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I think gits was just being rude! Looks rivety to me.

Gits rude? Not in this millennia anymore....

I like the idea of bling grot. #He's just a rhinestone Mek-boyyyyy...

Bling... That's as rich as sequins... Argh...

Thanks weety.

Ah, got it. I thought they were sequins added as recycled "bling".

Good to see some cracking (or possibly cracked) progress ongoing.

As I'm packing everything up (it all starts Monday in earnest), I thought I'd take a couple of group shots. Firstly, the Ordos of the Inquisition:

Yes, yes, dreadnought photobomb...

And the assembled Ordos (minus vehicles):

I may have too many toy soldiers.

Adios,
graven

i don´t always zoom in on pics here on dakka...but when i do...it´s for pics like these....

awesome army!... needs some painted tanks tho

Never enough Graven! never ever enough! you go wash your mouth out with soap this instant young man! ;-)

Very impressive graven. Very impressive indeed.

Wait what did I miss? What are you packing up for?

Viktor von Domm wrote:i don´t always zoom in on pics here on dakka...but when i do...it´s for pics like these....

awesome army!... needs some painted tanks tho

Ha! Thanks man. Remember there are plenty of tanks for this lot, painted and not, just already hit the garage.

nerdfest09 wrote:Never enough Graven! never ever enough! you go wash your mouth out with soap this instant young man! ;-)

Sorry master Damo, won't happen again. While I was doing this I went through and boxed up my Mentor Legion - it occurs to me that I have quite a substantial army there, too...

Gitsplitta wrote:Very impressive graven. Very impressive indeed.

From the master of army shots, kind words. I just wish I'd had the time to do it in the light box and set the depth of field properly.

Nafarious wrote:Wait what did I miss? What are you packing up for?

Nothing bad! Renovations to kitchen and man-cave over the next fortnight. Amongst other things, it'll give me more storage and a new work area, hopefully more practical than my (lovely) edwardian writing desk offers. Also, massive kitchen improvements, which is the real reason (honest...)

In other news, super-psyked about new SoB codex in a week! Nice timing on the part of me there.

ta-ta,
graven

 inmygravenimage wrote:

Gitsplitta wrote:Very impressive graven. Very impressive indeed.

From the master of army shots, kind words. I just wish I'd had the time to do it in the light box and set the depth of field properly.

Actually I WAS marveling at the quality of your picture. When I take a shot "out of the box" they never turn out as well as your's did. Your army represents well in that photo my friend, no worries!

That truly is a horde , good luck on the renovations. Just redid two of my three kids bedrooms yesterday on a whim, and that without removing walls o cabinets.

I...kinda want to make a Rhinestone Grotling, now...

OH WAIT. I ALREADY DID.

Hey gang,
So, coming up on 2 weeks left, I thought I'd show where folk are up to:
ryanroberts - WIPs


Llamahead - finished


Viktor Von Domm - WIPs


Casey's Law - WIPs


Gitsplitta - Finished


Skalk Bloodaxe - WIPs


storag - WIPs


Alfndrate - WIPs


Now gitalong, li'l doggies!

In other news, managed to score a hospitalier, the torturer (the one with 2 flaming brands, which I have been after for ages) and SoB mystery misc bag from eBay for £10, hurrah. Given the premium on Sob just now (as if they weren't pricey enough) I'm really pleased with this score.

Enjoying having a couple of days off with my boys. Off to see Planes in a bit (well, it's better than Smurfs 2...) while the kitchen saga continues. Speaking of which, had a long conversation with Mrs G, which has resulted in me getting back not only a bit of dedicated workspace in the study [/rage] but generally more storage about the place. Also, it turns out the 1000x filter-tip boxes her lab uses are not only the right size for foam trays but way sturdier than KR's cardboard. Going to be great for keeping armies safe.

Had a great game of SAGA the other night, I continue to highly recommend it. 4 way game, Vikings, Skraelings (Amerindians, absolutely bloody vicious) and Irish, plus me playing Welsh. Whilst I won, to all intents and purposes (my otherwise rather useless foot-slogging warriors managing to take out the Viking Warlord on the last turn!), I'm finding that my battle-board is so dependent on me rolling 6s that I'm not really enjoying them greatly. So I think a switch to Strathclyde Welsh (all mounted, can harry and outflank from off board) might be in order, though means I need to make more minis! It's that or paint up the squad of axe-wielding troopsI have built, and try my hand at Irish. The very fact that I can, in essence, run one army as any of 4 (Gaels for ancients),speaks volumes about this mighty, mighty game. Got a big marathon game planned for 30th Nov, so need to get one test in before then. More ponies or mad irishmen? Hmm...

