tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74559846138013202072024-03-14T12:16:14.110-04:00A Painted LifeA running blog of my gaming interests. 40k, Malifaux, AT-43, Confrontation, and the like.Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-69303980738917252332017-10-06T11:05:00.000-04:002017-10-06T11:05:12.908-04:00Painting Fall 2016<div style="text-align: start;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Fall saw me switching gears pretty radically from power armor to organic. I wanted to make Tyranids work in 7th edition. They where dog meat and not at all competitive but as my first 40k army I wanted to make Nids great again! Ahem. So I designed a list started to playtest it over the end of summer. Tweaked it a bit come early Fall and cemented it pretty shortly after that. I painted up nearly 1800 points of a Tyranids in 2.5 months. Was a speed run to be sure. The purple I originally used on my scheme no longer exists so I took the opportunity to step up the Tyranid scheme and improve on it.</span></div>
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I started with the core of what I would need. Already having 16 painted Hormegaunts and Termagaunts I used them to help bolster what I would need and instead painted up 20 new Termagaunts and 14 Hormegaunts to have 30 of each.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlFPIUoaVi7m9RjPAeMDQ5f956vFPQhcJTpfTWFmqHTI5_q2JS6CHHXtg2UxVPn-2mbWDIbYpSx4nriJbGH_AfK0-NWLiQftS5Y2xlu2OknT0YM5ZCuKPEi3OuF6u9OMFc2tcrutDvjI/s1600/WQZB8770.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="1600" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlFPIUoaVi7m9RjPAeMDQ5f956vFPQhcJTpfTWFmqHTI5_q2JS6CHHXtg2UxVPn-2mbWDIbYpSx4nriJbGH_AfK0-NWLiQftS5Y2xlu2OknT0YM5ZCuKPEi3OuF6u9OMFc2tcrutDvjI/s320/WQZB8770.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><br />
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Next locked down list item was a pair of Malethropes to provide Alpha strike defense and synapse to the ground pounders.<br />
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Next up I painted 6 forgeworld Meiotic Spores to be used as Myciloid Spores. I only needed 3 but figured I would just paint them all up in a batch. Used an airbrush and ghost tints to apply some faded coloration across the model. Worked really well.<br />
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Next I finalized on 3 Flyrants as the poular(?!) unit was known as. About the only effective unit in the codex at the time. For the wings I actually airbrushed in a red ghost tint lightly over the skeletal bone. Turned them a nice pink. I put more coats into the center mass of the wings. Then when applying the wash by hand I would let it dry 5-10 minutes then using airbrush thinner on a brush I would apply that to the center mass of the wings fading the thinner out to the bones in the membrane. Have it a nice transition of color without to much spotting from the wash staining the wings.<br />
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I landed on a pair of Hive Crones to compliment the Tyrants. They provided some AA as well as some high strength AP 2 via vector strikes. I used the airbrush to do the green on the mouths. i Wanted them to be strikingly visually distinct from the Harpy models to my opponent.<br />
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I finished out the list by repainting (ran out of time) a trio of Tyranid Warriors to the new scheme. Just touched up the carapace, teeth and eyes.<br />
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<br />Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-59371706894667946492017-10-04T11:10:00.004-04:002023-11-14T09:04:47.168-05:00Painting Spring 2017<br />
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<br />Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-67442689819315830262017-10-04T11:09:00.001-04:002023-11-14T09:04:45.396-05:00Painting Winter 2017<br />
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<br />Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-56847128378442364952017-09-29T23:09:00.001-04:002017-09-29T23:09:12.369-04:00Painting Summer 2016Here we are again. Seems like about every other year I get distracted by life and skip updates on my painting progress for about a year or so. This time I moved and my light box for taking pictures ended up packed away for a few months. Yay life distractions.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">A huge part of my painting tool box comes from joining the Facebook group </span><a href="https://m.facebook.com/groups/618212608307249" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">1houranight</a><span style="text-align: center;">. I joined last year in January of 2016 as part of the </span><a href="http://theindependentcharacters.com/blog/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Independent Characters</a><span style="text-align: center;"> hobby progress challenge. Basically every month you submit a painting commitment via posting a picture of your unpainted commitment to a pinned post started each month. You reply to your comment with a picture of your completed commitment. Gain raffle tickets win prizes at the end of the year. Yay loot! More importantly, keep hobby going all year round. So having moved I missed one deadline then finished it and the next move nuts the following month. Other than that I had painted a unit for every month. So far this year I've done better. Sometimes doubling my goals.</span><br />
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So where I left off I was painting up a trio of scout squads. Painting 8 for 1 month then 7 the next. (Finishing the lot of them the second month sadly). Painted them up as three 5 man bokter scout squads from the Ultramarines chapter. Wanted to do something fairly generic as part of a 7th edition Battle company formation.<br />
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Once I finished up the scouts I then painted a pair of HQ's. A captain of the Second company of Ultramarines and a Chaplain. Both are equipped up with magnetized jump packs. Meant to go with an assault squad. I submitted the chaplain in a local annual painting competition and took second place with it in the single figure 25-32mm category. Did some zenithal highlighting on the plates of these two via airbrush. Wanted a good clean look without putting a horrendous amount of effort into them. Think they came out great. If only I had an army for them.Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-4651778154697883742017-01-15T17:53:00.000-05:002017-01-15T17:53:00.697-05:00Rockport Invitational 2016 look backPut together a video teaser from photos of my last hosted tournament. Did this to help promote the new one I'll be hosting this April. Enjoy!<br />
