Greetings Terrans, second post in a week eh? Crazy times! This one is a bit of a cheat really, because all these bits were sort of lying around in various states of being painted. First up, there is this random Marine type:
I have no idea who this is, or why I have him, but he was a nice mini to paint! I’ve gone for an Inquisitorial vibe rather than painting him as a Marine, and, unusually for me, I went for a blue colour scheme. I’m really pleased with his cloak :-)
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Next up is all the terrain from the Heart of Ghur boxed set… I’m a bit hit and miss when it comes to enjoying terrain – sometimes I do, but I often don’t. This lot definitely fell into the latter group, but I persevered & got through the set:
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Phew!! Fair play, you do get a ton of stuff in the set, but it does get tedious from a painting perspective… All I can say is thank fuck for Contrast paints!!
I might go back to these and add some tribal markings or something to the bigger pieces of bone, but for now I am just glad they are done :-)
That’s all for now, hopefully I’ll catch you before the end of Orctober with a sneaky last-minute Greenskin!
Greetings Terrans, just a quicky today – I finished up the Chaos Space Marines from BSF, which nicely concludes the baddies half of the box. First up, these two dudes:
Not too much to say about them really – they are identical models apart from a different head option, and are posed in a pretty static ‘on guard’ kinda way. They are supposed to be Black Legion, so no big surprises on the painting front – I just went with the same method as I did for the Legion of the Damned that I did a while back. I’m not a huge fan of painting Marines at the best of times, and these two were pretty uninspiring, but good to get them done.
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Next up is the big-bad Chaos Lord from the box – the rather grand-sounding ‘Obsidius Mallex’:
He is also Black Legion according to the fluff, but I fancied taking a different approach to his armour & instead opted for grimy bone plate, with pinky-red for the organic mutant tendrils that run over and through his armour. I’m not a fan of these silly ‘because mutation’ tubes in CSMs at the best of times, but GW manage to take this irritating trend and turn it up to 11 on this guy, turning an otherwise ok model into a bit of a pig’s ear. And don’t get me started on that ridiculous top-knot thing – there is no way that isn’t tearing a chunk out of his scalp at the slightest head movement… Oh, no, wait, it’s ok because ‘Transhuman’ and ‘Chaos’. Ugh :-/
Still, as with his Bro-Marines, I’m glad to have him done. Here they are hanging out together & looking moody:
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And that’s it for this post – catch you muddy truckers next time!
Greetings Terrans, how goes it? I have a quick update on the Realm of Warcry campaign that I’m running for those that are interested, plus the long-promised photos of the rival Chaos Champions!
So, we got together virtually as a group for our first game last week via Zoom. This basically involves us pushing little dots around a digital map & rolling dice in the background – not quite as good as a proper tabletop game because there are no lovely minis & terrain to enjoy, but it is still great fun & a good way to keep four busy people connected over a game! It wouldn’t work well for a big battle-type game, and really suits a skirmish & players to whom fractions of an inch don’t matter too much. I have successfully used this approach to play skirmish level games based Frostgrave rules, Rangers of Shadowdeep, and now Warcry.
The game itself was a typical starting scenario where the four Champions converged on a chaos alter in the heart of the ‘Tainted Wound’, (an area of the Gnarloak Forest where Chaos warbands tend to hang out apparently). We got stuck in to some mook-killing and treasure grabbing a la Frostgrave, before turning against each other in a final bloodbath to claim the main central objective… (well.. that’s what three of us did – Steve’s champion, noted for his speed, rushed into the mid-table on his lonesome & was killed real bad on turn 2…). Once the dust had settled, my doughty Chaos Dwarf was the only Champin left standing, and other than Mark’s champ having a concussion, we all got through the post-game rolls with no issues.
A note on the post-game stuff, I did a bespoke post-game that is basically a mashup of the best bits of the Warcry post-game stuff, with an additional Realm of Chaos phase bolted on. For this to work, I basically rewrote all of the main RoC tables to make them work in Warcry… Yes, including the Attributes table! It was a fair chunk of work, but quite enjoyable once I got into it.
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Anyway, let’s go meet the Champions properly!
You’ve already met my guy – Morbin Festertoungue, Moronic, with a Biting Toung, and gifted a Familiar of Nurgle following his victory:
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Next is Steve’s guy – Morkian Dewcaller, a fever-addled Elven Mage sworn to Nurgle, with a Hunchback, & Face of Nurgle:
Steve also got a Chaos Steed reward after the first game, so he gets to make a new version of his champ if he likes!
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This is Mark’s Champ – Bloabech Wormfinger, human mage, with Horns of Nurgle and Additional Eye, carrying a concussion into the next game:
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Finally, Ross’ Champion – Slumpsha Swampstrider, Chaos Orc Champion and a total beat-stick, with Long Legs and a Nurgling Infestation:
Ross also got a Chaos Spawn follower after our first game.
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Aren’t they brilliant? I can’t wait to get them on a table for real :-)
Anyway, that’s all for this post, but more to follow on this project… We’re aiming for a game a month (either in RL or virtual) so I’ll try and do a round-up of that, plus showing off new additions to my own warband. Should be fun!
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