That's a years work to be proud of and i'm glad that i've been here to see some of them happen!

Impressive. Most impressive.

Vader looks awesome. The year-end shots a great, too. Some cool little vignettes in there. Nice to see Hellboy and the Skywalkers in the owner's box. Still love the Zoat!

Super efforts all round.

That’s a mighty impressive array of completed minis! Great effort in quelling the pile of shame. Happy New year!

Woohoo! I love year end shots! Thanks for taking the time. You really did accomplish a lot, that's a huge amount finished. No worries that you didn't do what you originally planned, there is always next year. It's good to go with what interests you.

Damn, that is a lot of well painted minis. Great range of things as well. Congrats on a year well painted!

Congratulations on an excellent year of painting!

The array, ranges and scope of the minis themselves is awesome- but the arena itself is a very nice piece of work- very well done!

Wow that's really something to show! What a productive year you've had. Quite an achievement.


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Wow that's really something to show! What a productive year you've had. Quite an achievement.

Congratulations on a productive year! 200 miniatures is quite a feat. Looking forward to 2021. Nice to see that coliseum again, yer collection is massive!

I echo the others Viterbi, well done.

Cheers,

CB

A productive year indeed!

I can't believe that coliseum was painted this year. That feels like decades ago.
Really impressive collection from 2020.

That's a great haul for the year, well done getting over 200 minis painted along with that magnificent arena. Quality and quantity!

Very impressive year's work!

I won't do individual responses this time, but thank you all for the nice comments !

So with 2020 finished it's time to start 2021. I won't set big resolutions, as my main one is still to get the backlog done or at least down to like 20 models. If I don't buy too much it should be doable by summer, but we'll see, best laid plans and such

Gonna start the year with Space Marines and Rohan. Assault Marines should paint up fast, gonna do them with the blue armour to set them apart from the other five (and they got MK 3 helmets, best helmets evah!!!). Sgt. got the helmet from the Indomitus captain and a little conversion in his right arm. He now sports a Sororitas power sword and a little guard over the hand, because it is a lot smaller than the normal one

Also built all the Rohan models from the starter box and am really excited to try different colors on the horses. Hope to get the first six riders and Theoden done til the end of the month. Also threw Aragorn in for good measure and too lead my warriors of the dead (I believe it makes allying them to Rohan easier, but am not well up on the rules so far).

Quite the muster to kick off the year. Like the look of the Intercessors.

Good start to the year, can't wait for the Rohirrim (I had to look up the denonym and learned that Rohan is a constitutional monarchy, which was news to me!). The horse lords are definitely my favorite of the Good armies, they just look so dang cool.

A busy start to the year! The assault intercessors look great with the mk3 helms, looking forward to seeing them done up

Really cool to see the year's haul all together in such an impressive setting. That arena is just incredible. Congrats mate and here's to more in 2021!

Heads on the assault marines look great. Rip and tear!

Wow, you had a productive year with all those minis!

Big fan of the MKIII helms too, they really fit the space knight aesthetic when I think of space marines.

It’s been a while since I checked in but the toy arena sure turned out impressively! And that is a massive output for the year. You should be proud! I’m looking forward to seeing the Rohirrim get the love they deserve. I’ve always been drawn to them more than any other faction in the LotR and I’m reading the books to my kids right now and we just read about the Ride of the Rohirrim as they came to the aid of Gondor. Great stuff!

I defy anyone to read the following passage and resist the urge to go full Rohirrim in 2021.



Sorry, just give me a minute... I've got something in my eye.

Crowe, exactly! Re-reading the books to my kids - out loud for the first time and doing all the voices with appropriate emotion - has given me another level of appreciation of Tolkien.

For the Mark and the Sons of Eorl!

 theCrowe wrote:
I defy anyone to read the following passage and resist the urge to go full Rohirrim in 2021.

Spoiler:

Stern now was Éomer's mood, and his mind clear again. He let blow the horns to rally all men to his banner that could come thither; for he thought to make a great shield-wall at the last, and stand, and fight there on foot till all fell, and do deeds of song on the fields of Pelennor, though no man should be left in the West to remember the last King of the Mark. So he rode to a green hillock and there set his banner, and the White Horse ran rippling in the wind.
Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!
These staves he spoke, yet he laughed as he said them. For once more lust of battle was on him; and he was still unscathed, and he was young, and he was king: the lord of a fell people. And lo! even as he laughed at despair he looked out again on the black ships, and he lifted up his sword to defy them.

Sorry, just give me a minute... I've got something in my eye.

Reading them as a kid, I really got into the lore and action and I admit to skipping some of the longer poetry sections. Going back to it as an adult, I realize what a good writer Tolkein is. That's why the books have such lasting power, I think - plenty of good world builders who were not good writers, and vice versa (Lord Dunsany comes to mind). #TolkeinDidItBest

youwashock wrote:Quite the muster to kick off the year. Like the look of the Intercessors.

And very contrary, although both equally brutal, when they charge

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Good start to the year, can't wait for the Rohirrim (I had to look up the denonym and learned that Rohan is a constitutional monarchy, which was news to me!). The horse lords are definitely my favorite of the Good armies, they just look so dang cool.

Rohan was always my favorite, hearing Howard Shores theme for the first time in 2002 (god, where has the time gone?) was amazing.

gobert wrote:A busy start to the year! The assault intercessors look great with the mk3 helms, looking forward to seeing them done up

When you're reading this, you just have to scroll down

tzurk wrote:Really cool to see the year's haul all together in such an impressive setting. That arena is just incredible. Congrats mate and here's to more in 2021!

Heads on the assault marines look great. Rip and tear!

Thanks tzurk! Backlog clearing worked quite well in 2020 and I'm happy to get to a slower pace in 2021.

Tyranid Horde wrote:Wow, you had a productive year with all those minis!

Big fan of the MKIII helms too, they really fit the space knight aesthetic when I think of space marines.

Thanks Tyranid Horde! The fight against grey is eternal, but I am slowly winning.

The Riddle of Steel wrote:It’s been a while since I checked in but the toy arena sure turned out impressively! And that is a massive output for the year. You should be proud! I’m looking forward to seeing the Rohirrim get the love they deserve. I’ve always been drawn to them more than any other faction in the LotR and I’m reading the books to my kids right now and we just read about the Ride of the Rohirrim as they came to the aid of Gondor. Great stuff!

Thanks The Riddle of Steel and good to see you back! It'll be a bit more until I can make a soft start with the kids and The Hobbit, but I am already excited to read Tolkien to them and hope yours enjoy the stories!

theCrowe wrote:I defy anyone to read the following passage and resist the urge to go full Rohirrim in 2021.

Spoiler:

Stern now was Éomer's mood, and his mind clear again. He let blow the horns to rally all men to his banner that could come thither; for he thought to make a great shield-wall at the last, and stand, and fight there on foot till all fell, and do deeds of song on the fields of Pelennor, though no man should be left in the West to remember the last King of the Mark. So he rode to a green hillock and there set his banner, and the White Horse ran rippling in the wind.
Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!
These staves he spoke, yet he laughed as he said them. For once more lust of battle was on him; and he was still unscathed, and he was young, and he was king: the lord of a fell people. And lo! even as he laughed at despair he looked out again on the black ships, and he lifted up his sword to defy them.

Sorry, just give me a minute... I've got something in my eye.

The Riddle of Steel wrote:Crowe, exactly! Re-reading the books to my kids - out loud for the first time and doing all the voices with appropriate emotion - has given me another level of appreciation of Tolkien.

For the Mark and the Sons of Eorl!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:

 theCrowe wrote:
I defy anyone to read the following passage and resist the urge to go full Rohirrim in 2021.

Spoiler:

Stern now was Éomer's mood, and his mind clear again. He let blow the horns to rally all men to his banner that could come thither; for he thought to make a great shield-wall at the last, and stand, and fight there on foot till all fell, and do deeds of song on the fields of Pelennor, though no man should be left in the West to remember the last King of the Mark. So he rode to a green hillock and there set his banner, and the White Horse ran rippling in the wind.
Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!
These staves he spoke, yet he laughed as he said them. For once more lust of battle was on him; and he was still unscathed, and he was young, and he was king: the lord of a fell people. And lo! even as he laughed at despair he looked out again on the black ships, and he lifted up his sword to defy them.

Sorry, just give me a minute... I've got something in my eye.

Reading them as a kid, I really got into the lore and action and I admit to skipping some of the longer poetry sections. Going back to it as an adult, I realize what a good writer Tolkein is. That's why the books have such lasting power, I think - plenty of good world builders who were not good writers, and vice versa (Lord Dunsany comes to mind). #TolkeinDidItBest

I really have to read the books again, last time I read them was parallel to the movie releases. Any recommendation on a good hardcover edition that doesn't break the bank? Was eyeing Folio Society, but their price plus postage to Germany was a little rich for my blood.

In other news, very little hobbying has been done. We are in the process of reorganizing, redecorating and refurnituring our ground floor. We have now prepared everything for the new furniture (which hopefully arrives as planned next Friday), but motivation to paint was low in the evenings.

So these Intercessors only took a few hours, but spaced over a lot of days. But now they are done and I'm happy with them. The color really works with gold instead of silver trims as well. Looking at the pictures the gold is a little rough on shoulderpads and helmets, but good enough for gaming, which always is my goal.




I like how the Sgt. turned out. The black shield is a nice eyecatcher amidst the blue and the open helmet is really cool.



Didn't have the motivation to shave off the belt helmet, so I driled some holes and it is now the helmet of his first Sgt. who fell over 50 years ago, but he it is carrying to remember to be always vigilant.

NIce AI's.

It always amazes me how a simple pad/headswap to mk3's changes the entire look of an intercessor. (throw in a mk3 backpack and you can really sell the look)

is that contrast over metallics I see? not really hot on contrast and have mixed feelings about it (comes of being in this game for too many years) but this is one of the things were i think it has real application potential.

Your assault intercessors look brilliant! The gold and blue/green combo works really nicely with the added trim of the MKIII helms and I like the little nod to a fallen marine with the Sgt.

Just join in on the Tolkien discussion, I've just finished the audio book version of the Two Towers (unabridged) having never read it before. Wonderful storytelling and world building.

Best of luck with the decorating!

The Mk III helmets look great on the assault intercessors, and the sgt looks cool with the Captain helmet as well.

Best of luck with the decorating, I always find it a dull and long slog.

Great looking unit Viterbi, the mk3 helms make them look a bit more brutal than the regular helms. Sarge turned out really good too, nice job on the eyes!

Models are looking great , plus the extra bludgeoning weapon on his belt (former sgt's helmet) is very fitting.

I am amazed how well the Mk III helmets work!

And I am looking forward to seeing your Rohan come together -
forth Eorlingas!

For extra grimdarkiness, tell people the Sarge's head is still inside...

They look sweet. The Captain's helmet does look quite good. Could be my imagination, but the armor looks particularly smooth this time around. Excellent effect.

Metallic armour on marines often looks very flat, but yours have fantastic depth.

That little black shield with the (Sakura dragon?) design on it is really nice. Fun little detail, and yes, eye catching.

Back to Tolkien though, If you actually plan on reading it my advice would be to just grab a box set of three paperbacks. The thing is an unwieldy tome in one volume and reading it for any length of time will test your wrist strength.

Also, One smaller book at a time is easier to get through mentally. You get nice milestones and feel like you're making progress when you close the first book and move onto the next one. With one big volume you hit The Coucil of Elrond, get seven pages in, look at the four inches of solid paper on the right side of the book, sigh deeply, consider the choices you've made in your life, and then go watch the movies.

Also, that's a really nice metallic green scheme, especially with the complimentary left pauldron colour. You've a good Eye for a combination.

Not!Alpha Legion marines looking absolutely beautiful as a unit mate, great colour choice and execution. Love the little touch with the bullet-riddled helmet on the back too - stories always help to sell minis for me.

Everything looks better on snow bases too

Great stuff, keep it up!

It must be the season for home renovations! You seem to have been more hobby productive than me. The use of the Indomitus Captains open helmet was a great idea and fits well with the Mk3 Helmets. They work really well on the intercessors with their fancy pads they could be stepping straight outta 30k

osjclatchford wrote:NIce AI's.

It always amazes me how a simple pad/headswap to mk3's changes the entire look of an intercessor. (throw in a mk3 backpack and you can really sell the look)

is that contrast over metallics I see? not really hot on contrast and have mixed feelings about it (comes of being in this game for too many years) but this is one of the things were i think it has real application potential.

Thanks osjclatchford! Headswaps can be really effective with marines, although it took me some while to get those MK3 helmets, the bitz box was empty
Yeah, it's Contrast Akhelian Green over Leadbelcher. It's really cool stuff for metallic surfaces. Mine is a little blotchy, because I only slosh on one coat, but with some Contrast Medium and more patience it could be a lot cleaner.

Tyranid Horde wrote:Your assault intercessors look brilliant! The gold and blue/green combo works really nicely with the added trim of the MKIII helms and I like the little nod to a fallen marine with the Sgt.

Just join in on the Tolkien discussion, I've just finished the audio book version of the Two Towers (unabridged) having never read it before. Wonderful storytelling and world building.

Best of luck with the decorating!

Thanks Tyranide Horde! Happy you like the little nod that originated from my laziness to file stuff off

Decorating is in full swing, everything is prepared for the furniture delivery on Friday.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:The Mk III helmets look great on the assault intercessors, and the sgt looks cool with the Captain helmet as well.

