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Cam - Yeah it was cool seeing the Guard army working that way because it really was the way I imagine them fighting.... overwhelming numbers with some big gun support.

Update time:

Firstly I have finished the first neophyte hybrid squad, this photo doesn't have the basing quite complete, but you get the idea on the models, because that's what you actually look at right? I'm happy with how the skin tones have come out, tried a few different combos to get some differences in squad.



I've also played a bunch of games since last update, the most recent being the first mission of Fate of Konor which is attack/defend, attacker has to have units in opponent half by game end for points and defender gets a point per unit killed, and we played 2000pts, I had a 50/50 mixed army with GSC/Nids, and was the first time the Cult had been on the table in a game.

My opponent deployed really heavy with fire warriors and broadside suits in left hand corner with a ghost keel and fire warrior breacher team holding the right hand side... my counter deployment was pretty stacked on the right hand side/middle. bascially I just stayed away from the massive gunline firebase he had created and smashed through his units on the right side and basically cleaned up in the end game.

13-3 was the final score.

My opponent knows he stuffed up his deployment, next game I reckon he will spread them out a lot more which means I will struggle to get the ambushing units on as easy along with having to run into more fire. He also had some hideous dice rolls early on which probably didn't help him.





The Cult of the Red Saviour was successful in it's first outing with the Leman Russ and Patriarch units really causing some mischief while my tervigon kept the gant squads up (38 replacements come back!) while the hive tyrant absorbed a lot of fire power with 5++ and 5+ FnP while tearing through some wounds on the ghost keel and riptide.



I gave my win to Chaos, cos I figure the need the help, I was the attacker, and I have some Death Guard now days

Coming this week: Another Fate of Konor game, and I'm thinking I'll paint my Magus up now I have the skin tones sorted.

Thanks for reading!

Evening all,

Quick update.

First up, have started work on the Primus for the Cult of the Red Saviour and have laid down base colours:



The lighting is a bit dark, but you get the general idea... also his head and toxin injector hand are being painted off model currently

Second update is I've done experimentation for the Zerg creep bases for the Deathguard project I'm working on in the background:



Basically PVA glue with super glue dropped on top and then I used a toothpick to push the superglue around a little bit, then left it to dry and painted up using purple colours and washes. These were the experiments, and they have come out pretty well. Couple of learnings around how much the PVA shrinks back when the superglue hits it so I'll look at really pushing the PVA to the edges in future. Also will probably use a gloss varnish on top once they are done to give it that slimy look.

Got a game on Wednesday and Sunday this week and should be able to knock out the Primus paintjob this week, so next update should be a good one

Thanks for reading.

Hi all,

Been a fairly productive week for me hobbywise.

Firstly, have almost finished the Primus for the Genestealer cult. Need to do the breather pipe on his face, and some detailing on the face like the eyes etc, then base and done.



Secondly I had my second game ever using some of the Genestealer cult allied with some tyranids. Played against Admech who I haven't played against before so made a couple of errors in target prioritisation




Did I mention the Admech also had a knight It did a heap of work and demolished a few squads... the Magus Mind Controlled it at one point though and it blew up some of the Admech army muhahahahaha, but then it kept killing. The Patriarch held his own against it and did twice as many wounds to the knight, but alas the knight had more wounds so won the fight overall.



The main win condition turned out to be an objective in the back corner of my opponents deployment. Whoever held that at turn five won the game (there were others that neither of us achieved), considering the beating I took from his alpha strike and a couple of errors on my part in what I should shoot next, I still got pretty close to a win... what you see here is the light grey eggs are the objective, and I needed to hack through the models in front to get to it.... alas, not enough wounds done so lost by inches.



Learned a bunch from this game which is always good, like when you mind control an imperial knight, use it to kill the Onager so it can't block your infantry trying to get to objective

Got a couple more games lined up this week and always more painting and modelling to do.

Take care.

Fantastic update, the Primus is looking amazing bud, really great work.

Batrep is wonderful, so close and yet so far! Looks like a great game, with a few memorable moments. Both armies look great and your opponent seems to have been a bit lucky, but used his army well. Always great when it is a challenge.

The primus looks great! Mind controlling the knight is the best, even with a loss i would be happy to have had the fun of that.

Thanks Cam and Turtles... was an enjoyable game, and as I mentioned I learned a whole bunch from it

Yikes!

Been a bit slack with updates, sorry everyone.

Back now and haven't been idle while I've been gone. Been helping my brother at his store running games every Wednesday and some Sundays for Fate of Konor etc. Chaos won at his shop much to his disappointment haha, but I guess Imperium won overall so he gets the last laugh.

