The Waagh: Heavy Support

The Fast Red One!

The battlewagon. Not to sure about it yet. I've only played with it in one game (against Space Wolves) which I lost with a tiiiiny margin. It sure serves its purpose of being large and scary. Which turns away fire from my killa kanz. And with AV12 on the sides it's kinda inviting to shoot at apparently.

Disgorging 20 sluggas from it is really nice as well. And they get to charge and stuff! I like it, even if it's just for the fact that I get to say "Vrooom vroom, choo-choo" when I move it around on the board.

Rokkitkanz

Rokkitz on kans are one of these "You really got to have them" on the messageboards. In reality (at least in my reality) they seldom do anything. Sure, popping rhinos from afar is nice. But even with BS3 S8 it's not safe to assume they actually hit and penetrate. It sure would be nice if the rokkits were twin linked or something like that. They screen well though, and when they get in close combat they rock! :)

Them 'zookas

Now these kanz I love! Putting out 6 blast templates is nothing short of awesome. 2-3 usually hit dead on. And sometimes they can even mitigate the scatter with their ballistic skill. I think I've popped more transports and stuff with these than with the rokkitkanz. The kan in the middle has a 'zooka from eBay. I wish I remember from who. 

Red Leader

And of course. The big red one... I hope to get to field him when I get home from Frankfurt. And I sure hope it performs spectacularly! Probably it'll just get shot to pieces in turn two or something. The problem with big stuff that looks nasty... perhaps I should've painted it in some other color than "shoot me"-red?

The idea is to paint another wagon, to hold 20 extra sluggas. And tre more zooka kanz. That way I get some alternatives to the regular kanwall build. I can go all out kanwall or add the battlewagons as flanking elements. 

Weekend Challenge: 30 orks...

30 black orks...

Yeah, sort of. I kinda felt bad for buying all that Malifaux stuff. Especially when I already have a metric ton of models to paint (fortunately no commission stuff). So I set up this challenge to myself.

Before I break the seal on any of the Malifaux stuff, rulebook included. I have to have all these orks painted up. And I really need them as well. I've usually been running mobs of 19 boyz + a PK/BP nob, which hasn't stood up too well against MEQ. Especially not against space wolves. So I'll try running mobs of 29 boyz instead. That'll make them fearless for a while longer, and they'll dish out more pain as well.

Of course, the sluggas will still be in a mob of 20 in order to fit in a battlewagon. But with these painted up I'll be able to run two wagons, or slog 30 of them across the field depending on what I feel like.

Hopefully I'll be done by sunday. They wont be especially complicated. Grey pants, red shirts, brown straps and stuff. So I think I'll be able to do it. Famous last words? :)

Dark Art Miniatures: Alien Section

I've always wanted to make a proper board (or in this case a couple of RoB-tiles) with a tyranid theme.

The only option for non-DIY stuff used to be the expensive Forge World terrain – no, Armorcasts "fluffy cute alien"-stuff doesn't count –until now.

I just stumbled upon this little gem from Dark Art Miniatures. It would be awesome for the generic alien stuff, some of it you still have to do yourself (such as draping resin "slime" on Imperial Sector buildings and such), but these pieces is a great theme-setter for the rest of the terrain.

And for only £41 it's kind of a steal. Now if only I hadn't promised myself not to buy more stuff to be painted until I've painted all my orks... >_<

Finished Deff Dread

I guess it's finished. Or at least I'm so bored with it I consider it done and ready for the tabletop.

I've added some weathering since the last WIP photos. A ton of rust and mud (MIG & Forge World) and Vallejo's Smoke. All the panels got some sort of filter / wash to make them stand out from each other and give the dread some sort of randomly built look.

I dabbled with some OSL (Object Source Lightning) on the visor thingie as well. It's much much harder than it looks. So very easy to have it look like you slipped with the brush instead of lightning.

I might go back to it later on and add some scratches to the armor. But for now it's done...

The Bench: Deff dread 10hrs later.

Ultramarines scrap used for shoulderpad thingie.

Washing and highlighting done. Some minor detailing and weathering and it's tabletop time!

On the bench: Ork Deff Dread

One of those neglected minis that's been in the cupboard way too long.

I kinda failed magnetizing the dread, and since then (5-6 months ago?) it's been sitting in the cupboard, primed and waiting to be painted. So yesterday I glued all the arms on, basecoated it and started adding the first drybrush to the metal parts.

Gluing on the arms is going to make it a beast(sic) to transport, and I sure hope having 4 DCCW works as I want it to. Six attacks on the charge should do it? I'm not too fond of having to remove arms from it since most of the joints where the arms meet the body is kinda... messed up from the failed magnetizing.

Now it's recieved the first wash (2:1 Burnt Umber / Lamp Black. Which is kinda like Devlan Mud. Watch how to do your own washes here.) and once that's dry it's time to add highlightning and details. I'm just going to watch the F1 quals first ^_^

Yet another kan...

Getting kinda tired of painting these... 2 more to do. And then on to the deff dread...

You kan dance....

Finished up yet another can yesterday. Now I finally have three of the new ones painted. Enough to make a skwadron! Now there's just three more to do!

Czech Hedhehog

Some L-beams and plasticard strips arrived today from Antenocitis. Making a bunch of czech hedgehogs for my board. (Some that actually would work stopping a tank. Unlike the ones from GW.)

Ultramarines Venerable...

Finally my crack arrived from Forgeworld.

An Ultramarine venerable dread and a multimelta for the AOBR-dread. Got a bunch of their weathering pigments and the Model Masterclass book as well.

After a brief looking through the book is really nice. Nothing that isn't covered in various places on the internet. But it's nice to have it all in one place.

Another nice thing about the book is that they don't try to pimp their stuff as aggressive as GW does in general. There's a lot of stuff used in the tutorials that isn't GW/FW produced.

Da deff dread!

Magnetizing this one is a b*tch. Really like the model though. Looks really orky and fearsome compared to the old metal one.

New vs. Old

Lifter came over and we did some airbrush work on his rhinos, so I took the opportunity to make a before/after shot. Added some MIG pigments and stuff to the rhino since the latest photo. And the cats managed to send it flying, so one of the top hatches has to be reglued... -.-

Killakan #2

Second kan. The red makes him walk a little faster.

I'm kinda in love with the grass from Woodland Scenics. Makes it look a little more real. Tufts from Silflor. And then some GF9 static grass (straw).

The rhino wreckage, painting...

Finally started painting the wrecked rhino scenery piece I've been having around unpainted for a year or so.

Modulation (dot technique) and first weathering with oils.

Killakan!

First plastic killakan finished.

*vroom vroom*

Rollin' rollin' rollin'

Fun project. Went a little overboard with the MIG pigments though, but hey... the orks probably don't have a drive-through wash. Or at least that isn't on the top priority for a mek when he can build stompin' things!

My first ork!

Primed

Painted!