Best of luck with the decorating, I always find it a dull and long slog.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! I actually initiated that we redecorate now, it was more planned towards spring, but it gave a great opportunity to sort through some stuff and erverything is already much better organized.

Yorkright wrote: Great looking unit Viterbi, the mk3 helms make them look a bit more brutal than the regular helms. Sarge turned out really good too, nice job on the eyes!

Thanks Yorkright! Eyes are my big bane, but with his dark skin color I couldn't get away with just some dark shade so I had to buckle up and was very glad, that I hit both pupils so he's not cross-eyed

Theophony wrote:Models are looking great , plus the extra bludgeoning weapon on his belt (former sgt's helmet) is very fitting.

Thanks Theo! "You may take our bolter, our pistols and our swords, but you will never take our extra bludgeoning helmets!!!"

Slinky wrote:I am amazed how well the Mk III helmets work!

And I am looking forward to seeing your Rohan come together -
forth Eorlingas!

Thanks Slinky! Rohan will be on the menu for the next weeks, always interspersing with my marines and sisters. Had my favorite characters delivered yesterday, the new Eowyn and Merry are here. And I'm already pondering how to build them, I don't want to buy a second set for all options (although I'm afraid I will, same when I get to Eomer ).

youwashock wrote:For extra grimdarkiness, tell people the Sarge's head is still inside...

They look sweet. The Captain's helmet does look quite good. Could be my imagination, but the armor looks particularly smooth this time around. Excellent effect.

Thanks youwashock! Looking at the size of the bullet holes, there wouldn't be a lot of head left The light on my desk is always very helpful with my armour, it still has its blotches

Fifty wrote:Metallic armour on marines often looks very flat, but yours have fantastic depth.

Thanks Fifty!

theCrowe wrote:That little black shield with the (Sakura dragon?) design on it is really nice. Fun little detail, and yes, eye catching.

Back to Tolkien though, If you actually plan on reading it my advice would be to just grab a box set of three paperbacks. The thing is an unwieldy tome in one volume and reading it for any length of time will test your wrist strength.

Also, One smaller book at a time is easier to get through mentally. You get nice milestones and feel like you're making progress when you close the first book and move onto the next one. With one big volume you hit The Coucil of Elrond, get seven pages in, look at the four inches of solid paper on the right side of the book, sigh deeply, consider the choices you've made in your life, and then go watch the movies.

Also, that's a really nice metallic green scheme, especially with the complimentary left pauldron colour. You've a good Eye for a combination.

Thanks theCrowe! It's actually a Hydra symbol, because my chapter are a loyal Alpha Legion successor (I just love their decal sheet, it's amazing).

I had planned on getting a hardcover edition which is also separated in three books, but while reorganizing we found my wife's slightly battered paperbacks so I will read them after I'm through with the Hobbit.

tzurk wrote:Not!Alpha Legion marines looking absolutely beautiful as a unit mate, great colour choice and execution. Love the little touch with the bullet-riddled helmet on the back too - stories always help to sell minis for me.

Everything looks better on snow bases too

Great stuff, keep it up!

Thanks tzurk! And yeah, everything is better with snow bases. Just to bad that my playmats are dark rocky desert and green grass Someday a snow map will be bought.

gobert wrote:It must be the season for home renovations! You seem to have been more hobby productive than me. The use of the Indomitus Captains open helmet was a great idea and fits well with the Mk3 Helmets. They work really well on the intercessors with their fancy pads they could be stepping straight outta 30k

Thanks gobert! We had planned to do the ground floor (combined living, dining and cooking area) this year anyway and without being able to get out much, it was very easy to plan it sooner and click the order button

Some more hobbying this weekend, but more of a building nature. Finally did my rhino for the painting competition, hopefully it is warm enough in the next day to get it primed.



Used the Conquest sprue (just the first magazine) and spruced it up with the Sororitas Upgrade frame. It will be the rhino for my church fanatics like priests, missionaries, arco-flagellants, death cult assassins and so on. Just a nice murder box





Additionally I really want to "finish" my space marines and built my ETB Reivers and the last 5 Incursor/Infiltrator bodies. Have some bits to get on squad of Incursors and Infiltrators out of this.



And started on the horsies, black contrast looks awful, already two coats, hope to save it with some highlights. White is a bit better, but the brushed on Grey Seer was to thick. I did the Duncan "Two thin coats" method, but apparently not thin enough. I think most horses will end up brown in the end. Am happy with the Militarum Green on under the saddle, will use this for all the capes, very fitting color.

Sweet upgrades, though papa will curse you for the purification!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Sweet upgrades, though papa will curse you for the purification!

Thanks Graven! Me and my Sororitas are in turn not happy about that green, but it was the cheapest way to get the rhino sprue

Black Templar is such an odd colour, a single coat will never give you true black and multiples just lose the contrast effect. The only real use I have for is is over a metal base for bolter/ranged weapon casings.

Nice additions to make the Rhino a deliverer of righteous fury, hope that the previous owners did not leave any nasty surprises in the interior...at least all the incense should cover any terrible smells.

Really wishing I'd started marines sooner, those conquest rhinos were so cheap and very easily could have picked up a few. Excited to see how it turns out, the sisters bits are great additions.

Shame about the black templar, I've seen more and more people get results they're not happy with and it's starting to feel like that paint has very limited uses like ListenToMeWarriors said.

After a bit of paint nobody will ever know your pious Ecclesiarchy friends are riding in Nurgle's town car. Bummer about the Black Templar.

It's a lovely green box, i'm sure there will not be any lingering chaos. That never happens.

I don't need any more miniatures from any more games to start and paint and not be able to play. Otherwise, I probably would buy a bunch of Rohirrim. Or, perhaps, a bunch of Dúnedain.
The Dúnedain are the coolest.

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

Cool work on the marines.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Black Templar is such an odd colour, a single coat will never give you true black and multiples just lose the contrast effect. The only real use I have for is is over a metal base for bolter/ranged weapon casings.

Nice additions to make the Rhino a deliverer of righteous fury, hope that the previous owners did not leave any nasty surprises in the interior...at least all the incense should cover any terrible smells.

I had only used it going over metallic for black space marine armour (works well) and the cloak of a chaos model for Mordheim which worked well too. But yeah, with the horses it is clearly a miss.

I would love to see one Nurgling wreak havoc and 10 sisters frantically trying to get it out of the rhino

Tyranid Horde wrote:Really wishing I'd started marines sooner, those conquest rhinos were so cheap and very easily could have picked up a few. Excited to see how it turns out, the sisters bits are great additions.

Shame about the black templar, I've seen more and more people get results they're not happy with and it's starting to feel like that paint has very limited uses like ListenToMeWarriors said.

Luckily for me Germany is a year or so behind UK Conquest so I knew what was coming and was able to secure single issues with a news vendor. Got the Apothecary that way and one rhino.

youwashock wrote:After a bit of paint nobody will ever know your pious Ecclesiarchy friends are riding in Nurgle's town car. Bummer about the Black Templar.

Hopefully tomorrow it stops raining, temperature is already warm enough. Than it will be silver all around and no more nurgle green can be seen!

amazingturtles wrote:It's a lovely green box, i'm sure there will not be any lingering chaos. That never happens.

The sisters of perpetual annoyance have the strongest incense there is. They will holy smoke all the chaos out of it!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:I don't need any more miniatures from any more games to start and paint and not be able to play. Otherwise, I probably would buy a bunch of Rohirrim. Or, perhaps, a bunch of Dúnedain.
The Dúnedain are the coolest.

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

Cool work on the marines.

I haven't had a good look at the armies yet, but a Dunedain force would be cool too. But I believe there are only a handful of models plus 50 variants of Aragorn

As I said, I'm in building mode. And after getting the info that Santa Claus was finally able to get the Primaris Chaplain on bike produced, I'm working on my small space marine speed force. Gonna get the Outriders sprues out soon and wanted to add a Captain on bike. But with a spin, because I'm using a draco...thing from AoS. Unfortunately this posed a few problems with torso and legs, marines are not flexible. Waiting for the green stuff to dry and hopefully file it smooth. And it's infuriating seeing what Syro_ or theCrowe can do with that stuff and I'm happy if I can fill some gaps
Need to work a lot more on the base to get it more Sci-Fi, creature already got some 40k nubbins and now looking to get two stormbolter halves on both its hind legs to cover the lightning symbols and be WYSIWYG.
Still have to work out the had and what to give him for a weapon. Torn between master-crafted boltgun or bolter/flamer combi. Gonna work on him some more this evening and can hopefully prime him soon, atm it looks very busy with all these colors

And because of bad weather I omitted a walk during my lunch break and am now finished. Found the head per chance and find it rather fitting. Combi-Flamer is from the Sororitas set. Left the symbols on, because Order and Chapter are very chummy (as seen with the Hydra on the sisters rhino).
Need to cover the leaves with some texture paint, but other than that it should now look more like 40k than AoS. Already excited to paint it/him.

I'm enjoying the madness of this

Wow, that is as an awesome build mate!

The Mr T head fits perfectly in there and you did a good job fitting the bolters and extra gubbins on the back. It's kind of fun to see all the different colours there; it shows that you've cast the net wide for the kitbash. I'm also a big fan of back banners in general - feels very 2/3e 40k to me and just seems right.

Excited to see some paint on him!

A great mish-mash of parts! One way to see it all come together is a black & white photo, which I have seen on other threads help tie a bunch of bitz together

Thanks for sharing

He's great! Just the right kind of strangeness i like. I want one of them beasts for myself now!

Awesome mini, Viterbi. AoS models make for great 40K conversions.

"There are no Dog/Wolf/Lion/Dragon/Terror Beast on (Insert Chapter Homeworld Here)"

Looks great. I was thinking of scrounging some AOS bits for Special characters for my Scythes of the Emperor. Probably not that big thing, but there's enough items that may carry over.

Snazzy kitbash!

Impressive mount, my dude. I remember seeing marines on cold ones and Carnosaurs, but this way cooler.

Kewl kitbash Viterbi, if you put 3 together you could run them as thunderwolves..just a thought. :-)

That model looks a lot better than an official thunderwolf. I look forward to seeing it all painted up.

That metallic sea green is really really nice. I have to start checking out those contrast paints!

(...urge to revisit my alpha legion rising...)

inmygravenimage wrote:I'm enjoying the madness of this

Thanks Graven! It's exactly the thing I would have wanted to see as a kid on my tv screen

tzurk wrote:Wow, that is as an awesome build mate!

The Mr T head fits perfectly in there and you did a good job fitting the bolters and extra gubbins on the back. It's kind of fun to see all the different colours there; it shows that you've cast the net wide for the kitbash. I'm also a big fan of back banners in general - feels very 2/3e 40k to me and just seems right.

Excited to see some paint on him!

Thanks tzurk! And yeah, there's a lot of kits involved here

IGtR= wrote:A great mish-mash of parts! One way to see it all come together is a black & white photo, which I have seen on other threads help tie a bunch of bitz together

Thanks for sharing

Thanks IGtR=! That's a good idea with the B&W photo, luckily I got the bugger primed the next day, so wasn't necessary this time.

amazingturtles wrote:He's great! Just the right kind of strangeness i like. I want one of them beasts for myself now!

Thanks amazingturtles! Dracolines should be not to expensive on ebay, seeing that Stormcast aren't that beloved. Go get one, I would love to see you convert one with a marine or other miniature!

youwashock wrote:Awesome mini, Viterbi. AoS models make for great 40K conversions.

Thanks youwashock! They have some great mount options in AoS.

Theophony wrote:"There are no Dog/Wolf/Lion/Dragon/Terror Beast on (Insert Chapter Homeworld Here)"

Looks great. I was thinking of scrounging some AOS bits for Special characters for my Scythes of the Emperor. Probably not that big thing, but there's enough items that may carry over.

Thanks Theo! Excited to see, what you will use with your marines!

aku-chan wrote:Snazzy kitbash!

Thanks aku-chan!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Impressive mount, my dude. I remember seeing marines on cold ones and Carnosaurs, but this way cooler.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! Seeing the new elf cavalry for AoS I would love to have a bike squad made up of them

Yorkright wrote: Kewl kitbash Viterbi, if you put 3 together you could run them as thunderwolves..just a thought. :-)

Thanks Yorkright! No wolves, only Hydras or Dragons allowed with my boys

JoshInJapan wrote:That model looks a lot better than an official thunderwolf. I look forward to seeing it all painted up.

Thanks JoshInJapan!

darkkt wrote:That metallic sea green is really really nice. I have to start checking out those contrast paints!

(...urge to revisit my alpha legion rising...)

Thanks darkkt! Give in to the urge And if you do, the more blue armour is funnily enough Akhelian Green and my other go-to is Terradon Turquoise. Both work marvelous over Leadbelcher.

Started painting the beast yesterday evening and am already very happy. Only sad thing are the cracks at the paws. Thought I had pressed them in enough before priming, but apparently not. Ah well...
Skin is done, both eyes are yellow and basecoated everything Grey Seer that will get some contrast paints (hopefully today. Some Sigmar symbols are still on the Dracoline, but I think it doesn't matter that much, enough 40k all around.

And he is done. Took longer than expected, always found some new detail, but made a big push last evening. Very happy with the kitbash and the paintjob, he looks like he jumped from a 90's tv screen. Just miffed about the green stuff work between legs and torso, that really is not my forte. And looking at the big pictures, I missed his service stud (or could paint it as a big mole ).
And just had a small look around the P&M section, lots of catching up to do over the next days.

love him. I wasn't sure about the hip bolters but, actually, works really well. My favourite detail is the termie honours hanging from the reins, though.

