Manic Monday #1

So with my current work schedule I'm off Thursday to Sunday. perks of working 12 hour shifts. So goals are post on Mondays with modeling update, Tuesday-Thursday random updates (painting Competition, challenges, and WIP updates) , and Friday Verbal post, campaign ideas and random thoughts.


Modeling Updates

 So this weekend   I completed Brother Techmarine Talus attached to the 7th Brotherhood of Grey Knights and started working on Strike Squad # 3. Once they are completed, I'll 7 Power Level short of my Crusade  for 9e which will be the Purgation Squad with 4 Psilencers.

Brother Techmarine Talus

Strike Squad #3 WIP

And the Current Finished Group Shoot

7th Brotherhood of Grey Knights

 Over on the Bolter and Chainsword, in Ravenguard group we are working on a Apothecary build and paint and I have been slacking. The Group build and paint ends on the 06/28 which means i have 13 days to paint my 2 apothecaries. 

Waiting on assignment for the 10th Co

Black Templars- with 9e around the corner, I will be building all my Primaris models not in Phobos armor into the Black Templars. Some modeling chain, some green stuff tabards and the army will look good. I plan on using Decals from Ginfritter Gnomish Workshop for them instead of the shapeway icons just a cost reduction and uniformity. The Primaris army I have is quite large so this project will take a while plus waiting on new models. 

Future Marshall

 

Original Shown model

Black Templars vs Grey Knights

So my local Warhammer Store announced the Colours of War: Season 3 challenge and I’m not sure which army to go forward with?

First off- What is the Colours of War: Season 3

Painting Campaign Season Three!

The focus of this event will be painting Citadel models to a minimum Battle Ready standard. Hobbyists may however exceed the minimum requirement and strive to submit Parade Ready units. The campaign will last for a total of eight weeks and will be segmented into three separate rounds, each with a different goal.

***Further details***

:Levels Of Painting::

Battle Ready Defined:

If a model is Battle Ready, it means it’s ready to game with. Battle Ready models have their main areas coloured and a simple finish on their bases. Battle Ready isn’t a bar you have to pass to be allowed into our hobby. Rather, it’s an achievable and universally recognized standard that’s meant to say YES to your army, YES to accessibility and YES to more games with more painted models. Battle Ready is about making painting a celebration rather than a chore!

Parade Ready Defined:

Models that not only have their main areas coloured but also have additional details picked out. Perhaps you'll pick out the Pustular on your Putrid Blightkings, or the runes on your Saurus Astrolith Bearer. You could always add a few extra highlights or complete a custom base. Whatever you decide to do, its putting a little more work in to give your Citadel model that "je ne sais quoi!"

::Key Dates::

Round One: (July 1st - July 21st)

Hobbyists will need to select one Hero and ten Battleline models. These Citadel models will need to reach a Battle Ready standard by the end of the three week round.

Round Two: (July 22nd - August 4th)

Hobbyists will need to select one unit from the “Other” category. This unit of Citadel Model(s) will also need to reach a Battle Ready standard by the end of the two week round. However this year, in Round Two you may only use a Primer, Five Paints, and a Texture (if desired) to complete their unit!

Round Three: (August 5th - August 25th)

Finally, Hobbyists will choose something Big and Beautiful (Monster or Behemoth) from the Citadel range of models. This unit should be a Signature Eye Catching model and will need to reach a Battle Ready standard by the end of the final three week round.

Online Submissions:

At the end of each round hobbyist that participated in the campaign will be encouraged to post pictures of their submissions for judging. Each display of a Battle Ready force will need to be submitted by the final day in each round. Voting will take place virtually and awards will be given to the very best in each category.

So I was talking with my friend and asked should I do a Primaris Black Templars army for 9th using all my non Phobos stuff. He agrees I should but thinks I should add my reivers to the army but I like the idea of my raptors being Phobos or scout armor. 

Black Templars would be all Primaris and gain the repulsors I have and maybe a Repulsor Executioner that I want. 

So my initial Black Templar  army would be an hq (gravis captain) 2 intercessors troops, followed up with inceptors and the executioner or Redemptor Dreadnought (which I have).

