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2013/07/04 21:57:21
Subject: Re:-Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 4th July - NDK 2 WIP 2)
@Casey - I'm not a fan of the baby carrier, its why I converted the first one, but I lacked the bits to convert this one so I am stuck with a baby hanger.
@Daxx - good to hear, cleaning lines and making the whole thing look nice and tight is the perfect way to start a model.
Update: finished of the base coat/wash of the weapons, pilot and base
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Imperial Guard 500+ pts
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Chaos Space Marine 1000 pts
Dark Angles (White Scars successor)
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2013/07/07 19:09:16
Subject: Re:-Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 6th July - NDK 2 WIP 3)
I have come back and seen some amazing things. Your squad looks great and I love the re-do of your Predator And another Dreadknight is cool just a shame your stuck with the baby carrier. I'm sure it'll still look great when your done
@Nash - Yeah agreed, but I think the hurring great big halberd may take the focus away from the baby carrier
Update: Apologies for not posting yesterday, had a game vs LDP and spent the rest of the afternoon busying my self and it skipped my mind, below is an update though
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Imperial Guard 500+ pts
Space Marine 3000 or so pts
Chaos Space Marine 1000 pts
Dark Angles (White Scars successor)
P&M Blog - New and possibly better! With more updates (I hope)
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/534002.page
2013/07/08 12:27:57
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 8th July - NDK 2 WIP 3 - Some nice legs)
We refuse to take sides in this anymore. And we refuse to let you turn us against one another. We know who we are now, we can find our own way between order and chaos...
It's over because we've decided it's over. Now get the hell out of our galaxy! Both of you.
"Whoever takes purple sash is purple, and follows purple leader." I follow purple tau. Theophony
2013/07/08 20:57:43
Subject: Re:-Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 8th July - NDK 2 WIP 3 - Some nice legs)
@Gits - Cheers, not sure what stipey is but I'll take it
@Graven - Hahah this walker ain't no hussy!
@Daxx - Thanks
@Miss Dee - Pay you in those internet cookies
Update: A bit of the body done
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
We refuse to take sides in this anymore. And we refuse to let you turn us against one another. We know who we are now, we can find our own way between order and chaos...
It's over because we've decided it's over. Now get the hell out of our galaxy! Both of you.
"Whoever takes purple sash is purple, and follows purple leader." I follow purple tau. Theophony
2013/07/09 20:34:19
Subject: Re:-Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 9th July - NDK 2 WIP 3 - Body shot 1)
Even those imaginary internet cookies? I guess they could make you imaginary fat right?
Update: No real update today, however I did get a game Vs LDP on Sunday so here's that Battle report
Spoiler:
Game 7/7/2013 1850 points of Grey Knights vs Space Marines
Deployment short table edge
Game - Big guns never tire with 5 Objectives – Heavy support can capture objectives
My Army List
Librarian (2 Psychic powers Quickening and Might of the Titans) Psybolt ammunition
Three Terminator Squads with Master crafted Demon hammers and Psycannon in each
Vindicare assassin
Dreadnaught with two twin linked auto cannons and psybolt ammunition
Venerable Dreadnaught with two twin linked auto cannons and psybolt ammunition
Two Nemesis Dread Knights with Teleporter, Great sword and Heavy Incinerators
LDP’s Army List
Captain with Power fist
Command squad with Banner, plasma guns and apothecary
Two tactical squads with plasma cannons and plasma guns mounted in Rhinos
Squad squad with Sniper rifles
Devistator squad with 2 lascannons and 2 missile launchers
Vanguard veteran squad with stormsheild and power fist
Terminator squad with thunder hammers and storm shields mounted in a Landraider
LDP wins the roll and decides to go second.
I set up with dreadnaught on left flank, the rest of the army in the centre, venerable dreadnaught is on the objective (this was a stupid move as a venerable dreadnaught can't capture objectives) Terminator squads follow behind Nemesis Dread Knights. The plan here is to have the Dread Knights weather some damage then teleport forwards to draw more fire while the Troops run up behind them with supporting fire from the dreadnaughts and Vindicare assassin.
LDP sets up with his command squad on far edge objective, two squads in rhinos at the front, scouts and devastators hide in the ruins being in range of the objective, vanguard shelter behind landraider containing terminators and captain
Turn 1
Dread Knights move up with my terminator squads behind them, venerable dread steps left and immobilizes a rhino. Dread Knights and terminatorss run but don’t get very far dreadnaught shoots at his command squad but fail to kill due to armour saves.