Very cool. The Draco looks like he means business. A suitably badass centrepiece.

Great kitbash and suitably grand for a captain. The termie honours have also caught my attention, great little detail to blend a fantasy model into the 40k universe.

Better get that service stud painted though, can't be a captain without at least one!

That’s one hell of a bike! Great blending of the worlds. He has a great General Kenobi vibe riding a big space alien thing. Nice work

Wonderful! I love all the added bits and the greenstuff work is not noticeable at all, if you had not said anything I would not have known.

Looks awesome, Viterbi. Great color for the critter.

Oh, man, I didn't even notice the hip bolters-- there is just so much going on with that model. I bet it was a blast to paint.

Very nice work there Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Awesome conversion, awesome paintjob. He's got his warface on, and so does his mount.

Pretty cool conversion Viterbi, i really like the hip bolters.

On pace for another extraordinary year! Wonderful conversion and good use of positioning to convey the sense of 'barely held in check' power. Well done.

Looks fantastic!

inmygravenimage wrote: love him. I wasn't sure about the hip bolters but, actually, works really well. My favourite detail is the termie honours hanging from the reins, though.

Thanks Graven! Was happy with the termie honours too, fitted exactly onto the leather band. And glad you like the hip bolters, because truth be told I believe they will only hit the captain's legs if used

theCrowe wrote:Very cool. The Draco looks like he means business. A suitably badass centrepiece.

Thanks theCrowe!

Tyranid Horde wrote:Great kitbash and suitably grand for a captain. The termie honours have also caught my attention, great little detail to blend a fantasy model into the 40k universe.

Better get that service stud painted though, can't be a captain without at least one!

Thanks Tyranid Horde!

gobert wrote:That’s one hell of a bike! Great blending of the worlds. He has a great General Kenobi vibe riding a big space alien thing. Nice work

Thanks gobert! It's been a while since I saw the prequels, but it is something Obi-Wan would do

Yorkright wrote: Wonderful! I love all the added bits and the greenstuff work is not noticeable at all, if you had not said anything I would not have known.

Thanks Yorkright! The green stuff is only not noticeable because of the shadows falling on it

youwashock wrote:Looks awesome, Viterbi. Great color for the critter.

Thanks youwashock!

JoshInJapan wrote:Oh, man, I didn't even notice the hip bolters-- there is just so much going on with that model. I bet it was a blast to paint.

Thanks JoshInJapan! It really was quite fun, because all the little details were quite interesting to do.

Captain Brown wrote:Very nice work there Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Awesome conversion, awesome paintjob. He's got his warface on, and so does his mount.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! I had actually toyed with the idea of warpaint, but the eyes turned out good on the first try so I didn't want to risk painting them anew if the warpaint failed

Thumpingbear wrote:Pretty cool conversion Viterbi, i really like the hip bolters.

Thanks Thumpingbear!

Meer_Cat wrote:On pace for another extraordinary year! Wonderful conversion and good use of positioning to convey the sense of 'barely held in check' power. Well done.

Thanks Meer_Cat! That Dracoline is ready to pounce!

aku-chan wrote:Looks fantastic!

Thanks aku-chan!

Very little hobbying done, but I finished the first Rohan test model with a quick and dirty mostly Contrast paintjob. Quite happy, was able to do him fast and seeing as there are 11 of his brothers it seems a good enough method:





Alas they are on hold for now, because I ordered Cygor Brown to have one more Contrast brown at hand for cloth like the trousers and differentiate them from leather or horse skin.

This is my January in review:



Love the height difference between the captain and the Rohirrim

Resprayed the Rhino and will tackle it in the near future



And so happy to have gotten this guy from eBay (paying too much). Loved mcattila's take on him and needed one too:



And he hasn't even any rules to be used with my SoB But it's such a great sculpt. May add a shotgun to his back and play him as Uriah Jacob.

Last but not least got a game in last weekend, we journeyed further along in our Crusade. Used the Open War deck and because I was too stupid to read right, we each drew an objective card and just played both.



If he didn't already, my friend now really hates the Invictor Warsuit, again the MVP. He's the most lethal unit from my roster.
But the most important mini was my Judiciar. What a beast he was in close combat.



The game was drawn (because we always held the same amount of the first objectives) so it came down to securing the second objective for 5 VP: the treasure chest. My sarge and the Judiciar were controlling it, when 7 Necron Warriors made their charge for the last action of the game. Because they are wise, they only charged the sarge. Because my friend had forgotten the rule my Judiciar made a Heroic Intervention. Now, he "only" has 5 attacks in the first round of battle, so he couldn't kill them all, right? WRONG! He has kind of a close combat sniper rifle so every wound roll of 6 equals an additional mortal wound. I hit with four of the five attacks and then rolled four (!) sixes to wound. And the three remaining warriors failed their save, so that was it.
Really fun (at least for me) and again a game that was not decided until the very last moment.

Here are some impressions:

They weren't running along those planks, because they are heroes. They didn't do it, because it was their duty. They did it because the moron playing with them is stupid


They got shot to pieces except the sarge who charged the Necron Warriors in round 3 and killed three. He subsequently died and the remaining seven were the ones dying at the end of the game.



The treasure chest saw a lot of fighting, exploding scarabs are no fun




I hate the Wraiths, they always get stuff killed and now leveled up to re-roll all hit rolls of 1


"Hey sarge, are you seeing anything?" "Not a clunker in sight."

Sarge left the fight after his brothers got killed and actually survived the game, because the Wraiths went to the treasure chest.



Rematch is planned for the weekend, but the older Snotling is a little sick so may to postpone it.

And totally forgot, started painting the Bladeguard and will tackle the Cpt. and Lt. afterwards. Love the push fit models, so easy to get everywhere with the brush Eowyn will quite probably be my entry for the painting challenge this month, although the rest also qualifies.

Man...that "bike" conversion is a great piece of converting and painting...love it! Inspired stuff.

The battle report looks fun, I love the Assault marines doing the Hokey Cokey along the Warcry planks is hilarious.

The Rider of Rohan looks great for a quick job, and it suits their smaller scale and the pure number of them you have to paint.

Great update Viterbii

The Captain conversion is sick. Reminds of He-Man riding Battle Cat into the fray. Really cool work.

Way to hang on to that treasure chest! Four sixes surely portends that the will of the God-Emperor remains with you.

Congrats on the win! And nice work on the rider of rohan, even if he does seem a bit tiny in comparison. He makes up for it in bravery!

Thanks for the bat rep and pics, always fun to see others enjoying 40k. Grats on the win and good luck in the monthly challenge.

Glorious battle shots. Lots of good stuff on the go. Love the wee horseman. Can't wait to see Eowyn.

You’re allowed to meet up with other people in Germany? Very jealous! Looks like the battle was a riot and having it decided on the final turn is a great way to keep the fun going.

The Rohan rider looks like he brought a spear to an armoured Super Human gun and magical beast fight! Hopefully they don’t decide he’s a heretic...

Rohan looks good with the Contrast, I like the green especially!

Great update Viterbi, I'll echo the jealousy of those above, I miss the gaming side of things!

Never fails to amaze me that GW do a true scale line of minis, great job on the rider!

Looks like a real fun game. Love those blue crons.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Man...that "bike" conversion is a great piece of converting and painting...love it! Inspired stuff.

The battle report looks fun, I love the Assault marines doing the Hokey Cokey along the Warcry planks is hilarious.

The Rider of Rohan looks great for a quick job, and it suits their smaller scale and the pure number of them you have to paint.

Great update Viterbii

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:The Captain conversion is sick. Reminds of He-Man riding Battle Cat into the fray. Really cool work.

Way to hang on to that treasure chest! Four sixes surely portends that the will of the God-Emperor remains with you.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! The Emperor always protects!

amazingturtles wrote:Congrats on the win! And nice work on the rider of rohan, even if he does seem a bit tiny in comparison. He makes up for it in bravery!

Thanks amazingturtles!

Yorkright wrote: Thanks for the bat rep and pics, always fun to see others enjoying 40k. Grats on the win and good luck in the monthly challenge.

Thanks Yorkright!

youwashock wrote:Glorious battle shots. Lots of good stuff on the go. Love the wee horseman. Can't wait to see Eowyn.

Thanks youwashock!

gobert wrote:You’re allowed to meet up with other people in Germany? Very jealous! Looks like the battle was a riot and having it decided on the final turn is a great way to keep the fun going.

The Rohan rider looks like he brought a spear to an armoured Super Human gun and magical beast fight! Hopefully they don’t decide he’s a heretic...

You are allowed to meet one person from another household in public spaces and most people (like us) adopt it for "at home" too (where in theory you could meet more). Apart from my parents and father-in-law he is the first person I met since Christmas. Kind of crazy when you think about it. Hopefully vaccine production will ramp up soon, so meetings can finally get larger again.

Slinky wrote:Rohan looks good with the Contrast, I like the green especially!

Thanks Slinky! It is the Militarum Green Contrast over Grey Seer, can highly recommend it.

Tyranid Horde wrote:Great update Viterbi, I'll echo the jealousy of those above, I miss the gaming side of things!

Never fails to amaze me that GW do a true scale line of minis, great job on the rider!

Thanks Tyranid Horde! Hopefully, gaming can commence come summer, always look for the silver lining BTW, ordered the Drakespawn Knights, but from my usual online retailer, so they are not in stock atm, but should arrive in the not to distant future.

theCrowe wrote:Looks like a real fun game. Love those blue crons.

It was and we are already planning the next one.

Speaking of the next game, I will kick the Eliminators from my force. It was all well and fun how they shot the Hexmark Destroyer off the board game 1, turn 1. But after that they mostly look cool and get dragged into melee. So I will exchange them for some Bladeguard and am well underway to finish them this weekend.

Nice work so far on the Bladeguard! Great to hear about the drakespawn too, they're actually really nice models for their age and keen to see how your marines fit!

The rohirrim guy look great. Contrast colors seem to work very well with the lotr stuff and their tiny details.

And your 40k models look awesome in battle!

Ooh, the Bladeguard look great in your colours, the shields being burgundy with the blue trim works really well, as does the white lid

Yeah, the red shields are a solid choice. Looking good!

Thanks for sharing the battle report, people in the tactics threads have been recommending wraiths and it's cool to see why - might be a good purchase next payday.

Sorry to hear about the Eliminators, was your opponent not running a character-heavy list? I got the sense that they were good for the assassination secondary.

Good stuff Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

PS: Need any more Riders of Rohan?

Bladeguard look good in your colorscheme, the red shields are a nice contrast to the metallic blues of their armor. Can you tell me what gold paint your using on the shields?

Already excited by the colour contrasts going on there.

Tyranid Horde wrote:Nice work so far on the Bladeguard! Great to hear about the drakespawn too, they're actually really nice models for their age and keen to see how your marines fit!

Thanks Tyranid Horde!

Max Moray wrote:The rohirrim guy look great. Contrast colors seem to work very well with the lotr stuff and their tiny details.

And your 40k models look awesome in battle!

Thanks Max Moray! The scale of the LotR minis is great for Contrast, not too much flat surfaces, so it flows nicely.

gobert wrote:Ooh, the Bladeguard look great in your colours, the shields being burgundy with the blue trim works really well, as does the white lid

Thanks gobert!

youwashock wrote:Yeah, the red shields are a solid choice. Looking good!

Thanks youwashock!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Thanks for sharing the battle report, people in the tactics threads have been recommending wraiths and it's cool to see why - might be a good purchase next payday.

Sorry to hear about the Eliminators, was your opponent not running a character-heavy list? I got the sense that they were good for the assassination secondary.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! He shields his characters well, they mostly stay out of sight so even as a threat they don't work too well atm. But when we go from 50 to 100 PL they will find a place again on the roster, I'm sure.

Captain Brown wrote:Good stuff Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

PS: Need any more Riders of Rohan?

Thanks Captain Brown! Don't need more riders, I will be glad when my Pelennor Fields box is painted And the question remains, if I get my friends to play LotR, only one has models for it atm.

Yorkright wrote: Bladeguard look good in your colorscheme, the red shields are a nice contrast to the metallic blues of their armor. Can you tell me what gold paint your using on the shields?

Thanks Yorkright! I use Retributor Armour for all gold details. Mostly without a shade and sometimes with a bit of Guilliman Flesh.

inmygravenimage wrote:Already excited by the colour contrasts going on there.

Thanks Graven!

So I finished the Bladeguard, very happy with them and hope they see the battlefield soon (not happy with the pic, desk lamp makes the colors pop more).



And during drying of Bladeguard stuff I thought "well, you could maybe start on Eowyn..." And then I just kept going and she is done. Hair is contrast, the rest good old layering.

Good job with Eowyn! Blue cloth looks great.

Almost 20 years ago or so there were quite some Lotr players in Germany as far as I know. It started after the first movie was released and the magazine was available, where you could get the minis really cheap. Imported the magazine back then. Hundreds of orcs and goblins. Good luck finding or motivating players nowerdays, though.

Bladeguard and Eowyn came out great. I love the white helmets on the guard and that blue on Eowyns dress is lovely!

Great job on Eowyn, really tight edge highlights on her cloak and leather details. Hard to believe we're in the duodecadal of The Fellowship of the Ring. Sounds like just the right time for a LotR renaissance.


