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2) What should I do with the Stormlord/Shadowsword superheavy chassis that I got for free?

Thats a nice walker conversion!!

1 - How about yellow?

2 - If you've just got the chassis, then scratch build the rest

I have the whole kit. I just don't know what to DO with it.

Oh I seee!! Do a mega conversion job

Briancj wrote:So, to the two of you who read my plog, I have two questions.

1) What colors should I paint my Tau Walker? Blue and grey/white are RIGHT OUT.

2) What should I do with the Stormlord/Shadowsword superheavy chassis that I got for free?

--Brian

As I don't know if I am counted among the "two [...] who read my plog", I'm not sure I am allowed to give an advice...

Oh, Yggs. We all love you.

Give advice!

You know, I kinda like it in it's undercoat Some red panels and yellow detailing to break up the black?

With the Stormlord are you looking for something to go with the Pegasus force, or just something for fun?

I was considering going all Tron on it, and doing glowing red panel lines.

Yeah, for fun. Like an Imperial Mole or some Squat monstrosity.

Well for fun I was thinking some kind of Ad Mech vehicle, all sorts of interesting techy goodness could manifest in something that size

But since you mentioned Squats, then hell yeah, pretty similar just with more dakka

That walker is pretty sweet! Maybe it's just because it's earth caste, but I'm seeing browns...

Cheers,
Rawson

that walker makes me want to play tau all over again.

as for the colors i would suggest maybe some browns and greens?

cant wait to see more totally hooked

also must admit it was absoulte geius to make it a walker LOVE IT

hope to see more tau stuff like that

keep up the good work and i will definatly keep looking at this "plog"

is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ordinatus Minoris, I always wanted to do one though I don't suppose I'll ever get round to it

Been busy doing many other things, getting ready for an apartment move, etc. Not enough drinking.

But, some things of note:

1) Started painting the walker. The overwhelming opinion was "Earth Caste == Earth Colors", DUH. So I looked up some desert insects, and went with the hairy desert scorpion, and a Tau tank name was born.

The Tau Scorpion, WiP:



I'm looking at several ideas for the superheavy chassis, and I'm definitely leaning toward an Ordinatus of some kind.

I ordered 20 Secret Weapon pith helmet heads, and started trying to find horses. Let me tell you, aside from buying boxes of Empire Outriders/Pistoliers, I'm sunk. I scrounged all the US bitz places, and managed to get a total of six horses.

Six.

I need twenty.

Ah well. Looks like I'll be painting up in batches, and put a call in the swap shop here.

The pilot of "Angels 8" parked her on an unstable landing platform, and she took a tumble. Repairable, not any real damage. But annoying nevertheless, because it was due to my own stupidity.

Finally, it looks like I'm going to Adepticon.

God have mercy on my soul.

--Brian

looks really good cant wait to see more

No Tron walker then?

Colour choice looks solid on the Scorpion. Shame about the horses, but did you really want to paint all 20 in one go?

monkeytroll wrote:No Tron walker then?

Colour choice looks solid on the Scorpion. Shame about the horses, but did you really want to paint all 20 in one go?

I already own a ton of Lightcycles.

And, no, I really don't want to paint all 20 in one go, but I would have liked to have bought them in BULK. Now, I have to scrounge. A lot.

--B.

Guess who has 20 of Col Gravis' Pretorian Rough Riders, 20 Secret Weapon Pith Helmets...and only six horses?

Yeah!

THIS GUY!

Oh, I was thinking of Jake 'six horses' McGruder.

Hey, checkin' in from reading a response of yours on another IG blog - so now I get to add another to my subscribe list...

Some great work with the vehicle mods and magnetising - I can really appreciate that (even being an Ork player...)

Keep up the good work! Now I'll get to see what you get up to in the future (Tau Scorpion is looking nice...)

Brian these tank conversions are awesome! But the tau walker is especially cool. Also Incredibly rewarding for your opponent when his vanquisher cannon kills it!

A battle report? Here? ARE YOU MAD?

