Word Bearers New Year New Army Part 3

So my last post of the year before we welcome in 2020.

Been cracking on with the Word Bearers and have assembled all the models from the box set.

Some are in component parts to make it easier for painting.

Have to say I love the models for the Greater Possessed and the new Plastic Obliterators.

Also started work on my test colour scheme for the Chaos Marines. Nice a simple to start with Chaos Black then Leadbelcher for the metal and Khorne red for the armour. Bought together with a wash of Nuln Oil and then Agrax Earthshade. Aiming to have the first model completed before I go back to work. Not decided on the basing for the models yet.

Word Bearers New Year New Army Part 2

Word Bearers New Year New Army Part 2

Last night I had a quick read through the codex and delved into the Word Bearers section of the codex.

The Word Bearers have some nice special rules which I have listed below with some of my thoughts.

Legion Trait: Profane Zeal: You can re-roll failed Morale tests for units with this trait.

Will be handy when looking to hold onto objectives with smaller units and ensuring that they stay in battle longer than their opponents especially as the Chaos Marine Squads only have leadership 7 or 8 with a Champion.

Stratagem: Dark Pact use this when a World Bearers Character attempts to summon a unit of Daemons to the battlefield You can re-roll any of the dice used in the summoning roll, and your character will not suffer any mortal wounds for rolling doubles or triples. Costing 1 command point this will seriously be looked at if I decide to add a force of demons into my growing army. 

Warlord Trait: The Voice of Lorgar this increases the range of any aura abilities on your Warlord's datasheet by 3 inches. To be honest this looks a given at the current stage of reading.

The lure of the models could not keep me away for long. Looking at the models in the box this is going to give me a Patrol Detachment which is a nice starting point to my army.

Army List:

Master of Possession 5 Power

10 Chaos Space Marines 8 Power

2 Greater Possessed 8 Power

2 Obliterators 12 Power

1 Venomcrawler 7 Power

Total Power 40 Power

So a nice little starting force that allows some nice flexibilty on the table and some stunning models to paint. Should be more than achievable in the time period.

Don't forget that if you are looking to take part that you can post your pics up on Instagram and Facebook with the hashtag  #PaintingWarhammer2020

Word Bearers New Year New Army

Word Bearers New Year New Army Part 1

Recently on Games Work Shop's Community Page they announced a new hobby challenge for us.

New Year, New Army

So with my Ultramarines hitting a good natural break, thought it is a pretty good time to add some bad guys to my collection. So where better to start with than Chaos Space Marines. In the past I have collected a Word Bearers force for Horus Heresy so having some investment in that background and lore I have decided to bring these up to date.

I popped down to Warhammer World today and picked up the codex and Start Collecting Chaos Space Marines starter set. With the focus of December and March for that to be the focus for the New Army that is where I will start. 

Over the next few posts I will show my progress on the army and try and include as many test shots of my progress. 

Who else is taking part?

Black Seas First Game

Black Seas - The Age Of Sail era, fleet ship-of-the-line, combat game set between 1770 and 1830.

Black Seas is Warlord Games new Historical game. It has been out about a month or so now, and has received very good reviews. Warlord Games has chosen 1/700 for their scale and this gives a good balance between allowing a good number of ships on the table, and also maintaining highly detailed models.

I had resisted this at first as I was not going to take on another new game that was not going to get much game play, as most of my gaming group are either roleplaying or playing board games at the current time. However Chris at work and sometimes contributor on the blog picked up a set of the core game Master and Commander and the British and French Fleet boxes. Seeing him put together his ships and seeing the high quality of the miniatures my hidden love of naval wargaming came to surface. 

My previous experience with Naval Wargaming has come from a very young age at school where I played Harpoon, and Age of Sail at the wargaming club. I still have a very large collection of Modern Naval ships for Harpoon and all the rules and at some point I will dust it off and get Chris to have a couple of games with me.

But back to Black Sails. Set in the period from 1770 to 1830 this allows players to play in a range of conflicts from War of Indepence, pirate engagements to Cadiz the Battle of the Nile and of course The Battle of Trafalgar. 