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EDIT: thanks also for clearing up on the Eliminators, I've only played one game of ninth so far (against Death Guard) so any boots-on-the-ground experience is great to read. I've been scared of them since reading their stats in Shadowspear but have yet to actually play against them.

I wasn't sure the guy on the draco would work, but by painting it in flatter colours, it really does.

The Bladeguard are great too. The only thing I wonder is if you could get a thin pinshade into the depths of the white to give it a teensy bit more definition?

The shieldmaiden looks top-notch too. Lovely vibrant blue.

Eowyn is lovely. Her dress is fantastic.

I like how the Bladeguard turned out and Eowyn is lovely. Thanks for the tip on Retributor gold, it’s what I use too but can’t get the same finish. Will try some Guilleman flesh mixed in.

Agreeing with everyone else, Eowyn is very nicely done. Its great when the momentum of a finished project carries you, isn't it?

Good work on the bladeguard! They are looking great.

The contrast paints are doing real work on Eowyn's hair, but the cloak is my favorite part.
It's cool to see some LotR models. Lot's of nostalgia there.

The bladeguard look great! I like the snow effects against the armour.

Eowyn also looks fantastic, I really like the contrast between her hair and her blue dress.

Some very nice work on a very small Eowyn.

Cheers,

CB

Nice work, as usual. Although, I'm afraid I'm going to have to get some bladeguard. Sigh.

Really nice work on Eowin there. Any more hero characters planned. The Rohan armoured Merry is a sweet little mini.

I always loved the LoTR character minis. Just a lovely fine detail to them. That said my own small fellowship collection never did get finished. I toy with the idea of starting a little Gondor or Rohan force on and off every now and then. Mostly when I see sweet painted horsies and shield maidens like these.

I'll maybe stumble upon a sad broken horse in an eBay salvage lot one day and that'll be the start of it.

Eowyn looks fantastic. Great work!

Eowyn! The best character, and you did a great job painting her. the witch king had better watch out

Max Moray wrote:Good job with Eowyn! Blue cloth looks great.

Almost 20 years ago or so there were quite some Lotr players in Germany as far as I know. It started after the first movie was released and the magazine was available, where you could get the minis really cheap. Imported the magazine back then. Hundreds of orcs and goblins. Good luck finding or motivating players nowerdays, though.

Thanks Max Moray! 20 years ago I was one of those players I game with three friends and I should at least get them to try out Battle Companies, otherwise I just built and paint stuff until my sons are old enough to play

gobert wrote:Bladeguard and Eowyn came out great. I love the white helmets on the guard and that blue on Eowyns dress is lovely!

Thanks gobert!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Great job on Eowyn, really tight edge highlights on her cloak and leather details. Hard to believe we're in the duodecadal of The Fellowship of the Ring. Sounds like just the right time for a LotR renaissance.


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EDIT: thanks also for clearing up on the Eliminators, I've only played one game of ninth so far (against Death Guard) so any boots-on-the-ground experience is great to read. I've been scared of them since reading their stats in Shadowspear but have yet to actually play against them.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! Loved to do the edge highlights on her, because the metal sculpt ones are so precise and clean, it was very easy to do.

Fifty wrote:I wasn't sure the guy on the draco would work, but by painting it in flatter colours, it really does.

The Bladeguard are great too. The only thing I wonder is if you could get a thin pinshade into the depths of the white to give it a teensy bit more definition?

The shieldmaiden looks top-notch too. Lovely vibrant blue.

Thanks Fifty! The helmets look really white in the pics, but there is actually a bit of definition via the Apothecary White Contrast. Pin-wash may bring that out more, but I know myself, it would end in having to repaint the helmets

youwashock wrote:Eowyn is lovely. Her dress is fantastic.

Thanks youwashock!

Yorkright wrote:I like how the Bladeguard turned out and Eowyn is lovely. Thanks for the tip on Retributor gold, it’s what I use too but can’t get the same finish. Will try some Guilleman flesh mixed in.

Thanks Yorkright!

Vejut wrote:Agreeing with everyone else, Eowyn is very nicely done. Its great when the momentum of a finished project carries you, isn't it?

Thanks Vejut! It does, that is the fun thing about painting single models opposed to squads, they can come together really quick.

Ezki wrote:Good work on the bladeguard! They are looking great.

The contrast paints are doing real work on Eowyn's hair, but the cloak is my favorite part.
It's cool to see some LotR models. Lot's of nostalgia there.

Thanks Ezki! More LotR coming over the next months!

Tyranid Horde wrote:The bladeguard look great! I like the snow effects against the armour.

Eowyn also looks fantastic, I really like the contrast between her hair and her blue dress.

Thanks Tyranid Horde!

Captain Brown wrote:Some very nice work on a very small Eowyn.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:Nice work, as usual. Although, I'm afraid I'm going to have to get some bladeguard. Sigh.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! Please do, the full set has some amazing options to build them.

theCrowe wrote:Really nice work on Eowin there. Any more hero characters planned. The Rohan armoured Merry is a sweet little mini.

I always loved the LoTR character minis. Just a lovely fine detail to them. That said my own small fellowship collection never did get finished. I toy with the idea of starting a little Gondor or Rohan force on and off every now and then. Mostly when I see sweet painted horsies and shield maidens like these.

I'll maybe stumble upon a sad broken horse in an eBay salvage lot one day and that'll be the start of it.

Thanks theCrowe! I have the Fellowship on standby with metals for the Hobbits and an alternative sculpt for Boromir with horn in hand. And the new and shiny Eowyn with Merry is already here, although not built yet. But I'm already excited to tackle her.

mould2k wrote:Eowyn looks fantastic. Great work!

Thanks mould2k!

amazingturtles wrote:Eowyn! The best character, and you did a great job painting her. the witch king had better watch out

Thanks amazingturtles!

Paused a bit with painting to get some of my boxes sorted, lots of bitz still on sprue and taking up lots of space. But started painting again this weekend, gonna go for four minis in the painting comp, after Eowyn came together this fast. Theme is "showing off" so I assembled more sword fighters from three more gaming systems. Baron Zemo is done (although not happy with his hood, in general I found the details not very crisp. But he is done and I am quite pleased with the jacket. Commissar Raine will be next.

Jacket does indeed look very spiffy.

Helmut is rocking that new flight jacket/mauve facemask look. Very stylish.

That jacket looks good, getting a real leather kinda feel from it!

That leather jacket did turn out well, as the others said very spiffy indeed!

I concur with the others, the jacket looks great.

CB

Nice job on Zemo! I've painted him so I know it's a surprisingly tricky mini.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Silver Tower Barbarian.

Thanks everyone, the Baron is very happy you all like his jacket

aku-chan wrote:Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Silver Tower Barbarian.

Gotta wait some more, wasn't really feeling him so he went back onto the primed pile

Not much hobbying done in the last two weeks. We had new flooring laid on two levels and it was a bit of a logistical puzzle where to put stuff, so that the workers can get everything done. But now everything is nearly at its place. Unfortunately we need three 4x1 Kallax shelves, but they are out of stock, will look for alternatives although more often than not they are pricier and not of better quality.
And liberating Italy in Sniper Elite 4 also takes up some of my time

But I finished Commissar Raine a week ago in my tested haphazard method of drylighting cloth. Quite happy with her, we'll see if she sees the battlefield in a Kill Team match someday.






Looking at the pics I realize I should get the stripe done in a different color on her trousers, missed that while painting.

And here she is with the other two entries for the painting challenge. Need to do some glamour shots today:



Despite little hobby time, I got two games in over the last two weeks against my friend and his Necrons. First of all, they have really nice guns, a lot of Str. 5 going around and the minis with toughness 5 also laugh at my puny Phobos bolters. Need to add to the roster and get Inceptors and Surpressors in for fire support. Bladeguard are really cool, churning out 13 attacks on the charge is nothing to be sneezed at.

No real batreps, we played with the open war cards, but will do new mission style from next game on again. First game was won by me, because with Orbital Bombardement I made him go away from one of his objectives and I win by one point in the end, because I held mine for the whole duration and we didn't manage to steal one from the opponent. Memorable scene: Judicar Lem tries to charge the Necron gunslinger... forgetting he overwatches on 2. Ah well, he managed to get the charge in, but didn't kill him (one wound remained) and than the Necron left the melee and Lem was gunned down by filthy murderbots.



Second game I got floored, because I made some bad tactical decisions turn 1 and failed to kill a single model. My friend made every saves and if he didn't make one, Reanimation Protocol kicked in. He had some very bad dice the games before in this regard, but boy oh boy, did these bots not stay down this time. My Assault Intercessors killed 8 Necron Warriors on the charge... or they thought the did, never managed to kill those 10 bot squad, because they always came back. In the end I managed to kill 4 of them in three rounds of battle

Memorable scene (my command trinity awaiting the bulk of the Necron army, failing to defend the middle objective.



Next month I want to be a bit more productive and tackle power-armored stuff, the aim is to get some marines and sisters backlog done.

Commissar Raine is looking good and that snowy base is really excellent.
It’s always great to see some battle report photos as well. Nothing better than seeing painted armies in action. Keep ‘em coming.

Your commissar looks good, especially the touches of gold on the bolt pistol, it gives it a nice ornate feel.

Good on you for getting some games in, looked like fun and you can't always be painting, you need time for the other hobbies!

Eowyn is looking great, and the game looks fun - I like the blue Necrons.

Great that you're getting to game buddy a rare treat.

Echoing praise on Severina, I remember thinking she looked pretty cool on the release. An unfortunate match-up between your Judicar and the Glocktopus - Necrons go down tough!

Don't turn around, oh-oh...

She looks lovely. I hear you on the impediments to progress. Been a weird month.

Nice job on Severina, and the game shots look cool. I love the face off with the shoots Necron and Judiciar

I see you did a little work on the litany attached to the purity seal. Something I have started on small surfaces like that is instead of doing little dabs...I do thin vertical lines of various lengths. Works well on Sister's tanks that are covered in them.

Just a suggestion,

CB

Echoing everyone else’s take on the Commissar, very nice job. Still extremely jealous of your getting some games in. Your opponents necrons look great in that blue armor.

The Riddle of Steel wrote:Commissar Raine is looking good and that snowy base is really excellent.
It’s always great to see some battle report photos as well. Nothing better than seeing painted armies in action. Keep ‘em coming.

Thanks The Riddle of Steel!

Tyranid Horde wrote:Your commissar looks good, especially the touches of gold on the bolt pistol, it gives it a nice ornate feel.

Good on you for getting some games in, looked like fun and you can't always be painting, you need time for the other hobbies!

Thanks Tyranid Horde! It's my favorite color scheme for all weapons, silver, dark shade and than gold details. Simple, but effective.

Slinky wrote:Eowyn is looking great, and the game looks fun - I like the blue Necrons.

Thanks Eowyn! My friend's Necrons prove very popular on this board, it really is a nice color scheme.

inmygravenimage wrote:Great that you're getting to game buddy a rare treat.

Hope it will be possible for you too soon! You are at least much further with vaccinating than us

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Echoing praise on Severina, I remember thinking she looked pretty cool on the release. An unfortunate match-up between your Judicar and the Glocktopus - Necrons go down tough!

Thanks Don Qui Hotep!

youwashock wrote:Don't turn around, oh-oh...

She looks lovely. I hear you on the impediments to progress. Been a weird month.

Thanks youwashock! With me it's also not really liking painting, but playing with painted minis. And after a little over 300 minis in 2019 and 2020 I feel a little fatigue. But my plan to be "done" in summer with most stuff lying around (and selling bits I haven't touched in three years) is still realistic.

gobert wrote:Nice job on Severina, and the game shots look cool. I love the face off with the shoots Necron and Judiciar

Thanks gobert!

Captain Brown wrote:I see you did a little work on the litany attached to the purity seal. Something I have started on small surfaces like that is instead of doing little dabs...I do thin vertical lines of various lengths. Works well on Sister's tanks that are covered in them.

Just a suggestion,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown! I use a 0.05 mm pen and just lazily go over the seals May try your method one day, but luckily for bigger surfaces the new sisters transfers have excellent script on them.

Yorkright wrote: Echoing everyone else’s take on the Commissar, very nice job. Still extremely jealous of your getting some games in. Your opponents necrons look great in that blue armor.

Thanks Yorkright!

Not much has happened hobbywise, but I started slowly painting my Retirbutors, so I can cross them off and get all the sisters I have atm done in April.



Because sisters almost all look the same, I will try to differentiate them by armour color. My standard sisters have the turquoise, Rets will get black armour (the Black Templar quit on me, but the replacement has already arrived), Dominions will be blue and Celestians silver (once I buy more sisters). Of course this means I can't just switch special and heavy weapons around, but it feels neater all around.

Also built (with the aid of some ETB Reivers) 5 more Incursors and Infiltrators.




Also got some more games in:




This was a fun game, although I only fully realized this in the aftermath. But more on that later. My friend's objective was to destroy the drums (one extra was a special objective from his agenda list) and he would get 20 points for every one. I on the other hand would get 20 points for every drum still standing at the end of round 5. Additionally we would get 10 points per round, if one of us killed more units than the other.

What can I say, it was a slaughter. I lost every single model and killed in return the three scarab bases and one Wraith. He made saves like a champion and the dead Necrons didn't stay down.
But he still lost, because of his move here:



He should have used his scarabs to destroy the drum. Instead he charged the walker to tie it down. Hadn't he done that, it would have won him the game.