Anyway, cy'all anon.
graven

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Entry submissions are looking good, you lot! Wish I had the time to join in the fun. Keep 'em coming!

Wow. There are some excellent pieces in there, and the participation level is more than I expected. Running this was a great idea. Eight people now have new models built out of stuff they may not have ever used.

I want to have my entry finished this weekend but I'll likely submit it a day or so before the deadline as I need some experimentation time w/ photography to give my Demagogue the best chance he can have.

I quite agree Vik, and I'm thrilled at the standard. Btw, where's your dude's head from?

it´s just a goblin...cut to size^^...i literally has had his ears cut off to fit that helmet^^

Fair enough. What's yours from, Skalk?

Being a sad fanboy, bought the new SoB Codex on Android. I really like it, I can see me happily running a lot of tanks (yay!), 3 immolators and 3 Exorcists seems to be the way the truth and the etc. Kyrinov's been sorta-squatted, though, but I'll just stick a backpack on Kyrinova and be done with it. Might stick some BA Icongraphy around and about, just for giggles - Sisterhood of Ophelia's Tears, to arms!

I think a virtual codec for such a price and even for only a limited people's choice is a weird kind of marketing even for GW standards...

Yes and no, it's niche within a niche marketing works for me...

if we all just only look after ourselves, no one is left unattended...

^ Too true Having had a read over the codex properly, I think I'm going to be kitbashing a lot of flamers

Are you in good stock of flamers? If not I have literally zillions of it flamed arms....

By the way, any new units worth new models?

That would be useful, actually. Although I still feel guilty about your vanishing supply drop :*( I am digging out some nice toys to send you in desperate recompense (including that squat for the yard of ale )

New units? Ha! This is a minority codex for fanboys! If anything, there's less because Kyrinov is gone as a special character (though you can still run him as generic priest with the same wargear for cheaper, albeit with only 1W) and the FW repressor's is no longer in the codex either (booooo...)

I see triple-threat exorcist as being the main choice for heavy slots (fine by me), particularly with no skyfire so volume of fire's going to have to do it for you .Classic Retributor HB squad an in immolator are ok but you can now trick out basic squads with Heavy weapons, and unit size is down to 5 (this is very cool). Hence, you're going to see armies running 5-woman squads packing flamer/heavy flamer/combi-flamer in a flamey immolator.

Sisters are going to be the new firey mech vet, in many ways

I do get the moaning about, "hey, they're way too expensive to get into" but actually I've spent almost nothing on mine. Yes, they're horrific for a new start but then they're (arguably) a finesse army anyway and would be tough for a novice to run.

I'm a little sad that Penitent Engines didn't get nerfed, but I guess I can live with it. Celestine is less horrific (she only gets to resurrect once), and you can only use a unit's particular Act of Faith once per game which is a bit sucky, but simulacrum allows a second use and, tbh, one rarely uses them more than once. A lot of folk are going to moan about the fact that priests are essentially must-have add ons to units now (Battle Hymns are excellent), but personally I can live with that, especially because with a transport capacity of 6 that's kinda retcon-ing what Immolators are for.

What I do see from them is that they're a properly viable mid-range/assault army, which is very unusual in 6th. Whether they'll hold up at tourney level is another matter. From my perspective, they're not a great allied force for GK as they cover a lot of the same bases, but the army will feel very fluffy (and very, very burn-y).

Thanks for the updates on the Sis !

The 5-(wo)man squad seems pretty fair for the reason you mentioned (Immolator's Transport 6 capacity), I guess it'll be funnier for the IC combinations !

A bit surprised that they didn't at least put "skyfire" as an option on the Exorcist... That would've been the easier one !

Still sad that they haven't released any new unit, or transferred the previous ones into FC... I might have been tempted for a few !!

Let's hope for the future...

I always thought that SoB are more an army for the true connoisseur rather than for those waac type of players... So a fluffy army it will always hopefully stay...

Don't sweat it mate, for me it was not a true swap anyways, you asked for help and thus I did, if I really ever be mad...than I'd be all ballistic all over the place like Liberian poo

So you could do with some ig flamer arms? I see if I can have them sent to you this week...

Nice little review of the new SoB codex, thanks Graven. Might have to get my Sisters out and back on track.

I always liked the idea of Sisters, and their flamey melta goodness was always fun on the table... Might have to look into them, but man are they expensive