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I have seen a GREAT Defiler -> Battlewagon conversion (No Dethrolla, obviously). So, I'd lean toward that.

--B.

@giraffex: fools seldom differ
It's a question of what parts I can scavenge, tbh. I worry that the defiler simply wouldn't look big enough for a battlewagon; you got a pic Briancj?
Certainly mega dread seems logical. I'm thinking use the defiler body as spider head and bits to make a rear engine section, where the defiler body would go.

Ok, been a bit out of the loop what with one thing and other (life... Don't talk to me about life) but got some stuff done thus far this week. Pics, plus any further progress, will appear over the weekend:
Wednesday was productive, after not getting my Sunday fix (ikea - ugh) and wife in bakeasaurus mode. Added bgm to all remaining primed gks - 3 dreads, NDK, dozen termies, LR, Rhino and SR. Also did tracks on =][= chimera, some terrain work (Sanctum Sororitas is finally staying in base thanks to polyfilla (spackle to you colonials)), and added a cowboy hat to a grot as part of my misguided wild wild west Orks side project (conclusion - buy Lego cowboy hats for orks). Oh, and seem to have scored a small SoB force...

Forthcoming plans:
1. Acquire Gnoblars. Especially from scrap launcher; they will look good as western grots (thoughts about night goblins, but they're just too... Gobliny)
Anyone? Willing to part with bits/£$€¥/offspring...

2. More GMS work. Another weeping beakie, and the weeping serg as well. If I get half an hour I can get a lot of the wash layering done.

3. Work our what to do with the SoBs. At least one cannoness is getting turned into a statue for the Sanctum.

4. Build the defiler's leg section. This will give me the chance to play about with different uppers. The plan is to leave the lower half basically as is, minus chaos stars. Keep or snip the spikes?

5. Really ambitious one: block paint the white for the paladins. Hey, a guy can dream.

6. Pack an army up for a game on Tuesday, which may or may not be happening.

Fun times!
Graven


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Oh - and 7.
Start painting csms! Which is, priority wise, actually #1!

You're a busy boy! Enjoy it graven... each season only comes around once.

Too true amigo. I got done some stuff - can't find wife's camera anywhere though, and mine's on the blink (3 guesses what we're getting each other this year). Weeping angels' stone colour is done so now it's just details, weapons, etc; realised there were no blood drops on the beakie, so now he has Dante's jumppack and suddenly seems even more lethal.

Defiler conversion ongoing - it has a head - still need to do engine assembly. Got some paint down on the RoB, too.

Next stage: photos, engine for defiler, paint on corpses. Oh, and do have a game on Tuesday night so will attempt pics and batrep.

Later,
graven

Is a little test a testicle?

Doing an experiment: using photo bucket with magic space phone and dakka, for wips and batreps.

Here goes:

Ok: why didn't that work? Anyone?!

It didn't work because I can't see it.

Got my weeping angel BTW... just wonderful. And thanks for the bits. I'll put your return package together ASAP.

Didn't work because you copied from your search bar rather than from the convenient links that PHotobucket give to link things.

That I like. Got anything via Haggis postal service?

The defiler is looking good man, whats the aim of it? a dread count as? or an actual defiler?

@gits: glad you got him - I await orky joy!
@dss: cheers bro. I've installed the app and we'll see in a sec if that's an even better solution.
@miss dee: glad you approve. Got boxes today but haven't had a chance to open them yet! Had to take kids - and wife - and in-laws - to see a very shiny Xmas house, just back.
@knightley: Mega Dread. Kill Claws, big shootaz, Kannon. Works for me! Might even have a source of Gnoblars for riggers. Got to do the Mek though, Dr Morkwelito Legless.

Ok, test pic 2 - set up from outstanding game I had last night with my mate Dougie. Batrep to follow; I *just* won. Whoops, forgot the spoiler tag



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Success! Dougie's Solar Griffons on the left, the Cydonian 9th on the right. Take&Hold/pitched battle, 2k. And yes, that's a Baneblade.