Because I managed in the fifth round to rally my last models to each beset a drum so he couldn't get near them without getting in engagement range. And so he couldn't start the actions to destroy the objectives. All he could do was kill those last marines. It took three units to take down my captain



First we thought he had won, because one destroyed drum (20 points) plus 5 rounds of carnage (50 points) beat my 60 for defending. But then we realized, that I had killed the last scarabs base in round 3 and he only maimed some units. So 10 points wandered to me and I won without any model standing in the end

He was pretty miffed, but it still shows, that playing the mission is very important!

And to round this up, a nice Wraith shot, they work well with the Edge of Tomorrow poster



We had another game the week after and it ended in a tie, because I forgot to make a pile in on his scarabs. If I had done this with my Surpressors he would have lost that game by 5 points. Alas, the scarabs saved the day this time. And I didn't lose my whole army, but damn those Necrons were hard to kill. Especially his Crusade ones, because some units have the trait, that one automatically reanimates (well he can turn one dice to a 6). He even got three wound models back, it was horrifying. But it still shows, that the missions seem to work really well, our matchups were always close.

Only one picture, some more are in the gallery, but forgot to take some most of the game:



"Little help guys" were his last words

Way to hold out there, Captain!
Models are looking really good on the table.

Agreed, love to see a fully painted army on a fully painted table. Seems like you've been running a lot of marines lately, have you been planning on allying in Sisters?

I love a photo batrep! Excellent stuff!

Love seeing painted models on a tabletop!
Cool battle report, thanks for taking the time to record it

Its always great to see some photos of painted models on painted terrain in a battle. To me, that’s what the hobby is all about. Good stuff.

An excellent battle report! Also strange in how the rules work but it looks great!

Great batreps Viterbi, especially the first. A Phyrric victory is always so thematically perfect for 40k.

The wine red robes on the Sisters are also looking very nice.

Sisters are looking good and I like the mix of ETB marines in there for your incursors/infiltrators, gives them additional variance.

Great bat rep too, seeing the painted minis battle it out is always a cool sight.

Very jealous that you're managing to get some games in. Your minis look great in the action shots. I look forward to seeing those new infiltrators starring in a future bat rep

I have to concur with the rest, love to see your batreps. 2 well painted armies on beautiful table makes the game so much more immersive. Like Maharg said I too am jealous of you getting some games in.

Sisters wirh Big Guns looking good, Viterbi!

Great batrep, and nice to live vicariously through you (and with two painted armies) at such times!!

Thanks for sharing

DJJazzyJeff wrote:Way to hold out there, Captain!
Models are looking really good on the table.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! He may not be able to shoot stuff, he is bad in melee, but by Io, he will take stoically all the shots the enemy sends his way

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Agreed, love to see a fully painted army on a fully painted table. Seems like you've been running a lot of marines lately, have you been planning on allying in Sisters?

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! Won't be playing Sisters as allies in Crusade, but should have enough painted in the next weeks to start a new Crusade force with them. Already very excited for it.

inmygravenimage wrote:I love a photo batrep! Excellent stuff!

Thanks Graven!

Ezki wrote:Love seeing painted models on a tabletop!
Cool battle report, thanks for taking the time to record it

Thanks Ezki!

The Riddle of Steel wrote:Its always great to see some photos of painted models on painted terrain in a battle. To me, that’s what the hobby is all about. Good stuff.

Thanks The Riddle Of Steel!

amazingturtles wrote:An excellent battle report! Also strange in how the rules work but it looks great!

Thanks amazingturtles! Being able to win whilst also being tabled was a good change, you really have to play the mission in 9th, no way around it.

Thumpingbear wrote:Great batreps Viterbi, especially the first. A Phyrric victory is always so thematically perfect for 40k.

The wine red robes on the Sisters are also looking very nice.

Thanks Thumpingbear! It is very fun, the relentlessly advancing Necrons and the marines giving their life to protect the objectives.

Tyranid Horde wrote:Sisters are looking good and I like the mix of ETB marines in there for your incursors/infiltrators, gives them additional variance.

Great bat rep too, seeing the painted minis battle it out is always a cool sight.

Thanks Tyranid Horde! Yeah, it is really easy to get some variance with those ETB models.

Maharg wrote:Very jealous that you're managing to get some games in. Your minis look great in the action shots. I look forward to seeing those new infiltrators starring in a future bat rep

Thanks Maharg! Will be quite some time before those new Phobos units will see paint. Have enough painted atm, so they will have to wait a bit.

Yorkright wrote: I have to concur with the rest, love to see your batreps. 2 well painted armies on beautiful table makes the game so much more immersive. Like Maharg said I too am jealous of you getting some games in.

Thanks Yorkright!

youwashock wrote:Sisters wirh Big Guns looking good, Viterbi!

Thanks youwashock! Already excited to let them march across the battlefield, wreaking havoc (hopefully).

IGtR= wrote:Great batrep, and nice to live vicariously through you (and with two painted armies) at such times!!

Thanks for sharing

Thanks IGtR=!

Wanted to paint some Space Marine characters for the comp, but got a delivery of my Invader ATV and despite my dislike for vehicles I had the sudden urge to paint it. I will enter it in the comp instead... if I manage to finish it, the light portion of my daylight magnifying glass just died after taking the last pic). Ordered a new daylight lamp and it should arrive by Tuesday.



Went all out and painted all the buttons and even the seat... which will not be seen now the marine is strapped in



And it's standing now at 80%, need to do the other two tyres and then some weathering. Did some bullet holes to give it a more used look. And somehow the left eye of the driver doesn't really show up, need to redo it, once I have the new light.

Witness me!!!

Nice job on the ATV. The blue works well with their green armour,great stuff

Very nice!
Agree with Gobert on the blue, helps make the Marines stick out

The blue Kart was a good choice. I also like tour macabre head on a pole desk decoration

Looks excellent. Hate the model, but looks excellent.

Like Graven not a big fan of the model but your paint job looks good. People say it is great addition for Marines as its fast and packs quite the punch, can' t wait to see how it does in the next batrep. The reiver helm is a nice conversion on the driver too.

Digging the bullet holes, nice touch and great paint job so far!

Riding eternal, shiny and chrome. Nice work, Viterbi.

Nice work on such an odd vehicle. I agree that the bullet holes are a nice touch.

gobert wrote:Nice job on the ATV. The blue works well with their green armour,great stuff

Thanks gobert!

Guardling wrote:Very nice!
Agree with Gobert on the blue, helps make the Marines stick out

Thanks Guardling!

Maharg wrote:The blue Kart was a good choice. I also like tour macabre head on a pole desk decoration

Thanks Maharg! Unfortunately, the pole is now bereft of the head and it sits in the armour of the gunner

inmygravenimage wrote:Looks excellent. Hate the model, but looks excellent.

Thanks Graven! The model grew on me. It helps, that I find the turret thingy with the strapped in techmarine ugly

Yorkright wrote: Like Graven not a big fan of the model but your paint job looks good. People say it is great addition for Marines as its fast and packs quite the punch, can' t wait to see how it does in the next batrep. The reiver helm is a nice conversion on the driver too.

Thanks Yorkright! It may see the table tonight, although I think the gatling may be the better option against my buddies Necrons, so may play it that way and not test the melta.

Tyranid Horde wrote:Digging the bullet holes, nice touch and great paint job so far!

Thanks Tyranid Horde!

youwashock wrote:Riding eternal, shiny and chrome. Nice work, Viterbi.

Thanks youwashock!

JoshInJapan wrote:Nice work on such an odd vehicle. I agree that the bullet holes are a nice touch.

Thanks JoshInJapan!

Got ready in time for the comp deadline and now have finished pics. And with a long weekend approaching need to finally go through all of your plogs, have neglected the commenting a bit.




A little hard to see, but tried to give the buttons real functions, top red ones are for the front guns and the ones below for shifting gears. And not good to see either, but that weird box at the gunner's position got turned into a walkman, tried pause, play and other buttons and it now says Sony on the front.

Looking good! The battle damage is a good touch and the snow coating the wheels is very cool.

The ATV looks great, as ever inspired use of your Imperial colour palette and some nice little conversion touches as well. They look so much better on a base.

The Walkman at the gunner’s station is an excellent touch. What’s better than shooting the out of heretics? Shooting the out of heretics while jamming out to your favorite tunes.

A ridiculous vehicle, but in a long line of silly vehicles. And in a frankly silly game!

Your colour scheme looks great as ever

Thanks for sharing

Tyranid Horde wrote:Looking good! The battle damage is a good touch and the snow coating the wheels is very cool.

Thanks Tyranid Horde! The snow on the wheels also hides perfectly that I was very lazy painting them

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:The ATV looks great, as ever inspired use of your Imperial colour palette and some nice little conversion touches as well. They look so much better on a base.

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! Your basing of the ATV was a great inspiration, it really pulls the model better together, luckily I had some bases lying around.

DJJazzyJeff wrote:The Walkman at the gunner’s station is an excellent touch. What’s better than shooting the out of heretics? Shooting the out of heretics while jamming out to your favorite tunes.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! Not a massive fan myself, but somehow I imagine him blasting Beastie Boys against the enemies But I really didn't know what to do with that McGuffin with all the buttons and this was the easiest use.

IGtR= wrote:A ridiculous vehicle, but in a long line of silly vehicles. And in a frankly silly game!

Your colour scheme looks great as ever

Thanks for sharing

Thanks IGtR=! I've really grown very fond of it and like the little details. The headswaps really helped to make it look fun silly

And Happy Easter retrospectively, of course the legion was there too:



And I got a bit motivation to get my sisters on the way, so when the new codex or campaign book hits with Crusade rules, I can get them started right away. Retributors are slowly getting there, mainly gold details and the weapons missing. Felt good to glue them to the bases, always wait for this until the cloth and armour are done.



And trying my abysmal green stuff skills and build Dominions out of Enforcers: I have heads, I have storm bolters and I will probably never play Necromunda, so it would be a good saving and add ten more models in no time to my army. Gotta see if I can file the dried green stuff later and what it will look like after priming. May have to try something else for the other models. I had cut off a bit too much from the glove, if I do it more careful on the other three, I may not even need green stuff.

Yay! Kitbashes and green stuff make the world go round!

Your Sister of Battle is what _real_ sharp-end-of-the-stick fighters should look like, not the stiletto heeled dominitrices pictured on the older edition of the rules. A little chunky with musculature and a 'don't eff with me' look about the face. Good conversion.

She looks great, a v useful conversion

Oh nice conversion, that's a really unique take on Sisters and cool to see Necromunda bits get repurposed. Great job on the ATV!

Invader turned out quite well Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Yeah, that's pretty fresh. Cool idea, Viterbi.

inmygravenimage wrote:Yay! Kitbashes and green stuff make the world go round!

Kitbashing can be quite fun, especially when those sprues sat around for years and are finally useful.

Meer_Cat wrote:Your Sister of Battle is what _real_ sharp-end-of-the-stick fighters should look like, not the stiletto heeled dominitrices pictured on the older edition of the rules. A little chunky with musculature and a 'don't eff with me' look about the face. Good conversion.

Thanks Meer_Cat! I like the "normal" sisters, but the beefed up works better than I expected.

Slinky wrote:She looks great, a v useful conversion

Thanks Slinky!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Oh nice conversion, that's a really unique take on Sisters and cool to see Necromunda bits get repurposed. Great job on the ATV!

Thanks Don Qui Hotep!

Captain Brown wrote:Invader turned out quite well Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

youwashock wrote:Yeah, that's pretty fresh. Cool idea, Viterbi.

Thanks youwashock!

And the Dominion squad is finished. Heads are kind of a problem, because the Enforcers have separate necks and you can't leave them off and just use the normal sisters heads. So I have to cut off the armor part of their heads and then neck and head fit not perfectly, but well enough from a distance. As do the storm bolters, avoided green stuff after the first sister and tried several arm combinations. Idiot that I am I forgot to note the parts so I can built the second squad faster
And I'm really happy with the superior, converted an inferno pistol out of a bolt pistol and the front of a melta.



Retributor squad is also progressing nicely, "only" the weapons and heads to do:



And after nearly half a year and three quick covid tests on Saturday we continued our Mordheim campaign. It felt really good to get the Hobbits out again. One friend tried his new Norse men army, but because Fantasywelt doesn't get new stock of Frostgrave and other minis, he had to sub with some of my minis.

We played "The lost prince" and the lovely Lady Curtainface played the lost prince(ss). Seeing as she started behind the pub we reasoned that she was drunk and disorderly and it was now our duty as good Hobbits, Undead and Norse men to get her home safely. Unfortunately before every turn she moves D6 with a scatter dice.

Undead


Norse men


Hobbits


Lady Curtainface


Hilarity ensued, because the good Lady walked away from every warband straight into the one corner where no one started. And she moved 6" every turn. The Norse men and half of the Undead raced to get to her and in the end she walked right into the arms of the werewolf of the Norse warband as he seemed the better alternative to the ghouls and zombies closing in.



I on the other hand just started a brawl with the other half of the Undead. I nearly got the vampire (Wight King mini) down with arrows, but from 6 shots managed to only wound with one. He was pretty pissed, crossed the river and killed four little halflings (including my leader) with no effort at all.
On the other hand Harvey the Ogre was in killing mood and managed to kill his mercenary brethren, two ghouls and the wizard mercenary, leveling three times after the game. He now has strength 5 and toughness 5 and is in all respects the muscle of this warband.

Looks great. Your board and scatter are stunning, am really looking keenly at such things just now as am getting sucked into Moonstone.

