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I quite liked the first set of those Eldar ships, but yeah, compared to the next they are dull. Awesome vibrant scheme!

gobert wrote:That magenta really made those Eldar ships sing! Great choice!

Love the new Tanks, already looking splendid and it sounds like they did a good job on the table too. Great battle pics as ever

mcmattila wrote:I quite liked the first set of those Eldar ships, but yeah, compared to the next they are dull. Awesome vibrant scheme!

Cheers fellas, I'll be giving the next ones a go before the summer. Hopefully. I've been partaking in the monthly BFG community painting competition and the current theme is flagships, which might mean some Imperials in the queue first.

Meanwhile, inspired by mcmattila's thread and trying to paint at least something every month this year, I think I might give Rob's hobby bingo a go as well.



Current state of things on a cursory glance:


Might have pinged something else too, but oh well. Leaves some room for later on. I wager I'll convert something this year...

Prepped a couple of quick Deathstrikes and banners for tomorrow's Epic game. Deathstrikes temporarily on extra Russ chassii until I can get a suitable batch of lighter hulls. Had to repaint everything after my varnish decided to dry white in all recesses

4x 5k NetEA, Nids & Eldar vs. IG & IF, escalating forces brought in three waves. The local farming community had their day ruined while no decisive military victory was to be declared by any side. Shoutout to the one bio-titan that survived about eight Volcano cannon shots and for the other one that survived two Deathstrikes with only one damage incurred.

Eldar allied to Tyranids is an interesting one board and minis look amazing shows the Deathstrikes do? Wiped from the board after missing!? At least they looked good

 gobert wrote:
Eldar allied to Tyranids is an interesting one board and minis look amazing shows the Deathstrikes do? Wiped from the board after missing!? At least they looked good

The Deathstrikes actually contributed for a bit, blocking the road for yet another biotitan looking to flank our third Reaver. Then they got eaten afterwards

Apocalypse-class battleship The Mighty Ride of the Firelord sets sail towards the stars. An afternoon's paintjob which almost failed at the start, when my superglue exploded all over the base

Checking the bingo card on the Mighty Ride of the Firelord for "been in the pile for over a year", I think I bought it in 2011 or so...

Set up two tables for today's games, had a nice couple of 3k GT NetEA rounds with eldar, orks, admech and marines present. My dubstep cannon of doom performed well against both varieties of xenos, blowing up steam gargants and shredding infantry formations like there's no tomorrow.

Even if the gargants are holding hands like the most wholesome xenos Teletubbies that they are, in wub-wub we must purge them.

I like how you positioned the sun behind the teletubbies! you should’ve put the babies face in the sun though fantastic looking games

Cheers gobert, the babyface might have to wait until we're fighting on a proper daemon world...

Light cruiser Harvest of Sorrow and its Nightshade escorts Blood Tears slid into the void from their piratical hideaways yesterday.




Only a whole lot more to go before the pointy-eared buccaneers can actually hit the field

 Sherrypie wrote:
Prepped a couple of quick Deathstrikes and banners for tomorrow's Epic game.

Spoiler:

Deathstrikes temporarily on extra Russ chassii until I can get a suitable batch of lighter hulls. Had to repaint everything after my varnish decided to dry white in all recesses

Your deathstrikes are some of my favourite versions of them!

 RexHavoc wrote:
Your deathstrikes are some of my favourite versions of them!

Cheers Rex

AT gaming for a change. Legio Krytos bounced hard from Favilla's siege lines today, hounded to death by smaller engines of the Ashen Gods in a flurry of plasma explosions and whirring chainfists. Turns out that a deep deployment with built-for-melee Ferrox Reavers running on Ignatum rules setting up right in the enemy's grill... hurts.

Ran a bunch of convention demos for Epic: Armageddon last weekend.

If people don’t get hooked by your awesome minis during demos I’d be amazed. Glorious board and minis

 gobert wrote:
If people don’t get hooked by your awesome minis during demos I’d be amazed. Glorious board and minis

Cheers gobert, that remains to be seen

Meanwhile, KILLMUNDA!

One of our Kill Team regulars wrote simplified lists without gazillion special rules to play around with wackier scenarios and chill, so we tested them today with a trio of narrative games. A mining planet's gubernator went on a run with his treasure-laden train and our intrepid workers graciously rid him of such burdens by repossessing his ride from full speed.

That looks amazing! Mad Max meets Kill Team and Necromunda’s love child. I’d be interested in seeing the rules as I think the special rules don’t really add much other than gotchas to the game. Has your friend published them anywhere?

 gobert wrote:
That looks amazing! Mad Max meets Kill Team and Necromunda’s love child. I’d be interested in seeing the rules as I think the special rules don’t really add much other than gotchas to the game. Has your friend published them anywhere?

The first draft's attached. It's pretty much just a bunch of generic statlines for marine, ork, elf, human and such equivalents with all ploys removed. Generic equipment is okay and easy to modify in a scenario pack afterwards if needed.

Should have been travelling this week, coughing out my lungs at home instead... what better excuse than that to paint some minis then, eh?

Another step towards fleet-strength piracy with the Eclipse-class cruiser Dead Winter Reigns joining its void-faring kin.

Thanks for the rules, looks a bit like the NPO rules with added flavour.

Those Eldar ships keep getting better with each one. Hopefully it proved good medicine and you’re on the mend

 gobert wrote:
Thanks for the rules, looks a bit like the NPO rules with added flavour.

Those Eldar ships keep getting better with each one. Hopefully it proved good medicine and you’re on the mend

Cheers! Sadly painting doesn't seem to have as soothing an effect on my lungs as it does on the mind, so we might be stuck with this plague for a good while, buuuut...

Finished with the corsair ships that I had, finally playable at 1200 or so points. What is this, a whole project taken to the end or something? Inconceivable!

Aurora When Sorrow Sang, Hemlocks Bright Eyes and Aconites Fast to Madness painted in a day. Now to find that Void Stalker from somewhere...






The whole fleet, as things stand:

Gorgeous paintwork and atmospheric pics as per usual Sherrypie.

Lovely scrollwork on the bases. Hope your lungs clear up soon!

Thanks for sharing.