Currently busy with a pile of Conquest minis but at some point I'm planning on revisiting my Empire army, terribly painted as a 14ish y-o.
Perhaps not a full stripping, priming, painting all over again (that would kill me) but at least cleaning up mistakes and adding some layers or washes to make them look acceptable. Characters I would totally repaint. Those have to look good.
Currently stripping Grom and his chariot from the "beautifully applied" paint of my Buddy, who sold it to me in 1998 for 50 Deutsche Mark along with some equally fascinating Monopose Swamp Boot Orc Archers, MP Orcboys, MP Goblins, a catapult and the 4th Edition armybook.
I am planning to make a big Campaign following the Waaagh of Grom from Middenheim via Nordland to Ulthuan, including a minigame of chariot racing and a sea battle using Man O War.,
After selling my DoW, WE, and VC; I have only Brets and DE left, in the process of stripping the Brets, the DE are stripped and ready to paint once I'm through with most of my 40k stuff. Excited and burdened at the same time.
Moscha wrote: Currently stripping Grom and his chariot from the "beautifully applied" paint of my Buddy, who sold it to me in 1998 for 50 Deutsche Mark along with some equally fascinating Monopose Swamp Boot Orc Archers, MP Orcboys, MP Goblins, a catapult and the 4th Edition armybook.
I am planning to make a big Campaign following the Waaagh of Grom from Middenheim via Nordland to Ulthuan, including a minigame of chariot racing and a sea battle using Man O War.,
This sounds amazing. Please post updates. That was one of my favourite stories in my first army book (5th High Elves)
Awesome to hear there's still so much forward momentum out there. Next up is a Chariot completely scavenged from the pile. Along with 2 units of hounds and hopefully my converted Nurgle Zombie Marauder Horsemen from 6th if I can find them.
Going back to other projects since I'm finding 9e 40k increasingly frustrating. Just found some 20mm bases for a pile of ghouls I turned up in my closet the other day.
Moscha wrote: Currently stripping Grom and his chariot from the "beautifully applied" paint of my Buddy, who sold it to me in 1998 for 50 Deutsche Mark along with some equally fascinating Monopose Swamp Boot Orc Archers, MP Orcboys, MP Goblins, a catapult and the 4th Edition armybook.
I am planning to make a big Campaign following the Waaagh of Grom from Middenheim via Nordland to Ulthuan, including a minigame of chariot racing and a sea battle using Man O War.,
This sounds amazing. Please post updates. That was one of my favourite stories in my first army book (5th High Elves)
Will do. I The chariot has still some basecoat left on some parts, it's kinda more resilient than the paint. But I am making good progress. So the first step ist painting Grom, then I will do some slight modifications on the chariot I think (pimp my ride! ) and when I am not busy painting, I will flesh out the campaign rules a bit. I have a vague idea on how to to it already. As the final fight is between High Elves and O&G, but the rest (or most of the rest) is Empire vs O&G, I have kinda limited influence on what is to be set up by the High Elves. In addition, as a "historical" campaign, Grom will make it to Ulthuan no matter what is going to happen in the Empire before. It's just the question how big his Waaagh will be when he arrives at the gates of Tor Yvresse.
In addition, it would be kinda unfitting / lame if Grom was to appear before the final showdown (and maybe defeated!!) during the campaign. So my idea was to set up several smaller battles like a spotlight illuminating interesting situations during the campaign.
Depending on how well the O&G player is doing / the Empire player is doing in these single scenarios, they will get Waaaagh! Points, or Support Points respecitvely. They can spend either spend these points for certain advantages in the following scenarios (e.g. allowing the Empire / O&G player to choose terrain/add a Regiment of Renown for this battle) or saving the points for the bulding of the fleet. The larger the fleet that survives the sea battle, the more can the O&G player field against the High Elves.
Example: I will probably start with a scenario displaying an attack on one of the main gates of Middenheim, with new O&G core & elite regiments arriving round after round, until the defenders are finally defeated. The more O&G the empire player will be able to defeat, the more support points he will get, or if it goes not so well or even worse for them, Grom will gain Waaaagh Points for his side.Rules for sieges will be based on 6th edition's rulebook.
I should be getting to my O&G army, but got distracted by a box of skaven that was meant for something else, and now I have a few kit-bashed heroes, and I then I decided to build a mordheim board for some reason, so I got a lot to get through.
Orlanth wrote: Eldarain, I recognise that banner but cant quite place it. Where is it from. Nice conversion by the way and very nice unit.
It's the FW Orc Battle Standard. Despite having it for years I didn't realize it was a dragon's wing until I started working on the conversion.
Thanks for the kind words. I couldn't be happier with how the BSB came out. It's a testament to the quality of the plastic Chaos Knights kit that other than the banner, head and sword on his back it's all sourced from it.
I actually don't know where the Chaos star piece at the top comes from. It was from a bits lot I picked up years ago. If anyone recognizes it I'd be curious to know where it's from.
Eldarain wrote: ...I actually don't know where the Chaos star piece at the top comes from. It was from a bits lot I picked up years ago. If anyone recognizes it I'd be curious to know where it's from.
It looks like the flag-topper bit out of the Marauder Horsemen kit to me.
Eldarain wrote: ...I actually don't know where the Chaos star piece at the top comes from. It was from a bits lot I picked up years ago. If anyone recognizes it I'd be curious to know where it's from.
It looks like the flag-topper bit out of the Marauder Horsemen kit to me.
Quite correct. Looks right and I definitely had to cut off the skulls hanging from chains to get it to sit right.
Eldarain wrote: ...I actually don't know where the Chaos star piece at the top comes from. It was from a bits lot I picked up years ago. If anyone recognizes it I'd be curious to know where it's from.
It looks like the flag-topper bit out of the Marauder Horsemen kit to me.
Quite correct. Looks right and I definitely had to cut off the skulls hanging from chains to get it to sit right.
AnomanderRake prevented me from having the opportunity to return the favour.
Orlanth wrote: Eldarain, I recognise that banner but cant quite place it. Where is it from. Nice conversion by the way and very nice unit.
It's the FW Orc Battle Standard. Despite having it for years I didn't realize it was a dragon's wing until I started working on the conversion.
Thanks for the kind words. I couldn't be happier with how the BSB came out. It's a testament to the quality of the plastic Chaos Knights kit that other than the banner, head and sword on his back it's all sourced from it.
Checking through my collection I found I have that orc BSB from an eBay lot. I didn't notice it was a dragon wing either.
My BSB uses the Marauder Horsemen chaos star on top of a large banner attached to a custom pole added to the plastic Chaos Lord miniature.
This mini is just begging to become a BSB conversion.
I have two Varanguard from eBay from which I will generate two characters on daemonic steeds, one mounted Sorcerer and my mounted option BSB.
Yes the Chaos knights kit has a lot of good stuff for making characters, its better for making character than for actual Chaos Knights as the knights do not rank up. I managed it but I needed to base them carefully having alternate steeds forward or back on the base and elevating some bases. Even then its a tight squeeze.
I really really like the Chaos Knight unit banner and was considering it for my BSB but went with something bigger.
You're absolutely right. That Chaos Lord almost looks like he was converted from a BSB the pose and placement is so perfect.
Because my project is completely sourced from the Pile of Opportunity my 6 Varanguard are going to be Skullcrushers.
I have a ton of the plastic Knights as I was making 40k Chaos Bikers with them before that game lost me again. I'm definitely going to make more Daemonic Mount characters with them but I am not too excited to make a unit.
Between the difficulty in ranking them up as you mentioned (seriously, what were they thinking? It's almost like they didn't have the 25x50 nearby while working on them) and the high price point for 1 wound models (This might be a function of the friends I'm getting back into the game with having a lot of shooting/magic that seems to make a mockery of the 1+ to be fair)
I only have two Varanguard, and my least favourite steeds. I probably have the same taste in daemonic steeds as the guy I bought the box of. But I would rather have two daemonic steeds at the price I got them than buy the boxset and cherry pick. They are all good sculpts.
Riders were included, the seller just wanted one.
This helps as I wanted exactly two, for the reasons above: mounted BSB and tankier sorcerer.
All these are still waiting on their sprue, a very late addition to my army I never got around to.
Why would anyone want spear and sword for a Chaos Lord?
Orlanth wrote: ...Why would anyone want spear and sword for a Chaos Lord?