For Grey Knights I’d do Brother Captain, 2 5 man Terminator squads, apothecary and nemesis dreadknight. Which I have all of these models too and the apothecary and captain are primed already.

Decisions....decisions 

Also during the discussion with my Friend we were talking about the crusade rules. I total missed the “Crusade uses Power Level” rule.....so my Grey Knight Crusade was short 14 PL  as I was building it at 500 pts. I was able to bring it up from a patrol to a Battalion by adding a 3rd 5 man strike squad (falchions and incinerator) for 7 power level and a 5 man Purgation (halberd and 4 psilencers) for another 7 power level. 50 power level on the dot, but instead of 1 model away I’m 11 models away but they are all primed.  Then it would be on time the other units I want to build...

I should just stay with my GKs for the Colour of War.

Why the 7th Brotherhood?

Why the 7th Brotherhood of Grey Knights?  Well I toyed with the idea of the 3rd Brotherhood but personally felt tied into fielding Grand Master Voldus and Brother Captain Stern and it felt kinda enh. The 6th Brotherhood was about rapid strikes and no special characters. But the 7th Brotherhood has something even more fitting to my style of play....

7^th Brotherhood - Covan Leorac, Representative to the Inquisition, commands the 7^th Brotherhood with Darig Tegvar as its Brother-Captain. The Inquisition and the Grey Knights are inextricably intertwined, their goals often aligning. The 7^th Brotherhood has a long history of operations alongside the Ordo Malleus, and many Brother-Captains have personal relationships with Inquisitors. As a result, respected Inquisitors are more likely to gain favour from the Brotherhood if they call for aid, as more than one Inquisitor has learned. Grand Master Leorac maintains the Chapter's secret knowledge of the Inquisition, tomes of lore on the Inquisitors of each Ordo reaching back thousands of standard years. It is rare for individual Battle-Brothers to serve with the same Inquisitor more than once, lest either should learn too much of the other.

The ability to add an Inquisitor to the army seems like an awesome idea and helps further the explanation of why my Grey Knights are on Campaign with no daemons present.

On to the models

Work in Progress

Brother Techmarine Talus

Standard bare head techmarine with Servo Harness, exchanged normal axe arm for Strike squad storm bolter arm but chopped magazine and barrels to be a bolter with build in optics.

Completed (photo finally taken)

Strike Squad Gaiwain De Monglane

Standard Strike squad kit, 3 Halberds, Psilencer and Justicar with Daemon Hammer.

I have returned......again part 2

So its been a crazy ride of late......sudden loss of my Best Friend and Paintball teammate in November, Loss of my GF dad, in January, loss of my GF 's best friend at work later in January, Covid 19, lockdown, Being an essential employee,  Riots, and Tiger King.....2020 is definitely a sucky year....

To help put stop to some of the personal craziness, my GF suggested I work on models as a stress reliever.

I took a look at the collection of models I had and decided to work on the army that would be the easiest to work on. My Grey Knights. Now I've been working on them on and off for a a while now but never was happy with them. The pile of primed and un primed plastic contained a custom Brotherhood champion, a techmarine, Mk IV Venerable Dreadnought, 3 strike squads, Purgation Squad, Ancient, 2 lascannon razorbacks and a Librarian. Grabbing my models, brushes, and paints off I went.

So I was just painting my small force for Kill Team initially but then I saw the changes in Psychic
Awakening: Ritual of the Damned and how they turned the Grey Knights into a fierce force plus the Inquisitor rules from White Dwarf. It was time to work on them more than just kill team.

I have since added to the army Brother Captain Conversion, 2 Dreadknight Chassis (one for my Grand Master) , a couple of Voldus models for the Grand Master on foot and in Dreadknight, dug up the other unbuilt pile of Grey Knight Terminators/ Paladins and Strike/ Inceptors/ Purgation/ Purifers I have along with a few vehicles and servitors. I decided on the 7th Brotherhood as they are the Inquisitorial Representatives

Along with participating in the Local Warhammer Store- #Finished Fridays and Bolter and Chainswords Lockdown challenge I was able to get a few models completed.......and 9th Edition was announced.....

