Busy Weekend

Wow – it just goes to show how productive you can be when you are up against it. The missus was out for most of this weekend so I took the opportunity to make some headway on the Blog Wars to-do list.

After 14hours on Saturday and 7 hours on Sunday of purchasing / converting / painting, the to-do list looks like this:

Buy 2 Venomthropes - bought

Buy 1 Hive Guard – bought and painted

Convert/build Mycetic Spore – bought and painted

Convert/build Doom of Malentai – converted and painted

1 Trygon – painted

1 Carnifex (and maybe convert it at the same time) – converted and painted

7 Hormagaunts – basecoated

7 Termagaunts – about 50% done

20 spare Termagaunts (for the Tervigon) – avoiding at all costs

All the multi-wound creatures are now finished (until the Venomthropes turn up) so now I am just left with about 30-odd gaunts to get stuck into. I have 9 weeknights left to do this, so I think I need to finish all the gaunts that are going to start on the board in batches of 7 per night. I will probably take the 20 “spare” Termagaunts to a 3 colour minimum (and finished if possible).

FYI – I need to build in some redundancy as this weekend I will be throwing myself down some Welsh mountains on this:

No pics of the finished models yet as they still need basing – which I am hoping to do in one massive batch around Wednesday next week.

One more for Blog Wars

Hi Guys – having seen that Siph and Pornstar both have their Blog Wars tickets, I couldn’t miss out on the opportunity to join them back in the hometown, so now it looks like the whole Weemen cast will be there.

I sat down last night with the codex and drew up the 1750pts list I will probably be taking (which I’ll post up on here shortly) and what needs to be done to get the list into tourney ready….

I’m going to try to post every couple of days up to the event (because I have LOADS to do).

Current To-Do list looks like:

Buy 2 Venomthropes

Buy 1 Hive Guard

Convert/build Mycetic Spore

Convert/build Doom of Malentai

Paint:

7 Hormagaunts

7 Termagaunts

1 Trygon

1 Carnifex (and maybe convert it at the same time)

2 Venomthropes

1 Hive Guard

1 Mycetic Spore

1 Doom of Malentai

20 spare Termagaunts (for the Tervigon)

Just look at my current To-Do box!!!!

That has to be done by 05/06/2011...

When taking into account prior commitments, that is 1 full weekend and 10 week-nights…this is going to be close!

Blog Wars 2011

Pornstarjedi and Myself are off to Blog Wars this Jun 5th, in Mansfield. Any UK Bloggers wanting a fun tournement with like minded gamers come along for some games of our beloved 40K. I do hope it is not a hugely competetive affair, we just want some fun! If we come 39th and 40th we won't be too disappointed - it will be good to battle some other forces other than Space Marines as Pornstarjedi and myself are always knocking hells bells out of eachothers Relictors and Ultramarines!

Check it out at From The Fang and see some of the faces behind the blogs in the UK and have a great day out gaming. Follow the link on their right sidebar.

See you there maybe?

Relictors Terminator Chaplain with Banner

I completed my Terminator Chaplain with Banner and my first bit of freehand on the Banner itself. Not bad I thought for the first attempt, I was pleased with the script on the banner but less so with the skull itself, but it gets it's point across.

Think this is a Blood Angel Banner so I removed the blood drop from the chain and added a suitable skull and censer. Still need to dull coat it so the washes on the banner look a little shiney. Thoughts or tips please...

Relictors Army for BlogWars 3

Not sure which style to go with, and the Vulkan Build involves painting a few more miniatures before the end of the month, so which should I choose? Or any helpful hints? Am I missing a Landraider for Transport of Termies? Are both builds missing CC units or maybe a Libby? I had my ass handed to me by Pornstarjedi's 3 Soulgrinders List (Monstrous Creatures eat Dreadnoughts and are AV13)...