More to the point are you allowed to? I can't recall an edition of the Chaos army book where they've been allowed spears; I presume most of the time that's a proxy halberd or getting converted into a BSB.
Just starting a Monty Python themed Empire army. Would have like to have it have been Bretonia but they don't have enough different troop types for the theme.
My first entry is Brother Maynard & the Holy Hand Grenade (Hellblaster cannon)
They look Awesome! Can't wait to see more. I just moved so my projects are packed away atm but some High Elves should be underway shortly. I managed to score a blister of Gotrek and Felix (2nd sculpts) today. I had the originals but had failed to get the resculpts till now. Can't wait to work on them.
This army is going to be a nightmare of counts as, but I feel obliged to like it anyway.
I am trying to keep it as close to WYSIWyG as I can, which is why the army will be based on "closest fit for models" rather than a coherent list.
The Holy Hand Grenade feels like a Hellblaster.
I will actually have two Hellblasters. The second one will be The Green Knight who says "Nee!" if you look at how Arthur reacts - my imagination says that is kind of like a Hellblaster.
Also I live in the mountains (Korvessa = "in the wilderness") so just play solo or with my sons.
This army is going to be a nightmare of counts as, but I feel obliged to like it anyway.
I am trying to keep it as close to WYSIWyG as I can, which is why the army will be based on "closest fit for models" rather than a coherent list.
The Holy Hand Grenade feels like a Hellblaster.
I will actually have two Hellblasters. The second one will be The Green Knight who says "Nee!" if you look at how Arthur reacts - my imagination says that is kind of like a Hellblaster.
Also I live in the mountains (Korvessa = "in the wilderness") so just play solo or with my sons.
You do you.
I know this chap who made a 3rd edition IG army of Taliban. The demo charges were suicide bombers, yes he removed the model as he used them. The Colonel was Abu Hamza with 'power hook' and the regimental standard was waving a burning American flag.
Decent player too, his Taliban held well for infantry horde guard, which didn't do well in the meta of its day.
Bought a bunch of Runewars Elves at a massive discount I like the sculpts (especially the treekin!) and for a few dozen bucks I got almost 2k points worth for a new Wood Elf army.
I'll be painting them as soon as I get my Spires done.
Took a look. I actually prefer them to GW woodies, particularly the 3rd skinnies and the 6th ed ones rime-everywhere ones. I found the 5th Ed simple sculpt woodies to have stood up over time. Trouble is finding enough to matter would be a pain. So WE were one army I never added to my collection.
I actually dont mind the Rangers models, but would use these for continuency of theme. Also the later Wardancers looked alright and Wardancers should have a slightly different aesthetic anyway, while Rangers should fit in with the style of the rest of the elves.
Ok, I am least sold enough to do a feasibility on buying a Wood Elf army. How were they cheap? Is there a specific place with a firesale? and any way to get in at this stage?
I actually dont mind the Rangers models, but would use these for continuency of theme. Also the later Wardancers looked alright and Wardancers should have a slightly different aesthetic anyway, while Rangers should fit in with the style of the rest of the elves.
Ok, I am least sold enough to do a feasibility on buying a Wood Elf army. How were they cheap? Is there a specific place with a firesale? and any way to get in at this stage?
Unfortunately, I think the offer isn't available outside Spain. The store with the offer (https://outlet-pc.es/) doesn't seem to ship internationally. Sale is more or less 70% discount. Very worth it for that price.
Edit: but I heard that Runewars minis pop-up from time to time at super low prices in various places since the game died almost before starting.
Eldarain wrote: I never saw those elves when they added them to the range. They are really nice. Is Runewars similar scaled to WHFB minis?
I'm always interested in 3rd party options to mix things up.
Runewars is suppose to be 28mm, so should scale well. Found this pic:
Spoiler:
Aesthetic is very different so not sure I'd mix them with my current army, but I want to paint them very differently so these will be my 2nd WE army.
Well those are four and twenty dwarfs with no excuse to grumble;
....which is an excuse to grumble as and of itself.
You can't win with dawi, except on the battlefield, if you don't have objectives to grab
Recently got my hands on a few awesome deals making up an Empire army. It will be a week or 2 before I can work on them. ~ 1800 points are already painted but about 2500 is still unpainted or in the box. Have a few kit-bashes and custom jobs along side them (and a ton of rifle barrels to drill out lol)
WhiteHaven wrote: Recently got my hands on a few awesome deals making up an Empire army. It will be a week or 2 before I can work on them. ~ 1800 points are already painted but about 2500 is still unpainted or in the box. Have a few kit-bashes and custom jobs along side them (and a ton of rifle barrels to drill out lol)
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Lucky. I'd adore the chance to score some Empire kits on the cheap right now. I've wanted to do Morgan Bernhart's Grudgebringers for a while now...
Conceptualizing a little on names, fluff and heraldy for a Bretonnian army. It will most likely never come to anything practical but you know, its funny thinking about it.
After lodging a claim with PayPal, Hasslefree (ha!) has finally given me a shipping notice for the models I bought in June, so I might actually be able to finish my VC soon.
Updated my Dwarfs last month. This month I am starting Beastmen. Since December is always busy I am only planning a few units and a character or two. I've finished a unit of Ungor Raiders and a Wargor. Currently I have a big block of Gor about 80% finished. I'd like to have 3K finished by the end of January so I think it's a good start.
Mr. S Baldrick wrote: Updated my Dwarfs last month. This month I am starting Beastmen. Since December is always busy I am only planning a few units and a character or two. I've finished a unit of Ungor Raiders and a Wargor. Currently I have a big block of Gor about 80% finished. I'd like to have 3K finished by the end of January so I think it's a good start.
That reminds me: I need to get off my duff and find a home for a large batch of unassembled Gors.
Just stumbled on this thread so thought I’d share my 4th Ed High Elves. They were the first Minis I ever owned after buying the elf half of the Boxset off a friend at school. I recently finished these guys;
Putting the complete army as so;
For 2021 I’m aiming for them to be the first fully finished Army I have, though the pain of the white and call of new minis might make that challenging! Here’s the sum total of what I have left;
Maybe then I’ll get around to some of my other WHFB stuff that’s sat idle for the best part of 20 years!
Not specifically doing a WHFB project, but I bite off a bit now and then in the Dakka Monthly Painting Challenge - and I like to keep my options open! These were from May 2020:
That’s a scary beast there. The snow bases are great, what did you use for the glistening snow? It’s really effective, and looks even better for being on square bases! Have GW given a launch date for Old World yet?
No launch date as yet. GW mostly announced "The Old World" because it was the same day Mantic released 3rd Edition Kings of War and they wanted a little revenge for what happened in 2015. As when GW launched AoS Mantic made a push to make army lists for all Warhammer Fantasy armies.
gobert wrote: That’s a scary beast there. The snow bases are great, what did you use for the glistening snow? It’s really effective, and looks even better for being on square bases! Have GW given a launch date for Old World yet?
@Brutus_Apex: They look awesome painted in the dark scheme. Most I've seen out in the wild go for brighter colors. Very nice Asrai. That rune is a nice touch.
Well its only taken me since 2004 to finish painting all these orcs...but they are done! technically I bought them for an Orc and Goblin army in 6th. I repurposed them as Orc slaves for a Chaos Dwarf army in 7th, finally I finished them up for 8th! Which is no longer in production!
Nice Horde! Now you can just split them in 2 separate units, too, if you're not playing 8th but any other edition. Or, for example, make one unit 25 strong, and the other one just 15, but upgrade these to Big Unz, for flanking.
Moscha wrote: Nice Horde! Now you can just split them in 2 separate units, too, if you're not playing 8th but any other edition. Or, for example, make one unit 25 strong, and the other one just 15, but upgrade these to Big Unz, for flanking.
Honestly? I kinda had that plan myself as well but I wanted to grab another 10 Boys with another command group so I can run one Regular and one Big'un unit for 6th edition. I was just holding off buying until I finished these guys. The problem came when the Ebay lot I was eyeing got snatched up by someone before I could buy them! So I'm waiting for another lot with a half-way reasonable price before I add more.
Besides I have a bunch of Arrer boys I need to paint as well as something like 120 goblins....so I'll be busy for awhile.
Moscha wrote: Nice Horde! Now you can just split them in 2 separate units, too, if you're not playing 8th but any other edition. Or, for example, make one unit 25 strong, and the other one just 15, but upgrade these to Big Unz, for flanking.
