Mallet Man 40k & Fantasy Hobby

Chaos Space Marine Army for sale!

2013-05-12T09:24:00.000-07:00

This is a just finished Chaos Space Marine Army (1200 points approx)
It includes
Chaos Lord
5 Chosen Chaos Space Marines
1 Helbrute
5 Possessed Chaos Space Marines
10 Chaos Space Marines (Customized)
10 Chaos Space Marines (Customized)
1 Heldrake
All models are painted to a high standard and are ready to play straight out of the box.
The army is supposed to be themed around nurgle but could easily suit any mark of chaos or just as plain chaos space marines (but where's the fun it that :p)
Price for the army is £119.99, I will only accept payment through paypal
email me willhowell@live.co.uk for details
Item is located in Newcastle (UK)
UK shipping is FREE Second Class
£4.50 First Class Recorded
Shipping to the E.U is £10 flat rate
Shipping to the U.S is £15 flat rate
Collection available.

Red Skulls for sale

2012-09-16T13:37:00.000-07:00

So for those of you that have been checking out the Red Skulls space marine army I have been
making over the last few months it's now finished and for sale!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170910948979?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649
Contact me if you would like to buy it straight through paypal so I can avoid the ebay fees!
my email is willhowell@live.co.uk
Shipping rates negotiable depending on where you live!

Red Skulls Landraider

2012-09-09T10:25:00.002-07:00

Finally got this bad boy finished, and so now is the army, more on that next but first pics!!!

So the list for this army now looks something like this

HQ 490

Pedro Kantor

Captain Lysander

Chaplain, Jump Pack

Elites 355

Terminator Assault Squad, 3 TH SS, 2 LC

Sternguard Veteran Squad, Power fist, Combi-melta

Troops 395

Tactical Squad (10) Power fist, combi-plasma, flamer, missile launcher

Tactical Squad (10) plasma gun, heavy bolter

Fast Attack 250

Vanguard Veteran Squad, Relic Blade, 2 x Plasma Pistol, 2 x Power Weapon, Jump Packs

Heavy Support 285

Landraider Crusader, Hunter Killer Missile, Multi-melta, Extra Armour

Total Points: 1775

Van Guard Veterans and Chaplain of the Red Skulls

2012-08-15T05:06:00.003-07:00

So the force is looking to be around the 1700 points mark now, got a land raider crusader and

second tactical squad, (two ten man total), Should be a pretty decent space marine list to

play in 6th edition, but anyway here are the latest pics!

Red Skulls Tactical Squad

2012-08-13T10:19:00.002-07:00

First troops choice for the army, this is going to be expanded into two ten man tactical squads,
and soon I should have my hands on a land raider crusader for the terminators!

These guys have since been based more thoroughly, next up will be a van guard veteran squad led
by a chaplain!

Red Skulls Stern Guard and Chapter Leader

2012-08-12T06:55:00.001-07:00

Next up I've got the Stern Guard, these are actually the old metal models not fine
cast as you might be able to tell! I really prefer painting plastic / resin to metal, I
don't know what you guys think let me know! Pedro needs a little work around his eyes,
other than that I am pretty happy with how these turned out! They have had more work
done to the bases since the pics!

Red Skulls

2012-08-11T01:57:00.001-07:00

So a project I've had going for a little while now is starting to take proper shape, in fact it's not that
far from completion! The Red Skulls are a space marine chapter led by Lysander and Pedro Kantor, yeah I have yet to come up with names for them! Anyway this army will be for sale for a very reasonable price soon and if you are interested in commissioning anything else to go along with it
then feel free to get in touch (willhowell@live.co.uk) but now on to the good stuff!

Much more to come with this project over the next couple of weeks so stay tuned!

Necrosphinx Complete

2012-08-08T08:18:00.001-07:00

Finally managed to get some decent time off work and get some projects finished!
First up it's the Necrosphinx, the crew and howdah are not currently glued to the model
this way it will be safe for shipping! This is for sale and would go great with any Tomb Kings
army so give me a buzz if you're interested!

Dark Eldar Army Feedback

2012-06-17T13:45:00.002-07:00

This is just a piece of feedback from a client that bought the dark eldar army from here.

Alrite mate, the army arrived about twelve-ish. All very well packed, no breakages. Loving the paint job, it always amazes me how well people paint these miniatures.
I'd be happy to do business with you again for the right stuff. I'm on the lookout for an Ork army, so if you manage to get hold of one and paint it up, I will most likely have it off you :-)

Cheers, Jim.

Dark Eldar For Sale (SOLD)

2012-05-30T01:44:00.001-07:00

Hi guys so the magnetized dark eldar army you guys have seen on here over the last few months is now for sale and complete! Including the codex, currently available are ...