The Crusade announcement actually made my gaming group excited for a new edition plus all the changes we are hearing coming out.  so I have my 500pt Crusade force almost painted:

HQ-

Brotherhood Champion Landry De Lauzon- acting warlord













Troops-

Picture Needed- Strike Squad Gaiwain De Monglane



Strike Squad Godfrey De Caux









Elites-

Venerable Dreadnought Draper









WIP- Techmarine Talus- No picture.


Hopefully this will be kept up to date better than in the past......

I live again.......

So I took almost a year break from the hobby. Mainly due to family reasons and responsibilities. It is hard trying to find the drive to come back but I think baby steps is the right direction.

So Adepta Sororitas are around the corner and I am excited for them but not sure how much I will buy as they will be a show army as they always are for me. And I have not played since the one game of kill team a while back.

I am trying to get motivated to finish building my Shadowspear Vanguard marines (2 models left) and start painting them as Raptors. The Raven Guard group on B&C is doing a character build and Paint group, I may join in on....deciding what model to do tho: Captain, LT, or Librarian

But I am still waiting to get my new marine codex, and some other models down the line: Invictor war suit, new grav vehicles, eliminators, and the multi part infiltrators.....So I do have time to get the Shadowspear box done. Hopefully

Knights of Titan

Grey Knights are chugging along. I have a 1000 pt list planned out and probably not very competitive but its fitting for the style I/m going with. I am done to 8 models left to build which 4 are rhino bodies. Sadly only 5 models are painted of the 25 in the list.

I have moved away from playing the 3rd Brotherhood under Grand Master Voldus to the 6th Brotherhood under Grand Master Anval Laraon

6th Brotherhood 'The Rapiers' : The 6th are known as stringent taskmasters and strategic thinkers. The Grand Master of the 6th, the High Seneschal of the Citadel of Titan, is tasked with crafting the most elite and deadly strike forces. Rather than mass firepower, the 6th relies on surgical strikes of elite smalls quads. When mass manpower is necessary, the 6th will deploy mindless Servitors to bog down the enemy to allow the Grey Knights to focus on higher risk targets


Why the change? No Special characters, Rapid Strikes/ Responses, and fits my build better. Also allows me to convert my HQs more.  No need for Stern when I can build/ Convert a plastic  brother captain from the box with a few other parts. Voldus will have his hammer replaced with a Halbred and be used to support my back line with his relic stormbolter and Gate of Infinity psychic power.

My main Hq will be a Brotherhood Champion due to saving points and he fits with most of my forces. Plus he can have a plus 3 to his wound roll.....with D3 damage a hit....with 4 attacks.... so 12 wounds possible.

Whoops......

Well with Bolter and Chainsword being down, I kind of forgot to update the blog and had some other hobbies I was working on.

So here's an update on all the 40k projects:

- Adepta Sororitas Project- Stalled
-Raptors Adeptus Astartes- Stalled
-Exorcists Adeptus Astartes- Stalled
-Crimson Fists Adeptus Astartes- Purchased Icons and Squad markings....stalled too
NOTE- I have just not felt like working on these projects as they are airbrush heavy and lack of time for me to airbrush. Also weather is not helping either.....
-Grey Knights- Paint in progress.....Seriously

So I switched over to "building" actual Grey Knights for Kill Team...not Exorcists counting as Grey Knights. While looking through youtube videos I found a video from Sledgehammer studios on How to paint Grey Knights quickly 

With a Paint guide in hand I tackled building first 5 Kill team Members:

• Justicar with a Nemesis force Sword (I really am confused why I built him with it as my lists had him with a Pair of Nemesis Falchions)
• Combat Specialist with a Pair of Nemesis Falchions
• Zealot Specialist with a Pair of Nemesis Falchions (seeing a theme here)
• Comms Specialist with a Psilencer
• Grey Knight Halbred......

Built and primed I went to work painting my Justicar and 40k list building.....Next thing I know I have 3 5 man strike teams with various load outs and a Brother Champion to count as my "Commander" hopefully. 

The FAQ dropped and well models got cheaper cause Falchions are now 1 pt for the pair not 1 pt per blade but needing 2. and well Psilencer is no longer comms as he cant buff himself...heavy it is.

Friday will be my first game of kill Team against Deathguard.....outnumbered by 3 models cause he of pox walkers...hopefully I do good.