Honestly? I kinda had that plan myself as well but I wanted to grab another 10 Boys with another command group so I can run one Regular and one Big'un unit for 6th edition. I was just holding off buying until I finished these guys. The problem came when the Ebay lot I was eyeing got snatched up by someone before I could buy them! So I'm waiting for another lot with a half-way reasonable price before I add more.
Besides I have a bunch of Arrer boys I need to paint as well as something like 120 goblins....so I'll be busy for awhile.
Don't feel bad, I'm still trying to score about 18-20 of the old plastic Talisman Minotaurs so I can finish my dream army. Not sure why they are priced like they're made of silver, but it's definitely a patience game at this point.
Don't feel bad, I'm still trying to score about 18-20 of the old plastic Talisman Minotaurs so I can finish my dream army. Not sure why they are priced like they're made of silver, but it's definitely a patience game at this point.
Unfortunately over the past two years the prices for all things from HeroQuest, Warhammer Quest, and Talisman have skyrocketed on the aftermarket. It was first due to the nostalgia factor and has been compounded by the fact that resellers know most people are home these days.
Reaper makes a minotaur in their bones line that is similar in style to the old WH QUEST model and can usually be picked up for a couple bucks.
Pulled my High Elves out of the closet, haven't worked on them in a couple years but The Old World discussions have me back on the WHFB kick. Spent the week converting and painting the new Lumineth guys from Underworlds Direchasm to look like proper High Elves, should finish them tonight or tomorrow.
Didn't get much done tonight, still very WIP and obviously need basing. The Lumineth mage is just going to be the mage from Isle of Blood in the same blue-white scheme
I had a talk with a HE Player, it was About some really large number of HE models on sale, for just a steal. The guy was selling them just as a whole package, but I would only need very few of the minis offered.
He said he didn't need them either unless someone forced a 10000 Points match to the death on him.
So, I was starting to work on a list to see how much in painted greenskins I could field… I came to slightly less than 9000 Points, without Special characters, but with 3 Lord choices, 12 hero choices… So my target is to find and paint the missing 1000 Points soon.
I'm currently working on a few kitbashs/conversions of my vampire characters, one for each bloodline:
The Blood Dragon is a conversion of the new Primaris Mephiston, who is a perfect base model.
The Necrarch is a kitbash o the gaunt summoner body + necromancer/mortis engine parts.
The Lahmia will use Yvraine as a base and coven throne handmaiden bits for the torso and face.
The Strigoi will just be the Abhorrant Archregent, which is pretty much perfect in my book.
The Von Carstein is sill in concept phase, which means I have no idea how to do him. I want to try and capture the classic aristocrat vampire and not the mutant abomination that is the current iteration of Manfred. Suggestions would be highly appreciated.
In December I finished 40 Gor, 10 Ungor, 5 Chaos Hounds (giant rams), 2 Razorgor, and 3 characters for my Beastmen. I also managed to squeak in 10 Slayers and a couple Empire Heros. For January I am working on more Beastmen currently another 40 Gor then maybe some monsters or Bestigor.
Starting on Project: Warbands, as I go back and dig in My TARDIS closet.
I have the old Necromancer and Morgan Bernhardt in metals and consecutive edition figures to build into regimental square warbands, as well as My ongoing Caverns of Chaos and Crypt of the Sorcerer redux.
I have the old games as a guide and am evolving the same style of figures out of Otherworlds and 5th Edition D and D guys...
Old World Skirmish games, and then send some regimental teams into the old Paint and Play dungeon built up out of that new Wizkids Sweet plastic Crack.
Just finished a group of 4 Bretonnian bowmen (5th ed. monopose) to round out my earlier group of 6. With them- plus my Oathmark proxies painted as Men-at-Arms, I feel like my glorious Bretonnian army is taking form.
I have a box of Albion Knights from Fireforge that are on the docket for 2022 most likely...got a big move coming up this year and I'm trying to refrain from assembling any new mini's and focusing only on what I have already primed--which is a lot.
Got a good chunk of High Elves in the queue. hoping to knock some out while I can.
Moscha wrote: I had a talk with a HE Player, it was About some really large number of HE models on sale, for just a steal. The guy was selling them just as a whole package, but I would only need very few of the minis offered.
He said he didn't need them either unless someone forced a 10000 Points match to the death on him.
So, I was starting to work on a list to see how much in painted greenskins I could field… I came to slightly less than 9000 Points, without Special characters, but with 3 Lord choices, 12 hero choices… So my target is to find and paint the missing 1000 Points soon.
I'm dreading the number of Island of Blood Swordmasters I'm needing to track down for my 6th Ed. Eltharion White Tower army. Prices for THAT kit have gone flat out stupid as well. If my niece was interested in a Storm of Chaos Seaguard army it'd be a little more worthwhile to simply get the entire half of the set. I think I have enough Skaven. I think...
Grot 6 wrote:Starting on Project: Warbands, as I go back and dig in My TARDIS closet.
I have the old Necromancer and Morgan Bernhardt in metals and consecutive edition figures to build into regimental square warbands, as well as My ongoing Caverns of Chaos and Crypt of the Sorcerer redux.
I have the old games as a guide and am evolving the same style of figures out of Otherworlds and 5th Edition D and D guys...
Old World Skirmish games, and then send some regimental teams into the old Paint and Play dungeon built up out of that new Wizkids Sweet plastic Crack.
That’s a sweet warband you’re putting together Eldarain. They look fantastic on their square bases. I’ve just managed to rank up some Blood Warriors and Reavers on 25mm squares. It’ll be a while until they see paint though
Eldarain wrote: Thank you gobert. How difficult was that? I'd like to include some more modern stuff but the scale creep is tricky sometimes.
Next up is another Maw and 6 metal GW Minotaurs.
They weren’t too bad, they still need a bit of work when I base them to make sure they’re not resting their axes on each other. There they are ranked up together
Maybe you guys can help on colour scheme? I’m tempted to paint them up like my BattleMasters Chaos Warriors;
Will that work or look daft? They would of course have plenty of blood splatter
Commodus, those snotlings are spectacular! So much character in such small figures, and really well painted to boot!
I think that would look just fine. I think the Bloodbound book has some of those Blood Warriors painted up in a similar metallic scheme, probably with some tribe name like Iron Reavers or something.
Thanks guys, I still have two of the old Snotling pump wagons as well but I'm not sure what to do with them. Now for 6th editon - 7th they were on a 40mm base. Howevere in 8th they are considered a "Chariot" so they should be on a chariot base.
I've held off putting them together to paint as I'm not sure how to actually base them yet...also I still have a bunch of stuff half-finished as is that I should get done.
I went to a swap meet the first weekend of 2021, and ended up walking out with a bin of old High Elves. I sold off enough to make my money back, and ended up with enough to field roughly 3-4 thousand points in 6th/7th edition. I haven't really painted any WFB since my attempts at an Empire army back in ~2002, but I had always kind of wanted to to High Elves. While I initially thought about doing standard blue/white, I ended up going with Grey and Green at my wife's suggestion, and I kind of admit it has a slightly more sinister look. anyway, I've got some archers finished:
Yes, those look awesome. They kind of look like what I'd imagine the Elves living in the Old World who didn't come back to Ulthuan but who weren't yet Asrai might have looked like.
I am super excited to get the stl files to start printing a new Bret army - well, maybe I might enhance my current Bret army , but a whole new army is so tempting - I really like these sculpts.
MDSW wrote: I am super excited to get the stl files to start printing a new Bret army - well, maybe I might enhance my current Bret army , but a whole new army is so tempting - I really like these sculpts.
No, it's because I've been assured on multiple occasions that 5 man cav units always win combats on the charge. When I disprove the statistical likelihood with math, the goalpost is immediately moved to mean Chaos Knights. Well, here they are. I expect to run undefeated from here on out...
I've got a couple of bigger WHFB projects that I'm slowly starting to work on. Originally I'd planned on building up a huge Empire and WoC army to fight through the Tamurkhan book and the End Times campaign, but being the perfectionist that I am I came to the conclusion that I would never have forces big enough to 'properly' (in my own head) represent these armies on the tabletop.
With that being stated, I've decided to make different plans. I'm going to try and trade my WoC army for an Orcs and Goblins army, then build up my Storm of Chaos Slayer army and turn my Empire army into an Averland army. Then I can run a World's Edge Mountains/ Blackfire Pass/ Badlands campaign! Huzzah!
With all that said, I'm really enjoying seeing people's WHFB projects here. It really helps keep one motivated, and you folks are seriously skilled!