I've been playing a lot, doing a little bit of painting and a lot of collecting and building of new models.... dam addiction to new models! I've got some much to paint again haha and Death Guard has just dropped and New Nids due in November.

I played against my brothers Primaris Chapter, and he threw Roboute at me, he was delicious:



In the same game my Tervigon had three wounds left (bone dice) and had to roll a six to survive the game... check out the red dice:



She then proceeded to spawn more termagants and the nids won the game!

Given the mountain of painting I need to get through I've come up with a bit of a plan. The cult of the Red Saviour isn't growing model wise currently, and I'm about half way through painting the army up, so I've decided I'll push to finish painting the Cult while I build the Deathguard army and get that ready for painting. Then when Nid Dex drops I'll be able to paint a Death guard, then Nid model alternately and get caught back up.

So, I've recently finished the Primus (photo to come next update) and moved onto another unit of Neophyte hybrids:



Once these are done, then Magus and so on.

Thanks for checking in.

Welcome back, great to hear you getting in some games, and 8th is looking a bit awesome for Nids etc, at the mo. Cult boys are looking good.

Hey dude just had a quick read of your thread, interesting to see how much your painting improved throughout.

And the yellow stippled pattern is just gorgeous, how on earth do you do it?

Cam - Thanks, I have been enjoying the games thus far and am experimenting with all sorts of combos at the moment. Trying a fluffy GSC list tomorrow with just a sprinkling of nid vanguard units like lictors etc, will let you know how it goes.

STG - Nice to hear I'm not the only one who thinks that my painting has improved Sometimes I go back and look at some of my earlier work and it helps me keep trucking along knowing I've gotten better. The stippled yellow is pretty easy, I base coat the plates with Black, then using a gold yellow colour I dab it on with a brush in random splotches and patterns, then finish it with a blue wash into the carapace joints. Easy, but effective!

So today's update I got a good amount of time painting in on the Neopyhte squad, and they are nearing completion!



I have a few more bits and pieces to pick out, like around the lamps and then onto basing. I'm pretty stoked with how these are coming along. Got the recipe down pat now

Till next time, thanks for reading.

That does sound pretty easy for something that looks so good. Thanks man.

Neophytes looking pretty sweet!

Thanks STG, the carapace pattern seems to be the most commented part of the Tyranid army thus far as it is a little bit different, helps that it is nice and easy to do as well!

Finished up the Neophyte Hybrid squad, but just realised I haven't got a photo of them complete for this update haha. I'll get one done for all the neophytes soon, as I need to do an updated cult army shot for the front page anyway.

Have made a start on the Magus, just laying down base colours at this point:



Also had a Crimson Fists army show up on the planet that my Cult was happily taking over, so battle ensued!

They were newer Primaris marines, with a big shiny new dreadnought.



My genestealers got into the back line and apparently they can eat the wind



After a promising start things went a little bit wrong. Was a maelstrom game, and at the top of turn four the Cult was up 8-7 against the marines, but then I made a few tactical errors, and the marines managed to take out everything but my stealers, which weren't enough to capture enough points from objectives, so ended up losing.

Was a really fun game against a nice player, looking forward to playing him again in the future and we are looking at doing a bit of a narrative run.

Thanks for reading.

Hi Dakka,

Quick update on the Magus, base colours have been laid down and washes done:



Moving onto highlights etc now.

Thanks for reading.

I dont know if its the lighting, because as you say its only a base colour and a wash, but your skin tones look really good.

do you only recess shade the skin? must steal your recipe, looks awesome!

STG - Maybe it is the light? All I had done at this point wash undercoat black, quick top down spray of white then thin layer of cadian fleshtone and washed with Reikland Fleshshade all over. It does look good though, and it's easy.

Update time, firstly the Magus is almost complete, I am stoked with how the face has come out, I reckon it is my best face yet and the blue/red front of the robes is starting to looks awesome, went a bit cross eyed getting a blue colour gradient onto the tiny little bits that stick into the middle. Also my first shot at doing gems, and I think they look pretty good. Will be better once the gloss coat goes on later.



I also took out all the painted up Cult and gave them an updated army photo (for front page), there was also a cool looking one in the bunch I took, like one neophyte has just noticed the observer and the observer might be about to get into trouble.

"Has that guy got a camera" photo


Last part of update is now that I have multiple armies, and armies that are a PITA to fit into foam (Spikey nids, deathguard etc) I decided to try my hand at a custom made transport/storage option.

