Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

 GiraffeX wrote:

 Yggdrasil wrote:
Do you mean the grey one on the grey display board ???

The grey one has some really excellent camo scheme going on.

Hey, hopefully it won't stay that way for long !

My "close" GW store just annouced the "Armies on Parade" timeline - Entries are expected before the 14th of September... So I'm pondering on taking part in it, or not...

Prizes are up too !!!



I think I might have a chance to win 3rd place ?!?

Now is...

********************** UPDATE TIME !!!! ***********************

Land Raider "Leviathan" :

Here are a few WIP pics :



And the final result (!!) :

Land Speeder Vengeance (2nd picture is finished version) :

Crashed Aquila terrain :

This piece of scenery I had in my closet for YEARS !! And it struck me last week that I HAD to finish it... It took me less than 5 hours for that result, which I'm pretty proud of !!! It has given me ideas for a Guardsman army scheme... Or a Pre-heresy Death Guard one... Or for some Tau.... Aaaaargh !!!!

Battle Report !

With our challenge coming to an end (paint a 1500pts army between November & May), Denis & I decided to organize a small skirmish last night... With my brand new Aquila shuttle serving as the objective !

Army lists were :

Night Stalkers (counts as Dark Angels) :

- HQ : Commander "Baruch" (counts as Belial)
- T1 : Deathwing Squad "Sorath" - Assault Cannon, Chainfist
- T2 : Tactical Squad "Chemos" - Rhino, Vet. Sgt w/ Power Axe & MB, PG, PC
- E1 : Deathwing Knights "Arioch" - Land Raider w/ DW upgrade, MM
- FA1 : Nephilim Fighter "Azaradel"
- FA2 : Ravenwing Attack Squadron "Ephrael" - Vet Sgt. w/ MB, 2x PG

CSM :

- HQ1 : Lucius
- HQ2 : Dark Apostle
- T1 : 10 Cultists, MoS
- T2 : 6 CSM, MoS, PP, PG
- E1 : 6 Chosen, MoS, various power weapons
- E2 : 6 Possessed, MoS
- FA : Heldrake, Hades Autocannon
- HS : Forgefiend, 2x Hades Autocannon, Ectoplasma Cannon

Mission : Crusade, 3 objectives

Deployment :
- DA : Tac squad, Nephilim and Land Raider on the field ; Belial & DW Terminators in reserve (DW Assault on Turn 2), RW Sqdn outflanking
- CSM : Warp Talons in reserve

Well... Should I post it here ?!? Just tell me !

Hope you're enjoying a great weekend !

Cheers,

Yggs.

Ouch... I think I hurt my eyes.

Pretty cool mate.

Yeah, those camo patterns really make my eyes swim too. That means that they are effective at breaking up the outline of the vehicle, which is their intent.

However, for a gaming piece, I'm not entirely convinced that it is a good idea to make the model disappear from view. Ok, call me crazy but the audience wants to SEE the model.

Yggs, are you going to do something to do those LR tracks? Because they appear to be screaming for some muddy pigment and/or colour.

Thumbs up for finishing some terrain! I should do that one of these days.

Gitsplitta wrote:Ouch... I think I hurt my eyes.

Pretty cool mate.

Thanks Gits !

JB wrote:Yeah, those camo patterns really make my eyes swim too. That means that they are effective at breaking up the outline of the vehicle, which is their intent.

However, for a gaming piece, I'm not entirely convinced that it is a good idea to make the model disappear from view. Ok, call me crazy but the audience wants to SEE the model.

Yggs, are you going to do something to do those LR tracks? Because they appear to be screaming for some muddy pigment and/or colour.

Thumbs up for finishing some terrain! I should do that one of these days.

Yeah, I know what you mean with the "want to SEE the model", I get that line pretty often actually !! Well, I guess you're about right... But I wanted to try a camo-ed army, so here it is !