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This past November 19th I attended our local annual hobby event. Unlike the monthly tournaments they host, this event is focused on the Hobby as a whole. "Soft" point make up more than half your scores for the day (<a href="http://xrg.creativetwilight.com/?t_id=244" target="_blank">90 was the max soft score and 60 battle points</a>). Its a great day as most everyone spends several months building and painting up their armies for the day and try and get everything in tip top shape. Beyond having a 3 round tournament, they also have a pure painting competition with entries in 4 categories (25/32mm single figure, 40-50mm single figure, 60mm + single figure, squad). I brought my Tyranid list I term "Boy Band" to the Standoff. I had run a <a href="http://brianberman.blogspot.com/2016/11/rockport-invitational-2016.html" target="_blank">practice tournament</a> at my home to get in 3 solid games and try and time my play. I was a little slow at that event but on track to get games done. One of the locals has a computerized routing device that can cut into MDF and do all manner of cool stuff. He made me up a bunch of movement trays that let me mass deploy the gaunts in clusters of 5 all max spaced. It made all my games go much faster. I hit at least turn 5 in every game this time. I always feel like I'm cheating my opponent if we don't bring the game to a natural conclusion, and in the past I typically would run smaller elite armies to ensure getting games done. This time I had 76 models to run around the table, 60 of whom re-spawned on a 4+, making the army play more like I had over 100 models.<br />
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My first game was against a perennial opponent, Marchello. I seem to face him at nearly every event and this year was no different. Typically we end up trading wins back and forth. He played Chaos Space Marines with Chaos Daemons, all devoted to Slaanesh. He had a Keeper of Secrets and two squads of of Demonettes. He also had 4 squads of Noise marines a Lord and Sorcerer both of Slaanesh. A Maulerfiend and two laser destroyer tanks. I spent the early game shooting the laser destroyer tanks in the side armor to wreck them out. Then went after the noise marines. Marchello's Keeper and Maulerfiend coupled with the Demonettes ate through my left hand flank. I tossed a few gaunt squads that re-spawned along the left flank to help tie up the muscle in his list. By game end I had nearly killed all the Chaos marines, save part of one last squad, the Keeper and the Maulerfiend. With only three units left I was able to score a couple big turns of points and take out a small win.<br />
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All in all out of 12 games with this version of Tyranids I won 11 games, 9 being in tournaments. I would conclude my great Tyranid experiment was a success. I was able to make them competitive in my local scene. Although my finish in the overall event wasn't as strong as I would have liked, I did do a great job in the painting competition. Out of four categories, only 3 of whom I seriously entered I took home two first place ribbons and a second place ribbon. My pride and joy of the competition being the 60mm+ category. This was heavily contended for but my <a href="http://brianberman.blogspot.com/2016/03/on-table-alpha-legion-contemptor.html" target="_blank">Alpha Legion Contemptor</a> was able to bring home the gold. I also took gold in the Squad category with my <a href="http://brianberman.blogspot.com/2016/02/on-table-alpha-legion-tactical-squad-1.html" target="_blank">Alpha Legion Tactical Squad</a>. My second place was for my Ultramarine Chaplain. I'll be dropping a blog article up on him and the Captain at a future date. Until then happy gaming everyone.<br />
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A few weeks back I hosted my first ever tournament for 40k. I've moved out to the mid coast of Maine and as such I'm hours from game stores that host events, and a good two hours from the best store in the region that I've been going to for some time. We have an upcoming annual event coming up, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/292893781072923" target="_blank">The Standish Standoff</a>, and my playgroup in the area wanted to get some practice in. I happen to have a pretty large basement, a number of catering banquet tables for work and had purchased a number of sheets of sanded plywood as table tops. We figured on rounding up 6 players, and maybe we would get 8 if we got lucky.<br />
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Turns out a free tournament with BYOB and a BBQ lunch is a great way to draw people in. We hit 10 players, the most table surfaces I could get my hands on for the day. I also had the event scored as an <a href="https://www.frontlinegaming.org/community/frontline-gamings-independent-tournament-circuit/" target="_blank">ITC</a> event even though we followed none of the ITC rules, FAQ, or missions. The goal being a warm up event we stuck to the event format for the Standoff. <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5SkP-3ddX9CLU9TLUotS0lJQm8" target="_blank">Missions where pre-selected and shared</a> Maelstrom as primary (difference in points forming the basis for primary mission points earned, 0-14). Coupled with 3 secondaries worth 2 points each. Maximum score per mission is thus capped at 20. I spread out the secondaries such that each round had 1 both players could earn and two that only one player could earn. We ended up with a goodly diverse group of lists. Only one duplicate codex, Space Marines, and even then it was different chapters. One of the players brought with him 10 etched glass steins, one for each player with their faction logo on one side and the event name on the other. This really made the day feel like a 5 star event. We didn't have any kind of prizes as we didn't take any money, but the mugs made everyone, or at least myself, very pleased with the swag from the day.<br />