Continuing my slow process of repainting my Empire army I finally go around to finishing the crew of my second cannon as well as my Mercenary Averland Crossbowmen! The amry represents the Aver River Guard which was my first army that I started back in 6th edition. Its always been in a state of "almost done" but now I decided to finally just do it and finish this up. I honestly haven't fully counted how many points I have but hopefully I'll be able to get an idea once I fully build and prep everything.
Next up is to strip these guys and get them ready for a new paint job. The Warrior Priest and Engineer were the 2nd and 3rd model I had ever painted. My first mini shall remain untouched however.
godswildcard wrote: How do you guys feel like I should go about 'modernizing' the Storm of Chaos rules and points?
What I'd like to do is bring SoC up to 8th edition standards, starting with the Slayer Army and going from there.
Thoughts on how to go about this? Are the points costs similar enough that points should be good, or should I work to overhaul the points as well?
You know, I actually did that once (modernize the Slayer Army for 8th). I'll have to dig around to see if it still exists somewhere. If I remember correctly it was fairly easy, basically updating the points for the dragon/daemon slayer and the troll slayer unit to match 8th, and then fudging the points of other things a little bit to match similar rules from other books.
I have 3d printed and primed a friend for 8th edition battles. I plan to use the Warhammer Armies Projects armybooks when I play 8th in the future.
Looking at this guy's stats, 6 WS4 attacks with Thunderstomp doesn't seem like a whole lot. I'm worried I'll throw him into an infantry unit and he'll whiff his attacks and Thunderstomp and lose static combat res.
Last time I played WHFB 8th it was Dwarfs through and through, and mostly Slayers at that, so frankly I have no idea how Monsters work besides I can sometimes kill them if I'm lucky. Maybe his statline is prolific. Anyways, my overall project is Lizardmen, and then maybe some force to invade Lustria. All 3d printed, if I can find decent enough models.
godswildcard wrote: How do you guys feel like I should go about 'modernizing' the Storm of Chaos rules and points?
What I'd like to do is bring SoC up to 8th edition standards, starting with the Slayer Army and going from there.
Thoughts on how to go about this? Are the points costs similar enough that points should be good, or should I work to overhaul the points as well?
You know, I actually did that once (modernize the Slayer Army for 8th). I'll have to dig around to see if it still exists somewhere. If I remember correctly it was fairly easy, basically updating the points for the dragon/daemon slayer and the troll slayer unit to match 8th, and then fudging the points of other things a little bit to match similar rules from other books.
That would be awesome if you still had that lying around and wouldn't mind sharing it!
My former WHFB goal was to build up massive armies for the Empire, Kislev, Warriors of Chaos, and Demons of Chaos to play a really big Tamurkhan campaign. Since that has become increasingly unrealistic, my new goal is to trade off my Warriors/ Demons of Chaos for an Orcs and Goblins army, swap out my Middenland-specific guys for Averland units (which means I can get rid of my Ar-Ulric, Teutogen Guard, and Middenland BSB, but that I need to find Marius Leitdorf...) and run a Karak Kadrin + Averland vs. Orcs and Goblins around Black Fire Pass campaign....
Commodus Leitdorf wrote: Nice! good job getting your armies painted....I say as I look over at my 6th Edition Nurgle army half built in my display cabinet since 2005.
Funny thing is that this army and the Dwarf army I painted up were purchased of less than a year. Our goal is every 6th Edition army.
godswildcard wrote: How do you guys feel like I should go about 'modernizing' the Storm of Chaos rules and points?
What I'd like to do is bring SoC up to 8th edition standards, starting with the Slayer Army and going from there.
Thoughts on how to go about this? Are the points costs similar enough that points should be good, or should I work to overhaul the points as well?
You know, I actually did that once (modernize the Slayer Army for 8th). I'll have to dig around to see if it still exists somewhere. If I remember correctly it was fairly easy, basically updating the points for the dragon/daemon slayer and the troll slayer unit to match 8th, and then fudging the points of other things a little bit to match similar rules from other books.
That would be awesome if you still had that lying around and wouldn't mind sharing it!
My former WHFB goal was to build up massive armies for the Empire, Kislev, Warriors of Chaos, and Demons of Chaos to play a really big Tamurkhan campaign. Since that has become increasingly unrealistic, my new goal is to trade off my Warriors/ Demons of Chaos for an Orcs and Goblins army, swap out my Middenland-specific guys for Averland units (which means I can get rid of my Ar-Ulric, Teutogen Guard, and Middenland BSB, but that I need to find Marius Leitdorf...) and run a Karak Kadrin + Averland vs. Orcs and Goblins around Black Fire Pass campaign....
So I finally found it, and it's less extravagant than I remember it. It's actually more notes than a full thing.
Slayers, Daemon Slayers, Dragon Slayers all have stats/rules/point costs from the new book.
Ungrim Ironfist added as a Lord choice.
Look, Snorri, Trolls! has been changed to free Strollaz on all units. Powerful rule, playtesting may prove it needs to be random again.
A Glorious Death has been totally removed.
Dispel Dice replaced by Natural Resistance from the current dwarf book.
Brotherhood of Grimnir's Musican and Standard Bearer points cost changed to 10 each, to keep with modern costs.
And that's how 2014 me decided to update the Slayer list for 8th edition! Although looking at things, it seems that I had somehow missed that Ungrim Ironfist (and Garagrim!) actually had rules so didn't need to be added... Garagrim allowing Giant Slayers to take 1 weapon rune each seems extremely powerful. I'd probably port him over fairly directly (giving him the new Slayer rules) and drop his cost by 50-75 points.
godswildcard wrote: How do you guys feel like I should go about 'modernizing' the Storm of Chaos rules and points?
What I'd like to do is bring SoC up to 8th edition standards, starting with the Slayer Army and going from there.
Thoughts on how to go about this? Are the points costs similar enough that points should be good, or should I work to overhaul the points as well?
I've played a Slayer army several times in 8th. They work pretty well as printed. The only thing we change is to use the runes from the 8th ed book, just as Gav Thorpe suggested to use the list with the 6.5 ed book's runes when it was released. The list itself is fairly solid in 8th. Fighting in two ranks does a lot for the army.
I would have used a spare champion cloak and arm for that mini. You likely had one spare.
I actually do like this set, but only if used for hand weapon and shield warriors. They have presence as an unhurried 'we will kill you when we get there' vibe.
However this image reminds me just how bad this unit looks with the extra hand weapons option, and no that isn't your fault this mini sucks. Good idea, but I would have used the champion arm for dynamism for the character model, maybe also tried a slight repose of the left arm also.
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The lit is multipart enough you can Long Drong if you find or cast enough pistol bitz.
Scaling is good.
And yes you can tone down the banner if you want to.
That was chosen explicitly because I had no right hand weapons left. Out of 61 Warrior models 12 weren't previously assembled and those were used getting the first two units from 15ish man to 20.
I have been working at building everything that is still NIB. I'm almost there. I also picked up two units of wardancers, a treeman ancient and a wood elf dragon for my wood elf army. The only other necessity that I am lacking is waywatchers. I'm on the fence if I should kitbash using shadow warriors, kitbash using eternal guard, ebay, or go with Mirkwood Rangers.
Moscha wrote: I've been reducing my pile of shame a bit lately.
I put some color on my O&G minis. Also bought a Vampire Army for cheap.
That is quite the Undead host you have going there. You've got the best skeletons GW ever made with the armour and halberds backed up by the really cool grave guard. That train of Black Knights is very impressive
Moscha wrote: I've been reducing my pile of shame a bit lately.
I put some color on my O&G minis. Also bought a Vampire Army for cheap.
That is quite the Undead host you have going there. You've got the best skeletons GW ever made with the armour and halberds backed up by the really cool grave guard. That train of Black Knights is very impressive
Also very cool. Mangler Squig there.
I would like to echo this. Very impressive indeed.
Moscha wrote: I've been reducing my pile of shame a bit lately.
I put some color on my O&G minis. Also bought a Vampire Army for cheap.
That is quite the Undead host you have going there. You've got the best skeletons GW ever made with the armour and halberds backed up by the really cool grave guard. That train of Black Knights is very impressive
Also very cool. Mangler Squig there.
I would like to echo this. Very impressive indeed.
