I Bit The Toe of Satan

A quick break down of the last week or so, including one of the most painful experiences of my life.

So another weekend has been and gone and I have yet more plastic to show for it. In all, I now have 2 Tervigons, a Hive Crone and an Imperial Knight to be cracking on with (The Imperial Knight was an accident- I only wanted the Tyranid stuff but somehow I ended up buying one anyway!). The Exocrine is about 60% completed now and I have finally found a method for doing the colour scheme that I am happy with which should mean that the army progresses at a greater pace now (when I don't get distracted painting my shiny Imperial Knight!).

Now for the pain....

Play Test Incoming

I realise I haven't put a post up in a couple of weeks, had a pretty manic time at work recently. anyway I thought I'd share the following picture as an update on the Exocrine that I am working on.... and continue reading for more details of something else I am going to be attempting soon....

Time for Tweaking

Well I have my ticket for the next Blog Wars, now I just need the army!! I have been reviewing my provisional list and have come up with a slight variation that I would mind some feedback on. Basically it involves dropping the 2 Hive Guard and a Thorax Swarm from a MC and taking a brood of 3 Biovores... I think it will help the army pack a bit more punch.

What do you guys think?


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May The Dice Gods Be Ever In Your Favour

Exocrine Update

Well it's Sunday evening as I write this and, although I don't intend to finish and publish this until Monday, I thought I'd give you a quick update of my progress this evening. My weekend has been somewhat manic but I found an hour to sit and do some painting this evening and have started applying colour to the Exocrine.....

Tyranid Model Review: Exocrine/Haruspex Kit

Well I thought it was time I actually wrote a semi-review of a model and as I am currently working on the new Exocrine kit I thought this would be a nice place to start. I'd like to start out by saying, my reviews will never be unbiased- if you want an impartial view then I this probably isn't for you......

Update in Progress

The Title of this post is actually a little bit misleading. I have just replaced my desktop computer (my old one went Kaputt about a year ago and I never got around to it!) which means hopefully now I can get in to the habit of writing articles and blog posts more frequently. I won't be working to a schedule- if I have nothing to write about I won't be writing but I will try to do this semi frequently now (hopefully around the once a week mark would be a nice start!)

As a treat for you I have included a single image of what I am currently working on for you....

Tyranids Army List First Attempt

Here we go with a first attempt at an 1850 point Tyranid Army List using the new codex. Firstly a couple of pointers. As I am currently planning for the next Blog Wars this army is built using the Blog Wars restrictions (must include a character), so please bear that in mind.

Without further ado........

Codex: Tyranids Initial Thoughts

I am sure we have all noticed that the Interweb seems to have erupted like a volcano of hatred spewing the lava of discontent over Games Workshops latest update for the Tyranids (memo to self; must improve metaphors).

The Volcano of Hatred 

I disagree with them and now let me present a "structured and well thought out" Blog Post that has the underlying message; "SHUT UP YOU HATERS!"

Time for Some Focus! A Hobbying New Years Resolution!

I'd like to say that I started writing this between Christmas and New Year but with a hectic couple of weeks at work I have only just got around to finishing this off.

For my New Years resolution and to make me focus a bit better on the Hobby (and specifically completing projects) I am expanding on the completely failed Painting Points System I implemented last year. After an abysmal 2013 the coming year is mine!!!

So for a start there will be a New Scoring System....

From The Ashes.....

Right so Clan Raukaan arrived, and my plans swiftly departed. No named Character in the book means that my plans to do an Iron Hands army for BW have been shelved (or Iron Hands have been demoted to Allied role) meaning I have a new opening for a Primary Detachment. I still intend to use a Fortress of Redemption so the army really needed to fit with that. No point having a fortress of Redemption in a fast army..

Fortunately after a few chats with friends a solution has been concocted. I am now planning on doing an Imperial Guard army (with or without Iron Hands allies) defending a Fortress of Redemption. The Title of this post is actually a teaser for the army....

May The Dice Be Ever in Your Favour

Iron Hands (Provisionally)

Well I have provisionally decided that I will be doing an Iron Hands army for Blog Wars 7 using the upcoming Clan Raukaan Supplement (I love supplements!!!). This is obviously currently in the hope that they decide to add a character to the army so the list will be supported by the Blog Wars rules pack. I have also decided on the centrepiece of the army. It's something I haven't seen used before and have always wanted to try, and here it is;

So to summarise my plan will be an Iron Hands force, sheltering in and around a Fortress of Redemption. What do you guys think?

May The Dice Be Ever In Your Favour (unless I'm playing you!)

Bitten by The Bug!

Yes Folks, I've been bitten by the bug! I am not referring to the large amount of Tyranid players at Blog Wars 6 but rather to the event itself. I absolutely loved the event and the atmosphere and as such I am hooked. I am already planning my army for Blog Wars 7 next year!

At the moment I am thinking something power armoured. I would love to do Iron Hands but they currently have no character. I am waiting for the Clan Raukaan book to be released in the hope it includes a character. Plus I think supplement codices may be my Blog Wars "Thing". I took Farsight Enclave last time (and placed with it!) and hopefully will be able to take Iron Hands for the next one. Maybe I need to start thinking about 8 next November too.........

Blog Wars 6- Result!

Well I don't know how it happened but somehow, in my first ever Tournament games, I managed to come in 3rd Place.

I will write more about this at some point but I would much rather post this just to say thank-you to everyone for making it a great day. I would especially like to thank Chris Buckle. I had played him a week or so before the day in preparation for the inevitable Nidzilla lists I could see going. It was a relatively close game that taught me a few things (mainly, don't let the Doom get near 2 Riptides because they will go away!). Being drawn against him for the first game actually made me quite nervous but fortunately the dice gods smiled upon me and I ended the game with 28 Tournament Points out of 25! First Tournament game ever and I break maths! It helped a lot! 

