My battlefield rocks...

I have tried to be a little more productive and proactive on the blog. There is a few goals I have set myself over this school holiday, one of which was to finish some terrain I have been working on.
 
I drew my inspiration from my hobby origins in the old 2nd Edition of 40k. So perhaps if you are of that particular vintage, some of these might look familiar to you. 

I also got a lot of ideas from this old, citadel book on How to Make Wargames Terrain. It has a lot of the old terrain and ideas from way back when.

So without further ado...

 I made these out of a surplus of polystyrene that came in packing boxes for furniture, which I couldn't get rid off fast enough. So i decided to make some of the old rock pillars. I carved them with a sharp Stanley knife, stuck them on round drink coasters, and glued them together with PVA. When dry, I then went over them it plaster to seal it a bit, then went at them with some cheap bulk paints. Finally, a bit of green flock, and all done.

Next, I finished my old project which I actually started nearly 20 years ago with my dad. I remember one day after a local 2nd edition tournament, he said we should make some terrain for my games with friends. So I picked what I think, is the most iconic 2nd edition terrain I can think of, the old fortress. So we made plans, had a rough idea of scale, comparing it models from pictures and then made the core structure out of wood. And that is where it stayed for many years. Finally though, I got some impetus to finally get this old model finished, and here it is in all its glory.

 The rocks I made out of Woodland Scenic molds and plaster, which I think work well.

 The decking is from plasticard and the back of the fortress is made from the new Necromunda doors and some old Baneblade armour I had in my bits box.

Finally with some old 2nd edition models for scale.

I am quite happy with it and have been using these new terrain pieces with games with my boys. Feels good to get the fortress in particular, finally done.

Anyways, thanks for looking.

Stay safe.

Update at long last

Well, despite the low activity on this blog, I have been rather busy hobby wise. Due to circumstances out of my control, the internet has been out of action for quite a while, so while it has hampered any updates, though not dampened the hobby.

I have been playing a lot of Kill Team, and have finished a bit of stuff for it.

First up I have finished the Kill Zone, Sector Munitorium.

 I took the slack method. Coloured spray can, dry brush brown and metal, wash with Agrax and Nuln. Done.

 I also did the crane and vehicles in the slack method. Spray the yellow, and metal separate. Assemble, do some details and wash in sepia. Done.

 With the barrels, it was the same as the above, though I used a gold sharpie as I had heard people using them, and I wanted to try it. Did a decent job, and was quick.

Finally the crates, which was the exact same as the crates, with the gold sharpie of course.

 In addition, I also finished the basic models of my Deathwatch Killteam.

 And lastly, I finally finished my version of Archamus for 30k/40k. This model has been on my desk for a long time, so it was good to clear it!

 I used an old fleet captain, with a Games Day Thunder Hammer, and of course a new sternguard head. The fur is just green stuff over one of my ancient power packs from long ago. The bionics, I not not sure where I got it from.

So, very busy!

Next up is either finishing painting another model on my desk, or maybe try a scheme for my Tallarn Killteam.

Thanks for looking, cheers!

A little activity

It has been a long time between posts! Life just gets busy.

I haven't painted a great deal, though I have had a few games, mainly 40k and we did try out the new Age of Sigmar on the weekend. Overall, not too bad.

However, all that gaming got me interested in doing some painting, so I finished off one of my wip boards for 40k.

 

I quite like the detail on the board, and I think it will work well with the upcoming 40k Killteam. I figure I might paint up some off my buildings (which I have a few), and at least get this section of the board painted before doing another. 

Anyways, it's been nioce to finish off and will be fun to game on.

That's all for now, will see if I have anything else to post in the next 6 months. 

Cheers!

Land Riader Caledonia complete!

Well I have an update on the Land Raider Phobos that I posted a while a go. After a recent game, in which it survived 3 turns of shooting, I found some motivation to get it painted and did so.

So here is the Land Raider Caledonia

I acknowledge the weathering on the side, where I wet the powders wasn't the best, and I'll fix that at some stage, when it annoys me enough, but I think I can live with it for the moment and move on to finish Archamus.

I tried to fix the shield so used a slightly smaller one from an old Bretonnian sprue I had lying around. Keen to hear some feedback.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

Imperial Fists showcase

I was asked recently for an army shot. Thought it has been awhile, and since it was sunny, thought I'd give it a shot.

Lords of War

Rogal Dorn
Fellblade 'Eidelweiss'
Typhon

HQ

Sigismund

Alexis Polux

Lysander

4 Power Armour Praetor/Consul/Captain

2 Librarians

1 Chaplain

1 Power armour command squad

2 Primaris Medicae

Elites
10 Veterans in Power Armour
6 Terminators
8 Huscarls
2 Dreadnoughts

Troops

Tactical Squad I (Rhino)

Tactical Squad II(Rhino)

Tactical Squad III (Rhino)

Legion Breacher Squad

Recon Squad (Scouts)

Fast Attack

3 Land Speeders

Heavy Support

2 Land Raider Proteus

1 land Raider Phobos

Land Raider Spartan

Vindicator

7 Devastators

1 Leviathan

 All this comes to around 7300pts all painted. Quite pleased with it. I have finished the Land Raider I was working on, and will post some closeups soon.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers!

