Assault Squads, Death Company, Compressors and Magnets.

Hey hey!

How's it going folks?
So.
Today was an eventful day, at least compared to the last few days :)

Got 2 packages through the post, a big one and a not so big one. Lets start of small and work our way up.

Package number 1: Wayland games finally sent me the Assault Squad and Death Company, not got any pretty pictures though :)

Package number 2: The big one, I ordered a compressor kit last Friday and today it came, complete with 2 airbrushes and a connector that only fits one of them...... nevermind at least I can hook it up to the GW spray gun. Oh and the instructions are in Engrish, good job I am a man and wouldn't bother reading them anyway :p

Tomorrows job is to test it out before I go to work.

I made a start on painting my Captain, just doing a bit here and there, need to pick up some codex grey for highlighting the black.

 I'm pretty happy with the colour on the armour, you might be able to see where I tried highlighting and then gave up :p but overall it'll to for tabletop. Also I tried the white hot metal again, this time trying to place it in the holes where I would expect the hot stuff to come from.

I magnetised a few options for him too, rather than just stick with the Thunder Hammer which isn't always the best choice. We have a Power Axe, Inferno Pistol, Storm Shield, Thunder Hammer and a Plasma Pistol (out of shot, came from one of the badly painted boys, actually looks like it's Mephistons)

Counts as Dante.

This is the Axe and Inferno Pistol for a "counts as Dante" gonna magnetise a Bolt Pistol for a "counts as Asteroth" since it's only a 1 handed axe and Asteroth has a Bolt Pistol in his profile.

Here's a little one with the Storm Shield, the shield is magnetised onto the arm itself and there is a separate Bolt Pistol on the sprue to go with the arm as well, so I will probably magnetise that too so I can just pop it on and have Asteroth.

Hopefully Ill be able to get cracking with the AS and DC and have some pics up soonish, pretty busy next week with work but I'll do my best.

Have fun.

Odd and sods.

Hallo ladies and gentlebeards.

Well, I've been messing about trying out battle damage on the Terminator and here are the results (a bit blurry sorry, need a proper camera)

Does the black outlines clash too much with the red? also I wasn't really sure how to do the  scratches on black. On the red I painted a Chaos Black splodge and put Boltgun Metal in the middle, for the Black I did a Baltgun Metal splodge with Mithril Silver in the middle, it's not very discernible though. As for the Powerfist, I just wanted to try out the flames, didn't work so great tbh.

Also I tried out the Army Painter dip on a Blood Angel Marine, I also found out Matt Varnish doesn't work very well in the dark, like the Citadal spray primers it leaves a bubbly finish if you use it in the dark, never the less here are the pics.

It's a sloppy paintjob, but it only took 5 min :p I think it would work really well if I took my time and did it properly.

On another note, My Flesh Tearer shoulder pads arrived, along with the Meltaguns, also the Chain Axes I ordered from Forgeworld turned up too, they will need a lot of cleaning up.  I magnetised the arms on my captain so I can change his loadout easier and I've undercoated, gonna make a start on painting him today I think.

That's all I can think of for now, adios.

Painting above my abilities.

Hi I'm procrastinating again :D

So I got my paints through the post, mail order ftw! :p

so first up I had a go at the "hot" jump pack, at this point I noticed I really should have filed them joins on the packs before I glued them together, ah well you live and learn.

hmm the flash obscures it somewhat, I'll try and find a spare lamp tomorrow and stick my full spectrum bulb in, should be able to get some better pics with that. Still I am reasonably satisfied with the effect. Gotta try these things if you want to get better right?


2ndly

I got the spray gun working pretty well and squirted a terminator with it. It gave a much better coverage with the scab red than when I hand paint it, the smoothness of it was impressive.

However after a while the can got a bit cold and lost pressure. I thought maybe if the can was somewhere warmer it would last longer, but I just ended up with a cold arse. Ah well.

I messed up the right knee, I'm still not very good at painting skulls and such, my layer needs work.

This is Scab Red sprayed over Chaos black with minimal Red Gore highlights and a Badab Black wash. Chest skull and wing bits are done with Snakebite Leather followed with a drybush of Bleached Bone, I think I did it a bit heavy though. The skulls are washed with Gryphon Sepia and the wing bits are washed with Baal Red to tie it to the Torso a bit better.

So currently I am playing about with a bit of weathering on the Terminator, a black blob with a dab of Boltgun metal in the middle, looks passable, I'll post a pick tomorrow maybe.