Great to see that you guys got some more games in. It’s truly great to see a bunch of nicely painted minis playing around nicely painted ted terrain

Always cool to see some Mordheim action!
The Vampire can be truly menacing enemy to deal with, unless it's played by me haha
I'm hoping we get our campaign back on track at some point. It's been paused indefinitely (a little over a year now).

Cool kitbash using the Necromunda models and a good way to save some money

I’m guessing Harvey is the one with two heads? Solid work there, bud. Strength and toughness 5!

inmygravenimage wrote:Looks great. Your board and scatter are stunning, am really looking keenly at such things just now as am getting sucked into Moonstone.

Thanks Graven, although full disclaimer, it's not my board, but my friend's. He did a great job with it and it is always a joy to play on it.

gobert wrote:Great to see that you guys got some more games in. It’s truly great to see a bunch of nicely painted minis playing around nicely painted ted terrain

Thanks gobert! We will do another game tomorrow, alas it will be the last for the next time. Curfew will quite likely get enacted next week and as we play in the evenings, we can't. It really bugs me, because with preemptive measures like testing it should be possible to let people meet. Looking forward to summer and hopefully more vaccination.

Ezki wrote:Always cool to see some Mordheim action!
The Vampire can be truly menacing enemy to deal with, unless it's played by me haha
I'm hoping we get our campaign back on track at some point. It's been paused indefinitely (a little over a year now).

Cool kitbash using the Necromunda models and a good way to save some money

Thanks Ezki! Luckily the vampire is a monster, but he also got stupidity. If we are lucky he sometimes wanders aimlessly around or just drools. Those are the moments we cherish

DJJazzyJeff wrote:I’m guessing Harvey is the one with two heads? Solid work there, bud. Strength and toughness 5!

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! And yeah, Harvey is the two-headed ogre. Got him in a lot which I mostly passed on due to not really feeling an ogre army, but this one looked nice and as he was unpainted was the perfect candidate for a unique ogre mercenary.

Because the grey vampire (in Wight King disguise) got on my nerves, I took him with me after our last game and now he is new, shiny and hopefully undies the next game





It was quite fun painting him and I sure will get the new Wight character on horse someday.

And I finally finished my Retributors for my sisters (cherubs still need to get primed). Really happy, the black armor works well and differentiates them well from the "normal" sisters.

Nice undead leader Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Love those game shots. Wight King is fantastic. Heavy Sisters turned out quite nice.

You’re right. The black armor does look good in the color scheme. Well done.

Please extend my congratulations to Harvey for his recent victories. Love how the Wight King turned out, he's such a characterful model.

Great job on the wight, he looks great. The sisters’ black armour works really cool, but still ties in nicely with the rest of the armies of the God Emperor!

The Wight King looks excellent, really makes me want to get to mine... Likewise, the Enforcer Sisters are sweet, looking forward to seeing them painted!

Captain Brown wrote:Nice undead leader Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown, was a little sad to give him back to my friend after painting

youwashock wrote:Love those game shots. Wight King is fantastic. Heavy Sisters turned out quite nice.

Thanks youwashock!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:You’re right. The black armor does look good in the color scheme. Well done.

Thanks DJJazzyJeff!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Please extend my congratulations to Harvey for his recent victories. Love how the Wight King turned out, he's such a characterful model.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! Both of Harvey's heads grunted, he seems pleased with your congratulations

gobert wrote:Great job on the wight, he looks great. The sisters’ black armour works really cool, but still ties in nicely with the rest of the armies of the God Emperor!

Thanks gobert! The purple helps tie everything together, have to see where I put it on the Enforcer sisters.

mcmattila wrote:The Wight King looks excellent, really makes me want to get to mine... Likewise, the Enforcer Sisters are sweet, looking forward to seeing them painted!

Thanks mcmattila! Do it, paint your Wight King, it's a really cool model. And as said before, was really said to give it back to my friend. I need more Wights myself, gonna get the new one on horseback.

Luckily the day I finished the Wight an article on Warhammer Community went up about Wight Kings and I realized I painted part of his cowl under the crown as armour and a buckle on the shoulder as a gold piece. Both errors where immediately rectified. My friend was very happy with the paintjob and I'm now in the process of finishing his three Dreg-stand-ins he had started some time ago. Pics will follow.

After a round of negative covid tests we had another two games on Friday. Really fun, although the newly painted Wight did not follow the law and totally failed to get killed Instead he more or less won both games single-handedly.



My Hobbits had heavy losses in both games, but they are scrappy little fellas. This one with the axe charged through the portal into a room with a lot of ghouls. It was just his bad luck, that none of his friends managed to follow He knocked one ghoul over, but failed to kill it and after that he got minced.



My other friend got his Frostgrave minis and built his Barbarian warband so he didn't have to borrow minis from me. Lovely minis and Contrast works well on them. Take a good look towards the guy with the two axes near the stairs. This is his mighty leader Karl. He died in every game he has played First time the week before my Hobbits took him out and he died permanently. First game on Friday he went through a portal and ended up in front of Harvey. It did not go well, but in the aftergame he survived and even got blunted so he would not have to do Ld tests when charging models that cause fear. And then the last game came along. Karl hadn't realized, that the Hobbit archers on the other side of the river can see him. One took aim and killed him, first shot. My friend was a little nonplussed - especially when another of the squad took out his werewolf. To make matters worse, both died permanently after the game.

This all lovely to "watch" excellent work

It looks like you have been busy. There is a lot to catch up on here.

I’ve never seen anyone make Sisters out of the Palantines before. Very interesting to watch your step by step progress with that. I agree that the newer kits from GW are making kitbashing much more difficult than when the heads, arms, torso and legs were all separate and easily interchangeable. It’s good that the standard miniatures can have new and interesting and more dynamic poses but for me personally I prefer the endless creativity and variety of the old kits that were built to be kitbashed.

That Mordheim table and terrain is beautiful. Is that a local store? I maybe missed why the hobbits have a two-headed ogre but it obviously helped with the game balance as hobbits vs vampires does seem a bit one-sided. Looks like a good time was had by all.

Your Sisters’ paint scheme is looking really good. It’s nice to see a different color palette like that.

Lots of good stuff going over here.

I'm glad you're getting some games in, they look fun. That's cool about the wight king dominating like that, but I hope your hobbits get the upper hand soon.

inmygravenimage wrote:This all lovely to "watch" excellent work

One of these days I may remember to take more pics and make notes during playing, but we have too much fun trash talking each other, it probably will never materialize

The Riddle of Steel wrote:It looks like you have been busy. There is a lot to catch up on here.

I’ve never seen anyone make Sisters out of the Palantines before. Very interesting to watch your step by step progress with that. I agree that the newer kits from GW are making kitbashing much more difficult than when the heads, arms, torso and legs were all separate and easily interchangeable. It’s good that the standard miniatures can have new and interesting and more dynamic poses but for me personally I prefer the endless creativity and variety of the old kits that were built to be kitbashed.

That Mordheim table and terrain is beautiful. Is that a local store? I maybe missed why the hobbits have a two-headed ogre but it obviously helped with the game balance as hobbits vs vampires does seem a bit one-sided. Looks like a good time was had by all.

Your Sisters’ paint scheme is looking really good. It’s nice to see a different color palette like that.

Lots of good stuff going over here.

Thanks The Riddle Of Steel! Actually I find kitbashing more or less pretty easy, although it is pretty easy with old Fantasy Sets for Mordheim But with the stormbolters and Palatines the biggest problem is that the Enforcers and Sisters have a significantly different sizes and with the second batch I will use a lot more dryfitting to see, if I can do better. I was really surprised that I could do that much with only resorting to green stuff once.

The table is a friend's, he built it some time ago. It is lovely playing on it. The Hobbit list has the option to take one village ogre and it is much needed with the low strength. And I got lucky first game and the ogre ascended from henchman to hero. Let's just hope, he doesn't perma-die soon.

Syro_ wrote:I'm glad you're getting some games in, they look fun. That's cool about the wight king dominating like that, but I hope your hobbits get the upper hand soon.

Unfortunately this was the last game of Mordheim for the forseeable future, but we hope to get back on track in summer. And then we will kill that abomination of a wight king/vampire

With curfew looming I got one more game in after another bout of negative tests. This time it was 40k in my hobby room. Kinda Matched Play (we used the missions, but calculated armies in Power Level). I tested my sisters and I loved it. They were so fun to play, really good at the offense, packing a punch and quite resilient at times. Took my friend 40 shots with shoot twice stratagem to kill 4 sisters in my 5-woman-squad.
Celestine and my Canoness were the MVPs, my Canoness holding of the Warrior squad and locking down the right flank with it. She weathered them coming back all the time and more or less won me the game.



Dice were still not wholly in love with me, but thankfully my friend had some bad rolling too. Most memorable was still my Canoness. Making 5 3+ saves with only one wound left was great, but then she struck back with her 4 attacks... hitting on 2+... and I rolled four 1s

Won the game with only a few points more, secondaries were the key, because we didn't manage to get the other one's objectives. Really, really fun and I'm excited for all the new sister models and hope the new codex or campaign book won't do too much with the rules.

And getting a copy of Cursed City I started with the first minis and choose the parcours vampire mixed apparently with a bit of werewolf. Decided to go for bright hair colors which will continue on the Underworlds Vampire warband, which I have also bought.




Quite happy although I'm still at odds with the Contrast flesh colors. I tried different techniques, but on larger surfaces I can't make it behave like I want to.

And for my Sisters some more Cherubs, that should paint up pretty fast.

Cursed city stuff looks fun, like the limited palette you're going for. Wee fat murder babies are great too.

Anime vamps look cool. I missed those during the previews.

Those are some great Mordheim batreps Viterbi. Can you take a pic of the entire board next game your group gets in? It's fun to see battlefield set ups. Hopefully you'll get that vampire down in the next match, don't forget to buy garlic for your heroes!

Good work on the lycanvampires, I like the facepaint. Cherubs are looking nice too. That chubby one in the middle is a great sculpt.

They're some fun jumpy vampires, and i like how lively the colors are. 80's style!

Really good looking paint jobs Viterbi, and those pics from your battle reports always make my day. Got to concur with others on the wight king he is looking fine!

The parkour vampires look cool, though they look more feline than Wolfen to me. Cool choice of colours on them too

Love the punk vampires. Look like a coupla droogs out for a good time.

Digging the funky hair colours on the vampires, have you added some form of face paint to them as well?

Nice work on those vamps. Cool batrep, always nice to see minis in action. I always slack off on the photos about halfway into a game. Get caught up in playing, not documenting. Not terribly surprising.

Vampires do look swish. Was worried that their silly poses might be too much, but seeing them 'in the wild' I see that they are actually quite good!

Thanks for sharing

inmygravenimage wrote:Cursed city stuff looks fun, like the limited palette you're going for. Wee fat murder babies are great too.

Thanks Graven!

youwashock wrote:Anime vamps look cool. I missed those during the previews.

Thanks youwashock! I like their story, they are the young nobles who switch sides to Radukar instantly and were turned into vampires themselves as a reward.

Thumpingbear wrote:Those are some great Mordheim batreps Viterbi. Can you take a pic of the entire board next game your group gets in? It's fun to see battlefield set ups. Hopefully you'll get that vampire down in the next match, don't forget to buy garlic for your heroes!

Good work on the lycanvampires, I like the facepaint. Cherubs are looking nice too. That chubby one in the middle is a great sculpt.

Thanks Thumpingbear! It may be some time until the next game, but I'll try to remember to take some shots of the whole board. I actually have forgotten about the garlic, next time I'll take some with me, thanks!

amazingturtles wrote:They're some fun jumpy vampires, and i like how lively the colors are. 80's style!

Thanks amazingturtles!

Yorkright wrote: Really good looking paint jobs Viterbi, and those pics from your battle reports always make my day. Got to concur with others on the wight king he is looking fine!

Thanks Yorkright!

gobert wrote:The parkour vampires look cool, though they look more feline than Wolfen to me. Cool choice of colours on them too

Thanks gobert!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Love the punk vampires. Look like a coupla droogs out for a good time.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! "Hey, what you want to do tonight, dye our hair and terrorize the city and than back to the pub?"

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Digging the funky hair colours on the vampires, have you added some form of face paint to them as well?

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! Yes I did, the studio models have some as well (of course theirs contrasts really great with the light skin and is painted much smoother ).

Nevelon wrote:Nice work on those vamps. Cool batrep, always nice to see minis in action. I always slack off on the photos about halfway into a game. Get caught up in playing, not documenting. Not terribly surprising.

Thanks Nevelon! The game was on edge the whole time, so it's really easy to miss taking pics. I always regret it afterwards, but it's better around this way and not have a boring game and lots of pics

IGtR= wrote:Vampires do look swish. Was worried that their silly poses might be too much, but seeing them 'in the wild' I see that they are actually quite good!

Thanks for sharing

Thanks lGtR=! Their poses are really cool and as they are unique models I quite liked what the sculptors did here.

The flying babies are done, nothing fancy, because in reality they could be replaced by making a note once you used their ability and remove them from the squad anayway. But they are fun little minis and are quite fast to paint up.



And will now dig deeper into the Cursed City set and start with painting the new skeletons and their Watch Captain leader.

If I were a vampire, I'd probably do parkour. There would no fear of falling and breaking your neck. As long as you're not jumping over any wooden spikes, you should be good.