Thanks, I was trying to get my hands on this army for a long time. The guy who introduced me to Warhammer back in the day painted that Vampire Army, which was significantly larger, as it also included a Zombie Dragon, a Winged Nightmare, some Zombies, Spectres, Fell Bats, quite all kind of units the Army book consisted of back in 6th, except for a Black Coach. One unit of Black Knights was built from single parts as he wanted them to look really well armored, not like skinny skeletons on skinny horses. Ah yes. if I remember correctly, one of the models costed him around 35 DM, ca.17EUR/20 Dollars.
One day he sold the whole lot to our LFGS, which used the army as a showpiece in the window. That was about 20 years ago, and they sold of some of the units over time.
I was there last month to stack up my inventory, namely black primer spray, and the owner told me that he us selling off all his fantasy stuff, probably on ebay. But as I am a long time customer, he offered me to buy the whole remains of the army for 200 EUR.
Moscha wrote: I've been reducing my pile of shame a bit lately.
I put some color on my O&G minis. Also bought a Vampire Army for cheap.
That is quite the Undead host you have going there. You've got the best skeletons GW ever made with the armour and halberds backed up by the really cool grave guard. That train of Black Knights is very impressive
Also very cool. Mangler Squig there.
I would like to echo this. Very impressive indeed.
Thanks, I was trying to get my hands on this army for a long time. The guy who introduced me to Warhammer back in the day painted that Vampire Army, which was significantly larger, as it also included a Zombie Dragon, a Winged Nightmare, some Zombies, Spectres, Fell Bats, quite all kind of units the Army book consisted of back in 6th, except for a Black Coach. One unit of Black Knights was built from single parts as he wanted them to look really well armored, not like skinny skeletons on skinny horses. Ah yes. if I remember correctly, one of the models costed him around 35 DM, ca.17EUR/20 Dollars.
One day he sold the whole lot to our LFGS, which used the army as a showpiece in the window. That was about 20 years ago, and they sold of some of the units over time.
I was there last month to stack up my inventory, namely black primer spray, and the owner told me that he us selling off all his fantasy stuff, probably on ebay. But as I am a long time customer, he offered me to buy the whole remains of the army for 200 EUR.
Couldnt say no to that offer!
Had to use DM's to buy the miniature? Now that is a sign of a classic army. That is a very good deal on that army even at 200 euro.
Ah no, bit of a misunderstanding here, I paid 200 EUR. I just wanted to say that back on the day my buddy paid for one single of these custom Black Knights around 35 DM, when he bought the single bits from mailorder. So 35 DM for each of the15 models, that is already more than I paid in EUR now.
I bought some Blood Knights on ebay, had four plus two extra horses the old owner had from a failed conversion. I could not get more except at silly price for singles. So I bought more Blood Knights from GW when they became available again, and had to buy the full unit of five, that was expensive.
I never got around to building them, they joined the queue fairly near the bottom. They complete my Vampire Counts army, but that is not on my build docket right now. I just wanted to get aquisitions over. Now the plastics are incoming and I want six of those for the unit plus two for characters, so will be buying two kits of plastic Blood Knights.
This will be one super expensive and wasteful unit, but I am compelled and don't mind because the expenses are so far apart the old costs are forgotten, and those minis are just too good.
I get many good deals, but sometimes I am the bitch.
A reaper Genie.
She will eventually face my Monty Python Empire forces (As Araby)
I wanted to try something different for black hair.
It seems like many people use some sort of grey to highlight black. That never looked right to me.
My two black labs highlight look more blueish - so I thought I would give that a try
Been working in my next Python battle: Python's Empire v Kislev.
Here we have Baba Yaga & her hut.
Not too shabby. The chicken legs didn't turn out all that well - mostly as I am not a very good sculptor - so they are mostly hidden under the hut
My Monoposaz Spearmen are advancing slowly, but steadily. I couldnt resist to set them up in formation with the rest of rhe bunch.
Base colors check, next steps are shields, details and restoration of rhe old models in the pack, so they look relatively alike color-wise too.
My old OnG army is probably the very -very- bottom of my backlog, I foolishly rebased about 120 Orc Boys on circular bases just for Greenskinz to no longer be a thing. So once I get at it, The -very- first thing i'm doing is putting them back on square bases.
i am really tempted to start a revenant themed VC army based on the new AoS skelletons and weightking.... As in no vampire allowed and no necromancer that isn't a lich.......
Does that even work?
I advise against it. The new skellies will not fit on 20x20mm without resposing which these monopose kits will make difficult to do, and will only increase the fragility of the models if you custom cut.
The prior range is not outdated, it just isnt AOSed, zombies excepted.
New fell bats are good and I home to be able to work with the Blood Knights as I did with the Chaos Knights, But the new skellies are a tall order.
If you want something different try Wargames Atlantic or Mantic skeletons, and Fireforge or Mantic zombies.
Vampire Counts do not have access to liches post 5th, but necromancer armies are very viable.
You could use lich models with necromancer rules, necromancers are functionally undead so it would not make any difference if a necromancer crossed the line. Many are degenerate enough they might not notice until after it has happened.
Orlanth wrote: I advise against it. The new skellies will not fit on 20x20mm without resposing which these monopose kits will make difficult to do, and will only increase the fragility of the models if you custom cut.
The prior range is not outdated, it just isnt AOSed, zombies excepted.
New fell bats are good and I home to be able to work with the Blood Knights as I did with the Chaos Knights, But the new skellies are a tall order.
If you want something different try Wargames Atlantic or Mantic skeletons, and Fireforge or Mantic zombies.
Vampire Counts do not have access to liches post 5th, but necromancer armies are very viable. You could use lich models with necromancer rules, necromancers are functionally undead so it would not make any difference if a necromancer crossed the line. Many are degenerate enough they might not notice until after it has happened.
Are the new Skellies really that monopose? I mean i can see why the complaints about them beeing fidly AF are there. those separate legs without real armor don't... well don't entice me, on the other hand i have done much worse then reposing some skellies and i quite like the new soulblight models. As for the lich theme, it was mostly me wondering if i could avoid Vampires in it's entirety, i do have no issue with the necromnacers and can probably quite easily convert some into the more fitting bone horde theme...
Most modern GW kits are very monopose. If you go check the sprue on the GW website you can see the legs of the skellies are all one piece and their legs are spread out basically completely filling a 25mm base.
I'm sure with some creative basing you can make it work but it wont be all that simple given as they were designed for 25mm not the standard 20mm of Fantasy.
Just Tony wrote: Not sure if anyone has tried yet, but maybe the skellies will fit diagonally? It'll limit the regiment a bit but it might be doable...
My kitbashing eye says no, not feasable really.
Altough in hindsight someone brought up Wargames atlantic skellies, whilest i like the greek theme i find the Wargames one to be a bit... underarmored, does anyone know any other Skelletons that fit that theme?
Well, i did dig up my old chaos warrior army now...
Seems like i miss 451 pts to have a full 2000 pts army.
Also half a exalted champion is only half an exalted champion
If anyone has any ideas for a simple scheme feel free to recommend.
Orlanth wrote: I advise against it. The new skellies will not fit on 20x20mm without resposing which these monopose kits will make difficult to do, and will only increase the fragility of the models if you custom cut.
The prior range is not outdated, it just isnt AOSed, zombies excepted.
New fell bats are good and I home to be able to work with the Blood Knights as I did with the Chaos Knights, But the new skellies are a tall order.
If you want something different try Wargames Atlantic or Mantic skeletons, and Fireforge or Mantic zombies.
Vampire Counts do not have access to liches post 5th, but necromancer armies are very viable.
You could use lich models with necromancer rules, necromancers are functionally undead so it would not make any difference if a necromancer crossed the line. Many are degenerate enough they might not notice until after it has happened.
Are the new Skellies really that monopose?
See for yourself:
I suspect there is some give in the designs because the waist is buried under armour so you can likely swap over torsos and legs. That does not appear to be intntional by looking at the completed modersl below but it can be done What you get are arm swaps and some head swaps but yes, mostly monopose. However monopose isn't the problem here.
I mean i can see why the complaints about them beeing fidly AF are there. those separate legs without real armor don't... well don't entice me, on the other hand i have done much worse then reposing some skellies and i quite like the new soulblight models.
As for the lich theme, it was mostly me wondering if i could avoid Vampires in it's entirety, i do have no issue with the necromnacers and can probably quite easily convert some into the more fitting bone horde theme...
I found the 8th ed skeletons to be fairly sturdy so long as you glue them solidly. Mine have held up.