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During the day I set us up with a bit of tech. We used the <a href="https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/rockport40k" target="_blank">Best Coast Pairings app</a> to score and run the event. Once I figured out how to use it it worked like a dream. Sitting on a dedicated iPad for the day allowing everyone to self score and the program to run table pairings. I also set up an old iPhone in a camera clip screwed into an overhead joist. With this I <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/bberman_bates/v/96469505" target="_blank">Twitch</a> steamed table 3 all day long. Everyone seemed to have had a great time with the day. My wife has already consented to make this an annual event. Hopefully I can make it twice a year instead.<br />
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I had three great games. I ran a slightly modified version of a Tyranid list I've been working on for a few months. I call it Boy Band, having 5 flying monstrous creatures and a horde of re-spawning gribblies. I had to retool to lower the model count from 103 to 74. I wanted to be able to get my games at least to turn 5 if not a natural completion in the time limit. So now I'm running 3 Flyrants, 2 Hive Crones, a pair of Malethropes and 3 of the bigger spore bombs, and an Endless Tide formation with 30 of both Gaunt types.<br />
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Game 1 had me paired up with Kyle, and his Iron hands in a Sons of the Gorgon decurian. He was running a small Librarian conclave as well as an Armored company and Skyhammer formation. Hello Whirlwinds! We played Cloak and Dagger with Slay the Warlord, King of the Hill and Last Blood. I decided the whirlwinds had to go first thing, they would be able to put to many wounds on the gaunts and prevent them from being able to be effective. So I used the swarm to bog down my table left (top of the picture) and ran the Boy Band on table right to first turn kill a whirlwind and put me in position to kill the second one the following turn. He dropped in a tough Sternguard unit complete with Librarian and Techmarine onto the center of the board (between the two grey buildings in the picture). This would see him earn King of the Hill as I never had the time to dig them out. His Skyhammer pinned in a fair number of my Gaunt units within my deployment zone, leaving me very few options to dig out the center with. We ended up 14/6 my win,<br />
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Game 2 I paired up with a player I've yet to had the pleasure of matching up with yet. William brought some of the best painted Orks I've seen in some time. Of course he also had Buzzgob's Custom stompa with him. This would prove to be a surprisingly fast game. Both of us being primary a mob force that gets stuck in he drove his trucks right at me, jumped out and then chaos ensued. I've rarely faced Orks, its just not been an army anyone in my playgroups have played before. I was completely surprised with how devastating in assault they proved to be. I ended up loosing several units in a single round of combat while inflicting minimal damage back. Fortunately I got lucky on the re-spawn rolls and almost all of them came back. I immediately pushed them right up in front of the boys again in layers to allow him only a single unit to charge on his turn. The Boy band procedded to wipe a couple units and soften some of the remaining boy units up with shooting and psycic powers. I basically ignored the Stompa except during the psycic phase throwing most my dice at Paraxism to lower the BS of the Stompa to zero. This worked about half the rounds and between that and him having a lifta droppa (useless on non vehicles). I was able to keep the Stompa from being overly effective. Here I scored a fair bit better. Having gotten first blood off a truck, hold the line after wiping his units from my deployment zone and being mostly stuck in it myself, and due to the trucks actually scoring more kill points we ended 16/4 my win.<br />
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This put me tied for Battle points with Justin and his Dark Eldar/Eldar list, (mostly Dark Eldar). All in all I had three great games. One of my favorite points of this army is how in all the games I've played it has never been a blow out. My opponents always are hanging right in with me all game long. I'm loosing models left and right and although I've continued a winning streak with Tyranids (9 out of 9 games), I think my opponents have all had good matches as well. I wanted to end this by thanking everyone who came out to play, assuming your reading this. If I can host a similar event in the future I'd be happy to have any of you back.<br />
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Posting will resume again after the 19th. I've been behind on painting for the Standoff and have not had time to blog. Although I have painted a fair amount since my last post went up and will have a good amount of content to share once I finish painting this list.<br />
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I have to say this was a great kit to build and work with. Modding the arms to take magnets in the same location as the Forgeworld arms/weapons so I could interchange them between my Contemptors was some work. Still way worth the effort. With the upcoming narrative day, Fratris Salutem coming soon I've got my eye on how to continue painting out the army for use on that day. Something I should be able to do easily. At a minimum I need another Contemptor and 13 Legion marines. Until next time. </div>
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As a parting shot here is my Alpha Legion force completed thus far.<br />
