2 Projects, 2 Days.

Hello again, I am back! The power cable for my laptop decided to pack in and I have only just managed to get out and pick up a new one. What with Work and the Family my time is pretty limited.

Anyway for pretty much the same reason I only had a couple of days in the past two weeks for painting and modeling. I also had 2 things I really wanted to get done. The first was a reposing of the clasic Nomad and a repaint as I got it second hand and was never happy with it, it needed to be mine. So I got out the powersaw and got busy.

The nomad after his repose, the whole shoulder joint needed sawing through and moving forward then rebuilding, the elbow needed sawing through and moving to the front so it bends and is no longer stuck right out. Then I needed to move him on his base and clean up the silly amout of superglue used by his original owner. I used some greenstuff to fill over the hole where he was stood originally.

Then the repaint. I went for a nice simple green, black and bronze. All told from the start with the saw right through to the last of the paint I took untill about 6 hours. I had to leave it for a few hours to let the green stuff cure but I didn't have a great deal of time and got painting before it was fully set. Because I am impatient.

Thursday I had a day off again, so I set about painting up my Magnus battlebox. I have ownd this fr a while. I mean it was discontinued years ago...

Anyway, I got cracking. This one took a little longer and I spent a few hours last night finishing it all off. I started with the Renegad, threw some paint on the Talon, then got Magnus started.

The Mangler needed a few coats to get the green constant and while each of them dried I finished up the other 'jacks and Magnus. But then the day ran out on me and I had only got the lights and Magnus finished.

The Mangler still needed the Bronze and wash, that I did last night. It took me just over two days and I got finished 2 heavies, 2 lights and a 'caster.

Not too shabby.

2 for 2

Well finally got a bit of time to sit down and post the results of Sundays day out. If you can't guess I went 2-2 and managed to place 8/16. Not too shabby, well it might be, I'm not entirely sure all 16 were there so am in the lower half by the looks of things.

I got there and realised I had left stormwalls cards at home, I have been testing eHaley with Thunderhead and a Stormclad and had that set up in my card sleeves. So I only played the first game with her, using war room. I hate war room for gaming, it just doesn't work.

So, quick run down:

Game 1, eHaley vs Harbringer. I forgot to feat the right turn so ended up pretty ovewhelmed, managed to open up a gap and waltzed Stormwall around a few models to punch harbringer in the face. The gap I made was literally a cockhair at either side and we had to get the wreck marker for him out and wiggle it about to see if he would even fit. He did, and a 9" advance around all his army to get there is a beautiful thing. I took only 1 free strike from a choir boy. nothing to worry about there.

Game 2, Kara vs Borka (family reunion). There are times you feel like an absolute tit...This was one of them. I got second, but the speed that Boomhowler is across the table in that theme force threw me a bit and I didn't even try contesting zones in my second turn, he scored 2 in my turn and dominated in his turn to score another 3. 5 to win. Game over, lost by accident. Oh dear me.

Game 3, Kara vs eThagrosh. Between Boomhowler running and tying down the Hex Hunters and then Long Gunners putting covering fire over them he lost an entire unit over a couple of turns. That freed up the zone while Thagrosh was bumbling over to the flag to dominate. His beasts were traded for mine and Kara really went to town gunning down anything that she could. In the end massive attrition victory. Oh and one more thing, even a Blinded Carvivean managed to wreck my Defender in one activation. Brutal, I charged him after blinding reasoning it was more effective and pretty safe. Never make that mistake again, those things are scary.

Game 4, Kara vs Vlad3. Great opening, managed to take down his gun carrige so the only heavy thing against me was Torch. These was a mass scrimmage going down in the middle which Boomhowler was starting to loose for me but I had him backed up. Then I forgot to trigger Refuge on kara leaving her in a pretty bad spot. Still not too bad...Yeah did you know Vlad3 has a feat which grants Sidestep? I actually did but still tried to get bodies in front of her, you know...to stop that charge that was pretty much out of distance anyway...


I had a great time though, it can be a bit of a mixed crowd in leeds but I got good opponents all day and quite enjoyed myself. Is just a shame I got locked into Kara the last three games due to forgetting a card. 