I will review the ships in more detail in a future post. 

But today we had our first run through of the rules. The basic rules are very easy to pick up and learn, however the devil is in the detail of learning how to use the Wind Gauge and correctly setting your sails so that you can bring your broadside to bear.

Below are a couple of action shots from todays run through.

As you can see Black Seas uses a similar wake markers to show your setting of the sails as Cruel Seas uses to show speed of the MtBs. Ships are activated using the Wind Gauge, you note the direction of the wind and move an imaginary line across the table and as the line hits the ships the take action in the order that the Wind Gauge hits the ships. The ranges of the guns are good and use a base number of 5 or less to hit with modifiers for how fast you and the target ship are sailing, with 1s being a critical hit. Damage to ships is slow and accumilating, but I think this is due to us only having 2 ships and probably spending more time playing with the movement and positioning of the ships, rather than putting out raking broadsides. 

So far I am really enjoying the game and it is certainly one that I see me and Chris getting a lot of games in. As you can see from the pictures I have been playing around with GWs contrast paints to get a nice quick and easy paint job done on the ships. But more on this to follow.

I am going to write up some more detailed reviews and thoughts on this game with the more we play.

Has anyone else picked up the game or thinking of playing it?

Dungeons & Dragons Baphomet WIP

With last weeks bad times slowly behind me, decided it was back to the hobby desk. I needed a change from the Ultramarines, and I had recently picked up Baphomet from Gale Force Nine. It's a really lovely sculpt. Very clean and crisp resin model cut into a number of parts arms, tail, head and crown. As with all resin models of this size there are some mold cut lines to clean and air bubbles to fill. I am really impressed with the quality of the model and cannot wait to start getting some paint on the model. 

Rest In Peace

Yesterday was one of the toughest days in a long time for me and Tracey, noticing that our big cat Oz had been steadily losing weight we took him to the vets. In my heart I was certain that this was going to be a one way trip. This was sadly true and we put him to sleep at 1 pm to remove any future pain.

Oz was a big cross breed either Maincoon or Norwegian Forest but we could never be sure, he was a big eater and particular when and where you could him fuss. Always one to sit on the chair when ever we had chicken or fish, and reaching out with his big paws to swipe some food if we were not watching. 

Gonna miss him so much, but now he is resting peacefully and using them big paws to catch butterflies.

Love you and miss you Oz 

DreadTober Complete

So the Dreadnought is completed to the same level as the rest of my Ultramarines. I am really happy with the pose however it does need better fixing points on the base as they both have very small contact points. Looking forward to seeing how to fairs in a game. I have a couple more units to finish on my Ultramarines and then it will be the long process of decals and weathering. Looking forward to this stage.

Necromunda Orlock Heavy Bolter

Necromunda Orlock Heavy Bolter

With the Necromunda Box Set out this weekend, I was prepping and clearing up the painting table and found that I had a lonely Orlock Heavy Bolter Gang Member that my mate jay had given me to paint.

So to get back into the flow got him finished last night

Really pleased with how he has come out, tried a new technique on the leather jacket, think it came out ok but will try and perfect as try the technique out again on Blackstone Fortress Model.

Massive Darkness Malleus Completed

Massive Darkness Malleus Completed

Finally completed Malleus from the Cool Mini Or Not Massive Darkness expansion. This has been sat on the painting table for a while now. I have decided that I am going to paint everything that is sat on the desk to give me a clear start for the start of the year. Malleus is a Fighter of Faith that will be used in both Massive Darkness and my Dungeons & Dragons campaigns.

DreadTober Failed

DreadTober Failed

Well I am gutted work progressed really well in the first 2 weeks getting most of the major work on the model completed. Then I was struck with tonsilities and then away for the week at the Essen Spiel. But I still remain motivated to finish up the dreadnought even if it is a couple of weeks late.

Will have completed shots hopefully by the end of next week.

