Project Dorf

Or Dwarf, your call.

This is my 8th Ed army, and Im trying to push myself, and take it to the next level.

My general idea for these bases are its all one massive dwafen dig site / mine. They are trying to uncover some ancient technology to aid them in futures battles. Probably something from the 8th Ed book if the rumors are to be believed. Giant stone constructs / golems.

The first off the post is this unit. 25 Miners. Well, the start of its basing....  CCPP's as standard

Its mostly a learning curve. So Im hoping it will advance my skill both as a painter and a modeler.  More will follow soon :)

Trolls - An update.

So I thought I would update you with what Ive been painting.  All for this campaign Im taking part in this weekend. All these photos are CCPP's

Galrauch

5 Trolls

Started BSB on chariot.

Lots to do, youll get more piccys soon.

Toying with a 3000pt High Elf list

Im trying to not buy anything new, and go back and revisiting all the armys I have but never finished. Wich is pretty much all of em.
Ok heres the first try at a 3K list. Im enjoying playing games at that point level, so I'll be aiming all my armys for that level. Im after a mounted / swift army. So youll see alot of cavalry units and chariots. This makes them stand out from my other fantasy armys.

Lords
[281]Prince - Dragon Armour, Shield, Giant blade, Helm of forune, Talisman of loec, Barded steed.
Expensive I know, but a combat monster and a character killer! 4 ASF attacks at str 7 rerolling to hit and wound and making you reroll passed armour saves. He also has a 1+ save with rerolls to any that fail.
[360]Archmage - lvl 4 life, Seerstaff, Talisman of preservation
Standard Archmage build pretty much. Can choose spells and a 4++ save.
Heroes
[180]Noble - BSB, GW, Dragon Armour, Dawnstone Amulet of light, Barded steed.
A bit meh but not bad for a defensive BSB.
[155]Mage - lvl 2 shadow, Dispell scroll
Its a mage, nuff said. Shadows there so I can swap him with the Archmage should it ever look like he would be in trouble.

Core
[345]35 Spearmen - FC, gleaming pennant.
In a nice 5x7 formation for that steadfast boost. Gleaming pennant as they will be at the back protecting the AM and away from the BSB's bonus. Will be used to charge a unit getting close holding them up for a flank from the mounted units.
[148]13 Archers - Musician
Archers, nuff said.
[137]12 Archers - Musician
A mage in here
[137]12 Archers - Musician
A mage in here

Special
[240]14 Swordmasters - FC
flanking unit
[220]Whitelions - FC, Banner of Eternal flame
Hydra, Hellpit, whatever has bloody regen or is sat in a tower hunting unit.
[192]8 Silver helms - Mus
A means and ways to get my Lord into combat, nothing more. That rank will help me disrupt units when I get the flank. I hope!
[150]5 Dragon princes
Awesome unit, but not the Lord unit. They have a reputation and will be gunned down first.
[85]Tiranoc chariot
Something to support the charges from whatevers close by.

Rare
[100]Bolt Thrower
[100]Bolt thrower
Not great these days realy. But can still be fairly deadly. Specialy if theres a nice Shadow Debuff on its target.
[50]Eagle
[50]Eagle
Warmachine hunter and redirector.

Total - 2984

So got about 15 points to play with.... I would realy like the banner of sorcery too. But Im not overly bothered. Thoughts on the 3K? 2K list on the way soon.

Warshrine Progress

 This is my progress on the Warshrine  of Tzeentch.  At the moment it's about 50% done

Ive decided to go with this colour for the ogre skin. It stands out from the trolls and I can tie in the purple theme in other ways. Like the Tzeentch icon. Hopefully this will be finished tomorrow!

Project Throgg

In about 6 weeks I'll be attending a local campaign weekend, which is all about the fun, and not the win! So I've revived  a project I started about 2 years about. A Warriors of Chaos, troll list.


Heres my first attempt at a colour scheme.

 

So what do you guys think?

The finished Duke Sliscus conversion

Here it is. Parts from 4 different model kits and from 2 different game systems. I think it works well.

Everythings now built. Time to get painting!

Realspace Raid 14 - The Serpents Tale

This is a narative of a game I played. My opponent, Redemptor40k,  is the writer. So all credit goes to him.... fingers crossed he finishes the tale.

The Serpents eyes narrowed as he looked through the half-light towards the ruined chapel where the crippled form of the dreadnought remained.

 ‘Where are they?’ he thought to himself.

The contingent of marines that had been guarding the relic didn’t stand a chance as his best men descended on them in the darkness – their senses were super heightened from the combat drugs he had given them and the neurotoxins in their splinter rifles were tailored to shut down the marines enhanced biology. He had personally despatched the dreadnought with his blast pistol but not before it had activated its distress signal – that was what he was counting on.

He had fulfilled his part of the bargain.

“SLISCUS!” Shouted the Archon. 

The kabal's grav craft skimmed past the landing pad with the Archon stood at the helm of the most ornate raider – he could not see his face but imagined the fury in his eyes behind the leering mask.

Just as he was about to respond there was a scream of thruster jets and the landing pad was licked with flames. Before he even had chance to register the drop pods arrival the space marines were on top of them – before the spent shell casings had hit the ground the bolter rounds were lifting his men off their feet and blowing ragged bloody chunks through their ornate armour, one warrior dived in front of Sliscus as a melta was aimed at him – half the warriors face dissolved as the weapon found its new target.

Such loyalty surprised the Duke, he didn’t know the warriors name but he would remake him if there was enough of him left for the haemonculi.

As he contemplated this he unholstered his blast pistol and in one fluid move aimed it squarely at the helmet of the squad leader – the marine had no time to react and suffered the same fate as the loyal warrior. The rest of Sliscus’s band of warriors opened up on the marines but they could only bring down two more.

Sliscus looked to the distance, Laser Beams cut through the dark sky but found no target, he followed the trajectory back to its source – a Land raider followed by more of the ugly Imperial tanks. The marines had arrived and in force, hopefully the Archon would be happy now.

The bark of bolter fire brought his attention back to the landing pad, nearly half his men were dead or dying and there were still seven marines to kill. He readied his blades as the marines closed in – now it would get interesting….

Realspace Raids -11, 12 and 13.

So Ive been busy getting games in. All practise for the YOT's in a few weeks. A draw, win a loss in that order. Nothing new of note realy, the duke with the large warrior unit is starting to shine. I love that unit!

Speaking of which, Ive started my Duke conversion, heres a shot of the work in progress.

Results:- 7 wins, 3 drawn, 3 losses