I got my hands onto some metal plates which will be awesome draws, then a box has been made with grooves every 2cms or so which allows me to have different heights to the draws as needed.

Slapped some magnets onto the base of my big bugs to test, they hold on pretty well.



And here is a quick look at the overall idea WIP. So depending on what army I will be fielding I can easily change out trays/models and take exactly what I need to each game.



So yeah, will keep you posted on how it goes, I'm looking at adding a handle to the top, a few feet to the bottom and giving it a bit of paint

Thanks for reading.

Hi all,

Have changed the name of this thread as it has definitely turned into more than just Tyranids, so thought I'd try reflect that in the title.

Magus is pretty much done, just needs basing and and a little bit of varnish work on the gems etc, as mentioned above I'm really happy on how this one came out:



I've also decided to do up a test model for the Zerg Infested Terran (ZITs) Deathguard army that I am going to work on, so far base coats and washes done, am doing the armour in pre heresy colours and will make it dirty, rusty etc:



So next update will have a bit more on the test model and hopefully the weathering and rust effects on the armour and weapons.... will see how it goes

Thanks for reading.

Magus looks good dude, and I much prefer your colour scheme than the gw one.
ZITs lol

STG - Thanks, I like how the magus came out for sure. ZITs = Zerg Infested Terrans, and ZITs is perfect for deathguard

Update time, have completed my first test model for my death guard and here it is:






Have got some stuff to change up a little bit I reckon but overall I'm happy with the outcome, which is good because Mortarion, Typhus and Death Shroud are coming this week.

Aw. the happiest pauldron. He looks good!

Heh, thanks amazingturtles

I really like the details on these models, there is some great stuff on them for sure

Really great and inspiring work bud, I really like the colours.

Hi everyone!

I can't believe it's been almost three months since my last update! Yikes... need to get back onto the bandwagon with updates.

I haven't been idle in the hobby however, I've probably been busier than I ever have.

I've continued to help my brother run the 40k nights at his hobby store, and it is going so well we have had to open up another slot to get all the players through, we are also in the early stages of a narrative campaign which has started well and we have 12 players involved.
I've been playing a lot of games, mainly with my Tyranids, although now that my Death Guard are all at least built I've played a couple of games with them and they are a lot of fun too.

In terms of model stuff... I've built all the Death guard models, so thats Deathshroud, Blightlord Terminators, Typhus, Mortarion, 60 poxwalkers, Foetid Blightdrone, Plagueburst crawler and I think that's about it. I've also built and magnetised a tyrannofex/tervigon and the tyrannofex has performed well in his first few official games. I've also been slowly but surely getting some painting done.

First up I've finished the plague marines for my Zerg Infested Terran army:



Now that I have sussed out the scheme and done the experimentation on these guys I have made a start on Mortarion who will be similar style, just bigger obviously hehe.



I've completed his base but cant seem to find the photo I took. Also finished up another hive tyrant and carnifex for the Hive Fleet.

So, happy new year all, hope you had an awesome holiday period and I look forward to hearing from you, best of luck with your hobby endeavours in 2018!

Thanks for reading.

Nice love that death guard "white" you got going

also nice case

its MDF? i tried it with plywood too but i found it to be too heavy after a while.

Hi Desubot,

This case is made with chipboard, it seems to be holding up really well, but time will tell. I toyed with the idea of using MDF, maybe the next one I'll try that and see how it compares.

Great work on the DG. I can't wait to see your finished Morty

Thanks MA, I'm looking forward to it myself

The purple bases are very striking.
Mortarion is an absolute beast, should look awesome with your colour scheme!

Can't wait to see what you do with Morty

STG - Yeah Mortarion is intense to paint I'm finding, but he is coming along and I'm confident I can make him look good.

Knightley - Well, it's coming along mate, shouldn't be long before it's done haha!

Mortarion WIP 2, have completed his base and the smokey stuff that attaches him to the base so have glued him on now as have gotten far enough that I can get up under him. Geeting closer to the point where I start throwing washes onto him to take him to the next level...



I also played a game the other night against one of the better players in New Zealand, he was daemons with Angrath, Lord of Change, Bloodthirster, Demon Prince, and another big chicken thing with a bunch of troops... so quite a tough list I thought... I just lost (two points in it), but he only had three wounds left on the table and I had heaps, I almost tabled him but I needed to roll a 3+ once on two dice.... I rolled snake eyes which lost me the game.

Was HEAPS of fun and I learned a lot from the game, so looking forward to a rematch.

Thanks for reading!

Wonderful work bud, ZIT's are looking fabulous. Have gone a similar route myself. Can't wait to see Morti.