Archamus the Praetorian of Dorn, Master of the Huscarls

I've finally decided to make Archamus, the main character from the Praetorian of Dorn novel. He was a great character in that book, and since finishing it, I've wanted to make him, and include him with my Fists.
 

To that end, I have looked around for the most appropriate model, and think I have found something I can live with.

 He is headless at the moment, as I am still awaiting that bit, so hopefully that comes soon. The main body is the old Masters of the Chapter. I used a Maxmini bionic arm, as Archamus has a bionic arm and leg. I figured the leg would be encased in the leg armour, but thought the bionics were cool enough to have for his arm. The 'mace' or Thunder Hammer, is from the Games Day space marine, which I have struggled to get any use out of, despite it being such a cool model. So Im glad I nabbed that.

I also green stuffed the back, just like the picture from the book. The head of course will be bearded just like the illustration.

Still, quite happy with the progress so far. I have also made plans to assemble a Huscarl squad in power armour, to use as veterans. I will post more when the parts do arrive.

As always, thanks for looking.

Cheers!

30k Battle 1500pt Imperial Fists vs Alpha Legion

This was the first game form 2017 a few weeks back. We both took a lot of infantry, though I as usual went for my armour, and my friend went for shenanigans.  It was a relaxing fun game, where I broke my usual rule of fully painted and took a few wip units to try out. Namely an outrider squad and a Land Raider Phobos.

We decided to play a mission we hadn't played before, where each objective marker is randomly rolled at the end of the game to see what it was worth. Anything from negative to positive victory points.With 1500 pts a side, we went for it.

Imperial Fists 1500pts
Praetor in Terminator Armour, Storm Shield, paragon blade, digi lasers
Terminator command squad with storm shields in a Land Raider Phobos (my friend kindly let me have this option)

3 tactical squads in Rhinos

9 Outriders with power axes

Alpha Legion 1500pts
Dynat

5 Siege Tyrants

2 Tactical sqauds

2 veteran tactical squads with missile launchers


The deployment

Imperial Fists deployment, with my new bike squad.

Sneaky Alpha Legion deployment.

Alpha Legion 1st Turn

A tactical squad moves towards the centre of the board, while a hail of fire erupts from the Siege Tyrants inflicting 3 hull points on my new Land Raider. Some missiles also do a hull point of damage to a rhino as well.

Imperial Fists 1st Turn

With a roar, the armour all drive up to a couple of buildings that have the Alpha Legion holed up in. The bikes move up, but are a fraction of an inch from assaulting the building. It was also at this stage that I realised that my bikes probably couldn't assault up in a building.

Alpha Legion 2nd Turn

Everything opens up at the Imperial Fists tanks. The Land Raider amazingly suffers nothing from all the shots, while the tactical squad on foot assaults the lead rhino and wrecks it with a melta bomb.

Imperial Fists 2nd Turn

All out! 30 tactical marines hit the dirt, along with the Huscarls.

The bikes redeploy towards some outflanking tacticals.

The Huscarls assault the building containing the tactical squad, and wipe them out. The 30 tacticals let rip into the veteran tactical squad in the ruins, killing all but 3.

Alpha Legion 3rd Turn

A saboteur turns up, throwing some wretched concoction of demolitions, but fails to do any damage the the Land Raider.

The outflanking tacticals try and move away from the bikes, and open up on them. I believe they suffered a few casualties. The Land Raider finally goes down to the Siege Tyrants.

Imperials Fists 3rd Turn

Huscarls make a dash for the Siege Tyrants building.

The bikes redeploy in front of the saboteur.

At this stage you can tell I have lost a bit of armour in these tight streets. The bikes assault the saboteur and wipe him out. The 20 tacticals wipe out the veterans left over in the building on the bottom right. The other 10 tacticals hop back into the only functioning armour left and make for the other building with veterans in it.

Alpha Legion 4th Turn

Imperial Fists 4th Turn

Alpha Legion 5th Turn

The Siege Tyrants move to a better position and rain death on tactical squad 2, hunkered out side their building. 2 survive the onslaught.

Imperial Fists 5th Turn

Realising it is towards the end, and with the loss of the praetor and the Huscarls, the Imperial Fists begin preserving strength and hunker down on objectives.

Alpha Legion 6th Turn

The Siege Tyrants trudge out of their building to smoke the last 2 members of Tactical Squad 2. Otherwise they consolidate an objective.

Imperial Fists 6th Turn

The remaining marines just bunker down on some objectives, hoping they will be worth the price that was paid to secure them.

Final victory points.

Alpha Legion: 10
Imperial Fists 7

I know where it went down hill for me, though I was primarily trying out my new units. The bikes were a mixed bag of disappointment again. Though this time they weren't wiped out having achieved nothing, so I can't completely fault them. The Land Raider did a sterling job staying alive to turn 3, surviving all the Krak missiles. Definitely needs a paint job for such a heroic effort.

Close game in the end, and certainly had its swaying moments, but it came through for the Alpha legion in the end. Adalwulf will have his rewenge!

Thanks for looking.

Cheers!