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Much wow

Also we need close ups of the far end of that table...

Wow... I want to game at YOUR HOUSE!!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Wow... I want to game at YOUR HOUSE!!

This! Looks like an epic theater, on which to wage epic war.

I'd really like to play on that board looks fantastic.

Wished my board looked as good as that

Foreword : I had written a reply on my iPad, which for no reason got "erased" when I jumped back on the page for a copy/paste
So quicker answers, from my computer now !

HoeJarris wrote:That's a very nice looking board!
I would love to get my realm of battle to the standard of your board and your friends!

Hey, it really isn't that hard to paint the RoB board nicely... I just hadn't figured it out until I tried it out !!!

Q0rbin wrote:So epic thread Yggs!!

Thx mate

Alfndrate wrote:Much wow

Also we need close ups of the far end of that table...

Incoming !

Gitsplitta wrote:Wow... I want to game at YOUR HOUSE!!

Well, it's my friend Denis' house, but... feel free to come anyway !

tinfoil wrote:

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Wow... I want to game at YOUR HOUSE!!

This! Looks like an epic theater, on which to wage epic war.

Indeed. The scale was more Epic-like, lol

GiraffeX wrote:I'd really like to play on that board looks fantastic.

Well just like Gits, you're welcome anytime Gir !

Nashbashem wrote:Wished my board looked as good as that

"Looking good" isn't really hard, as far as painting terrain goes... But yeah, he did put a lot of effort in the BUILDING of his awesome table !

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But first, le'ts go back to Kill Team !

Here are a few pics that I had promised you, taken during the second battle (2x200pts on each side : Tac squad & RW Attack Squadron vs. Plague Marines & DE).

The "chaotic" team had to punch through the Marines lines on the far end of the pic below, and gained victory points if escaping through the opposite table edge. Marines gained VPs by killing (easier said than done).


I deployed my Tactical Marines in pairs, trying to cover every escape route, while my Ravenwing reinforcements were Outflanking. Tac Sergeant & One Marine acted as a mobile reserve by deploying inside their Rhino.


(Lascannons are scenery only )

First shot of the battle : a Plasma Cannon takes out a Plague Marine & a Reaver (yeah !)


Turn 2 : 4 out of 5 Bikers arrive from the reserves (on the same flank) and start firing at the DE Heavy weapons Kabalites ! (Yeah, once again, one Plasma gunner dies to its own gun).


Other important moments :
- One Plague Marine gets away while his comrade bogs the Marines in the trenches :


- Both Sergeants come to the rescue of one of their tactical brothers : Plague Marines are beast in HtH !


- An especially tense (& funny) moment : one Marine leaves his cover to try & intercept the last Reaver ; he double taps, wounds, but the Reaver passes his cover save, and manages to escape on the following turn !


- My favourite moment : a RW specialist with Furious Charge assaults the Plague Champion, and kills it just with the Hammer of Wrath hit !!!


Things learned :
- In that battle, the Plague Marines would have been better off with a Rhino ;
- The DE & Plague Marines had all the tools to negate my bikers' extra endurance : they both had ranged (DE) & HtH (PM) poisoned weapons, thus denying me the advantage of the bikers.
- DE heavy weapons, some being Assault 4 / Heavy 6, are really nasty in Kill Team...

That's about all for that battle folks !

As for Apoc, I'll leave you with a few pics... They speak for themselves !













My Tau reinforcing the Imperial gunline... And they did kill a bunch of Orks & Plague Marines !





More to come later !!

That's some mighty impressive terrain you got there!
Hammer of Wrath for the win!

 Klaus, not Santa wrote:
That's some mighty impressive terrain you got there!
Hammer of Wrath for the win!

Yeah, when you actually THINK about that HoW rule, it can definitely help turn the tides

A few other pics to show my current project : a Rhino Command Bunker, Star Phantoms chapter !

I got inspired by the new Hunter / Stalker kit, I thought it would match my FW Damocles Command Rhino kit perfectly !!

So here are a few teasers :







Off to finish it !

So... one of the players took allies? A little confused how marines, chaos and DE got on the table all at once.

Was that a standard mission or did you make up your own?