HQ - Vulkan Hestan, Master Crafted Relic Blade, TL HF
TROOP - Tactical Squad (10), TL Flamer / TL Multi-Melta, Serg - Melta Bombs
TROOP - Tactical Squad (10), TL Flamer / TL Multi-Melta
TROOP - Sniper Scouts, Hvy Bolter Hellfire Rounds
ELITE - Ironclad Dreadnought, Seismic Hammer w/ TL Melta Gun, DCCW w/ TL HF, 2 x Hunter Killer Missiles
ELITE - Dreadnought, TL MM and DCCW w/ TL HF
ELITE - Terminator Assault Squad, 3 Master Crafted Thunderhammer / Storm Shield, 2 Lightning Claws
FA - Landspeeder Squadron (2), 1 x TL HF, TL MM. 1 x TL MM
FA - Landspeeder (1), 1 x TL HF, TL MM
FA - Attack Bike Squadron (3), 3 x TL MM
HVY - Thunderfire Cannon
HVY - Predator w/ Autocannon, Side Sponson Hvy Bolters
HVY - Vindicator

or

HQ - Marneus Calgar, Armour of Antilochus
HQ - Master of the Forge
TROOP - Tactical Squad (10), Melta Gun / Missile Launcher, Rhino
TROOP - Tactical Squad (10), Flamer / Missile Launcher, Rhino
TROOP - Sniper Scouts, Hvy Bolter Hellfire Rounds
ELITE - Ironclad Dreadnought, Seismic Hammer w/ Melta Gun, DCCW w/ HF, 1 x Hunter Killer Missiles
ELITE - Rifleman Dreadnought, 2 x TL Autocannon
ELITE - Terminator Assault Squad, 3x ThunderHammer/Storm Shields, 2x Lightning Claws
HVY - Venerable Dreadnought MM / DCCW
HVY - Dreadnought, TL Lascannon, DCCW
HVY - Rifleman Dreadnought, 2 x TL Autocannon
Any thoughts/tips, I'd be grateful. Thanks

Relictors Bike Squad - Sergeant WIP

I am working slowly on a Bike Squad to accompany my Attack Bike and here is the Sergeant's ride. I have used the fairing from a Chaplain's bike to mark him out from the rest of the squad (his power sword should do a good job of that too).

I intend to do 5 bikes at first, then maybe adding a further 3 later to a maximum squad of 8 plus Attack Bike (10 marines).

The other bikes are still at undercoat stage and I am curently working on the Sergeant himself. The other bases are done though, so they all matched perfectly.

Relictors Terminator Chaplain

This is the newest addition to the growing Relictor Army. He is not yet finished as I am currently trying my best to freehand a banner but with very limited success. Must try to continue with some projects that are actually on my to-do list rather than nice to have stuff. I promise myself I will finish a Battle Company before starting a Grey Knights strike force... but the Relictors need more shiney toys too.
I have two squads of Scout bikes, 3 Landraiders, several drop pods, plus all the gear on the to do list before I consider the Relictors done.

Reaver Mishap

Well, while Pornstarjedi makes his Reaver rise from the ashes, mine (Honorum) had a nasty fall and has smashed into 15-20 pieces! He was loose at the waist and something glued failed making his top half topple over and smash onto the floor - a drop of about 3 feet onto carpet so the paintjob survived but the joints didn't from the shock damage.

Pics to follow when I've picked myself back up...

He needed gluing and pinning a bit more anyway, this I guess just saves me from pulling him apart. I may have to sacrifice the inside paintjob if I intend to carry-on gaming with him as there are too many parts of the Adamantium Shell that need to be loose in order to get to the fleshy insides... or a massive magnetic bonanza. We'll see.

The Reaver is dead... long live the 2 Reavers (coming soon).

Reaver Titan update / sticky situation for PornStarJedi

Hi, just a quick update- I spent the weekend dry building, and eventually gluing together parts of the Reaver (photos to follow in next post) however a minor, potentially major incident occurred when the end of the super glue exploded, resulting in my hands covered in the stuff. I wouldn't of minded, but this was the 'world's strongest glue ever' resistant to water, soap, and pretty much everything else known to man. I scrubbed my hands with a scrubbing brush for almost an hour with no real results- just sore hands! it was getting to the point of having to go to my local A+E department when... Thankfully a cure was found by my wife to elevate the sticky situation, nail polish- and after an hour of rubbing, the stickiness abated, as well as many layers of skin!



Super glue- its out to get you!!

Relictors Terminator Captain

This is the latest addition to the Relictor's ever growing Army. Why is it that you have a list of projects (see sidebar) however you always seem to get distracted and plough on with other little projects?Oh well, it's all still Relictors tho, even tho I am getting tempted to Grey Knight dabble to counter Pornstarjedi's new Daemon Army he's working on.Currently working on another Terminator HQ, a Chaplain and continuing with something actually on my project list, a squad of Bikes, the Sergeant's bike is all done, just need to do the rider himself.

Thanks for reading. Hope you like.