Adeptus Titanicus: New Scenery Up for Pre Order

This week sees Forge World bring us some great new terrain pieces for the battlefield. There are 4 pieces in total and easy 1 click bundle

I really like the destroyed container. I can only hope that we will see some non destroyed ones in a future release. I think this pack might see a multiple purchase for me once I get my gaming table set up and running.

Again loving the Silos can see this being a multiple purchase again for some nice big objective silo areas.

Some nice pieces if you are not going down the 3D Printed route. Each being priced at £12 I think is a pretty good price and cheaper than some of the offerings on Shapeways.

DreadTober Part VI Blue is Complete

DreadTober Part VI Blue is Complete

Bit of a break last week as was ill with stupid Tonsilities, but back on with a few more layers to complete the blue. Now onto the black casing on the weapons and bringing some more life to the metal areas.

How is your DreadTober going?

DreadTober Part V Layering the Blue

With Vapian taking up the DreadTober Challenge with his Riptide we have decided the end of the month we will battle against each other to see who will come out on top. Having had a look at the Riptide stats I am not holding out to much hope.

Over the weekend and todays lunch break I have started the long blue layering process. It starts with leadbelcher and then ink washing with agrax and nuln oil, then a drybrush of leadbelcher and then finial highlights with Stormcast Silver. Then using the clear blue from the old Forge World paint range it is about 8 layers till I reach the deep blue that I am looking for. Once all the blue is done will be onto all the finer details of the model.

Dreadtober- Vapian’s take

Dreadtober- Vapian’s take

Being a long time Space Marine and Imperial Guard player, this summer with the release of the Contrast Paints from GW, I took the plunge and bought a Tau Army from scratch. This was only to have an excuse to use the Contrast Paints, on an army I had long wanted to get together and play for WH40K. 

Never one to do it by halves, my rationale was to get everything i wanted in my army, in one jump; simultaneously hiding my purchases from the missus and also paint the army in a single hit. 

So one big purchase later, which included the Start Collecting boxset (x2) and a tonne of pathfinders, crisis suits and the jewels in my gunline a Broadside and a Riptide, all I have to do is choose a colour scheme. But my lovely big models? These are huge models compared to anything I’ve painted for 40K before and lend themselves well to Dreadtober. 

After a conversation with your regular host DibDab666, I was convinced to paint at least one of my Tau Dreadnaught sized models for Dreadtober, especially as my painting queue had stalled with Flames Of War projects, work, life in general and too many hours replaying Assassin’s Creed Odeyssey in September...

So this is my pledge. The Riptide will be up first (my rationale being if I get the biggest model out of the way first, hopefully medium and small models will follow a lot easier and almost appear done on their own) then everything else. 

Also I have some Flames Of War Infantry begging me to get painted as well, so I will post regular updates on both projects. Then I can get back into the painting groove as Aeronautica Imperialis and my aforementioned Crimson Fists are also vying for space on the painting station. A hobbyists life is never completed!

Vapian

DreadTober Post IV Posing Completed

DreadTober Post IV  Posing Completed

Another lunch time down and completed the posing and some of the work on the base. Happy with how it looks, worked on a fairly action based pose that will really stand out on the table. I am really pleased with how much pose ability this kit has as most of the shots I have seen have been fairly static. I have to be honest cannot wait to get this painted as tempted by a second one.

4 Shots of the pose below all the body, legs and arms are all separate for ease of painting. Can you guess what Netflix show I am watching?

DreadTober Part III Assembly and Pose Testing

DreadTober Part III Assembly and Pose Testing

So it's day one of Dread Tober and I have made some really good progress over lunch today, got the main body completed and got the legs done ready for posing.

Just simply assembled not chosen the weapon option just yet, and cannot decide if I am going to seal it or have it so that that it can open. 

As I mentioned in yesterdays post ones of the challenges I was going to face was the basing as GDub do not produce the style I am using in such a large size. Hunting through my bases box found these steps left over from the 40K Heroes kit. The idea is to have the dread in a standing pose and his left arm pointing towards an unseen enemy.

Hopefully will have the basic assembly completed tomorrow and then can start to work on the painting.