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<br />Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-70521996063800812142016-03-11T16:00:00.000-05:002016-03-11T16:00:00.194-05:00On The Table: Alpha Legion Vigilator<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-23143019507166967802016-03-04T21:35:00.000-05:002016-03-04T21:35:12.282-05:00On the Table: Alpha Legion Veteran Tactical Squad 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finished up my next batch of Alpha Legion marines. This time I finished up some Legion Tactical Veterans. I opted to do the special weapon bearers and the sergeants for all three squads first. As we are planning to start a Victory is Vengeance campaign I need options more than entire units. Completing this group gives me the modes I need to be able to start the campaign. Now that I have had some experience in building and playing 40k, I brought all the lessons learned to building out these units. I built the squads to accommodate all options. In this case two magnetized Veterans to hold special weapons. Given the nature of the missile launchers for 30k, I even magnetized the waist of 3 of the 6 to accommodate an entire torso holding the missile launcher. For this round of painting I opted to only paint bolters/meltas/plasmas & flamers. Leaving the Heavy bolters and missile launchers aside to be completed at a later date. Similarly the sergeants are only equipped with what they will have initially in the campaign but are magnetized to take all weapon options. This includes a wrist magnet on the gun arm to swap from bolters to various pistols and combi-weapons. The left arm is doubly magnetized both coming off at the wrist for power weapons/chain swords and thunder hammers. The left arm also comes off at the shoulder to allow power fists and lightning claws to be used.<br />
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So as we move onto painting steps we must first talk about the staged assembly of the models. I opted to heavily stage assemble the models. Shoulder pads where blue tacked to sprues, arms where glued to torsos and to legs. heads are also not attached but left on the sprue. the rest being magnetized where left off as they would always be removable. To paint up these models I started with a base coat of Ultramarine Blue using an airbrush. After that I applied a zenithal highlight of 50/50 Ultramarine and Minitaire Troll Hide. I finished by applying a stencil of dragon scales to the legs and shoulder guards using Troll Hide. After this we move onto the brush work. I applied a Null Oil wash directly to the seems and joints in the armor. Base coated the weapons with black on the plating edge highlighting them with Storm Grey. I also base coated the metallic areas with Gunmetal, also washing them in Null Oil. I then bring up the metal areas with Chainmail and edge highlight with Plate Silver. Hitting the exposed studs with the Plate Silver. I then edge highlight all the armor areas in Troll Hide then again with a fine Scorpion Green. I then airbrushed some OSL lava lighting onto the legs as I painted up the bases. I do this then so I know the position of the model on the base. Last I finish assembling the model and attach it to the base. Almost the opposite of the normal assemble paint method.<br />
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Today I'm going to spend go over the technique of the base. The next On The Table will go over the painting of the army itself. It took me a couple tries to get the lava base to come out right. The first time I used the red/orange/yellows from Badger's Minitaire line. When I was all done, the base just looked dusty and dull. It wasn't vibrant nor, bright. I ordered up some airbrush paints from Vellejo and I was able to get a much brighter color. The base red of Nebula red from Minitaire is awesome. It is a vibrant bright red and layers down over black nice with a couple coats. The over-spray is subtle enough that it provides the beginning of OSL to the base itself. I give the lave area a giid coating. Applying 2-3 coats to get a solid and rich red coloring down. I pre-prep the base by dry brushing in a mix of 50/50 black and Reaper Storm grey over the black primed base. Then a last drybrush of Storm grey. Over the Nebula Red I put down a coat of Vellejo Hot Orange. at this stage I try and ovoid over-spray. In some narrow sections it happens and I let it. We are going for a natural look so soft edges are important. I thin mix in some Gold Yellow (also Vellejo), letting the last bits of Hot orange mix with it. This gives a good yellow/orange tone. Over this I come back with a narrow band of White in the center of each lava mass and across bubbles. Lastly I hit the white areas with Moon Yellow. Yellow being so transparent typically (especially for a bright yellow). This gives a good vibrant lava but its still missing something.</div>
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The secret sauce to bright lava is to remember it is liquid. So we need a nice wet look for it, and nothing makes a model look wet like a good gloss coat. Once I finished painting the whole model, assembled it (more on that next time) and sealed everything with Testor's dull coat, I go back and brush on some gloss coat over the lava. It gives it that vibrant wet look. That is everything for today. Until next time. </div>
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<br />Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-48264324621609643082016-02-19T16:00:00.000-05:002016-02-19T16:03:51.286-05:00Victory is Vengeance, teaser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWhJ_LIcWwanhny7jHojjMKx84pmq9I9HOWOLte0qBFKgGy0HXCHPrJ-hIOb5wbSsrv58BgRmH0zV6d1opPYSuvHg_paQQbhAtpWvnW53AOk5ZWNimY75jLF4P05dOwnYA8jESqTFbi8/s1600/IMG_1503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWhJ_LIcWwanhny7jHojjMKx84pmq9I9HOWOLte0qBFKgGy0HXCHPrJ-hIOb5wbSsrv58BgRmH0zV6d1opPYSuvHg_paQQbhAtpWvnW53AOk5ZWNimY75jLF4P05dOwnYA8jESqTFbi8/s320/IMG_1503.JPG" width="320" /></a>In game the Ongar performed awesomely, well specifically the trio with Neutron cannon's did. The 4+ invulnerable save grants so much toughness to the unit. They survived a great deal of hurt. Most notable during game three when I used them to bait a Chaos Space marine Typhon heavy siege tank. I was able to tank the shots from it for several rounds. The large spread and footprint meant the template would hit not more than 1 model from the unit and I kept rolling a 4+ to ignore the hit. All the rest of the army was able to avoid LOS with the tank, and by leaving it one target, the other player opted out of moving it and giving up shooting for a turn. The solo Ongar with the anti-air load out does great with flyers but as it snap fires at everything else was no help all day. I hit no flyers in any of my three games. I think that Ongar killed maybe two marines all day. I really am enjoying the aesthetic design of the Mechanicum models released so far. They have a nice 1950's sci-fi style that I just dig. I look forward to working on some more of them in the future but my next project is calling to me already. Hydra Dominatus!<br />
