A Frigid Welcome

My Naval Starter Box for the Russians came in yesterday /Happyface, but my rulebook and STAR cards were delayed for a few days /Sadface.

I'M ON A BOAT!

I'M ON A BOAT!

I've more or less officially bought into playing Dystopian Wars (I ordered a Russian Coalition Naval Battlegroup, a rulebook, and a set of STAR cards). I figured I should announce to the world I'm no longer a one-game-system kind of guy...

For the Greater Good!

I got to play a couple games using the Communist Space Fishies this Friday, and they are much more fun than I expected. I ended up borrowing the models from Yancy over at MyTauGoPewPew (he actually has pics of the Tau in question on his blog.). I ended up playing two games, both at 1850 and both being ended before turn 3.

Productive Day

So the servitors of Forgeworld Rohan have been busy this morning... I finished the stomped Chaos Rhino, I got all the leg sections done and piston-ed (still need to come up with an idea for the endcaps on the leg joints... the hollow PVC doesn't exactly say sturdy), and even got a couple shots of what the thing is gonna look like when the top section is complete. Lots of detail work to be done on this bad boy, and I keep coming up with interesting ideas on how to make it better. Also, I've made it so the top section can rotate around and what not. I'm amused.

Pictures after the jump.

PonyHammer?

These bad boys have been floating around the interwebs for a while now (usually with the URL in the bottom corner cut out) and I finally found the source of the hilarity:

Power's back!

Forgeworld Rohan, MkI

After ~18 hours of fiddly work, this is what I had done by the Apocalypse game two weeks ago. I ended up reworking a lot of the leg sections (to make them more stable), and have waaaay more to do.

For the last... few months, I've lost the "want-to" to do anything with 40k. I haven't painted anything since before Halloween, and I haven't been able to sit and build anything paper for longer then a few minutes at a time, and the queue is stacking up.

A Four Pack of Destruction

So... Apocalypse game in ~3 weeks, and I don't have any kind of marines painted or assembled at this point. So that means I build some Warhounds. The game (in so far as I understand it) will be teams with 3000 pts per player (with hopefully roughly even sides) and it will be set up on three? 6x4 tables arranged in a T shape. So for my contribution I'mma build 4 Paper Titans... one for each Chaos God.

More after the JUMP!

The Dragons' Demise

This is a post formalizing my abandonment of the Copper Dragons Space Marine chapter. I'm keeping the Dreadnought, the five man Shooty-nator squad with a Heavy Flamer, My Vulkan conversion, and the Black Reach Captain as mementos, but everything else is getting stripped and repainted in a new, somewhat generic color scheme (Black Primary, Gold Trim, and Purple Secondary). I may name the chapter, maybe not.

Tactics... Maybe: Sternguard Veterans

Salamanders Sternguard... picture shamelessly culled from the 'Net.

I was inspired to write this article after reading this.

I'm seeing a sweeping trend towards infantry and shootyness in 6th, and, with it, a decline in vehicles (when not spammed... too many hulls is still too many hulls... *cough*Acolyte Spam*cough*.) and assaulty-ness...

My Adventures in Power Armor

I've been torn in many different directions lately due to the advent of 6th edition and not really knowing which direction I want to go with it.

A visual representation of my current situation...

*Warning Wall-O-Text Approaching*

Whirly-mah-gig

I've been meaning to make a series of posts about some of the random kit-bashes that I tend to do when I'm all delirious-like and such. I've pondered the idea of making a Whirlwind Launcher for a while, and I had a bunch of Chaos Space Marine Havoc Launchers sitting around, but I didn't really have anything that I could use to mount them to a Rhino Chassis and look even remotely convincing... except I totally did and didn't realize it.

A Month Later

It's been a month since my last post, and since then, I've been going out to BKG as a Friday night regular, which is only so I can be better prepared for the Escalation League they'll be hosting in the near future. Unfortunately, this has made getting out to Battlefront on Saturdays a bit harder than it already was previously (single car family, guess who doesn't get first dibs on its usage...) and I've ended up missing the last two Saturdays completely. Sadness.

Poll: Paint Scheme

Which paint scheme should I use on the wrecked Warhound? I've finished it and mounted it on its base (along with a hill/pile of dirt structure made of paper towels, which will be later painted and have sand/flock glued on.) Basically, I need a color for the majority of the structure, one for the head, and one for... trim, but I think I want to do caution stripes on the trim, so take that into consideration. So... primary and secondary colors... go! (Also, it will be weathered, because it's been, you know... boom!ed for a while...)

Wrecked Warhound WIP

So I figured now is a good time to take some pictures and what not of this bad boy. I've made some pretty decent progress so far, I'd say I'm about 60% done with it (this estimate may or may not include the crater it will be sitting in...) I still need to do a bunch of plates to break up the large flat areas (not a huge deal, just a bit tedious), and the slatted vents on the back shoulder-thingies (which I'm not necessarily looking forward to.) Also, I need to finish the gun and mount it. Aside from that... It's definitely coming together.

I'm actually kind of sad that I'm making this into terrain instead of an actual model, but such is life... in any case, enjoy the pics:

My humble beginnings

This is the first set of pictures I took once my army was "fully painted" when I started playing (what feels like) ages ago... Also included are pictures of Skoll the Warhound Titan I built from cardstock (my very first Paperhammer model... it shows a bit.)

Insane in the Ter-rain

It looks like I've been bitten by the terrain making bug again...

Crimson Fists: Vote for Pedro?

Solidarity with my Crimson Fist battle-brothers.

