Well........

245th post.......

The Final Post? 

With the lack of traffic here it was an easy decision to move over to Bolter & Chainsword for my hobby Blog. I can get more traffic, it is easier for me to post so lack of updates means I'm busy with life and makes sure I'm logged in to Moderate my areas. My Blog can be found on the B&C Here.

Manic Monday # 86

 It's Monday, so a new year Manic Monday. Sixteen days into the new year, and lost a Friend/ Co Worker, worked OT for 3rd week in a row. Fun times

Hobby News:

Arks of Omen - Abaddon was released this week and well I was weak and purchased it. I bought for board actions.....but my group is investing 2 boards in it. 

In surprise announcement GW announced this 2 sets

For some reason this Boarding Action marine combat patrol perks my interest...…and I don't mean a little. Looking at the previous Combat Patrols (besides Genestealer cult ie Necromunda gang) I have yet to see a must buy until now.  But more on that later. Plus Khorne Bezerker Combat patrol was previewed also. 

Hobby time:

Well I sat down and started building 40k models again and well at the end of the weekend here was were I was at:

2 5 man terminator squads built. One with Swords and other with halberds both have Justicar with Daemon Hammers and Incinerator. 

 After building those and contemplating my Board action Marines, Raptors not feeling right as I want a unique force for Boarding Actions.... to go along with my Grey Knights, Inquisitorial forces which are getting buffed by the following models...along with the Star Striders models. 

Imperial Navy Breachers

Overpaid but needed a new one :(

 

I found these models unbuilt sitting around....

And well the Chaplain has been a slow paint progress but with 10 easy build Assaults' Intercessors and another 10 Multi piece Assault Intercessors in the boarding action box...Looks like 10 easy build are now going to be Death Company.

yup Blood Angels coming soon!

I ordered 2 sprues for the boarding action marines and codex from Amazon...because patience is a virtue I lack sometimes. 

Now why Blood Angels.......1 reason and 1 reason only.....

 I love Mephiston.....and he will be the centerpiece of the army.....

One of my favorite images

with the models I have, and between the Blood Angels Combat Patrol and Boarding Combat Patrol boxes I'll have a decent force. 

Well its 2023........

Well yeah 2023 is here.....by 10 days ago...Travelling through the Warp is hard as it is.

So long time no update. House has been a construction zone since September due to another water leak from Refrigerator line (again) no time line on completion due to lack of materials, work backed up etc. While working on the 5 Paladins I had an incident that pretty much ended me working on them.  I was painting in master bedroom with poor lighting, because my hobby area is a storage area for all the furniture in my house and one day during house keeping I was not paying attention and pushed the paint pots into the 5 paladins and even though they were magnetized, 3 of them popped of the metal tray and fell off the shelf and tray. Fortunately I was able to recover all the pieces and put them on the tray. Needless to say I was  mad at myself and shelved the project.

So I dropped off posting on Blog, on B&C, Work took over life and by Thanksgiving week I had to take a break from it all before I lost it.

I did accomplish a few things during break. I was able to finally get most of my old room at Parents cleaned up. Also found lots of EC, IF, and MK IV marines for HH. Which I promptly sold or traded to the guys in Metal Head Armory. 

I was able to play my First game of HH Age of Darkness Raven Guard vs Entropomancer's Iron Warriors. Love my Seekers......but overall lost game to bad leadership rolls....and I do mean bad. While on that topic my Raven Guard are at the I need to clear coat stage of paint so hopefully I'll get some pics.

Well the next "Season" for Warhammer was announced "Arks of Omen" and Chapter Approved with massive points changes, rule changes, and new force org charts.

Book 1 of 4 is in store Saturday 

The most important thing that is coming out of this to me is this

Freaking Boarding actions!

I was cleaning and looked at the Paladins and finally decided to fix them.....Boarding actions and Arks of Omen may have have something to do with this.  I then ordered 2 more boxes of GK Terminators with a 3rd being picked up as part of the trade for MK4 marines plus other stuff I received.  The plan is to build the 2 boxes as Squad 5 and Squad 6 of terminators (halberds and Incinerator, Swords and Incinerator).  3rd box is to build the non special Weapon model for Squad Armand De Pergord, Squad 5, and Squad 6.

So with Arks of Omen and Boarding actions coming out this weekend Ill be trying to get those models ready for so Space hulk style shenanigans against my friends.  
 
As a side note I finished painting 69 models in 2022, 31 of those were Grey Knight Terminator armor (out of the 52 I needed to paint- 59% completion). Not bad for me. 

Manic Monday # 85

 

Well another weekend has come and gone. House still is disarray. Working OT every week. Vicious cycle...

New purchases

So I had to do a hobby shop run as I near the Raven Guard build project completions. I ordered a metal cup for my oil washes, and Vallejo Metal Color Exhaust Manifold to follow this paint tutorial  Form Cult of Paint. Then I needed new sanding sticks and some other things so I hit up some local hobby shops for more paint, Plastic rods, and plastic cement. I did order more Pop Goes the Monkey stuff too. Along with another plastic Contemptor and more RG dice along with a 2nd Sword Praetor. 

My Warhammer+ voucher arrived and on Saturday I preordered my Proteus Land Raider. 

