Sons of Taurus

Space Sharks: Deathfin update

2012-02-20T10:43:00.001-05:00

We've had a very mild winter here so far, snow & ice wise. Last night was our first dusting, with about an inch on the ground and a dusting on the roads after a little bit of sleet & rain. Being the South and not having had any days off yet, the local schools closed down. Sonofsonsoftaurus and I are therefore home, allowing me to snap a few pics of the Space Sharks that I got decals on and

Prisoner expanded - part 2 - Orks

2012-01-29T10:44:00.001-05:00

In previous posts we've looked at the rumored rules in general and at how they might affect my loyalist marines. Now let's take a look at my Orks. Here's my normal 1850pt list: Kommander Krumpa’s Blood Axes HQWarbossMega Armor, Cybork Body, Bosspole(115) HQBig Mek (ride with Trukk shootas or meganobz)Kustom Force Field, Bosspole, Eavy Armor(95) Elite12xKommandos2xBurnasNob w/PowerKlaw, Eavy

Everything Old is New Again

2012-01-28T15:35:00.001-05:00

Back in the day when I was first painting miniatures the minis were lead from Grenadier and the paints were enamels from Testors. There were some cool things you could do with enamels, especially if you wanted something shiny. Over time the lead went out of figures and I switched over to acrylic paints that could be worked with just using water instead of having to use chemical thinners to clean

Prisoner expanded - how will rumored 6th ed rules affect different armies? Part 1

2012-01-22T13:14:00.003-05:00

So, we've looked at the rumored rules and considered some of their implications, but if they're real what might they mean to a real existing army? Let's take a look at a few of mine and see. First up my Silver Skulls, an all-drop pod Codex: Space Marines army. Here's the current list in 5th edition: Silver Skulls, 1850pts HQCaptain – Power Weapon, Bolt Pistol(110) TroopsTactical

The Prisoner has escaped! "Number 6" breakdown and thoughts

2012-01-17T23:10:00.001-05:00

When earlier 6th edition 40K rumors (or "rumours" as the Brits call them) came out I was skeptical. Assault before shooting? Multiple levels of a rule? Bidding for first turn? A lot sounded unlikely in the individual and partial glimpses that the rumors teased with. The "Project Prisoner" (a reference to the TV show where the main character is referred to as "Number 6", hence 6th edition) was

Lost and the Damned for Special Operations: Killzone!

2012-01-11T10:00:00.104-05:00

Sometimes a massive horde of expendable cultist and mutant meatshields just isn't the right tool for the job. Sadly, some might say. But I say that those situations are the perfect excuse to send in an elite Kill Team! And how better to represent that than through Special Operations: Killzone? I couldn't think of any. So I chatted up Big Jim of Galaxy in Flames and Brian of A

Lost and the Damned Bibliography update

2012-01-09T19:59:00.000-05:00

"Library of Alexandria" by Ania Gilmore I've had another round of new entries for the bibliography, getting a lot of nice entries from the various Chapter histories in the Imperial Armor Badab War books. The bibliography is currently sitting at 157 entries, a lot more than I thought it would at this point! I hope that with your help using sources you may have on hand that aren't listed we

Space Sharks vs. Dark Eldar - Deathfin tryouts

2012-01-07T19:40:00.002-05:00

Proof that you can find just about anything on the web. Pic via http://heidihasahobby.blogspot.com/ I made it out to Hobbytown today and got a couple games in with jbowen of Flipit Paper Combat using my WIP Deathfin against his Dark Eldar. I also got to see Chris, Impcommander and some other folks so it was a nice social visit too. I got to see Chris' Executioners in person, and the pics

Check it out - it came from the blogrolls

2012-01-06T10:13:00.002-05:00

Some more blog recommendations for your viewing pleasure in case you missed them in the blogrolls. A lot of these are pretty new to me too but I think they all deserve more eyeballs than they're currently getting. So go check them out! The Unholy Harbinger Chaos! Some great painting and is crazy enough to seriously consider a list full of spawn. Gotta love it. Warhammer in Progress More

Space Sharks - Deathfin WIP

2012-01-05T12:47:00.002-05:00

There's still iconography, some detailing and basing to do, but here's the mostly completed "Deathfin", Space Sharks Deathwing 1500pt army. Dread. I started on this first as a lark, but caught some hobby traction and rolled on into the terminators too. Command squad with "Belial". After seeing some posts about transparent paints I picked some Pactra R/C paints up a few weeks

Codex: Lost and the Damned Version 1.1

2012-01-04T03:41:00.003-05:00

I was recently on vacation again, and as has become my habit I got some thinking done on the Lost and the Damned, reviewing things myself and thinking about some of the feedback I've gotten. Here's the result. Version 1.1 What's changed? Added title page and basic table of contents. Added modeling notes and development section. Added a couple of examples of how people might come up with

Deathfin Assault! Deathwing/Space Sharks WIP

2011-12-29T19:56:00.001-05:00

After a LOT of soaking and scrubbing I got most of the paint off of the second-hand termies. Apparently a few layers down some of them had started out life as Ultramarines. Who knew? Some assembly and conversion later and here's where we stand at the moment. I still have to add the storm bolter bayonets, but then they should be ready to start the painting process. The cyclones, using old

Lost and the Damned Bibliography rolls along!