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Batrep
... Incoming transmission...
... Playback...
•Review/Summarise?•
>Review
+Astartes Mission Briefing+

+Field Test Solar Griffon incursion strike force+

+Terms of Engagement: take and hold key position from Renegades.+

... Advisory - Supplemental: enemy role to be fulfilled by Cydonian 9th.
Do not repeat do not underestimate...

Lists (bit rough, sorry)

IG
CCS with lascannon
2x Chimera w 10 vets (carapace, 3 meltas)
1x Chimera w 10 vets (carapace, 3 plasma)
1x Vendetta w 10 vets (carapace, 3 plasma)
Baneblade
Bane Wolf
LR Executioner 
LRBT
Guardsman Marbo

SM
Captain with pf, jump pack, melta bomb
Tactical squad w RL
Tactical squad w HB
2 LR w multi-melta
2x 5 termies w assault cannon
Assault squad
Whirlwind
Dread with Assault Cannon

Setup
Dougie won the toss and elected to go first, keeping the termies in reserve. LRs with marines in the centre, with a view to rush and hold, & dread to cover, assault marines on one flank, whirlwind on the other.
I kept back both squads of melta vets, with the aim of using baneblade as a bloody great target and vendetta to crack the LRs, and plasma vets/russes to take out the passengers.

First turn the SM advanced, and despite many shots fired managed to just shake the chimera. 
The IG had a bit more success: the bane wolf took out half the Assault Marines, the Venetta disabled a crusader, and the baneblade stopped the other LR dead in the water.

Turn 2 the assault marines take out the bane wolf, the raiders immobilise the chimera and the dread and newly-disgorged tactical marines take pot shots ineffectually.

The executioner takes the assault marines down to 1 man plus captain, baneblade downs all bar 3 members of first tac squad (interesting rules question: do you get a cover save from blast weapons? I always thought not, but apparently you do?!) and the Vendetta trashes a LR entirely, whilst its passengers whittle down tac marines to 4, who promptly get finished off by other 3 plasma guys and ridiculously lucky bloke with a glorified flashlight from the chimera.

So, end of turn 2, all looking good for the IG, right? SM have only 3 troops left, we've still got 40, right?

And then. The reserves.

Actually, the termies are more a nuisance then anything else. They pop in, and start trying to crack open tanks (chimera duly opened loke a tin of spam) but more importantly they form an effective screen around the SMs holed up in terrain. The captain with his fist of doom single handedly (sorry) takes out the executioner - most impressive and advances on the baneblade. The stationary LR finally takes down the Vendetta, and the dread tears up a vet squad, leaving alive 2 plasmas only.

And for the IG... No reinforcements.

Dang. So much for Marbo distracting folk.

The baneblade doesn't do much, kills off a couple of termies, shuts down the remaining LR. I forget to use the demolisher cannon in an act of gross stupidity. The 2 plas survivors take down the dread on rapid fire, and the other squad take down one of the last 3 tacticals - but that means no LOS to the others.

Turn 4, the captain wallops the baneblade.

Bang.

Nuff said. The termies destroy the vets, and the largely useless CCS bar the CO.

Finally, I get reserves. I stick down the 2 chimeras and Marbo by the captain; Marbo manages to pin him from afar. One squad of vets becomes a meat shield, and the plasmas take out the last 2 tac marines.

Dougie takes the bait. The termies go for Marbo Assault Cannon style:

So then they lay in with SBs and kill him. The whirlwind takes out some vets, justifying its existence.

In my final turn, the undamaged squad of vets run in to claim the building, scoring a victory for the Cydonian 9th!


+Debriefing+
Accessing...
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=][= Authorisation required
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Access granted


Well, we both agree it was a great game in which we both made some glaring errors. For me, I didn't use my russes well and need to look at a more effective HQ for the list. The Baneblade was fun, lethal, but certainly not unstoppable. I was impressed how well the 9th coped against SM, generally. For Dougie, it was about focusing on mission objectives and not getting sidelined.

A great game, as I say. We had an observer on hand too, and even he enjoyed the full thing (handy to have a rules arbiter, too). Nice to get a run of my guard again, at least once a year.


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Some more pics:
The assault marines advance

The aftermath of Turn 2

Going for the win!

Thanks to storm of doom, am off work today.

