so half my death star has arrived the beasts an here they are !!!
I still need some hellions to be handlers as well as 1 to convert up to be the baron then the death star is fully complete!!
for those who haven't used the beasts yet their an amazingly versatile unit very fast lots of wounds and attacks and the baron gives them grenades and stealth!!
I mainly use them for board control run into the middle then charge nething that comes close or
use it turn 3/4 to play aggressive and tackle troop units with them that are pouring out of the blown up vehicles
their will be problems VS units that ignore cover and tau lol but on the whole a very gd unit
Sunday, 1 December 2013
Monday, 18 November 2013
new case and the new force assembled!!!
so its after pay day and look what I got!!! the vortex grenade case!! and the force as it amassing so far!!
1 heamonculus
10 wracks
10 warriors
10 wyches
4 venoms
1 raider
3 ravagers
2 flyers
12 bikes
Friday, 15 November 2013
more dark eldar
so 2day its payday and im gunna splurge and near enough finish my HS section with 2 out of 3 flyers and another ravager making the total 3 ravagers and 3 flyers also ill be buying the vortex grenade box coz its awesome :D
to finish this army I now need
13 reaver jetbikes
1 ravager
beast pack
hellions
and its done :)
to finish this army I now need
13 reaver jetbikes
1 ravager
beast pack
hellions
and its done :)
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
new dark eldar colour scheme
so iv finished my test models and here they are
I really like this colour scheme the gold is a nice contrast without being to bright I also like the purple with is naggaroth night which is my new favourite for purple these models will be re painted as I used a battered brush but I am definitely am pleased with the results
Sunday, 10 November 2013
throne of skulls done!!
so finally back from throne of skulls and it was amazing jus very tired and have already made a pledge to take my dark eldar with eldar allies full year 2 paint and practice
on to wat happened
game 1 dark eldar with eldar -won
this was dawn of war and 4 objectives he went first and it went 2 turn 7 and I won this thru smart missiling him off an objective a highlight wraithknight died in 1 turn to my shooting death star :)
game 2 orks (speed freaks) - won
emperors will hammer and anvil this was over after turn 1 he went first turbo boosted and was on my door with big unit of nobs with warboss and lots of bikes with wazdakka and 3 deffkoptas I shot n killed all of them and charged the deffkoptas with my riptide and that died turn 3 lol and space pope died turn 2 n it was over turn 4 coz he cudnt win
game 3 - eldar -loss
objectives vanguard strike played a guy from my team n he eat me n ruined my winning streak!! lol
game 4 - dark eldar - won
kill points hammer n anvil he kept out of 24" range thanx 2 shadow fields I cudnt kill thinigs with my warriors he also killed riptide and the big stuff but before this I got first blood and warlord :)
game 5 - dark eldar - won
vanguard strike relic I got first blood and warlord he went first and had 2 cum into my kill box 2 get the relic n shot he unit at a time
so that was throne of skulls 2013 im aiming for 3 wins next year with dark eldar stay tuned for new colour scheme pics of tester pieces and army lists
on to wat happened
game 1 dark eldar with eldar -won
this was dawn of war and 4 objectives he went first and it went 2 turn 7 and I won this thru smart missiling him off an objective a highlight wraithknight died in 1 turn to my shooting death star :)
game 2 orks (speed freaks) - won
emperors will hammer and anvil this was over after turn 1 he went first turbo boosted and was on my door with big unit of nobs with warboss and lots of bikes with wazdakka and 3 deffkoptas I shot n killed all of them and charged the deffkoptas with my riptide and that died turn 3 lol and space pope died turn 2 n it was over turn 4 coz he cudnt win
game 3 - eldar -loss
objectives vanguard strike played a guy from my team n he eat me n ruined my winning streak!! lol
game 4 - dark eldar - won
kill points hammer n anvil he kept out of 24" range thanx 2 shadow fields I cudnt kill thinigs with my warriors he also killed riptide and the big stuff but before this I got first blood and warlord :)
game 5 - dark eldar - won
vanguard strike relic I got first blood and warlord he went first and had 2 cum into my kill box 2 get the relic n shot he unit at a time
so that was throne of skulls 2013 im aiming for 3 wins next year with dark eldar stay tuned for new colour scheme pics of tester pieces and army lists
Sunday, 3 November 2013
back on with dark eldar 4k+ veiws
first im over 4k view yay an I wan my dark elder back so like I did for the legion ill do a few posts as the army develops
iv really missed having another army and the only army I really enjoy is dark eldar so ill be saving tau for tournaments and dark eldar will be back as my main army with a new colour scheme no aegis I have roughly 1100 pts at the moment
heamonculus
10 wracks
1 raider
20 warriors
10 wyches
6 bikes
4 venoms
2 ravagers
I now need
1 more ravager
beasts
hellions
venom
2/3 flyers
the colour scheme will be bone armour with purple trim and some dull gold for ranged weapons