LDP Moves his landraider up and disembarks terminators his vanguard move up behind Landraider. His tactical squad pile out of immobilized rhino and move towards the objective in the ruins. His other Rhino boosts forward to take cover behind the building, his command squad move behind the hill denying Line of Sight. His Landraider shoots at one of my Dread Knights and takes a wound off of it, his Devastators and scouts fail to hurt anything.
His terminators charge the wounded Dread Knight who promptly kills their Sargent.
Turn 2
Squad behind the Dread Knights in combat move closer to the Landraider, My Librarian and his squad move closer to the melee and are eager to get in there. On the far side, the terminator squad moves to the objective and throws some pot shots at the squad near the ruins objective, they get nothing.
My Squad assault the Landraider and hit but fail to penetrate with the Demon Hammer, My Librarian and squad assault LDPS terminators. Librarian challenges his commander but both fail to do anything however one more of his terminators dies to my squad
The other Dread Knight teleports between his scout squad and his command squad, and lets fourth a torrent of fire at his scouts but leave one alive, I was going for first blood and it didn’t work, crud.
LDP moves his landraider back after skirting his vanguard squad to the ruin side, his tactical squad move onto the ruins objective, his immobilized Rhino attempts a repair and but fails which self-repairing was something very new to LDP. The other rhino goes flat tack and gets a snapshot kill on one of my terminators with a plasma gun, his scouts pass moral but move away from the Dread Knight just to be sure. His command squad move towards the Dread Knight and all his guns turn to shoot as you could probably guess with that much shooting he's killed, plasma just wrecks terminator saves.
His vanguard assault and I lose three terminators but and he loses two veterans. The librarian vs captain doesn’t end well with my librarian getting insta-killed by a strength 8 powerfist to the face. another terminator dies and my Dread Knight takes a wound.
Turn 3
The four man terminator squad move towards the rhino. My dreadnaught opens up on the rhino and wrecks it, troops pile out the back so my Vindicare snipes out the plasma gunner (hindsight here I should have taken out the plasma cannon) venerable dreadnaught shoots at the disembarked troops but they make their saves. The close combat again doesn’t end well. The four man terminator squad attempt an assault on the disembarked tactical squad, they lose one termintor for their troubles and fail the charge. The Vanguard veterans take out the two remaining terminators but not before the lose two of their number, again power fists destroy things well. The Dread Knight get gribbled by his captain and remaining terminator.
LDP repairs the immobilized rhino and his command squad move towards it in case they are needed front line. His plasma cannon from the wrecked rhino shoots, hits, wounds and I lose all three remaining terminators (ouch that really did hurt) the land raider moves back to the front lines and shoots at the dreadnaught but lucky cover saves keep it alive, his devastators fail to hit/damage the Vindicare. Close combat goes well for LDP cleaning up the remaining terminators and consolidate towards the dreadnaughts.
Turn 4
I move my dreads further back towards my edge and try to do some damage, but they fail to hurt anything, the vindicare tries to hurt something as well but decides nope, not today.
LDP's command squad get in the rhino, his other squad try a run to the objective, but fail on difficult terrain, his vanguard tries to get to my dreadnaught but fails. his Landraider picks up his captain and terminator, shooting doesn’t damage my dreadnaughts or vindicare.
I call the game as I wasn't looking forward to getting tabled in the next turn, LDP wins 9 victory points to zero, a thorough smashing at my end.
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Sounds pretty vicious. What do you think your errors were tactically? At the start of your rep, looking at the list, I wasn't sure about the assassin, and with relatively low mobility how you were getting the terminators around. Not sold on ndks as soakers, Tbh. Sorry, not trying to be negative, just reflecting on what you've shown us. My experience of gks is assault and assault fast - it's why, ironically, khorne daemons are such a hard match up for them.
Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.
2013/07/10 10:32:01
Subject: Re:-Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 10th July - Battle report update)
I enjoyed your battle report. Sorry you got crushed but it happens sometimes. I was surprised by the lack of deep striking from your army. After seeing your list I expected to see terminators popping up on objectives. You should post more battle reports though. It's always nice to see two armies clashing.