10 Kabalite Warriors
10 Wyches
5 Hellions
1 Raider
7 Reaver Jetbikes
6 Incubi
1 Razorwing Jet Fighter
Dark Eldar Codex Included

I will also be throwing in an Archon and 2 more reaver jetbikes

All this for the low low price of £130, payable through paypal just email me at
willhowell@live.co.uk
for full shipping details please see my last post with the necrons for sale!
Pics can be found here
http://malletman40kfantasyhobby.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/army-update.html
http://malletman40kfantasyhobby.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/scourges-finished-raider-in-works.html

Necrons for sale

2012-05-17T02:21:00.000-07:00

So I have a necron army that I refurbished from a friend of mine, it's a starter army consisting of around 1000 points. It is painted to a great tabletop standard and is a project that can easily be expanded on to larger points games.
I will be including the codex (latest edition) and it contains the following. (pictures below)
1 Necron Overlord (will be based to match the rest of the army)
1 Necron Lord
28 Necron Warriors
7 Scarab Swarms
1 Monolith
1 Annihilation Barge
Necron Codex 5th Edition
Also if you are interested there is the option of adding 3 Destroyers that are painted to the same standard I just need to aqquire flying stands for them or I can throw them in for less.
The cost for all these models (excluding the destroyers and shipping costs) £100.
I will ship anywhere in the world and the rates are as follows
UK: Free
E.U: £10
Rest of the world: £20
I will only accept payment through paypal, so if you want the army send me your email address and I will send you an invoice. My address is willhowell@live.co.uk. I usually sell through ebay but not a fan of them taking a 25% cut of what I make! But here is a link to my feedback thus far 100% positive! http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/mallet_man89
Photos

Necrosphinx Update

2012-01-01T11:58:00.000-08:00

So got a little more done to him now! The howdah still needs wash on the silver so it will match the rest of the gold and the banner and blue frame need finishing, then the blue skin / stone of the sphinx itself and the crew, but anyway here are the pics! I know with the light on my phone it makes it very blue, so I took one without so you can see how the colours really look! Til I get my camera charged!

Necrons on trade

2011-12-30T06:37:00.000-08:00

http://youtu.be/mjOjQ0mj2QU

This force is about 1500 points will be expanding it to around 2000 and touching it up to bring it up to table top standard! Will be for sale from the end of January for a very reasonable price! So stay tuned!

Necrosphinx WIP

2011-12-28T12:32:00.000-08:00

So I have had this guy for a few months (assembled) just started painting him the other day going for the classic egyptian shabti look! Here's the progress so far

Treebeard

2011-12-26T12:12:00.000-08:00

Something a bit different for the holidays, also working on a warsphinx and have some necrons that will be up for sale hopefully soon, but more on that in the next few days!

Necron Deathmarks

2011-12-10T07:14:00.000-08:00

So in this post I will be talking about the necron deathmarks, a quick overview and what I feel are the pros and cons of its existence in the necron codex.
First off the five man unit of deathmarks will set you back a measly 85 points, the second cheapest unit in the elites section of the book. For that you get, basic necron stats, reanimation protocols, hunters from hyperspace and ethereal interception. Hunters from hyperspace allows the unit (once deployed) to select an enemy non-vehicle unit to wound on a 2+ for the rest of the game (both shooting and close combat). Ethereal interception allows you to deepstrike after any enemy unit has arrived from reserve this means no reserve roll for you, however they are sitting there until your turn.
So that covers the rules for these guys, as for there uses in the game lets get cracking! Deathmarks are armed with synaptic disintegrators a sniper rifle with 24" range and rapid fire. So you lose a bit on range however they can move and shoot. Although these guys are snipers they are going to be looking at short range targets, which isn't too bad considering they can deepstrike. Let us also not forget they are one of the most flexible choices when it comes to reserve as they can arrive in your or your opponents turn and be pulled through a monolith straight out of reserve with no roll required! As for targets we are looking at monstrous creatures or special characters (and their body guards), with rending they have a chance against vehicles but not a great one. Personally I would use these in the minimum unit of 5 unless I were to use them in a defencive game where I might use 10 to help form a gun-line. At 85 points I think these are a good little unit to include for trouble shooting, although they take up a precious elites slot in certain armies that won't matter too much.

Some random work

2011-12-04T10:30:00.000-08:00

So I finally got my 40k stuff and paints up to newcastle, got a lot of space marines and dark eldar to work on! Here are a few pics of the last things I was working on.

Lychguard coming along!

2011-11-30T04:39:00.000-08:00

Lychguard update

2011-11-28T13:56:00.000-08:00

Been working on the metals, shields and swords! I will be trying a lightning effect on the swords and shields but will take a little time with free hand!

