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@Squall: I think Drilla Killa is suitable

 angelofvengeance wrote:
@Squall: I think Drilla Killa is suitable

Done! Great name.

I was going to suggest Drilla Killa as well, but was beaten to the punch.

Gretchin and Orks are looking good. You will have a nice force when finished.

Alright so I've been gone for awhile. About 5-6 weeks. I wish I had some good excuse but truth be told, I bought a PS4 and it sucked away all my free time. The Ork Kill team hasn't got any work done to it, as I haven't been able to get to the kill team events my group has been having due to real life (not PS4, really). That being said, I talked with an old college buddy today, and we decided to get a mini Mordheim campaign started in two weeks. It will be small, and we will each just take two warbands and play against each other, while switching warbands. Not as exciting as having a lot of people, but you work with what you got. I will be taking Mercenaries and The undead. I have a few models painted for both, but I wanted to do a few more before next weekend. I built some models today especially for the campaign and thought I would put them up. Paint will be coming soon.

Mercs first. The guy on the right will be my Captain. The guy on the left will probably join my Kislevite huntmen warband, some of which can be seen earlier in this very blog!





Next is my kit bashed necromancer. I have the stock one from the VC blister, but this is Mordheim and I wanted an original one. Thoughts?





They need a little cleaning up, but I will take care of that before I prime them.

So I know its been awhile, but I'm back. Just needed a little break. I look forward to getting this blog back on track but more importantly, I'm excited to see what some of you guys have been up to on your own blogs while I've been slacking. Thanks for looking guys and feel free to comment!

Yep looking good. Necromancer should do just fine, kind of an adventurer necromancer, kind of blends in with the rest of the riffraff in town.

I like the kitbashed Necromancer. He looks suitably desperate to have turned his talents to the dark arts. Needs a pale complexion and dark clothes.

What legs have you used on the Captain? His stance is really different.

The captain's legs are from the empire archer kit. I thought they were pretty cool too!

Nice stuff! As I'm working on something rather Mordhiem-esque myself, I look forward to seeing how this progresses.

So I cleaned up the Mordheim models and primed them. While I was waiting for them to dry, I pulled out the new box of Blood Angels and started working on some Space Marines for Paradigm's contest. I made three marines, two specialists and one sergeant. I also made an eversor assassin conversion. Been throwing the idea around in my head for awhile. He's in power armor so I'm going to include him in the contest. Anyways, here are a few pics.



These are strait from the box, no conversions. I still like them and they will plug some holes in my BA army. Also, I dislike the new bases.



The Eversor is just BA legs and torso, with scion arms. I think the skull head is from the WOC box.



That's my entry. Paint will happen later this week.

About to start on the Mordheim models. Will probably have pics up tomorrow.

So I got the necromancer done. Nothing special, but he will do the job. Got some paint on the two mercs, as well as the marines, but all are too early WIP to be worth showing. Hopefully will get some picks up tomorrow. Anyways, enough yapping. Here is my Mordheim Necromancer.







Now that I'm looking at these pics, I realize I really need to get better at cleaning up mold lines. That will be a point of emphasis from now on. Gotta improve sometime I suppose.

Mold lines are a pain in the ass. I feel your pain on them. Gotta be in the right mood, otherwise i'll leave too much behind and they still show up, or I just follow a hasty scorched earth policy involving a lot of destroyed details.

He looks good, keep at it

Things I have found that help getting mould lines. Do all the same pieces at the same time as the mould lines are the same on each bit. Also if you undercoat in white or grey, a thin black wash afterwards will point out any you missed.

So I've been slowly plodding along on both Mordheim models, as well as Paradigm's space marine contest. Finished up my kit bashed Eversor. He fits in the space marine theme as I put him in power armor, and I am painting up three BA "handlers" to go with him. And because I said so! Anyways, what do you guys think? I honestly like my kit bashed model better than the official GW model, if I may brag just a little.







As always, comments always welcome! Thanks for looking, guys!

Really nice stuff, especially the forearm with the screen on!

I wanted to give him SOME color, so thats why I tried to make the stuff on his arm a little bright.