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<br />Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-38716496221783709022016-01-20T15:00:00.000-05:002016-01-20T15:00:00.255-05:00On the Table: Skitrarii Ironstrider Cavaliers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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As miniature gamers we enjoy a cinematic experience on the tabletop. Heroes and villains beautifully painted models and terrain can leave us with some pretty neat visuals as we play. Heck if your not making dakka dakka and boom noises, even if it's just in your head, then you are playing wrong. The one thing we don't often add to our games that every movie has is music. Picking music to play isn't as simple as loading up iTunes and hitting shuffle and getting your game on. Nothing breaks the narrative of the moment like lining up your Carnifex to charge some pitiful Guardsmen who will cower before this beast, and then having I'm a Barbie girl! Come blasting over the speakers. At that point the Guard will point and laugh and poor old Fexie is going to go back to his hive in shame. On the other hand if the Imperial March comes on right as you start to unload with your Star Destroyer in a game of Star Wars Armada then all is right with the world.<br />
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You may be asking, What is the biggest key to getting the right music? For a simple start you want to look at musical Scores to movies. No not its Rotten Tomatoes rating, it's Score. The music actually played during the movie not the credits soundtrack so often sold instead. Now I know most of us don't have a library of ready to go Score music. Fear not Reader, Amazon Prime has what you need. If like me you are a Prime member for that sweet sweet free two day shipping, you may have noticed it comes with a number of other freebies as well. The one I want to point you at is Amazon Prime music. It's like Pandora except you can download songs and albums that are part of the free prime music library. Yup free, and guess what. There are a ton of albums compiling a number of epic movie scores and full on movie score albums as well.</div>
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Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-74582734086048353972015-12-13T20:43:00.001-05:002015-12-13T21:04:23.747-05:00On the Table: Skitarii Vanguard / Rangers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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As for painting these guys I opted to go with the Mars scheme, but a little modified. I already have Blood Angels and the GW Mars scheme is basically the same paint method I use for them. I have always felt the Mars red should be a deeper darker red, akin to my Techmarine. SO I started with a very deep red <a href="http://www.minitaire.com/">Minitaire paints</a> Red Clay for the base. A mid tone of Regal Red and highlighting with Angel Red. This helped to give the cloaks a dark red hue but the highlights although not as stark as an extreme highlight gave them a depth of color. I used the classic gunmetal for the base to most the metallic with some brass/copper coloring for details. The gun stalks I used a burnt umber over the metallic base, the metallic showed thru a little giving the dark brown a kind of sheen that I really liked. Almost a brass effect but more brown. I used <a href="http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/en_US/plastic-case-with-51-colors/family/31/155">Vellejo's Game Air Electric Blue</a> for the base on all my blue work. Highlighting up with a sky blue mixed in then straight and white highlights.<br />
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For the Arc Rifles I came back to the model and Airbrushed on the glow to get a nice OSL effect from these heavy weapons. The Radium carbines I simply painted by hand as they are much smaller in effect. The only other thing I used the airbrush for was to apply the base coat of red on the cloak outside and khaki on the inside of the cloak. I did the standard three layers of color, base and two highlights. The mid tone I applied through out the cloak on raised areas. The brightest highlight I simply edge highlighted with. I washed the whole model with Null Oil once I had the base colors on before highlighting to shade. All the copper/gold was done with my classic mid tone yellow brown base then the metallic over top to get a nice smooth copper/gold coloring.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIoYqCpvmYgGa0UYU9bn2a49XGvEPsBHZ8ZfAP1T7dSr_QN4icEcQo2vq_KcCOA-X8-4eTpHEKL1BH1Cmyvc4XzA7dj7Ahr77C5OC8kW0_T0sNbODhXDkJyXIr6KN_IAz0u3i3TJVyao/s1600/IMG_1472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIoYqCpvmYgGa0UYU9bn2a49XGvEPsBHZ8ZfAP1T7dSr_QN4icEcQo2vq_KcCOA-X8-4eTpHEKL1BH1Cmyvc4XzA7dj7Ahr77C5OC8kW0_T0sNbODhXDkJyXIr6KN_IAz0u3i3TJVyao/s320/IMG_1472.JPG" width="320" /></a>The decals really brought the units together. I opted to only do the gear pattern trim along the Sargent cloaks due to the lack of gear decals I had plus the amount of work required to do so. The squad numbering really just put a crisp detail to these guys though the stark white on the red robes really makes the red pop even more. Liberal application of Micro Sol and Micro set (think 5-6 coats) helped to completely dissolve the decal carrier and make them look painted on in the end. I was very happy with how these models came out for line troops. I cut a couple detail corners on them as eventually I will be doing 40+ of these guys. Yay future projects abound.<br />
