What I have been up to...

So, its been a while since I did a status post, especially with pictures. So here we go:

I have been working on 3 armies lately. Orks, Howling Griffon space marines, and Chaos Daemons. So far the only thing I have done for Orks is a Warboss and 5 Nobs. Here is a pic, sorry about the depth of focus, my camera hasn't been cooperating lately.



Besides these guys I have 2 more nobs that need basing but are done being painted and around 120 Orks is one stage or another and some vehicles to work on. Next up Daemons. Here are some pics of the Forge World Daemon Prince I painted over the summer which is my stand in for Ku'gath.




Besides the above model, I have 14 Plague Bearers, 2 metal Great Unclean Ones (I use them as Daemon Princes), and 5 Nurglings painted up. Additionally I have 28 more Plague Bearers, 8 Screamers, a Soul Grinder, a Forge World Herald, and 3 Blight Drones all waiting to be painted up to match. I still need another DP, Epidemius, and maybe one or two little things to fill out the army.

Last are my Howling Griffons. I have really put a lot into this army and for the most part so far I am fairly unhappy with how they have turned out. While they look good they do not look great and several of the techniques I have used just do not stand up to photograph. Also this army never wins. Never. Except against Eldar(Hi Bill). I just can not figure out how to play marine is this edition. I have a few ideas but they need developing. Here are two pics of some new stuff. A stripped down Ko'sarro Khan with a new head and a command squad which while modeled very nicely, I will probably never figure out how to get into an army list.




And with that things come to a close. I have a few other things hiding in the folds and a few pics of things that just did not turn out so did not make it up here. That stuff will have to be saved for a future post.

Until next time.

Wow, its been a month

Like the title says, wow, I can't believe it has been a month already since my last post. Well time flies as they say and I have been pretty busy. First off I have been a painting fiend, getting 1000pts of Chaos Daemons painted up (mostly, need to do some final detail on a few models and finish the bases). Here is a picture of the Forge World Daemon prince that I painted up as Ku'Gath, Great Unclean One of Nurge (yes I know he is supposed to be a DP, but he dwarfs the GW metal GUO by quite a margin so he will do fine as Ku'Gath. Go ahead and click on the pic for a larger view of this model. It was so easy to paint up and it looks fantastic. Sorry for the bad pic, the batteries in my camera are dying and I need to recharge them. With that said, sorry but no more pics tonight, I will post more later this week.

In addition to painting up Ku'Gath here, I have also painted 2 GW GUO that I plan to use as Nurgle DPs, the Herald that comes with my Ku'Gath model, 28 Plague Bearers, and 5 Nurgling bases. I need 14 more Plague Bearers, Epidemius, a Soul Grinder, to build and paint the 3 Beast of Nurgle proxies I have (more on those later) and to paint up the other 4 Nurgling Bases I already have to finish out the army. In addition I need more of the lovely bases you see on my Ku'Gath. This is particular base is a 80mm Broken Wastelands base from Dragon Forge Designs. So far I have only picked up this base and a few 60mm for the GUOs and those Beast of Nurgle proxies I mentioned earlier but they are truly top notch. I would recommend them to any one else looking for an alternative resin base solution and I plan to order enough for the whole army in the long run.

Daemons are not the only project I have been working on, I also converted and painted an Indomitable Fortress following the rules and criteria from the GW's Planet Strike game setting for the Iron Fortress competition that GW ran in July. Iy is all converted and painted up and I will post pics of it soon. I have also been playing Mordheim during the month of July at GW Sugarland. My Middenheimer Mercs have been getting rolled, going 2/6 so far with 3 hero deaths (all Youngbloods thank god) and 4 Henchmen slain. I've still managed to get a decent band together though Joseph Kane the leader of my band is a madman (quite literally, he has Madness: Frenzied) with 7 attacks at Weapon Skill 5 and Strength 4. I have to admit it has been a roller coaster of emotion and I invested a lot into my band early and almost quit the first time my band was devastated. Now I have reigned in my feelings a bit and things are a lot more fun.

In the month of August 40K is going to be my big game due to two events happening at GW Sugarland. First there is a painting contest to paint 1000pts of 40K or WotR, 1500pts of Fantasy, or 500pts of LotR by August 30th kicking off August 1st. I have won every contest at the store that I have entered so far and I want to keep up the track record (yeah that is right, I through the gauntlet down, bring it!). I have decide to pull some stuff I have had kicking around for a bit now along with a few other things I have traded for or purchases and do a Generic Space Marine army. Now we all know I am insane, but I think this makes me really nuts. I am going to paint them as Howling Griffons. Yellow and Red quartered with an even more complicated alt scheme for my vets and command models. Fun. All this after I discover that Duplicolor, the primer manufacturer that I have been using for years has stopped making the primer that I love, sigh. So I am going to have to try some new things to get it to work out (stay tuned).

The other event is a 40K Escalation Campaign which starts at 1K and runs 8 weeks finishing at 2K with a round robin tournament at the end to decide the winner. In addition to adding more models as you go, each game will involve players fighting over Catalysts, objectives that allow you to take additional choices over the minimum (1 HQ, 6 Troops, 1 Elite, 1 Fast Attack, 1 Heavy Support) or that give your lead character better stats. I think it is going to be fun. My Howling Griffons just so happen to fill up the base force org nicely, with one of each choice and 2 additional troops in the 1000pt block I am painting for the GW paint comp, so I decided to run them for this league.

I think you are all caught up on the mirand of things that kept me busy in July and the all the craziness (well almost all of it) that I have planned for August. See you next time, I promise there will be at least 10 updates in August and a tutorial or two in addition to boot.

Until next time.