shooting is for ninnies!

 

Is it possible to make everyone happy?  Well lets give it the ol college try, shall we. 

 The picture above, is 180 zombies from the Mantic- Kings of War game.  A very popular substitute for the zombies in the Chaos Space Marine Codex.  Why did I buy 180 of them?  First off, let me say that I didnt buy them, but accepted as partial payment for the last commission that I did.  It was under my direction that my friend/client pick them up while at Adepticon.  I have no intention of painting this many zombies and eventually all of them will be traded off as I get tired of playing the undead horde.  So what does this remotely have to do with making everyone happy? 

I am looking at this from a few different viewpoints. 

 

1) The core is pretty fluffy, even with the blood thirster in place of the great unclean one.  Hell I was really stretching it with my Blood thirster proxy.   According to my opponent that is........and he is right, due to the size of the model.  But to my defence, its Khorne daemon with wings all the way!!!  The only reason there are 180 zombies instead of 210 is because of budget adn we originally thought there were 35 in a box in place of 30. 

Fluff bunnies happy?

    

2)Its seems pretty nasty, even thought the movement trays that I have place them so close together that 18 fit underneath a flamer template.  I have played one game against a 2 helldrake list and he killed all but 7 zombies.  In fact here is the list that I played.   I know now that the points are not correct but its what I played in a 2k game.  

typhus 230

abaddon 265

7 slaanesh terminators with combi weapon and icon of feel no pain for unit 320

6 x 30 plague zombies 780

ALLIED WITH

Blood THirster with Portaglyph 300

10 Plague Bearers (pictured below and just painted christmas present.)  100

I won my game.  On list alone because I have lost well over 75% of my games in 6th edition.  I suck the big one this edition.   

Competitive DIck measurers happy?

 

3)Abaddon and 5 combi plasmas and 2 combi meltas is the only shooting in this army.......and me likey!  I suppose shooting is king in this game, but I want to play a defensive army.  Defensive army?  Yes, an army that will hopefully soak up the fire power that you have.  How did I deal with the two helldrakes from Monday nights game?  I ignored them and let my opponent have a shit load of fun sucking units off the board.  When I play 40k lately, I really want an experience that is different than the 1000 games that I have already played.  I want to play against armies that are different than my usual blah blah blah.  I want the terrain to be different than the nova format that Battle for Salvation keeps shoving down my throat.  5 of my last 6 games has had the terrain set up the exact same way.  meh and boring when I dont need to be the supreme ruler of 40k and tournament fairness.  Cool for what it is, but I have moved on.  I really want to play some narrative based events or somehting like that.   

So who is happy here?  Well, hopefully, myself and my opponent.  This list, or its core, is fluffy with some unusual quirks to it,  and is somethng that will allow me to at least compete against most armies. 

plague bearers without the stupid horns that make them look goofy  Much more menacing, wouldnt you agree?

this is going to be my herald of nurgle or epidemus or typhus or maybe just my bestest good friend.  He is getting painted tonight.

 

Starting him early!!

This is the end, my friend.... of Belial!

I dont have school next week so I was able to pull a lazy this weekend and sit around doing who cares what! Rent SPACE MARINE from the RedBox for $2 dollars and beat it, check! 99% complete my Belial model, check!

A note on the cape: I really regret not repairing the tattered edges and holes with green stuff. I got lazy, and somehow rationalized the war torn look. REGRET IT!!! I spent a lot of time trying to decide what designs I was going to do. Hence the red X on the inside. Lame? Maybe but good enough for something barely visible. What I really like is the "art nouveau" design on the back of the cape. I am absolutely in love with that stuff. The second picture was a finished picture until I got to thinking that those wings really represented lizard or daemon wings and not the angels of death that this army is being modeled behind. I wanted that to be a re-occuring symbol but I realized with the feathered wings everywhere else, that it wouldnt look coherent. SO... I painted over it and added some color. The two sea gull heads are supposed to be the aquilla eagle heads with one blind eye. Whats the official story behind that anyway?



On a side note, does anyone know anything about the last Soul Drinkers book. What the hell is taking Ben COunter so long? I want to know what heappens to Sarepedon!!!!!!!

Ill have to say it was a good day, cause I didnt have to use Fritz's AK

Man I had a Great day. It was a nice cool fall-ish rain outside today and I was home alone all day today. I got several things done, including this little beastie. He is my standard bearer for my "Angels of Death," army. I ate almost a whole pan of brownies with white confetti icing. I had filet mignon for dinner. I spent time with my wife and son. I chatted with some buddies during the day. F**k, it was a great day!!!!!



100% done with a brush!

Black Matt Wins the NOVA OPEN

Ok well I didnt win or even go but I needed a flashy head line to get you to come over and look at my 95% completed Belial for my Deathwing army. After some time off, it seems that Stella got her grove back. By Stella, I mean me!
For the longest time I couldnt stand the smell of 40K, fig painting or blogger.com! With that time off, 40K has again become what I want it to be. A hobby that I enjoy in my spare recreatioonal time. I still have the intention of selling all my extra stuff but Im not getting out of 40K, not entirely at least. If I want to play, I will play.
So what do you guys think about Belial here? It felt pretty good, sitting down and actually enjoying my art instead of my obligation!!!! See you next time, even if I dont know when that'll be!