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<br />Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-19776847383506276552015-12-04T21:31:00.001-05:002015-12-04T21:31:38.469-05:00Standish Standoff 2015<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiq2FGsKBfinugL0bj-aIzPEausePWfPEYeW9w8wTyPVVlQragfDoF8d4n5t2MxfaJWTeLO0Fwawy7cV9mjOjTcnTZmMzwkvAuJjbhP1yhmdXjvyNlGAVEPYhBqrQ3bNsXaz-B3oaqdCM/s1600/IMG_0243%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiq2FGsKBfinugL0bj-aIzPEausePWfPEYeW9w8wTyPVVlQragfDoF8d4n5t2MxfaJWTeLO0Fwawy7cV9mjOjTcnTZmMzwkvAuJjbhP1yhmdXjvyNlGAVEPYhBqrQ3bNsXaz-B3oaqdCM/s320/IMG_0243%255B1%255D.JPG" width="320" /></a>Sorry for the long delay in posting up about my experience at the Standoff. Nothing like a new baby to keep one busy. Like every year I have gone the event made for a great day out. I had three excellent games with 3 great opponents. At the end of it all can you really want more than that from an event? I think not. IF you want to see a good collection of pictures from all the armies brought for the day check out <a href="http://defendersofcalth.blogspot.com/2015/11/standish-standoff-2015-initial-after.html">This Post by Defenders of Calth</a>. He did a great job collecting pics from all the armies for the day. The games where all Maelstrom missions with various deployments and differing secondary missions. The secondaries really made the missions more fun because they tended toward sacrificing units or moving way out of position to score. Two of the rounds involved moving units of the table to score points. Thus weakening your offense at that point.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstZrxZ1dp8W8ZBevy4fn4tP_rBeb4xoP0-sDefv-2iD3mS8e5FVYyWR5VICTPb1IomOPRM4C8HsIgTZ1LiENfcIO_AD4pSTmS7kYiA6QlJHtspdAKojCzF9HtkbdqIaYI3GlrVoj_fqU/s1600/12238390_10153030123831920_2172832799820169350_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstZrxZ1dp8W8ZBevy4fn4tP_rBeb4xoP0-sDefv-2iD3mS8e5FVYyWR5VICTPb1IomOPRM4C8HsIgTZ1LiENfcIO_AD4pSTmS7kYiA6QlJHtspdAKojCzF9HtkbdqIaYI3GlrVoj_fqU/s320/12238390_10153030123831920_2172832799820169350_o.jpg" width="212" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewZiDChKJQyJRZweFyPV1fqJeOGcy_3UAE95XmuLOTC59V7U6hDcETb-IRFaE6doyZEZToshqVZLaoRO2odNDESdzsI-vOfyRb3rKrvU55-kYydsAXTRiZD88531PneyzW8HSYXTSr5c/s1600/12194802_10153030123781920_416433653788793447_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewZiDChKJQyJRZweFyPV1fqJeOGcy_3UAE95XmuLOTC59V7U6hDcETb-IRFaE6doyZEZToshqVZLaoRO2odNDESdzsI-vOfyRb3rKrvU55-kYydsAXTRiZD88531PneyzW8HSYXTSr5c/s320/12194802_10153030123781920_416433653788793447_o.jpg" width="212" /></a>So lets go into my rounds for the day starting with a man I have played a number of times so far. Each game has been decisive for us and has gone back and forth every time. We've been trading wins like very good children. Unfortunately for me it was his turn to take home the W. I did however make him fight for every point and by end game we both had pretty ravaged forces. It all comes down to Eldar backed up by Dark eldar formation containing many Monstrous Creatures is just not something I was built to handle. I really am better able to take on tanks and MSU than bulked up MC units backed by Eldar psykers. His army was gorgeous on the table top and really nicely converted up. I really liked teh way he built his Warp Spiders. A mix of Dark Eldar bits with some Necron tomb spider limbs to create the back pack gave them a really neat appearance. Unfortunately I got to learn that a Wraith Knight with sword and board will just tattoo a Knight in hand to hand. Especially an invisible one. Fortunately I did get to smear a good chunk of his army even catching some Warp spiders who jumped away from my Stalkers right into range of the Knights battle cannon to get smoked early. Even taking a sound beating I only lost 10/8. A nice close loss.<br />
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My last game I unfortunately did not get any pictures from. I was just getting worn out from the day as unlike most the people attending I had a 2 hour drive to get to the event rather than 30-45 minutes like most the locals. He had an nice 30k Horus Heresy modeled Word bearers army running as Cimson Fists. He had a super heavy tank (Typhon a think). With a very scary Apoc Blast Str 10 AP 1, Ignore cover cannon. I did however get a VERY lucky table draw that made all the difference for this game. It was the city fight board with lost of LOS terrain done with a modified Vanguard deployment. (The old table quarters deployment with a 12" radius no mans bumble table center.) I was able to put only my very resilient Dunecrawler unit with its 4++ and its very good anti tank fire. Everything else was able to hide out of LOS even when infiltrating and outflanking. For an army as glass cannon as the Skittarii the ability to fully get the jump on someone without them being able to effectively hit back means you can surgically strike and remove threats a few at a time free of retaliation due to my movements and the terrain I was able to maneuver around. This meant I ended up tabling my opponent and score a 20/0 win for doing so. He was a great guy and we both spend the extra round time talking Horus Heresy, about painting models and general great hobby chat. He was also someone I had never played before or met, so always good to see a new face. He also inspired me to finally paint my Horus Heresy force that I've had for over a year and fully intended to paint before ad-mech fever hit me.<br />
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So overall I ended up in 5th place for the day. Not bad for a fairly middling tier army like Skittarii. I did however bring home some prizes. I took first place in the single 40-50mm based model category and second in painted squad. I've never won anything in the painting competition as was thrilled. The only other prize I have ever won at a Standoff was best General in Year 1. So now if I could just bring the two together at the same time I might have a shot at best overall one year. I'll be going over each of the painted units in future articles and will also mark out what ones won awards for the day.<br />
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Have a great holiday season everyone.<br />
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Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-22771144935768706182015-11-13T18:37:00.001-05:002015-11-13T18:37:28.191-05:00Ready for the Standish Standoff<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1EaMKeXiKwkxSc5lk4FTARPnhAj1FgAhh5NZAoPk1dOrsAmdvQjFrFpwGxjIKAJnEfhj4x7ooPht_60EbNhBNh_4pFtJ4IaQI6HQrABCQq7glo9fc8rKxauU7SIJL4snWoY7aw5SkbeQ/s640/blogger-image--941657579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1EaMKeXiKwkxSc5lk4FTARPnhAj1FgAhh5NZAoPk1dOrsAmdvQjFrFpwGxjIKAJnEfhj4x7ooPht_60EbNhBNh_4pFtJ4IaQI6HQrABCQq7glo9fc8rKxauU7SIJL4snWoY7aw5SkbeQ/s640/blogger-image--941657579.jpg"></a></div>No real article this week. Finished up my prep for the Standoff 2015. First time I have every fully painted my army before the event. I'm usually doing half and army or haven't yet finished all the models. I will be putting up some battle reports and going over each painted unit in the weeks to come. <div><br></div><div>Until the. Wish me luck! It should be a heck of a fun day.