbits especially given they are contrast only. The Mortek look great too

The half lungs are great. Nice smithy work on the frying pan . Where are the pics from? They look great in line with the hobbits.

inmygravenimage wrote:Busy boy indeed! Excellent use of hellboy figs for NPCs also, great job on Sam's pan and looking forward to the Pigs!

Thanks Graven!

theCrowe wrote:Wow you're really hammering them out at quite a clip.

Love the hobbits. A suitably bright band of country folk there. Shame about the saucepan but excellent recovery.

Thanks theCrowe! It's really nice painting Hobbits, put 10 Contrast colors out, stay in the lines and in no time you have happe shirefolk ready

youwashock wrote:Glad to see you back and on the road to better health. Hobbits look good! Cool that you have the Bullroarer in there, too.

Thanks youwashock!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Thanks for including these battle reports! Mordheim is the one of the few specialist games I never played, but I loved the low fantasy aesthetic. Cool to see the citizens of the Shire getting another lease on life!

Thanks Don Qui Hotep!

gobert wrote:Glad the nurglings only brought in a low level plague! The new lads look good, the hobbits especially given they are contrast only. The Mortek look great too

Thanks gobert!

Theophony wrote:The half lungs are great. Nice smithy work on the frying pan . Where are the pics from? They look great in line with the hobbits.

Thanks Theo! And love your autocorrect Pigs are from the Saga game.

Monsters are done and so health still permits will terrorize our warbands on Friday evening.

Great job, especially on iron shoes.

Nice save on the frying pan Viterbi.

Some nice LotR figures you have done.

Cheers,

CB

Fancy monsters, the BFTBG on the wolf is cool

Had a bit of catching up and I see you have been bus y. That gang of hobbits turned out great, love the bright colors and the pigs made my day. Perhaps you should have the big bad wolf chasing them during the Mordheim game.

inmygravenimage wrote:Great job, especially on iron shoes.

Thanks Graven! But can't take much credit for the shoes, just Leadbelcher base und then some Basilicanum Grey Contrast (great Nuln Oil alternative because it has another flow than a classic wash).

Captain Brown wrote:Nice save on the frying pan Viterbi.

Some nice LotR figures you have done.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown! That was a near miss, but if I learned anything from reading your plogs, it's that somewhere in every household there is a solution for a hobby problem
Although I only bought the Hobbits for Mordheim I actually got so excited that I plan on starting a Rohan force and than try to nudge my friends in at least trying out Battle Companies (which basically is Mordheim in Middle-Earth).

gobert wrote:Fancy monsters, the BFTBG on the wolf is cool

Thanks gobert! And had to think for a second what the abbreviation meant, but than got it

Yorkright wrote: Had a bit of catching up and I see you have been bus y. That gang of hobbits turned out great, love the bright colors and the pigs made my day. Perhaps you should have the big bad wolf chasing them during the Mordheim game.

Thanks Yorkright! Well there is the werewolf launching around, but he didn't encounter the piggies just yet

And the piggies are done, tried four different schemes, like both on the right best:


Had two fun games last Friday (maybe the last for the year) and played the portal mission twice. It's quite fun, there are six portals on the field and you throw a D6 to see what happens, when you go through the portal. Of course, no one of my friends rolled so that the monsters arrived and harassed them. Me on the other hand encountered them several times, but luckily got only a bit injured and not taken out of action.
First game was over pretty quickly with no one being able to hold off the vampire walking from the field of battle with the treasure box (you find it when you roll a 6 going through a portal). My pig may have had a chance to bog him down, but I forgot that you need a successful leadership test to charge most of the Undead and with leadership 4 that pig didnt charge anything :(
Second game was a Nailbiter. Orcs found the treasure pretty quick and near their deployment zone, but my hobbits got lucky and I was able to get several through the portal and into the ruined church where a fierce melee ensued. And I got to hand it to the little buggers, they did well, but in the end were overwhelmed by greenskins. And I forgot to send my ogre through the portal (he had landed in the furthest away from where he went in). He arrived a turn later and took revenge for his little buddies, but after two rounds I failed the rout test and he fled the battlefield. Our orc player managed in turn to successfully make several leadership 7 tests in a row and one lonely orc (his buddy blocked the way so he couldn't be charged) made it of the field with the treasure chest. And what a magnificent treasure chest it could be. You can get light armour, lots of gold and other objects. But you have to roll for them and what did my friend get... ONE SWORD He was a bit miffed after all the trouble he went through and most of his warband OOA. But he rallied quick and only had a few losses.I got more lucky and only lost the pig (which for hungry hobbits may not be a loss at all, but a gain).
And my thief nearly got the vampire melee beast down. He had missed his attacks on the hobbit and I hit him, wounded him on a six... and then we reread and because I could only wound the vampire on a six I was denied the critical hit with which I may have killed him outright. Next turn the vampire killed the thief and the brave pig that had followed him through the portal.

We didn't take many pics, but here are some impressions:


Hobbits charging towards a portal in the first game... where they didn't do much (expect killing the Necromancer with one fine bow shot and he failed his roll after the game and stayed dead ).


Orc boss charged happily through a portal, the rest of his warband didn't follow. The Undead feasted...


Brown cloth orc interrupted the ogre charge so blue cloth orc could flee with the chest and win the second game.

All in all much fun and the Hobbits did quite well for their size. With my LotR minis order this weekend I also ordered the Hobbit Shiriffs who will arrive shortly and get painted straight away so I have my warband and all options finished.

Also started to plan the rest of the year and will try to get the chaplain done for the painting comp (had planned other entries, but not feeling them).


Want to get my Retributors done, so I may start a crusade with sisters next year.


And last but not least my greatest bane of all... painting vehicles. The Impulsor is sitting around primed for a year and now I have to do something about this and selling was not an option