Love the rhino.

It was an apocalypse game. You bring whatever you have and throw it on the board. The game looked awesome! Do you have any close ups of those snow camo super heavies?

Doesn't one of your buddies make a snow board or was that just for the display?

Wow.... that Apoc game looked awesome!

Can't wait to see the finished Star Phantoms Damocles Rhino done

Lucarikx

Gitsplitta wrote:So... one of the players took allies? A little confused how marines, chaos and DE got on the table all at once.

Was that a standard mission or did you make up your own?

Love the rhino.

No, there were 3 players (did I forget to mention that ?), so Denis took his 200pts Plague Marines Kill Team, while Renault had his 200pts DE Kill Team. I, facing them, had 2 Kill Teams that added up to 400pts.

As for the mission, it was mission 4 from Kill Team : Infiltrate the Camp !

And thanks.

IceAngel wrote:It was an apocalypse game. You bring whatever you have and throw it on the board. The game looked awesome! Do you have any close ups of those snow camo super heavies?

Doesn't one of your buddies make a snow board or was that just for the display?

I think he was asking about the Kill Team game...

I may have more pics, but I'm struggling with my iPad cloud (still new to that, so... I'm learning )

Denis did indeed build a snowy display board for Armies on Parade, but he so loved it that he decided that all his board would be covered in snow !

Lucarikx wrote:Wow.... that Apoc game looked awesome!

Can't wait to see the finished Star Phantoms Damocles Rhino done

Lucarikx

There's some good progress on it, I hope to finish it today... Let's hope I can make it ! (And, of course, expect pics )

Cheers,

Yggs.

Edit : teaser !

I need to go back and read through all of this when I have the time, but what I've seen so far is looking very nice. It's probably covered somewhere in these pages, but where are you stationed at (I'm assuming somewhere in the middle east)? I'm stuck out in Saudi Arabia myself, which is why I have so much free time to work on models lol!

mate, thanks for the table photos. inspiring stuff. i totally wish i could play with that kind of scenery!

The terrain looks awesome. Really liking the super fortress on the end.

bossfearless wrote:I need to go back and read through all of this when I have the time, but what I've seen so far is looking very nice. It's probably covered somewhere in these pages, but where are you stationed at (I'm assuming somewhere in the middle east)? I'm stuck out in Saudi Arabia myself, which is why I have so much free time to work on models lol!

I usually don't have that much time when I'm deployed, lucky you
I'm in France now, I came back in October 2011 from 'Stan!
Thanks !

San76 wrote:mate, thanks for the table photos. inspiring stuff. i totally wish i could play with that kind of scenery!

It was a blast ! I still have a lot more to upload, just need some more time ! Lol

Physh wrote:The terrain looks awesome. Really liking the super fortress on the end.

Yeah my friend did an awesome job with that table.... Crazy him !

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Sorry guys, I've been away lately... Just came here to share my joy in being featured as FW's Model of the Day on their FB page, for my Star Phantoms command Rhino ! So happy ! Lol !

Huzzah! Major congratulations!

Incredible stuff, Yggs. I apologize for my absence, but glad to see you haven't taken any breaks.

Very nice. I think that is the right amount of weathering too. Worn, but not down to the metal.

Thats really nice and congrats on tank of the day.

Congrats!
And well deserved Mate

Outstanding Yggsie! You're a star!

Great news mate, and very well deserved!

Amazing things here, loving that rhino.

Congrats!! That rhino is very well done.

Well done! That Rhino looks brilliant!

More excellent work

Briancj wrote:Huzzah! Major congratulations!

Thanks mate

Moltar wrote:Incredible stuff, Yggs. I apologize for my absence, but glad to see you haven't taken any breaks.

No problem Moltar, as you can see, I did take some breaks... Mostly from Dakka, but it's all Titanfall & my iPad's fault !

whalemusic360 wrote:Very nice. I think that is the right amount of weathering too. Worn, but not down to the metal.

Thanks WM360. Your comment is really important to me, as I struggle to get weathering right... So yeah !!!

GiraffeX wrote:Thats really nice and congrats on tank of the day.