It was a great game at the start man, you stomped me first round! Love the batreps, it makes me feel bad that I dont do them :(
Still Great game! Great Report!
Rough loss Knightley but a good report. May I recommend taking some close-up action and model's-eye-view shots next time. It really breaks up the narrative (in a good way) and allows us to see your fantastic models in action.
Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."
@Graven - I wanted to try a very elite army so terminators dreads etc, so the biggest downfall was not having a lot of troops and having large point sinks for little pay off (IE one NDK getting to shoot once taking out 4 scouts then dying, not worth is points cost) getting involved in a thumping match with thunder hammers was also a big mistake, I should have left the NDK to the terminaors and ran my guys up the board more. The Vindicare was a last minute addition and he was the reason I built the admech dreadnaught, because I found the assassins shooting to be very lack lustre. I've done a battle with elite heavy it didnt go as well as I planned, so now I can change the layout and see what happens next.
@Ice - I've tried deepstriking against LDP before with some paladins and they got shot to hell and back and I lost a lot, ever since then every time I've deep struck models they've not lasted very long, perhaps I'm putting them in the wrong places to be effective? I'd love to do more BR's its just about getting time to play
@LDP - Stomped is probably the wrong word, taking out 2 terminators and immobilizing a Rhino does not a stomping make it was a good game and even though it was a pasting I still had a ton of fun.
@Gits - Fair call on the pictures, next time I'll do some more turn by turn action shots at low level, I am a sucker for a good narrative so of course it will have to involve good pictures!
Update: Body done
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Cypher is still sitting in peaces as I don't feel I will do him justice at the moment...
Imperial Guard 500+ pts
Space Marine 3000 or so pts
Chaos Space Marine 1000 pts
Dark Angles (White Scars successor)
P&M Blog - New and possibly better! With more updates (I hope)
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/534002.page
2013/07/13 02:37:05
Subject: Re:-Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 12th July - NDK 2 pilot shot)
@Cormadepanda - They have some very niche moments from what I can see but thanks for commenting
@daxx - What do you feel is holding you back? normal motivation or waiting for inspiration?
Update: Model done
Complete shot
Lower shot
Left side
Back
Right Side
Halberd right side
Halberd left side
Top View
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Is that some free hand righting on the halberd? Maybe we can get a shot of that? Looking very clean and sharp as all ways!
And it a bit of both really, I want to go for a black robes and bleach bone (Whats the new equivalent) armor with red for the shoulder pads but I don't know how that will go and don't really have any test models (Or the paints) at the moment.
Imperial Guard 500+ pts
Space Marine 3000 or so pts
Chaos Space Marine 1000 pts
Dark Angles (White Scars successor)
P&M Blog - New and possibly better! With more updates (I hope)
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/534002.page
2013/07/13 06:40:05
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 13th July - NDK 2 Done - 8 pics)
@Daxx - Yep, I'll see what I can do about getting a close up of the free hand for you With the color scheme why not google search the marine painter and see what bone with red shoulder pads will look like? its not exactly what you are after but could help visualize a tiny bit.
@Graven - Thanks mate!
@Gits - Both of the NDKs should be quite nice as central figure point.... ooh i need to do another picture of both NDK's side by side!
@Bigfish - Cheers
Update: Now that Casey's competition is done I'll post up my guy with the WIP's and why I painted him up like I did!
For the competition
Spoiler:
And with him done
And for me He gets a sheild and becomes an inquisitors crusader!
Spoiler:
After getting the model in hand I had intended for this guy to be painted up in camo on a large tropical base, but I put him in the base and put him on the shelf and noticed he was the same height as my marines.... then the gears started to turn and I used a fantasy spider shield and trimmed off the spider bits added the inqusition sigil and painted him up as one of the inquisitor retinue!
And done with the stormsheild
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Imperial Guard 500+ pts
Space Marine 3000 or so pts
Chaos Space Marine 1000 pts
Dark Angles (White Scars successor)
P&M Blog - New and possibly better! With more updates (I hope)
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/534002.page
2013/07/14 06:24:36
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 14th July - Infinity painting pics)
Excellent job on the DKnight mate! And I really love your PanO miniature, he fits in really well with your GK with that paint scheme. It's worth mentioning how tiny the details are on him, makes it much more impressive!
I finally got back to your Warcraft post btw, sorry about that delay. Scarily I have been getting a real hankering to play again but I'm not going to let myself.