Update: Genestealer cult

Just a quick update.  Last time, I was talking about how I wanted to paint up the spine on the aberrant and the head crest on my metamorph. Today I bring you images of the completed model straight from my messy workstation.

I like this look better.  They now feel complete. This will probably be my last post of the year.  I hope you have a great holiday and I will catch you next year.

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Rumor: Gathering Storm: The Fall of Cadia

The boys over on the Warhammer twitch channel have brought us a sneak peak from the new book called Gathering Storm: The Fall of Cadia.  They have shown us three new models that will be featured in the book. Here are some screenshots of these models.

Showcase: Genestealer cult

Over the weekend I had some time to set up my light box so I went back and took some better pictures of the aberrant and patriarch. I also finished two metamorphs and my first acolyte. lets take a look.

TGTP2016: Build is finished

With the wife out of town for a couple of days, I had a couple of evenings to myself to watch hockey and build up some terrain. I assembled all my kickstarter bundle from Death Ray Designs.

New Changes to the Blog

I have made a few changes to my blog.  Some of the changes are for my benefit and some are just some updates.  One I am hoping is an improvement for my small community.

The End is Near!

With the year winding down, it is about time to look at my resolution list for this year to see what I have done and what got skipped.  Overall I believe I had a good year with painting 99 infantry models, 7 vehicles, and 5 monsters. Not bad but how much of that was what was promised? Let's break it down.

WIP: Genestealer Cult

This weekend I spent some time painting some genestealer cult.  It is getting cold so I can't base coat anything so I decided to paint guys I already based coated.

Showcase: Patriarch

I finally decided to finish off my Patriach.  All I had left was to paint some highlights and paint the skulls on the base.

Shorehammer! A cool con on the ocean!

This weekend was the Shorehammer debut.  It sported a 40k highlander tournament, a Age of Sigmar big battle, and a no holds barred tournament they call The Nut Crusher.  There were a few other games and plenty of open tables.  The atmosphere was light and everyone seemed to be having fun.  I am not sure how successful it was but I think it was a great time.

TGTP2016: Barracks

After a long break I continued the terrain project and finished up building the barracks.

TGTP2016: Rapid Vanguard Barracks

As predicted I started work on the barracks kit last night.  I got the basic building assembled and it is ready for the card details.

TGTP2016: Rapid Vanguard Bunker

Last night I had some time to work on TGTP2016 (The Great Terrain Project of 2016 last time I write that out).  I finished up the bunker and worked on the cannon turret.

WIP: Rapid Vanguard Bunker

Last night I continued to work on The Great Terrain Project.  Tonight I worked on one of the bunkers.

Death Ray Designs: Rapid Vanguard Terrain

Last post, I said I was almost finished with my Patriach.  This means instead of finishing him, I should start a new project. I am calling it The Great Terrain Project of 2016. Back in March I backed Death Ray Design's Rapid Vanguard Terrain Kickstarter.  Well last week, it came in. I was so excited that I decided to put everything on hold and start assembling.

WIP: Genestealer Cult Patriarch

I am sorry I have been so quiet of late, but I had some visitors in town and did not have a chance to do any hobby work.  Last night, I had some time to work on the Patriarch.

Dreadtober: Mission Accomplished!

This is the last week of Dreadtober so I had to finish up my Ironstrider and new sentinel.  Both were close to completion so it was not to difficult.

#Dreadtober: Update a new player has been added

The Dreadtober challenge this week is to create a base for our Dread.  Not only am I goint to try to meet this challenge I also have added an extra "Dread" to the fun. To run the basic detachment in my Genestealer Cult I needed to add a sentinel.  I got lucky and found a Forgeworld sentinel for half price. Lets take a look...

WIP: Metamorph

 Before the game I got to paint up a Genestealer cult metamorph.  I am using the same scheme for his uniform as the neophyte but his skin is pure tyranid.

Genestealer Cult first impressions.

This weekend I had my first two battles with the Genestealer cult.  In today’s post I will give you my reactions and thoughts.

WIP: Neophyte Hybrid

As a hobby butterfly, I have the need to flit between projects.  So, even though I have my Dreadtober project to continue, I was compelled to get some test models done for my genestealer cult.

#Dreadtober: Starting to paint

I have started to block out the colors on the Ironstrider.

WIP: Genestealer Cult

If you have been following my blog you would know I am excited by the new genestealer cult that came out this week. Since I am watching my hobby budget, I thought I would start with an Overkill box set.

#Dreadtober: Building continues

I continued to work on my Sydonian Dragoon.  I made my mold and had my two bodies ready to complete the building and then I ran into a problem.

#dreadtober: First update

It is that time of year again,  Time to build and paint a dread type model in honor of the season.  In previous post i stated that I am going to build the sydonian dragoon.

Showcase: Triarch Praetorian

Operation:Clear Off the Desk is still in full swing.  I wanted finish off my praetorians that I picked up from the Nova Open.  Now that they are finished all that is left is my peltasts. But before I move on to them lets look at my finished Praetorians.