Submitted Lists

So, I tried to get Nemo2 up and running. I failed and couldn't get him to twig for me. I really want to have a list with the old boy up and running but it won't be for Leeds this Sunday, unfortunatly I can't seem to keep him safe during the scenarios. Every game I have played I have built up the momentum and then watched as my opponent sidestepped the Stormwall and killed him. It'll take more games and many tweaks untill I am comfortable with him. So, last minute and I only have one list. I have had to fall back on an old faithful, the queen of all Cygnar. eHaley. Yeah sorry, I chickened out.

I did have to sneak a Stormwall into her list. I aint paying for one only to leave it at home for the years first tournament of the year, Thankfully that was easy, I usually have a Stormclad and Defender. Switch. eEyriss is in the Sloan list so she became 3 Stormsmiths, as is Gorman who became Arlan Strangeways. 

eHaley +5pts
Squire -2pts
Thorn -8pts
Stormwall -19pts

Stormblades and UA -8pts
Gun Mages and UA -8pts

Stormsmiths x3 -3pts
Captian Arlan Strangeways -2pts
Journeyman Warcaster -3pts
Rhupert Carvolo -2pts

To put this in comparison and to be complete the Sloan list is below, this thankfully had testing to the point that I was comfortable with.

Kara Sloan -6pt
Avenger -9pts
Defender -9pts

Gun Mages with UA -8pts
Long Gunners, max with UA -12pts
Boomhowler and Co, max -9pts

Journeyman Warcaster -3pts
Reinholdt -1pt
Gorman di Wulfe -2pts
eEyriss -3pts

On the painting front I have been pretty busy, the sloan list is 100% painted now. The eHaley list has the stormblades needing finishing (about 40% through), the Stormsmiths (about 20% through) and the Stormwall needs finishing (who is about 45%).

For this event I have painted, Kara Sloan, Long Gunners and UA, Boomhowler and Co, Arlan Strangeways, Reinholdt and eEyriss. Oh, lets not forget Viktor Pendrake, who was dropped from the Sloan list in one of the early tweaks, Nemo2 who no longer gets a list and Thunderhead. His techno-pet. At least you got painted guys.

Nemo and Thunderhead are some of my favorite minis, been enjoying painting them and the practise games where they were getting slapped about. Quick sneaky glimpse of Stormwall there too. His upper half is done mostly, it's his legs need the paint then onto washes. Getting there but still so much work needs doing.

Quick pair of boomhowler shots, he still needs eyes but thats a 2 second job. Anyway thats all folks, I have another practise game tomorrow hopefully so will give the eHaley list a quick whirl but I know her well enough to know that the list should work well enough. Just a bit upset I couldn't find Nemo.

Stormblade Banner

So, today I have finally sat down to sort a massive problem, the Stormblades banner. Seriously the officer is a beautiful mini, I would have been happy with him as a solo the only UA's better looking are the Tharn ones. The banner though, why? The banner is top heavy, meaning he is prone to falling over and the Stormglaive he weilds actually goes lower than the bottom of his base. Maybe I stuck it on badly but every time I tried to reattach it I have had the same problem. So, I got busy.

I stuck a couple of 2p's under his base, used a small blob of greenstuff to level it out so they sat nicely underneath him. This solved both the problems of him being top heavy and means his Stormglaive is no longer embedded in the floor.

I put a small ring of greenstuff around the coins to make it a little less obvious, it's not massivly neat but I am hoping it blends better when painted over black. It should do, if I'm honest paint covers a lot of sins.

You know, like this one. The join on the banner itself is horrible. I have put a few more folds into the banner which cross over the pole as it only really joins on the one side this shall hopefully hold it on a lot better.



Anyway, I am putting the Nemo list on the table tonight. Gonna have a blast with this one I think. There should hopefully be a battle report but I can't really promise. I tend to get easily distracted by the next new shiney.

Painting mans

So, having got my phone back from Samsung I have a camera again. I also have a day off work. So here's the latest batch of minis painted to the highest quality standard...ok I can't say that with a straight face. Here we go.

Longgunners, you have no idea how long I have put these guys off. Kara is in there too and yes, that is Thunderhead in the background. He's getting done between eEyriss and Arlan Strangeways as the next up to bat.

Close up of Kara, she ended up looking like an over zealous drag queen. But you know, fits the fluff I suppose?