Those skeletons are such good models. Didn't have the cash and missed the box set release. I've made up for it since in the amount of Skaven I've bought, so there you go.

Little flying Sister's Aides look good.

Cheers,

CB

Fantastic looking Bloodborne and that table is looking great!

Who doesnt like cybernetic babies with wings and extra ammunition!

Love the cherubs. They add so much character to a squad.

DJJazzyJeff wrote:If I were a vampire, I'd probably do parkour. There would no fear of falling and breaking your neck. As long as you're not jumping over any wooden spikes, you should be good.

Those skeletons are such good models. Didn't have the cash and missed the box set release. I've made up for it since in the amount of Skaven I've bought, so there you go.

That's for sure and you have all of eternity to practice your parkour!

Captain Brown wrote:Little flying Sister's Aides look good.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

endtransmission wrote:Fantastic looking Bloodborne and that table is looking great!

Thanks endtransmission! Hopefully we'll be able to play at my friend's in the not so far future, his table is lovely.

Yorkright wrote: Who doesnt like cybernetic babies with wings and extra ammunition!

Only heretics and we know how to deal with them

youwashock wrote:Love the cherubs. They add so much character to a squad.

Thanks youwashock! They are just the right amount of grimdark.

I finished my first skellie from the Cursed City set and am very happy with the color scheme. Wanted to have a contrast between vibrant armour and cloth and the rusty old shield and sword. Now there's only 9 and their Captain to go




And I finished the first of my Dominion kitbash sisters. Wasn't sure how to emulate my color scheme on these models, but am quite happy. A friend of my sister's boyfriend luckily was able to print me some backpacks, because I didn't find any on bitz websites. It was a bit hard to attach and I have to find a better solution on the other four, but it's a nice look overall. And on the big pics I see I made a mess with the gold on one of the shin protectors. Need to clean that up.

I love the irn bru skellies! More please!

That rusty shield is amazingly aged, I'd love to know how you did that!

Great work on the Dominion Sister bash. What a unique model you’ve created, and with your unique color scheme it stands out even more. You have definitely created something new that I’ve never seen - which is great and one of the best parts of this hobby, in my view. I love the look of a cloak and hood with armor over the top, and the sword and pistol loadout. It’s a nice mix of monastic motif and practical combat reality.

Nice job on the converted sister - I am really tempted to convert me a female Enforcer now!!

Thanks for sharing

I really like how that orange pops on the skeleton, the contrast to that teal blue looks awesome. Have to agree with the rest on how good that conversion looks, great work Viterbi.

Great colours on the skellie, the orange is lovely against the blue armour.

Home run, Viterbi.

The skeleton is killer, too.

Yeah, really interesting take on the skellies. Still trying to figure out how to paint mine, so thanks for sharing

inmygravenimage wrote:I love the irn bru skellies! More please!

Thanks Graven and no worries, more are on the way, just not in your pace

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:That rusty shield is amazingly aged, I'd love to know how you did that!

Thanks Gwyn! It's an easy recipe. I based with Iron Warrior then put Typhoid Corrosion over everything. Once that was dry I drybrushed with Leadbelcher. After that some watered down Nihilakh Oxide over everything and to finish it off some Balthasar Gold for the details.

The Riddle of Steel wrote:Great work on the Dominion Sister bash. What a unique model you’ve created, and with your unique color scheme it stands out even more. You have definitely created something new that I’ve never seen - which is great and one of the best parts of this hobby, in my view. I love the look of a cloak and hood with armor over the top, and the sword and pistol loadout. It’s a nice mix of monastic motif and practical combat reality.

Thanks The Riddle of Steel! It was really fun kitbashing her and worked better than I thought beforehand.

IGtR= wrote:Nice job on the converted sister - I am really tempted to convert me a female Enforcer now!!

Thanks for sharing

Thanks IGtR= and go for it!

Yorkright wrote: I really like how that orange pops on the skeleton, the contrast to that teal blue looks awesome. Have to agree with the rest on how good that conversion looks, great work Viterbi.

Thanks Yorkright!

gobert wrote:Great colours on the skellie, the orange is lovely against the blue armour.

Thanks gobert!

youwashock wrote:Home run, Viterbi.

The skeleton is killer, too.

Thanks youwashock!

MobileSuitRandom wrote:Yeah, really interesting take on the skellies. Still trying to figure out how to paint mine, so thanks for sharing

Thanks MobileSuitRandom! And very interested on what colors you will settle for your skellies!

We had another 50 PL 40k game yesterday and - Spoiler - the sisters of battle wreaked havoc. Again I missed taking much picture, but end of turn 5 only 5 Necron Warriors were left "alive" (after killing the squad once over at least, stupid reanimating robots ). My canoness again died in battle, but taking the Necron gunslinger with her because of my army abilities to get another attack in when rolling 5+ after being killed. Although it has to be said that she should have killed him several times over beforehand, but rolled very abysmal again. I mean hitting on 2s and wounding on 3s, how hard can it be

Anyway, mission was to hold the four markers (two barrels, hatch and console). I had first turn and pressed forward immediately securing two of the four objectives. Suicide Squad Seraphim came from the skies and with Deadly Descent stratagem killed his spider (it always bothers me, so was happy to see it go). His turn he had to concentrate all fire on the Seraphim (who had a 2+ save against most) and the Rhino. He popped the transport and I lost a Retibutor at emergeny disembark, but luckily my Hospitaller was on that flank and resurrected her next turn.





It was downhill for him from there, I started the second turn with getting 15 VP, because I held two objectives and he only one, so I fulfilled all three conditions for the primary objective. Sisters really pack a punch, but the Necrons can hit hard too so end of turn 3 there were decidedly less units left on the field:



Retributors were the MVPs this game, killing the barge, one unit of Immortals and generally not dying because of the Hospitaller.

On turn 5 it was mostly cleanup for me, most devastating action for my friend was Celestine resurrecting and standing there again with 6 wounds, killing the Immortals while he got killed of with a melta shot to the face from a BSS squad.



Getting some Lost vibes



"And my plan would have worked, if it wasn't for you meddling living saints!"



The sister with the meltagun gets a commendation, because of giving the Overlord the final shot and melting his living metal.

As always love your batreps. Board looks great, and much fun in action!

Love the converted Sister! It looks like she's got an Iron Man style chest light thing going on.

Great batrep, Viterbi. Sisters look awesome on the table (and converted one on the paint desk! Nice to see armies other than marines get some cool kitbashes!) and glad to hear they put the spooky space skellies to the sword.

Speaking of skellies - great job on him, mate. Love the blue/orange contrast. Colours work nicely together - thanks Mad Max! - but rarely see them together on a mini. Nice one, good luck with the rest of his squad.

The hooded head on the sister is really great. Sort of ranger meets soldier. I dig it a lot. Great work killing those dang xenos heretics, too. The Emperor protects!

Great to see those Sisters in action. I love seeing painted models on painted terrain and some nice action shots. And I was laughing at the Lost reference with the hatch. The first couple of seasons were great.

Thanks for the bat rep pics Viterbi, lovely armies and terrain.

Nice batrep pictures. Cool terrain.

inmygravenimage wrote:As always love your batreps. Board looks great, and much fun in action!

Thanks Graven! Already excited for the new sisters codex, hope they only tweak things a little.

aku-chan wrote:Love the converted Sister! It looks like she's got an Iron Man style chest light thing going on.

Thanks aku-chan! The lighting makes the chest symbol more glowy than it is in reality

tzurk wrote:Great batrep, Viterbi. Sisters look awesome on the table (and converted one on the paint desk! Nice to see armies other than marines get some cool kitbashes!) and glad to hear they put the spooky space skellies to the sword.

Speaking of skellies - great job on him, mate. Love the blue/orange contrast. Colours work nicely together - thanks Mad Max! - but rarely see them together on a mini. Nice one, good luck with the rest of his squad.

Thanks tzurk! Already did orange and another blue on my Bonereapers for Warcry and thought it would be fun to get the Undead on similar colors.

DJJazzyJeff wrote:The hooded head on the sister is really great. Sort of ranger meets soldier. I dig it a lot. Great work killing those dang xenos heretics, too. The Emperor protects!

Thanks DJJazzyJeff! The Emperor sure as Warp does, if you have faith!

The Riddle of Steel wrote:Great to see those Sisters in action. I love seeing painted models on painted terrain and some nice action shots. And I was laughing at the Lost reference with the hatch. The first couple of seasons were great.

Thanks The Riddle of Steel! I need to have another try at Lost. I had the first two seasons on DVD, but never managed to get further. I believe it's on Disney+, so I could give it another go.

Yorkright wrote:Thanks for the bat rep pics Viterbi, lovely armies and terrain.

Thanks Yorkright!

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Nice batrep pictures. Cool terrain.

Thanks Warboss_Waaazag!

I have been very idle since the last post, slowly getting some brush time in to get a few more skellies done for the painting comp, finished the Ulfenwatch Captain. Also startet with some other random bits, to have some variance. Aenur will probably never get played, but he was sitting like this in my friend's cupboard for ages and we may use him as an NPC in scenarios. The servitor scribe will be used in Stargrave as the Soldier class with the lockpicks.



With Stargrave I also finally have a reason to paint my two GSC characters, Biophagus will get work as a Medic and the sniper as a... sniper Will also paint up some of the Elucidian Starstriders for Stargrave, except for the Medic one, she got a 50 mm base, some scenery and will be drafted to my sisters as a Hospitaller.



Got some gaming in the last two weekends, but I'm afraid I don't have many pics.
First time the scenario was to get the merchant's son safely out of Mordheim. My Halfling thief infiltrated, got to the son first turn, dodged four shots from my friends norse bowmen and than slowly retreated back to my edge to get the NPC off the board. The norsemen slowly pursued the thief, but never came close to do any damage. On the other flank the Undead burst onto the scene, but got hindered by Harvey the Ogres (bonus points if you know that Pratchett reference ). It was Rampage mode, they are now S5 T5, opponent have -1S in close combat and he has a 5+ FNP, if attacks get through. He fought against 7 Undead and killed 5.



That won the game, as did the Vampire failing to hit the five Hobbits that were in close combat with him and getting dragged down and staked by the good Shire folk.
Unfortunately two of my heroes sustained chest injuries after the game, reducing the Toughness of them to 2 for my leader and to 1 for my Youngling

Second game was last Friday, this time the portal scenario. You go through one of six portals, roll a D6 and either jump around the battlefield or get attacked by an Elemental or find the treasure you then have to get over your edge. Managed to win this game too and again because of Harvey. He teleported far away first turn, than failed the "All alone" test and nearly fled the battlefield. But he rallied, jumped into another portal and really managed to get to the portal near my Hobbits to aid them and deflect the attacks by Undead and Norsemen. Up until his arrival my Halflings managed to retreat orderly and passing the treasure chest on whenever one fell.
Youngling leveled up after the game and is now back on Toughness 2 again

Loved this side shot, Norsemen and Wolf are advancing on my Halfling bowmen who have already dealt with the two Dregs that came out of the nearby portal.



And as was requested some time ago, an overview of the board (missing the Stoic Arms, it's hard to incorporate without all games ending in a bar brawl ).

That's great that you got some games in the last two weekend. I really like the look of your Mordhiem games.

Games are looking fun and the models look good so far.

That is a great looking board. I'm struck by the gallows in the corner.

And Bar Brawls are an underrated aspect of fantasy life. You should lean into that.

Great progress on the painting front, the Cursed City Skeletons look amazing, well done. Your Halflings and Ogre seem to be doing well for you in the Mordheim games at the moment, and the boards you guys use are fantastic!

Wow, that's so impressive and super inspiring. I have ideas now

The Medic should make a lovely Hospitaler and the sniper will make a perfect...well...

Good job taking down the Vampire!

I love a good packed-table photo shoot... that's an awesome collection with great visual consistency, and also tons of unique aspects. I'm reminded of David Macaulay's Castle, Cathedral, etc... wonderful work!

Syro_ wrote:That's great that you got some games in the last two weekend. I really like the look of your Mordhiem games.

They are always quite fun, especially since winning the mission can leave you far worse off than before, if you roll bad in the aftergame

Vejut wrote:Games are looking fun and the models look good so far.

Thanks Vejut!

DJJazzyJeff wrote:That is a great looking board. I'm struck by the gallows in the corner.

And Bar Brawls are an underrated aspect of fantasy life. You should lean into that.

The Stoic Arms will surely make a return. We are still trying to figure out, how to best utilize it, but the bar brawls over several levels were always fun.

gobert wrote:Great progress on the painting front, the Cursed City Skeletons look amazing, well done. Your Halflings and Ogre seem to be doing well for you in the Mordheim games at the moment, and the boards you guys use are fantastic!

Thanks gobert! Funnily enough, all the henchmen are stronger than my Hobbit heroes, having S3 and T3 compared to mostly S2 and T2. The only drawback of the bunch.

inmygravenimage wrote:Wow, that's so impressive and super inspiring. I have ideas now

And I'm excited to see them what, a couple of days later on your plog?

youwashock wrote:The Medic should make a lovely Hospitaler and the sniper will make a perfect...well...

Good job taking down the Vampire!

Was so happy when I remembered that she was stowed away and I don't have to convert a second model to make it look different. As is the nature of vampires, he has already risen again, but slightly weaker than before

MacPhail wrote:I love a good packed-table photo shoot... that's an awesome collection with great visual consistency, and also tons of unique aspects. I'm reminded of David Macaulay's Castle, Cathedral, etc... wonderful work!