May The Dice Be Ever in Your Favour (unless I'm playing you)

Day 1 of my Two Week Tau

So yesterday I posted about how much work I have to do to get my army up and running in time for Blog Wars. So yesterday I started the blitzing. 24 Fire Warriors. Painted. In One Sitting. it's a start....

Speed Painting Time!

11 Days to go and not a single model is completely finished! Time for IV Caffeine folks!! and BACON!

So in the next 10 days what have I got to do?
Farsight
6 Crisis Suits
24 Fire Warriors
2 Riptides
6 Broadsides
Hammerhead

Keep your eyes open for more manic updates!

Blog Wars 6: Army List

So I have finally decided on my list for Blog Wars 6 and am pleased to show it off below. The only thing I am undecided over is whether to take 2 units of 12 Fire Warriors or 3 units of 8. Anyone got any opinions?

HQ

Farsight                                                                                                                                                            

Elite

Riptide- Heavy Burst Cannon, Twin Linked Plasma Rifle, Velocity Tracker & Earth Caste Pilot Module 

Riptide- Ion Accelerator

Troops

12 Fire Warriors- Bonded

12 Fire Warriors- Bonded

3 Crisis Suits- Twin Linked Fusion Blaster, Bonded

3 Crisis Suits- Twin Linked Plasma Rifle, Bonded

Fast

8 Pathfinders- Bonded, Recon Drone                                                                                                                                                  

Heavy

3 Broadsides- High Yield Missile Pods, Smart Missiel System, Bonded 

3 Broadsides- Heavy Rail Rifle, Smart Missile System, Velocity Trackers, Bonded 

Hammerhead- Longstrike, Disruption Pods, Submunition Rounds, Smart Missile System                                                                                                                                                  

Marines... One Week In

So it has been a week already since the Space Marine codex was unleashed upon us. What have 7 days taught me:

1) it is a wonderfully varied Codex and is definitely a step up from the previous edition.

2) I love Imperial Fists. Hands down my personal favourite chapter tactics, possibly because I am forever rolling 1's to hit.

3) I am a Centurion Convert. From pictures I hated them, now I freaking love this cool tin cans!! And also in the one game I have played I fielded 2 units and they were devastating (specifically the assault centurions with flames and hurricane bolsters against a blob of guard- messy!)

4) I like grab weapons in limited amounts. I am using an anti-infantry devastation centurion unit with 2 with heavy bolsters and hurricane bolsters and the sergeant taking gravcannon and grav amp twinned with an omniscope. Allowing him to separate fire to deal with something slightly more meaty.

5) the Iron Hands regenerating Raiders will be common I fear. A Master of the Forge in side it repairing a HP each turn on a 3+ and then Land Raider having It Will Not Die so gaining another on a 5+. If anyone puts more than one master of the forge / techmarine in it I will genuinely scream!!

6) the Raven Guard got a bit screwed over. Bonus to jump packs are nice, but stealth to all non-bulky models isn't that characterful given the fact that everyone with a jump pack is bulky....

7) I like the Hunter. It is dirt cheap and is a stupidly reliable piece of anti air. I don't like the Stalker's double firing gimmick- too unreliable personally.

8) GW are not unreasonable. Because the army builder part of my iCodex was not ready we got more free stuff. They added all the apocalypse data sheets for space marines in to the iCodex. I appreciate this. I now have half an army builder, they are yet to add the elites and fast attacks and a few other bits are missing. Once it is complete though I shall be reviewing it.

Sorry again about the haphazard and lackadaisical postings recently guys!!!

A Slight Aside!

We now have less than 24 hours until the Launch of the forthcoming Marines Codex. I won't be jumping on the Bandwagon, in fact I have limited myself to 2 purchases. The first of these is the iCodex, I want to test out the GW in built army builder thingamajig. The second is a box of Centurions. I have recently been blitzing Tau (update soon I promise!) and fancy a challenge. And these fugly models are screaming challenge to me! I want to see if they are actually as bad as the pictures seem. I will update on Sunday with a verdict, some pictures and some random ramblings guys....

First Experience: Trial By Fire!

OK so last night I attended a "local" gaming club (20 miles isn't too bad!) for the first time and had an absolute hoot. Numerous friends have been going for years and since I finally bought a car (well 2 but it's a long story!) I thought I'd get some experience in with my Tau getting ready for Blog Wars. Matt and Toph are going to a doubles event later this week and were getting in practice with their 1200 point force (2 x 600 point forces with full force organisation options there are also no ally limitations for this) and let me say for a start they are going to do well. They are doing a Tyranid/Imperial Guard Combo that is justified using the term "Genestealer Cult". At 1200 points they had found enough room to take 2 Leman Russ Demolishers and 2 Flyrants!! That is Filth!!!! there was also plenty of guardsmen and a tiny unit of gaunts and some lonely lonely lonely Rippers (this unit gets my vote for Entity of the Match!).

Let the Climb Begin!

Ladles and Jellyspoons I have Tau!!!

I have not yet decided on what the army will include however I can say this, I have never been a WAAC competitive player- the mindset is anathema to me. So what have I started work on?

After browsing the Codex and scratching my brow I just purchased a swathe of miniatures I could see myself using (Fire Warriors, Broadsides and Riptide to begin with). I aim to make the army quite Farsight-y so Battlesuits aplenty I feel. I am also going to be "cheating" and using my airbrush for all basecoats- here is what I have done thus far....

Red!!!

Stay tuned for more soon though!