As for the LR tracks, they're covered in the same layer of airbrushed "earth" paint than the bottom of the vehicles & the sides of the tracks, the intent was to have a rather "dusty" coating, rather than a "muddy" one...

And yeah, YOU should get to those terrain !! I was astonished at how fast it was to finish it !! Makes me want to do some more !!!

Very cool Yggs! Excellent work!
Sorry it took me so long to post here.

Great work with the airbrush, especially with the nephilim.
The only thing that bother me is the abundance of OSL on the termies and razorback.
It looks great but there's maybe a bit too much of red. But that's just me...

And yes, you should post the battle report.

I am looking forward to the batrep too, it's hard to follow in French on fb!

Igandris wrote:Very cool Yggs! Excellent work!
Sorry it took me so long to post here.

Great work with the airbrush, especially with the nephilim.
The only thing that bother me is the abundance of OSL on the termies and razorback.
It looks great but there's maybe a bit too much of red. But that's just me...

And yes, you should post the battle report.

Thanks Igandris, it's been long since I heard from you !

I know I've been pretty "heavy-handed" with the OSL... It's a deliberate choice, made to somewhat counter the "I WANT TO SEE THE MODEL" that JB mentioned in his earlier post !

I also understand that it cannot appeal to everyone ! TBH, it wouldn't be my favourite army anyway... But it's playable, and can be painted fast lol !!

inmygravenimage wrote:I am looking forward to the batrep too, it's hard to follow in French on fb!

I thought you were the one speaking French ?!? I'm disappointed


********************** BATTLE REPORT **********************

As a reminder :

Mission : Crusade, 3 objectives

Deployment :
- DA : Tac squad, Nephilim and Land Raider on the field ; Belial & DW Terminators in reserve (DW Assault on Turn 2), RW Sqdn outflanking
- CSM : Warp Talons in reserve

Warlord Traits :
- DA : The Hunt (Belial cannot choose)
- CSM : Master of Deception (and rolled 6, so three units infiltrated : Chosen, Possessed, CSM :( )

Dark Angels deploy first, play first.

DEPLOYMENT / TURN 1 :





DA: Rhino get in cover in the Ruins, Nephilim & Land Raider move forward, DW Knights disembarked but fail their charge roll ). Shooting kills 1 Chosen, 2 Possessed.

CSM : All units rush forward, Heldrake gets an "Immobilized" result against the Rhino (which I've completely forgotten to try & repair throughout the game ) with Hades Autocannon. Possessed charge the DW Knights, strike last due to charging through cover, and are obliterated by the DW Knights. First Blood !!!

Turn 1 thoughts : Ok, I didn't do much, but one squad (Possessed) is down. Immobilzed Rhino's not much of a big deal, as I wanted the Tac Squad to stay alive to capture OBJ 1 in the late game.

TURN 2 :



DA : Outflanking Ravenwing Squadron arrives from the left, shoots at the Forgefiend & destroy it in melee (unsaved Melta Bomb ). Nephilim gets an "Immobilized" result against Heldrake ("Yeah ! It crashes, right ? No ? Its speed is "stuck" ? WTF is that result ?!? lol). DW Knights reembark & move towards OBJ 2. Belial & DW Squad, as per the "DW Assault' rule, arrive on Turn 2, right in front of the "Lucius, Dark Apostle & Cultists" blob.

Oh, and Tac Squad Plasma Cannon Gets Hot ! (1st time, there will be others...)

CSM : Chosen charge the Rhino & destroy it, Lucius & Blob fail their charge. 2 DW Terminators are shot down : 1 by the CSM squad with a bolter, 1 by... an Cultist autopistol !!!

Turn 2 thoughts : Things went equally bad & well. Destroying the Forgefiend was a bit lucky, but the Chosen are also dangerously close to my Tac Squad... Also, 2 Termies down are a bit tough !

