You Dirty Rat!

West Point Hobby held a raffle to celebrate the release of the new Skaven models and army book.

And I won the raffle! Thanks to Marc and the staff at West Point Hobby. I went and picked up my stuff today, and I'll be assembling them right away to play tomorrow. They had to substitute the Deathmaster Snikch, but I was happy to get Queek Headtaker instead.

Poisoned Wind Mortar conversions

The Poisoned Wind Mortar from the new Skaven army book is one of the better new weapons teams, but there is no model for it. So I went and converted 3 teams and will hopefully try them out this week.

Move and Fire, 6"-24" range, fires as a stone thrower, wounds anything in the center on a 4+, and anything touching on a 5+.

My Hellpit Abomination conversion

The Skaven book is out! I played my first game today, and while I lost in the last turns I found out more about Skaven tactics. I played with a Warp-Lightning Cannon that was awesome in use, but I got home and really wanted to try a HPA. So I looked around what little bits I had, and I found the upper torso of a rat ogre that I just got from Forbino, part of a Cauldron of Blood I got from Globalsmack, some spikes and a tail from an old High Elf Dragon I don't even have the rest of anymore, and a D&D Mini I cannibalized from my roleplaying box!

This is what I came up with. He's on a 50mm x 50mm monster base, and is positioned that the front of the creature is tragging his torso that is on half of a cart. Similar to the art in the book. I used the spikes from the dragon along with the spines already on the Otyugh model. I think I will have to scuplt some green stuff for the first time in my short modeling career, but otherwise I like how he has turned out. I may just change my mind and use this beast in my Tale of 4 Gamers league.

Clan Pestilens update

With the Skaven army book and new miniatures only 2 days away, I am finishing up the first units for the Tale of 4 Gamers league. I'm still going to need another 60 rats for my first period army, but here is the "elite" half of the army fully painted, minus one standard bearer.

Apoc: Tau vs Imperium

Last Saturday we got 6 members of the Ordo Fraternitas Chapter of 40K Fight Club, and had a large Imperium vs Tau Empire battle. 3 Tau armies vs 2 Imperial Guard and 1 Space Marine army. 3000 points each, 9000 points per side total. I didn't take notes to write a battle report, because with such a large game and timed turns to keep things moving it would have been very difficult. So please just enjoy the pics!

Setup

 

 

 

The game begins!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Generals clash! Already wounded, Captain Ideaus falls in close combat to Shas'O Giambi.

 

 

Aaaaand... the Tau were victorious!

To4G painting... just getting started.

With the Tale of 4 Gamers league, the object is to field fully painted armies for the maximum league points. With a horde army, this means LOTS of models. I got started last night with my Skaven army, by painting 5 of my Plague Censer Bearers, and 10 of my Plague Monks (who still need some static grass). Again, it seems I am horrible with a camera, but I'll just blame it on the lense. Haha.

I have 10 more Plague Monks, and 5 more Plague Censer Bearers to paint before next Saturday (a week from tomorrow). Then the new Clan Rats will be released, and I will have 40 Clan Rats and 20 Slaves to paint in 3 weeks to complete my army for period 1.

Here is my army list for period 1:

Plague Priest: lvl 2, plague censer

20 Clan Rats: spear, shield, clawleader, standard, musician
20 Clan Rats: shield, clawleader, standard, musician
20 Slaves: musician

20 Plague Monks: musician, standard, bringer-of-the-word
10 Plague Censer Bearers

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Idaeus, Captain of the 4th Company (Special Character)

Globalsmack posted up some character creation rules over at his blog: 40K Armageddon!

Using the rules, I created THE special character for my army of 4th Company Ultramarines: Captain Idaeus. Here he is, please leave your feedback.


Idaeus 265 points
Ultramarine Captain of the 4th Company, Master of the Fleet
(Chapter Master HQ slot)

WS-6 BS-5 S-4/6 T-4 W-3 I-5 A-3 LD-10 SV-2+/3+i

Frag Grenades, Krak Grenades, Iron Halo, Orbital Bombardment

Relic Blade, Storm Shield, Artificer Armor, Jump Pack

Eternal Warrior, Furious Charge*

(Skills marked with a “*” are usable by any squad the character is attached to.)

Basically I used the Chapter Master HQ choice rather than the regular Captain because Idaeus is the Master of the Fleet, giving him access to the Orbital Bombardment. I did not upgrade any other stats because I did not think he should be better in combat stat-wise than Marneus Calgar, but I did upgrade him with Eternal Warrior and Furious Charge.

Basically he is the same point cost as Marneus Calgar, without the great abilities, but he gets Furious Charge (for him and his unit) and fits better leading an army of my 4th Company Ultramarine Space Marines.

Here is the model I converted originally to represent Idaeus, even before Global posted his rules. He is painted more now, but not completed yet. I'll update when I finish him.


So what do you think?