iv really missed having another army and the only army I really enjoy is dark eldar so ill be saving tau for tournaments and dark eldar will be back as my main army with a new colour scheme no aegis I have roughly 1100 pts at the moment
heamonculus
10 wracks
1 raider
20 warriors
10 wyches
6 bikes
4 venoms
2 ravagers
I now need
1 more ravager
beasts
hellions
venom
2/3 flyers
the colour scheme will be bone armour with purple trim and some dull gold for ranged weapons
Friday, 18 October 2013
e for EPIC
so iv bin running ethag for quite sometime now and hes awesome at beating face but iv decided to go down the opposite route for my 2nd list so iv decided on running elylyth as a tier list so the core of the list wille be
elylyth
ravagore
ravagore
stinger
stinger
stinger
stinger
units
nyss striders
ua
nyss striders
ua
nyss striders
death stalker
death stalker
death stalker
how the list will work
iv come to love shredders for either blocking charge lanes and forcing the opponent to walk round or take out the shredder so iv decided that the stingers will do the same job with elylyth having stealth on her battle group they should stay awhile lol
the next part are the ravagores the bread and butter of this list elylyth casts pin cushion on the enemy caster then feats then the ravagores will double shot with a power 15 aoe3 that causes corrosion that's usually enough to take out a caster
the units will provide blocks like the shredders while the combine range attack to take down larger targets or mass fire on smaller targets they also have stealth and advance deploy to get out infront early
the death stalkers are their purely for high arm 1 box models auto wound fire agen so those 3 should theoretically kill 6 of the buggers or put 6 wounds on a larger model
iv proxied n tried the doule ravagore and this part of the list works lovely jus need to try out the rest
elylyth
ravagore
ravagore
stinger
stinger
stinger
stinger
units
nyss striders
ua
nyss striders
ua
nyss striders
death stalker
death stalker
death stalker
how the list will work
iv come to love shredders for either blocking charge lanes and forcing the opponent to walk round or take out the shredder so iv decided that the stingers will do the same job with elylyth having stealth on her battle group they should stay awhile lol
the next part are the ravagores the bread and butter of this list elylyth casts pin cushion on the enemy caster then feats then the ravagores will double shot with a power 15 aoe3 that causes corrosion that's usually enough to take out a caster
the units will provide blocks like the shredders while the combine range attack to take down larger targets or mass fire on smaller targets they also have stealth and advance deploy to get out infront early
the death stalkers are their purely for high arm 1 box models auto wound fire agen so those 3 should theoretically kill 6 of the buggers or put 6 wounds on a larger model
iv proxied n tried the doule ravagore and this part of the list works lovely jus need to try out the rest
Monday, 14 October 2013
the archangel everblights finest creation!!
my archangel arrived yesterday I spent a gd 2 hours just putting this model to gether and a further hour near enough green stuffing the gaps. to give people and idea of how big he is the wingspan is 11" and from base to highest point he stands 10" tall
although archie is mainly resin and plastic with some metal parts their were plenty of gaps which is still my main bug bear with privateer press models. Im gunna use the excess were iv green stuffed as battle damage/scars
so on to the model here he is before prime and extra green stuffing and green stuffed and primed ready for washing :D
the next set is me building up the skin my usual technique has been to use 1-2 washes for lesser to create a light pink 3 ish for light beasts to create a medium and 4-5 ish for heavy beasts so im going to build up and compare then stop as soon as the colour is deeper
first pic is the first coat
the pillar has now been washed and the model has been finished
although archie is mainly resin and plastic with some metal parts their were plenty of gaps which is still my main bug bear with privateer press models. Im gunna use the excess were iv green stuffed as battle damage/scars
so on to the model here he is before prime and extra green stuffing and green stuffed and primed ready for washing :D
the next set is me building up the skin my usual technique has been to use 1-2 washes for lesser to create a light pink 3 ish for light beasts to create a medium and 4-5 ish for heavy beasts so im going to build up and compare then stop as soon as the colour is deeper
first pic is the first coat
this next pic is coat number 4 compared to a normal heavy warbeast
and by him self
not great pics coz its sunny but u can see how deep the purple has gone :D next I re painted all the areas that are white and painted the mouth and tongue red
next is the armour again I want get this to a deep black
now im painting up the claws with brown and the teeth is coming along nicely rough estimate of time bout 8 hours
the next part will be to do the base for this I have decided to do the main column grey with a wash of nuln oil the floor will be steel legion drab and bones karak stone
this is the base before washing
now the stone has been done with a patchy semi marbled effect the final thing to do is wash the base and tower
finished model!!