TURN 3 :





DA : Fearing for my Tac squad, I rush the RW Squadron backwards in support, and open fire on the Chosen with everything I have : Tac squad, RW, Land Raider HB ! When the dust dissipates, 1 RW biker lies dead, liquefied by its own plasmagun, as well as 3 Chosen. Only one Chosen left, I feel better now (Though the Plasma Cannon Got Hot! again )
Lucius, being on the front of the Blob, is wounded twice by the DW Terminator Assault Cannon ! Oh, and my Terminators fall back a few inches, in the hope of getting an additional shooting phase (with a lot of sarcasm from my buddy, who claims that the Emperor will abandon me for that move ! Ok, I deserved it lol).
The Land Raider MM scores a direct, half-range hit against the Heldrake, but damage is saved (Demon 5++ !! ) ... Maybe the Emperor did abandon me already...

CSM : Heldrake Vector Strikes the Nephilim & destroys it. The last Chosen charges the Tac Squad : Overwatch fire ends with ZERO hits (17 bolter shots), except for the plasmagunner who overheats its gun... but his armour saves him. In melee, the 9 Marines fail to kill the Chosen, and the fight comes down to the 2 power axe-wielding Marines ! The Chosen kills 1 Marine, and is in return slain by the Vet Sgt.
On the right flank, Lucius and his Blob manage to get in contact with Belial & the Terminators. Belial & Lucius get into a duel, and Lucius scores 1 wound against Belial. Belial retaliates by a Thunder Hammer strike against the swordsman, but... the wound is save by the armour's 5++ ... Around them, the Terminators smash 5 cultists.

Turn 3 thoughts : Ok, the huge melee has begun. And Lucius' special "duel" rules are terrific... Hopefully, he has no AP2 weapons, so I should be able to stall him, if not kill him ! Loss of the Nephilim was tough, as well as a few 5++ saves that my gaming buddy pass EASILY !!

TURN 4 :



DA : Without any threat to dispose of, the Tac Squad closes in on OBJ 1, and the 2 remaining bikers move towards the melee. The Land Raider Lascannons rip the Heldrake out of the sky (both weapons find their mark), but in the resulting explosion & crash, the Flying Demon kills another Terminator, while leaving the exposed Cultists unscathed !! The Deathwing Knights disembark & charge to assist in the large melee. I activate their "special power", meaning they all strike at S10 and AP2. Lucius kills Belial, but the remaining Terminators & Knights obliterate the Dark Apostle & last Cultists, leaving Lucius surrounded by 7 angry Terminators !

CSM : The Marines squad seizes OBJ 3, and the Warp Talons eventually arrive from reserve. Their Blind special arrival is ignored by all of my remaining squads.

Turn 4 thoughts : I now have (and probably will until the end) one Objective, but it's the same for my opponent. I have First Blood, but my Warlord is slain. I have to ensure I can capture another objective if I want to win !

TURN 5 :



We roll for Night Conditions, but they don't appear either...

DA : My mobile units fall back & try to get a bead on the CSM squad, killing a few of them (Plasma Cannon overheats for the 3rd time !!!). Lucius challenges his opponents, but I decline the challenge, trading the loss of honour for a larger number of troops striking against him ! Once again, I am the target of well-deserved nicknames & insults lol !
This seems like a good option though, as the DW Knights kill Lucius. They consolidate towards the Warp Talons, while the two surviving DW Terminators consolidate towards OBJ 2 (as Belial is my HQ, they count as Troops !)

CSM : The Warp Talons charge the DW Knights, while the CSM shots bounce off my Land Raider (during Turn 4, I had already pointed out that Plasmaguns & Bolters couldn't harm my LR, so that he could shoot towards my bikers ; second time, he didn't get the warning).

Turn 5 thoughts : Situation is much better than at the end of Turn 4 ! I now control 2 Objectives, and both Warlord are down. I shrug off the Warp Talons, claiming that my 4 DW Knights are more than enough to bring them down without a sweat ! Of course, it wouldn't be that easy....

