Dragging ogres...

These have taken a while you might say I've dragged my feet (get it now) but finally they're done.  I nearly didn't bother as the new models are so nice but with being poor again at the minute I decided to finish them

I did more with the skin tone than with my marauders as being bigger it looks even more flat

I'll only be using these on the battlefield until I get some skullcrushers though as for not many more points they're so much better!

Next project are these nice gentlemen.  Avatars of War "Warriors of the Apocalypse".  I saw them online a while ago but wasn't too impressed but in the flesh they look a lot nicer.  17 models for £24 is better than GW by a lot.  Also they have a much better range of poses.  With a little conversion no two models are the same and using GW bits it ties them in with the other units.  They came with great weapons but I didn't want to throw away my initiative 5, erm, initiative so I decided halberds giving them strength 5 should be enough and I can also use shields as well.  I'm going to paint them all up as Tzeentch chosen and use them to take out monsters etc

Should only take me a few months...

Busy busy bee...

Well the good news is I haven't started on my Dwarves before my dragon ogres.  The bad news is I have been doing all odd sorts of things as had a 40k tourney to get ready for and i'm now preparing for a fantasy one so they have taken priority

For the 40k I needed to get my inquisitor list ready:  Basing nearly everything, painting 10 death cult, 3 servitors, a monkey, 6 psykers, 3 acolytes with plasma guns and a bastion with quad cannon.  Eep...  I got them done to an OK standard but i'm only posting the ones i'm happy with as the others need work...

I won 2 games and lost 2 games.  I'm happy with that as the two I lost were to filth lists and mine is so fluffy kittens cuddle it (nearly).  I finished 7th from 16 mid table unsurprisingly 

Thanks to the new Warriors of Chaos book coming out it also means I need to work on that army for the tournament.  My dragon ogres are in but need new bases as they're now a lot bigger.  Great models but as I spent so much time on mine i'm gonna finish them and they're nearly done but i'm taking my time with them.

New spells and eye of the gods table means I now have the chance of generating spawn or daemon princes during battle. I owned neither and seeing as the rules say if you don't own the models then the model they would have replaced just ceases to be I needed some.  I picked one up second hand and 2 Skaven rat ogres  which i'm going to convert into spawn.  I bought a new daemon prince as well so I could make him up how I wanted.  He's nearly done.  So with 2 a piece I should be ok if I get lucky/unlucky with the dice

Awaiting green stuff for further changes.  Poor buggers...

I like the new book and rules changes.   It means I now pay more for my 6+ ward save but my opponents can't moan i'm to overpowered anymore.  Also daemon princes are amazing so now very viable and Hellcannons have a 5+ ward save for an increase of 5  points :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Next time should be finished products

The start of something Evil...

Mwhahahahahahaha... The time known as Christ Mass has been good to me and my minions have been sent scurrying to fetch me a force to assemble over the next few months

So what did I get?

Magma cannon

Hellshrieker rocket launcher 

3 Daemonsmiths

20 Skaven to convert to Hobgoblins via the piles of plastic in the little bags

15 Fenrisian wolves to make Hobgoblin riders (it specifically says in Tamurkhan they ride GIANT wolves)

These will be used as an add on force to my Warriors army until I get more units to make up a whole Chaos Dwarf force

As much as I like the models for CD I nearly didn't go with them as there wasn't enough conversion opportunities for them until I realized GW don't make Hobgoblins! A quick search on the net showed up the idea of using Skaven bodies with goblin heads so viola... or some other stringed instrument...

The question now is will I get the Dragon Ogres painted up before starting on these.  Any answers on a postcard should be no...

Dragon ogres complete

Well hello again it's been a while...

I have finally settled where i'm going to be for a while and have a permanent place to paint and model again it's time to get back on track!

I've finished putting together the dragon ogres and so far they've only been foiled by an ethereal black coach smiting all else in their path with great weapons.  It was especially funny to see them kill off 3 units of ogres!  I originally armed them with ogre weapons but didn't like it as they looked to ogrey so I found the plastic chaos knights weapons I never used as they were too big and stupid but perfect for my dragon ogres.

I went to more effort to mutate these as they are "true" creatures of chaos so while they're meant to be a stable(ish) breed for chaos it's still chaos...  Took a lot of patience and green stuff but i'm pleased

Ramble over here they are.  I must say matt black isn't very matt any more...