About two months ago, I built a Pedro Kantor look-a-like model out of random bits and painted him up all Crimson Fist like and everything. I did this for two reasons. First, I wanted to paint something different from Green/Burgundy and I hate Ultramarines and Yellow, so that narrowed my choices down. Second I have an unadulterated adoration for Sternguard Veterans in all their epic-bolter-fire glory, and Pedro makes them even better.

The Sisters and the Legion

I finally finished painting all the models my older brother wanted done, and I'll be sending them off in the next few days, but I figured I'd post some pictures to commemorate the occasion. Enjoy, and if you know someone who wants some affordable commission painting work done, let me know... Pics after the jump.

A New Game

In my wandering around the internet I found something most intriguing... Flipit Paper Combat.

I was piddling around looking for paper templates for Storm Talons (the aren't any yet, when I find one, I'll post something here.) and found a guy who A.) Really likes making Eli Patoroch paper templates and B.) made a tabletop wargame that uses paper template models, including terrain, which are free to download from his site, along with rules.

Last Game of 5th Ed. (Probably)

Out with the Old...

I played my last game of 5th Edition 40k Saturday, which happened to also be 

the last game at the Battle Barn. I'm sad to see it go, but I understand why it had to. Plus, now I don't have to feel disloyal for going to one of the many gaming stores that just opened up in the area. It was a fun game, with me playing Copper Dragons (Salamanders+Blood Angels) and my opponent (Eric) fielding a Wildrider Host (Eldar Jetbike Horde). I really didn't think I had a chance with that matchup, but I ended up not doing too badly, over all. I did realize, with the help of Jeff (the guy who owns the Barn), that I'm not very good at making tactical decisions on the fly... I'm pretty sure it is a flaw in my ability to prioritize targets appropriately.

Hive Fleet Mandragora

So... It turns out I can paint Bugs something fancy.

Escape from Tarsis Ultra

*UPDATE* One of the other guys who participated in this game wrote a post on his blog including more pictures. Here's the link: http://thewildriderhost.blogspot.com/2012/06/super-mega-team-battle-go.html

*END UPDATE*

This was the board setup... disregard the inches marks... they're supposed to be feet.

So... I played one of the most awesome games of 40k I've ever played tonight. The mission was... unique, to say the least...

The game went like this:

Background:
Farseer Madiyas of the Saim Hann craftworld after casting the runes saw a swirling vortex that would cost thousands of Eldar lives if not quelled swiftly. At the heart of this maelstrom was a human dignitary from the planet the mon-keigh call Tarsis Ultra. The planet is currently acting as a staging point for several chapters of Space Marines a well as a regiment of Imperial Guard. Knowing that his craftworld lacked the military might necessary to face such an assemblage of forces he and his council of seers decided upon a desperate plan. They would lure a host of their dark kin from the webways and a splinter of hive fleet Leviathan to the planet. Tarsis Ultra would be utterly destroyed by such a force, but the concern of the Eldar is that the machinations of Chaos are stopped, no matter the cost.

Mission Summary:
With Hive Fleet Leviathan bearing down on Tarsis Ultra the forces of order must fight a desperate delaying action to ensure that the remaining planetary dignitaries are evacuated.
Points:
6000pts per side divided among all players on the team
for example if the FoO have 4 players then each player brings 1500 list following normal force org
Board Size 4' x 12'

Forces of Order deploy first anywhere on the table or in reserve
Forces of Disorder go first and can either be in reserve or come in on first turn like dawn of war

Objectives:

Forces of Order
Defend the evacuation craft 
Forces of Disorder
Destroy the evacuation craft before they are able depart the planet
Evacuation Craft

Starting on turn 2 roll a d6. On a 4 up the next evacuation craft arrives. Roll a d3 to determine the number of game turns the craft remains on the planet loading passengers
While landed the evacuation craft have 4+ cover saver from enemy shooting but count as stationary for assault purposes. The evacuation craft can fire their weapons normally during the FoO turn.
After the number of turns have elapsed the evacuation craft depart the battlefield at their max speed toward the defenders board edge.

Evacuation Craft  (Stormraven Gunships)

FA 12 SA 12 RA 12
Fast Skimmer
TL-Multi Melta - Nose
TL-Lascannon - Turret
Ceramite Plating
Power of the Machine Spirit

End of Game

Game ends when either the last craft is destroyed or is safely off the table.
Winning
The side that either defends/destroys the most evacuation craft wins.

Big Kidz Games First Tournament

I went to my second tournament today, and I ended up getting Second overall. Unfortunately, only 6 guys showed up, but it was still fun. All told, there were two Tau Players Yancy and Mike...? (I could be wrong about that one) One Imperial Guard player, Joshua. One Chaos Space Marines player, Jeff Stone. And two Codex: Space Marines players... Aaron, who played Ultramarines and me, with Copper Dragons (Salamanders.)

Funny coincidence. Aaron had the only army that wasn't painted a shade of green. The CSM were quite Nurgley...

All games were played on a 4x4 board, and my list is as follows:
Vulkan, 10 man Tactical Squad with Meltagun & Multimelta in a Rhino x2, Landspeeder with Multimelta and Heavy Flamer x2 (Two groups of one Speeder.)

The Dragons United Pt. 2

The second part of the series where I take a moment and take pictures of all my Copper Dragons models I've been working on. This is mostly so I can have some sort of documented progress, and honestly, I just like to show off a little every now and then.

Pics after the jump.

Meet the twins!

I finally finished both the Paper Landspeeders... and I'm willing to bet most people won't be able to tell unless they picked it up. In any case here's some pictures after paint + random bits I couldn't reliably replicate in paper (the heavy flamers are from the Baal predator kit, and the Marine pilots are the gunners from Rhino kits. I also added the little exhaust fans from the underside of the Drop Pod for engines.)

Pics after the jump.