TURN 6 :

We roll for the end of the game, but the fun continues ! And hilarity ensues...



DA : My firing units finish off the CSM, and the RW bikers get to claim the Objective (well, just deny it... But that was a jest )
The Warp Talons & DW Knights trade blows, killing each one of the opposing warriors (damn 5++ Demon saves ! )

CSM : Being less lucky on his save rolls, my opponent loses 3 Warp Talons while killing one of my Knights.

TURN 7 :



The last Warp Talons (who never failed a Morale test) get killed, leaving only the DW Knight Master alive. The game ends, as my opponent has no other unit left.

End game :



I end up controlling 2 objectives, and the First Blood & Slay the Warlord objectives, while my opponent only score "Slay the Warlord".

Victory for the Night Stalkers !!!

Great batrep et c'est necessaire pour toutes les autres

Is it readable and understandable ? It's my first one, so...

Definitely. Great job.

I guess it's better in English, even if your French is pretty great

CHALLENGE COMPLETE !!!!

Reminder : The goal was to paint a 1500pts army in 7 months, with 500pts in the first two months, then 200pts per month. End of the line was 31st of May.

There were 3 contenders, here's a (partial) result :

Denis' Sons of Astral (Slaaneshi CSM Warband) :

My Night Stalkers (Dark Angels successor chapter) :

Julien's Pink'crons (Necrons) :

*********** NO IMAGE YET *******************

Yeah !!!

Genial!

Cool beans!

inmygravenimage wrote:Genial!

Gitsplitta wrote:Cool beans!

Thank you guyz ! Hopefully, you two are still following my infrequent updates uh

Had a few minutes this afternoon during the missus' nap, so I set myself on Powerpoint to embellish the Army Shot...

Here it goes :



What do you guys think ? Isn't it too... clogged, maybe ?

Hey guyz, quite a few days since I've been here...

But I've not been idle either !!!

Here are the latest pieces :

Whirlwind-Reliquary finally got some paint !! I wanted something a bit less "funky" this time, to show the proper respect to that relic !

So I ended up only painting the camouflage on a few parts of the hull :



In the end, it might be one of the best vehicle in the army (painting-wise, of course)...

Here's the final result :

Spoiler:

In hindsight... I think the whole army would've looked much better if painted that way... Don't you agree ?

During its first (and only) battle, it sadly hasn't done much... ALL the shots scattered off their intended target It did survive the battle unscathed though

Drop Pod is complete! Here are two pics :

Now, I have to get to work on my Armies on Parade display board... Damn !!!

Whirlwind for the win! That thing looks boss.

Love the whirlwind, Yggs! The green glow is fantastic. Nice work.

That's a GREAT looking whirlwind. Good use of add-on parts.

Moltar wrote:Whirlwind for the win! That thing looks boss.

Yup, love that model !!

Yellowbeard wrote:Love the whirlwind, Yggs! The green glow is fantastic. Nice work.

I tried to scale down the OSL with the airbrush, and it looks kinda better overall

Briancj wrote:That's a GREAT looking whirlwind. Good use of add-on parts.

Actually, the choice of Nephilim vs. Dark Talon was made by the fact that I wanted the side panels for the Whirlwind... lol


In a few words : lol, thank you guys !!!

As I said, I'm really pleased with how it turned out : less camouflage means less "realistic", but the overall effect looks more... "stunning" !

I hope its second battle will see it fare better than the first...

I'm also tempted for the future of this army :

Add a DW command squad ;

Add a Devastator Squad in Drop Pod (who does that ? The Night Stalkers, of course !!!

Add a Fallen squad, either as a Company Veterans or a Command Squad

I've also begun building a small Tau army, based around 1 unit I love in each slot : 1x Cadre Fireblade, 1x Riptide, 7x Fire Warriors, 10x Pathfinders, 1x Broadside ...

But still cannot decide on which to work first !!!