2011-12-28T17:03:00.001-05:00

I've gone through most of the sources I could bring to hand personally, and have gotten a little help online too. Also thanks to the Overlords for their mention of the bibliography in episode 80! As of this writing the list has 73 entries, with over 30 named factions from Blood Pact to Zoicans and a couple dozen unnamed ones. If you're interested in LatD or just read/listen to a lot of GW/

Cheapo Deathwing

2011-12-27T14:14:00.000-05:00

After a recent trade with ImpCommander, I now have the bodies for a 1500pt Deathwing army, pretty cheaply all told. The army plan I have is for mostly shooty terminators. I know it's not the flavor of the month with the 3++ shields, but I like the shooty ones, and it's not like I'm trying to take this to the top of NOVA or something; it's just a lark army. With Belial, five squads of termies

First Bite! Space Sharks Ironclad WIP

2011-12-25T20:21:00.001-05:00

Hope that everyone had a good Christmas. During some down time last night and today I managed to glue this fella together, a pretty straightforward Ironclad Dreadnought for my Space Sharks. DCCW/heavy flamer, chainfist/meltagun is the configuration I plan on using, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the kit lets you also make the hurricane bolter and seismic hammer arms so that you

Big Plans - 2012...2013...

2011-12-23T09:03:00.000-05:00

Like the late Mr. Carr, aka "the Fox" to the left, I have a lot of unfinished business to attend to with my model collections. New armies, adding to existing ones, misc. projects. We'll see how much of this mess I get through in 2012. Hopefully referring back to this list will help me to avoid purchasing too much new stuff. Unless the new Chaos kits look good. On to the list! First of

Captain Raptor!

2011-12-22T17:10:00.001-05:00

Here's one of the books my son picked out at the library today. I'm so proud. In the fine tradition of super awesome mashups that make you wonder why they haven't been done as well before (see: Transformers, Dinosaur Train, etc.) and send kids into glorious rapture comes this combination of dinosaurs, spaceships, and pirates. Told in a pulse-pounding melodramatic style it's sure to be

There's more than one way to skin a heretic!

2011-12-21T09:58:00.002-05:00

My bud Ethereal the Shadow gave me some good suggestions for my own recent Lost and the Damned fandex (which you can get in the tab above), some of which I was even smart enough to take! Liking LatD himself, he put together his own version which you should check out too. He's got some interesting mechanics, and it looks like it would be a good way to represent a Rogue Trader's forces or the

Lost and the Damned Bibliography

2011-12-19T11:23:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to point out the new tab up above (see it?) with the link to what I hope with your help can become a pretty exhaustive resource for reading about Lost and the Damned style forces in GW/Black Library publications. If you're interested, check it out, and if you know of things I've missed (and there are many!) please let me know! var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', '

11th Company Lost and the Damned Interview

2011-12-16T21:39:00.000-05:00

For those interested, I recently recorded an interview with Pat from the 11th Company Podcast which should air in either episode 99 or 100. Check it out, and the 11th Co. in general! var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16305859-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async =

Codex: Lost and the Damned - Example army list

2011-12-15T22:52:00.001-05:00

I wanted to give folks a sample army list using Codex: LatD to show a little bit of how it works, so I threw one together. For some of the things I'll also give a little bit of exposition. List after the jump: Codex: Lost and the Damned Army List (2000pts) - "Blood Brothers" Legions of the Eye (This is the army's "Trajectory" - are they bubbling up from within the Imperium or

Codex: Lost and the Damned - Designer's Notes

2011-12-14T12:02:00.001-05:00

I just wanted to share some thoughts on the Lost and the Damned codex from my perspective, shedding some light on why some choices were made and why others weren't. From the beginning, the project was defined at least as much by what it was NOT going to try to be as it was by what it was trying to be. It was not trying to "fix" Codex: Chaos Space Marines. It was not trying to represent any

Codex: Lost and the Damned - Final Preliminary Beta Pre-release Secret Double Probation version up now!

2011-12-13T23:20:00.002-05:00

Get it, read it, play with it, let me know what you think! Lost and the Damned Lost and the Damned army listLatD army list Codex Lost and the DamnedCodex: Lost and the DamnedCodex LatdCodex: LatdLost and the Damned 40KLatD 40K var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16305859-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script')

What's Black and White and Red all over? Battle Report: Scythiak vs. Black Templars

2011-12-12T22:09:00.000-05:00

In the second of my games at our local Games Day, I played Alex and his Black Templars, always a fun and tough opponent. We rolled up a five-objective Seize Ground with Pitched Battle deployment. With only two troops choices, could the Templars stem the Scythiak tide of bodies? The field of battle. Poker chips are the objectives. 1850 pts. Templars set up first. From top left

Snow Monkey Fight! Battle Report: Scythiak vs. Inquisition

2011-12-12T10:00:00.146-05:00

http://fun-gallery.com/pictures/animals/snow-monkey-snowball-fight-2005/ At our local Games Day, my first game was against a fellow allegedly named "D.C." who posts over at Assault Phase. I brought in the Scythiak, he pulled out his Inquisition (Grey Knights henchmen) army and we played a 1500pt Annihilation/Spearhead match. The Inquisition brought a psyfleman dread, a Chimera