Well, yes. Yes I am. I decided to put this here because it is was a friendly battle, and I really don't want to hear the usual chorus. You can persuade me, otherwise.

Rough army breakdown, 1000 points each.

Orks:
Mek, Shokk Attack Gun
Mek, KFF, Burna
30 Slugga Boyz, 2 big shootas, Nob, Powerklaw
30 Shoota Boyz, 2 big shootas (Deployed with the Burna Mek)
Gretchen Mob with herder (Deployed with the Shokk Mek)
2 ZZap Guns (one ammo grot)
6 Loota Boyz
1 Looted Wagon with Boomgun
2 DeffKoptas (Proxy: Warbuggies)

IG:
Command Squad, Autocannon, Astropath, Ordinance, Cloaks
. Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer
Infantry Platoon, 2 squads, flamers, Sgts with Power Sword - Platoon HQ, Al'Alhrem w/medic 3x Grenades
Veterans (Grenadiers, Demo) w/ Meltagun, Heavy Flamer, Plasma Gun, Missile Launcher
. Chimera w/Hull Heavy Flamer
2x Sentinels w/AC and HKs
Marrrrbo.

MVP for the Orks: Loota Boys
MVP for the IG: Sentinels

Mission: Annihilation, Spearhead

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Captain Alfred's Force Recon platoon had discovered a pair of Ork Meks in charge of an operation digging in and around an old Chaos Tower. Available Reinforcements, two Chimeras and a pair of Sentinels, were sent to reinforce, assess and, if possible, disrupt the Ork's activities...

Setup: A line of wooded hills, some terrain, and some destroyed buildings. For the purpose of this game, the ruins are defined as buildings (And tall), in order to provide some LOS-blocking terrain. Orks choose and set up, IG sets reserves.



Ork Turn 1: The IG player (myself) fails to seize the init, and the Orks rage forward. Two Deffkoptas flank around, lining up early Rokkit Shots on the Sentinels, along with the Boomgun and Shokk Attack Gun. The Lootas open up on the entrenched Command Squad, recognizing the Fleet Officer's uniform. Unfortunately, my friend discovers just how awful that two-in-three chance of scattering can be. The Zzap guns open up on what they can, burning their one ammo grot for a re-roll. No real effect, which will be the sad dirge for that unit, for the game. The two Mobs move forward toward the hill.



IG Turn 1: Chimera and Sentinels move out, FO calls down hell, and for the first time in my life, manages to put the bomb in the basket, blowing away most of the Lootas. Two ACs and both HK's are required to down one of the Deffkoptas, Chimera move all out and cannot shoot. I forget to pop smoke.



Ork Turn 2: The Boom Gun and Shokk Attack Gun continue their loving embrace of the scatter die, to my opponent's chagrin. Orks move forward, and the Lootas get their revenge, helping to wipe out most of the Command Squad. The Astropath's mighty psyker powers tell him to duck, or something, and he survives...and then chooses the better part of valor.



IG Turn 2: Sentinels take down the last Deffkopta full of Orky Fireworks (all sound, no fury) and brace for the impact of a PowerKlaw on the Charge. I unwisely dump my Veterans, forgetting that they can't charge, and do some light flamer damage. My squad's demo charge is half an inch out of range, and gets no throw. Once again, my well-painted Vets get sacrificed by their bone'ead commander, IE: ME. On the plus side, the Astropath managed NOT to run off of the board (But BOY did he try!), and remembered to signals the reserves. However, with two 6's on the reserve rolls, his impact on the game was minimal. Captain Al arrives, and he and his platoon proceed to grenade and flamer the gretchin mob and Shock Mek into goo. I should have grenaded the Lootas, but, them's the breaks. With nothing to charge (ie, gretchen), my platoon stands out in the open, looking cool. Smoke 'em if you got 'em, boys. Oh, yeah. Marbo showed up. Threw his demo pack. Missed. I mean, MISSED. Good times, Marbo.