Just Tony wrote: Not sure if anyone has tried yet, but maybe the skellies will fit diagonally? It'll limit the regiment a bit but it might be doable...
Diagonal fitting soldiers is so very 4th/5th edition and it was bad.
This is the problem:
Those are 25mm round bases, most legs will not actually fit on a 20x20, diagonal placing or not. They take up as much room as orcs or chaos warriors.
I do like the models but if I buy any it will be for my RPG collection. They may do fine on a 5' grid, but then again their weapons go everywhere and might interfere with the dungeon tiles. There is a lot going for MNantic and WHFB miniatures for role playing, and with some slender exception most AoS stuff doesnt properly fit for Warhammer. For characters I dont mind that so much, but for rank and file it is a problem.
Managed to get these Ogres off my paint table. Dogs of War to go with my old Empire army. It gave me an idea to put together some Dog of War regiments. I have a box of Bretonnian Knights I can use as mercenaries, almost 40 Old Empire spears I can convert to Pikemen (once I find decent 3rd party pikes) as well as a Hot Pot I can also just use as a Mortar.
That all may have to wait though. As summers here and I like to spend my evening outside and not hunched over a paint table.
Very nicely done Polonius. The green is really starting to grow on me as a color for High Elves. But I tend to like the standard colors for High elves like blue, red, and green anyways. Purple is another if done right.
Well 14 done. Another 21 to go. Also another 35 marauders Nvm the horse men...
Spoiler:
Which reminds me. Right now i own a sorcerer, half an exalted champion.
14 and 21 block of warriors with shields. 5 knights. 10 horsemen and 45 marauders.
I fully intend to get another 10 Chaos knights, if only to finally make the exalted champion from half to full standard bearer, and a manticor lord...
Am i missing something?
Not Online!!! wrote: Well 14 done. Another 21 to go. Also another 35 marauders Nvm the horse men...
Spoiler:
Which reminds me. Right now i own a sorcerer, half an exalted champion.
14 and 21 block of warriors with shields. 5 knights. 10 horsemen and 45 marauders.
I fully intend to get another 10 Chaos knights, if only to finally make the exalted champion from half to full standard bearer, and a manticor lord...
Am i missing something?
Not Online!!! wrote: Well 14 done. Another 21 to go. Also another 35 marauders Nvm the horse men...
Spoiler:
Which reminds me. Right now i own a sorcerer, half an exalted champion.
14 and 21 block of warriors with shields. 5 knights. 10 horsemen and 45 marauders.
I fully intend to get another 10 Chaos knights, if only to finally make the exalted champion from half to full standard bearer, and a manticor lord...
Am i missing something?
Chariots?
Not liking em.
I probably will go with ogres, since i have a somewhat cool concept and backstory in mind for a separate ogre army, and chaos ogres still are "fast" and can hit like a ton of bricks.
For a birthday gift, my father got me a regiment of Slayers from Black Tree Design. Here is the first of them. These are good sculpts for what you get. They're a bit more barbarian-esque than the GW or Avatars of War Slayers, with details like skull masks and stuff made from bones. Weapons are more varied than the archetypal axes. You've got battle-axes like this guy, maces, flails, and even a sword on the standard bearer.
For those interested in scale, here's one with an Oathmark dwarf.
Absolutely. Barring the Stormvermin and Grey Seer who have lore fur colors, the entire army will be albino. And I'll have a nervous twitch after painting that much white...
Absolutely. Barring the Stormvermin and Grey Seer who have lore fur colors, the entire army will be albino. And I'll have a nervous twitch after painting that much white...
Taking a look at your first unit. I think you need Army Painter Soft Tone.
Albino or not, these ratties are way too clean. Also the teeth.
I'm only worried about colors, no highlights or anything. I'm painting almost all of our armies, AND doing so only on breaks at work. I cut what corners I need to.
Absolutely. Barring the Stormvermin and Grey Seer who have lore fur colors, the entire army will be albino. And I'll have a nervous twitch after painting that much white...
Taking a look at your first unit. I think you need Army Painter Soft Tone.
Albino or not, these ratties are way too clean. Also the teeth.
My plan is to ink/wash them later at my leisure, as what little time I have to paint is geared towards our goal of having every army for WFB 6th and having it fully painted.
Also, notice the bases. Goblin Green and flock. That's pretty much the mindset of my entire painting ambition.
To be fair, we did try an experiment. We went to town on one of our High Elf regiments, Gradation shading, ink, the works. I checked the army book after we were done and found that not a single stat line had changed. Did you know there's no +1 LD for stippling? Odd...
My plan is to ink/wash them later at my leisure, as what little time I have to paint is geared towards our goal of having every army for WFB 6th and having it fully painted.
Also, notice the bases. Goblin Green and flock. That's pretty much the mindset of my entire painting ambition.
Rim & flock is not a cop out, it is a decent tidy solution and was a staple for good reason. I changed from Goblin Green and flock to Desert Yellow (army painter) and flock, with variation only for characters, as it is the theme I use for my Realm of Battle boards and the brown serves as my base for non flocked areas.
I believe that oftimes less is more, and in the case of basing there are several advantages to a minimalist base no matter how much effort you place on the paintjob.
To be fair, we did try an experiment. We went to town on one of our High Elf regiments, Gradation shading, ink, the works. I checked the army book after we were done and found that not a single stat line had changed. Did you know there's no +1 LD for stippling? Odd...
Not seen painting for advantage since the late 80's. So oldhammer you are trying to resurrect old sins even GW moved past. tut tut.
I paint my models so you can tell what they are, not because of some enriching feeling of having painted models. I saw two stealth Marine armies face off once, and it was comical once H2H started happening. I don't paint to show off skills that I frankly don't see as useful even if I DID have them. My painting exists solely because of the gaming is what I'm trying to say.
I paint my models so you can tell what they are, not because of some enriching feeling of having painted models. I saw two stealth Marine armies face off once, and it was comical once H2H started happening. I don't paint to show off skills that I frankly don't see as useful even if I DID have them. My painting exists solely because of the gaming is what I'm trying to say.
You missed mine.
Painting for advantage is all but impossible now. I cannot see any means by this it can work. Painting <insert army> bright pink will not give them a fabulous save.
Painting for advantage was a part of the game in the distant past back in the days of 2nd and 3rd edition when units had common statlines and you could upgrade most, but not all units to elite. Back in the day WYSIWYG was very important as there were very thin covers for army books and exact equipment on model was more relevant as it was the defining characteristic. Armies had their own fluff and background but the distinction between normal and elite troops was defined in the army list. So knights and halberdiers were knights and halberdiers, but either unit could be elite. You had to follow WYSIWYG on equipment, so wargear had to be depicted and painted the proper colour, so metal armour couldn't be painted leather brown. But beyond that and the need to clearly document everything you didnt have to reveal more than what the opponent could see. You had to point out characters, but not explain what they were.
So here is where painting to advantage came in, for tournaments several players would give regular troops full livery, colourful banner etc, while the units with all the elite bonuses would have a tatty banner and plain dirty wool or leather surcoats and rustier mail. Some players went as far as to use a lower quality paintjob. It would take contact with 'cheap militia' to find that they had a potent magical banner, many elite abilities and their unit 'Champion' was in fact a Major Hero.
Working on 1500pts of Vampire Counts. Almost done, my newer player likes playing fully painted and I had some VC I'd been meaning to fix up for games anyway. Was going to get my High Elves painted but it was going to be a looong way to 1500 for them. finishing up my crypt ghoul unit right now.
I built a named character for my Waagh! Grom Campaign. None less than the infamous Ol' Blacktoof, the warp-dazzled up-to-no-good Goblin Shaman and advisor of Grom, riding on the back of a mighty wyvern!!
Eldarain wrote: Blacktoof looks amazing! Love his ramshackle howdah.
Thanks! I hope to get on with the campaign ( one warband scenario, one 2500 pts breakthrough mission and a sea batte to fight before the final battle at Tor Yvresse!),
Misclicking ork wrote: What rule set are you using for you campaign? I don’t recall goblins being allowed to ride a wyvern.
I made the rules for the campaign myself, including rules for all special characters ( Eltharion, Grom and Blacktoof) so it was no problem, even if it's not in the core rules.
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Misclicking ork wrote: What rule set are you using for you campaign? I don’t recall goblins being allowed to ride a wyvern.
I made the rules for the campaign myself, including rules for all special characters ( Eltharion, Grom and Blacktoof) so it was no problem, even if it's not in the core rules.