Necron Lychguard Part I

2011-11-27T07:08:00.000-08:00

Will have some pictures with the base coats finished tomorrow, generally the army is coming along nicely and should be mostly done before christmas!

Necron Warriors Finished (Appart from bases)

2011-11-24T02:03:00.000-08:00

Necron Warriors Finished

Next up I will be working on a squad of Immortals with Tesla Carbines :)

Necrons Update

2011-11-22T01:42:00.000-08:00

Nearly finished the first squad of warriors, then will spend some time working on Trazyn the Infinite.

New Necrons

2011-11-20T05:39:00.000-08:00

So I have been allowed to paint the necron army for games workshop in Newcastle, the design I came up with is to make the models look as though they are 'phasing in', so have them half hologram and half physical metal. I will let the pics speak for themselves!

After this squad of warriors, I will be working on some Lychguard and Trazyn! Stay tuned every other day for more pics!

Necron Codex Review Part V: Elites and Overall Impressions

2011-11-13T08:32:00.000-08:00

So to quote one Shawn Gately ‘’so this is where all the good stuff is!’’. The elites section contains 6 choices, so straight away you are spoilt for choice, which is great, but gets frustrating sometimes if you are like me and can’t decide what to take because you just want it all! So let’s jump right in!

Flayed One Pack

These are a very basic infiltrating assault unit, fairly decent with 3 attacks and low cost at 65 points for 5. Although they are cheap, can infiltrate and deep strike the elites slot in this book are quite competitive between one another so I can see these guys coming in towards somewhere at the bottom of the pile.

C’tan Shard

These are basically watered down C’tans of the old book, however they do get some very interesting upgrades. First I’ll cover the profile, strength and toughness 7 with 4 wounds they won’t be two easy to take down, they also have initiative 4 which doesn’t sound like much but it is for Necrons! 4 attacks and WS 5 being a monstrous creature they should do fairly well against vehicles and elite infantry. They come with a necrodermis as their only piece of wargear, giving them a 4+ invulnerable save, and when the C’tan shard dies all models within D6 inches suffer a st 4 ap 1 hit. So overall it seems quite tough to take down and fairly strong in combat, now for the upgrades. There are 11 in total so I will just go over the ones I think will be most useful upon first glance. Grand Illusion this is similar or the same as a rule from the old book whereby you may redeploy D3 units, for 40 points it is an expensive upgrade but worth the cost in my opinion as it may give you a good strategical advantage from the beginning. Next up its writhing worldscape at 35 points a little cheaper, and what this does is make all difficult terrain count as dangerous, and all dangerous terrain count as failing on a 1 or 2. Very useful indeed and definitely one I think will be useful if you are playing a defensive list. Now on the more aggressive side of things some close combat upgrades, times arrow costs 40 points and allows you to nominate any model within base contact of the C’tan and force them to pass an initiative test or be removed from play. Is a risk at 40 points as most of the time you will probably want to be taking that special character with high initiative, although maybe that stray powerfist might be taken off the board? Finally the most expensive at 50 points Gaze of death, this is great for hoard armies, after combat centre the large blast template over the C’tan all models touched suffer a strength 3 hit with no armour saves allowed. It is expensive but if you’re up against tyranids, guard or orks I would definitely take it. The C’tan shard may only take 2 upgrades from the list and each one may only be taken once per army, at 185 base it does become and expensive elite choice if you choose the higher end powers but could be well worth it in my opinion.

Deathmarks

The first of the new elite units for the Necrons, slightly more expensive than the flayed ones (95 points for 5), however they serve quite a different purpose. Deathmarks are the Necron snipers, they have two special rules that make them quite useful hunters from hyperspace and ethereal interception. Hunters from hyperspace grants them the ability to select a non-vehicle unit when they deploy and will always wound them on a 2+ shooting and close combat, ethereal interception after an enemy unit has arrived from reserve any Deathmark units in deep strike reserve may choose to deep strike that turn. So basically you can show up right after the enemy and give them something else to think about before they begin shooting or assaulting. The weapon they carry is the synaptic disintegrator, st X, ap 5, rapid fire, sniper, 24 inches. So wounding normally on a 4+ with rending is useful. Overall I think these guys will make it into some lists, I feel they come kind of close to the flayed ones in terms of popularity but their special rules give then the edge.

