Saturday, August 31, 2013

Khador Ulhans: I hate you. Plus: Gamillions of other things I'm trying to do at once...




 So I'm planning on running Ulhans and Markhov together at some point in the upcoming Fall campaign since I eventually want to have an all pike, all lance army under Vlad. you know, something for the kids. I brought the 5 unassembled Ulhans on vacation with me, to knock out some pinning/gluing and building.

Fail. What the hey-hey PP? The fulcrum for the model is the lower half of the IFP rider, supporting the upper IFP and telephone-pole pike on top AND the weight of the giant horse on the bottom when you pick it up and move it.  You make the IFP’s waist 2 pieces, split down the middle from front-to-back along the thinnest part of those pieces? You suck. You could have easily made this one piece. 

But you didn’t, so now I have to pin two separate pieces of lap to the horse. When? I dunno.



Still reading? In other news, this stuff is underway. My converted Vlad, a pinned Doomreaver unit attachment and Drago's murderously thin bicep reconstruction are all underway. I also fired up the Man O’ War assembly line with 2 units of Man O War Shocktroopers and one 3 man Demo Corp unit. I have the option of adding one Man O War to either the Shocktroopers or the Demo Corp. Prolly go Shocktrooper.


Thursday, August 22, 2013

Warmachine: Khador Underway


I knew it was bound to happen. I graduate college, start in on a huge backlog of projects both game-related and no, start a rhythm of painting, prioritizing and sorting what the hell needs to be built. I kept wondering if I would let myself be drawn into some painting and playing that had nothing to do with the work I most lamented not doing because of life (eg. Strange Aeons).

So now I’m in a Warmachine campaign. I already planned a Fall of Strange Aeons but instead I’m dragging out all the Khador I neglected to paint in Mk i.

Campaign starts in October, and we have a meeting tomorrow night to run out our charter, ways and means, that sort of thing. Between us we have a ton of terrain so the pics on Sarcophagi should look pretty good around Halloween.

So, stay tuned as I dust off my old red paint mix batches… which are all dried out. And GW changed their color formulas… great.


The Wall of Shame or What I Could Paint for the Campaign Since I own it Unpainted:

Warcasters:

  1. eSorcha
  2. Vlad
  3. eVlad
  4. eButcher
  5. Strakhov
  6. Old Witch
Jacks:

  1. Destroyer
  2. Devastator
  3. Spriggen
  4. Kodiak X2
  5. Drago (definitely painting him)
  6. Marauder (already converted it)

Units:

  1. IFP
  2. Doomreavers
  3. Greylords
  4. Man O War Shocktroopers
  5. Man O War Demolition Crew
  6. Widowmakers
  7. Great Bears
  8. Uhlans


Solo:

  1. Koldun
  2. Kovnik
  3. Fenris


Where the frig to begin... more as I decide and progress.

In the meantime, pics of what I already have painted, Not much!


Sunday, August 18, 2013

Legion of Everblight: Finished War pack


 Here is the completed Hordes war pack (plus 2) I did for my buddy Jon. I am pretty sure that the Shredders and maybe other models don't need an arc to speak of but I don't have a book or cards to be sure. Anyway, I marked all models with an arc, easy enough to paint over.



I also added adhesive-backed felt into the Privateer Press Legion dice tin. I've done this with the other original dice sets I own... the felt deadens some of the noise of rolling into the trays.


Friday, August 9, 2013

Strange Aeons: GW Ghouls


Annnddd... here were are. More ghouls than I could probably ever need for Strange Aeons. These are the Games Workshop ghouls and I have to say, I love them. Great poses, great variability and cool details. I painted them so they'd blend in with the masonry a bit and still retain that pallid, crypt-skulking pallor. They're just really hard to photograph though.

Still and all, they're done now, until I get inspired to do more with them. In game terms, I made one with a spear and another with a meat cleaver, two dangerous weapons for dastardly bastards from hell. The rest, though unarmed, are still formidable and their leader stands above them all, the trophy of a dead Threshold agent adorning his scoliosis.

In progress now is a church for Strange Aeons along with a 2 level cemetery. After that, the town's hospital, which is already taking on the look of a too-big project.