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div>Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-59949120158639092882015-10-30T21:00:00.001-04:002015-10-30T21:00:52.853-04:00Getting ready for the Standish Standoff 2015<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7DoiN32SyzymMrKZgYb68nVGJ9hzIGklDKdM6ZGnbiXapyLTJnFrfeo_YwccBU8-rYuVXvyJDWn6zRRJFp_uA6Vse96ZBrKoJcmlGAof_tkaB4FslwxolGtGChJwAoaJ8ssYzpP7Etk/s640/blogger-image-227896905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7DoiN32SyzymMrKZgYb68nVGJ9hzIGklDKdM6ZGnbiXapyLTJnFrfeo_YwccBU8-rYuVXvyJDWn6zRRJFp_uA6Vse96ZBrKoJcmlGAof_tkaB4FslwxolGtGChJwAoaJ8ssYzpP7Etk/s640/blogger-image-227896905.jpg"></a></div>Whose Imperium this is I think I know. </div><div>His corpse sits on Terra though; </div><div>He will not see me stopping here </div><div>To watch his Empire falter and slow. </div><div><br></div><div>My navigator must think it queer </div><div>To stop without a planet near</div><div>Between the warp and frozen void</div><div>The darkest ending and growing fear. </div><div><br></div><div>He queries via comlink employed</div><div>To ask if we shall be destroyed.</div><div>The only other sound’s the sweep </div><div>Of Auger array and sensors deployed.</div><div><br></div><div>The stars are lovely, dark and deep, </div><div>But I have promises to keep, </div><div>And models to paint before I sleep, </div><div>And models to paint before I sleep.</div><div><br></div><div>Working hard to get ready for this years Standoff. 2 weeks to go.</div>Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-64163925123190133072015-10-23T16:00:00.000-04:002015-10-23T16:00:02.798-04:00Campaign Updated First MissionAfter some playtest feedback from my group the Campaign has had the first mission updated. Hopefully the play group will start moving forward with the campaign soon. They are looking to maybe do these once a month. Should be a lot of fun if we can get it off the ground.<br />
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<b>CAMPAIGN STAGE 1: PLANETFALL</b></div>
<b><u>THE ARMIES</u></b><br />
Choose Armies as described in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook. One<br />
player will take on the role of Attacker, the other as Defender. You may<br />
play any size game but recommended is in the 1700-2000 point range.<br />
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<b><u>THE BATTLEFIELD</u></b><br />
Use the deployment map included with this missions. Set up terrain as<br />
described in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.<br />
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<b><u>OBJECTIVE MARKERS</u></b><br />
After setting up terrain, the players place four Objective Markers in the<br />
corners of the Defenders Deployment zone as shown in the deployment<br />
map above.<br />
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<b><u>DEPLOYMENT</u></b><br />
Before any models are deployed, both players should roll to determine<br />
their Warlord Trait as described in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.<br />
Firstly, the Defender deploys his units anywhere within his deployment<br />
zone (see map). The Defender may reserve as normal.<br />
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Attacker deploys no units and may not Scout, Infiltrate or Outflank any<br />
units. Instead he will deploy using the mission special rule Orbital<br />
Deployment.<br />
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<b><u>FIRST TURN</u></b><br />
The Attacker has the first turn. A modified No Seize the Initiative roll is<br />
made (see Orbital Deployment) but the Attacker will always go first.<br />
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<b><u>GAME LENGTH</u></b><br />
The mission uses Variable Game Length as described in the Warhammer<br />
40,000 rulebook.<br />
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<b><u>VICTORY CONDITIONS</u></b><br />
At the end of the game, the player who has scored the most Victory<br />
Points wins the game. If players have the same number of Victory Points,<br />
the game is a draw.<br />
Primary Objectives<br />
+2 points per objective marker held at the end of the game.<br />
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<b>SECONDARY OBJECTIVES</b><br />
Slay the Warlord<br />
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Attacker gains +1 point per Kill Point in defenders deployment zone at<br />
end of game, (a squad with an Independent Character attached in the<br />
zone is worth two points.)<br />
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Defender gains +1 point per kill point earned by game end. Attackers<br />
units that have not been deployed are counted as destroyed.<br />
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<b><u>MISSIONS SPECIAL RULES</u></b><br />
<b>Night Fight turn 1</b>. <b>Modified Reserves (see deployment)</b><br />
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<b>Dug In</b>: The Defender receives an additional Fortification Slot to his<br />
primary detachment. This slot may be filled with any valid selection at<br />
no cost (including upgrades). If the total cost would have been more than<br />
150 points, any weapons on the Fortification do not work. If it has no<br />
weapons and would be over 150 points, then any buildings have their<br />
AV value reduced by 1 (a 15 would become 14 for example).<br />
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<b>Anti-Air Defenses</b>: During turn 1 the Defenders Deployment zone is<br />
considered impassible terrain for the purposes of Deep Striking units.<br />
Any units that scatter such that any model would be in the Defenders<br />
Deployment zone automatically Mishap and go into ongoing reserves<br />
(per the Orbital Deployment rule).<br />
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<b>Orbital Deployment:</b> All of the Attackers units will deploy via Deep<br />
Strike even if they don’t have the rule or are required to deploy by<br />
some other method. The Attacker first assigns independent characters<br />
and decide any combat squads or other kill point altering unit<br />
formations. Then without breaking up combined kill points make two<br />
forces as even on kill points as possible. (A Rhino with a combat squad<br />
of Tactical marines is 3 kill points but is not broken up for this division<br />
of forces into two halves).<br />