It's my friend's table and he didn't built it in one go, but almost, to have everything fit together. It's always a delight playing on that board.

Still a bit idle, but churned out a quick Gandalf in one go, need him as a Warlock in Mordheim.




Also painted this Scriptor (I think) and used him as a lockpick guy in our first Stargrave game... he failed miserably. He needs a 7+ on a D20 to unlock a crate and failed on three or four tries. Than he got shot of the board May sub another mini for his class of soldier, a Ratling may be more fitting.




And I started (finally after years) on my Rogue Trader minis to use them in Stargrave. People familiar with this plog surely aren't surprised by the color choices

The lock pick guy ought to be subbed out, if only for all those failed rolls. It’s definitely his fault, not the randomness of statistical chance.

Take a gander at that Gandalf!

He ain't no conjurerer of cheap tricks! Hope he has better luck than the Scriptor.

Very good work with Gandalf! Should make a great addition to the warband.
Mordheim battle reports are always fun to read!

The after game rolls were one of my favorite steps in the one and only campaing I've played so far

Gandalf turned out great--it's hard to believe you did him all in one go.

How do you like Stargrave? I backed the Nickstarter, but haven't had a time to actually play a game yet.

All the work is very well done- Gandalf is especially striking. Nice once in awhile to do just one figure from start to finish, as a break from fire team/squad/platoon/mass unit assembly line painting. Nice!

Gandalf turned out great, even better for being smashed out in one sitting! Looking forward to seeing the voidsmen in your imperial colours

Gotta echo the praise for Gandalf the Blue-Grey, he's masterfully done!

Nice work Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Top wizard action there, that plastic Gandalf sculpt is really nice and you've done it justice

*blowsoffdust* Oh, it's been a while...

DJJazzyJeff wrote:The lock pick guy ought to be subbed out, if only for all those failed rolls. It’s definitely his fault, not the randomness of statistical chance.

I'm right there with you DJJazzyJeff. Played a second game with another friend and loaned him the mini. He still blundered about the battlefield, but now I didn't care

amazingturtles wrote:Take a gander at that Gandalf!

Thanks amazingturtles! But don't look directly at his fireworks!

youwashock wrote:He ain't no conjurerer of cheap tricks! Hope he has better luck than the Scriptor.

Unfortunately in both games of Mordheim he's been in, he accomplished nothing and died horribly in-game and permanently in the after-game

Ezki wrote:Very good work with Gandalf! Should make a great addition to the warband.
Mordheim battle reports are always fun to read!

The after game rolls were one of my favorite steps in the one and only campaing I've played so far

Thanks Ezki! After game can be real fun, getting injuries or bad quirks. We loved the stupid vampire of my friend's Undead. He always wanted to kick him out and replace him, but stuck with him for better and worse and he did some mighty fighting, when he wasn't standing around drooling, because he botched his Ld test

JoshInJapan wrote:Gandalf turned out great--it's hard to believe you did him all in one go.

How do you like Stargrave? I backed the Nickstarter, but haven't had a time to actually play a game yet.

Thanks JoshInJapan! He is 90% drybrush and the rest contrast colors, so was quite easy

Played two games of Stargrave so far and quite like it. Rules are easy to learn, complexity will come with the Powers and the leveling up. We may start a campaign in the fall, I need more and different terrain.

Meer_Cat wrote:All the work is very well done- Gandalf is especially striking. Nice once in awhile to do just one figure from start to finish, as a break from fire team/squad/platoon/mass unit assembly line painting. Nice!

Thanks Meer_Cat! Yeah, I really like painting characters, that's why skrimish games have really great appeal.

gobert wrote:Gandalf turned out great, even better for being smashed out in one sitting! Looking forward to seeing the voidsmen in your imperial colours

Thanks gobert! Voidsmen incoming a bit further down.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Gotta echo the praise for Gandalf the Blue-Grey, he's masterfully done!

Thanks Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll!

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

Slinky wrote:Top wizard action there, that plastic Gandalf sculpt is really nice and you've done it justice

Thanks Slinky! He is one of the better sculpts from the plastic Fellowship. I believe those were metal in their first iteration.

And the month I've been absent from this plog I was... really lazy great weather and little motivation with the Voidsmen meant, that I didn't paint much else. Got them finished a week before month's end and am happy with them, but did not like painting them at all. Didn't have good ideas for doing the armour apart from doing them real bright.





Looking at the pics I realize now, that I forgot the buttons on their sleeves

And started with the Sacrosants I got, lovely sculpts and so much easier to paint when you know every step of your scheme. Hope to finish them this weekend.

 Viterbi wrote:
And the month I've been absent from this plog I was... really lazy great weather and little motivation with the Voidsmen meant, that I didn't paint much else. Got them finished a week before month's end and am happy with them, but did not like painting them at all. Didn't have good ideas for doing the armour apart from doing them real bright.

Yes, but you finished them and that is another victory against the armies of the unpainted!

Cheers,

CB

They are looking good still, even though you did not enjoy the process.
Losing the motivation in the middle of a project happens from time to time, and one must try to push through or leave the models half painted.
Young me did the latter on too many occasions (and I curse it now ), but you powered through regardless!

Congrats on finishing the Voidsmen. Sorry it was more of a chore than enjoyable. If Gandalf died, you know what you have to do. Paint up a white version and watch your opponents tremble.

That is still the best dog sculpt out there for me. I think the Voidsmen look great, and no doubt the Sacrosanct will be done in a few days.

Keep on keeping on V!

Have not posted here in a bit (sorry about that), buy lurked around seeing all the good stuff you've been turning out. Gandalf looks really good for a quick paint job, and those sacrosanct's will fit in nicely with the rest of the army. Hope you get over the painting doldrums soon.

Captain Brown wrote:

 Viterbi wrote:
And the month I've been absent from this plog I was... really lazy great weather and little motivation with the Voidsmen meant, that I didn't paint much else. Got them finished a week before month's end and am happy with them, but did not like painting them at all. Didn't have good ideas for doing the armour apart from doing them real bright.

Yes, but you finished them and that is another victory against the armies of the unpainted!

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

Ezki wrote:They are looking good still, even though you did not enjoy the process.
Losing the motivation in the middle of a project happens from time to time, and one must try to push through or leave the models half painted.
Young me did the latter on too many occasions (and I curse it now ), but you powered through regardless!

Thanks Ezki! It's always easier when I paint stuff for gaming, that is a real kick for motivation

youwashock wrote:Congrats on finishing the Voidsmen. Sorry it was more of a chore than enjoyable. If Gandalf died, you know what you have to do. Paint up a white version and watch your opponents tremble.

Thanks youwashock! The Gandalf and Pippin set is on my wishlist, but not top priority. So no white wizard in a while

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:That is still the best dog sculpt out there for me. I think the Voidsmen look great, and no doubt the Sacrosanct will be done in a few days.

Keep on keeping on V!

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! That dog is lovely and was surprisingly easy to paint.

Yorkright wrote: Have not posted here in a bit (sorry about that), buy lurked around seeing all the good stuff you've been turning out. Gandalf looks really good for a quick paint job, and those sacrosanct's will fit in nicely with the rest of the army. Hope you get over the painting doldrums soon.

Thanks Yorkright and no need to be sorry! Seeing as I "disappeared" myself for a month

Got the Sacresants (apparently I spelled it wrong) finished in time for a game yesterday evening. They are a little rough around the edges when viewed closely, but overall my standard paintjob that I'm very happy with (using the 3 feet rule ) All in all lovely models with just the right amount of detail. But I would recommend putting the shields on last, I would not have loved to paint with them attached.





The game was 25 PL against CSM and some demons. My friend hasn't played a game of 40k in nearly 2 years and was a little handicapped by the mission. We rolled and got Assassinate and he chose for me to be the defender. As you can see, he deployed as far forward as possible (demonic reinforcements came also in turn 1) and needed to kill my Canoness (as seen behind the wall with her bodyguards).



My friend chose to go first (mission rules) and immediately killed my Repentia and PenEngine before they could do anything. Sad, because it was the first time I put the PenEngine on the field




But then their advance stalled and my sisters went to work. My Seraphim (for the first time ever, even if we include the small window I played in the early 2000s) were the MVPs. They killed the Bloodletters with their bolt pistols and hand flamers. In general my flamer weapons did good work, as they should in the hands of a battle sister!
Seraphim then charged the raptors and even managed to kill one. Subsequently the raports, Haarken Worldclaimer and some regular chaos marines killed them off.



After the melee Haarken, a slaneesh chariot concoction and the marines consolidated into my Sacresants and the Canoness. Haarken was able to get into melee with my Canoness, but lost two wounds in his turn (I was allowed to fight after his consolidation) and in my round she shot him humorless with her Wrath of the Emperor relic bolt pistol We stopped because I would have just had to mop up the few survivors he had.

Mission was definitely against him, would have liked to see how he would have fared in another one.

Looks fun and lethal

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Looks fun and lethal

It's quite fun, my Sisters seem more durable than my Marines. At least if looking at the last four games. Blind fanatical determination and believe in the God-Emperor do seem to work

And now for something completely different:

Some palette cleansers, K2 will get some stippling with Leadbelcher, Cassian will be done mostly with Contrast and I already dread getting all the edge highlights on Red Skull's uniform.

Looks like it was still a fun game, sorry about the Penitent Engine but new model syndrome usually means its going to be shot off the table before you get to use it. The sacrasents look lovely, I agree on the shields, they are much easier to paint when they aren't attached.

Nice to see you got a game in Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Yorkright wrote: Looks like it was still a fun game, sorry about the Penitent Engine but new model syndrome usually means its going to be shot off the table before you get to use it. The sacrasents look lovely, I agree on the shields, they are much easier to paint when they aren't attached.

It was a fun game and truth be told he needed a lot of his troops to get the Engine down. Having a 4+ save and a 5+ FNP makes it durable enough, even if it only has 5 wounds. He needed three units to get it down.

Captain Brown wrote:Nice to see you got a game in Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

It was, especially since I hadn't seen that friend in person for quite some time (I believe we met at the other friend's house for Mordheim twice last year in the summer).

And some painted minis. Kept K2 pretty simple, with excessive sponge use. Cassian is all Contrast and two Metallics. He was surprisingly quick to paint.

Nice work Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

The CC Sisters turned out swell, as did the Rogue One boys.

Always really impressed with your colour schemes all round Viterbi, from the sisters to the Voidsmen (which are really beautiful minis!) to Cassian's pants/jacket and the red/pink spot on Gandalf (who looks brilliant on a square base!). You have a great eye for what works together.

The understated basing is nice too, and I'm impressed with your mix of styles there.

Glad to see you got a game in, too. Lovely to see well painted minis on well painted terrain. Pity about the engine - it is the way of the universe!

Those Sacresants look great! Also love seeing all the battle shots Good work Viterbi

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

youwashock wrote:The CC Sisters turned out swell, as did the Rogue One boys.

Thanks youwashock!

tzurk wrote:Always really impressed with your colour schemes all round Viterbi, from the sisters to the Voidsmen (which are really beautiful minis!) to Cassian's pants/jacket and the red/pink spot on Gandalf (who looks brilliant on a square base!). You have a great eye for what works together.

The understated basing is nice too, and I'm impressed with your mix of styles there.

Glad to see you got a game in, too. Lovely to see well painted minis on well painted terrain. Pity about the engine - it is the way of the universe!

Thanks tzurk! Understated basing is out of laziness, it's so easy with texture paint, wash and drybrush The engine will return and hopefully take vengeance!

zahnib wrote:Those Sacresants look great! Also love seeing all the battle shots Good work Viterbi

Thanks zahnib!

Again not much going on, the problem is I don't need any minis really urgent right now, so stuff just lingers. So I'm gonna try and do the old trick of painting everything a bit until suddenly stuff is done:



Grots are for Stargrave as the free soldiers when you're out of credits. And trying to push through with the Dominion conversions for my sisters and the 5 Seraphim. They have been sitting or better lying there for a while now.
And the Cursed City baddies will get the Contrast treatment, they seem to be designed for it.

Took also stock of everything I have painted so far for my sisters army:















And finally got the codex in hand and love the crusade rules, where you can set a character from your army on the way to become a living saint. Which fit perfectly with the new Dominion AoS box set, because the Spear of Sigmar looks a lot like Saint Sabbat and with minimal conversion work I can now paint my living saint:




Last but not least I did the Red Skull from Marvel Crisis Protocol. OSL could be a lot softer, but overall I'm happy with the result:

Great conversion, and I really like that OSL on Mr Skull.

The Sisters army is looking great. The basing and color scheme really tie together the wide variety of models into a coherent force.

Wow, the Sisters are a full force already,

Cheers,

CB

Nice, nice stuff.

Love all the group pics. Can't wait to see the new Saint added in.

Johann looks good, too.

I really love army shots and yours looks great Viterbi. That OSL glow on the Red Skull is very well done as is the rest of the model. Have you had a chance to play the Marvel game? I love the idea of super heroes bashing it out with villains.

I totally agree with The Riddle of Steel, your basing really ties the army together nicely. And your Saint Sabbat conversion looks great! Perfect base model for it

It’s always great to see a fully painted army, the sisters look resplendent! Can’t wait to see your very own saint join the fray.

I totally hear that with progress slowing when you don't have an urgent need to get something done. Having a game approaching is the best incentive. Looks like you are getting a lot done to me. Your Sisters of Battle are looking good.

I love the grim look of your Sororitas army.