Yup, was pretty glad to make it ! It was a daunting prospect to stand against Primarchs & Titans, but the humble Rhino proved to be more than a match for them

Klaus, not Santa wrote:Congrats!
And well deserved Mate

Thanks ! Coming from such a master as you, that's a sweet comment

Gitsplitta wrote:Outstanding Yggsie! You're a star!

Hey hey

inmygravenimage wrote:Great news mate, and very well deserved!

Well, those aren't news anymore, but hey

Camkierhi wrote:Amazing things here, loving that rhino.

Thanks Cam ! Rhino variants are fun !!!

Sageheart wrote:Congrats!! That rhino is very well done.

Wow so many kind words from you guys !!

HoeJarris wrote:Well done! That Rhino looks brilliant!

Hey thanks !

Nashbashem wrote:More excellent work

Ok, let's hope the following pics are up to it ! Thanks !

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And, UPDATE time !!!

Since the Command Rhino, I haven't been as much in the Hobby as I'd have wanted to...

But I did get a few things done !

Here it goes :

1. DAEMONS !!!

I got to work on a Plaguebearer squad. Test model :


I tried the new "Technical" range on them (Blood & Verdigris paints) - not very fond of them

Squad :


It tooks me a single day for the test model, and another one for the rest of the squad ! I definitely broke the ceiling with painting speed on those ones

Flamers : (totally airbrushed, I wanted them done quickly...)



2. KILL TEAM !!!

My friend Denis & I challenged each other to paint a complete Kill Team for the 31st of March, with the prize a Space Marine Drop Pod... He chose a Deathwatch squad (counts as Sternguard) and I went for JP Death Company. As it turned out, I was way too ambitious with the details, and they proved tedious to paint properly !

A "few" WIP pics (spoilered for post's size) :


Here's the final pic (you can zoom in the gallery, pic is quite huge) :



3. KROOTS !!!

Ok so nothing fancy, but just to prove I went back to my Tau project...


(Test model on the front )

4. GAMES !!!

Played a few games in those months, mainly Kill Team... And a regular game of Night Stalkers vs. Nurgle Marines...

A few highlights :

- January, Kill-Team, Tau vs. Plague Marines :

Tau Pathfinders investigate a Nurgling-infested battlefield...


... While Fire Warriors use the cover of a Rhino wreck to reach the central objective (the access hatch) :


The Plague Marine in the trench fires at the fearful Tau in cover, and then...


In the end, victory was seized by the Plague Marines as a flamer specialist burned through the Tau and claimed the objective !


- A scenario game, 1500pts Nurgle Marines vs. Night Stalkers (DA counts-as) :
No pic uploaded, and a minor victory for the Night Stalkers, but a huge blast when Typhus & Belial got in a challenge mid-table : Belial harmed Typhus down to 1 wound, and the Herald of Nurgle killed him outright (rolling a 6 on his Daemon Force Scythe for additional attacks)... And was then "rewarded" by the Gods of Chaos and turned into a...
(Yeah, you got it. Into a Chaos Spawn ! )

- Two quick Kill-Team games with our new Kill Teams last week :
Both games were pretty straightforward : in the first, my four Marines managed to get in contact quickly, thus avoiding the worst of the Sternguard shooting (and some critical FNP rolls for me also helped) :

Second game was much quicker (in less than 30 mins), and my Marines got shot to pieces much quicker, despite some good Charge rolls (but he managed to plasma-overwatch a Marine !!)





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Well, that's about all for now, folks...

Still have tons of projects to work on : Daemons, Star Phantoms, a Baneblade, scenery... Oh, also bought some Tempestus Scions & a Hydra !

Thanks again for the kind words, guys, and sorry for the hiatus... I'll try to be more active those next weeks !

(oh, and if any want to play Titanfall (XB1)... Just drop a PM ! )

Wonderful to get caught up with what's been going on with you over the last bit Yggs. Figures look fantabulous as usual. I especially like the lightening effects on the marine sword. Sweet. Love the plague bearer too. Always wanted to do up some of those guys myself.

Games sound like fun... what more can you ask?!

Yggs! Welcome back. Love the pics. I envy the paint job on the sword. Very nice.