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Welcome to my WIP blog. Dragging my feet on one army was bad enough, but now that I have somewhat started nids and have an idea for my own table in my head, I needed to find some real motivation. That is why I am starting this blog. I thoroughly enjoy playing the table top game and modeling, painting on the other hand is not something I am a huge fan of.

Some things you will see in here are my take on IG, Nids, as well as potential Inquisitors and GK models. I am fairly new to modeling and painting, but as I progress I will only get better and more detailed. Everything in here is WIP, nothing has truly been finished. C&C are very much welcome along with suggestions and ideas.

To start off here are some tyranids I have been working on.



This is a hormagaunt brood, I purchased 12 that were already assembled and 12 that were not. So far of the 12 I am working on, 4 are put together. I am not sure if I like the paint scheme done by the previous owner and may SG it and do one of my own.



Here is a somewhat converted gaunt I have been working on. I have never really been a fan of nids that did not have some battle damage. So I am attempting to add something each one, considering it is a horde army I may not be able to hold out on that lol

Onto IG



Here is my storm trooper squad. I am working on giving them all goggles and more carapace pieces to make them stand out more.

I will get more pictures of my IG as I take them out of the boxes.

And lastly, my City of Death Concept



Might be hard to see, but here is the general idea. I wanted to make a table that would be fully changeable, but also maintain the core concept of a major city: city streets. The boxes you see int he picture are going to be GW terrain and other buildings mounted on mdf. The pieces that are the same size will fit into indents put into the foam board that I will be using as a base, with a more solid base underneath that. So the buildings matching the same sizes will be able to be changed and altered out as the new terrain placing rules in 6th.

In addition to that, the base of the table will be divided into 2' by 2' sections so those 6 can be changed or have new pieces added to it.

The dashed lines around the buildings will beside walks, helping establish the indents needed for the based terrain. If I found the correct dimensions of a land raider it should be able to drive down the main streets just fine.

Thanks for checking in. I will try to update this blog as often as possible.

Wow, it looks lie you have your work cut out for you. I can't wait to see where this goes. Just my opinion, but I think you should try experimenting with differently-shaped buildings when you finish the initial board. Like, after you finish all of the square-ish buildings, try making a few buildings that are more odd-looking. Kinda like the giant wedge-shaped buildings in New York, or even a more Circular building. It'll add to the tactical mayhem of Cities of Death.

EDIT: what do you plan for your IG and Nids? Like, is there a story behind them, linking htem to the terrain, and what lists do you have for them?

That is a great idea. I was planning on making additional pieces, but round ones and odd shapped ones was not something I had thought of. I will definitely look into that.

I have not come up with names yet, but the basic idea of my armies is there was a planet that makes contact with the tyranids. An IG regiment in the area was sent to respond. Upon further surveillance of the planet, it look as though it is primarily a lost cause except for the capital city in which the local militia has taken refuge. The IG regiment moves in to support the local militia and defend the city from the nids.

I plan on incorporating some different tentacles and "nest" terrain pieces within and surrounding the buildings as well as having fallen statues for the IG, emptied out anti-air guns and chain-link fences, jersey barriers, and broken down cars/apc's.

For IG, my list is a hybrid list, looking something like this:

HQ
CCS-ML, Company Standard
CCS-3X Plasma, Company Standard

Elite
Marbo
3 Ratlings

Troops

PCS-AC, 2X Flamer
IS-MB, MG, AC
IS-MB, MG, AC
SWS-3X Plasma
SWS-3X Plasma

PCS-AC, 2X Flamer
IS-MB, MG, LC
IS-MB, MG, LC
IS-MB, MG, LC
IS-MB, MG, LC
SWS-3X Plasma
SWS-3X Plasma

Fast Attack
Vendetta
Vendetta
Devil Dog-MM (Might change out for a Hellhound, slightly fluffier against nids)

Heavy
Leman Russ Battle Tank-HB Sponsons
Leman Russ Battle Tank-HB Sponsons
Leman Russ Demolsher-LC

That should add up to close to 2K, I have majority of those models. Might be taking out the SWS's and replacing with something else, maybe those ST's and another squad.

As for nids, I am shooting for something like this:

HQ
Flyrant-TL Devourers, Regen
Flyrant-TL Devourers, Regen

Elite
2X Zoanthropes
2X Zoanthropes
2X Hive Guard

Troops

10 Termagants-TS, AG
Tervigon-TS, AG, Crushing Claws, Catalyst
12 Hormagaunts-TS, AG
12 Hormagaunts-TS, AG

Not sure about the rest. It depends on what the model for the new harpy looks like and when GW will release it. If I am looking at over 6 months away I will go more towards carnifexes with spores and maybe a brood of gargoyles.