Triarch Praetorians

These guys are toughness 5 fearless jump infantry that carry the rod of the covenant, a power weapon with a st 5 ap 2 assault shot at 6 inches. At 200 points they are expensive however and they still suffer from the low initiative and 1 attack base. But with their speed, toughness and fearless I do think they will be able to survive a fair few attacks before being taken down therefore getting to strike back. I find this a hard unit to place in terms of how likely you are to choose them over flayed ones or Deathmarks, I feel they could be a great attacking unit, but at the same time I fear there are a lot of things out there already that would pick on them.

Lychguards

I think these will be the staple of every Necron army, the same stats as the praetorians but with an extra attack and armed with the warscythe. They are normal infantry, the warscythe gives +2 strength so that’s st 7 and gives 2D6 penetration vs. vehicles, they are not fearless but for 5 points can exchange the warscythe for a hyperphase sword and dispersion shield. The hyperphase sword is a basic power weapon, so they lose the +2 st and 2D6 vs vehicles, but the hyperphase shield grants a 4+ invulnerable save that if passed deflects the shot onto an unengaged enemy unit of the Necron players’ choice. The shot hits automatically with strength and AP equal to that of the firing weapon. So Lychguards are definitely the top choice in my opinion just edging out the C’tan shard for first place, they are tough to take down and can hit very hard, making the perfect bodyguard for your overlord.

So overall the elites I would rank something like this

1. Lychguard (tough and strong)

2. C’tan Shard (Many army building influences)

3. Triarch Stalker (covered earlier in the review)

4. Deathmarks (Effective assassins)

5. Flayed Ones (Distraction unit)

6. Triarch Praetorians (can’t quite see where these guys fit in yet

Overall Impressions

I for one am very satisfied with the new book for Necrons, I think increasing the number of options they have available has done them the world of good. So far there is nothing that really changes the game too much, but obviously time will tell. However you look at it you will definitely have to reconsider how you play or play against this army in the future. Over the next few posts I will be looking at some different builds and initially what units I think will work very well together. Oh and on a small side note I might be getting to paint some of the models for my local GWs Necron army, should be finding out more about that this Thursday so stay tuned!

Necron Codex Review Part IV: Fast Attack

2011-11-12T04:44:00.001-08:00

So as I mentioned before I think maybe the best unit in codex has fallen into this section! But before that I will look at the other choices available starting out with the brand new tomb blades.

Tomb Blades

These are the new and only jetbikes for the Necrons, weighing in at 20 points and +1 toughness for being mounted not integrated like a destroyer they are an ok choice. Units of up to 5, no special rules save for reanimation protocols; however they do get to take some decent upgrades. Enough said really, I can’t see them being taken very often especially when you consider the other choices in this section.

Destroyers

Now moved to the fast attack section from heavy support, they now count as jump infantry and still have toughness 5, 40 points and add 20 if you wish to upgrade to a heavy destroyer. They can be taken in squads of 5 however only 3 can be upgraded to heavies, reanimation protocols and preferred enemy everything. Still a good choice for Necrons and better now they are in this section, 3 heavy destroyers for 180 points is a decent anti tank unit with toughness 5 and relentless so I would expect to still see these commonly on the table.

Canoptek Wraiths

So basically the same wraiths from the last book but with some vital changes to stats and rules. They count as jump infantry, have 2 wounds, rending and are not slowed by terrain and automatically pass dangerous terrain tests. They still have phase shifter 3+ invuln, however they do not have reanimation protocols so when they are gone they are gone. They have some basic upgrades; the particle caster st 6 ap 5 pistol, whip coils models in base contact strike at initiative 1 and transdimensional beamer, shooting attack one model hit takes a strength test or is removed from play. For 35 points wraiths are still good value, although they are a little slower than they were in the last book, I could still see taking them.

Canoptek Scarabs

These will definitely change some things in the game, but firstly let’s talk about the changes to them. Scarabs are now classed as beasts not jetbikes so they can’t move as quick but get the 12 inch charge range and move through cover and fleet! Secondly in exchange for their small target rule which gave them +1 to any cover save they now have the entropic strike special rule. So this means a unit of 3 bases comes in with 15 attacks hitting a vehicle on 4+ let’s say, so 7.5 hits and then half of those will reduce all the armour facings by one point. So let’s say 4 on average, that means a land raider reduced to a raider and a raider reduced to armour value 6 all round! If the armour is reduced to 0 then it becomes wrecked, quite possible with units of 10 scarabs. Although they are weak with toughness 3 and swarms special rule vulnerable to templates this is a small price to pay if used correctly they can cause a lot of damage to your enemies vehicles.

So overall fast attack definitely seems the place to buy all of your anti tank needs, scarabs are going to be seen in every list I should imagine and destroyers will still remain quite highly placed as well. As for the tomb blades it remains to be seen how effective they will be, at first glance they are nothing out of the ordinary but it is early days. Next up I will be looking at the elite choices!