Monday, 23 September 2013
the prophet of ever blight leads the legion
so iv entered a warmachine tourney and need a 2nd caster so I went for epic thagrosh prophet of everblight hes awesome P+S 18 rapture quite beefy def 13 arm17 mat 7 20HP range weapon has crit cold which is gd
the main reason for choosing this caster is his CC support for his army particularly shredders manifest destiny adds 1 extra dice to hitting and wounding so a rabid shredder would roll 4 dice to hit and wound dropping the lowest dice that's awesome now add that to bigger things like the archangel POW 19 4 dice will tear even the heaviest of khador jacks a new pooping hole
the next best thing about thagrosh is his feat each warbeast in thagrosh's battlegroup not control area! can make a full advance and attack so the combo is manifest destiny for extra dice followed by an extra attack mwahahahahaahha
on to the paint job yea hes done with a near enough step by step guide. reading the fluff on ethag the dragon is slowly taking over his body and as all my warbeasts are purple I wanted a bit of this on the model to show the dragon taking over iv washed most of it and this is my 2nd caster that iv painted and im happy with the out come
as with all my legion I started with a white primer
next I decided to the brown as this is the 2nd largest area for colour I used devlan mud (gw brown wash) and the skulls are ushabti bone washed with ogrn flesh (both GW colours)
next is the red using a carroerg crimson (gw red wash)
next I did the black with nuln oil (gw black wash)
I then did the metal with a runefang steel (gw silver) then washed this with druchii violet I then painted the contact points scorched brown (gw brown)
ethag done total time 3hours ish
the main reason for choosing this caster is his CC support for his army particularly shredders manifest destiny adds 1 extra dice to hitting and wounding so a rabid shredder would roll 4 dice to hit and wound dropping the lowest dice that's awesome now add that to bigger things like the archangel POW 19 4 dice will tear even the heaviest of khador jacks a new pooping hole
the next best thing about thagrosh is his feat each warbeast in thagrosh's battlegroup not control area! can make a full advance and attack so the combo is manifest destiny for extra dice followed by an extra attack mwahahahahaahha
on to the paint job yea hes done with a near enough step by step guide. reading the fluff on ethag the dragon is slowly taking over his body and as all my warbeasts are purple I wanted a bit of this on the model to show the dragon taking over iv washed most of it and this is my 2nd caster that iv painted and im happy with the out come
as with all my legion I started with a white primer
the skin was washed 2/3 times with guilliman blue(gw blue wash)
then the next part is adding the purple on the skin I used druchii violet (gw purple wash)next I decided to the brown as this is the 2nd largest area for colour I used devlan mud (gw brown wash) and the skulls are ushabti bone washed with ogrn flesh (both GW colours)
next is the red using a carroerg crimson (gw red wash)
next I did the black with nuln oil (gw black wash)
I then did the metal with a runefang steel (gw silver) then washed this with druchii violet I then painted the contact points scorched brown (gw brown)
ethag done total time 3hours ish
Saturday, 14 September 2013
incoming! massive amount of pictures
so its been 5 weeks and 4 days since I bought my tau and here is how much iv done on them so far !!