Some pics, courtesy of Photobucket:




I intend, I think, to have a exhaust up the back by the 2 drums, and the Big Mek in the back turret. Considering a grot gunner on the front, maybe with a scorcha or something? Thoughts, generally?
Graven

That's nothing short of gruesome... what's it supposed to be again?

Gruesome? As it's my 2000th post, I choose to take that as a compliment! It's a mega dread. Chaos stars will be going, naturally, probably evil sun logos if I can get them (Sunz of da Saaf).

Mega mega dread

LOL graven! Just noticed your "profession". Going to be awesome.... truly inspiring (and yes, it was intended to be a compliment).

Hey Solar... exactly what IS your avatar? I can't quite make it out. Looks like an overly-muscled Norse bride standing on the corpse of a chaplain...

Nice ! Bride with a beard?

so...( like always - things never change!)...I accept.. my choice of weapons!!

It's a norse faced Knight (Paladin 'esk) kneeling on a pile of corpse's

He's probably hard to make out cause he didn't wear his santa hat in this pic.

~Sigh~.

PS.. This probaly removes my " demon princeness" doesn't it?

~sigh~

No... if you want to ride on my coat-tails you're welcome... turn-about is fair play after all.

I think I could stick a santa hat on him if you want... or perhaps on one of the corpses... Thing 2 would be really upset at that though.

Ha! I feel I've finally arrived - my blog has rambled sideways...

Ok, I need opinions on whether this Photobucketing of quick pics is worthwhile. With that in mind, I felt a wee burst of activity tonight (aka - I'm out of glue, better paint some):
I have some stuff to paint...


Bit of work on my first NDK, on a whim


Some ink layers on Karamazov, to be much like the weeping angels:


Adding wash layers to test termies:



Testing wings on the vanguard, and gms angel sergeant.


Better view of the beakie angel.

Adding some nice thin dark green to the Mentors:



Onwards, methinks. Blue Bloods Season 2 is a productive master.
later,
graven

Problem with photobucket is that I can't see it at work! Still, good to see progress at least!

Still have your GMS marine on the go. Think life has settled down enough for me so spent part of tonight working on the two I have.

You know, after I got fed up of painting boltgun metal on the Flesh Tearers!

Really liking the owl heads they combine well with the sanguinary guard to make a great raptor image swooping down on the foe.

@ dss: cool. Really enjoying your flesh tearer blog btw. Like the Libby
@ llamahead: yeah, blackhand's heads are amazing on the sanguinaries. I have another 6 to finish, mind you...

Actually, whilst on continuing frenzy of random activity, did some work on =][= retinue, partly inspired by llamahead's highly creative use of Confrontation minis:

Mystic and acolyte, potentially. Warmachine cephalyx and Something Gryphony from conf.



Ook.


Death cult assassins, provenance unknown.


Solomon Lok and toilet roll servitor, from bits.


=][= Heth Fenrix for Warone, for his Sterling gms fiction work.
Confrontation, again.


Callidus. 3 seconds later #2 son broke it fixable though. Also a couple of mentors and *sigh* Karamazov who will need a new pointy finger (because fine cast is in fact ice cream).


Corteaz and his cyber owl. Toowhoo.

And some gks...




I'm seriously considering using Sisters as Warrior acolytes and crusaders. Thoughts?


Later peeps,
Graven

OOook!




Oh, and Coteaz look an awful lot like your callidus don't you think

Dang... Fixed

I love the observations on Finecast being like ice cream.

Though I was shocked on Thursday - I picked up my DE Hydra I had ordered over a month ago (having words with the guy in charge of the store as this is NOT acceptable) and found the thing to be in perfect condition!

Sisters as Warriors would work well. I am epically jealous of the Librarian however.

Sisters dont like Psycos

@dss: I'm not the first to make the observation, nor the last actually I've not had any probs at all with my fine cast, really.


@llama: just means chopping some to add plasmas. Glad you like the (fine cast!) Libby.


So, sisters as retinue. I can do that...


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Wild wild west on tv! At spider tank bit! Handy...

Uhh I mean't the Orang Utan!

Ah. Yes. OOOKKKK!