Game 36

More 40K as we had the taste for it!

Game 36 used the diagonal deployment, the mission cards and objective markers. Junt's IG stood shoulder to shoulder with the scarlet and gold of the heroic Howling Griffons.

This isn't a bias report honest.

Arrayed against them were Urn's soulless clanking Necrons bringing with them the unpleasant whiff of damp compost. Urging them on and whispering evils ideas were the Silverfox's forces of chaos including ..... shudder....the Khorne Berserkers.

From the outset both forces pushed forward with a lot of fire being concentrated in the centre. The power Demolishers made some early gains against the Khorne forces but the Necrons proved unrelenting once again.

On the Imperial right flank the marines pushed forward against a formation of chaos cultists hoping to break them and gain some objectives.

However the dark forces had focused their attacks in the centre and the berserkers dealt out some horrible damage.

Despite the Ogryns helping mop up the berserkers the dark forces took the day.

Great game. Poor old Silverfox took the brunt of the fire as the Necron blob squads make themselves less appealing as a target with their unwillingness to STAY DOWN!!! Gits!

;-)

TTFN

Game 32

We've been playing pretty consistently all year.

Blogging about it? Not so much.

So to catch up.

Game 32

See that Necron flyer?

No you don't! First shots of the game! Tee Hee!

Nu 40K had arrived and a gathering of minds took place at Urn's on a Saturday night.

Urn and the Silverfox with Necrons and Khorne vs Me and Gareth with Eldar and Space Puppies. There was much leafing of pages and checking of stats but at the end we concluded that we liked it. Much simplified and it felt quick and easy.

The main thing we learned was just how horrible Khornate Berserkers are in 8th edition.

Absolute filth!

TTFN

Damn! I got paint on my figure!

After a couple of years it's been interesting to pick up a brush and start painting my test Skitarri Vanguard. I'd completely forgotten how many decisions there are when starting a new army!

The following pictures show very much a wip paint scheme. 

Essentially the army has to tie in to my Khorne army paint scheme whilst also remaining true to a Mechanicus paint scheme for Stygies VIII. This is where the limited palette of reds, silvers and blacks come in. 

The main colour is black for Stygies and I've then given the cloak a couple of washes with Nuln Oil to give a more jaded look. The armour was Khorne Red but I didn't like it so then opted for Leadbelcher to match the bionic limbs: this will then be washed with Sepia and Crimson to bring out a dark rust look which will then match my Khorne army.

The cloth under suit was the one thing that I painted last night and then spent all day considering it because something wasn't sitting right. Last night the trousers and gloves were dark grey (Fang) and tonight they are Khorne Red. I realised today that grey is a blue based colour which of course is on the wrong colour wheel for the warm reds. That's why it was jarring. Honest. 

The Radium carbine has a red/orange power source that will differentiate it from my Plasma (green) and Arc (blue) weapons.

And the annoying joins on either side of the cloak are not that obvious at the usual table top height in normal lighting: they are a pain in the backside though... :)

Need to finish this now, complete some highlighting and washing before I sit back and decide more changes are needed!!

Look at the Size of my Gun!

Another successful weekend of hobbying in that last week's efforts have been undercoated; and yes swirling winds do make spraying a little tricky. 

And the Ranger squad are built!

These guys don't necessarily fit the Khorne doctrine of get close and personal so I'll come up with something suitable later. You get 1 of each of the 3 special weapons per box (Plasma, Arc Rifle and Arquebus) and since I have 3 boxes of Skitarri it meant I had 3 Arquebus all sat there waiting to be used....

I hate to disappoint big guns so my Ranger unit was born. The chap in charge (Alpha) also has a rifle as giving him a pistol and combat weapon seems a waste on a unit with 30" and 60" range guns. If these get in to combat then something has screwed up. I expect they'll end up in combat in their first battle knowing my luck!!

I really like the fact these guns are sooooo long that they need a stand to hold them in place.

Just for the record these boys are BS4 (not counting their doctrines) and the rifle held by 7 of them is a 30" Rapid Fire, Precision Shot, Str4 AP4 thing. The Arquebus is a 60" Heavy1, Armourbane, AP3 Sniper rifle. Oh and these boys are relentless so that Heavy1 doesn't matter.

Next up: Building a Dunecrawler Walker and starting to paint the test Vanguard figure.

And more importantly: I'm having a lot of fun again!

Legio Vulcanum - The Big Build continues

It's been a busy old couple of days as I dive back in to the hobby. Life has generally been getting in the way for a couple of years but now I'm back.

And I'm bringing a whole new army with me!

Say hello to the Dark Mechanicum elements of the Legio Vulcanum who hailed originally from Stygies VIII. Why Dark Mechanicum? Well because my soul belongs to Khorne silly!

Above are the first 15 models. At the front the Sicarian Rustwalkers and at the rear a squad of Skitarri Vanguard.

I've worked out a 2000 point list and I've targeted 400-500 points a month to be painted. The above is 435 so a good start. 

It's a weird army in that there are no HQ choices for the Skitarri so I fully expect to be giving up Slay the Warlord on a regular basis; on the other hand we have some very unique weapons and skills so I expect quite the learning curve.

Bit of a challenge to paint these as I first need to undercoat them which means venturing outside. Bit breezy for ye olde spray cans... Still it wouldn't be fun otherwise. Right?

Back soon!