Teaching the Children Well

I've been busy with the kids, hopefully imparting on them a little knowledge on the construction and painting of toy soldiers.

Converted Phoenix - WIP

Take this as a grain of salt: I'm not a converter. That's what drove me to Warmachine and Hordes first over anything Games Workshop. I hate not having options for each model build and I hate having the scratch sculpt something to work well.

However, Nathan (PG_Rydiafan) convinced me that my second Phoenix had to have a two-handed grip on her sword. I was a bit nervous because the model was plastic and I really didn't have the bits to fix any mixup. The glue and bond time on the plastics from Privateer Press are super short, so if you screw up, it is really hard to change. I'm glad I got it mostly right on the first try.

New Previews Storm Troll, Tiberion Sons of Bragg

Privateer Press gave us a trifecta of previews today. I'm really not looking forward to one of them being released (Tiberion). That model can stay in Privateer's Vault for years. ;)

Painted Wrong Eye and Snapjaw

I've turned into an insomniac. Instead of sleeping, I decided to get these two models finished. They are going to be used in an event in a week, so I figured I should get them done with plenty of time to spare. They've worked well for me in past games for me (including locking down Molik Karn in an Unbound game) so I'm excited to see how they'll do painted.

They still need a dip like all of my Minions, but that'll be tomorrow with Rorsh and Brine.

June is definitely making up for the lack of painted models in the last two months...

Painted Necrotechs

I managed to crank out my last Necrotech model. It looked so much better than my old Necrotechs that I knew I'd have to repaint them. Instead of waiting forever to do it and feel guilty every time I needed to field 2 or more, I just went ahead and did it. I like these much more.

Painted Soulhunters

The Soulhunters of Cryx have been on my radar for a long time to paint. After painting Darragh Wrathe though, I felt that I couldn't do them justice. The thrall flesh I use just looked really bland on Darragh. I felt that the Soulhunters would look awful. So I didn't paint them.

Until I needed them for an event. Then I went into rush model to get them painted. I managed to only finished 1 for the event, but had a lot of base colors on the other 4. Then I was told to use Devlan Mud. Holy hell has that stuff changed my painting. I use it on almost everything now. I'm very happy with it on the Soulhunters!

Mountain King Preview and Holy Zealots

We got a preview of this model from Lock and Load last weekend and Adepticon before it. I'm glad to see it is only $124.99 rather than $134.99 (I really expected the $135 over the $125).

I think this model needs some play time before a final decision is made to its effectiveness. Sure it is expensive, but it has some decent abilities. When I get to Trollbloods, I'm looking forward to running one!

Two Player Starter For Hordes

Privateer didn't say for sure that they'd come out with a Hordes version of the Two Player Starter when the Warmachine one came out, but almost everyone could have guessed it! Today they released what the models for it will be.

Painted Storm Strider

I've painted this model for a friend. He has some issues getting the model and I felt I've owed him for a lot of what he's done for the last few years. I've painted it up for his scheme and now it is ready to be given to him.

I've left the base alone as he'll be buying a DragonForge base for it. The blue wasn't highlighted as I don't really know what color to highlight it and I want to give him the option to make it match his army more.

Unbound Game 3

Sorry for the delay in postings, life has definitely been hectic!

I managed to get another Unbound game in on a day I had completely off. I got to play Danny and Brian in a 200 point per side game. Originally it was supposed to be two teams of two but one of the players (my teammate) had to drop so I just played both armies. Danny played Circle and Brian played Skorne. We set up around noon and finished the game (calling it during Round 3, I'll explain later) around 8 PM. Unbound takes quite awhile!