New Dire Trolls

Privateer Press posted the new plastic Dire Trolls today. I like the new look of these models because I really disliked the weird hands of the first Dire Troll Mauler. I actually think the new one is an improvement. The Extreme Dire Troll Mauler is still much better.

Between the three models you can make, it doesn't look all that bad. Sure, you suffer from a single chassis, but reducing the cost of the three kits I think is worth it. It'll be interesting to see Rök's character addons.

Cygnaran Mechanik & Co.

This Journeyman league has been great for motivation to paint the odds and ends that have been in my basement collecting dust (It is hard for models to mock your lack of motivation from the corner of a basement).

Painted Thrullg 2 - WIP

So, instead of painting my Bog Trogs yet again, I decided to finish my second Thrullg. To separate the two on the battlefield, I took Seraphsong's suggestion and painted this one green. Simple scheme just the like the last one and it painted up quick.

Painted Thrullg - WIP

As I work on trying to finish my Bog Trog unit, I've been working on a Thrullg when I get bored. A Thrullg has a pretty simple color scheme, so I finished him rather quickly.

Painted Feralgeists

Here are my 3 Feralgeists for Minions. They were really simple to paint: a wash over Menoth White Highlight and then paint the base details. I have one red, one turquoise, and one green.

Painted Bullsnapper #2 - WIP

Here's my second Bullsnapper. He was mostly painted at the same time as the last one. After having one done, they are very easy to crank out in short order.

G Konkel, Guest Contributor

Travis has graciously offered to allow me to post my work on his blog.  For those who don't know me, I play at the local Hobby Town New Berlin and am a constant pain in Travis' ass.  So without further ado, here are the fruits of my Journeyman League labors thus far:

Painted Bullsnapper - WIP

Here's my painted Bullsnapper, following the same color scheme as my first Gatorman Posse unit and Blackhide Wrastler. I really like the motivation train I'm on right now cause I am cranking out the models.

Painted Blackhide Wrastler 2 - WIP

After painting up my first Wrastler and having some time during a conference call, I decided to start up my second Wrastler. He's painted a little differently to tell the two apart: grey underbelly instead of yellow, green back instead of grey, and grey cloth hood instead of brown. My opponents should easily tell the two apart. I'm applying these differences to anything that I have duplicate in Minions. I'll need to find something for the triplicates though...

Here's the pictures!

Painted Blackhide Wrastler - WIP

Here's my Blackhide Wrastler for the Journeyman League. He'll be getting the dip shortly. I'm rather happy with how he turned out. He's painted the same as the Gatorman Posse I've previously painted. The next Wrastler and Posse get their own scheme too. It is something I thought would be unifying in the army.

I really hated painting the ropes on his hands. It just sucked.

Painted Ironback Spitter - WIP

Here's some pictures of the model I'm working on now. It is the Ironback Spitter. I didn't realize before I started painting this how many scales this monster had and it is draining me painting them all. Hopefully I'll finish him up tomorrow.

Who's The Boss December 2011

This last weekend I played at the Who's the Boss event at Misty Mountain Games in Madison, WI. The concept of the event was that you make a 50 + 5 warjack/warbeast point list with a minimum 10 points in your battlegroup with no warcaster/warlock. Before each round, you spun the wheel to determine which warcaster/warlock was your leader. You couldn't get your own faction's warcasters/warlocks. It was amusing with some of the combinations (Trollbloods with Stryker1 for example really were INVINCIBLE!).

Painted Barnabas

Here's my painted Barnabas. As I'm working on Gatormen for the Journeyman League, I figured I should paint the star of the battlebox. He's got three hours of work and is currently dipped. Final pictures soon.

Goals for 2012

Instead of painting aimlessly in 2012, I've decided to try to come up with some goals for next year.