He looks good, but to me he just does not look quite like an Eversor. Nice though!

Yeah I quite like that guy.

Why do you dislike the 32mm bases Squall?

Really digging the Eversor, I like his little chain pistol (Needler IIRC?). Where does the cudgel arm come from?

Oh yeah, looking at it again, I wanted to thank you for putting together a marine power armor without the shoulders and pack, painting it, and making it look good. I've always wondered if marines would look good like that but never gotten around to painting one in that form.

Seems like it would be a good way to repurpose them for another game, a less archaic and over-the-top looking power armor.

The assassin still looks tough and powerful, but not as clunky.

@ T.O.T. - I dislike the 32mm bases for a couple reasons. The main one is I just don't like change. But also, I just don't see the point. The 28mm were big enough for the entire history of the game... why aren't they anymore? Its not a big deal. I'm obviously still buying models but I just don't see the point. But YMMV, of course. The one advantage I will give them is in presents some better basing opportunities, since you have more area on the base now.

@Grim, both arms are from the Tempestus Scions kit. They have the small shoulder pads to give them enough bulk that it didn't make the power armor look silly, but at the same time, I didn't want him to just look like a marine I painted black with a skull head.I greenstuffed the whole for the pack as well, so their wasn't a random divet in the back of his armor.

 squall018 wrote:
@ T.O.T. - I dislike the 32mm bases for a couple reasons. The main one is I just don't like change. But also, I just don't see the point. The 28mm were big enough for the entire history of the game... why aren't they anymore? Its not a big deal. I'm obviously still buying models but I just don't see the point. But YMMV, of course. The one advantage I will give them is in presents some better basing opportunities, since you have more area on the base now.

Jump Infantry/any smallish model that's top heavy= best thing ever to use 32s on. No more of the keeling over every time you so much as look at them lol.

I'll admit, I wasn't entirely convinced when I saw the Eversor at first, but with paint on him he looks awesome! Very nice, the only thing I may have considered would be to give him a giant knife instead of the Scion "motivation stick" but that's just me.

I think you have done a stunning job on your Eversor. Nice to see someone attempt a variation from scratch.

The eversor is cool, I like the idea of using the scion medic gun. Nice work

Hmm that's cool Squall, kind of like how you can use normal marine arms on scouts almost.

Ok guys, so I finished up my entry for Paradigm's contest for March. Here are a few pics of my entry.







Finished it up today.

Yesterday I played in a 1k warhammer 40k tournament in Roanoke Va. I lost every single game, but still had a good time. Have never lost every game in a tourney before, so it was a humbling experience. That being said, we played on very small tables, and I didn't have anywhere to hide my guard from all the nasty close combat armies running around. Thats my excuse anyways.

First game was against an Ork battlewagon list. Didn't take any pictures.

2nd game I played against a Necron royal court list.



We're on the bottom table. The court is behind the piece of scenery. His reserves had not come in yet.

The third game I played against a Raven Gurad, centstar list. I got tabled. He only had three models on the table at the end, but that was enough. The game was a bloodbath and was by far my favorite game of the day.







I took a few more pictures, but you get the idea. Despite losing alot I had fun. I ran into an old friend from high school as well who I had no clue played warhammer, so hopefully found myself a new opponent. Good day overall.

Thanks for looking guys and feel free to comment.

The Eversor and his handlers look great!

Bad luck at the tourney, but if you had fun that that's what matters. On a side note, whenever I see batreps/game pics, I always find the lack of terrain (and specificaly LoS-blocking stuff) rather striking compared to my own games, but the more I see, the more I wonder if I'm the odd one out. Typically, I tend to use about twice the density on most of those tables. Do you find yourself happy with that (comparatively) little terrain, or do you reckon it's enough?

I don't like a lot of terrain, as I find it just makes maneuvering a pain. These were 4x4 tables, and I thought it was plenty. Of course, I play a lot of IG, so I love open firing lanes.

Eversor looks great!

Sorry the tournament didn't go so well for ya.

Yeah games are really hard when there's not a great deal of cover on the board. Looks like there's a lot of open ground on those boards- good for tanks to get around, bad for your infantry.