My Forgeworld, Forge of Mars, BattleBling and etsy orders arrived also. 

Modeling

So on the modeling front I was able to build my Master of Signals, and my 3 Tactical Support Squads (Rotor Cannon, Plasma rifle, and Meltagun).

Master of Signals

Support Squads

Basing

I also continued basing models....like in this video from Tabletop Skirmish Games. It looked a little bland and when the vallejo pumice dried you could not see some areas so I added my standard basing material fine/ coarse ballast mixture and red bricks to the wooden stir sticks, cork board, skulls, and pumice on bases. I began running low so I mixed a new batch. Once mixed I noticed it was different as i had made it years ago and figured I try something new I learned from Luke at Geek Gaming Scenic and threw some (ok a lot) Tile Grout into the mixture.

It gives it a nice war torn look. In the Pictures below you can see the pre and post second dipping in flock. 

pre final basing

post final basing

Next is trying to get the Plasma and Rotor Cannon Tactical Support Squads basing done and then Priming my 1500 pt list.

Manic Monday # 84

 

Sneaky Sneaky

Same old broken record....too much work, house under construction, not time to paint blah blah blah

UPS is being difficult. Trying to Get my FW package and it is signature required, so signed slip to get package.....they pick up slip and leave black slip. WTF

Tortuga stuff arrived and well I got 1 MK3 tabard set instead of 2nd running legs....Entropmancer  will like those. 

Thanks to Hurricane Ian, my Etsy Shoulder pads are in Florida still. 

Decals, Librarian, back packs and shoulder pads  arrived. 

Saturday I saw most of the Metal Head Armory crew at a Local GS. Entropmancer and I traded bits (yes more MK 6 Helms!), half my Heavy Weapons for half the Support weapons, parts for my Chaplain, and purchased my Heavy Bolters and Missile Launchers. 

Sunday it was announced that the Land Raider Proteus was going on Presale Saturday.......WOOT WOOT. Since I only play inside the group I think I'm not going to build the assault ramp version as it looks less pleasing.....

Old hotness

Ugly Newness

Still need Sicaran #2 and Plastic Contemptor #2 also. 

What I built this weekend:

I added magnets to all my bases (40 32mm, 1 40mm, 1 60mm base and Storm Eagle's base)

So needing the instructions to build MK VI marines into Heavy Weapons (arms matching to bodies) I went ahead and built my 5 Autocannon and 5 Lascannon Heavy Weapon Marines. 

Autocannons

Lascannons

After getting my half of the support weapon blister, I started building my Support Squad Rotor Cannon guys..

...only got partially through one model cause I needed to work on these guys. (I can probably sneak the Support Squad into work and build them there next weekend).

One of my favorite (non Legion Specific) Units are Seeker squads. I feel like they are the character hunters of Legions.....And I had to have a full 10 man Squad of them (plus a Proteus)

SGT!

Still waiting on their heads......UPS

but here is this weeks build log.

Manic Monday # 83

 

So still no painting done, house is still under construction, still working too many hours.....Same old song and dance.

Now for the Good, Bad, and Ugly

The Bad: 

Mighty Brush is blowing out their decals for ummm reasons. I really loved Luther's Decals for my Raptors so I bought a few more sheets to get me through what I have....I hope.

The Ugly: 

My preorders from Frontline Gaming arrived:  I preordered 2 set of cards, Pot of Corvus Black Air, Horus Hersey Heavy weapon set 1 (Heavy Bolter and Missile Launcher), and Horus Heresy Heavy Weapon Set 3 (Volkite Culverin, Autocannon, Lascannon). I received Horus Heresy Weapon Set 3 and 2 (Heavy Flamer, Multi Melta, and Plasma Cannon). Decided to keep set 2 and pick up set 1 next time I'm in a store. 

The Good:

Thursday I was finally able to pick up my Forge World stuff from the FB member  from USPS Office. So excited! All of it was New in Package. 

Plus my Warhmmer+ Year 2 subscription model and Pop Goes the Monkey Combi Meltas showed up too. 

Hobby Time:

Friday I built the Spartan Land Raider......OMG was it a pain. But I was done with all but 10 Mk VI Marines from Age of Darkness box and then..... 

another 40 Mk VI marines showed up. So now up to 50 Mk VI Marines to build....

The built XIX Legion so far

Saturday I decide to start finish basing my built models, I still need to do the pumice on the Deliverers bases, But Praetor, Primus Medicae, Warmonger, 30 Tactical Marines, Contemptor, and Storm Eagle's bases are done. 

I have more stuff I ordered and should be arriving in the next few days:

• 2 Sets of Raven Guard Decals from eBay seller

• Raven Guard Contemptor (#2), 2 sets of Raven Guard Heads, and another set of MK VI Shoulder pads from FW.

• 5 sets of plastic Mk VI shoulder pads and back packs from eBay Seller

• Jensus Natorian Blood Raven Deathwatch Librarian (to be converted into a RG Librarian) from eBay Seller.

• 10 Sets of these Shoulder pads for my Mor Dethyan's 

• And these from Tortuga Bay Studios

Dark Fury bodies x2

Mor Dethyan x1

New Jump Praetor

Assault Marine x2

Mor Dethyan x1