Wow, excellent Whirlwind Ygg's. I think that same camo to black ratio would look fantastic on one of those fliers if you ever got another.

Do you have a weapons load out in mind for your devastator drop pod unit? Perhaps some multi-melta's or extra glowie plasma cannons?

Man, your Whirlwind is great!

I especially like the conversion work on it (and the OSL too).

IceAngel wrote:Wow, excellent Whirlwind Ygg's. I think that same camo to black ratio would look fantastic on one of those fliers if you ever got another.

Hey, who knows... The DA flyers aren't that great game-wise, but I'm tempted by a Stormtalon (as allies ?)... It could look good indeed !!!

IceAngel wrote:Do you have a weapons load out in mind for your devastator drop pod unit? Perhaps some multi-melta's or extra glowie plasma cannons?

Nope, still struggling with that...

Some of the factors are :

I'd like the Librarian to be able to join them, to show their "first in" tactic & "grizzled veterans" status. But that would reduce the squad size to 9, thus preventing me from combat-squadding them

Plasma cannons, as Blast weapons, can't be Snap fired. As they will ALWAYS disembark from their Pod on Turn 1, that's a wasted turn of shooting (even if snapfiring is already kind of a waste). I like them, but you see the problem...

As I want them to be some kind of reckless "veterans" (before joining the Company Veterans or 1st Coy), I'd gladly toss in a mix of weapons, but that would reduce the squad overall effectiveness. Especially if I cannot combat-squad them due to the Librarian's presence

So for the moment, Plasma Cannons are out. I'd like to put a HBolter in (just because I love the looks of that weapon), and am still pondering the other 3 weapons... A multi-melta or two would be cool, since the reduced range wouldn't be much of a problem if they drop right in the middle of the foe
Lascannon looks great too, and ML are great for their versatility....
Help !!!

Hyenajoe wrote:Man, your Whirlwind is great!

I especially like the conversion work on it (and the OSL too).

Thanks mate... It's not up to your standards, but I'm trying nevertheless

I'm not sure a single 1 in 6 chance of hitting is worth eliminating plasma cannons. Statistically, you're not even going to hit once with things that can snap fire. You could add in a few guys with bolters to act as meat shields & give your sergeant a combi-weapon so they can fire at infantry that might think about charging you after you land.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I'm not sure a single 1 in 6 chance of hitting is worth eliminating plasma cannons. Statistically, you're not even going to hit once with things that can snap fire. You could add in a few guys with bolters to act as meat shields & give your sergeant a combi-weapon so they can fire at infantry that might think about charging you after you land.

Yup, I can see your point... But what if my Librarian gets the "Snap fire with full BS" power (Divination, IIRC) ? That would be awesome uh ?!?

Oh, also : I already have some Plasma Cannons dudes in the Tactical Squads... So I thought : Time for a change !!

And meanwhile : one of my NCOs offered me a Daemon Prince "objective" a few weeks ago, before he left to another regiment (nice of him uh ?).

Here it stands, now with paint :

Heavy flamers... Pod comes down near infantry, everyone deploys forward 6", 4 ASSAULT HF lay waste to whatever's in front of them with S5, AP 4 goodness. Add a Sgt. w combi-melta or PP and a Libby w/ a shooting power and you have a SM burna death squad.

Hmmm... I like that idea...

Yeah, but Devs can't equip HFs...

...

YET !!

Oh poop...

 Yggdrasil wrote:
Yeah, but Devs can't equip HFs...

...

YET !!

Sternguard can....

Just for giggles, if you ran Space Wolves, you could put a Long Fang squad in a drop pod w/ Logan Grimnar whoc could give them relentless, and it wouldn't matter the load out. "Allies" maybe?

Always wanted to do that....

Oh wait! I have Space Wolves now!

@YB: 2 HF is not the same as 4 HF. Don't think it would have the necessary terror factor without four. However, with sternguard, you could army every other guy with a combiflamer... that might put the terror back in!