Games!: 40K Apocalypse

The local club here ran a small Apocalypse game this Saturday.  I did not partake (no real interest in a game that large/slow/clunky).  It went more smoothly than I expected.  I did end up help rolling dice and pushing some models around for people --- and of course I brought snacks.  It was a cool game to watch.  The scoring system was a little wonky, but we "think" the Imperium won.

 The Imperium lines before the game began.

 Late game, the remnants of a large Eldar tank fleet break upon the lines.

 Midway through the game, the Imperial bunkers are almost all gone, breaking gaps in the line.

 Mayhem.

 You can see a side-game being played on a Space Hulk style table in the other room where Marines faceds off with Tyranids in a deadly battle.

 Sustained assault meant that entire waves of LeMan Russ tanks were regenerated --- under the legs of a home-made Wolfhound Titan.

 The massive Eldar force set to smash into the Imperium's flank.

 The game just getting underway.

Daemon Prince Numero Uno

I picked up some Undead fantasy models to kit-bash some cheaper and (easier) Daemon Princes for use with my Chaos Space Marine force.  I've got one with wings I'll be doing up later.

Being a very simple conversion and keeping it non-techy means I can also use it in my dungeon games or Mordheim, etc.

Games!: Warhammer 40K, and Shoot N' Skedaddle

After many, many hours of assembling, basing, priming and starting to paint a buddy's Steel Legion force --- we managed to get in two introductory games of 40K, 8th edition.

This is the only picture I managed since his models weren't painted and the table isn't properly finished.

We also got in a game of Shoot N' Skedaddle:

Games!: Shoot N' Skedaddle.

Playtested my convention scenario again last night with some friends.  This is Shoot N' Skedaddle, my Old West game.

The Outlaws needed to try to blow up the train station.  While they initially suffered some serious casualties, eventually they snuck a prostitute laden with dynamite through a tunnel into the ticket office of the station.  She started hurling sticks of dynamite into the building and successfully blew it up.  In the process she blew up a horse, and a Lawmen was caught in the building when it collapsed.

So, while the Outlaws were thoroughly bloodied...they accomplished the goal and stole victory.

Eldar Reinforcements

I've been doing up some more aspect warriors to flesh out some units.  Got some Swooping Hawks on the way - but the Dire Avengers were finished this morning.

MDF is for Mordheim

Some more progress on the simple MDF kits I picked up from Red Vectors (Sold via Minibits) for Mordheim.  Simple kits, and not the best, but very good for filling up avenues or fire and adding some "bulk" to finish out my table.  Will be adding more debris and rubble to them as time permits.

Replacing Old West terrain.

A while ago I sold off a large lot of my general purpose Old West terrain with the intention of replacing it.  I started doing so yesterday.  Here is my replacement water-tower.  The barrel itself is separate so I can use the platform for other games and it'll store easier.  Nothing special, just some wood dowels and a ton of coffee stirrers.

Chaos Manguything!

So, in 8th edition Warhammer 40K the Chaos Space Marines include a new unit which is sorta/kinda a Chaosified Space Marine Chaplain - called a Dark Disciple or somesuch.

They're a decent little unit and I was cruising the eBays a couple days ago and saw the lovely little Kurtha Sed (a model I've sold off on several occasions...)

It struck me that with a few modifications he'd be a good Dark Disciple fella.  After quickly modifying and painting him I may find a variety of uses for him (sorcerer, lord, champion, etc.)

I'm really pleased with the result.  Just a simple backpack/head/arm swap.  Armed with a combi-plasma and a power maul.

Jain Zar, Storm of Silence

Well, I tried to paint Jain Zar.  It just didn't work out the way I wanted, but I'm not overly fond of her anyway, so I'll leave it as is.  I don't know how much table-time she'll see.

Chaos Lord and Obliterators?

So I had a box of Tartaros terminators standing by and I was about to create another Terminator squad when I decided...not to.

I made up a version of my as-of-yet-unnamed Chaos Lord in Terminator armour instead...

Then I had four more terminator bodies.  I decided I'd make some Obliterators.  Unfortunately I hate the GW models so I thought I could kit-bash ones I'd like. Turns out I was somewhat disillusioned with my kit-bashing abilities.

I'm not stoked with the results.  I painted them weird-agent just for fun, and wasn't even that thrilled with the paintjob.  However, they're done and I'll use them until I get fed-up and eBay them.

Assault Marines (who don't fly so well...)

<Performs rage reduction exercises...>

So I finally broke out of my painting slump.  I was excited yesterday to get some work in on some Chaos Assault Marines yesterday - I decided to use up the old resin jump packs I had laying around and I finished these guys this morning.

Then I dropped them. 

Outside.

On a brick staircase.

I broke four of them...and my ire was well and truly raised.  I also have a chainsword hiding somewhere in the grass in my back yard.  I was able to superglue the resin backpacks on and replace a chainsword, but I'm secretly angry that I broke so many of them.  I think they're fixed, but I've marked some on the base which may need further attention.  I tried to stress test the rest of the arms and jump packs and I think I found all of the broken stuff.  This kind of thing really puts me in a foul mood so I'm glad I was able to fix them quick enough.

Keen-eyed geeks will notice the colour shift.  I was going to make these into a separate chapter for the Lead Adventure forum, but I got lazy and just made them into my Chaos force.  They are Skeleton Bone based as opposed to Necrotic Flesh but they fit in fine I think.

Warhammer 8th tokens - test batch.

Created some tokens for use with Warhammer 40K 8th edition (and for use with a variety of science fiction games, including older 2nd ed. 40K games).  The test batch arrived, will be making some revisions and adding a few.

New arrivals and a 40K 8th ed. Score Card.

Some new eBay finds showed up for me to flesh out a few Eldar units.  I also whipped up an 8th ed. score card for the local group that plays 40K locally.

And here's the score card:

Warhammer 40K 8th ed. Score Card