Age of Sigmar

Well, I recall posting earlier about liking what I was seeing about the newest edition of WHFB coming out.  It's been out for a couple of weeks now, have played it a bit, gone over the rules, such as they are, and I'm fully convinced that this is a fun game to play.  So, I'm in.  Luckily, with the rules being FREE, and me having a large bitz box of old miniatures, I am able to get an army together that costs me nothing at this time.  So, fun...cheap...that's a win for me.

I have been working on Dark Elves, which are now part of the Order Faction, and called aelfs.  But, earlier this week I decided to take a small break from them and paint up a chaos lord:

Borak the Despoiler, Lord of Chaos.  And yes, it's that Borak, for those that get it.

Can't say it's my best miniature I've done, and my green-stuff skills are very lacking, but I like the pose and the look.  Very threatening.  And, since he's based off of the Archaon on foot miniature (rare mini indeed), he's as big as an ogre...or, I mean, ogor.  Very chaos-like, as his size and power make him the chaos lord he deserves to be.  Now to just get an army around him.  After Dark Elves and some Lizardmen (called seraphon, also in the Order faction).  Gencon this year is going to be expensive.  I'll post pics of the aelfs and seraphon after I'm done with their armies.

Looking forward to more material from this game.  Very enjoyable.  Rules are light but easy and fast--more tactical depth than I thought there would be.  There are haters, of course, but that doesn't stop the rest of us from enjoying this nice product.  Meh, whatever.  If a game is fun, it's a good game.  And that's what Age of Sigmar is.

Weak Willed, but Itching to Paint Something.....

I don't think I'm going to get back into Warmachine and Hordes, but one never knows.  And with the excitement about Warhammer: Age of Sigmar (which, admittedly, is starting to look good--but we'll see if it delivers), I've had a bit of an itch to paint up some bigger models.  So here's the first of Butcher's new battlegroup, Bruticus:

Army Painter spray primers are a gift from the gods!  Worth every penny.  Also broke out some of my old P3 paints to supplement my excellent line of Reaper Pro series.  Or is it Master's series?  Which ever one they don't make anymore... I also am going to print up some Khador specific decals and apply them at a later date.  So while this is finished, it actually isn't.  Huh?

Anyway, this is a good model.  The plastic/resin isn't the best on the market, and doesn't clean up very well (mold lines and miscasts and such) but it painted just fine.  Took me a while, no surprise there, but the end result is very satisfying.  I have another Juggernaut to paint up, and then a Marauder.  After that, I'll probably strip and repaint Butcher.  All in time for Gencon--that's the plan at least.  And that will be all for Khador, as if I start playing again, I will only play small battles (preferably Tooth and Claw and Mangled Metal only).

I am also looking into doing a battlegroup for Scavernous (a Cryx warcaster).  That'll probably take shape after Gencon, if it does at all.

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The Mighty....6mm scale...Baneblade!

Part of the my slow (agonizingly slow) collection of an IG army.  Painted desert-ish colors for a Tallarn Steel Legion list, and a Tallarn Tank Legion list.  Using old oop Reaper paints and GW washes.  Turret is magnetized for fun re-positioning.

(I noticed that white hair on the pic.  Mysterious, it is).

Epic Armageddon again

Did some more E:A models.  Hope I can stick with this for once, instead of losing interest and moving on to other things.

(left to right) OTC Raijin, OTC Baku, Sisterhood Atropos (all three from Onslaught Miniatures), and a Medusa Siege tank.

Rough Riders.  Ready for some desert/arid action.

Close up of an OTC Raijin (yeah, Tau Hammerhead proxy).

I have more coming in, and as for now, have a strong desire to assemble and paint Epic miniatures.  I hope it lasts.

The Ethereal Legion

I think I got the undead glowy effect down finally.

Spray white, two coats of Didi's Magic Ink Green, a heavy drybrush of Reaper Pro Paint Pine (or Emerald...I can't remember and it was just last night!)/Leather White (Pro Paints are no longer available.  Followed by a lighter drybrush of Leather White with a touch of whichever green mixed in.  They I lightly used Didi's Magic Ink Red for the eye sockets.  The bases aren't my best work, but they'll do.  Angry Skeletons are from Mantic Games Kings of War Undead line.

And now for my other hobbies...

1860 Spencer Repeater Carbine from ARMI Sport.  Named "Nancy" in honor of the person who talked me into getting it (my wife's wonderful aunt).  Some might recognize it as the weapon carried by Christian Bale's character in the 3:10 to Yuma movie remake (a damned good western and I recommend it).  Had it for a while, but looked up and saw it just now and can't get over how nice of a weapon it is.  I should go out and shoot it some more, but it's awfully hot and humid right now...

Flee, puny humans!

All Quiet On The Martian Front is a 15mm(ish) scale tabletop wargame set in an alternate history during an actual Martian invasion of Earth at the start of the 20th century.  Has some good background to read, the models are amazing (amazing, I'll say it again), and the rules are good enough.

What's posted below is my first model from the line, a Martian Assault Tripod, the most common of the invading war machines.  Very simple paint scheme.  Use of spray paints for the most part.

 

 

One down...

Finished the first Ork Fighta-Bommer.  Good enough paint job, didn't go as expected, but the finished result is...well, it's finished.  That's all that matters.  Now to move onto the others, and other Epic stuff.

Epic 40K/Armageddon Space Ork Fighta-Bommer Scratch-build

Patience.  I had quite a bit of the last couple of days.  That's good, because I didn't have much skill, or eyesight, but my little project turned out ok I think:

And here was the original prototype that I'm not sure if I'm doing anything else with:

Ugly little squat bugger.  He was a test run, and he was successful.  Any fightas (sans bomma) I do will be based off of him.

So, yeah, anyway, that's done, and before the Yule!  I plan on doing 3 more of them, then one 'Eavy Bomma. or two, if I have the material.  All will be used in my Micro Fight Tank Wars! rules (real name pending), and of course, Epic Armageddon if I play it ever again.

Have no real idea how to paint it.  My original Orks were red, but I'm favoring red for Chaos, so...I might paint them up as Bad Moon Orks, which means lots of yellow.  I have never painted miniatures with yellow as the primary color.  I'm not confident that it will turn out good.  But that's not something I'm going to worry about for a week or so.