I think tomorrow I will have a crack at using the Army Painter dip I got ages ago to see how that works, although I think Flesh Tearers may be too dark a scheme for that to really shine, so I may have to paint up a proper Blood Angel marine for that.

Oh and I ordered some Flesh Tearer shoulder pads to bump my Spraypaint to free delivery :p so they will go nicely on my Assault squad when that gets delivered (Wayland games are a bit slow on the dispatch )

Eek 2am, better go to bed :p

Moar.

Well I have done this one as much as I can till I get some more paints.

I tried to simulate writing but not so great.

I need to touch up the sloppy bits and paint the metallic colours, also I saw a nice effect on some jump pack exhausts which I think I will try. Finally a matt varnish to get rid of the shiny.

I've ordered a box of Assault Marines and a Box of Death Co.

I've been pondering a fluffy list.

Basically Flesh Tearers are Blood Angels crazy turned up to 11 so lots of CC units and Astorath to lead them. Having everyone suffer from Red Thirst on a 1-3 instead of just a 1 will simulate the instability of them.

Test Model MKII

I've been doing a little bit of dabbling and I quiet like this messy one.

This fellow is a Heaver Bolter Marine, not very Flesh Teareresque but hey ho what can ya do :p

Test Model MKII

Right, I've been messing about just slapping a layer on here and there whilst waiting to respawn or watching a film and I am quite liking the messy look of this one.

Spray and Pray.

I bought the Citadel Spray Gun ages ago, never used it though. So I've been trying it out and I just can't get a decent coverage, I think I must be thinning it down to much. Also, I just realised I have no Silver paints and no Blood Red, that's just silly so it looks like I need to go on a shopping trip.

Flesh Tearers? I like that.

The very first army I collected when I started the first time back in 2nd edition was Blood Angels. Back then there was nothing to distinguish them from Ultramarines other than colours. Anyway I digress.

I decided I would paint these up as Flesh Tearers, I figured it was a bit different from bright red so without further ado a quickie that I painted up as a test. It's very sloppy I hand undercoated it over that bad paintjob and just blasted it out pretty quick.

As I said, very sloppy, I haven't finished it, bit it gives me the general idea of the colour scheme other than in a book. Also I magnetised the Jump-pack so I can stick a normal backpack on.

I do like the scheme though.

Wow that looks good.



P.S this will count as my weekly update since I am buggering off to Edinburgh :)


Pineapple out.

Flesh Tearers? I like that.

The very first army I collected when I started the first time back in 2nd edition was Blood Angels. Back then there was nothing to distinguish them from Ultramarines other than colours. Anyway I digress.

I decided I would paint these up as Flesh Tearers, I figured it was a bit different from bright red so without further ado a quickie that I painted up as a test. It's very sloppy I hand undercoated it over that bad paintjob and just blasted it out pretty quick.

Bit an Pieces

The spare parts I ordered arrived, although I am starting the wonder about the usefulness of having a power sword in with a bunch of normal attacks all on the same initiative, I am pretty sure I have a spare Bolt Pistol I can use instead.
 Also I completely forgot I ordered a Plasma Cannon as well, the postage was going to cost as much as the sword and base so I got the cannon to make it more worthwhile.
 I got them from Bit and Kits, a handy little site for odds and sods (I got my commanders bits from there) I got a pack of flying bases for the Landspeeders and 10 Jumps packs from the Games Workshop site, free postage for orders over £10 :)

I dug out an old Apothecary figure from the last time I played 40k, I was about 12 I think so the paint job is almost as bad as the rest of em, still, I can run him as a Sanguinary Priest which is a nice FNP bubble.

AI have the first batch of figures soaking away in disinfectant ready to strip, I think I'll start the scrubbing on Monday.

And now to finish with a question.
What paint scheme to go for with my commander. Do I stick with Red or try for the Gold scheme from the likes of Dante and Tycho?

Pineapple Out.

For the glory of the Emperor!

The badly painted boys took on my cousins Tau Yesterday 1000 pts a side. I went into this fight confident in my 100% victory streak against him with all 3 of my armies. Anyways lets have a crack at the nitty gritty.

This is all from what I can remember.

Tau.


1 Commander type in battlesuit - Missile Pods, Fusion Blaster, Cyclic Ion Cannon.
6 man Stealth suit team - 2 Fusion Blaster, 4 Burst Cannon
30 odd Kroot + Hounds with Shaper
6 Pathfinders - 3 Rail rifles, 3 Carbines
20 Firewarriors
20 Firewarriors
5 Vespids + Strain Leader
1 Hammerhead.