These next two are of Cryx, now no I havent turned over to them. These minis are not mine, I haven't painted them and don't really intend to play them. (never tell her this though, she painted them for me...) My other half is much better with a brush then me.

Now if only I was good enough with lighting and such when taking pictures to make these look as good as they do. She has gotten through the Cryx battlebox and Asphyxious. Not sure what she wants to do next but I have her leafing through the Forces of Cryx book to pick something.

And Finally, a bit of commision work done. I cleaned, assembled and filled. She painted.

Not sure what it actually is, it is from the Banebeasts range. We called him Frank. (Also, again super glare in the background. Really means you can't see the highlights on his scales. I need photo lessons o_O)

Quick Tinkerings

So, deadline is coming up and the lists still are not set. I mean ok I did pick up a new Warcaster and decide she was the one I was taking, Probably not the wisest idea.

This week I was snowed in, I could have made it to the club but not sure if anyone else would have so stayed in and played over vassal. The list was nearly the same but I had subbed out the B13th and Rangers for a unit of Gun Mages and used the spare point to up Pendrake to a Journeyman (best thing I did). The list performed a lot smoother aside from a few points. Namely the Avenger.

The list is working mostly by the Journeyman shielding Boomhowler who then runs up and jams the other line, keeping them away. Seriously, running if I can't get the charge. Most things that can drop a boomie grunt even at ARM19 with that charge. Running at them to take that away can make all the difference. When any gaps appear the Longgunners, Kara and her battlegroup open up and fill the gap full of bullets. The problem lies mostly with the AOE KD. I managed to knock down a couple of boomie grunts with the damn thing. It did make up for it by charging through and applying the Stun Blade into a Vanquishers face. So I am unsure about it, the gun is nice but doesn't really work with how I want to run the list. Having said that he is a ranged 'jack so I get good use out of him when a gap opens up thats big enough, the main reason is that he also has a big sword. Which means I have back up melee capabilitys.

More practise, I think the Gun Mages and Journeyman are a good swap over Rangers, B13th and Pendrake. The comment on a previous post by Whitestar333 was quite close to the original list plan and I must say has been spot on.

41pts of Electrified Steel

So I posted earlier today making this a massive treat for everybody! I said about how I couldn't pick a 'caster for my second list. Well I remembered the conversation I had with Ed (my Menite friend) and how he thought I would have bought Nemo3 instead of Sloan, seeing as I love the old guy. Well I replied that I hadn't played Nemo in ages but thats gonna change. eNemo is bringing the Steel.

Ok, bit of a mad list.

eNemo +6pts
Squire -2pts
Stormclad -10pts
Thunderhead -12pts
Stormwall +19pts

Stormblades (w/UA) -8pts

Arlan Strangeways -2pts
Stormsmith Stormcallers (x3) -3pts

It's a lot of points in warjacks for me, I usually take 2-3 but that has never been alongside the Stormwall. I figured I wanted it in a list for this event (it'll be Stormwalls first tournament) why not take him alongside Nemo. Hopefully I have thrown something together that will work, Nemo can be focus 8 on 3 turns and with the Stormblades giving the Stormclad 1 a turn for free and Arlan powerboosting anything that may need it I think focus should be fairly easy to play about with, that is compleatly discounting Nemo's feat turn.

Each 'jack covers the others:
Stormclad is as always the king of Melee, between Lightning Shroud and Energiser he should be hitting first and dropping something important. He can struggle with a mass of infantry but hey, thats why we have...
Thunderhead is there purely and simply to wipe troops off the board. Energiser gets him in range for his pulse. Arlan has his Evasive Action spell to help him slip out of melee and fry the offenders and I dont have to worry about frying my own guys because everything else is immune. Aside from the Squire.
Stormwall is rounding this out with a pair of cannons, covering fire templates and Lightning Pod's. With eNemos elite cadre there is very little that will be safe from eletrical death.

This is all good and well on paper. I have used the stormclad/thunderhead battlegroup before, swapping out the 3rd heavy for whatever took a passing interest. I honestly have little idea how the list will fare. It is quite low on the model count, so holding onto anything will be difficult. I may get this list onto the table soon, try and work it out a bit. Nowhere near enough time till the 10th of Febuary to work 2 entirely new lists up to scratch for this event. But at least it's something new for me. 2013 is starting off quite interestingly.