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That SR is an eye-magnet, can't stop looking at it. Great pics, way to reignite fires of jealousy!

sounds like a wisconsin thing

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Yellowbeard wrote:Heh:

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just when you think you can't be suprised ... Bam.....Never under estimate the power of pure fandom. Too damn funny!

SL

That's priceless... good find Yellowbeard!

2nd game against IG and SM .. this time Mr. M. and I
Starting set up


Scouts take shots but are ineffective. Sharks DP seals in the armor. Libby and melta disables the Chimera in the opening.

Flanking bikes jump on the board. SR , Sharks dread and RB start disabling the IG tanks. All the while getting pounded by the Manticore and Thudd gun

Death company deploys to deal with intruders in the quarter of the table

DC take out their rage on the scouts

While the dread feasts of some scout bikers



Bad day to be a scout biker

IG Russes go to work on the sharks Razorback. Sharks pile out o deal with more scouts. More pounding by the by the Manticore and Thudd gun

Finishing up the scouts.. massive fire eliminates all but the Sharks Libby… you can see him on the right side of the DP

Move up to support what we thought was the counter attack with the IG troops.



Push with the DC and assault squads on the left flank. Libby thaken to the Emperors grace ( whats left of him)


Another pounding takes out the other RB. SR and Sharks Dread pound on the tanks

DC moves up.. SR zooms to help put on right flank

Dread takes the brunt of the guard ground attack.


Lamenter assault squad backs up to secure the quarter.

Vindicator tries to take out the remaining enemy RB troops

But scatters almost taking out he Sharks dread

Game ends as the DC and Chaplain take revenge on the veterans that killed the dread.. Game over..

Nice little batrep there SL! Very fun read/view.

Nice photos and batrep. Fun read! I like the close-up of the DC Dreadnought and the bit where your Vindicator's shot scatters and almost takes out the Sharks!

Crap... I need to post the last two games at Adepticon...

I had some time yesterday to briefly assemble 1 of my 2 Contemptors. the arms are all Magnitized and the elbow joints are all hindged. ( including all the weapon mounts )








Hopefully I'll get some base color on these this weekend as well as my take on YB Fire hawks.

SL

How on earth did you hinge the elbows?

Pin hinge - Flush the pins - tack the ends.

You can see the movement in the middle picture. The Right arm ( of the Dread ) is in a different position ( Magnitized ) and the guns elevation is different ( elbow hinge ) . Every weapon has a hinge set up. so easy to do.
I also magnitized the Hvy Bolter arm to take the magazine on either side so I can use it on either arm. ( Mag has to be on the outside )

SL

So, how do you stop the arm from just flopping freely down from the hinge... what holds the arm in the "up" position?

Your pin and hole need to be tight. I have that issue on only one LC ( the first one 1 did ) I matched up the drill bit with the paper clip wire I was using. no issues with the others, and as time goes by I can repair by using a bit larger wire. Years from now and after the contemptor is no longer a viable choice.

SL

Wait, I'm not following. What do you mean by "pin hinge"? Do you put a pin in each piece of the arm and then connect? What do you mean by "tack the ends"?

Sounds like a very cool project, though. I could see it being very useful on dreads and other big models. Nice work so far.

Like the hinge on a door, except the pins ends are tacked with Super glue. The center bit move freely.
If the hinge pin is smaller than the hole then the weapon moves with gravity. if tight then you have more posing opportunities.

Yellowbeard wrote: Sounds like a very cool project, though. I could see it being very useful on dreads and other big models. Nice work so far.

Yeah that and magnitizing allows you to pick different load out options

SL

Oh, ok, I think I've got it. I'd like to see how you did it sometime.

That model is beautiful! I really, really need to purchase one of those dreadnoughts!

Can't wait to see it in Lamenter colors!

Cool stuff, mate!
So how did the magnetizing go? I've got a Contemptor in the pipeline but still unassembled. At first sight it seemed pretty tricky to magnetize it solidly enough. Any tips?

Great stuff

Thanks Meph an Brother G,

Meph wrote:Cool stuff, mate!
So how did the magnetizing go? I've got a Contemptor in the pipeline but still unassembled. At first sight it seemed pretty tricky to magnetize it solidly enough. Any tips?

Actually you'll find it easier than most. the sections are fairly big Again as always use the appropriate magnets and you’ll be fine ( more powerful for the arm to body attachment, less so for the weapon to arm.
If you want I’ll snap some pics of what I did to the peices tonight and post them tomorrow. However once you get it all out and examine the peices it'll be obvious. ( like that word! )

I most likely will not get any paint on it unless I got the other one together. A FW Ven. Contemptor. I'll be taking extra care to get the magnets lined up so I can switch out weapons on both of them; besides the time it'll take to do that ( plus a more dramitic pose), I want to base paint them together so it looks consistent. As I work tomorrow, time is already a premium.

