March 30, 2011 in Golden Demon 2011
I have now got and opened the Wraithlord model that I intend to convert & paint for Golden Demon 2011. It’s a lot more delicate than I thought it was going to be in all honesty! However it’s going to be a good model to enter.
I’ve gone over various ideas and have narrowed it down to a couple of firm ones. I could go really traditional and just paint it craftworld colours, or I could convert it to a specific aspect path.
March 29, 2011 in Space Wolves
My Space Wolves have progressed farther than they ever have done before – in fact as a painting . Last night I finished gluing the sand on all of my assembled models and have popped them onto batton’s ready for undercoating (although I do need to do a tiny bit of green-stuffing on one Long Fang). The models that had already been sanded have now been undercoated and had a Fenris Grey basecoat applied to all of them. The only minor problem that I encountered is that I did most of them before the weekend and the rest after (I was away) and the bottle of Fenris Grey that I thinned down, needed a really good shake and few more drops of screenwash thinner. Annoyingly I managed to start airbrushing one model before I realised and that turned out darker than expected, so has had to be re-undercoated and re-airbrushed.
March 21, 2011 in General
Well I managed to put together the last few Space Wolves and infact managed to magnetise the Lascannons on my Razorback in time to take with me to my brothers. We managed to have three very good Warhammer 40,000 games, with me playing my Space Wolves and him playing his Daemons and have a much better understanding of both the rules and our armies.
March 15, 2011 in Golden Demon 2011
Scarily a very quick browse on Games Workshop’s website earlier on and I’ve actually decided on what I’m going to do as my Golden Demon entry (and bought it too). Purely by chance a Eldar Wraithlord model popped up in the “have you looked at” box. The basic GW one is very plain and stood bolt upright, however mooching around on the internet, as with the Space Marine Dreadnought, with careful use of a saw and knife, the model becomes infinatly convertable. Lots of medium sized panels for both airbrush and brush work, scope for freehand and a bit of conversion to make the pose dynamic.
March 8, 2011 in Space Wolves
Well I had quite a successful weekend on my Space Wolves, despite rolling out the Sculpey I baked too thick, resulting in me having to bake another (thinner) piece. I have now assembled and based (still need to be sanded) a Rune Priest in Terminator armour, four Long Fangs (two missile launchers and two lascannons) and a Long Fang Squad leader. In my searching for the bases which I lost (which incidently, I’ve still lost but found some different ones), I also came across some more tactical marine components, five bikes and one and a half landspeeders – which will give me a squadron of three with the other bits I chanced across in a box. Overall a pretty good discovery!
March 3, 2011 in General, Space Wolves
The weekend of gaming with my brother draws ever closer and I had my first opportunity last night to actually do some modelling (slotted between the washing). Due to various work items and visiting my girlfriend I’ve not actually had an evening solely to myself since last Tuesday or Wednesday, so took the bull by the horns and baked a slab of Super Sculpey in the oven to do some more bases and started to tidy up torso pieces. The Sculpey has cooked properly and is ready to be broken into shards for the purpose of making rocky bits on the bases. However it is now that I have hit a little bit of an issue – I currently cannot find the bag full of bases that I have, which means that I actually cannot base anything – including my Rune Priest, Long Fangs and the extra troops I need :s I’m hoping they’re at Mum’s but could be in for a bit of begging if they’re not. Worst case scenario is that I have to persuade my girlfriend that we want to drive to Swindon next weekend to buy some – although it could be quicker to just order some on the GW website (it’s £2.55 for ten 25mm or five 40mm bases and over £10 is free delivery), it is exceptionally infuriating though!
February 24, 2011 in Space Wolves
Ever had a sudden flash of inspiration where something has dawned that is so obvious you just want to kick yourself? Well I’ve just had that..
I was just reading a forum post and suddenly wondered how much it would cost me to get together a squad of Space Wolves on bikes (Swiftclaws). Reading up, it would appear that Blood Claws with jump packs (Skyclaws) aren’t actually very good as they can’t be led by a Wolf Guard so instead need a Wolf Priest leading them to be effective, which is a little annoying as I now have enough bits for a squad of ten. However it would be a very good addition when I boost up to 2,000 points. Blood Claws on bikes can be led by a Wolf Guard and are quite nails with the +1 toughness and other bonuses, so would make a nice addition for a 1,500 point army.
So I’ve had a mooch on eBay and google base and it looks like I’m talking around £6 for a bike (or £15.47 if I got 3 x Chaos Space Marine bikes from here) and then had “that moment” – I actually think i have got 4 or 5 bikes somewhere at home… I’ve probably not got time to look this evening and am away from tomorrow for the weekend, so next week will have to have a rumage and see if I can find them. I also seem to recall that I actually have 3 Land Speeders rather than the 1.5 that I currently can find – oh the joys of moving house…
February 18, 2011 in Space Wolves
Ho hum, despite poring over the internet for Rune Priest ideas, I realised yesterday that Rune Priests are actually armed with Runic Weapons and Wolf Priests are armed with Crozius Arcanum’s – which means the weapon I’ve converted actually doesn’t look quite right – oh joy. So I’m faced with a few different thoughts. Currently the piece consists of the converted weapon with arm, torso piece and head. So it could be a lot worse if I decide to start again from scratch.
Hopefully over the weekend I’ll have time to actually do some more work on my Rune Priest, regardless of what I decide to do…
February 17, 2011 in General
As I mentioned in my post on Monday, I’ve been invited to have a game (well games technicall) of 40k with friends in Cheltenham using my Space Wolves. This coupled with the fact I’ve agreed to also play some games with my brother on the weekend 18th ~ 20th March have made me dust off the Wolves in my cupboard and grab hold of my scalpal and green stuff in an effort to actually have at least a legal army put together! I’ve started assembling a Rune Priest in Terminator armour to lead my 1000 point army that I’ll be using against my brother. Plus have ordered a few extra bitz in order to make 5 more Skyclaws and a Wolf Guard to lead them. Currently my intention is to max out all of the packs I’ve got and add at least one more pack of Grey Hunters. I actually have three Rhino’s as well, so this would mean that I’ve a Rhino for each Grey Hunter pack – and in fact a Land Raider Crusader for the Blood Claws (if I make up a Power Armoured Wolf Guard Pack Leader). Finish a Razorback and my Long Fangs and then I’ll hit my 1000 points without too much hassle.
February 14, 2011 in General
…to create a decent Thunderhawk Gunship for a sensible price using regularly available components?
The last weekend I visited friends in Cheltenham and have subsequently been invited along for a few 40k games with my Space Wolves should I fancy it. It also seems that they play fairly large (as in Apocolypse sized) games which set my brain off at a tangent thinking about Space Marine super heavies and similar. Mooching on the good old internet it would seem that the only thing Space Marines have available to them is the Thunderhawk Gunship which after years of secret development Games Workshop have never quite got off as a standard plastic kit. Now in Apoc games it’s not too difficult to tag on an Imperial Guard ally and poke in a couple of baneblades – but that’s not the point of this post 