Showcase: Necron Destroyers

This week I am trying to clear off my desk before #Dreadtober starts up.  First on the block are some Necron Destroyers.

Dreadtober: Declaration and Planning

It is getting close now.  I have purchased my kit and am trying to clear off the workbench to make room for my project.  That project is a Sydonian Dragoon / Ironstrider Balistarius.

Rumor: More Genestealer Cult

 

 So this weekend we got a few more images to get us drooling over the new genestealer cult. The above picture shows us the two new variants of the new vehicle as well as a Russ tank.  Pretty cool. All of these photos are on many sites but I got them from War of Sigmar.

Rumors: Genestealer Cult

 Finally we get some pictures of the new boxes and codex. Taken from War of Sigmar who got them from GW facebook.

Rumors: Genestealer Cult

The rumors keep rolling in on the Genestealer cult release next week.  Today over on Faeit 212 they have the content of the two kits that are coming out.lets take a look.

WIP: Skitarii Peltasts

I was excited yesterday,  My Peltasts upgrades came in.  I am eager to get these on the table ant give them a try.  I had assembled the bodies already so all I needed to do was clean them off and glue them on.

Blood Angel Rumors

So Over on Faeit 212 they have posted up some formations that are are supposedly in the new Angels Blade supplement.  After a short read through, I so want to start a Blood Angels army.

Showcase: Destroyer Lord

This weekend I painted  my destroyer lord.  I made a short video on the rotating pedestal. I left some better photos below.

Nova Army

In my final post about the Nova Open, I will talk about the army I played.  It was not unbeatable, proven by my 1-2 record, but it was cheesy. Lets take a look...

nova games

At the Nova Open I played three games in the Night Fighters Event.  This event spanned three nights and incorporated with the Narrative Warlords and Recon events.  The first two games I played alone against a single opponent.  The third game I was paired up with another team member and we took on a team from the other faction.

Photo Dump

Last year I went to the Nova Open and was very disappointed.  I was expecting something like Adepticon and with my expectations so high I was dissappointed.  I also was trying to play an new game.  I now know that Infinity is not my style and this year I decided to play some 40K because it is what I know.

Showcase: Triarch Praetorian and Destroyer

Last post I talked about the Triarch Praetorian I was working on.  I have wanted to try to try a squad of these guys ever since the Lychguards swords became AP 3.  The are a way to bring AP 2 to the table both through shooting and melee.

What's Next??

So the Nova Open is finished.  I am working through the photos and I will have a few posts about the experience.  Before that though I have started to think about what I want to work on to finish out the year.

Forgeworld: Secutarii Titan Guard

While we have seen these guys in a few Forgeworld open day events,  Forgeworld now have these upgrade kits for preorder.  They also have released the rules that can be found here.

Showcase: Ghost ark

As the Nova Open opens I put the finishing touches on my ghost ark.

Down to the wire

With just 2 days left, I am running out of time to finish up my army. I kept working on the ghost ark but I also updated a couple of other models to fit in with my new look. 

Done-ish: Canoptek Wraiths

Over the weekend I got to play a few games and finish up painting my wraiths to a level of completeness that will have to do for now. I would love to go back and highlight the carapace but I am almost out of time and I sitll have my ghost ark to paint and a few other items to touch up.

WIP Canoptek Wraiths

With my tomb blades complete, I started to work on my wraiths.  They don't have a lot of delicate or hard to reach parts like the tomb blades.  They do have a lot more of the ingrained scroll work. This scroll work will give me the most grief and slow down my progress.

Showcase: Tomb Blades

This weekend I spent some time clearing off my to do list for the Nova Open. I did some work on getting my second ghost ark up and running and I started to work on my Tomb Blades.

Showcase: Necron Deathmarks

I had some time to work on my Deathmarks the last few days.  To my surprise, I was adding the finishing touches to each model.  I am happy to have them finished.  Another squad removed from the unpainted ranks.

Nova Open Decision

With 18 Days till the Nova Open I need to make a decision on what I want to participate in.  I thought about not doing anything but demos but I decided that I want to play some 40k/  I am going to join in the Nightfighters.

Nova Open

After last year's reaction to the Nova Open I wasn't sure I wanted to go this year.  After I signed up for Shorehammer, I thought for sure I wasn't going to go.  But thing happen and I found I was going to be on my own that week. So, I thought "what the heck!" and now I am heading to the Nova Open.

Showcase: Sydonian Dragoon / Ironstrider Balistarius

As promised I have the finished images of my dragoon / balistarius.  lets take a look.

WIP: Sydonian Dragoon / Ironstrider Balistarius

Now that the ironstrider is built and primed, it is ready to be painted.  I made a good amount of progress last night.  Lets take a look.

Game Day!

This weekend we had our monthly Meet Up game day.  I only got to play one game due to some scheduling issues on my part.  A big shout out to Kabbala for hosting and remembering to take pictures.  One of these days I will remember :)

Lychguard

Along with my ghost ark I was working on my lychguard squad.  I have a total of 10 models but two needed replacement swords.  I did get the other eight painted.  On to the pics!