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Before the start of Turn 1, the Defender makes a Seize the Initiative roll<br />
using any modifiers or re-rolls they are allowed. If they succeed then the<br />
Defender chooses what half of the Attackers force deploys turn 1, if<br />
failed the Attacker chooses what half is deployed turn 1. The other half<br />
goes into ongoing reserves and automatically arrives turn 2.<br />
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During turn 1 deployment all Deep Striking units scatter 3d6 rather than<br />
2d6 (or 2d6 if they have the Deep Strike special rule). Furthermore<br />
during turn 1any unit that Deep Strike Mishaps goes into ongoing<br />
reserves rather than rolling on the mishap table. During turn 2 and<br />
onward units scatter 2d6 (or 1d6 if they have the Deep Strike special<br />
rule), and mishap normally per the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.<br />
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Please provide player names and factions played, along with scores and role as Attacker/Defender. Also note about any heroic moments or awesome moments during the game.Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-6887576658369447902015-10-16T16:00:00.000-04:002015-10-16T16:00:03.460-04:004 years of 40k painting in review, Part 14<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhge1cxI-cjxPazn0eZxfXsdu0A0MduMtLSRG15Db1CwRAwqgt94phfyWZwELT330zmnWdejHVgcdY4dCVue1zb6fl0np9c_BuydkApnJSSQBZmJRaqgvSGTbTBL7lUJIGKzODTG737MCs/s1600/IMG_0374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhge1cxI-cjxPazn0eZxfXsdu0A0MduMtLSRG15Db1CwRAwqgt94phfyWZwELT330zmnWdejHVgcdY4dCVue1zb6fl0np9c_BuydkApnJSSQBZmJRaqgvSGTbTBL7lUJIGKzODTG737MCs/s320/IMG_0374.JPG" width="320" /></a>This last winter I worked up a centerpiece model for this years Standish Standoff. After the success of airbrushing my Blood Angel Land Raider I opted to finally work on my Knight Titan kit I picked up back when they got released. I worked on this model once more in a partial assembly. Most the armor plates where left off, and the arms and torso where also left off for painting. I once more used pre-shading to add color depth to the large flat armor plating sections. I do this by adding thin lines of black down first over the primer along joint lines and edges of the armor. As cited in previous posts I like to prime my models grey then airbrush on my first colors. As I tend to pre-shade this allows me to darken or lighten areas before putting my first coat down. </div>
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<br />Bermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11155162895835787397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455984613801320207.post-24915307405504103012015-10-02T16:00:00.000-04:002015-10-02T16:00:01.072-04:004 years of 40k painting in review, Part 12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9kQSbRkQOgllO2xA1DNp7U-bgqMMaEA9wQDJ77ywP1nEwPDftcIlRw2AN_XR4iRMMgzwj7wVfl-jhDfqKAfXSL8OkrPCdjIKnYu1zm63dKgYEIvct1-daJ0ZGfq-oUjPIaJiWgLdCvc/s1600/IMG_0491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9kQSbRkQOgllO2xA1DNp7U-bgqMMaEA9wQDJ77ywP1nEwPDftcIlRw2AN_XR4iRMMgzwj7wVfl-jhDfqKAfXSL8OkrPCdjIKnYu1zm63dKgYEIvct1-daJ0ZGfq-oUjPIaJiWgLdCvc/s320/IMG_0491.JPG" width="320" /></a>Here we are a year latter once more preparing for the next Standish Standoff for 2014. Once more I changed up half my list going for an all Tau list this time. My play time had been hampered a lot this year and I wanted to run something I was very familiar with as I wasn't going to get any practice games in before the event. Also Space Marines and Tau are no longer battle bros in 7th ed. (A good change honestly). So I picked up my first Forgeworld model for this army. A new Crisis Suit commander type. I wanted this one to be my "Farsight" commander so I modeled the amulet on him as well. Points prevented it from being taken but the modeling came out well all the same. I kept to the same paint scheme as last time around but having a.) practiced with it before and b.) gotten better with my airbrush. I was able to knock out these models in a much shorter time frame. I nearly doubled up the models for my Tau army. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZhPkQ5ZBYXsNGMFMFYHiMS-ViMS5buMhTSFreQnIpJ24b1q_g62pF6jlGO47x4uk0TLRzl04N-Uit1iaizKLsbkAa-rtrQ6wqv5Y9irXVLG3AGPGdJAkCncrdTbUxdlwK6WpvIQS2MQ/s1600/IMG_0456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZhPkQ5ZBYXsNGMFMFYHiMS-ViMS5buMhTSFreQnIpJ24b1q_g62pF6jlGO47x4uk0TLRzl04N-Uit1iaizKLsbkAa-rtrQ6wqv5Y9irXVLG3AGPGdJAkCncrdTbUxdlwK6WpvIQS2MQ/s320/IMG_0456.JPG" width="306" /></a>I did some reposing of the Riptide to create a good mirror stance of the standard Riptide positions. Along with that I also used the airbrush to get a good blending on the twin-linked plasma gun and Ion Cannon to create a nice effect still in line of the pumpkin orange accent color. The inking and edge highlighting effect really makes these models stand out and I very much enjoy the brightness of these models. Re posing the model was really fun and I wish I had done something even more drastic akin to all the crazy stuff over wrecked vehicles or terrain I've seen with other modelers. Honestly I'm to cheap to burn a second model just to use as a base. </div>
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The event itself was a lot of fun. I had three good games. I wasn't expecting a lot out of my performance as I'd not played a game of 40k for months before hand. I just wanted a chance to get in three games that day. On that I was successful. First round I got skunked. I faced another elite army, only unlike me rather than volume of fire they opted for quality of fire shooting with Wraith knights (yes two) and wraith guard. So lots of low AP shots that just peeled thru my suits very quickly. Round two I faced Tyranids. I think I am cursed to face Tyranids as round two. I think it has happened at about half the tournaments I've gone to. And it never ends well for the Nids. I just know the army and typically they are not higher end players but getting back into the game. Last game I got to play against an old school marine guard army all done up in the early style paint job. I had heard an interview with this player on the Independent Characters just weeks before so it was kinda fun to see that. All in all a fun day with some great armies to look at. </div>
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