tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22121313618569084842026-02-09T04:24:18.259-05:00Build what you like. Play the game to have fun. Play the mission to win.sonsoftaurushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466971377569066201noreply@blogger.comBlogger790125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212131361856908484.post-33832034875476738582023-10-14T11:34:00.001-04:002023-10-14T11:34:25.186-04:00

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Well it's been a little bit. Over the past years I hadn't found a whole lot of 40King time, a lot of weekends spoken for by other things. I hadn't been especially thrilled with the game in general anyway, and 10th has not sparked big fires either. Maybe getting back with a semi-regular group would help. I have done up some 40K models, which I can toss up in future posts. But for now,

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OK, let's see if I can remember how to do this... Man, things like Facebook groups are a lot easier to load pics up to. Not as satisfying though. That's where most of my stuff lately has ended up though, and in between program and email and phone changes working out how to get the blog running right was a headache for my tech-challenged self and accordingly given a low priority.

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With the latest addition of Kill Team we've started into a campaign at one of the local stores.  Without a lot of lead time (got the book Saturday, started campaign Sunday) to make a team from scratch, I flipped through the book and looked at the models on hand, settling on a Chaos Marine team from my Endless Ones.  Above is the Leader, Abraxas.  In our opening game (a

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I've slowly been working on the first 498pts of my Cheesestealer Cult aka the "Nezu".  One mostly finished guy and a bunch with yellow down (using Minitaire's Golden Yellow ghost tint, just applying by brush instead of the intended airbrush). sonofsonsoftaurus has also been busy, painting up his Reiver squad for his Ultramarines.  He still has washes and some details/basing to

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Night vision glance of a Nezu Scavpack passing through a junction Twenty one assembled, another ninety or so to go! The basic Veer-myn shown here will serve as GSC Neophyte Hybrids, with lasguns, flamers and mining lasers.  The fancy guy in front will serve as a Primus. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16305859-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

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I finished painting the Anvil Industries squad I'll use as Scions for my Scythiak Usurpation army.  4+ armor!  They're invincible! var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16305859-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' ==

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I recently was fortunate enough to win a Facebook contest for Anvil Industry and received a squad of figures from their Regiments range.  I just pulled the parts out of their bags and assembled four of them, pictured above.  They're destined to add to my 40K chaos guard army, the Scythiak Usurpation, as Storm Troopers/Scions.  A review follows - I did get the minis for free,

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Snowed in today, so getting some painting in.  Above is a test skeleton for an Age of Sigmar Death army.  var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16305859-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol

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With the help of a bunch of fingernail polish racks I reorganized my paints and such to be more readily accessible, and hopefully put back where they belong. When we had some warmer weather, I also managed to get some spraying in on some Scythiak vehicles.  A Chimera to transport the crusaders and a Dust Tactics walker used as a Hellhound not shown as they're packed up to use in a

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After a while of not doing much modelling or painting I'm getting back into the swing.  I picked up this fella on ebay and added the mask and axe and plan to use him as Lord Taurus, ascended leader of the Sons of Taurus renegade marines.  The listing said it was from Creature Caster, but I haven't been able to verify that.  Anyone recognize him and able to point me to some

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  The new edition of 40K presents a lot of options on how to set up a game.  Of course we always had the option to play whatever kind of game we wanted, but having a number of options codified can make things easier (hey, let's pick one of these) but can also lead to confusion (what do you mean I can't use the same stratagem twice?) if players come with different expectations.&

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The Hell Hounds Word Bearers took the field against John's Nurgle Alpha Legion (Plague Hydras?  Infection Alpha?  There's a good name in there somewhere).  We played a Maelstrom mission, with us each having three cards a turn and corner deployment.  In the top right, two rhinos and the daemon prince Garm head to a critical objective while other forces hang back to secure

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Two more weeks of the Konor campaign, weeks 4 and 6.  The Word Bearers continue their erratic efforts in aid of the Death Guard's efforts in the system...or are they just pursuing their own goals? Week 4 - the Imperial forces are pushing to destroy the Chaos monuments.  Don't they know that they're not about celebrating the Horus Heresy or the trillions killed, enslaved and

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After a few weeks on vacation, we made it back to the game store for some 40K and week 3 of the Konor campaign.  Here, 50PL of my Word Bearers try to make it past sonofsonsoftaurus' Ultramarines. Terminators teleport in, fail to damage centurions with shooting, fail to charge, and soon fail to survive the Ultramarine return fire. Garm and a squad of marines take out the Ultra

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I finished up the Guilliman model for sonofsonsoftaurus according to his specifications.  I will paint up the bare head later, but thankfully he has come around to liking the helmet.  I took a few cues from how he has been doing the ultras that he has been painting himself, so the blue is washed a little darker than I may have done on my own, and he's dulled down a little more than

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We had our next mission for our Armageddon campaign, a modified Planetfall mission (power level 75).  Chaos and Ork forces rain down from orbit upon the beleaguered Imperial defenders.  Above, some of sonsofsonsoftaurus' Ultramarines take up positions. My early pictures of my own game seem to have disappeared.  I played against John W's Deathskulls. Bastion in the middle

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After the initial surprises and setbacks from attacks against better prepared than expected orks and surprise assaults from traitor forces, the Imperial forces fall back towards Hive Acheron to regroup.  Unfortunately their foes have cut off most avenues of retreat, and small forces try to punch through where they can. This week we were playing the Ambush mission from the new rulebook,

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We started up our Fourth War for Armageddon campaign, with small (Power Level 25) games.  We played a modified Patrol mission, with the Imperial forces rolling out in clearing operations against resurgent Ork concentrations.  Along the way, many are ambushed by Chaos forces that have infiltrated on-world, as above. I'm playing my Merkan 76th Imperial Guard, and as they are

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Over the past few weeks, like many around the world, our shop has been shaken by a plethora of 40k 8th edition games as people try things out. Above vs. Bjorn as part of an epic rampage by the primarch in a three way game, smashing through a number of Space Wolves and Alpha Legionnaires, making a knight run away and being a general terror before finally succumbing to

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I've played one game of the new 40K so far, ran an intro event and have seen parts of several games.  If you have seen a lot of videos or cruise forums regularly (I don't) I'm sure a lot of this may be old hat for you, but here's my initial take. Is it fun?  Yes.  Like any edition of 40K or any game in general, it depends on who you play with. Does it feel like 40K? Yes.&

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Enter the Preceptors of Vertex!  With 8th edition 40K on the way, I have been working on a force that I wouldn't mind leaving at the game store for others to use to try out the game or use while they are building their own armies.  Using old Space Rangers as Space Marines and some old foam vehicles a friend of mine carved years ago.  I went with yellow and brown as their

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So these guys are coming.  Upgraded Space Marines, bigger, better, with better gear. From a background standpoint, this is a huge can of worms being opened.  Some of the worms I can see resolved more easily than others. Developed in secret for 10,000 years?  I can maybe see that with the AdMech.  Perhaps Guilliman made Cawl program himself to not reveal the

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A few weekends ago I had a little fight with Sam's Blood Angels, 1250pts, one objective each side plus secondaries.  We were playing in the store's new location, and I was going to have a car full of terrain we were bringing back, so took a compact force of terminators and a jump pack squad run as Vanguard vets. Sam had a mechanized force - termies and characters in Redeemer, predator

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Today Scott came over with his Death Korps of Krieg and we played a 2500pt a side Vraks slugfest, partly as a farewell to 7th edition.  And man, it's good that blast markers are going away in 8th edition because I think we wore ours out in this battle! We had been working our way through the actual Imperial Armour 5-7 missions, originally intending to play through the whole Vraks

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