I couldn't resist giving one a dragonish head.  He also has a tentacle for an arm I haven't bothered showing

I tired making this one looking like it had another body bursting out but sadly my sculpting skills aren't that impressive so i'll have to see what I can do with paint (no laughing at the back)

Hello! TWAT!...  Scratch built great flail.  Think i'm also gonna give this guy a helmet

4 arms are great for holding more weapons! And ladies love a big tongue. Apparently...

Once I've got these painted and my maticore done i'm starting a new project.  Here's a teaser.  Can you guess what it is yet?

Hopefully next post will be sooner than the others!

It's a bit chaotic at the mo...

What is this blogger thing?  I seem to remember it being quite important...

Bouncing round Sheffield and starting a new job really makes for a tired boy with no time to play with toys... I have tried and I've started on my new projects as I was invited to take place in a storm of magic game that never happened

So I'm gonna make dragon ogres.  I need something on my flanks that won't crumble to quickly and arming them with great weapons means I can hit back hard.  They had a play test the other week taking out a vampire on a nightmare quite easily but then dying to an ethereal black coach.  I hate those things...

Here's how they're getting on so far.  I'm converting them up to look more chaotic and dragonish unlike a lot I've seen on the tinterweb.  Gonna have a go at extra arms and limbs as after all these are true sons of chaos.  I may even paint one up pink...

And with my birthday money I treated myself to a Chimera.  I really like this model and hate the Manticore one so this will be a count as Manticore for a lord.  Sorry he's the wrong way round I have to go and can't find the rotate button!

Til whenever next...

I didn't make it to Cardiff so had time to do some more painting.  I've certainly become a lot quicker over this last year.  I know what I want now and how to achieve it.  Also I'm not too bothered about these henchmen...  I painted them the same as the other squad except I switched the red shoulder pad.  One is headless as I couldn't find the head I wanted to give him

I'm pleased with the assassin.  I made him blue to stand out from the rest of the army

"Tourney" news

I just thought I'd put a quick post up about Kierons "tournament" on the weekend which I really enjoyed.

It wasn't a competitive tournament but more of a campaign.  Win a battle and control a territory on a map.  We were split into 3 teams so had to work together to wipe the others off the map!

I played 4 games; Skaven first where I narrowly won thanks to my opponents last two turns of appalling luck (his general running away despite being stubborn for example).  I also made a mistake as I had cast call to glory and didn't think it could be dispelled in subsequent turns but it can.  How ludicrous is that though?  A guy gets turned into a hero then can be banished next go.  Hmmm

Rich was my next victim - ahem - opponent and I was in for a surprise.  End of his turn one movement phase looked like this

I nearly panicked as this had never happened before!  What do I do when the enemy come closer?!  His plan was to try an make me run off the board edge by sticking me with loads of poisoned attacks but we all know what his dice are like... 6'd to hit...

(this is from another of his games later in the day)

So the inevitable happened and the Slann with his balloon of doom took a lot of turns to kill in a challenge but eventually he bit it and victory was mine!

Game three pitted me against a very very nice looking army of Orcs.  It was one of the best and closest games I've ever had with luck swinging both ways.  One unit of my warriors was saved from two chariot charges by some trees (glad to see its not just my knights who have difficulties with them).  My other unit were blessed with stupidity by the warshrine and spent two turns ambling forward to get rear charged by horde Orcs.  Amazingly they all hit and only a few didn't wound to win me the combat and proceeded to cut them down to size but sadly not in enough time before the game ended so it was a draw as everyone else except my general and a few marauders had died.

Game 4 was something special.  It was two battles of 5 players each.  Unfortunately my allies had been ambushed so set up in the middle of each table.  I was placed on one with Andys beastmen, two Orc players and Rich's Slann.  We each placed an objective and at the end of the game whoever controlled one would claim a territory, and another for killing an enemy general.  It was a right laugh as mayhem ensued with the two orcs on opposite sides they couldn't really gang up.  We ignored one and the Beastmen took on the slann while I took the other orcs.  The Slann attacked everyone so were in turn attacked back by everyone getting wiped out.  At the end a unit of warriors occupied an objective in a building facing a horde of savage orcs who had done nothing all game except trudge across a table.  The other orcs had a third of a horde left in another building.  the beastmen had its general and a chariot left.  We won 8-3!

The end of the day saw Chaos victorious and bagged me an objective set :-) But more importantly I had had a great laugh and met some thoroughly nice chaps.  Cheers Kieron, again again!

Oh and I finished the wolves.  A week back home means I won't get anything else done this month :-/