Sorry, I snuck in picture of work cause I needed a seventh photo!

Finished Death co Dread for Heroes of Armaggedon pr

Hey fellas, I hope that things are managable out there for everyone. I finally completed the Death co. Dreadnought for the Heroes of Armaggedon charity project. I am really glad that I spoke up to Jawaballs after initially taking on a much larger portion of the blood angel army. I had to back out of a significant portion because there was a very real threat of me losing my job. I let a restricted state license, that is contingent to my position, expire. I then did the "right," thing and told the administration about it. Needless to say, that wasnt the right thing to do. The reason that was relevant to my backing out was because I had an Imperial Guard commission lined up and I had to think about the money. Well, either way, I didnt get fired but I had already backed out and that was that.

Death co Dread WIP for Heroes of Armaggedon prt 6

I havent done any painting except the work on this Dreadnought. The next few steps is when it will start to come together. Its due soon but a lot of the work is actually done on it, all except for the weapons that I so raved about. Not sure if Ill end up doing the ball and chains as this model will just blend into the back ground with so many big wigs on the case.
Well, if anyone has noticed, I have most definetly been in a self described "painting funk." Ive backed out of a small commission recently and after I finish all of my commitments, I will be setting down the paint brush for a while. Ive fallen into a social circle that has nothing to do with minis and I would like to explore it for a while. Dont worry, the occasional game or eye candy will show up every now and again.

Deathwing weekend progress

Ive pretty much hammered out the details on the colors that I will painting this army in. Im finding out that my current squad configuration is really suffering from going at I1. The chainfists have paid off a few times but I may start play testing a lot more lightning claws. I ran nothing but terminators this game.

HQ
belial th/ss130
interigator chaplain, termie armour, combi melta 150
ELITES
5deathwing terminators, apothocary, banner, chainfist, CML 295
Troops x 3
5deathwing terminators, 4 th/ss, chainfist, CML 240
Troops x 3
5deathwing terminators, 4th/ss, CML 235



Thoughts, prayers? for me as a player playing this cheese wheel.

I didnt quite do as well as I thought, because I thought I was going to knock his dick in the dirt. Look for the battle report in a day or two.

PS, I hate you vehicle damage chart!

Deathwing WIP

I have been working on my Deathwing army for the past week and this is what I have to show for my efforts. The shoulder pads and the chest shields will be painted a bone color while the crux terminatis will be in white! Squad markings will be on the right shoulder pad in different colors to differentiate the squads. I cant take credit for the banner, as that belongs to either The Unnamed or Sgt Brisbane.

This army will be for sale so if anyone is interested, let me know. Gotta keep the paint brush moving.

I got about 45 Jawabases in the trade and something seems to be wrong with them. The paint wont dry on the beveled side of the base. Dan from www.teninchtemplate.com wrote an article about resin not curing correctly and I wonder if this is the case. Sorry Im to lazy for a direct link, your a big boy, go find it yourself.
I just realized I dont have Dan in my blogroll, gots ta fix that one!

Death co Dread WIP for Heroes of Armaggedon prt 4

I guess these are Jawa's Balls. Which pose is more majestic?

Death co Dread WIP for Heroes of Armaggedon prt 2

Just another couple of teasers of the Death co. Dreadnought that Im doing for Jawaballs. "Is that a librarian close combat arm on a Death co. Dread?" I guess that it is, I wonder what Im gonna do with that? Note that the right arm isnt shown! Gasp!
On a sad note, I have had to back out of a big portion of the Charity build. Originally, I was going to paint almost all of the Death co. Ive had to pass on everything but the Dread because of personal reasons. Anyway, I bought everything and now I would like to try and get ride of the Stormraven that I have. I have started cutting things off the sprue but that is it. The pieces are in perfect condition. I am looking for a brand new unbuilt land raider for a even trade. If anyone out there has an unbuilt land raider, write me an email and I will gladly send it on its way. If you would like, I will make a video so you can see that the pieces are in perfect shape.
Raker1@rocketmail.com
http://youtu.be/VwsNfP1e2DE

All Hail BELIAL, King of the Deathwing

Ive gotten to do something that I havent done in quite a while and its a damn shame. I sat down and modeled up a fig for myself. This will be my Belial Hq model that will go with my new Deathwing. I have been going back and forth with what color or how I should paint this Deathwing. A do it yourself successor chapter, a fallen angels army led by Luther, or straight Deathwing, these where all given consideration. What I want to do is paint them the Dark Angels green, but I dont know of any loop holes in the fluff where that would be Kosher. Im not going to paint them like the Fallen because I dont want another Black Army. Even though its what I am going to do, I dont want to really paint them the bone color either. Im doing it because I have all these Dark ANgel bits and I suppose Deathwing will sell quicker when I sell them.

I played a 2000 point game today and got my nuts kicked in by orks. Tactically speaking, I think this army has a lot of potential, but I will get crushed by orks, tyranids, or other horde armies until I learn how to play it better. Also the dice! When playing an elite army, if your dice arent rolling right, its over. Where as a horde or mech list can be a little more forgiving.