Blood Angels.


Captain - Thunder Hammer + Jump Pack
5 Terminators - Cyclone Missile Launcher
1 Sanguinary Priest
10 man Tactical Squad - Heavy Bolter, Flamer, Plasma Pistol.
10 man Assault Squad - Infernus Pistol, Plasma Pistol, Meltagun, Power Sword.
5 man Devastator Squad - 4 Missile Launchers.

Since we were both rusty we decided to go for Standard Deploy + Annihilation. Si won the roll off and elected to go first.

From left to right start with Tau (top) Pathfinder squad, Kroot squad, Hammerhead, Fire warriors, Fire Warriors.

Blood Angels, Combat squad (Flamer, Plasma Pistol), Priest, Combat squad (Heavy Bolter) Devastator squad.



Si held the Stealth Team and Battle suit in reserve, I held my Assault squad with the Captain attached in reserve.

Turn 1.
Tau.


Nothing moved at all so he went straight to the shooting, that's what Tau do right? The Fire Warriors on the right opened up on the Devastator squad with a patter of 5 shots thanks to the building blocking LOS. One of them came close to hitting, kind of.
The 2nd Fire warrior squad opened up with their full complement of 20 guns in an attempt to cut down the Heavy Bolter team, quiet a few hit, several wounds were caused and a few saves were failed, Hello Mr Priest, thanks for the feel no pain, the squad emerged unscathed.
 The Hammerheads turret swung menacingly towards the Squad with Flamer and unleashed its sub-munitions and scored a direct hit on all 5 of them. Some nice rolling resulted in 5 wounds,All 5 saving throws were made without even breaking a sweat.
All in all an ineffective round for the Tau.

Blood Angels.

My turn.
The squad with Flamer legged it towards the building the Kroot were lurking behind and the Priest moved up to keep them and the Heavy bolter within his Blood Chalice bubble. With movement kept at a minimal the shooting began.
First up were the missile launchers, all 4 let rip across the board with frag missiles against the edge of the Kroot blob, when the smoke cleared 5 hounds were sprawled  out dead. The Heavy Bolter barked out felling 2 Fire warriors in the squad opposite them.
Thus ended Turn 1.

Stay Tuned for more later :)

Lets start small.

Right, just a quick update.

I've ordered parts to get everything up to scratch, 3 flying bases for the Landspeeders, a power sword for the Assault Squad Sergeant, a 25mm base for the guy without one and last but not least, 10 Jump Packs for the Assault Marines since they don't have any (who wants foot slogging Assault Marines?)


P.S. Passed my willpower roll so I didn't buy a Baal Predator or Land Raider Crusader :)

Here we go.

I had best get some pictures of this rabble up.

Bear in mind that I got everything pre-assembled and "painted" from Ebay.
The only work I have done is spray the Assault Squad red and then only 1 coat.
So with out further ado.

This is all the foot troops.
 30 Marines with Bolters (1 missing base)
4 Marines with Flamers (1 damaged)
4 Marines with Missile Launchers (1 Damaged)
2 Marines with Heavy Bolters.
10 Assault Marines (2 Damaged)
8 Terminators.
1 Terminator with Heavy Flamer.
1 Terminator with Cyclone Launcher.
1 Captain with Thunder Hammer and Jump Pack.
1 Big green mug full of nice and hot Tea, 2 sugars thanks.

Here is El Capitan up close. Custom build, got him from various Bitz sites, not so keen on his helmet after m last match, the bugger drew blood :(

Here with have the 3 Landspeeders all 3 are missing the flying bases and weapons. 

Last but not least, an old style Predator, counts as a fast vehicle for Blood Angles, Nice.

1st!!

1st post!

Yea okay, I fail.

Still here we go, I'm popping my blogging cherry and what better way to do that than something nice and geeky :) Yep, it's a Warhammer blog.

I thought I would try and get some incentive to get cracking with my Blood Angels since I have had them about 9 months and not painted any, in fact I only just finished gluing my Captain together.

I got everything off Ebay, except for my Captain I got him from a few different Bitz sites.

My plan is as follows:
1st. Paint at least One model a week and post about it.
2nd. Play more matches, take photo's and post about it.
3rd. Have lots of that thing people call fun (anyone know where I can buy that?)

Hope you enjoy watching me massacre all my hard earned pennies.