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Misclicking ork wrote: What rule set are you using for you campaign? I don’t recall goblins being allowed to ride a wyvern.
I made the rules for the campaign myself, including rules for all special characters ( Eltharion, Grom and Blacktoof) so it was no problem, even if it's not in the core rules.
1. I have the Kruleboyz from the latest AoS box, and I want to build an army around their aesthetic. Sticking to 6/7E, not really optimising for tactics. Will run the Hobgrots as either garden variety gobbos or Hill Goblins to jack up points cost and bring down model count. I'm Likely to 3D print a batch of river trolls from Emang's Total Warhammer rips. Definitely going to use the troll with an orc on it for a giant.
2. High Elves. Likely not going GW with the models, as there's someone who does High Elves exclusively on MMF and Iike the cut of their jib. Haven't thought about this too much yet, I just know I want elves.
3. Warmaster. It's really achievable in terms of modelling with lots of support from the 3D printing crowd. I'll play this game double fisted if I have to, I've been itching to try a smaller scale fantasy game for ages.
Finally got the opportunity to take a picture of this summer's painting progress for various armies.
Eltharion, Korhil and Teclis, a lone archer and some war machine crew for the High Elves.
A Highborn on Cold One Chariot and 5 Dark Riders.
Ol'Blacktoof on his Wyvern and some Squig Herders, a Starter Box Night Goblin and Spear Chuckka Crew.
gobert wrote:Lovely work on those Moscha, that photo of the elves and goblins is very 90s White Dwarf! Love it!
Pacific wrote:Exactly what I was going to say Gobert, that pic looks amazing Moscha that could have been lifted directly from a White Dwarf issue!
Oh why thanks a lot for the kind words!
That 15 minutes with proper light and scenery at our gaming club really payed off it seems, great models from GW altogether.
Unfortunately, only the Dark Elves have seen action so far in a small tournament in October.
But I plan to get on with my Waagh!! Grom Campaign, so Ol'Blacktooth and Eltharion can cross swords/magic boomsticks
This weekend, we will play out the Battle at the River Kweiß, where 2500 points of O&G are trying to get on/over a bridge to reach Grom's main force, but the Empire has deployed an army of at least equal strength to prevent them from doing so.
Army list must contain at least 1000 points core, max. 0-1 Lord, 0-4 character models in total, 0-4 special, 0-2 rare choices.
I have lost my previous matches in the campaign, so the Empire player has some advantages. He has 3 support points, which he can use to
a) change one of the rare, special or hero slots to another one of these (for example 3 special 2 rare, and 4 hero slots or something similar ('Cost: 1 point)
b) buy an additional rare, special or hero slot (for 2 points)
c) add 175 points to the army's point limit (2 points)
Spent the last few months only working on Terrain so I decided I needed to get back into the groove of mini painting by finishing off a model I have had sitting primed on my desk since 7th Edition.
Figured I'd finally paint my Arch Lector as I love this model and really have no excuse for not painting it other than laziness.
Got myself a deamon prince, a chaos sorcerer, a unit of slanesh chosen, slannesh marauders with bows (house ruling so I can give them bows) and a unit of tzeench maruaders to add to my chaos army
Lo and behold, Death from above, the Machinists' Guild has completed yet another aircraft. The 'Garaz' is on its way to remove some entries from the Dammaz Cron!
TeAXIIIT13 wrote: Got myself a deamon prince, a chaos sorcerer, a unit of slanesh chosen, slannesh marauders with bows (house ruling so I can give them bows) and a unit of tzeench maruaders to add to my chaos army
Why not proxy them as a Dogs of War unit with bows? Easy and legal without house ruling. Plan on doing the same with Ungol Archers and a cannon.
TeAXIIIT13 wrote: Got myself a deamon prince, a chaos sorcerer, a unit of slanesh chosen, slannesh marauders with bows (house ruling so I can give them bows) and a unit of tzeench maruaders to add to my chaos army
Why not proxy them as a Dogs of War unit with bows? Easy and legal without house ruling. Plan on doing the same with Ungol Archers and a cannon.
I could do but I only play with my brother so house rulings are no issue, that allows me to give the the mark of slannesh as well with no issues
Currently working on a 50pt Warhammer 6th Edition Skirmish force of Skaven. I have a few old Models, not enough for an actual army but enough to play that so I figured I'd build a few small forces for fun.
Here my first test Skaven Clanrat, I have 2 more and a Skaven Slave in the pipe.
Currently working on a high elve army, my take on the tower of sun high elve outpost, i first started painting regular high elves but after seeing the Troy movie for another whoknows time i decided to paint the elves with a golden/brass armour. I've been working on this army since covid lockdown with big breaks in between.
I started the army with the IoB box, plus some second-hand silver helms that needed much love. Later I added 2 3d printed charriots and some heroes, I currently have to finish 5 more silver helms and the elf prince of IoB box, i'm considering another unit to the army, witch should i take, 10 archers maybe, more heroes??? I'm not eager to paint a 40 spear block
The images are 3840x2160, that's probably why your phone doesn't like them.
That's some lovely work. Real attention to detail.
You might want to add a touch of mud to the chariot horses' hooves and fetlocks, just to match the wheels. Although I suppose Elven Steeds could just be supernaturally clean.
The chariots are from "last sword" 3d stl provider, they design a whole whuge rage of warhammer fantasy like miniatures, I find their designs to be top of the line. The high elf rage is so warhammer like you can mix and match GW and last sword and be little to no diference in the whole asthetic of the army.
Great work there Puig! Thanks for the heads up on "Last Sword" for STL's. I am increasingly convinced that anything that I ever want to add to my WFB armies from now on will be 3D printed if I can find good sculpts. It seems that this may be one source for them.
Just Tony wrote: Dark Elves done thus far. I bought an army that was about half painted so I have been focusing on the repainting more than the ground up painting.
These are a great base to start with Dark Elves!
For 6E, you have a Spearelves unit and the Repeater Crossbows as Core.
You could play 2 units of 5 Cold One Riders as Hammers for your Spear anvil.
The Dragon is of course not available to any hero model, so it will have to wait on the shelf until you hit 2000 points min OR you could proxy a Beastmaster riding a Manticore with it.
I also like the color scheme. It would look really good if you used some wash on it and then some good old drybrushing for highlights.
Just Tony wrote: Dark Elves done thus far. I bought an army that was about half painted so I have been focusing on the repainting more than the ground up painting.
These are a great base to start with Dark Elves!
For 6E, you have a Spearelves unit and the Repeater Crossbows as Core.
You could play 2 units of 5 Cold One Riders as Hammers for your Spear anvil.
The Dragon is of course not available to any hero model, so it will have to wait on the shelf until you hit 2000 points min OR you could proxy a Beastmaster riding a Manticore with it.
I also like the color scheme. It would look really good if you used some wash on it and then some good old drybrushing for highlights.
Not pictured:
A 10 man Crossbow unit I just finished
A 10 man Crossbow unit I have to do bits swaps on
A 5 man Dark Rider unit
A 5 man Shades unit
A Chariot
A Hydra
A Bolt Thrower
5 Harpies that need wing tips
20 Corsairs
20 Executioners awaiting some replacement blades
2 Sorceresses on foot
1 Assassin
1 mounted Sorceress
1 Battle Standard
A 10 man Crossbow unit I just finished
A 10 man Crossbow unit I have to do bits swaps on
A 5 man Dark Rider unit
A 5 man Shades unit
A Chariot
A Hydra
A Bolt Thrower
5 Harpies that need wing tips
20 Corsairs
20 Executioners awaiting some replacement blades
2 Sorceresses on foot
1 Assassin
1 mounted Sorceress
1 Battle Standard
Whoah that's quite a lot! How much is that without the Dragon, 3000 points? Ideal for 2000P games I think, you have a versatile force there.
A 10 man Crossbow unit I just finished
A 10 man Crossbow unit I have to do bits swaps on
A 5 man Dark Rider unit
A 5 man Shades unit
A Chariot
A Hydra
A Bolt Thrower
5 Harpies that need wing tips
20 Corsairs
20 Executioners awaiting some replacement blades
2 Sorceresses on foot
1 Assassin
1 mounted Sorceress
1 Battle Standard
Whoah that's quite a lot! How much is that without the Dragon, 3000 points? Ideal for 2000P games I think, you have a versatile force there.