• Paint 75 models next year, from any faction (1.4 models a week)
• I finished 53 models this year to date, this should be doable
• Finish at least 1 unit I have half done (off the top of my head, I have a 11-woman Satyxis Raider unit or a 12-man Exemplar Errant unit to finish)
• Blog 12 battle reports
• Finish two Theme Forces at 50 points, Tier 4
• Extra Credit for finishing a Theme Force that has no painted models currently
• In the competitive environment, only play painted models
• Leagues and trying stuff out is ok to be unpainted
• If I play a model for more than 6-10 games, it goes on the painting list
• Paint at least 5 warcasters/warlocks
• Build a city Unbound table for Adepticon in April 
• Paint Ogre Army for Fantasy that I purchased this year
• At least finish Ironguts and Ogre units

I know this is a little early, but it is better to have goals before the end of the year.

Any suggestions on any other cool goals?

Painted Gatormen Posse

I finally got around to finishing up my Gatormen Posse unit. They aren't that hard to paint, and I think they turned out really well. I went with the Strong Tone dip from Army Painter and it worked wonders on the crevasses on the models.

As it worked out well on these models, I'm going to try to crank out a few more of the models before league ends.

Journeyman League - Week 1

The Journeyman League started at Hobbytown USA. We have 10 players so far and a bunch of new faces. I'm very excited for this slow grow league and having the new players play more.

In picking a faction, I looked at a few things. I wanted something I didn't already know well. I also wanted something I could paint relatively easily. I also needed to have a relatively fleshed out collection of the models or know that I'd be able to purchase more if needed. After spending some time looking at my collection, it came down to Minions, Farrow vs. Gators. The Minion faction is splintered in the Journeyman League by making you stay within a contract for the entire league, which I'm honestly happy about. In the end, it came down to the number of models to paint and the Blindwater Congregation had less. I'm hoping to get a majority of my 50 models done within the subfaction.

Domination Event Terrain

I'm running a Domination Event this Saturday at Hobbytown USA in New Berlin, Wisconsin. For that, we needed to make two 6" x 15" mountains and 6 50mm diameter boulders per table. I've limited the event to 6 tables because I don't have enough insulation foam to make more mountains or boulders (plus my hands hurt from cutting it all).

Here's some WIP pictures of the mountains, being painted by my FLGS owner because he likes to work on terrain.

Painted Wraith Engine - Final

Well, I finished my Wraith Engine. It needed to be done by Saturday, but I managed to knock it out in one night. All I really did was add a fence and a dead Menite to the base, to make it more interesting than just a blank base.

Painted Wraith Engine - WIP 3

After this, the Wraith Engine will be finished. I got the cloth painted and drybrushed and all the metal washed. Now all I need to do is to do the base. I'm adding a fence and a dead Menite to the base, along with flock and ballast. I think it'll look alright.

Painted Wraith Engine - WIP 2

Here's more of my progress on my Wraith Engine. I need to finish the bone, the cloth, and then base the big guy for a painting competition this weekend. I like him and it is a very interesting piece to paint.

Painted Wraith Engine - WIP 1

Here's the beginning of my Wraith Engine. So far Bane Base and Bane Highlight for the armor plates, Pig Iron for the hoses. It went surprisingly fast for those parts, but I still have a ways to go!

Painted Erebus

I finished Erebus up today. After I did that, I spent some time gathering supplies for a DIY light box, which I'm happy to say is setup and providing me much better photos that previously. Here's the model.

Painted Erebus - WIP

Here my current work on Erebus. I'm quite happy with how the armor came out. It is Bane Base with a drybrush of Bane Highlight over it. My FLGS owner likes it so much he's got me mostly convinced I need to do it on all of my warjacks. I'm mostly inclined to believe him on it so my next Defiler/Ripjaw will feature that colored armor rather than black.

Upcoming Events

On October 29th, I'm running a 50 Point Coin Event at Hobbytown USA, in New Berlin, WI. This event will feature coins for each faction from the Wrath and Domination kits if we get over 9 players.
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On November 12th, I'm running a 50 Point Domination Event at Hobbytown USA as well. This should be a blast as the book will be out on 11/9 hopefully! I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of Hordes models on the table!
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Painted Lord Exhumator Scaverous

I've been working on Lord Exhumator Scaverous for about two weeks now, in an attempt to get him finished for Lost Hemisphere's Paint the Target for September. I failed to finish it then because he has a crazy amount of detail.
Today, the bug bit me to be painting while I watched football, baseball, and then more football. So here he is.