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

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

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.

painting slowed down

well im gunna start a new 40hour a week job so it means  painting will be drastically reduced  but on the pluss side ill be able 2 invest in more models quicker

im looking to  do these come pay day

get a box for my ogres
get a box for my legion
get 2 dark elf bolt throwers

then id like 2 sell at least 1 army so  i can get a new 40k army

more dark eldar

iv bin spraying up more dark eldar so here they are 

so their not yet finished as u can still see the shading  underneath but its not bad for an afternoon of painting

i now have

all wyches done in new paint scheme
warriors are half done
then i have vehicles half done

then ive gotta highlight warriors and vehicles

i also want 2 buy + paint 12 bikes and 10 more warriors

red hot airbrushing

so its blistering hot and iv used up a full pot off carroburg crimson and the void raven is comming along nicely infact its very nearly ready for highlighting

the ravagers are also  half way 2 being completed u can still see the black

on the venoms iv re sprayed and shaded them but ran out of red so here is wat they look like

as you can see the void raven is looking great :D  the ravagers are deepening in colour soon theyll match the void raven and iv jus started the venoms so u can see the shading

short sunny spell

so unlike the past few days  we had a nice sunny day so i spent most of it painting !!  it was very productive i havent taken any pics yet but here is what iv done:

dark elves
all crossbowmen are now painted except their feet
over half the spearmen have their hands n faces painted and washed
all cold ones have been sprayed purple and nearing finished

i still have 2 paint hydras and characters and corsairs

dark eldar
more layers were put on the void raven and its nearly ready for highlighting
i added a few more layers to the trueborn
i started spraying the ravagers
iv re-sprayed my test venom and 2 others as they were black on the bottom and same for a raider

i now need more chaos black and nuln oil so i can shade the venoms and raider