The only thing I don't like is all the accidental Stillmania going on there. My preferred base would be 3 20 man Spearmen units and 2 10 man Crossbow units at the very least. THEN build from there. In order to make that dream a reality I'm going to have to find 2 whole boxes of the 6th Ed. Warriors box and hope the prices aren't set to stupidity.
Not sure if I’m mad or something but I’m currently trying to wade through 40 Archers and 12 Spearmen from the 4th Edition Boxset;
So far I’ve not gone totally insane and am making steady (for me) progress! I’ll report back when they’re done… at some point!
Just finished the high elf prince on griphon, the sculpt is amazing , it'a a pleasure to work on it the whole process. I've put an extra efort on the figure as it is the flagship model for my army. I may reach the 2000 pts with magical objects+bannets, etc wich unit should i add to the army??. I may shift and start a dwarf army, war of the beard got me hyped.
Orlanth wrote: Your griffon lord needs a shield, there are no circumstances where you would not have at least a mundane shield with this loadout.
Are the hero and mage magnetised for the chariots?
The lord figure comes with no shield. Regarding the chariots, if you glue the drivers correctly, there is enough space for a infantery base 20x20mm to fit in.
Great to see some more Elves on Shelves here, be it the good or the bad kind.
And by bad I mean of course that traitorous thin blooded supporters of Bel-Shanaar, who defied our Lord and Master Malekith's rightful heritage!
PS: If memory serves, the Griffon Rider has a Shield on his back.
Putting together that Hydra model was one of the most annoying experiences I have ever been through. Good for you getting it done but I still have nightmares about pinning that thing.
I hated the face of the GW Necromancer because it looks so much like Gargamel from the Smurfs. So I did a a headswap with a Warcry kit. I think it turned out well.
Seeing that Hydra (that I hated building SO MUCH) painted and done I decided...Why not paint my own? So I sat down yesterday and just decided to finally get this model done.
I got this model for free after a GW event at one of their stores. When the 7th Edition Metal Hydra was released they were getting rid of the old model and I won it at the store....sooo free Hydra!
Grail Seeker wrote: I hated the face of the GW Necromancer because it looks so much like Gargamel from the Smurfs. So I did a a headswap with a Warcry kit. I think it turned out well.
I never made the connection with Gargamel before but now I totally see it.
Since we are on a bit of a Dark Elf bender right now, maybe this would be the place to put out some feelers.
Does anyone have extra arms left over from the 6th Ed. Dark Elf Warriors set? I won a couple auctions and didn't pay attention to how many arms were on the sprues included.
Just Tony wrote: Since we are on a bit of a Dark Elf bender right now, maybe this would be the place to put out some feelers.
Does anyone have extra arms left over from the 6th Ed. Dark Elf Warriors set? I won a couple auctions and didn't pay attention to how many arms were on the sprues included.
Sorry, no, I am all out of arms^^
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I painted up a box of skeletons to go with the Necromancer
Just Tony wrote: Since we are on a bit of a Dark Elf bender right now, maybe this would be the place to put out some feelers.
Does anyone have extra arms left over from the 6th Ed. Dark Elf Warriors set? I won a couple auctions and didn't pay attention to how many arms were on the sprues included.
Just Tony wrote: Since we are on a bit of a Dark Elf bender right now, maybe this would be the place to put out some feelers.
Does anyone have extra arms left over from the 6th Ed. Dark Elf Warriors set? I won a couple auctions and didn't pay attention to how many arms were on the sprues included.
What ones do you need?
I'll have to do a count once I get the auction lots delivered to me, but it looks like I'll need a few Crossbow arms and several spear arm combos and possible the parts for a Standard Bearer. I'm also probably gonna be woefully shy on shields. Lastly, and I doubt this'll happen cheaply, I'm missing the spear and hands from the chariot crewman, and I'll be buying another copy of that specific crewman as well. The pewter ones, mind.
I don't think I can help with the chariot situation, but shoot me a PM when you get a count of the plastic 6th ed stuff you need and we can work something out.
I'll have to do a count once I get the auction lots delivered to me, but it looks like I'll need a few Crossbow arms and several spear arm combos and possible the parts for a Standard Bearer. I'm also probably gonna be woefully shy on shields. Lastly, and I doubt this'll happen cheaply, I'm missing the spear and hands from the chariot crewman, and I'll be buying another copy of that specific crewman as well. The pewter ones, mind.
I decided to just ignore the old basing standards when necessary to fit new models.
Plastic attack squigs work well on 25mm square bases. Squig hoppers do well on cavalry bases.
The main problem are with things like greater daemons, which now bear no connexion to previous scaling.
The other main problem is 9th Age, which is far stricter on base sizes than WHFB.
The solution is still easy. Squig hoppers are officially 20x20mm and basing them offscale is 'cheating', mine are 25x25, deal with it.
Some really cool minis since I last dropped by, to counter the glut of Dark Elves here’s some High Elves;
The empty slot is for my Tiranoc Chariot, which I’ll get around to soon now that I have all of the bits. There’s also a bit of touch up work and some shields to make and I will finally have finished my original Army!
Friend of mine was getting rid of his old Dark Elf army, an army I have many fond memories battling against. So I bought it off him as he has quite a few units that are hard to find/expensive should I try to buy them now. They also help fill the gap of missing units I have with the Dark Elf army I built on the cheap.
I'm currently deciding how to build each unit and checking on missing pieces that may have been lost. So far its all mostly intact, the Assassins are missing arms, specifically Shadowblade in the picture but I can easily use Dark Elf Warrior bits to replace that. The Spearman on the Chariot is missing his Spear, but since I already have a Chariot anyway I figured I can use the second one as a mount for a Character so missing him isn't bad either.
With the handful of Black Guard I already had adding to the extra I got from my friend I have a unit of 18! Stripping, rebuilding and basing continues....
I've posted various pics of these around, but I don't think of any of the finished units together.
Lahmian infantry, "bat swarms" and a vamp. Currently got a sword n board unit, another vamp and a "black coach" (salvaged Khemri chariot with a vampire riding) about half done so hopefully I remember to update!
Took 3 years of talking about it, but my buddy and I finally got back into 6th WHFB. Original project thread
Ready for their first game ever vs Dwarves. Included some janky stand-ins that have since been replaced
last 4 weeks of work: spearmen and archer units painted, 2 eagles and 4 bolt thrower crewmen
3 games vs Dwarves so far and they're 3-0 with a 4th game set for a week from now vs Empire. 2 Bolt Throwers are half-done, need to convert 8 more Silver helms to replace the poorly built ebay specials, then need to paint all the cavalry. Almost looking like a proper army
Currently i am in search for horse archers for a potential WHFB project, preferably monoglian or better yet hunnic looking.
Anyone got any ideas where to find such models?
Also it seems gw removed Chaos warriors from their store.
Guess i now am on a timer to order the Chaos knights i need...
So I'm down to the wire and finishing up the Dark Elves units that I feel I'll realistically need from here on out, and I've got a Cold One Chariot in the queue. Problem is that I don't have a second rider, and my crippling OCD is leaning toward me getting a second overhead spear model just like my currently painted Chariot has. The one I've found online is $12 for the figure alone with double that in UK to US shipping fees and garbage.
My brother's solution was to hand me these three command models from the old featherhead Dark Elves. Ugh. I hate these models. I'm not even sure I can flip/trade these at all...
On the plus side I still need another Bolt Thrower. Prices on these damn near gave me a seizure.
In my "one day" Dark Elf plan I was thinking of using those Stormcast Ballista with Delf crew as the official minis are both fiddly and extortionate on the secondary market.
Now I just did a search on US ebay and found a 5rth edition Dark Elf bolt thrower Buy It Now for $14.99. This is not an unusual find or price.
You can replace the crew, or even just replace the heads pf the metal crew to modernise the model.
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Very slowly getting more work done on my Slaanesh mortals army. I still have the shields to do for the spearmen, which I'm dreading.
Building a chariot next (which means a 'free' gorebeast too, which I'll probably add as a chaos spawn) then back to another batch of spearmen. Managed to snag a almost-still-in-blister sigvald (The blister plastic had disintegrated!) which I'll probably add to the unit of spearmen for a really fancy looking leader.
Eldarain wrote: Very cool Mallo. What are you using the repurposed Stormcast as?
Thanks! I'm planning to use them as chaos warriors for 6th ed games and was thinking about using them as a slaanesh equivalent of blight kings for 8th ed games.