first up fire warriors u can see in the background that 2 still need doing
pathfinder unit with 1 more left to do
unit of warriors with 1 more left to do and stealth suits with 2 more left 2 do
final shot of the entire force
first up fire warriors u can see in the background that 2 still need doing
pathfinder unit with 1 more left to do
unit of warriors with 1 more left to do and stealth suits with 2 more left 2 do
riptide base coated
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broadsides with commander and drones all need finishing 2nd unit of broadsides below need finishing as wel as the drones
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final shot of the entire force
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
new tau news n pics
the tau are coming along great I need to do a group shot soon! so wat have I done recently
all fire warriors have custom bases
all path finders have custom bases
6 broadsides have custom bases
16 fire warriors have been airbrushed and need corrections highlights and lenses left to do
9 path finders have been airbrushed and need corrections highlights and lenses doing
3 broad sides are ready to be air brushed
3 broadsides need weapons painting then their ready to be airbrushed
next steps airbrush the broadsides, do corrections on everything then highlights then lenses then finally all I have left to do is
spray broadside bases and paint them and paint the rest of the bases
additional get a 2by2 board for my diorama
here are some pics
all fire warriors have custom bases
all path finders have custom bases
6 broadsides have custom bases
16 fire warriors have been airbrushed and need corrections highlights and lenses left to do
9 path finders have been airbrushed and need corrections highlights and lenses doing
3 broad sides are ready to be air brushed
3 broadsides need weapons painting then their ready to be airbrushed
next steps airbrush the broadsides, do corrections on everything then highlights then lenses then finally all I have left to do is
spray broadside bases and paint them and paint the rest of the bases
additional get a 2by2 board for my diorama
here are some pics
Sunday, 18 August 2013
11 weeks till throne of skulls
I have all the models I need so far I have sprayed everything black except
3 crisis suits
10 path finders
I have also decided that I may need to paint the models then build them then do the final airbrush after that
I have done some test models and pleased as well as painted to full models
these are the test models which lead me to decide I need to put the arms on before the final highlight
these are the first 2 finished models for my tau army iv added a little detail to show the stealth suits activating as they walk thru the rubble
3 crisis suits
10 path finders
I have also decided that I may need to paint the models then build them then do the final airbrush after that
I have done some test models and pleased as well as painted to full models
these are the test models which lead me to decide I need to put the arms on before the final highlight
im really pleased with how the test pieces came out
and from the angle u can see the 2 layers they work really well :Dthese are the first 2 finished models for my tau army iv added a little detail to show the stealth suits activating as they walk thru the rubble
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Sunday, 11 August 2013
on the throne
my ticket for the throne of skulls has been purchased I now need a 1500pt list to take with me this event is in 3 months so in that time I need a list that works and I need to paint all the models that will go with it.
so far iv only played a few games with tau and the fire power is great but the list needs more ap2 to counter terminators at the minute I only have rail rifles and fusion blasters
I could also do with another high av busting unit like 3 suits with fusion blasters
or 3 suits with plasma rifles
so far iv only played a few games with tau and the fire power is great but the list needs more ap2 to counter terminators at the minute I only have rail rifles and fusion blasters
I could also do with another high av busting unit like 3 suits with fusion blasters
or 3 suits with plasma rifles
Friday, 2 August 2013
sad times and new stuff
well I need money for a new army so im getting rid of the existing armies iv decided that its time for a change so im trading all my armies in and starting a new collection staring with tau as my new shooting force this is mainly bcoz tau tick all the boxes for an army
anti infantry
anti tank
anti air
im also going to be doing something different with this army as well ill be buying an trying out different lists that I write to see wat works the best
iv ideas for an infiltration devastation list :D with 18 stealth suits 540pts 3x6 units all with burst canons 72 shots deployed on the flank of an enemy army to soak up their fire with a 2+ cover save they'll not be shifted in a hurry :P
ill also be running duel riptides :D
crisis suits x3 with twin linked plasma and plasma rifles :D
9 broad sides with different load outs
3 hammerheads
etc etc
varying lists will be up soon
anti infantry
anti tank
anti air
im also going to be doing something different with this army as well ill be buying an trying out different lists that I write to see wat works the best
iv ideas for an infiltration devastation list :D with 18 stealth suits 540pts 3x6 units all with burst canons 72 shots deployed on the flank of an enemy army to soak up their fire with a 2+ cover save they'll not be shifted in a hurry :P
ill also be running duel riptides :D
crisis suits x3 with twin linked plasma and plasma rifles :D
9 broad sides with different load outs
3 hammerheads
etc etc
varying lists will be up soon
Sunday, 23 June 2013
the legion descend upon the iron kingdoms
bit of a lengthy title to say iv painted up 5 out of 7 models from my legion of everblight. I went with a very simple yet effective colour scheme and I did a bit of searching online n found a blue/brown scheme but I had no blue so I went with purple n black which was my original idea.
so here they are
these were all painted with washes purple/black/brown the red on the carnivean is red gore from GW n that's it the next to be finished is lylyth then the scythean which will be done after work in the next few days ready.
so here they are
these were all painted with washes purple/black/brown the red on the carnivean is red gore from GW n that's it the next to be finished is lylyth then the scythean which will be done after work in the next few days ready.
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