SL

Love the work you're doing here mate, keep it up!

Yeah, the dread's still on the sprues even. ^_^ I'll see what he looks like all prepped up and in case I run into a bump, I'll give ya a heads-up SL

Looking tremendous mate! Got to justify one to myself sometime...

Sad news - no progress on the Contemptors as the Relic Dread didn't come with the shin peices. I started to clean it all up and noticed them missing. Now to go thru the process of trying to get FW to send me some.. SHeeesh.

SL

I lieu of FW ever contacting me. I started the painting of the first Contemptor. More this weekend. I'll get pics.

SL


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Finally got time to post more of our battles at adepticon.

Game 3. This time I was paired up with Briancj.. Playing against a Ork hoard. I didn’t get as many pictures as the first two games. Starting to get worn down.

Opening set up


Bold plan initiated. Brian’s Minotaurs drops on the left flank right in the middle of the ork buggies and boys.



Meanwhile the battlewagon rams the center building cauing the objective to become dangerous terrain,. SR destroys BW Boys pile out. Baal pred ( not seen on the right off screen ) starts unloading.


SR get blown up by a lucky Kopter rocket ( who knew?) DC goes into action, Brians minotaurs hold position, ready to make a run for the objective



Overall look at the battle – sorry for the blurry pic.


A single minoutaur still holds the buggies at bay! The buggies don’t advance toward the center. Partially as they piled out and would have to pile in again. The also are facing directly a Vindicator who has move forward to threaten the lane between the building and terrain and Whirlwind who keeps there heads down. They are staying out of range.

View from the other side of the table.


Death company goes to work, Dread gets taken out before it could slice and dice, but the Chaplain leads his men into the fray.


Win for us. Great players. Were very friendly and really made this game one of the most enjoyable of the day. Guys I would play anytime.
Was surprised that they took the bait that tied up the left flank and didn’t push forward. Gutsy move by Briancj. They however keep us guessing what was coming next.

Learning for the game. Don’t underestimate them puny Kopters..

SL

Oh how I love your stormravens. So awesome! I cant wait to get mine real soon.

Good news .. FW is sending my missing parts hopefully I'll be moving on contemptors soon.

In the mean time I'll be working in a very heraldric apoth for Ice and some foot scouts.

SL

I meant to mention... I approve of the change in Avatar... though to be honest your painting is easily good enough to show off some of your work as your avatar.

You guys really accounted for yourselves well in battle at Adepticon. Our positioning in the standings was in large part due to the competence you, Brian and Mr, M. showed on the tabletop. Bravo!!

And you as well.. I like how fast you are starting to develop stratagies and tactics.. even if they don't always go as plan. Your advice has made me a better player and saved us from losing horribly; not just by a little we seem to end up with.

Speaking of Adepticon .. Here is the last game.. Git ... feel free to correct or add if I got things messed up.. time fades my old memory..

Here is some pictures of the last game. It was Git and I . Not as many pict of the current action . I’ll try to fill in what I remember.

SW/ BA set up..

Blurry pic.. git drops his sternguard behind the Assault troops hoping to cause enough damage thru shooting to eliminate a unit.

No such luck and they turn around and get ready to charge.

SW cav move up the center

As you can see we backed in the corner hoping to give us extra opportunities to focus on shooting at the incoming SW cav.( and to stay away from the all ML Long fangs. ( how un-BA can you get))

Since there was a designated squad to wipe out ( Gits had it ) I moved my assault up to buffer the TW’s .. their assault squads having finished with gits sternguard move to the objective. The SR moves to intercede and drops the DC as a deterrent.

My assault squad get anninaliated by the Uber TW lord and pounce on the vindi. Meanwhile the DC dread chews through all the BA assault marines near the objective (all of them.. Talons rock) The other DC marines are sad ( thus now really mad) An SW assault squad with a libby take pot shots as it move to secure the flank.


DC goes to engage the TW’s as Git’s assault squad jumps to secure the objective.. Where is that SR? Oh he failed a Difficult terrain test an blew himself up ( WTF ) Vindi had its weapon destroyed so it tank shocks but fails to do anything.

Finally finish off the TW cav.
Shooting .. gets the DC and some of Gits marines killed but the SW assault as well. Nothing left to do Game over.. SW/BA win


Great game with guys that really knew the rules. It was great leaning how some of the rules really work. Love to have a rematch someday!

SL



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PS.. I wanna Flash T shirt now!

Ah yes... not my best game tactically. Actually I don't think I had a good game tactically. Maybe next year.