Ork Turn 3: Orks Waagh like they MEAN it. Klaw Mob charges the Sentinels, and whiff. I feel bad. Mekmob charges the Veterans, and annihilate them with few losses. I feel sad. Zzap Guns turn Marbo into a whiff of ozone. I don't really feel sad about this. Lootas roll low, but turn a guardsman into charged plasma, and the Boomgun misses for the last time. I'm okay with this.



IG Turn 3: ( Ignore the die ) Captain Al's proud platoon dispenses with the remaining Lootas and the Looted Wagon. The Wagon gets its revenge by exploding, taking out a half dozen guardsmen. That'll teach 'em. The two Chimera combine heavy flamers and Multilasers into another BBQ festival, leaving a Big Shoota and a Burna Mek. One of the Chimeras will regret this. The Sentinels start getting battered, but Dr. Klaw is bashing on their AV12. One or two orks each round go skqish.



Ork Turn 4: Looking to pull a draw, the Ork Mek and Shoota Boy split up. The Zzap guns whiff, I think they just forgot to charge the batteries for this expedition. The Mek manages to shake and Immobilize the Chimera WITH HIS BARE HANDS. Oh yeah. One Sentinel finally succumbs to DA KLAW DOKTOR, but the other is still a tar pit, albiet one without any weapons.



IG Turn 4: Al's Squads move to chase down the Zzap Guns, but aren't in range, yet. Several bad difficult terrain rolls mean the grenade launchers just aren't in position to fire. The Command Chimera tank-shoks the remaining shoota boy, who breaks, and puts a wound on the Ork Big Mek. The Mek fails to do anything to the Immobilized Chimera, not for lack of trying. The Remaining Sentinel survives one last round of close combat. Which, frankly, is a miracle.



Ork Turn 5: The Zzap guns fail to do anything to the Chimera facing them, the Big Mek explodes his ancient foe...and is taken out in the explosion. The Klaw takes down the last Sentinel through attrition.



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With that, we called it. A good game, which came down to an amazing tarpit job. I really do love my Armored Sentinels. My friend has seen the regretful results of relying upon Ork Blast Weapons without ammo runts, and the Green Tide will rise again. It always does.

Nice game, but... Who won ?

Oops.

IG won, 8KP to 4.

Most of you have already seen "Wild" Boom Boltslinga and his Mekanikal Squighound, but I'm dropping him in here for folks who are not following the Waaaagh.









Ride the Squig! Only 25 teef, see how long you can stay on!

So, I ordered a Failcast Throne of Judgement. I have no intention of building a Throne of Judgement.

This Plog will be taking a Minotaur-ish turn for awhile, as I prep for Adepticon. Weep for me.

--Brian

Woot! Looking forward to it man! PS loveeeeee the grot on squig!

Briancj wrote:So, I ordered a Failcast Throne of Judgement. I have no intention of building a Throne of Judgement.

Now that's the kind of thing I like to read

I've done this conversion before, but it was with the pewter Throne and I was less skilled. We'll see what happens.

Notes to self, here.

Bitz ordered:

Landspeeder cockpit bases. Whirlwind missile bitz (because it has the tool kit and was cheap).
Baal Bolter sponsons left and right (for the ammo boxes).

Stormraven pilot and gunner figures are loose, not molded to seats, for future reference.





Automatically Appended Next Post:
So, with bits and pieces on the way, I can start with the first item on the list, a Predator Chassis. While the list is still being tweaked and touched, I know there will be a few of these rocking and rolling in my world.

This one is destined to be a Baal Predator, no matter what, so I'm getting a head start. All of my tanks will have fully detailed interiors, based on real world tanks. Cramped, uncomfortable, with ammo releoads, extra armour, and greeblies.



Let me tell you, getting all the hatches cut out/open, and then having to split the sliding door hatch to show it in an open position? Pain in the arse. Easier than making one out of styrene, however. Debating the internal door, and hacking apart the HB Ammunition feed to show either an 'empty' ammo box (easier) or a completely removed ammo box (probably a little harder)>

I purchased some extra sponson bits to give me some of the ammo boxes for internal storage.

And we're OFF to the races!

--B.

woo i smell excitement and awesome brewing. so what chapter are you doing for adepticon?